A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming

A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming
Author: Catherine Perry Hargrave
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0486412369

Intricate, absorbing study based on research and card collections from around the world tells the story of playing cards and their manufacture, plus provides a fascinating overview of heraldry, geography, history, and the social and political activities of man over the past six centuries. Includes an enormous annotated bibliography of more than 900 items on playing cards and games, and over 1,400 illustrations. Praised by The New York Times as "the most authoritative and complete treatment of its kind."

Gambling in America

Gambling in America
Author: United States. Commission on the Review of the National Policy Toward Gambling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1430
Release: 1976
Genre: Gambling
ISBN:

Author catalog

Author catalog
Author: Cleveland Public Library. John G. White Department
Publisher:
Total Pages: 642
Release: 1964
Genre: Checkers
ISBN:

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Johnson, George P., bookseller, Edinburgh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1146
Release: 1881
Genre:
ISBN: