A history of playing cards and a bibliography of cards and gaming

Boston: Houghton Miflin, 1930. FIRST EDITION. With colored frontispiece and nearly 1500 illustrations, including 31 full-page colored plates, and with all tissue guards present. Publisher’s red cloth; although without the dust jacket, a brilliant copy. First edition of this excellent history of playing cards, which includes an invaluable bibliography. The historical aspect covers cards from countries around the world and from the earliest times to present-day America. An incredible resource for any library.