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."

Redskin and Paleface

Redskin and Paleface
Author: Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 432
Release: 1891
Genre: Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN:

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:

Athenaeum

Athenaeum
Author: James Silk Buckingham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 934
Release: 1894
Genre:
ISBN: