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08623. Janssen - Speelkaarten 196508623. Janssen - Speelkaarten 1965

Janssen, Han Speelkaarten Bussum Netherland 1965. Soft bound lightly damaged spine and cover 120 pages well illustrated Playing Cards history and collecting Dutch text. Lightly Used copy in very good condition.


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£15.00 / $25.50



10332. Marteau - Playing Card Catalogue 196610332. Marteau - Playing Card Catalogue 1966

Seguin, Jean-Pierre Bibliotheque Nationale Paris Cartes a Jouer Catalogue de la Donation Paul Marteau June 1966 Hard cover 48 page 626 entries French text 4to An illustrated with introductions by Etienne Dennery and Jean Adhemar. Post exhibit catalogue with important data for each entry divided into several sub categories: French Regional Packs; Foreign Packs; Non standard Cards; Tarot; Secondary use etc. Excellent condition.


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£25.00 / $42.50



10354. Autenboer - Playing Card of Turnhout 198310354. Autenboer - Playing Card of Turnhout 1983

Autenboer, Dr E van and Cremers, Filip Turnhoutse SpeelkaartenPlaying Cards made in Turnhout Playing Card Factory Belgium. Descriptive catalogue in Flemish of the Exhibition held in the city 17 September to 9 October 1983. Fully illustrated many uncut sheets150 pages fullscap soft cover. Important source of information. Excellent condition.


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£15.00 / $25.50



10340. Beal - Playing Cards and Their Story 197510340. Beal - Playing Cards and Their Story 1975

Beale, George Playing Cards & Their Story David & Charles London 1975. Well illustrated and reliable reference. One of the first books to be published for collectors. 120 pages with several colour plates. Hard bound with dust jacket. As new.


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£15.00 / $25.50



10345. Beal - Playing Cards & Tarot 1988 10345. Beal - Playing Cards & Tarot 1988

Beale, George Playing-cards and Tarots Shire publications 1988. Excellent guide for the collector. 32 pages well illustrated nu,ber 217 in the Shire Album series. As new.


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£8.00 / $13.60



10053. Benham - Playing Cards 193110053. 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


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£35.00 / $59.50



05091. Benham - Playing Cards 193605091. 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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£25.00 / $42.50



05013. Benham - Short History of Playing Cards c1930  05013. Benham - Short History of Playing Cards c1930

Benham, Sir Gurney 'A Short History of Playing Cards' published by Auto-Truck Department R.A. Lister & Co.,Ltd England c1930 Limited Edition hardcover 55 pages with colorful illustrations 12mo. Excellent condition


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£8.00 / $13.60



00409. Beresiner - The Ortiz-Patiño Collection 1995.00409. 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 / $42.50



01705. Berry - Playing Cards of the World 199501705. 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 photocopy 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 text as new.


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£40.00 / $68.00



10348. De La Rue - 125th Anniversary Journal 195710348. De La Rue - 125th Anniversary Journal 1957

De La Rue, Thomas The De La Rue Journal The House Magazine Winter 1957 Number 29. Soft cover 36 pages with several full colour illustrations issued on 125th Anniversary during the International Playing-Card Conference and Exhibition. Excellent condition


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£8.00 / $13.60



10352. De La Rue - Enquire Within 195710352. De La Rue - Enquire Within 1957

Konstam, Kenneth and others Enquire Within - A History and Guide to Card Playing De La Rue, Thomas 1957. Soft cover 72 pages with several illustrations published on the 125th Anniversary during the International Contract Bridge Paris Tournament and the associated exhibition of Playing Cards. Useful text with articles by carious authors including Games of Speculation, and other described, Glossary and Index with full bibliography. Excellent condition.


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£8.00 / $13.60



06057. Denning - Spanish Playing Cards 199306057. 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


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£12.00 / $20.40



10336. Denning - Spanish Playing Cards 198010336. Denning - Spanish Playing Cards 1980

Denning, Trevor 'Spanish Playing Cards' 1st edition published by the IPCS 1980. Soft bound 12mo with many plates some colour illustrations. 94 pages. Basic standard refernce. As new


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£12.00 / $20.40



10330. Depaulis - Les Cartes de la Revolution 198810330. Depaulis - Les Cartes de la Revolution 1988

Depaulis, Thierry (catalogue établi par) Les Cartes de la Révolution Cartes à Jouer et Propagande Musee Municipal, Ville d'Issy-Les-Moulineaux Musee Francais de la Carte a Jouer Paris 1989. Soft cover 96-page catalogue of the Exhibition held November 1989 to February 1990. Now standard\reference work. Fully illustrated with 12 full colour plates. As new.


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£15.00 / $25.50



06050. Fournier - Naipes Britanicos 199306050. Fournier - Naipes Britanicos 1993

Fournier Museo/Fundacion NatWest 'Naipes Britanicos y Su Influencia Internacional' Madrid 1993. Soft cover 125 pages fully illustrated catalogue of the English Cards in the Fournier Museum collection with extended explanatory and descriptive captions in Spanish. As new.


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£15.00 / $25.50



01366. Hamilton - Playing Cards in the V&A 198801366. 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


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£8.00 / $13.60



05122. Hargrave - History of Playing Cards S/C 193005122. 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 / $34.00



02324. Hicklin - Playing Cards 197602324. 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 / $5.10



08147. Hochman/Dawson -  American Playing Cards 200008147. 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 / $51.00



10329. Hoffman - Die Welt de Spielkarte 1972  10329. Hoffman - Die Welt de Spielkarte 1972

Hoffmann, Detlef Die Welt de Spielkarte -Eine KulturgesschichteThe Playing Card an Illustrated History. Callwey, Munchen. Leipzig Edition 1972 . Hard Cover with dust Jacket. First Edition. 96 pages and 96 plates. German text in double columns many black and white illustrations. Standard reference work lavishly illustrated includes many colour plates. As new. Quarto [275 x 245 mm],


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£20.00 / $34.00



10390. Hoffman - The Playing Card an Illustrated History 1973  10390. Hoffman - The Playing Card an Illustrated History 1973

Hoffmann, Detlef The Playing Card an Illustrated History Leipzig Edition 1973 . Hard Cover with dust Jacket. First English Edition. 96 pages and 96 plates. English text in double columns many black and white and coloured illustrations. Standard reference work lavishly illustrated includes many colour plates. As new. Quarto [275 x 245 mm],


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£25.00 / $42.50



10357. Hoffman - Geschichte Auf Spielkarten 198710357. Hoffman - Geschichte Auf Spielkarten 1987

Hoffman, Detlefe and Dietrich, Margot Geschichte Auf Spielkarten 1789-1871 Deutsches Spielkarten-Museum Leinfelden Stuttgart 1987. Hardbound German text heavily illustrated with many colour images of playing cards from the period of the French Revolution to 1871. Comprehensive playing card history 338 pages. As new.


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£18.00 / $30.60



05082. Hoffman - Wahrsagekarten Exhibition 197205082. Hoffman - Wahrsagekarten Exhibition 1972

Hoffmann, Detlef and Kroppenstedt, Erica 'Wahrsagekarten Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Okkultismus' Deutches Spielkarten Museum in Bielefeld 17. September 1972 bis 1. September 1972 published by Deutches Spielkarten Museum in Bielefeld. An exhibition catalogue with excellent and many illustrations of 118 Playing Card decks through the centuries relating to magic and the occult including aspects of Tarot ans Fortune Telling Playing Cards. German text.Excellent condition


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£18.00 / $30.60



06867. Hoffmann/Dietrich - Das Skatspiel 198206867. Hoffmann/Dietrich - Das Skatspiel 1982

Hoffmann,Detlef & Dietrich, Margot Das Skatspiel Geschichte - Bilder - Regden Bucher Munchen 1982. German text well illustrated several colour plates. Hardbound with dust jacket 176 pages. As new


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£12.00 / $20.40



10341. Hutton - The Cards Can's Lie 197910341. Hutton - The Cards Can's Lie 1979

Hutton, Alice The cards can't lie Jupiter Books 1979. Well illustrated description and guide to every card of the Tarot Pack with excellent general history of Playing Cards and fortune telling. 127 pages. Hard bound . As new.


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£10.00 / $17.00



02083. Japan - Hanafuda The Flower Card Game 197002083. Japan - Hanafuda The Flower Card Game 1970

Japan Publications Anon Hanafuda The Flower Card Game Toyoshima 1970. Fully illustrated with several colour plates 94 pages hardbound with dust jacket. Essential source. Excellent condition. as new.


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£12.00 / $20.40



10337. Mann - Collecting Playing Cards 1966 GB10337. Mann - Collecting Playing Cards 1966 GB

Mann, Sylvia "Collecting Playing Cards" First edition 1966. Arco Publications Worcester & London. Hard cover with dust jacket 215 pages well illustrated several balck and white plates. The standard reference work on Playing Cards. Totally reliable by the late undisputed Doyen and authority on Playing Cards. Excellent condition.



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£12.00 / $20.40



10388. Mann - Collecting Playing Cards 1973 10388. Mann - Collecting Playing Cards 1973

Mann, Sylvia Collecting Playing Cards New Edition 1973. Howard Baker Press London. Hard cover with dust jacket 215 pages well illustrated several balck and white plates. The standard reference work on Playing Cards. Totally reliable by the late undisputed Doyen and authority on Playing Cards. Excellent condition.



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£12.00 / $20.40



05088. Mann - Collecting Playing Cards 1966 NY05088. Mann - Collecting Playing Cards 1966 NY

Mann, Sylvia "Collecting Playing Cards" 1966. Crown Publishers Inc New York. Hard cover with faded protected dust jacket 215 pages well illustrated several balck and white plates. The standard reference work on Playing Cards. Totally reliable by the late undisputed Doyen and authority on Playing Cards. Excellent condition.



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£12.00 / $20.40



00463. Mann - English Playing Cards 1st Ed 197800463. 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 / $8.50



01863. Mann - English Playing Cards 2nd Ed 198401863. 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 / $8.50



05012. Meeuwissen - Key to The Kingdom 199205012. 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 / $17.00



04201. Morley - Old and Curious Playing Cards 198904201. 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.


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£18.00 / $30.60



10333. Rosenfeld - Pre-1500 German Cards 195810333. Rosenfeld - Pre-1500 German Cards 1958

Rosenfeld, Hellmut von Munchner Spielkarten um 1500 Munich 1958. Illustrated book on early German Playing cards 39 pages and many illustrations including dedicated plates. Important source. German text. Excellent condition.


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£8.00 / $13.60



02001. Ruiz - Playing Cards in Spain 200002001. Ruiz - Playing Cards in Spain 2000

Ruiz, Juan de Dios Agudo - Playing Cards in Spain. Giving a general idea of Spanish playing cards. Published 2000 by Arabako Foru Aldundia. Softbound large 4ro, 125 pages. Includes colour illustrations. Excellent condition.


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£15.00 / $25.50



09711. Schlede - Das Preussiche Bild 197809711. 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 / $13.60



03016. Taylor - The History of Playing Cards PB 197303016. Taylor - The History of Playing Cards PB 1973

Taylor, Ed S and others The History of Playing Cards with Anecdotes of their use in Conjuring, Fortune-Telling and Card-Sharping Charles Tuttle Vermont 1973. First published 1863. This edition soft back 530 pages a few illustrations good comprehensive if somewhat fanciful theories. Excellent condition.


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£10.00 / $17.00



09943. Thorpe - Master Cardmakers of London 2005 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 / $20.40




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00408. Thorpe - WCMP 1st Ed 198000408. 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 / $6.80




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03116. Thorpe - WCMP 2nd Ed 199103116. 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 / $8.50



05072. Tilley - Playing Cards 196705072. 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 / $17.00



10389. Tilley - Playing Cards 197310389. Tilley - Playing Cards 1973

Tilley, Roger Playing Cards. Published by Octopus Books London 1973 Hardcover with 4to 97 pages well illustrated also with some colour plates. Excellent condition.


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£10.00 / $17.00



04200. Tilley - A History of Playing Cards 197304200. Tilley - A History of Playing Cards 1973

Tilley, Roger 'A History of Playing Cards'. Published by Studio Vista. First edition 1973 London. Hardcover with a dust jacket lightly damaged. 192 pages. Comprehensive coverage good index. Well illustrated with several colour plates. Excellent condition. 7½" x 9½"


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£12.00 / $20.40



05100. Tilman - 'Turnhout?' 198305100. 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 / $13.60




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04406. Van Rensselaer - Prophetical Playing Cards 191204406. 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.


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£75.00 / $127.50



00120. Van Rensselaer - The Devil's Picture-Books 189500120. Van Rensselaer - The Devil's Picture-Books 1895

Van Rensselaer, Mrs John King 'The Devil's Picture-Books - A History of Playing Cards' published by Dodd, Mead and Co New York 1895. Thirteen Chapters on aspects of Playing Cards of different Countries including references to early Chess, Engraving, Material used and Classification and more. Hard green original cloth cover 207 pages. Well illustrated with 24 plates several in full bright colour. Used copy lightly soiled and some signs of minor foxing. Good collectable condition.


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£50.00 / $85.00



10342. Von Leyden - Ganjifa: Playing Cards of India 198210342. Von Leyden - Ganjifa: Playing Cards of India 1982

Leyden, von Rudolf Ganjifa - The Playing Cards of India. A general survey, with a catalogue of the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection. Victoria & Albert Museum, London 1982. With contributions by Michael Dummett. Soft cover 128 pages. Standard reference. As new


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£15.00 / $25.50



10355. Waddington - Illustrated Card Games 198310355. Waddington - Illustrated Card Games 1983

Midgley, Ruth (Managing Editor) Waddingtons Illustrated Card Games Pan Books 1983 soft cover paper back 8vo 400 pages with exceedingly wide coverage on General and Children's Card Games plus Gambling Games. Patience Games and more. Excellent condition.


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£10.00 / $17.00



02062. Wayland - Apache Playing Cards 197202062. Wayland - Apache Playing Cards 1972

Wayland, Virginia, Apache Playing Cards from the Wayland Collection. Wayland Playing Card Monograph No. 3. Published 1972 by H & V Wayland. Complete text only ,lacks attached colour illustrations. Softbound thin 4ro, 10 pages. Green cover. Excellent condition.


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£5.00 / $8.50



05395. Wowk - Playing Cards of the World 198305395. Wowk - Playing Cards of the World 1983

Wowk, Kathleen 'Playing Cards of the World - A Collector's Guide' published by Lutherworth Press Guildford Surrey First Edition 1983. 4to hardcover with dust jacket. 160 pages well illustrated with chapters on Tarot and Card Games. As new.


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£15.00 / $25.50



10406. Wust - History of the Playing Card Makers10406. Wust - History of the Playing Card Makers

Wust C L The History of the Spielkartfabrik photocopy spiral bound soft cover photocopy typewrtten 170 pages. Comprehensive coverage includes extensive Apendices. Without illustrations. Important source. Excellent condition.


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£20.00 / $34.00


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