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Lot 357

The History of Playing Cards, with Anecdotes of Their Use in Conjuring, Fortune-Telling, and Card-Sharping

Estimate: $100 - $200

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Taylor, Rev., et al. The History of Playing Cards, with Anecdotes of Their Use in Conjuring, Fortune-Telling, and Card-Sharping. London: John Hamden Cotton, 1865. First Edition. Publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gold. Color frontispiece and title page illustration. Illustrated. Thick 8vo. Some soiling on front cover, light wear on spine, else very good. Toole Stott 657.

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