MODERN SCIENTIFIC WHIST: The Principles of the Modern Game / Analyzed and Extended. Illustrate by over Sixty Critical Endings and Annotated Games from Actual Play
by Hamilton, C. D. P
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Brentano's, (1894).. (1894).. Good. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt, red black. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with a light vertical stain to the lower half of the front cover. The front hinge is cracked. The front pastedown & endpaper are lightly stained with an owner's ink name & date on the endpaper. There is occasional light foxing. Profuse textual illustrations in red & black. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13940
- Title
- MODERN SCIENTIFIC WHIST: The Principles of the Modern Game / Analyzed and Extended. Illustrate by over Sixty Critical Endings and Annotated Games from Actual Play
- Author
- Hamilton, C. D. P
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Brentano's, (1894).
- Date Published
- (1894).
- Keywords
- GAMES; CARD GAMES; WHIST; MODERN SCIENTIFIC WHIST; C. D. P. HAMILTON; ILLUSTRATIONS; CRITICAL ENDINGS; ANNOTATED GAMES; DIAGRAMS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.
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- Games & Pastimes;
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...