The Laws of Piquet... with a Treatise on the Game..., 1st edition, Thomas De La Rue, 1873, illustrations of playing cards on letterpress, errata slip tipped-in, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, first and final leaves spotted, gilt star-patterned endpapers, verso of front free endpaper with early ownership inscription, all edges gilt, original blindstamped green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and marked at edges, small 8vo, together with Benham (W. Gurney) , Playing Cards, History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets, 1st edition, 1931, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original red cloth stamped in black, spine lightly faded, 4to, plus nine other books about playing cards, 20th century, including: The Playing Card, by Detlef Hoffmann, 1973; Playing Cards of the World, by Kathleen Wowk, 1983; Collecting Playing Cards, by Sylvia Mann, 1973; A History of Playing Cards, by Roger Tilley, 1973, together with twelve related Stanley Gibbons auction catalogues, 1977-1980, plus a double Bakelite card box containing ten printed rule booklets for various games (Bezique, Patience, Bridge, etc.), 1871-1931 (24)
The Laws of Piquet... with a Treatise on the Game..., 1st edition, Thomas De La Rue, 1873, illustrations of playing cards on letterpress, errata slip tipped-in, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, first and final leaves spotted, gilt star-patterned endpapers, verso of front free endpaper with early ownership inscription, all edges gilt, original blindstamped green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and marked at edges, small 8vo, together with Benham (W. Gurney) , Playing Cards, History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets, 1st edition, 1931, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original red cloth stamped in black, spine lightly faded, 4to, plus nine other books about playing cards, 20th century, including: The Playing Card, by Detlef Hoffmann, 1973; Playing Cards of the World, by Kathleen Wowk, 1983; Collecting Playing Cards, by Sylvia Mann, 1973; A History of Playing Cards, by Roger Tilley, 1973, together with twelve related Stanley Gibbons auction catalogues, 1977-1980, plus a double Bakelite card box containing ten printed rule booklets for various games (Bezique, Patience, Bridge, etc.), 1871-1931 (24)
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