The History of Playing Cards: From Ancient China to Modern Day

While there is some debate, card games are believed to have originated in 9th-century China. The earliest official record ...
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A history of playing cards and a bibliography of cards and gaming, by Catherine Perry Hargrave; compiled and illustrated from the old cards and books in the collection of the ...

Colored plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letter-press. A list of playing cards at end of each chapter.
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A history of playing cards and a bibliography of cards and gaming. Compiled and illustrated from the old cards and books in the collection of the United States Playing Card ...

"An unabridged republication of the work originally published ... in 1930." ...