Playing Cards. History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets

No date of publication given; probably 1950s. Large 8vo (25 x 19 cm). pp vii, 196. Monochrome and colour illustrations in the text. Pink cloth boards; lettering in black to spine; illustration of playing card to front. Boards slightly bowed; with several small marks; worn to edges; spine faded. Ink inscription and pencil price mark to front free endpaper. Light soiling to edges of text block. Spotting to endpapers and a few pages near front and rear, and sporadically elsewhere. Binding firm; gutter mildly cracked in one place.