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Indianapolis:: Indiana Historical Society,, 1916 (1917). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in dark green cloth with gilt lettering - some light toning to the pages and rubbing to the lettering, short edge tear on leaf 11-12. . First edition. A discussion of the circumstances which both led to the popularity of play-parties, and its subsequent almost… Read more about this item

San Francisco:: W.H. Freeman,, (1982). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. Paradoxes illustrated and explained, and grouped in several categories including logic, time, statistics. Among these are Lewis Carroll's Crqzy Clocks, an appropriate choice for an author perhaps best known for "The Annotated Alice."" References and suggested readings. Slightly oversized… Read more about this item

New York:: Dover Publications,, (1968). First edition -. Near fine.. First printing, a trade paperback original. A Dover Press original, with puzzles told in story form and of gradually increasing difficulty. 121 pp

New York:: Sky Pony Press,, (2014). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards (a new copy).. First printing. Illustrated in full color throughout. 149 pp.

New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1912.. Hardcover -. Good overall in ivory cloth with gilt lettering (prev owner's name dated 1912, corners bumped). Sixteenth edition. A popular book, as evidenced by its many printings over the years (the first edition was in 1896 under the title of "The Book of a Hundred Games") but still… Read more about this item

New York: Hyperion, (2007). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Interweaving tales of the history of chess, with the emotionally charged story of the author's own relation to chess, his experiences in playing with his father and his attempt to get back into competitive chess. Annotations , source notes, index 433 pp.

Kansas City, MO:: Hallmark,, 1968.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, some crinkling from dampness, no staining). First printing. Illustrated by Walter Swartz. Small volume of 61 pages - answers are at the back.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1961.. Good (edges worn, creases in cover, pages slightly yellowed). Trade paperback.