BOOKS ON PLAYING CARDS AND PLAYING CARD MAKERS
THE NEW POCKET HOYLES OR COMPANION TO THE CARD TABLE - MDXCCCV
These rules consist of two parts, first a slipcase with the wording
THE NEW POCKET HOYLES OR COMPANION TO THE CARD TABLE – MDXCCCV,
The roman numerals equivalent to 1805.
The fitting book titled “THE NEW POCKET HOYLE, CONTAINING THE GAMES OF Whist, Quadrille, Piquet,
Quinze, Laansquenet, Pharo, Rouge et Noire, Cribbage, Matrimony, Cassino, Reversis, Connexions, All Fours and Speculation.
This is the Third Edition printed by T Davison, White-Friars for Robert Scholey, Paternoster-Row; Vendor, Hood, and Sharpe, Poultry; J Murray, Fleet Street; C Chapple, Pall Mall, and Wilson and Spence, York in 1807.
It has a really attractive engraved frontispiece and the Rules run for 202 pages followed by seven and a half pages advertising books printed by Robert Scholey.
The book is gold edged and it lacks the back pink leaf, all printed pages present.
The slipcase has a few scuffs and a representation of an Ace of Spades for the period, known as a Garter Ace.
The addition of the slip is scarce.
First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK – £4.45 / to Europe – £8.00 / to Other £10.95 Insurance is an additional £5.00 to any Country for the first £250.00 We combine postage and only charge our costs.
REF:HOYLE_07 
£175.00
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Wood-block & stencil by Ken Lodge and Paul Bostock
Wood-block & stencil by Ken Lodge and Paul Bostock is a comprehensive survey of English card-makers from 1761-1905 with a focus on the wood-block period. The contents are as follows:
Chapter One: Introduction – general discussion of the issues, the sources and the approach.
Chapter Two: The makers – a list of all the makers we know of, their addresses and dates, plus the timeline version, including a section on difficult cases such as importers and obscure firms listed under card-makers.
Chapter Three: The list of duty aces maker by maker identifying known examples.
Chapter Four: The block analysis – introduction to the method and discussion of the findings.
Chapter Five: The stencil analysis – introduction to the method and discussion of the findings.
Chapter Six: Type III and later developments.
Appendix: Mixed packs and odd courts
The block analysis and the stencil analysis cover the period 1790-1830; the former is the presentation of distinctive features of the outlines of each court figure, and the latter is a presentation of the colour distribution by stencil. The aim is to show how each maker had a slightly different product, even though the differences might be very slight in some cases.
The book contains 121 pages plus title page, is perfect bound with a flexible cover, and costs £40 + postage
If you would like a copy please contact
Ken Lodge directly at k.lodge111@btinternet.com
for payment details and postage costs
Isle of Man Souvenir Playing Cards 1863 to 1930
Another ‘unique’ book by Michael Goodall on a subject that has been bypassed by other authors on the subject of Playing Cards.
This 60 page, A4 format, book is full of graphics and descriptive text to turn this subject into a new collectable area for the enthusiast.
Excellent reading material
First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK – £4.45 / to Europe – £8.00 / to Other £10.95 Insurance is an additional £5.00 to any Country for the first £250.00 We combine postage and only charge our costs.
REF: MOSIOM
£25.00
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James English & Co & the Peerless Card Company.
Volume 4 in the series by Michael H Goodall of Minor British Playing Card Makers of the Nineteenth Century.
This 47 page book details the companies from beginning to end.
Illustrating their range of court cards and aces, which allow the collector and enthusiast to date THEIR pack of cards.
This is the only book written on these companies and is indispensable if making a study or collecting playing cards.
First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK – £4.45 / to Europe – £8.00 / to Other £10.95 Insurance is an additional £5.00 to any Country for the first £250.00 We combine postage and only charge our costs.
REF: OBC3904
£25.00
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A new book by John Thorpe SCORING CARDS & TALLY CARDS
First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK – £4.45 / to Europe – £8.00 / to Other £10.95 Insurance is an additional £5.00 to any Country for the first £250.00 We combine postage and only charge our costs.
REF: OBW3956
£8.50
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The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards - the book by John G Thorpe
THE book on THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY
All issued cards listed in FULL color.
134 pages packed with everything – you would wish to know.
The History of the Company
The Role of the Company and
Tax on Playing Cards – Grant of Livery – Operations of the Company
Events and venues of the Company – Prominent Liverymen – Grant of Arms – Charitable Trust
Recent History – The Boxes for the cards – and many other goodies
First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK – £4.45 / to Europe – £8.00 / to Other £10.95 Insurance is an additional £5.00 to any Country for the first £250.00 We combine postage and only charge our costs.
REF: MWC771
£5.00
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Jean VERAME: Les Très Beaux Objets du Jeu.
Éditions Face & Dos: Paris, 2014.
REF: JV_BO
£22.00
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Uwe-Volker SEGETH: Spielkarten Jugendstil und Art déco.
Edition Christian Brandstätter: Wien, 1994.
The work of this engrossing subject with no fewer than 96 Art Nouveau and Art Deco Playing Cards listed and displayed; the vast majority in full.
Nearly new – no visible defects.
Postage is at cost but remember books are heavy
REF: UVS
£20.00
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Jean VERAME: Les merveilleuses cartes à jouer du XIXe siècle.
Nathan: Paris, 1989
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Jean VERAME: Sublimes cartes à jouer.
Magnificent playing cards.
254 pages with much in colour covering some of the finest playing cards ever produced.
Comes with a booklet with English and Italian translations of the French Text
Nearly new – no visible defects.
Postage is at cost but remember books are heavy
REF: JV_SCAJ
£30.00
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