1800's 15 Antique Parlor Game Books Pole Hoyle Whist Bridge Ping Pong Patience

Description: A special collection of turn of the century game books. All in very good condition without significant condition issues to note. All hard cover. Chess, Ping-Pong, Backgammon, Whist, Patience, Bridge. The list is too long to document! The Theory of the Modern Scientific Game of Whist by William Pole, F.R.S. to Which is Added the Laws of Whist, as Revised by the Portland and Arlington Clubs. 5th Edition. Publisher: New York: John W. Lovell Company, no date, circa 1873. Features: measures about 4.75'' x 6.75'' beautiful decorative red cloth Victorian binding embossed gold gilt and black stamping to front and spine blind-stamped vignette to rear board 139 pages. Condition: Very Good -, the first two pages are loose. Cloth covers have wear, decorative illustrations still strong, interior page toning but clean without markings and binding tight other than page 1 and 2. Previous owners name, no other writing or marking. The Theory of the Modern Scientific Game of Whist by William Pole, 1892. Publisher: New York: Frederick Stokes Company. Fourth Authorized American Edition. 128 pages. Very Good condition. Frontispiece with tissue guard perfectly intact. Solid page and cover attachment. Pages generally clean and bright. Blue cloth quarter over coated paper with pictorial illustration on front. Previous owners name. Binding solid square and tight. The Philosophy of Whist by William Pole. 1900. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 7th Edition. A Very Good copy embossed green cloth with nice and bright gilt lettering to spine and to upper board with hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades patterning. All page edges bright gilt. A clean bright, tight and unmarked cover. Patterned end-papers. 248 pages plus advertisements in the rear. Part I has 6 Chapters. Part II has 20 Chapters. Clean, evenly toned and unmarked pages plus a bibliographically important 6-page Catalogue of de la Rue's books including works by Cavendish. Previous owners name. Auction Bridge by Vane Pennell, J.B Lippincot, Philadelphia, 1908. Decorative end papers, previous sticker on end paper. All page edges gilt. Cloth covered boards with gilt stamping on cover and spine. Cloth split at spine exterior. 100 pages. Clean interior, solid and square binding. Elwell on Bridge, Bridge, It's Principals and Rules of Play by J.B. Elwell, Scribner's, NY, 1905. Hardcover. Decorative end papers, previous owners name. Green cloth covered boards with illustration paste on on cover with gilt stamped cover and spine titles. Gilt on all sides of pages. Clean interior, binding solid and square. 136 pages including Index in rear. Third Book of Bridge, How to Bid and Play in Duplicate, by Alfred Scheinwold, hardcover with dust jacket. Sterling Publishing, NY, 1956, Fourth Edition. 157 pages. Clean interior, binding solid and square. Previous owners name. Auction Developments by Milton C. Work. Houghton Mifflin, Boston MA, 1913. Hardcover, 612 pages including Glossary in rear. Previous owners name, very clean interior, bright, no markings or stains. Illustrated. Par Auction, Analysis of Bids and Play by Milton C. Work, Series B, Packs 3-4. 1922, Milton Bradley, Springfield MA. Green paper covered boards. 61 pages. Very clean interior, no markings, some paper loss to spine. In very good condition, binding tight and square. Fireside Games for Winter Evening Amusement, Dick & Fitzgerald Pub, NY. 1859 Dick's Games of Patience or Solitaire with Cards, New Edition, Revised and Enlarged, 64 games, illustrated, edited by Willian B. Dick. 1884 Ping ~ Pong (Table Tennis), The Game and How To Play It, illustrated by Arnold Parker, Pub. R.F. Fenno Co, NY, 1902. Hardcover, ex-library stamp on spine. Marache's Manual of Chess by N. Marache, Pub Dick & Fitzgerald, 1866. Hardcover, black cloth blind embossed. Also includes a section on Backgammon in rear. Hoyle's Games, The Standard Authority, A Complete Guide, Excelsior Publishing, NY. Hardcover. 1908. Photos are of the actual item being sold and they are to be considered part of the description. We consider all offers in relation to current market values and we try to respond almost immediately. Your purchase will be packed carefully and shipped quickly. We are available 7 days a week. Please see other listings for books and collectibles that might be of interest to you and follow North*Star*Collectibles as we post new items every week. Thank you for looking and come again soon,North*Star*Collectibles Member of the Ephemera Society of America and SNEAB Southern New England Antiquarian Booksellers

Price: 395 USD

Location: Newton Center, Massachusetts

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