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.

A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming
A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming

Author: Catherine Perry Hargrave

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 0486412369

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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."