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Wells (Carolyn). The Rubáiyát of Bridge. With illustrations by May Wilson Preston 1st edition, New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1909, printed in black and orange, full-page illustrations throughout, original green cloth (slightly marked), with colour illustration mounted on upper cover (dust-soiled and with a couple of faint stains), 8vo, together with: Silva (Henriques da). Tratado do Jôgo do Boston, com a História das Cartas de Jogar em prefácio de Egas Moniz, 1st edition, Lisbon: Editorial Ática, 1942, errata slip (offset to last page of index), numerous black & white and colour illustrations, many full-page, original printed wrappers detached, spine stained and toned, 4to, Bray (Jean). How to Play Mah Jong, second edition revised and much enlarged. With an added chapter on Special Bonus Scores and "Limit Hands", London and New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924, half-title, numerous illustrations on letterpress, some full-page original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket, toned, with tear to lower portion of spine, 8vo, with folding colour Mah Jong score card loosely inserted, and 38 other early and later 20th century books related (Qty: 41) The first item contains charming illustrations accompanying a poem about the game of Bridge: "Alas, how Subtle Bridge alluring Woos!/And robs me of my Nightly Beauty-Snooze./I often Wonder what Bridge Players gain/One-half so Precious as the Sleep they Lose."