London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1920. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], iii-viii, [2], 3-286, [2] pp. Green publisher's cloth with gold lettering on the spine. No jacket. Light wear to the cloth and the front board a touch bowed. More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers [1931], 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], iii-xxii, [2], 25-266, [2] pp. Blue publisher's cltoh with red lettering and a red rule on the front board, red lettering on the spine. Lacks the dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Jack Smith: "To Jack Smith..... More
London: Associated Newspapers LTD. (1935), 1935. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-128 pp. Blue cloth with red and black lettering and a red and black decoraiton on the front board, black lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Lacks the dust jacket. With an errata slip. The boards slightly..... More
London: Thomas de la Rue & Co., LTD., 1928. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], 3-47, [1] pp. Black cloth textured like leather, gold lettering on the front board; all edges gilt. The boards bowed, an inscription on the free front endpaper from the year of publication. More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1876. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [7], viii-xiv, [1], 2-82, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Green publisher's cloth over thin boards with a large decoration stamped in gold on the front board; all edges gilt. Brown coated endpapers and pastedowns..... More
New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers [1914], 1914. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], v-xiv, 3-430 pp. Green publisher's cloth with black lettering and a white playing card stamped in red and black on the front board, black lettering and black decorations stamped on the spine. With a few in-text black..... More
London: Thos. de la Rue & Co., 1879. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x, [3], 2-260, [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Burnt red publisher's cloth with blind borders on each board, gold lettering and rules on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, Henry Jones. Dedicated..... More
London: Thos. De La Rue & Co., 1868. Ninth edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [9], 2-120, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements) pp. Orange publisher's cloth with raised decorations, card suits, on the boards, a gold decoration and gold lettering on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. Decorative red and white..... More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xxx, [2], 3-608, [2] pp. Gold coated publisher's cloth with black and red lettering and black and red decorations on the front board and spine. Endpapers and pastedowns printed in black with diagrams and tables. Lacks the dust..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited (1954), 1954. Later edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [2], 3-64 pp. Brown cloth with red lettering on the front board and spine. Price of 5s 6d net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Edited by Josephine Culbertson and Albert H. Morehead. A small date stamp..... More
London: The Richards Press Limited (1929), 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [4], 5-96 pp. Green publisher's cloth with four playing cards in black on the front board, black lettering on the spine. Price of 2- net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Inscribed "With the author's compliments", dated..... More
New York: Stein and Day Publishers[1980], 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x-xii, [3], 2-212, [2] pp. Quarter black cloth over yellow paper boards with gold lettering on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. Price of $15.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by..... More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers [1881], 1881. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-vii, [2], 2-149, [1], [36] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Quarter green cloth over white pictorial boards printed in red, black, orange, yellow, blue, white, and green. An attractive publisher's binding. Jessel 409. An entirely new edition..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited (1938), 1938. First trade edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [6], 7-63, [1] pp. Purple cloth with green lettering on the spine. Price of 3s. 6d. net on the front flap of the dust jacket. With a foreword by Ely Culbertson. First published in Punch magazine. The..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo. [8], 1-136, [2] pp. Green publisher's cloth with gold lettering and a mounted color illustration on the front board, gold lettering and gold decorations on the spine; all edges gilt. Yellow decorative endpapers and pastedowns. Title page and text in..... More
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London: Thomas de la Rue & Co. LTD, ca. 1930. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-vii, [1], 1-163, [1], [2], 3-48, [1] pp. Blue publisher's cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. With in-text black and white diagrams. Lacks the dust jacket. Foxing to the textblock, toning..... More
London: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers [1897], 1897. Third edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], iv-xi, [2], 2-625, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements) pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine, decorations in red, white, and black on the front board with playing cards, chess, dice, billiards, ten-pin..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1894. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xi, [2], 14-214, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) [2] pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine, gold decorations on the spine; all edges gilt. With several diagrams of possible combinations of different hands of cards. 20th thousand..... More
London: G. Bell and Sons, LTD., 1912. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo. [3], iv-viii, [1], 2-69, [1] pp. Pink cloth with black lettering and black decorations on the front board, black lettering on the spine and rear board. Publisher's ads on the endpapers and pastedowns. Price of 1/- on the front..... More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1913. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo. [2], 3-191, [3] pp. Green publisher's cloth with green decorations and white lettering on the front board and spine. Green endpapers and pastedowns. With in-text and full-page illustrations: different possible hands of cards. Wear and rubbing to the extremities, a...... More
London: English Universities Press LTD.(1952), 1952. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo. [6], 7-175, [1] pp. Blue publisher's cloth with designs in blind on the front board, silver lettering blocked in black on the spine. Decorated grey and white endpapers and pastedowns. Lacks the jacket. A few in-text diagrams in black and..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xiv, [2], 3-617, [1] pp. Red blindstamped cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with charts and in-text diagrams, including examples of draughts moves in various game scenarios. Jessel 140. According to Jessel this was the standard handbook of..... More
n.p. Gene Hochman, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Folio. [4], 1-55, [3] pp. Yellow wrappers printed in black with illustrations in black on the front wrapper. Perfect-bound. Price of $10.00 on the front wrapper. With several in-text illustrations in black and white. Some sunning to the spine and rear wrapper. More
n.p. Gene Hochman, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Folio. 28 cm x 21.5 cm. White wrappers printed in black with black and white illustrations on the front wrapper, staple-bound. In-text black and white illustrations throughout. Wrappers toned. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1913. Third printing. Hardcover. 12mo. [3], iii-vi, [2], 1-277, [1], [4] (pages of publisher's ads), [4] pp. Green publisher's cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Decorative green and white endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a few in-text black and white diagrams..... More