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
Heritage (formerly Soulword), a unique experience in black culture and history, yesterday, today, tomorrow, vol.VI, no. 2, April 1984
Inglewood, CA: Dellco Publishing Company, 1984. vi, 56p., plus [2]p. ads (Los Angeles area), magazine in trade-wraps book format, gift inscription on inside front wrap else very good condition. Combines word games and poetry. More
Cat.No: 249010
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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
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
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
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
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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
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., 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
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
Yokuts and Western Mono Myths
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1940. Paperback. vii, 109p., sewn signatures, two line-drawn maps, text reproduced from double-column typed ms. Softbound in plain printed cardstock covers with black binder's-tape backstrip; paperstock is a little toned, with a textblock gap at pp.80/81 (one sees the threads, but these are holding); clean..... More
Cat.No: 239488
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