Dick's Games of Patience or Solitaire with Cards - Second Series - Containing Seventy Games Illustrated with Sixty-Six Explanatory Tableaux

[CARD GAMES] [SOLITAiRE] [ENTERTAINMENT] Dick, Harris B., editor. Very attractive late 19th century book titled, Dick’s Games of Patience or Solitaire with Cards – Second Series – Containing Seventy Games Illustrated with Sixty-Six Explanatory Tableaux (New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, 1898). Decorative green cloth cover with an illustration of a Joker holding a hand of cards and the title in gilt; gilt spine title, Dick’s Games of Patience; 113 pp including two Contents pages, plus a [2]-page list of contents in the First Series and [5] pages listing similar books for sale “sent Free of Postage at the Prices annexed”. Measures 6 x 7.5 inches. Early owner’s name in period ink on title page; Fine, clean condition. [22-243] The Preface states, in part, “When the first series of sixty-four games was issued, it was supposed to fulfill all the requirements of the most ardent votaries of Solitaire; but it appears to have created a demand for “fresh fields and pastures new,” to satisfy the desire for still greater varieties. To meet this demand, seventy attractive games are here offered to the devotees of Solitaire; and, as none of the games in the first volume have been duplicated in this series, it is hoped that this ample addition to their repertory will meet with their approval and satisfy their most exacting desires.” A beautiful book in Fine condition with an attractive illustrated publisher’s binding.…