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Van Rensselaer, Mrs. John King. Two books on playing cards. Including Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1912; Inscribed and Signed by the author), in red cloth, gilt stamped; and The Devil’s Picture Books (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892), in maroon cloth, gilt stamped. Frontispieces. Illustrations, some plates. 8vo and 4to, respectively. Hinges somewhat weak, light wear to cloth, but good overall.


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Van Rensselaer, Mrs. John King. Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1912. Red cloth, gilt stamped. Frontispiece. Plates. Thick 8vo. Spine and Read more…


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Van Rensselaer, Mrs. John King Newport Our Social Capital . Philadelphia and London: Lippincott, 1905. First edition, copy number nine of 347, large quarto, illustrated Read more…


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Van Rensselaer, Mrs. John King. The Devil’s Picture Books. A History of Playing Cards. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1890. Blue cloth stamped in Read more…


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(Playing Cards, History), Van Rennsselaer, Mrs. John King, What has been Will be, Prophetical Educational and Playing Cards , Philadelphia: George Jacobs & Co., 1912, Read more…


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A handwritten letter from Van Morrison to musician Mick Cox. The two-page letter, written while at King Edward Hotel in New York, reads in part Read more…


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New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1893 8vo., 3/4 leather-backed cloth boards, gilt-decorated backstrip, 5 raised bands. Contains 24 illustrated plates. Wear to edges and Read more…


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