Author: Hargrave, Catherine Perry

Price: $19.56

Category:Graphic Design
Publication Date:2012-06-13T00:00:01Z
Pages:512
Binding:Paperback
ISBN:10:0486412369
ISBN:13:9780486412368
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."