Playing Cards: History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets [The History and Secrets of the Pack]
by Benham, W. Gurney
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Spring Books Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dull salmon cloth, lettered/illus. in black. Minor binding lean, slight wear. Color illus. dust jacket shows rubbed edges with several small chips, rubbed joints, now in mylar. vii,196 pp. Undated, ca. 1950s-60s, reprinting the original 1931 edition..
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 061626
- Title
- Playing Cards: History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets [The History and Secrets of the Pack]
- Author
- Benham, W. Gurney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Spring Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
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Saucony Book Shop
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About the Seller
Saucony Book Shop
Biblio member since 2005
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
About Saucony Book Shop
The Saucony Book Shop, located in the heart of scenic rural Berks County, epicenter of Pennsylvania German folk culture (our shop specialty), offers a full range of gently used, rare, and antiquarian books, with many volumes of scholarly merit and an unabashed emphasis on the quaint, the curious, and the utterly obscure. We make no attempt to be a general-service book shop. Our inventory is highly selective, individually chosen from among the hundreds of thousands of books to which we have access annually at auctions, library and estate sales, and through individual scouts and vendors. We do not handle material that does not meet our expectations in terms of condition or interest to our specialized, idiosyncratic customers. Despite maintaining a browsing inventory of more than 15,000 volumes, we have minimized our carbon footprint by maintaining our entire operation in a cozy ca. 1890 barn and lean-to adjacent to an historic creamery in rural Maxatawny Township. Our shop is available for browsing by appointment and occasionally, in temperate weather, by chance, so email or call ahead to peruse the eclectic selection gracing our shelves, or ask our ferociously over-read staff for recommendations. Selling antiquarian books of merit since 1981. Full search and appraisal services; always keenly interested in purchasing quality used books, whether by the piece or by the bushel. Thanks for reading about us! Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
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