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Oxford Univeristy Press, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. A book that doesn't give all the rules and strategies for winning but, a book that gives us the why and how of games. Starting from 1371 when card games first arrived in Europe from Egypt, this history of card games evolves. Detailed information on the design and production of cards. The meaning of card names and how games developed. A facts-full, intriguing book. There is a protective mylar cover.
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The Oxford Guide to Card Games
by Parlett, David
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Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship That Changed America
by Perry, Mark
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Random House, NY , 2004. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "In the spring of 1884 Ulysses S. Grant heeded the advice of Mark Twain and finally agreed to write his memoirs... [This] seemingly straightforward decision would profoundly alter... the course of American literature... [The] two men became close friends and intimate collaborators. Grant raced against the spread of cancer to compose a triumphant account of his life and times... Twain struggled to complete and publish his greatest novel, 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'. [Pub. Info] "With a cast of fascinating characters, including General William T. Sherman, William Dean Howells, William Henry Vanderbilt, and Abraham Lincoln, Perry's narrative takes in the whole sweep of a glittering, unscrupulous age." [Pub. Info] There is a protective mylar cover. STATED 1ST EDITION.
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Hegel: A Biography
by Pinkard, Terry (Georgetown University)
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Cambridge University Press, UK, No date. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The book and dust jacket are in Fine condition.
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England in the Eighteenth Century [Slipcase]
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The Folio Society, London, UK, Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Essays by J. H. Plumb, Sir Lewis Namier, and Geoffrey Holmes among others. An excellent resource on England at a time of great colonial expansion and the creation of its formidable place in world politics. Slipcase is also in As New condition. This is a 1st thus edition.
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The Killing of Monday Brown
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Walker and Company, NY, 1994. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "Lauded by 'The New York Times Book Review', this sizzling mystery explores crime on an Indian reservation. The victim, Monday Brown, is a white man who pillaged the Native American culture for profit. The suspect is Matthew Wolf, a young Crow traditionalist who'd do anything to preserve his heritage. Investigator Phoebe Siegel, hired to clear Matthew's name, discovers the truth in the sacred mysteries of the Crow culture." [Pub, Info] Author Signature. 1ST EDITION
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