A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming
A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming
Formas de Pago
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- Tarjeta de crédito
- Transferencia Bancaria
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- Carta del Docente
Detalles
- Año de publicación
- 1930
- Lugar de impresión
- Boston/New York
- Autor
- Hargrave, Catherine Perry
- Editores
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Edición
- First Edition
- Materia
- European Decorative Arts (Pre 1900)
- Descripción
- H
- Sobrecubierta
- False
- Conservación
- Muy bueno
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Copia autógrafa
- False
- Primera edición
- True
Descripción
This is a very good hardcover copy of the first edition in red cloth with title printed in gilt on the spine. Very clean inside and out. Back hinge repaired, bump to top corner of text block, small moisture stain to top edge of text block. The standard work on the subject with extensive bibliographical listings, and hundreds of color plates (with captions printed on tissue guards) and black & white illustrations of playing cards. Illustrates the history of playing cards beginning with the earliest cards ever found, which come from Provence, France, and date to around 1440. Folio, 12" high X 9" wide, 468 pages. Foreign postage will be extra for this large heavy book. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
