Name/Title
THE OFFICIAL RULES OF CARD GAMESEntry/Object ID
93.67.1.5Description
a) Book - THE OFFICIAL RULES OF CARD GAMES, R.F. Foster, editor, Cincinnati: The United States Playing Card Company, 28 edition, 1924, 240 pages plus supplementary advertisement pages at back, soft tan paper cover. The front cover has title, publisher, black ink, decorative border in blue and black ink. The back cover has illustrated spade in black ink, spine print in black ink, a few illustrations, and provides clear and complete rules for card playing and facts about all card games; b) scorecard - two pieces attached by string through hole at top edge, front has color illustration of daffodils and butterfly with black and white checkered edge top and bottom, reverse has score and tally area for "Five Hundred", scorepad for "Auction Bridge", tally on reverse, cream paper, black ink, resembles bookmarker. a) Title page top right corner in pencil reads "SK [price withheld]; b) tally card printed at Table No. written in blue ink reads "2", at Couple No. written in blue ink reas "2", games 1,2,3,4 have scores written in pencil reads "124", "150", "45" respectively, "-333", at Name written in pencil reads "Davie".Lexicon
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