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10053. Benham - Playing Cards 1931

Benham, Gurney 'Playing Cards History of The Pack and Explanations of its many Secrets'. Published by Ward, Lock & Co London 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover 4mo 196 pages with beautiful full colour illustrated plates of playing cards of different ages. Traces the 600-year evolution of portraits on playing cards. Printed in England. Excellent condition

Price:
£40.00 / $80.00

05091. Benham - Playing Cards 1936

Benham, Gurney 'Playing Cards History of The Pack and Explanations of its many Secrets'. Published by Spring Books London c1936. Hardcover 4mo 196 pages with beautiful full colour illustrated plates of playing cards of different ages. Traces the 600-year evolution of portraits on playing cards. Printed in Czechoslovakia. Light water stain on cover otherwise excellent condition
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Price:
£35.00 / $70.00

00409. Beresiner - The Ortiz-Patiño Collection 1995.

Beresiner, Yasha "Catalogue of Selected Packs from the Ortiz-Patiño Collection of Early and Transformation Playing Cards" 1995. Loose leaf in original folding cover. Colour and black and white illustrations. Each page allocated to one pack with extended description, cross references and bibliography. Limited number published to coincide with a private exhibition of the rare cards in the collection. As new.

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£25.00 / $50.00

01705. Berry - Playing Cards of the World 1995

Berry, John 'Playing Cards of the World - Catalogue of the Collection of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Cards owned by Guildhall Library, City of London where the Collection has been deposited since the initial donation in 1908 by Henry Druitt Phillips'. Published by the (late) author 1995. Massive and monumental work with extended explanation and description with illustration of every pack in the collection. Extensive detailed index. Now standard reference source. Spiral bound as new.

Price:
£40.00 / $80.00

06057. Denning - Spanish Playing Cards 1993

Denning, Trevor 'Catalogue of Trevor Denning's Collection of Spanish Playing Cards' published by the author Birmingham 1993. Soft bound 12mo with many plates some colour illustrations. 57 pages. As new

Price:
£12.00 / $24.00

08843. Denning - Playing-Cards of Spain 1996

Denning, TrevorThe Playing-Cards of Spain. A Guide for Historians and Collectors published by London Cygnus Arts, a division of Golden Cockerel Press First Edition 1996, hard cover with a dust jacket. Well illustrated with many plates in colour. Standard reference on Spanish Cards. 8vo, 184 pages, as new.

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£20.00 / $40.00

05215. Diggele - Secondary Use of Playing Cards 2005

Van Diggele 'Small Cards, Great Stories' published in Netherlands 2005 Non standard elongated size: crown folio. Soft cover 98 pages lavishly illustrated wit several fold outs depicting obverse and reverse of single Playing Cards used for secondary purposes. An excellent record non-academic in content. Three languages: English French and Dutch. Extended captions to each illustration. First book on this subject. As new.

Price:
£18.00 / $36.00

04387. Gem - Card Games 1991

Gem, Collins Card Games - The Diagram Group published by Harper Collins Publishers 1991. 8vo cloth bound with gilt title and brass corners. 256 pages illustrated and rules and instructions for 100 plus playing card games. Excellent condition.

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£6.00 / $12.00

01366. Hamilton - Playing Cards in the V&A 1988

Hamilton, Jean Playing Cards in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Published by HMSO London 1988. First edition soft cover. A complete illustrated catalogue of the collection of 250 packs of cards preceded by a brief introduction and a study of the Playing Cards by Country with 100 illustrations in colour. 80 pages lightly soiled edges in very good generally clean condition. 190mm x 245mm

Price:
£8.00 / $16.00

05122. Hargrave - History of Playing Cards S/C 1930

Hargrave, Catherine Perry A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming. Compiled and Illustrated from the Old Cards and Books in the Collection of The United States Playing Card Company in Cincinnati. Dover Publications New York (1930) 4to soft cover 462 pages fully illustrated many colour plates. Soft cover edition of the standard reference work on the history of playing cards and their uses in games and divination, along with detailed and inclusive 79-page bibliography of card games and gambling. Important contribution to art and social history. Lightly used good clean copy.

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£20.00 / $40.00

02324. Hicklin - Playing Cards 1976

Hicklin, Frances "Playing Cards" 1976. Soft bound booklet published by the Victoria and Albert Museum depicting 11 full colour early and rare playing card images from the collection with extended captions. As new

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£3.00 / $6.00

08147. Hochman/Dawson - American Playing Cards 2000
Dawson, Tom & Judy The Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards US Games Systems CT USA 2000. Soft cover 324 pages fully illustrated comrehensive catalogue of American and Canadian Playing Cards. 4to new as publsihed. Basic standard reference.

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£30.00 / $60.00

02080. Hoffman - The Playing Card 1973

Hoffmann, Detlef The Playing Card an Illustrated History New York Graphic Society, USA, 1973. Hard Cover with dust Jacket. First American Edition. 96 pp with text in double columns many black and white illustrations. Standard reference work lavishly illustrated includes many colour plates. Excellent condition. Quarto [275 x 245 mm],

Price:
£25.00 / $50.00

06135. Lodge - Standard English Pattern 2003

Lodge, Ken 'The Standard English Pattern' A survey of the different designs made in England & elsewhere published 1990 revised, January 2003. Standard reference work on English Playing Card Manufacturers. Privately published and bound. Soft cover 4mo 121 pages illustrated

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£15.00 / $30.00

00463. Mann - English Playing Cards 1st Ed 1978

Mann, Sylvia "Collecting English Playing Cards" 1st Edition 1978. Published by Stanley Gibbons Publication. Soft cover 32 pages fully illustrated. Standard reference work. Totally reliable by the late undisputed Doyen and authority on Playing Cards

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£5.00 / $10.00

01863. Mann - English Playing Cards 2nd Ed 1984

Mann, Sylvia "Collecting English Playing Cards" 1984. Published by InterCol. Soft cover 34 pages fully illustrated. Standard reference work. Totally reliable by the late undisputed Doyen and authority on Playing Cards

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£5.00 / $10.00

05012. Meeuwissen - Key to The Kingdom 1992

Meeuwissen, Tony 'The Key to The Kingdom - An Enchanted Deck' illustrated by the author published by Pavilion Books Limited London 1992 First Edition hardcover. This is the booklet only normally accompanied by a deck of cards lacking from this item Lightly damaged dust jacket 12mo 119 pages beautifuly illustrated excellent condition as new.

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£10.00 / $20.00

04201. Morley - Old and Curious Playing Cards 1989

Morley, H.T. 'Old and Curious Playing Cards Their History and Types from many Countries and Periods'. Published by Bracken Books 1989 First edition hardcover with a dust jacket 235 pages. Many illustrations and reproductions of prints, broadsheets etc with 16 colour plates. Facsimile edition of the book first published c1930 with the colour plates taken from "Devils Picture Books" by Van Rensselaer published by T. Fisher Unwin 1892. As new.

Price:
£18.00 / $36.00

09711. Schlede - Das Preussiche Bild 1978

Schlede, von Stefan Studien zur Spielkarte das Preussiche Bild The Prussian Pattern of Playing Cards published by Museum fur Deutsche Volkskunde Berlin Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz Berlin 5 April 1978. 49 detailed entires illustrated German text. Soft bcover important source of reference.

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£8.00 / $16.00

09943. Thorpe - Master Cardmakers of London 2005

Thorpe, John G The Master Cardmakers of London 2005 published by the WCMP. Soft cover 80 pages with biographic entry of the Masyers of the Company from 1628 to 2004 also a History, Role of the Company and a list of Lady Members. With Appendices and illustrated by the Ace of Spades for each year. As new.

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£12.00 / $24.00

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00408. Thorpe - WCMP 1st Ed 1980

Thorpe, John G. "The Playing Cards of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards" 1980 1st edition published by Stanley Gibbons. Soft cover 64 pages fully illustrated. As new.

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£4.00 / $8.00

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03116. Thorpe - WCMP 2nd Ed 1991

Thorpe, John G. "The Playing Cards of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards" 1991 Revised 2nd edition An InterCol London Publication. Soft cover 66 pages fully illustrated. With loose insert of Valuations. New.

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£5.00 / $10.00

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03558. Thorpe - WCMP New (3rd) Ed 2001Soft/c

Thorpe, John G. "The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards of the City of London" 2001 New Edition published by the WCMP. Soft cover 134 pages fully illustrated with colour plates. Mint as published.

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£12.00 / $24.00

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05072. Tilley - Playing Cards 1967

Tilley, Roger 'Playing Cards - Pleasures and Treasures'. Published by Weidenfeld And Nicolson London 1967 First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket 4mo 120 pages well illustrated also with some colour plates. Good condition minor damage to cover spine, book used.

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£10.00 / $20.00

04199. Tilley - Playing Cards 1973

Tilley, Roger 'Playing Cards'. Published by Octopus Books. Good though at times unreliable historic coverage of Playing Cards in Italy and Spain; Germany; France and Belgium; English Playing Cards; American and Russian and Special playing cards such as Military, Fortune Telling, Boer War playing cards etc. This edition first published 1973 London hardcover with a dust jacket 97 pages 89 illustrations in colour and black and white. Minor damage to dust jacket otherwise excellent condition.

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£15.00 / $30.00

05100. Tilman - 'Turnhout?' 1983

Tilman, E. and Van Autenboer 'Turnhout?' Published by Nationaal Museum van de Speelkaart Turnhout Wereldcentrum van de Speelkaart. An illustrated catalogue record of wrappers, Aces and Jokers produced by the Turnhout Playing Card factories including Bierman, Brepols, Van Genechten etc. 4mo full scap size. Soft cover 88 pages fully illustrated as new. Excellent important source of refrence

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£8.00 / $16.00

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04406. Van Rensselaer - Prophetical Playing Cards 1912

Van Rensselaer, Mrs John King 'Prophetical Educational and Playing Cards' published by George W. Jacobs & Company Philadelphia 1912. Nineteen Chapters on all aspects of Playing Cards and their use for Divination. Chapters include: Old Italian Tarots, Engraved Cards for Educational and Other Purposes, Chess and Other Games, Fortune Telling, Book of Thoth, Hermes and Nebo and much more. Hard cover 392 pages black and white illustrated sixteen plates with illustrations of Italian Tarot, Swedish Korean and Japanese Cards, English, German and other European cards. Livbrary withdrawn copy. Damaged spine and used in very good clean condition.

Price:
£75.00 / $150.00

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