Chatto, William Andrew. Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards. London: John Russell Smith, 1848. Publisher’s cloth, spine stamped in gold. Illustrated with 32 plates, most hand-colored. Spine sunned and worn, several pages loose; fair. Jessel 256.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-05-18
Chatto, William Andrew. Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards. London: John Russell Smith, 1848. Contemporary three-quarter leather, banded spine with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-05-21
Chatto, William A. Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards. London: John Russell Smith, 1848. Publisher’s cloth, spine stamped in gold. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-27
London: John Russell Smith, 1848 8vo., 3/4 leather-backed marbled boards, marbled edges, gilt-decorated backstrip, 5 raised bands, stamped CB. Contains 32 illustrated plates, 4 of Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2007-03-15
[Gambling–History] Group of more than 50 books on the history of gambling, gaming and related subjects. Including Professional Criminals of America (1969) by Byrnes, The Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-05-31
Complete 1889 Russell & Morgan Calendar. Cincinnati, OH. All twelve sheets have a playing card from the Army and Navy decks of the period, as Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-28
Ajeeb the Chess Automaton trade card. New York, 1886. Lithographed card depicting the “wonderful chess playing automaton,” Ajeeb, and advertising its performances at the Eden Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-02-08
A box of vintage (circa late 1960s/early 1970s) model kit parts that are from the same batch used by Colin Cantwell to create the original Read more…
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2014-12-05
