Buy this book on-line WILLSHIRE, William Hughes : A Descriptive Catalogue of Playing and Other Cards in the British Museum. Accompanied by a Concise General History of the Subject and Remarks on Cards of Divination and of a Politico-Historical Character1876
Chiswick Press. Wittingham and Wilkins. London. 1876. First edition. 4to. Original brown buckram gilt, very splattered to upper board, cloth split along upper joint and lacks small portion to head of spine, though binding is sound. x, 360, 87 pages (description of plates) plus 23 plates at rear, some in colour, some sepia. Frontis. Occasional light foxing otherwise a clean copy. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of WILLSHIRE, William Hughes : A Descriptive Catalogue of Playing and Other Cards in the British Museum. Accompanied by a Concise General History of the Subject and Remarks on Cards of Divination and of a Politico-Historical Character. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. WILLSHIRE, William Hughes : A descriptive catalogue of playing and other cards in The British Museum, accompanied by a concise general history of the subject and remarks on cards of divination and of a politico-historical characterAmsterdam: S. Emmering, 1975.
8vo, 24cm. Pp. x,360,viii,87, frontisp., 23 plates (incl. 7 coloured), bibliogr., indices. Orig. green cloth with gilt backstrip lettering in dustjacket. Fine copy, as new. - Facsimile reprint of the original edition (London 1877) including the supplement, with a new short preface by Sylvia Mann. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of WILLSHIRE, William Hughes : A descriptive catalogue of playing and other cards in The British Museum, accompanied by a concise general history of the subject and remarks on cards of divination and of a politico-historical character. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, collectables, antiquarian books, livres d'occasion and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |