Dick's Games of Patience; or, Solitaire with Cards. Sixty-four Games with 50 Explanatory Tableaux by Dick, William B (editor) - 1884

Dick & Fitzgerald. 1884. Trade paperback. Fair. shelfwear and some tears to the cover, service copy, po names in pencil. 154 p. .

New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1883. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 143pp. Green boards, gilt and black lettering and decoration. Light chipping to head and tail of spine, corners rubbed, lettering and decoration bright and prominent, contents are age-toned, inscription and date (1884) on front free endpaper,slight internal separation at title page, but binding is holding. Presumed first edition because copyright date of 1883 is only date. Diagrams throughout illustrating card games.

United States: Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation, 1912. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. 154p. A dark green, gilt-decorated cloth hardcover book in good condition. Light shelf wear to cover. Light stains on front endpaper and first few pages. Small tear in p. 139. A few tiny pencil marks in margins; otherwise, mostly clean and binding tight. A guide to various versions of Solitaire.

New York: Dick, 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised. Very good minus/Hardcover no dustwrapper Light browning, illustrated. Very light foxing, name on end paper. Cover rubbed with light staining, fading. Some wear. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation, 1912. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With fifty explanatory tableaux. Page 88 has a rip in the illustration. Binding is cracked in a few places. Nicely illustrated cover..

NY 1884 new edition, revised and enlarged Dick & Fitzgerald. Hardcover. 12mo., 154p., attractively bound in brown cloth with black and very bright gilt decoration on front. board. Containing 64 games illustrated with 50 explanatory tableaux. VG ++, light wear to spine ends and corners. Lovely bright condition. .

NY, NY: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, 1884. 154 pp., green cloth w/ gold lettering, embossed gilt & black lettering, illustration & decoration to front board; book shows some wear to ends of spine w/ some fraying to top front corner; corners of front board just barely worn through; rear board shows light wear to corners w/ top corner lightly bumped & a scattering of some very small surface wear spots; some darkening to edges of page block / Illustrated with B&W diagrams. /. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.

Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, New York: (1884)., 1884 154p., (2) [Contents]. Illustrated with fifty full page card explanations. Early book seller's label: F. Losser & Co., Brooklyn Book Store. Sm. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Front board lettered in gold with a gold embossed pictorial of a joker holding a solitaire hand. Hardbound. Beautiful copy. GAMES BOX 2 0.0. Hardcover.

New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, (1883), 1883. Square 12mo; 140 pp.; thirty-three full page illustrations from diagrams. Front hinge starting, and some wear to spine ends and corners, else a good copy or better in gilt-stamped, decorative red cloth. The instructions for forty-four games of solitaire..

This is an antique, early edition of "Dick's Games of Patience ~ or, Solitaire with Cards" edited by William B. Dick. 1884; Dick & Fitzgerald; New York. First Series - "New Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Containing Sixty-Four Games." Illustrated with 50 "tableaux." There is an "Explanation of Terms" section at the front, and a six page publisher's catalog at the back.From the Preface: "There is a charm and solace about Solitaire which is beginning to be more generally and deservedly appreciated. It affords an attractive pastime and a grateful relief when overtaxed by too assiduous application to business or study; it serves to fill up idle hours, and to soothe the unrest of the unfortunate victim of insomnia. To aid in disseminating and popularizing this interesting branch of amusement, this little work has been prepared with the greatest care and with a special view to perspicuity of description and detail; a number of the games have been arranged and adapted from Lady Adelaide Cadogan's elegant… Read More