Joshua Jay's Amazing Book of Cards
Joshua Jay's Amazing Book of Cards

Author: Joshua Jay

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0761158421

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Demonstrates how to perform different types of card tricks with step-by-step instructions and photographs.

Playing Cards in Cairo
Playing Cards in Cairo

Author: Hugh Miles

Publisher: Abacus Software

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780349119809

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PLAYING CARDS IN CAIRO is a fly-on-the-wall account - like THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL - of life (for western readers) in a strange and exotic environment. Hugh Miles lives in Cairo and is engaged to an Egyptian woman. Twice a week he plays cards with a small group of Arab, Muslim women and through this medium he explores their lives in modern Cairo, the greatest of Arab cities. It is a secretive, romantic, often deprived but always soulful existence for the women as they struggle with abusive husbands and philandering boyfriends. The book is a window onto a city - and a way of life - which is at a crucial juncture in its history. Hugh Miles, who knows the Arab world intimately, is the perfect guide.

Playing Cards and Their Story
Playing Cards and Their Story

Author: George Beal

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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"Playing cards have a very long history. They are known to have existed from early times in China and an encyclopedia gives year 1120 AD as the date of their invention. It is likely that playing cards appeared in Europe in the late fourteenth century and their variety of design is correspondingly great. George Beal has collected hundreds of examples and explains their origins and details with a full text and thirty-seven plates and ninety additional illustrations. Eight of the plates are in color."--Dust jacket.

Playing Cards of the World
Playing Cards of the World

Author: Kathleen Wowk

Publisher:

Published: 1983-01-01

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780718824082

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A scholarly but lightly written history of the playing card for the collector, emphasising the diversity of design and usage in different countries. Includes tips on presenting and preserving collections, and a chapter devoted to the Tarot.

The Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards
The Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards

Author: Tom Dawson

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781572812994

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Based on Gene Hochman's The Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards which was originally published in six parts between 1976 and 1981. A complete cataloging of American playing card makers as well as details, types, and brands of playing cards from the late 1700s to the early 1930s.

The Playing Cards Embody a Scientific Record of the Great Pyramid (Classic Reprint)
The Playing Cards Embody a Scientific Record of the Great Pyramid (Classic Reprint)

Author: J. Schmalz

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-08

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781332426850

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Excerpt from The Playing Cards Embody a Scientific Record of the Great Pyramid About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.