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A History of Playing Cards And A Bibliography Of Cards and Gaming

Hargrave, Catherine Perry

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 468 pages. 31 x 24 cm. Thirty-one color plates with lettered tissue guards and approximately 500 black and white illustrations. Extensive Bibliography. Index. Compiled and Illustrated from the old cards and books in the collection of the United States Playing Card Co. in Cincinnati. An authoritative and detailed history elegantly presented, visually attractive. Bright, clean copy. Minor rubbing to corners and backstrip extremities. Orig. red cloth. Very good/Near fine. Item #17682

Price: $200.00