A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO GAMES AND PUZZLES
Secaucus: Chartwell Books, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. bound in black cloth with light wear with very good dust jacket in mylar protector, very good- near fine copy. More
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Secaucus: Chartwell Books, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. bound in black cloth with light wear with very good dust jacket in mylar protector, very good- near fine copy. More
Paris: Marpon & Flammarion, 1890. 1st. Hardcover. quarterbound in red morocco with marbled paper covered boards, corners bumped, light- moderate wear to covers, light to moderate foxxing throughout, top edge gilt, illustrated by Henri Lanos, many b&w illustrations. Binding and contents good. A color pictorial wrapper is bound at the..... More
Boston: Bailey & Co., 1900. First Edition. Original wraps. octavo - paperbound , covers lightly soiled and worn but with piece of back cover missing from top corner with no loss of text. Contents very good , but with paper darkened fron age. pp. x, 237. Copyright date of 1887..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. 18th printing. Hardcover. octavo, bound in coarse brown leather covered still paper with light to moderate wear and soiling of leather- otherwise in very good condition. Contents are 1966 printing of the book tranlated by Leif Sjoberg & W. H. Auden. pp. 222 Text..... More
New York: Hurst & Company, 1901. Later Edition. Original wraps. 12mo - paperbound , covers moderately soiled and worn, with small piece of front cover missing. Contents very good , but with paper darkened from age. There is a dampstain toward bottom right that affects cover, but little affect inside..... More
New York: Max Holden, 1935. Early Editions. Hardcover. octavo, bound in reddish tan cloth covered boards in good condition. Contents very good with age toned paper, has plastic protector. Pagination is contiunuous for frist two works, but others have their own. These were originally published separately over some years and..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1875. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 24mo (ca. 4" x 6"), rebound in red half morocco with burgundy cloth covered boards in good condition corners bumped and worn. contents very good, with only age toning, but it is x- library copy with no external markings and only..... More
Paris: A. Belin, 1819. Early Edition. Hardcover. octavo, bound in light brown calf covered boards with moderately heavy wear, backstrip lacking, corners bumped, covers good. The contents are generally very good with age toning of paper- a few much darker than others, paper wrinkled, a few pencil underlines noted. pp..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1884. First Edition. Paperback. 24mo, ca. 3.5" x 5", bound in original stiff white paper wraps with gilt decoration, edges gilt. Covers lightly to moderately soiled, mooderate foxing of first and last pages and inside of covers, other pages just age toned, Contents are beautifully..... More
London: Frederick Warne, 1990. Third Edition. Hardcover. folio ca. 10"x 14", bound in green decorated paper covered boards in near fine condition, contents near fine with all of Hale's illustrations, dust jacket is also present and near fine condition. Stated taht this edition uses illustrtions done by Hale for 1959..... More
New York: James Pott, 1886. Second Edition. Original wraps. 24mo, ca. 5.5" x 4.5", bound in original stiff paper wraps with moderately heavy wear and soiling, front free end paper detached but present, contents very good or better with pages unnumbered and divided into 14 papers on the subject. The..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1910. Later Edition. Original wraps. octavo - paperbound back, cover missing, front cover moderately soiled and with mouse or insect bites to upper right corner- which affect the first 14 pages as well, but not affecting any text. publication date Sept. 1890, on front cover..... More
Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company, 1927. Later Edition. Hardcover. tall octavo - bound in red cloth covered boards with color illustration on front cover, covers lightly worn and lightly soiled. There is a pencil name inside. Contents very good, with some age toning of paper. There are color plates..... More
London: F. Tennyson Neely, 1910. Later Edition. Original wraps. 12mo - paperbound with color illustration on front cover, and advert on back, covers moderately worn and heavily soiled but present. Copyright date is 1890, no additional dates listed- estimating ca. 1910 publication. Contents very good, except for heavy age toning..... More
Toronto: Musson Book Company, 1930. Later Edition. Hardcover. octavo - bound in blue cloth covered boards , covers moderately worn especially at top of backstrip and moderately soiled, A small news clipping with a Kipling poem is placed by the frontis piece and it is legible but it has browned..... More
East Setauket: Green Book, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. octavo, staple bound in original stiff paper wraps covers and contents fine. pp. 128 Note: due to size and weight, shipping outside the USA or priority shipping will cost less than an average book. More
Poughkeepsie: Artists and Writers Guild, 1935. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. oblong quarto, bound in original stiff card covers in good condition but with wear and soiling. Contents very good but with darkening of the pages from age and use- all illustrations are present and very good - the age toning..... More
Boston: Munroe and Francis and Joseph H. Francis, 1839. eleventh edition. Hardcover. thin 12mo, Bound in old brown paper covered boards in fair condition, most of old paper spine label is present, evidence of some repairs to binding, contents heavily foxed, but legible. pp. 107, 5 pages of adverts at..... More
Italy: Aufbau Verlag, 2004. Early Edition. Hardcover. square octavo ca. 10" x 10", quarter bound in orange cloth with pictorial paper covered boards in fine condition. Contents generally fine as well. Lots of illustrations. unpaginated, ca. 32 . Note: due to size and weight, shipping outside the USA may cost..... More
London: Elek, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, Bound in original gray cloth covered boards in very good or better condition, Contents, near fine with light age toning of paper. pp. 77 . Dust jacket is present and with light wear- good to very good condition. Note: due to size and..... More
New York: Coward McCann, 1929. Kathleen Hale. 1st Edition. Hardcover. covers moderately worn, tear along hinge near bottom of front cover and some darkening there as well. Front joint weak. Contents very good with numerous illustration by Kathleen Hale who is better known for her "Orlando" books later in her..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1864. 5th. Hardcover. nicely bound in full morocco with moderate wear. The front joint is a bit weak, but still sound. All edge gilt. Gilt emblem of the Oxford Academy on the covers. Contents are very good or better. There is a bookplate on the front pastedown..... More
Dublin: C. M. Warren, 1849. First Edition. Sewn binding. 24mo, string bound without wraps- possibly as issued in fair condition, corners of most pages folded over, some chips missing from back page with small amout of text lost, back page also stained and has some ink numbers written on it..... More
London: Mitchell Beazley, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. fine copy illustrating various homes preserved as their owners used them. More
New York: Goerge H. Doran, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. octavo ca. 6" x 8" , covers very lightly soiled and worn, Contents very good to near fine. pp. 117 with 4 color plates and numerous b&w illustrations in the text. Overall, a very good to near fine copy. Note: due..... More