A HISTORY OF PLAYING CARDS AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CARDS AND GAMING
by Hargrave, Catherine Perry
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- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company and The Riverside Press, 1930. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st edition. A Near Fine copy in Good dust jacket. 4to., xxvi, 468 pp., illustrated with color frontispiece, color and b&w plates, and b&w text illustrations. Red cloth in white, printed dust jacket. The dj's edges are chipped, with small portions missing, including the rear, blank flap.A NEar Fine copy in Good dust jacket. *** Contains a comprehensive history of playing cards in countries around the world; Japan, India, France, Germany, the Low Countries, England, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Russia and America. Illustrations in color include Japanese cards, Chinese Domino cards, early european cards, Hindu, and many others. Extensive bibliography of all aspects of cards and gaming. ***.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003680
- Title
- A HISTORY OF PLAYING CARDS AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CARDS AND GAMING
- Author
- Hargrave, Catherine Perry
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company and The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- cards, playing, games, gambling, gaming, leisure,
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Rougemont, North Carolina
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