London: John Russell Smith, 1848. Hardcover. Jessel 256: In his Bibliography of Works in English on Playing Cards and Gambling (1905) Jessel described it as 'A learned and exhaustive work which is still the leading authority of the subject'. Wonderfully illustrated, with images, some in color, of playing cards throughout.....
New York: John Day Company, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A semi-autobiographical novel of adventures in the American West, seeking and losing fortunes. Minor wear to the vividly illustrated jacket, now in a protective plastic cover, with creasing to the head and tail of the spine and a short, closed tear.....
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1877. Hardcover. 'No sedentary game is more popular, or so generally played for amusement in domestic circles, throughout the wide spread "eminent demense" [sic] of the United States, as Euchre - the Queen of all card-games; and but few, we regret to say it, possess.....
London: Edmund Seale, 1913. Hardcover. An exhaustive portrait of Monte Carlo before the War, mixing practical tips and information for travelers with absurd humor, often taking the form of answers to facetious correspondence. Date is taken from the preface. Half red cloth with image of a roulette wheel on the.....