A catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library

William B. Keller

ISBN 10: 0845731211 / ISBN 13: 9780845731215

Published by The Library, 1981

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4 volume set, unmarked pages. Cover corners bumped. Minor edge-wear on covers. Pictures available on request. 1981. Hardcover. No dust jackets. (1h).

Seller Inventory # D25643

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library
• Publisher: The Library
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0845731211
• ISBN 13: 9780845731215
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: Profusely Illustrated
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 153 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Games

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Synopsis

Melbert B. Cary 1892-1941 , the founder of Continental Typefounders and operator of the Press of the Woolly Whale, also acquired a collection of well over 1,000 full or partial sets of standard playing cards from the U.S. and most European countries along with China and several others, about 200 uncut sheets of standard playing cards and 30 blocks or plates for printing of standard cards, and roughly an equal number of items for nonstandard cards, along with various playing card ephemera: pack wrappers, tax stamps, coloring stencils, advertisements, etc. Cary's motive was a wish to represent the range of playing card design and production, and not primarily antiquarian. He nonetheless acquired such things as wood-block cards, tarot cards from the 15th century, and various 16th-century rarities. Upon the death of Mary F. Cary, his wife, in 1967 the collection was given to the Yale University Library. The first two volumes comprise the actual catalogue with 2,872 entries for items in the