Playing Cards

Spring Booksn.d. circa 1950. 1950. Hardcover. Small 4to. hardcover. 196pp. index, color and black and white illus. very good. / poor, chipped d/w. .

London: Ward, Lock & Co., (1931). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Small quarto, original green cloth with cover design and lettering in gilt and black; vii, 195 pp, 242 illustrations including many in color. Fine, entirely clean and unworn in moderately edgeworn jacket "This book traces for the first time the long and surprising pedigree… Read more about this item

London: Ward, Lock and Co, 1931. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 195 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black stamped decoration with gilt lettering on front. Green cover boards with light rubbing ton edges. Color illustrations throughout. Record # 354190

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. The History and Secrets of the Pack. London, Spring Books. 196 pages, clothbound, very good condition in worn dust jacket. .

London: Spring Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. -. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, black lettering on spine, black decoration on front cover. Illustrated with B&W and color drawings. . Volume shows mild shelf-wear, boards and spine lightly sunned. Price-clipped dust jacket is lightly chipped and worn. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD.… Read more about this item

Spring House Books. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (games, cards, history, deck) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

London: Spring Books. Small 4to, pp. 196. Index. Profusely illustrated wtih drawings, some in color. Cover slightly warped and faded, o/w VG.

HardCover . 🔴 Condition - Good🔴 Australian buyers can combine up to 5Kg of Books for the same postage charge. 🟢 This Book weighs 930 Grams.🟢 ** INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE(weight is over 500 grams) **

Spring House Books. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (Playing Cards, Games, History) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs,… Read more about this item

London: Ward, Lock. Numerous colour & black and white illustrations. Useful index & very detailed text. Ex-reference library copy with usual plate, stamps, impressed marks etc, but little used. No library markings externally. Publishers olive green cloth, titled gilt with black playing card design on upper board . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1931.

London: Spring Books Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dull salmon cloth, lettered/illus. in black. Minor binding lean, slight wear. Color illus. dust jacket shows rubbed edges with several small chips, rubbed joints, now in mylar. vii,196 pp. Undated, ca. 1950s-60s, reprinting the original 1931 edition..

London: Spring Books, 1950's?. Very Good/very good. The modern pack of cards has taken about 600 hundred years to evolve and its story is a romantic and absorbingly interesting one, full of unexpected incidents. red boards with writing to spine and embossed front cover with picture of playing card.Some bumping and shelf wear.Dj mylar covered, some nicks to… Read more about this item

London: Spring Books, 1950.. Hardbound 8vo., with dust jacket. 196 pp. Ill. color & black & white. Exhaustive study. Slight yellowing and cover wear; dust jacket edges are ragged and torn. Good-VG.

London: Spring Books Slight fading to spine, otherwise fine

London: Spring Books, 1957. vii, 196p., colored and b/w illus., lightly chipped dj.

London: Ward, Lock, 1931. First. hardcover. very good. Profusely illustrated with many in color. 195 pages. Short 4to, pictorial red cloth (rubbed and neatly repaired at spine ends). London: Ward, Lock & Co., (1931). First Edition. Overall a very good copy.<br/><br/>

London: Spring Brooks (No Date) 196 pp. Original salmon cloth covers w/ light sunning to edges and spine. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. Illust. w/ color and b/w figures.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock and Co., Ltd., 1931. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Red cloth, lettered/illus. in black. Mildly tanned endpapers and text block edges, otherwise about as issued. Putty dust jacket with color front panel pastedown shows minor soiling, with slight tanning to spine panel, now in mylar.… Read more about this item

London: Spring Books. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated. In a Mylar cover. No date, but in the style of the 1950's.

BENHAM, W. Gurney. Playing Cards: History of the Pack and Explanations of Its Many Secrets. Original cloth. London: Spring Books, N.d. First edition. Boards somewhat soiled, but a very good copy.