The Hand-book of Games: Comprising New Or Carefully Revised Treatises on Whist, Piquet, Écarté, Lansquenet, Boston, Quadrille, Cribbage, and Other Card Games, Faro, Rouge Et Noir, Hazard, Roulette, Backgammon, Draughts, Billiards, Bagatelle, American Bowls, Etc., EtcHenry George Bohn Bohn, 1850 - 617 pages |
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