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Lot 156

A Hand-Book of Games for Evening Amusement. Philadelphia: G...

Estimate: $200 - $300

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A Hand-Book of Games for Evening Amusement. Philadelphia: George S. Appleton, 1850. 12mo. A scarce work of various Victorian games, including Don Cossack, ?The English Game,? and Merelles. Publisher?s olive cloth with titles gilt stamped and designs (soiling, rubbing); gilt edges (inscriptions on endpapers). Disbound (endpapers partially detached but present). SECOND PRINTING OF A RARE WORK. Provenance: Mrs. N.H. Hale (inscription).