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Lot of 20 Reference Books on Playing Cards.

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Lot of 20 Reference Books on Playing Cards.

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Lot of 20 Reference Books on Playing Cards. Including A History of Playing Cards (1966) by Catherine Perry Hargrave, Old and Curious Playing Cards (1989) by H.T. Morley, The Playing Cards of Spain (1996) by Trevor Denning, two editions of A Bibliography of Works in English on Playing Cards and Gaming (1905) by Frederic Jessel, Collecting Playing Cards (1966) by Sylvia Mann, Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards (1976-1982, six vol.), Playing Cards (1950) by W. Gurney Benharn, The Encyclopedia of Tarot (1978) by Stuart R. Kaplan, and The Playing Card: An Illustrated History (1973) by Detlef Hoffmann, among others. Sizes and bindings vary. Condition generally very good to fine.

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Lot of 20 Reference Books on Playing Cards.

Name: Lot of 20 Reference Books on Playing Cards.
SKU: 52307219
Price: 150 USD
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