A History of Playing Cards WITH vintage playing cards

We were determined to include a vintage deck of cards in A History of Playing Cards, because that’s what we do. It wasn’t as easy as it sounds, surprisingly (for me). Though this is a large book, it’s not all that thick. In fact, it’s about as thick as SOME decks of cards, like the one you see pictured. It came in an old case with a pad and pencil for keeping score (not included here), and had about a dozen predecessors that didn’t fit in this book. It’s for the better as this is a nice, unopened vintage deck.