Frederic Jessel was one of the foremost collectors of books about playing cards and gaming.
His bibliography is still considered the standard authority of on the subject.
Jessel, Frederic. A Bibliography of Works in English on Playing Cards and Gaming. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905. 311p.
Patterson Smith reprinted the Jessel bibliography, along with that of Norton Horr as:
Bibliographies of Works on Playing Cards and Gaming. Montclair: Patterson Smith. 1972.