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Bibliographies of Works on PLAYING CARDS and GAMING: A reprint of A Bibliography of Works in English on Playing Cards and Gaming by Frederic Jessel and A Bibliography of Card-Games and of the History of Playing-Cards by Norton T. Horr

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Montclair, N.J., Patterson Smith: 1972

Seller ID: 2107

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publishers gray cloth titled on spine, reprints are of 1905 Jessup edition and 1892 work by Horr. Publication No. 132: Patterson Smith Reprint Series in Criminology, Law Enforcement, and Social Problems. Includes entries for specific games, e.g. whist. ; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; 311+79 pp; Ex-library (withdrawn) with markings limited to front endpaper, small rubbed area to spine and corner wear, otherwise little wear.
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KENO: The History and an Explanation How to Play

By: Anon.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: C. G. Wheeler Company:

Seller ID: 5017

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Off-white wraps, stapled, front cover illustrated in red and lettered in blue, typescript text, sample cards with odds, odds charts, Chinese language section at rear. There is a single advertisement -- for Scottie Tours of Concord [suggesting that this was made available to customers on a gambling junket.] Not-dated, but after the early-1940s per text; no zip code or area code on ad. Uncommon, not found for sale or on OCLC at this date.; 5-1/4" x 8"; 40 pp; Covers lightly soiled, covers and pages lightly toned, clean and unmarked within.
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PARI-MUTUEL: an analysis of the business of horse racing and the science of speculation

By: Ashley, Jack

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., The Ashley Associates: 1947

Seller ID: 3562

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Light green boards, gilt lettering front and spine. Edited by Clifford H. Adams and Peter W. Denzer. Bold inscription penned and signed by the author across the title page: To "chuck", My Best Compliments, J. Ashley. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"; 82 pp; Signed by Author; Covers rubbed with some loss of lettering, spine darkened with nearly complete loss of lettering, corners a bit worn, prior owner name "Charles M. ______" inked on FFEP, label remnants inside front cover, solid hinges, a few corners with creasing, pages free of tears or writing.
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[Rome Olympic Games 1960] Giochi della XVII Olimpiade Roma MCMLX / Cerimonia di apertura / ceremonie d'oueverture / Opening Ceremony

By: Brundage, M. Avery (Presidente, Commisione Esecutiva, Comitato Internaziona le Olimpico)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Roma [Rome], 1960

Seller ID: 4886

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Stadio Olimpico / 25 Agosto. Programma Ufficiale. Green illustrated wraps, stapled, text presented in Italian, French and English. ; 6" x 8"; 32 pp; Light wear to covers, clean and unmarked within.
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[Game of Go] Modern Joseki and Fuseki--Volume One: Parallel Fuseki

By: Eio, Sakata

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Berkeley, California, The Ishi Press: 1968

Seller ID: 2632

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

The purpose of this book is to present for the first time in English a comprehensive and systematic study of modern evengame opening theory. This book is the first volume in a two volume set and covers all the basic komoku josekis. Translation by Richard Bozulich. Publishers blue cloth, silver spine lettering, light blue endpapers, illustrated. ; 6" x 8-1/2"; 175 pp; Jacket lightly worn and with faint staining, bumped corners, not price clipped. Internally fine.
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THE SCIENCE OF WINNING: A Random Walk on the Road to Riches

By: Fabricand, Burton P.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company: 1979

Seller ID: 4698

ISBN: 0-442-22468-0

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, illustrated with charts and graphs. Full number line. Green illustrated dust jacket with yellow lettering.; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; v, 202 pp; Light wear at corners, no inscriptions or writing. Two pairs of pages have marginal ink stains from the printing process. Jacket has only light wear along edges, no tears, not price clipped ($11.95), protected by mylar cover.
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MODERN SCIENTIFIC WHIST: The Principles of the Modern Game Analyzed and Extended, Illustrated by over Sixty Critical Endings and Annotated Games from Actual Play

By: Hamilton, C. D. P.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Brentano's: (1894)

Seller ID: 5359

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Publishers blue cloth, cover and spine decorated in gilt with red and black details, and with lettering in gilt, illustrations within are of cards - in black for black suits and red for hearts and diamonds. No publication date, edition or printing noted.; 6" x 8"; 599 pp; Would be VG+ if not for spotting to covers from moisture. Foxing to right edge of pages but no evidence of moisture damage within. Light corner wear, solid binding, clean and unmarked pages.
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HOW TO SOLVE CONTEST PICTURE PUZZLES

By: Keith, Lee (Pseudonym for Dorothy Lee Keith Bates)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Pocahontas, Ark., Privately Issued: 1952

Seller ID: 2781

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Contains hints, clues, tricks, methods, and short cuts used by experts, editors and winners. Has helpful information about solving puzzles for rebus, title, Bible Game, Who Am I?, cartoon, Match The Twins, and other types of contests, including a complete chapter on how to construct a tie-breaking puzzle. Written by America's best-known and outstanding contest author and writer. White wraps, pictorial cover, perfect bound, well-illustrated. An uncommon title, with no institutional holdings listed on OCLC. ; 8-1/2" x 11"; 176 pp; Covers lightly worn and soiled, light corner creasing, pa...
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CHESS AND CHECKERS: The Way to Mastership

By: Lasker, Edward

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York and London, D. Appleton and Company: 1931

Seller ID: 2714

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Olive boards, chess board diagram on cover and lettering front and spine in white. Many game situations illustrated within. ; 5" x 7-1/2"; xvi, 284 pp; Boards very lightly soiled and worn, slight spine lean, pages clean and free of tears or writing.
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Pencil Bridge

By: Mott-Smith, Geoffrey

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York / London, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1928

Seller ID: 4590

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

You play with a pencil! You check your playing against that of a noted expert! With an Introduction by Sydney S. Lenz. Publishers red cloth with black cover lettering, includes game pages for play. ; 6-1/4" x 7-3/4"; 161 pp; Light wear to boards, binding is a bit loose though still functioning quite well, pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, edgeworn with closed tears, tiny losses at top and spine and larger losses at bottom of spine, protected by stiff clear acetate cover.
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A Month of Solitaires

By: Preble, Henry

Price: $28.00

Publisher: New York, Brentano's: 1909

Seller ID: 2984

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Olive cloth, gilt cover lettering, cards illustrated in black and red. No edition noted, same date on title and copyright pages. ; 4" x 6"; 48, index pp; Covers soiled, bumped at upper left, rear board with horizontal crease, binding a bit loose with spliiting seen at 3 points, prior owner name in pencil on copyright page.
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