Card Games
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1928 The Money Game and How to Play itLondon : 1928A first edition copy of this educational money game with the original cards.
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1956 A Short History of Playing CardsGloucestershire: 1956The uncommon limited edition of this illustrated history of playing cards.
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1904 Bridge MaximsLondon: 1904An illustrated first edition of this collection of guides and plays for the card game bridge.
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c1910 The Modern HoyleLondon: c1910An uncommon guide to board and card games by Edmond Hoyle, a new modern edition.
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1920 The Illustrated Book of Patience GamesLondon: 1920A scarce edition of this fun work illustrating how to play patience games.
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1898 Cavendish on Whist; Hellespont on BridgeLondon: 1898-01Two charming illustrated guides to the card games of Whist and Bridge, first and twenty-third editions.
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1909 Hoyle's Games ModernizedLondon: 1909The new edition of this neat collection of rules and tips for a variety of games.
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1886 The Improved Game of Star AuthorsNew York: 1887A charming scarce card game of popular authors.
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1918-1920 2vols Selected Patience Games and Royal Auction BridgeLondon: 1918-1920Two scarce early 20th century guides for card games, such as Patience and Auction Whist.
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c1890 Dickens SnapUnkown: c1890A very scarce set of cards from Victorian card game 'Dickens Snap.'
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c1900 Happy FamiliesNot Stated : c1900A very scarce complete deck for the traditional British card game 'Happy Families.'
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c1930 Alice in Wonderland Bridge ScorerNot Stated: c1930A charming and very scarce 1930s 'Alice in Wonderland' scorer for contract bridge, consisting of twenty-three blank scoring sheets, and the same number of colour illustrations.
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1882 Rules of BaccaratLondon: [1882]Very scarce first edition of this book of rules of the card game Baccarat.
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1883 Illustrated Games of PatienceLondon: 1883Lady Cadogan's guide to playing card games, with a colour plate for each of the games included; a scarce book in this fourth edition.
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1899 The Laws of Bridge and How to Play BridgeLondon: 1899A very scarce sixth edition of this guide to playing Bridge, in the publisher's original cloth binding.
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c1870 The Secret Out; or, One Thousand Tricks in Drawing-Room or White MagicLondon: c1870A delightful nineteenth-century work on drawing room card games and tricks by Gustave Frikell, illustrated throughout.
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1860 Patience by PerseveranceLondon : 1860A beautifully colour illustrated copy of the rules and process of the card game Patience.
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1916 Fortune Telling by CardsLondon: 1916A scarce work on fortune telling using playing cards, illustrated throughout with diagrams.
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1859 Whist; Its Theory and PracticeLondon: [1859]A little pocket sized guide to the card game of whist, with information on loo, and cribbage. The rare first edition of this volume.
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1863 Hoyle's Games ModernisedLondon: [1863]A practical and extensive guide to all the most popular games in the nineteenth century, including whist, chess, billiards, and more.
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1877 The Correct CardLondon: 1877An uncommon guide to the classic English card game 'Whist', by Arthur Campbell-Walker.
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1779 Hoyle's Games Improved Treatises Fashionable Whist Edmond Hoyle UncommonLondon: 1779An uncommon copy of this work on popular games by Edmond Hoyle.
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1898 The Laws and Principles of Whist Cavendish Illustrated GamesLondon: 1898An illustrated guide to the laws and principles of Whist by "Cavendish"
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1892 The Laws of Piquet Games Cavendish Henry Jones Cavendish Eighth EditionLondon : 1892An instructional work on the game of Piquet.
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1760 Mr Hoyles Games of Whist Chess Piquet etc Twelfth Edition Signed Game RulesLondon: [1760-1]The twelfth official edition of Hoyle's 'Games.' -
1921 Dominoes and Solitaire by Berkeley Illustrate The Club Series W. H. PeelLondon: 1921An illustrated guide to dominoes and solitaire.