Whist: Its History And Practice By An Amateur (1844)

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The second edition. Boards show some soiling and fading, with heavy sunning around spine; fraying to head of backstrip; gilt decoration to upper board remains strong. Front hinge is a little weak. Binding cracked at pages 33 and 80, but all pages... More

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