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[BOOKS – PLAYING CARDS – HISTORY] Collection of Books on Playing Card History and Fortune Telling. 38 items. V.p., 1860s - 1960s. Includes: Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards, by William Andrew Chatto. Two editions (John Russell Smith, 1848), one volume in brown cloth, another in purple cloth. Jessel 256; — Fortune-Telling by Cards, by Professor P. R. S. Foli. Two editions (C. Arthur Pearson, 1929 and n.d.); — Gutenberg and the Master of the Playing Cards, by Hellmut Lehman-Haupt. (Yale, 1966) ex-library; — The History of Playing Cards, with Anecdotes of Their Use in Conjuring, Fortune-Telling, and Card-Sharping, by Rev. Ed. S. Taylor, et al. Two copies (John Camden Hotten, 1865), one lacks several plates. Toole Stott 657; — The Laws and Practices of Whist, by Cavendish. Two editions (Thomas De La Rue & Co., 1892 and 1898), the first volume Jessel 944; — The Modern Hoyle, by Professor Hoffman. (Frederick Warne and Co., 1889) Jessel 1080; — Playing Cards: History of the Pack and Explanations of Its Many Secrets, by W. Gurney Benham. Two editions (Ward, Lock & Co., 1931; Spring Books, n.d.); — Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards, by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer (Hurst & Blackett Ltd., 1912); — What the Cards Tell, by Minetta. (Downey & Co., 1896) Jessel 1193; — The Winstanley Geographical Cards, by Virginia Wayland. (Virginia & Harold Wayland, 1967); And 23 others, with two publications in French, and three in German. Bindings vary, most in publisher’s originals. Many illustrated. Dawes bookplates. Largest 4to. Condition generally good or better.