Games/pastimes from Books Bought and Sold

New York: Franklin Watts Inc., 1961. Very informative book on playing the game of chess, first USA edition, 208 pages in very bright clean condition just light browning to endpapers where dust wrapper flaps have lain., Many B/w illustrations of chess boards in play and a few humorous drawings in the text, all present as called for plus very… Read more about this item

London: Printing Craft Ltd Abrief account of the history and developments in Billiards during four centuries,not dated but early 1930s,contains 37 pages text plus advert for janus billiard clothat rear, erratum slip at page 34, all pages in bright clean condition, rear endpaper has 90 % removed see image.NO dustwrapper, outer boards have a little wear to top and… Read more about this item

London: Thomas De La Rue and Co, 1887. Excellent book on the rules and playing of various card games, 61 pages plus 3 pages of adverts in clean condition just some very light overall browning due to usual quality of paper used, paper is sound not brittle, tanning is very slight. Some light diagonal creases to a few pages more… Read more about this item

London: The Sportsmans Book Club, 1959. The story of Matt Busby as told to David R Jack. 208 pages, the first issue in the Sportsmans Book Club series. Much detail his life in Football accompanied by many old photographs. Book is very bright and clean, a little light bumping on one corner and rear edge, quite minor,couple light marks on… Read more about this item

London: Stanley Paul, 1928. Interesting book on the author's life of gambling in various casinos, 254 pp some foxing, mostly on first few pages.Front hinge inside shows webbing but is sound, has library plate on inside rear endpaper, cloth boards have light marks and little rubbed on edges, a good reading copy,sound and not that unattractive, an honest list of… Read more about this item