A History Of Playing Cards And A Bibliography Of Cards And Gaming
by Hargrave Perry, Catherine
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ (boards scuffed & scratched w/ white, discolored rubbing; rubbed edge-wear. sunning to upper board edge w/ deep sunning to
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1930. Hardcover. Good+ (boards scuffed & scratched w/ white, discolored rubbing; rubbed edge-wear. sunning to upper board edge w/ deep sunning to back edges. spine sunned w/ ends rubbed. corners rubbed. shelf-wear/scuffing to lower board edge. approx opening 70 pgs have crimp/crease to upper pg corners.). red cloth boards w/ debossed emblem & spine printing. book xxiv, 468 pgs w/ color frontispiece, bw illustrations & tissue-guarded color plates. Light tanning to pages and tissue-guards. Color plates remain bright.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 199170
- Title
- A History Of Playing Cards And A Bibliography Of Cards And Gaming
- Author
- Hargrave Perry, Catherine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ (boards scuffed & scratched w/ white, discolored rubbing; rubbed edge-wear. sunning to upper board edge w/ deep sunning to
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston / New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Reference of All Sorts, history playing cards, playing cards ; playing cards ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Sunned
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