Author: William Andrew ChattoPublisher: London : J.R. Smith
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards
Author: William Andrew ChattoPublisher: London : J.R. Smith
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards
Author: William Andrew ChattoPublisher: London : J.R. Smith
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming
Author: Catherine Perry HargravePublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486412369
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Intricate, absorbing study based on research and card collections from around the world tells the story of playing cards and their manufacture, plus provides a fascinating overview of heraldry, geography, history, and the social and political activities of man over the past six centuries. Includes an enormous annotated bibliography of more than 900 items on playing cards and games, and over 1,400 illustrations. Praised by The New York Times as "the most authoritative and complete treatment of its kind."
Mamluk Playing Cards
Author: MayerPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004659463
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
“The” History of Playing Cards
Author: Edward S. TaylorThe Casino, Card and Betting Game Reader
Author: Mark R. JohnsonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501347268
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Casino games and traditional card games have rich and idiosyncratic histories, complex subcultures and player practices, and facilitate the flow of billions of dollars each year through casinos and card rooms, and between professional players and amateurs. They have nevertheless been overlooked by game scholars due to the negative ethical weight of “gambling” – with such games pathologized and labelled as deviance or mental illness, few look beyond to unpick the games, their players, and their communities. The Casino, Card and Betting Game Reader offers 25 chapters studying the communities playing these games, the distinctive cultures and practices that have emerged around them, their activities and beliefs and interpersonal relationships, and how these games influence – both positively and negatively – the lives and careers of millions of game players around the world. It is the first of a new series of edited collections, Play Beyond the Computer, dedicated to exploring the play of games beyond computers and games consoles.
Reference Studies in Medieval History
Author: James Westfall ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
The Playing-cards of Spain
Author: Trevor DenningPublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838637470
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book describes the playing-cards peculiar to Spain from the earliest fourteenth-century records to the present day. A major contribution this book makes toward the study of cards is the extension and elaboration of the classification system of playing-cards. The fifteen or so "standard" designs of Spanish cards that evolved into the patterns preferred for everyday use are systematically described and illustrated. This will assist collectors and catalogers for identification purposes.
A History of Engraving & Etching
Author: Arthur Mayger HindPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engravers
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
A History of Engraving and Etching
Author: Arthur M. HindPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486148874
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
British Museum Keeper of Prints offers complete history, 15th-century to 1914; accomplishments, influences, artistic merit. 111 illustrations. Chapters include: The Earliest Engravers, The Great Masters of Engraving, The Decline of Original Engraving, and more.