Summer Magic Auction
Tue, Jul 24, 2018 03:10AM EDT
Lot 30
The History of Playing Cards, with Anecdotes of their use in Conjuring, Fortune-Telling, and Card-Sharping.
Estimate: $200 - $300
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Taylor, Rev. Ed. S. and Others. The History of Playing Cards, with Anecdotes of their use in Conjuring, Fortune-Telling, and Card-Sharping. London: John Camden Hotten, 1865. First Edition. Three-quarter morocco with marbled boards and endsheets. Color frontispiece, illustrated with plates. Thick 8vo. Spine rubbed and split at top, corners rounded, some markings on endpapers and staining to interior, otherwise very good condition. Toole Stott 657.
