Afro-centric xwordz & puzzlez; crosswords & puzzles based on African American history & culture, volume 1, issue 1
Mililani, HI: Kane Publications, 1998. Magazine. 84p., wraps. Various word games. More
Cat.No: 106411
Games
Autoduel quarterly: the journal of the American Autoduel Association. Vol. 6, no. 3 ("Fall 2038")
Austin, TX: Steve Jackson Games, 1988. 48p., staplebound booklet format, mild handling wear. Publication for fans of the "Car Wars" game, set in a dystopian future where customized armored attack vehicles protect their drivers from marauding bandits on the open highway. More
Cat.No: 235689
Bonhams & Butterfields, Golf Clubs and Golf Memorabilia, featuring the Larry Boone Collection; Friday May 5, 2006 at 5pm, Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline, Massachusetts
San Francisco: Bonhams & Butterfield, 2006. Paperback. 57p., featuring items no.400-916, exhibit photos entirely in color, 10.5x8 inch glossy catalogue wraps. A very good, undamaged and unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 232131
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The I Ching, the ancient Chinese divination method [cover title] The I Ching the timeless wisdom of the book of changes [title page]
New York: N.D.P. Corp. 1994. Paperback. 95p., coated paperstock throughout (alkaline, tinted cream), every page printed with red panelling around the splendid black typography; 8.5x5.5 inch wraps; a respectful and handsome production in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 171642
Juegos de Solitarios Espanoles
Vitoria (Espana): Editores: Heraclio Fournier, 1952. Paperback. 120p., each page panelled in blue, line-drawn illustrations of cards and "hands;" softbound in 5.5x4 inch color-decorated wraps, spine and overlapping edges a bit worn, mild dust-soil and faint foxing to endsheets, a good copy. More
Cat.No: 207532
La loterie nationale 1536-1936; historique & apercu actuel de la loterie nationale. Ouvrage orme de nombreuses gravures, precede d'un avant-propos et de trois prefaces. [with] Les a-propos de la loterie [2 items together]
Paris: Printed by E. Desfosses-Neogravure [for the state], 1936, 1949. Pamphlet. Respectively [35] and [25]p., both items are 10x8 inch pamphlets, staplebound. The 1936 piece is illustrated in b&w with facsimiles of documents establishing the game and remarkably clear small photogravures from various periods; somewhat handled and dusty with a...... More
Cat.No: 223480
Rules for Family Games on the Archarena Combination Game Board
Peoria, ILL: Archarena Co., 1899. 40p., stapled pictorial wraps, 6.75 x 4 inches, illus., wraps worn, a few small stains on front wrap, 1/2 inch closed tear along spine, staples rusted, small section torn out of front wrap which extends through to page 6, a reading copy only. The front..... More
Cat.No: 250536
The Utopian Classroom: a journal of self-esteem enhancement. Vol. 14, issue 4 (Winter 1987), East Bay edition
San Francisco: the newspaper, 1987. Single issue of the tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, otherwise very good, 23 pages. Published by associates of the Kerista commune, with articles reflecting the polyfidelic sexual aspect of the group as well as issues like self-esteem. Centerfold is the Gestalt-O-Rama board game. More
Cat.No: 199860
Women who dare, Volume II. Library of Congress Knowledge Cards
Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegranate, [199-?]. Full deck of cards (photos from the Library of Congress on one side, facts about them on the other side), 3.5x4 inches, in pictorial box. The cards are still shrink-wrapped. More
Cat.No: 231721
The Gay Trivia Quiz Book
New York: Arbor House, 1985. Paperback. 136p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 12630
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Manuel Pratique d'Illusionnisme et de Prestidigitation. [vol] I, Generalities - Tours de Cartes. Avec cent trois figures.
Paris: Payot, 1953. 310p., publisher's ads, later printing; softbound in 9x5.5 inch decorated wraps, opened neatly throughout, textblock and wraps rather toned with the cover a bit handling-soiled and edgeworn, a good copy. Originally issued in the 1930s. More
Cat.No: 190689
A Tarot Anthology And Road Map with Specific Guidance from Over 150 Aware Travelers Who follow The Fool's Way. For a list of Those Able & Learned Authors please consult the bibliography. Preface, format, & the sparse commentary scattered thru-out by P.J. Clancy compiler, editor, scribe.
no place: Self-published by the author, no date (circa 1985). Paperback. 73p., text reproduced from typescript, neat but not professional work, softbound in 11x8.5 inch copyshop binding (plastic comb over heavy flexible sheets), a perfectly sound clean copy. More
Cat.No: 263229
Summary of the World Federation Plan, an outline of a practical and detailed plan for world settlement
New York: The World Federation, 1943. 64p., very good condition in a shelf worn dj. Distributed by Garden City Publishing Co. Culbertson was the leading contract bridge player and writer in the 1930s. More
Cat.No: 104213
The Gambling Games of the Chinese in America
Las Vegas, NV: Gambler's Book Club, n.d. 17p., red plastic comb binding cracked in the middle, 5.5x8.5 inches. Reprint of an 1891 article, with a new two-page introduction. More
Cat.No: 253879
The Lapse of Enoch Wentworth. With frontispiece by Alonzo Kimball
Chicago: F.G. Browne & Co., 1913. Hardcover. 359p., color frontis in good shape, first edition in red cloth boards lettered white and enclosed in the dust jacket. General good condition but spine lettering has almost entirely flaked away, while cover lettering has no damage at all. Book itself is bright..... More
Cat.No: 265305
Khuukhdiin togloomyi talbai
Ulaanbaatar: Sukhbaataryn nermzhit khevleliin kombinat, 1963. Pamphlet. 55p., illustrated wraps, text in Mongolian, pages curled in upper right corner. Ownership signature inside front cover. Booklet on children's games and playground equipment, with each textual entry facing a page with a line drawing of the equipment or the activity described. More
Cat.No: 165906
Soulword; more than a puzzle ... more than a book!
Inglewood: Dellco Publishing Co., 1979. Paperback. vi, 40p., worn wraps with 1" closed tear on front, pen notation "damaged sample copy." "Black-oriented puzzle book plus poetry, biographical profiles of famous Black personalities" More
Cat.No: 22103
Confidential secrets of the great magicians
Chicago: FUN Inc., 2003. 32p., wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, illus, some folding at front wrap corners. Handbook for magic set, though works as a stand-alone. Magic set not included. More
Cat.No: 148837
Seme no pointo 攻めのポイント
Tokyo: Nihon Kiin 日本棋院, 1965. 222p., wraps, very good in plastic sleeve. Text in Japanese with numerous illustrations of positions. Nihon Kiin No Chukyu Shirizu, 6. Go player's manual. More
Cat.No: 153754
Leilehua Golf Branch, Norman H. Thibodeau, Professional. US Army Pacific Officers' Open Mess, Schofield Barracks.
Oahu: United States Army, undated, mid-1950s to early 60s. Single cardstock leaf, 7x4 inches, printed in blue and red inks and folded (once) to make a scorecard with rules of play; mildly edgeworn with corner-tip crumple-lines and faintest touch of dust. Quite a nice look to this, and it has..... More
Cat.No: 232880
Revolution is. A book of poems by B. Rap
[San Francisco]: Self-published by the author, 1971. Pamphlet. 69p., 5.5x8.5 inches, staplebound booklet in stapled pictorial wraps, inscribed by the author to "Bro. Peter, whose rap is better than his chess game." The author constructed crossword puzzles for Essence, and his shaped or "concrete" poems reflect this aptitude. More
Cat.No: 142264
Hoshi no iryoku 星の威力
Tokyo: Nihon Kiin 日本棋院, 1965. 238p., wraps, very good in plastic sleeve. Text in Japanese with numerous illustrations of positions. Nihon Kiin No Chukyu Shirizu, 4. Go player's manual. More
Cat.No: 153752
Vaste relatie Veilige seks: met spannend seks discovery spel... Ontdek wat je altijd al van partner wilde weten!
Amsterdam: SAD-Schorerstiching, no date. 36p., 4.25x5.75 inches, text in Dutch, illustrated with drawings and photos, very good booklet in stapled yellow pictorial wraps. A Dutch sex/info game with questions, answers, removalble stamp question cards, AIDS and sex-info resources and services,very good. More
Cat.No: 224411
Agate eyes; illustrations by Morbiim
Oakland: Sea Urchin Press, 1978. [32]p., illus. in text, signed on the f.e.p. by the African American author; laid in is a 4p. "Activity guide for Agate Eyes for involved reading and listening." Rear wrap slightly soiled. Children's book on interpersonal relations built around a game of marbles in a...... More
Cat.No: 114948
Agate eyes; illustrations by Morbiim
Oakland: Sea Urchin Press, 1978. Paperback. [32]p., illus. in text; lightly worn else very good condition. Laid in is a 4p. "Activity guide for Agate Eyes for involved reading and listening." Children's book on interpersonal relations built around a game of marbles in a black neighborhood. More
Cat.No: 241224