"The most authoritative and complete treatment of its kind."
Intricate study based on research and card collections from around the world tells the story of playing cards and their manufacture, plus provides a fascinating overview of heraldry, geography, history, and the social and political activities of man over the past six centuries. Includes an enormous annotated bibliography of more than 900 items on playing cards and games, and over 1,400 illustrations.
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A history of playing cards and a bibliography of cards and gaming
2000, Dover Publications
in English
0486412369 9780486412368
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A history of playing cards and a bibliography of cards and gaming.
1966, Dover Publications
in English
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History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming
June 1960, Dover Publications
Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
048621544X 9780486215440
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A history of playing cards and a bibliography of cards and gaming
1930, Houghton Mifflin company
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A history of Playing Cards and a bibliography of cards and gaming..
Publish date unknown, Dover
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [368]-446) and indexes.
"Compiled and illustrated from the old cards and books in the collection of the United States Playing Card Company in Cincinnati"--Added t.p.
Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930.
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