Playing Cards; Pleasures and treasures
by Tilley, Roger
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Extremely light rubbing to head and foot of spine. Otherwise excellent copy. Near fine.
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. Hardcover. Extremely light rubbing to head and foot of spine. Otherwise excellent copy. Near fine.. Hardcover square quarto in beige cloth boards. 120 pages illustrations (some color), facsimiles 22 cm. No dust jacket. Contents: 1. Origins 2. The Italian and Spanish Packs 3. The German Pack 4. The French and Belgian Packs 5. The English Pack 6. The American and Russian Packs 7. Special Packs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89241
- Title
- Playing Cards; Pleasures and treasures
- Author
- Tilley, Roger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremely light rubbing to head and foot of spine. Otherwise excellent copy. Near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports and Recreation;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
Biblio member since 2005
Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...