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."

The Western Antiquary

The Western Antiquary
Author: William Henry Kearley Wright
Publisher:
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1889
Genre: Cornwall (England : County)
ISBN:

"Reprinted after revision and correction from the 'Weekly Mercury,'" Mar. 1881-May 1884.

A View of Devonshire in MDCXXX

A View of Devonshire in MDCXXX
Author: Thomas Westcote
Publisher:
Total Pages: 676
Release: 1845
Genre: Devon (England)
ISBN:

Comprising 2 works, "A view of Devonshire" and "The pedigrees of most of our Devonshire families", from an unpublished manuscript.

...Trelawny Papers

...Trelawny Papers
Author: James Phinney Baxter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 588
Release: 1884
Genre: Maine
ISBN:

Correspondence and other papers of Robert Trelawny, of Plymouth, England, relating to his grants.