Gutenberg Master Playing Cards (28 results)
Language: English
Published by Yale University Press, 1966
- Hardcover
Seller: Lost Time Books, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.Lost Time Books
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Very Good. Excellent, unmarked condition. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. Photos are of the actual book you will receive. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.
Published by New Haven, Yale University Press, [, 1966
- Hardcover
Seller: Hammer Mountain Book Halls, ABAA, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.Hammer Mountain Book Halls, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Ex-library, with the usual ownership markings and withdrawn stamps; bottom end of backstrip slightly bumped; otherwise very good condition. No markings in text. ]. 83p. Illus. Quarto.
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Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Books & Bidders, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.Books & Bidders
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Quarter black cloth over red cloth boards with jacket sleeve and publisher's acetate dustjacket, gilt titles, (11.25 x 8.25 inches). First Edition. 83 pages with General Index and Index of Miniature Playing Cards; color and b&w illustrations of numerou…s fifteenth-century miniatures and details from the first engraved playing cards. Fold-out Comparative Table included in rear pocket. Provenance: previous owner's stamp of Jon. R. Kelly. Some scattered light page toning at upper edges else a clean, tight copy.
Published by Yale University Press, 1966
- Hardcover
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.Midtown Scholar Bookstore
Contact seller5-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1966
- Hardcover
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. xiii, 77pp+ index; engraving in rear pocket. Very good hardback in publisher's red cloth with vertical band and mylar jacket that is darkened with a few small tears.
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.Fahrenheit's Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover with the folded chart present in the pocket at the back, the book has a minor skew to the binding, strong foxing to the head with some spotting to the other edges of the text block and some pages, and a previous owner's plate ad…hered to the front pastedown. Overall, this is a solid, bright, Very Good copy in an acetate jacket, which is rubbed, has splitting near the head of the front hinge, and wear with small chips and tears to the spine ends and corners.

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1966
- Hardcover
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.George Ong Books
Contact seller5-star sellerxii, 83 pp, with 38 illus, incl several color plates; 4to; with original printed paper title/promo band loosely wrapped over front board; plain acetate jacket a little worn; upper corner mildly bumped. Overall, a very good copy. Comparative table loosely inserted in rear pocket.
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Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerDecorative Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR front end page - "For Carl Christmas 1966 Hellmut". Carl Jackson was Dean of Libraries at Indiana University and author of "The Log of the Carla Mia", his story of sailing the Atlantic solo to Europe. He would be lo…st at sea in 1981 while attempting to sail the Atlantic solo from Europe to America. Book is Fine, with folding table in rear pocket. In Near fine acetate jacket, 2" tear rear spine fold. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR.
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CN, 1966
- Hardcover
Seller: Treehorn Books, Santa Rosa, CA, U.S.A.Treehorn Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. B and w illus.; 11.0 X 8.2 X 0.7 inches; 83 pages.
Published by Yale University Press.
Seller: Affordable Collectibles, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.Affordable Collectibles
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Author signed and inscribed. No other marks. Chart intact in rear pocket. In clear DJ. DJ has a few splits. Nice clean used book with minimal wear.
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. Light shelfwear else fine . Clean unmarked copy - no nmaes, inscriptions or book plates. Book Title version of a Queen of Clubs playing card laid-in.

Published by Yale University Press, 1966
Seller: Quicker than the Eye, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Quicker than the Eye
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Black cloth over red board with gilt stamping on front cover and spine. Illustrated, 83 pages. Very good condition.

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, first edition, 1966, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United KingdomWykeham Books
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Add to basketTwo-tone cloth, gilt cover device, printed in red and black, 29 cm, 8vo, xii, 83 pp, plates, ills(some colour). From the introduction: "A series of fortunate circumstances has produced a body of evidence pointing strongly to the possibility that Gutenberg, the inventor of printing with movable type on a press, had a major share…in the early development - if not the actual invention - of copper engraving. Relief printing from type and intaglio printing from engraved plates have hitherto been considered separate, independent graphic processes. Now it appears that the earliest known copper engraver, the so-called Master of the Playing Cards, was associated with Gutenberg. It is possible to prove that the iconography of the Master was not, as hitherto believed, his own invention, but developed from sources used simultaneously and in the same locality by illuminators active in Mainz in the 1450s, among them artists connected in some way with Gutenberg's workshop. A new concept of Gutenberg's creative dream is emerging. There remains little doubt that he envisaged the typographic reproduction in color of the medieval liturgical manuscripts current in his time. He was developing mechanical means for the multiplication of manuscripts, including not only the writing, the initials, and the calligraphic ornamentation but apparently also illuminated miniatures and borders. The engravings of the Master of the Playing Cards, it seems, were not created a priori for a card game, but as technical stepping-stones toward the multiple reproduction of miniatures. Only when Gutenberg's financial disaster closed the Mainz workshop to him were these engravings utilized commercially for the production of playing cards." Contents Part One: The Evidence; I : Introduction; The Giant Bible of Mainz; The Bible Miniatures and the Engravings of the Master of the; Playing Cards The Erroneous Dating of the Playing Cards The Scheide Bible; Other Illuminated Early Mainz Imprints Other Mainz Manuscripts after 1450; II: The Göttingen Model Book The Stadel Model Leaf Further Miniatures after 1450 The Hortus Sanitatis Woodcuts; III : The Cleves Hours; Other Manuscripts before 1450; The Savoyard Manuscripts; The Vienna Tankards; Manuscripts after 1450 Cited by Lehrs; The Publication Date of the Playing Cards; The Hypothetical Mainz Model Book; Part Two: The Interpretation; IV : Gutenberg's Creative Intentions; The Technical Nature of Gutenberg's Invention; The Evidence of the 1457 Psalter; "Getté en Molle"; A modern Experiment; Current Practices in Steel Engraving; Sulfur Casts in the Fifteenth Century; Gutenberg's Mirrors for the Aachen Pilgrims; V : The Chronology of Early Copper Engraving; Gutenberg, Employer of Skilled Specialists; The Parallel Biographies of Gutenberg and the Master of the; Playing Cards Gutenberg's Capital Resources; VI: Technical Difficulties in Typographic Production of Miniatures; The Importance of the Outline Drawing; Tracing; Pouncing; Hand Coloring; The Adaptation of the Copper Engravings as Playing Cards; The Problem of the Playing Cards Solved; An Unanswered Question; Conclusion; Index; General Index; Index of Miniatures and Playing Cards; .Comparative Table, (in pocket). Covers and endpapers somewhat stained (smokestaining?), otherwise Very Good. With a dustwrapper band around the front board as issued.
More imagesPublished by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: near fine. First. Many illustrations in color & in black & white, large folding illustration in rear pocket, rubricated title. 83 pages. Tall slim 4to, red & black cloth. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966. First Edition. Near Fine. Presentation by the author on the fly-leaf.
Published by Yale, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: HERMITAGE BOOKS, ABAA, Denver, CO, U.S.A.HERMITAGE BOOKS, ABAA
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Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1966
- Hardcover
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: very good. 83pp., many illustrations in color & in black & white, large folding illustration in rear pocket, rubricated title, tall slim 8vo. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966. First Edition. Very good.
Published by Yale Univerity Press, New Haven, 1966
Seller: Antiquariat Narrenschiff, Trin, SwitzerlandAntiquariat Narrenschiff
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Add to basketUntergebiet: Buchkunst Abbildungen: 38 Abb., teilw in Farbe Seiten: 83 S. Format: 4°. Einband: Ln. goldgepr. Gebiet: Spiele.
More imagesPublished by Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Dale A. Sorenson
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1966. First Edition. 11" x 8.25". xii,83pp, Index. Quarter black cloth & red cloth boards, spine letters gilt, drawn gilt stag on front cover, publisher's vertical printed paper wrap-around sleeve with tit…le, author, and precis of the book. Book in near fine condition, sleeve moderately soiled on title/author side. Title page printed in red and black, 38 illustrations (7 in color) and large folding Table in rear pocket. Signed & inscribed by Lehmann-Haupt on the front free endpaper. ; 11 X 8.25 inches; 83 pages; Signed by Author.
Published by Yale University Press - New Haven, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.Barberry Lane Booksellers
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Black cloth half-bound over red cloth on boards with gilt line drawing of stag on the front and vertical ruling between black and red. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out - Near Fine. With 38 illustrations including 7 color plates,… along with large folding illustration in rear pocket. Title page printed with red and black, and many pages have red title headings. Has original plastic dust jacket. Book purchased from the Hamlin estate - Prof. Cyrus Hamlin was the in the Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literature, at Yale.
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Seller: Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V., Amsterdam, NetherlandsAntiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.
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Add to basketNew Haven & London, Yale University Press, 1966. XII,83 pp. 38 col. & b./w. figs + 1 loose large fold. table. Orig. hardcover, gilt lettered on spine. 4to. - With the vertical paper band and mylar jacket (both sl. damaged).With a dedication in ink by the author.
Published by New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966., 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A.
Contact seller1-star sellerQuarto. xii, 83 pp. With 38 illustrations (including 7 color plates) + a large, folding table in rear pocket. Title and text printed in red and black. Red and black cloth, gilt. A fine copy. First edition.
Published by New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1966., 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, CanadaD & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB)
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Add to basketHardcover. 4to. pp. xii, 83. printed in red & black. colour frontis. & 3 colour plates (2 double-sided). text illus. (some full-page). folding table in rear pocket. cloth. publisher's broadsheet ad & Hanni & Hans Kraus Christmas card loosely inserted. Signed Presentation Copy. First Edition. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1966
Seller: Antiquariat Andreas Schwarz, Bonn, GermanyAntiquariat Andreas Schwarz
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Add to basketXII,83 S.mit 38 Abb.und einer ausfaltbaren Tafel in einer Lasche am Hinterdeckel (Comparative Table. Newly discovered connections between the first engraved Playing Cards and Miniatures of the fifteenth century). Exlibris auf Innendeckel. Sehr gutes Exemplar.
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1966
Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.Karl Books
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Very Good condition.
More imagesPublished by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1966
- First Edition
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller3-star sellerFirst Edition. Quarto. xii, 84 pages, index. With 38 illustrations (including all 7 color plates) plus a large folding table in rear pocket. Title and text printed in red and black. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over red cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, spine lettering gilt, Vroman's ticket to front endsheet. A handsome copy.
- Hardcover
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.GoldBooks
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Seller: Die Buchgeister, Ludwigsburg, BW, GermanyDie Buchgeister
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Add to basketCondition: Ausreichend. 1966 - Schutzumschlag: eingerissen - Einband: leichte Lagerspuren - Schnitt: leicht nachgedunkelt - Seiten: wie ungelesen.