Illustrated Games of Patience By Lady Adelaide Cadogan Dedicated by Permission To His Royal Highness The Duke of Albany, K.G. Fourth Edition.

Lady Adelaide Cadogan

Verlag: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, London, 1883

Beschreibung

Lady Cadogan's guide to playing card games, with a colour plate for each of the games included; a scarce book in this fourth edition. The fourth edition of this volume in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the half title, dated 1884. 24 colour plates, one for each of the games described. Collated complete. The card games explained include: La Belle Lucie; Le Cadran; La Quinzaine; La Loi Salique; Les Quatre Coins; Le Moulin; Le Shah; Le Blocus; L'Horloge; La Forteresse; Les Quatorze; Le Sultan; Le Calcul; La Nivernaise; The Empress of India; The Besieged City; Le Parterre; Les Hemisheres; Les Petits Paquets; Le Carre Napoleon; La Duchesse de Luynes; The British Constitution; The Zodiac; Sympathie. Lady Adelaide Cadogan (1820 1890), was a British noblewoman and author, most noted for her books on plays and card games. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, with minimal wear to the extremities, and a small stain to the front board. Internally, the binding is slightly strained in a couple of places. Faint tidemarks to the paste downs and free end papers, and to the plates, not affecting the images. Pages are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 833M29

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Illustrated Games of Patience By Lady ...

Verlag: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1883

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Very Good

Art des Buches: book