London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1887. Decorative Cloth. Good+. Well illustrated with many full-page colour plates illustrating the card play. 35 Games demonstrated including: General Sedgewick, The Jubilee, The Queens and Australian Patience. Blue cloth cover with black central monogram and vignettes of cards in the corners. Black title on spine. Beveled edges. Spine has a very small hole in cloth and is a little faded. Alos a few dents on rear cover. Some light soiling to cover. FFep missing. Text block firm. No inscriptions. Pages and illustrations in nice, clean condition.

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Bookseller: Cornish Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020152
Title: Illustrated Games of Patience : Second Series
Author: Lady Adelaide Cadogan
Format/Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Good+
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1887
Keywords: ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/GAMES/PLAYING CARDS/CARDS/PATIENCE/PATIENCE GAMES

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Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....