Card Essays, Clay's Decisions, And Card-table Talk. By "Cavendish."
by [Jones, Henry]
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- Hardcover
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- Good
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
London: Thos. De La Rue & Co.. Good. 1879. First American Edition. Hardcover. Rear cover warped with damp stain, stain also on portrait, historical society marks. ; 8vo; x, 260 pages; Cloth, portrait, **Chapters are: Whist versus Chess, Origin and Development of Cards and Card-Games, with Bibliography, On the Erymology of Whist, Duties on Playing-Cards, Moliere on Piquet, the Duffer's Whist Maxims, Decisions of the Late Mr. Clay, & Card-Table Talk. **With the joint imprint of Scribner & Welford, New York. .
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- Bookseller
- Janet & Henry Hurley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54255
- Title
- Card Essays, Clay's Decisions, And Card-table Talk. By "Cavendish."
- Author
- [Jones, Henry]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Thos. De La Rue & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- Card Playing, Whist, Chess, Scribner & Welford
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- Antiques & Collectables;
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