OLD AND CURIOUS PLAYING CARDS, THEIR HISTORY AND TYPES FROM MANY COUNTRIES AND PERIODS.

Black coloured hardback book, with gilt titles running along the spine, comes with nice clean dust jacket. The book is in really good condition, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. 235 pages all intact, all pages and illustrations are in good, clean, readable order. The sixteen colour plates between pages 46 and 47 first appeared in "Devils Picture Books" by Van Rensselaer published by T. Fisher Unwin, London 1982. Printed and bound in Italy. This edition published 1989 by Bracken Books an imprint of bestseller Publications Ltd. Jacket designed by Ivor Claydon & Printed in Italy. Fully illustrated with 16 colour plates and over 300 black and white figures, this enchanting collection is not merely a catalogue of old cards, but a miscellany of anecdote and explanation, an intriguing history of the games and pastimes of centuries gone by.