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Author | : Catherine Perry Hargrave |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 0486412369 |
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Intricate, absorbing 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. Praised by The New York Times as "the most authoritative and complete treatment of its kind."
Author | : Catherine Perry Hargrave |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 2012-08-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781258461928 |
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Author | : Catherine Perry Hargrave |
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Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 1930 |
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Author | : Catherine P. Hargrave |
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Release | : 1979-01-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780844622057 |
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Author | : C. P. Hargrave |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1966 |
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Author | : W. Gurney Benham |
Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 1447481755 |
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First published in 1931, this vintage book explores the history and origins of playing cards from traditional English playing cards to tarot cards and card manufacturers in Britain and Europe. Extensively illustrated and full of interesting information, “Playing Cards” is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history of playing cards and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: “Card Games”, “Preface”, “Many Theories About the invention of Playing Cards”, “The Tarot Cards”, “Varieties of the European Four-Suit Pack”, “Earliest References to English Playing Cards”, “Genesis of the English Pack”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on card games.
Author | : Roger Tilley |
Publisher | : Clarkson Potter |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
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Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 1892 |
Genre | : Card games |
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Author | : Henry René d' Allemagne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
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Over 900 elaborate, decorative images from rare playing cards, 14th20th centuries: Bacchus, death, dancing dogs, hunting scenes, royal coats of arms, players cheating, much more. "
Author | : Tom Dawson |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Playing card makers |
ISBN | : 9781572812994 |
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Based on Gene Hochman's The Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards which was originally published in six parts between 1976 and 1981. A complete cataloging of American playing card makers as well as details, types, and brands of playing cards from the late 1700s to the early 1930s.