Games from Glenbower Books

Tyrone: Tyrone County Board, 2003. Second edition, revised and updated (1st was 1984), couple of corners slighty bumped, else fine.. Revised Edition,.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Routledge, 1921. Early work on bridge card play problems, before the game reached its current form. The problems are by several different composers. Solvers must win a set number of tricks, or in the case of 'Nullo' problems, lose them.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

UK: Marks & Spencer, 2016. untouched copy, packed with puzzles, sudoku, wordsearches, crosswords and quizzes.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Thomas Tegg, 1867. original green cloth boards, a little worn with age but still sound, inner hinges sound also, text generally clean throughout. A nice copy.. Third Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Syndicate Publishing Co, 1949. new and entirely revised edition (first ed. was 1932), cloth partly worn near spine head, text clean and sound. An extraordinary compendium of lists, mostly of words unlikely to appear in any modern crossword (for example, names of characters from 19th Century and earlier novelists and playwrights).. New Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo… Read more about this item

UK: Ashford Press, 1986. generally fine copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Unwin Hyman, 1987. clean sound copy, but binding is cocked (forward lean).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Dorn undated but probably around 1920, red wrappers chipped around edges, mild corner creasing to part of text, otherwise clean and sound, 237 pages, 350 diagrams. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Adelaide: Hobby Investments, 1984. fourth edition, edge wear to dustwrapper, else generally fine, signed by the author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Vienna: Verlag der Wiener Schachzeitung, 1924. The original six parts in recent cloth binding. 384 pages, Formerly owned by Irish chess champion J. J. O'Hanlon, some of the pages in the loose parts had become creased and with small tears, and binding seemed the best way to preserve the text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition..… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1973. first UK edition, chipping and handling wear to dustwrapper, book otherwise sound and clean, 277 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: Nautical Publishing Company, 1977. nice copy in nice dustwrapper, presentation inscription on endpaper from the author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Royal Thames Yacht Club, 1978. nice clean copy, illustrated. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: BCM, 1955. twelve issues of the magazine bound by myself in half-morocco as a project in bookbinding class in the early 90s, some imperfections, no doubt, to the trained eye, but sound and tight, better, I think, than the binder issued by the magazine, and the text is quite clean and free of foxing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item

London: Portico, 2007. green baize cloth covered boards (clever idea) with a few scuff marks, text generally fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Madgwick Houlston undated, probably late 19th century, cloth-covered card covers soiled and creased and with some bubbling, text block browned throughout, small portion at base of title page missing, some soiling and child doodling on a few pages. Draughts barely gets a mention - maybe ten pages at the end. 226 pages plus a few adverts. Fairly scarce. Size:… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1950. dustwrapper quite torn, chunks missing, blue cloth and text sound and clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor.

London: Routledge, 1968. edges dust-soiled, otherwise sound clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Dutton, 1984. sound clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Batsford, 1976. dustwrapper a bit stained, book sound and clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.