Collecting Playing Cards

Book in Good condition. Dustjacket is in Poor condition with much wear and some small torn off spots - see Pics.

LONDON: HOWARD BAKER, 1979 Red Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. 216 pp. 8 pp of b/w glossy plates and many line fig. illustrations of cards in text. New Edition 1979 of the Standard work. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Very… Read more about this item

Arco, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. First Edition. 215 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 215pp. Ilustrated. Very slight sunning on boards else fine in rubbed very good dustwrapper with minor wear.

Bell/Crown Publishers, Inc.. First Thus. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by Bell Publishing, 1966. Octavo. Yellow cloth boards stamped in black. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear and a few… Read more about this item

London: Arco Publications, 1966. Signed by author to title page. Some wear/fraying to spine ends. Internally very good (browning to endpapers). Protected dust-wrapper is rubbed/chipped in places, faded to spine. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Crown Publishers, 1966. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: . 215 pages, illustrated. Light wear some staining to the covers; pages toned; a good solid book. No jacket. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiques & Collectables; Inventory No: 201446. .

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. (1966) 216 pp. Original orange cloth covers w/ faint spotting. Spine and edges sunned. Spine ends bumped. DJ lightly soiled w/ light edge wear and few short, closed tears. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

Bell Publishing Company. 1966. Hardcover. very good condition dustjacket has edgewear and tears but nicely intact; dustjacket has edgewear and tears but nicely intact; NOVI000571 .

New York: Crown Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 215 pages; Minor rubbing to the dust jacket with a 3 inch tape mended tear to the rear cover. Illustrated with black and white scans throughout. .

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1966).. (1966).. Very good. - Octavo, orange cloth titled in black on spine with vignette stamped in black on front cover, in dw. The spine is somewhat faded; the dw is rubbed & lightly chipped with a tear to the top edge of the front panel. 215 pp. "Mark of approval" label on half-title. B&W… Read more about this item

London: Howard Baker Press, 1973. 215pp. Reading copy in nice condition but with the usual ex-library stamps and marks. New Edition. hard back. V.g./V G rubbed. 8vo. Ex-Library.

New York: Crown Publishers, [1966]. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 215 pages; Description: 215 p. Illus. 22 cm. Bibliography: p. 202-207. Subjects: Playing cards --Collectors and collecting

GB: Arco Publications, 1966. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. In loose polythene protector. . 1st Edition. Hardback. nrFine/VG+ DW.

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1966. 215 pages, clothbound, very good condition in slightly worn dust jacket. .

New York: Bell Publishing, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. Book is fine. Dust jacket is very good. 215pp. Biblio. Index. Illustrated. Size: 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" Tall

1 . hardback. Very Good. Illustrated. 1st ed. NY (Crown) (1966).Very good in tattered and clipped dust wrapper.

New York: Crown (1966). 8vo 215 pp. Illustrated from photos and drawings of playing cards from various countries and eras. Orange cloth, black cover vignette. Short marginal tear to one page, not affecting text, else a very good copy..

NY: Bell Pub Co. VG in G DJ. (1966). 1st ed. Internationally known playing card historian Mann provides information needed to ferret out details vital to collection: . system of suit marks, meaning of letters at corners, number of cards in a pack, implications of designs on the back, origins of the cards. DJ rubbed & edge wear. .

NY: Crown, (c1966). Orange cloth.. Near Fine/VG dj (spine sunned, top of spine chipped). 8vo. Black & white photos & drawings.. 1st Edition.