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
Baseball Score Book
Plymouth NH: The Draper-Maynard Co., no date, circa 1925. Hardcover. No page numbers, probably 40p., four pages of pictured equipment ads, hardbound in cloth-laminated cardstock with cover-titling in tan ink, a 6x9 inch oblong. Casing is detached with some bumping, tears to inner paper layer, stapled textblock consists entirely of... More
Cat.No: 221759
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
Heritage (formerly Soulword), a unique experience in black culture and history, yesterday, today, tomorrow, vol.VII, no. 1
Inglewood, CA: Dellco Publishing Company, 1985. vi, 56p., plus [3]p. ads (Los Angeles area), magazine in trade-wraps book format. Combines word games and poetry. More
Cat.No: 114983
![Historic Cards and Games: The Stuart and Marilyn Kaplan Collection. Wednesday 21 June 2006 [auction catalogue]](/pictures/thumb/222252.jpg?v=1518149363)
Historic Cards and Games: The Stuart and Marilyn Kaplan Collection. Wednesday 21 June 2006 [auction catalogue]
New York: Christie's New York, 2006. Paperback. 290p., profuse exhibit photography entirely in color, captioned vignettes and a few fullpage shots, a sumptuous display beautifully produced in softbound 10.5x8 inch color wraps. Unmarked, the very faintest signs of handling, a near-perfect copy. More
Cat.No: 222252
![The I Ching, the ancient Chinese divination method [cover title] The I Ching the timeless wisdom of the book of changes [title page]](/pictures/thumb/171642.jpg?v=1484086099)
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 sound 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]](/pictures/thumb/223480.jpg?v=1522293736)
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
Soulword; a unique experience in black culture and history
Inglewood, CA: Dellco Publishing Company, 1983. vi, 56p., wraps. Combines word games, poetry, short prose pieces and short biogrpahical sketches, including one of James Van Der Zee. More
Cat.No: 34939
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
El Cancionero Infantil de Hispanoamerica
La Habana: Biblioteca Nacional "Jose Marti" 1960. Paperback. 92p., lyrics and some music notation in a running text, two-page bibliography; softbound in 8.5x5.5 inch frenchfold wraps, clean and sound, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 217927
Ageing Craftily: Tools, techniques and projects for the crafty use of ageing eyes, hands and brain. Illustrated by the author and published by the author for private distribution
Spiral_bound. v, 246p., diagrammatic vignette illustrations throughout a double-column text, 11x8.5 inch leaves comb-bound copyshop style under printed cover sheets and mylar overlays. A clean, sound, undisturbed exemplar. Be warned, the author's suggestions may none of them be serviceable to the reader, although his innovative manipulations of the harmonica could..... More
Cat.No: 218114
Design in Familiar Places; What Makes Home Environments Look Good
New York: Praeger, 1988. Hardcover. xvi, 187p., illustrated with b&w site photography and tables, first edition hardbound in grey cloth boards titled in cream-white. A sound copy, clean and unmarked. One site in particular is described in detail, Harlem Park, "a predominantly black, low-income neighborhood in Baltimore's inner city"; the..... More
Cat.No: 235118
The Thompson Street poker club, from 'Life'. Illustrated.
New York: White and Allen, 1888. Hardcover. 48p., cloth spine over illustrated papered boards, 9x6 inch hardcover all too plainly ex-library with extensive accession-mark damage, very worn and stained with handling. Kemble excells in expert, even classic, racist stereotypes, these mostly ungenerous, but with the facility of a Thomas Nast;... More
Cat.No: 197332
![Manuel Pratique d'Illusionnisme et de Prestidigitation. [vol] I, Generalities - Tours de Cartes. Avec cent trois figures. Remi Ceillier.](/pictures/thumb/190689.jpg?v=1523391030)
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
Crosswords for Police; An innovative and challenging teaching method for the accomplishment of word mastery by police
Santa Cruz CA: Davis Publishing Company, Inc., 1974. Unpaginated preliminaries, text consists of a substantial puzzle-a-page with facing list of Acrosses and Downs, 62 of these, with appended solutions (4 to a page). First entry is partially worked in red ink, the remainder untouched. Try your luck, Bleeding Hearts! Item... More
Cat.No: 228927
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
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., 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
Soulword; a unique experience in black culture and history, vol.IV, no. 6
Inglewood, CA: Dellco Publishing Company, 1982. Paperback. vi, 56p., wraps. Combines word games and poetry. More
Cat.No: 35486
Soulword; a unique experience in black culture and history, vol.V, no. 1
Inglewood, CA: Dellco Publishing Company, 1983. Paperback. vi, 56p., wraps. Combines word games and poetry. More
Cat.No: 114798
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
Tokyo: Nihon Kiin, 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