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Lot 558
Sale 5792 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jan 30, 2020
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[Sports] [Playing Cards] Five Volumes on Playing Cards
Hargrave, Catherine Perry A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Games Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. First edition. 4to. Original brick red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, corners bumped, other light to moderate edge wear; hinges stressed. Illustrated with color frontispiece, color plates with lettered tissue guards, as well as full page and text illustrations. With Keller, William B. A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library New Haven: Yale University Library, 1981. In four volumes. First edition. 4to. Original blue cloth; light to moderate shelf wear. Illustrated with color frontispieces and numerous plates.