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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1876. Green cloth binding with color card illustration on 4 corners of front cover. Light general wear, slight rubbing. Brown endapers, several color plates, 2 with very frayed edges. Missing 3 plates. 21 present, two severely frayed with loss to margins. Small dampstain to inner bottom edge of most pages. Scan on request. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 3rd Edition.. Hardcover. Good-.

Prentice-hall, 1968. Book is square, clean, tight; dustjacket shows tear to top edge. Hard Cover. Fine/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-10-15. Paperback. New. 96x4x144. *NEW* Paperback fresh from the distributor with no remainder marks and no price tags. Cover may not match photo.

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N: PRENTICE-HALL BOOK. VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1969.

London: Leslie Frewin, 1968. 48 pp + 24 colour plates (reproductions of illustrations from the 1875 edition, printed on one side of leaf only), 9 1/2" H. "By the 1870s, Patience was already a popular pastime, and it is surprising to learn that Lady Adelaide's compilation was the first on the subject to appear in the English language. (It) became, and remained, a best seller. It has been reprinted many times, but without the elegant and colourful plates that made it 'the' coffe-table book of London society during the latter half of Queen Victoria's reign and throughout that of Edward VII. The book delighted me so much that I decided to republish it, if it could be exactly reproduced. The generosity of Mrs Meredith and the skill of the printers have now made that possible." from the Preface. Contents: Preface; Foreword; Explanation of the Tableaux; Explanation of Term; (Games) Belle Lucie; Le Cadran; La Quinzaine; La Loi Salique; Les Quatre Coins; Le Moulin; Le Shah;… Read More

Paperback. Good.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 48 pp. Hardcover in clipped dust jacket. 8vo. Facsimile of the 1875 original. First edition thus. Book is in fine condition in red cloth boards. Pages are crisp and clean. Bookstore sticker on front free endpage. Dust jacket is in very good condition with wear at edges and a few closed tears. Light soiling. Handsomely illustrated throughout with card hands. In protective Mylar. .

Englewood Cliffs:: Prentice-Hall,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. 0134510968 . Color illustrations. First edition thus. Very good in a very good (age toning and rubbing), price clipped dust jacket. .

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1969. (1969) 48 pp. Original red covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends a bit sunned and bumped. Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Approx. 1/2" closed tear from top edge of rear panel. Illust. w/ color drawings. Contents nice.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Leslie Frewin,, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition facsimile of 1879 original edition Large octavo hardback. 60 pp, illustrated in colour. Very Good condition in Very Good +, unclipped dust jacket, now in protective clear plastic sleeve. No inscriptions

Leslie Frewin, 1968. Facsimile Edition. Hard Back. Good/Good. Near VG ex library with two ink stamps clean pages complete wrapper facsimile edition of the 1870 original illustrated throughout

London: Leslie Frewin, 1968. In very clean, bright condition with a similar dust jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG for age/No Jacket. Bound in bevelled edge blue cloth with 3 col.playing cards in each front corner and central monogram, black spine lettering and borders, spine ends a little rubbed, generally clean and attractive; viii+72, numerous un-numbered ex-pagination coloured plates throughout illustrating game lay-outs, all text-block edges red; bottom outer corner tips of first 2 leaves blackened, offset somehow from black end-papers, hint of edge tanning throughout. 19 cm x 24 cm 'Authoress' explains that most of the games are German in origin.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London : Leslie Frewin, 1968. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 48p.,ill.,25cm. Subject; Patience.

Leslie Frewin, London, 1968. Fine Facsimile Reprint. Hardback. A fine copy in the Publisher's gilt-blocked and bordered navy mottled cloth. Protected in a slighly dust-dulled but strong and clean presentation slip-case. Remains surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, and sharp-cornered. ; 48 pages; Impressively illustrated with both colour and black and white explanatory tableaux. Subjects: Solitaire (Game) .