Norman Angell

The Money Game and How to Play It

London , J. M. Dent , 1928. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this educational money game with the original cards. This was published in 1928, when the patent for this game was applied for in America edition. This volume contains the money game and instructions for how to play it. The games are intended to educate about the players about money and banking systems, making it easier to understand economic problems and prevent monetary confusion. With 100 industry playing cards divided into 10 sets of the different industries, 2 insurance or joker cards, five score sheets, filled out in pencil, originally with eight score sheets and with 150 original colour money cards, with 20 £1, 60 £10, 40 £4 and 30 £50s. Collated. In the publisher's original binding. Externally, lovely with some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with some light spots to the first few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 850B64

Catalogue: Card Games

Keywords: The Money Game and How to Play it money games money Not Stated

Berkeley

Dominoes and Solitaire

London, George Bell and Sons, 1910. Cloth. An illustrated copy of this guide to the games of dominoes and solitaire. The Club Series. Illustrated throughout. A guide to the games of dominoes and solitaire, with descriptions of the games, tactics, additional games to play, variations, and much more. Written by "Berkeley." In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light age toning to the extremities. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 859T84

Catalogue: Card Games

Keywords: Dominoes Solitaire Berkeley Solitaire None

Boaz; Badsworth

The Laws of Bridge with a Guide to the Game by "Boaz. " and How to Play Bridge by "Badsworth. " Sixth Edition

London, Thos. De La Rue & Co. 1899. Cloth. A very scarce sixth edition of this guide to playing Bridge, in the publisher's original cloth binding. The very scarce sixth edition in the publisher's original cloth binding. A guide to playing the card game Bridge, with instructions by Boaz and Badsworth, in very smart condition. Preface to the Laws of Bridge for the first and second editions. Boaz outlines the laws and etiquette of Bridge, then gives a brief historical guide and finally a description of the game. Badsworth builds upon Boaz's instructions with his own guide to playing Bridge, with general hints. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart, colour is good and gilt is bright. Only light rubbed to the head and tail of the spine, the extremities and boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot and handling mark. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 828M15

Catalogue: Card Games

Keywords: Bridge Card Games Boaz Badsworth Card Games Not Stated

Walter Buller

The Buller System of Contract Bridge (the Way to Play)

London, The Star" Publications Dept , [1936]. Paperback. A very scarce handbook to the Buller system of contract bridge. A very scarce book, rarely seen in commerce and found institutionally only at the British Library and the University of Oxford libraries. A complete guide to the Buller system of bridge. Walter Buller was a British auction and contract bridge organiser and player, one of the leading bridge personalities of the 1930s. In the original publisher's illustrated wraps. Externally sound with shelf wear, chipping to head of spine, staining mark to front wrap, light spotting to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean with a touch of age toning, as usual with the type of paper used. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 859A78

Catalogue: Card Games

Keywords: walter buller bridge card games handbooks bridge None

Lady Adelaide Cadogan

Illustrated Games of Patience by Lady Adelaide Cadogan Dedicated by Permission to His Royal Highness the Duke of Albany, K.G. Fourth Edition.

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1883. Cloth. Lady Cadogan's guide to playing card games, with a colour plate for each of the games included; a scarce book in this fourth edition. The fourth edition of this volume in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the half title, dated 1884. 24 colour plates, one for each of the games described. Collated complete. The card games explained include: La Belle Lucie; Le Cadran; La Quinzaine; La Loi Salique; Les Quatre Coins; Le Moulin; Le Shah; Le Blocus; L'Horloge; La Forteresse; Les Quatorze; Le Sultan; Le Calcul; La Nivernaise; The Empress of India; The Besieged City; Le Parterre; Les Hemisheres; Les Petits Paquets; Le Carre Napoleon; La Duchesse de Luynes; The British Constitution; The Zodiac; Sympathie. Lady Adelaide Cadogan (1820–1890), was a British noblewoman and author, most noted for her books on plays and card games. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, with minimal wear to the extremities, and a small stain to the front board. Internally, the binding is slightly strained in a couple of places. Faint tidemarks to the paste downs and free end papers, and to the plates, not affecting the images. Pages are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 833M29

Catalogue: Card Games

Keywords: Card Games Instruction book Indoor games Instruction book Not Stated

Cavendish; Hellespont

Cavendish on Whist; Hellespont on Bridge

London, Thos. de la Rue & Co. 1898-01. Cloth. Two charming illustrated guides to the card games of Whist and Bridge, first and twenty-third editions. Twenty-third edition of 'Whist' by "Cavendish" and first edition of 'Bridge' by "Hellespont". Two pocket sized guide to popular card games with helpful diagram or potential tricks and tactics by authorities on the subject.In uniform variant cloth bindings. With advertising leaves to rear.Illustrations and titles in red and black. In the original publisher's full cloth binding, gilt to edges. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Previous ownership inscription to front pastedown of 'Bridge.' Light minor spotting to odd leaf only, pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 844A29

Catalogue: Card Games

Keywords: whist bridge card games illustrated bridge Not Stated

Henry Jones "Cavendish

The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained and Its Practice Illustrated on an Original System by Means of Hands Played Completely Through

London, Thos. De La Rue & Co Ltd, 1898. Cloth. An illustrated guide to the laws and principles of Whist by "Cavendish" A comprehensive guide to the laws, and principles of the card game of Whist. Illustrated throughout with helpful diagram or potential tricks and tactics. An extremely successful book, this particular volume is the twenty-third edition of this work. Cavendish was the pseudonym for the English writer Henry Jones. An authority on a variety of games, including both card games and lawn games, in total Jones published three volumes on the game of Whist. In full cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally, very smart with some minor shelfwear. Small mark to the rear board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally clean, with some spotting to the first and last pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine .

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Book number: 593E11

Catalogue: Card Games

Keywords: Whist Games Illustrated Laws Games Cards Various

Cavendish

Round Games at Cards

London, Thomas de la Rue & Co. 1875. First edition. Cloth. An attractive first edition of this instructional work on various card games, published under Henry Jones' pseudonym. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding with decorative blind stamping.With two leaves of publisher's advertisements to the rear.Published under the pseudonym "Cavendish", which belongs to English writer Henry Jones, who was an authority on whist and other card games, tennis and other lawn games.The work lays out the rules of the card games Loo, Vingt-et-un and various types of poker. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with minor shelf wear and a few marks to the boards, otherwise very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot, heaviest to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Book number: 910Y19

Catalogue: Card Games

Keywords: Card Games Poker Games Poker None

Captain Crawley

Whist; Its Theory and Practice: With Chapters on Loo and Cribbage

London, C. H. Clarke, [1859]. First edition. Cloth. A little pocket sized guide to the card game of whist, with information on loo, and cribbage. The rare first edition of this volume. A guide to the trick-card game of 'whist', popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, by Captain Crawley. The rare first edition dated from Jisc 1859. With some chapters also on loo, a seventeenth century trick-card game, and cribbage. In the original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to the edges. In the original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to the edges. Externally with some shelf wear and edge wear and some soiling to the boards. The rear board has a faint damp marking and a white minor mark, the front board presents some minimal damp marks to the upper right extremity. The head and tail of the spine and extremities are slightly bumped. Evidence of attempted removal of an inscription on the front pastedown, and an imprint by the bookseller on the front free endpaper. Internally, With a faint minor spotting to the first and last few leaves, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 782A48

Catalogue: Card Games

Keywords: card games play whist play None

R F Foster

Bridge Maxims

London, Thomas De La Rue, 1904. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this collection of guides and plays for the card game bridge. First edition. Illustrated throughout with in-text diagrams. A collection of guides to bridge plays, including: doubling, leading, and the dealer's play. Written by R. F. Foster. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original blue cloth binding with patterned endpapers and pastedowns. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 847T14

Catalogue: Card Games

Keywords: Bridge Maxims Foster Maxims None

Gustave Frikell; W.H. Cremer [ed.]

The Secret out; or, One Thousand Tricks in Drawing-Room or White Magic

London, John Camden Hotten, c1870. Cloth. A delightful nineteenth-century work on drawing room card games and tricks by Gustave Frikell, illustrated throughout. A delightful nineteenth-century work on drawing room card games and tricks, including chapters on general tricks, playing card tricks, tricks of conjuring, sleight-of-hand, and legerdemain, and the secrets of grand magic. Written by Gustave Frikell and translated and edited by W.H. Cremer. Including over three hundred in-text illustrations. Containing two pages of publisher's adverts to the front and thirty-six pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some light shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Some light rubbing to the joints. Internally, generally firmly bound. A small tear to the head of pages 15 to 24, not affecting readability. Scattered spots to the first and last few pages, and a few spots throughout, otherwise pages are generally bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 823J48

Catalogue: Card Games

Keywords: magic card games white magic drawing room card games frikell Not Stated

Professor Hoffmann

Hoyle&Apos;S Games Modernized

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1909. Hardback. The new edition of this neat collection of rules and tips for a variety of games. New edition. Highly illustrated throughout. Rules and tips for games, such as: Baccarat, Cribbage, Napoleon, Poker, Whist, Bridge, Backgammon, Pool, Chess, Draughts, and Roulette. With chapters by Ernest Bergholt, Captain Browning, and Professor Hoffman. In the original white illustrated card boards. Externally, sound with slight rubbing and shelf wear to the extremities. Top of spine pulled. Joints starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 844T8

Catalogue: Card Games

Keywords: Hoyle's Games Hoffmann Games None

Professor Hoffmann

The Illustrated Book of Patience Games

London, George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1920. Cloth. A scarce edition of this fun work illustrating how to play patience games. Scarce edition. Highly illustrated with diagrams throughout. A guide to patience games, including: the star, the harvest, hidden cards, valentine, the four corners, the kingdom, queens and knaves, and the wrangle. Translated from the German and edited by Professor Hoffmann, a leading writer on magic, games, amusements, and puzzles. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, sound with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Light marks to the rear board and significant white marks to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 844T31

Catalogue: Card Games

Keywords: Illustrated Patience Games Hoffmann Patience None