Occasional List of Puzzle related books for Sale - 4th February 2008.

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m. Mint,
f.fine (almost new),
vg very good (showing only slight signs of use),
g. Good (well used),
p poor (text complete reading copy only,		 If book & dustwrapper are both described, the book will be first. I.e. VG/G
Waf. with all faults,
nd. no date,
cl. Cloth,
Pict cloth. pictorial cloth.
Aeg. all edges gilt,
aec. all edges coloured,

teg. top edge gilt,
fep. front end paper,
dw. dust wrapper,
o/w otherwise,
pb paperback,
pp pages

     

 
29-Nov-07          
ITEM AUTHOR TITLE DETAILS  GBP   
104a  Adams, Morley (ed.) Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games & Recreations The Boy's Own Paper' Office. London circa 1922 vg. pict.cl.   £   45 ·
469 Adshead, Paul Puzzle Island Child's Play International. Swindon 1990 m. pbk   £     5 ·
81 Alder Magic House Of Numbers The New American Library Of World Literature. New york 1960 Poor. pbk Missing front cover.  £     1 ·
270 Augarde, Tony Oxford Guide To Word Games, The Oxford University Press, Oxford 1994 m. pbk   £     5 ·
153a Bekkering, Betsy & Geert Stukje Voor Stukje Van Soeren & Co. Amsterdam 1988 m. pbk With separate English translation.  £   18 ·
153b Bekkering, Betsy & Geert Stukje Voor Stukje Van Soeren & Co. Amsterdam 1988 m. pbk With separate English translation.  £   18 ·
493 Bellew, Frank Art Of Amusing, The Chatto & Windus. London nd. g. pict.cl. Spine chipped and front board loose  £   50 ·
253 Berndt, Fredrick Domino Book, The Bantam Books Inc. New York 1975 vg. pbk   £     5 ·
801 Berrocal Antologica Berrocal  ANTOLOGICA BERROCAL (1955-1984) 1984 new pb.  496pp much in full colour. A4 size paperback full of excellent illustrations of all the artist's work to 1984, Text in Spanish. (Wt. 2.2Kg)  £   70 ·
805 Berrocal Berrocal  Skculptures - Multiples Die Gallerie 1995 f.  monograph in magazine format by Prof. Manfred Fath  £   15 ·
803 Berrocal Berrocal  Skulpturen Die Galerie 1987 vg. dw. Cl. Catalogue of Kunst Museum Exhibition 192pp text German  £   35 ·
3067 Berrocal BERROCAL. IVAM 2002  Institute Valencia d'Art Modern 2002 new  Hardback with dust jacket. Catalogue & monograph in Spanish & English. 283 pages incl. 5 triple-page fold-outs.  28 x 30 Cm. 2.08 Kg.  £   45 ·
802 Berrocal Retrospectve Berrocal, 1955-1985 au  Botanique 1985 vg. pbk Catalogue of Bruxelles Exhibition  1985 48pp. Text French  £   15 ·
3046 Bolt, Brian Mathematical Funfair Cambridge University Press 1989 g pbk   £     6 ·
3047 Bridgewater, A&G Making Noah's Ark Toys in Wood Sterling Publishing Co Inc. New York 1988 g pbk  (large format)   £     6 ·
906 Bright, Greg Greg Bright's Fontana Mazes Fontana/Collins 1975 vg. pbk some very light penciling o/w mint  £   10 ·
14 Buckley, A.B. Winners In Life's Race Macmillan & Co.London 1923 g. cl.pict. Illustrated.  £   15 ·
228 Cadogan, Lady Adelaide Illustrated Games of Patience Leslie Frewin Publishers Ltd. UK 1968 vg. d/w.cl.   £   25 ·
190a  Cassell Cassell's Book of Indoor Amusements, Card Games, & Fireside Fun Cassell, Petter, & Galpin. London nd. g. pict.cl.a.e.g. Spine damaged.  £   40 ·
18a  Cassell Cassell's Book of Sports and Pastimes Cassell & Company limited. London nd. Circa 1906 vg. cl.pict. Marb Spine split at one edge  £   50 ·
18c  Cassell Cassell's Book of Sports and Pastimes Cassell & Company limited. London nd. Circa 1906 vg. cl.pict. marb. Some foxing.  £   68 ·
479a Cremer, W. H. Hanky Panky Or Easy & Difficult Tricks John Grant. Edinburgh 1882c g. pict.cl. Some loose pages. Pp13 & 14 torn  £   45 ·
479 Cremer, W. H. Hanky Panky Or Easy & Difficult Tricks John Grant. Edinburgh circa 1891 vg. pict.cl. Ink stain on pictorial front board. F.E.P has deleted  magicians stamp.  £   45 ·
478 Cremer, W. H. Magician's Own Book, The John Camden Hotten. London circa 1890 g. pict.cl. Faded Spine damaged. Front board coming loose.  £   70 ·
76 Cremer, W.H. (ed.) Secret Out, The or 1000 Tricks Explained Chatto & Windus. London 1874c g. green pict.cl.   £   95 ·
3044 Cremer, W.H. (Trans. & ed.) The Secret Out or one thousand tricks in Drawing Room or White Magic … by the author of "The Magicians Own Book" Chatto & Windus. London 1891 g Pictorial board   £   95 ·
16 Daiken, Leslie World of Toys Lambarde Press, London? 1963 vg. cl.d/w.   £   10 ·
108 Dawson, Lawrence H. Hoyle's Games Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. London 1975 f. d/w.cl.   £     6 ·
3006 Dudeney, Henry E. Amusements in Mathematics Thos Nelson and Sons 1917 g Hardback First Edition  £   40 ·
58b Dudeney, Henry E. Canterbury Puzzles, The Heinemann. London 1958 g. pbk   £     4 ·
3036 Dudeney, Henry E. More Puzzles and Curious problems Collins Fontana Books 1970  pbk Ed Martin Gardner.  This plus above first issued as "536 Puzzles and Curious Problems"  £     3 ·
3005 Dudeney, Henry E. The Canterbury Puzzles Thos Nelson and Sons 1919 g Hardback Second Edition  £   30 ·
415 Dwight Smith, Lawrence Cryptography: The Science of Sectret Writing Dover Publications, New York 1943 f. pbk   £     5 ·
247a Eastaway, Robert Enigmas Arlington Books. London 1982 f. pbk   £     3 ·
101 Emmet, E.R. Puzzles For Pleasure Bell Publishing Co. New York nd. f. d/w.cl.   £   15 ·
3037 Emmet, E.R. Puzzles For Pleasure Emerson Books Inc 1972 g  -  vg hardback with dw   £     7 ·
155 Ernst, Bruno Magic Mirror Of M.C. Escher, The Tarquin Publications, Norfolk  1985 f. pbk   £   15 ·
391 Fellows, Bragdon Diabolical Diversions Frederick Muller Ltd. London 1981 f. pbk   £     4 ·
120 Fickling, David & Hinton, Perry Helmquest Puffin Books, Penguin Books. Middlesex 1986 f. pbk   £     3 ·
85 Fisher, Adrian, Coate, Randoll & Burgess, Graham Celebration of Mazes, A Minotaur Designs, St. Alban's 1984 m. pbk   £     2 ·
430 Fixx, James F. Games For the Super-Intelligent Frederick Muller Ltd. London 1977 m. pbk   £     5 ·
430a Fixx, James F. More Games for the Super-Intelligent Frederick Muller Ltd. London 1977 f. pbk   £     5 ·
3017 Fixx, James F. Solve It! Frederick Muller Ltd. London 1979 g pbk   £     3 ·
3020 Francis, D compiled;Pritchard D ed Puzzles and Teasers for Everyone Paperfronts 1974 g pbk   £     3 ·
379 Friedland, Aaron J. Puzzles in Math & Logic Dover Publications, New York 1970 f. pbk   £     5 ·
336a Jayne, Caroline Furness  String Figures & How To Make Them Dover Publications, New York 1962 vg. pbk   £     5 ·
3041 Gardner Martin Mathematical Circus Book Club Associates 1982 g Hardback with dw.   First printed 1968  £   10 ·
118a Gardner, Martin Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles Dover Publications, New York 1986 f. pbk   £     5 ·
3025 Gardner, Martin Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions Penguin Books - Pelican 1966 g pbk First Printed1959  £     3 ·
3024 Gardner, Martin More Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions Penguin Books - Pelican 1966 g pbk First printed 1961  £     3 ·
3004 Gardner, Martin ed Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd Dover Publications, New York 1959 g Pbk   £     3 ·
3014 Gardner, Martin ed More Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd Dover Publications, New York 1960 g pbk   £     3 ·
287 George Andrew Hutchinson (ed.) Every Boy's Monthly  ? 1907 g. cl. 3 issues, 1906-1908  £   30 ·
96 Gilbert, Val The Daily Telegraph: How to Crack the Cryptic Crossword Pan Books. London 1993 f. pbk   £     2 ·
313 Gleason, Norma Cryptograms and Spygrams Dover Publications, New York 1981 f. pbk   £     5 ·
117 Hancock, F.E Last Fairy, The Fanatsy Publications Ltd. Isle Of Man 1983 vg. mod.cl.  inscribed by author  £   15 ·
210 Hancock, F.E. Last Fairy, The Fanatsy Publications Ltd. Isle Of Man nd. f. mod.cl.  Inscibed by the author  £   15 ·
901 Hannas, Linda BOXED SET The Jigsaw Book - Celebrating two centuries of Jigsaw Puzzling. And 2 puzzles. Hutchinson Ltd. London 1981 m. pbk boxed set 96pp boxed with 150 & 200 piece jigsaw puzzles  £   50 ·
413 Heath, Royal Vale Mathemagic Dover Publications, New York 1953 f. pbk   £     5 ·
92a Hindman, Darwin A. 1800 Riddles Enigmas and Conundrums Dover Publications, New York 1963 vg. pbk   £     3 ·
3007 Hirschberg, A Can You Solve it? Hutchinson & Co   Hardback Third Impression  £   15 ·
1c Hoffmann, Professor (ed Edw.Hordern) Puzzles Old & New L.E. Hordern  1988 new d/w cl Centenary Edition with colour photographs. 256 pages of puzzles and solutions  £   40 ·
264 Hood Hood's Own Or Laughter From Year To Year  2 Volumes Series 1 & 2 E. Moxon, Son & Co. London 1873 vg. pict.cl.a.e.g. beautiful set with many illustrations probably by Cruikshank  £   45 ·
3034 James, Dan Treasure. Studio Editions Ltd 1994 vg. Hardback with dw Complete  £     8 ·
627 Jenkins, Gerald & Bear, Magdalen Sixth Stellation Of The Icosahadedron, The Tarquin Publications, Norfolk  1985 m. pbk   £     3 ·
632 Jenkins, Gerald & Wild, Anne Make Shapes series 1 Tarquin Publications, Norfolk  nd. f. pbk   £     3 ·
633 Jenkins, Gerald & Wild, Anne Make Shapes series 2 Tarquin Publications, Norfolk  nd. f. pbk   £     3 ·
633a Jenkins, Gerald & Wild, Anne Make Shapes series 2 Tarquin Publications, Norfolk  nd. f. pbk   £     3 ·
634 Jenkins, Gerald & Wild, Anne Make Shapes series 3 Tarquin Publications, Norfolk  nd. f. pbk   £     3 ·
634a Jenkins, Gerald & Wild, Anne Make Shapes series 3 Tarquin Publications, Norfolk  nd. f. pbk   £     3 ·
635a Jenkins, Gerald & Wild, Anne Mathematical Curiousities Tarquin Publications, Norfolk  1980 m. pbk   £     3 ·
215 Kay, Keith Take A Closer Look Bright Intervals Books. Bolton UK 1988 m. pbk Second Edition  £     5 ·
249 Kelsey, Kenneth Cunning Caliph & Other Number Puzzles To Test Your Logic Frederick Muller Ltd. London 1981 g. pbk   £     3 ·
249a Kelsey, Kenneth Cunning Caliph & Other Number Puzzles To Test Your Logic Frederick Muller Ltd. London 1981 g. pbk   £     3 ·
250 Kelsey, Kenneth Third Book Of Number Puzzles, A Frederick Muller Ltd. London 1984 m. pbk   £     3 ·
3003 Kordemski, Boris A The Moscow Puzzles Pelican Books 1972 g Pbk forward by Martin Gardner  £     3 ·
712 Lasker, Edward Go & Go-moku the Oriental Board Games Dover Publications, New York 1960 vg. pbk   £     5 ·
230 Linklater, Eric, Street Taffail, A.G. Hicks, Sir Seymour, Darwin, Bernard, etc. Men Only Magazine Jan 1936 Vol 1 No. 2 ? 1936 Poor. pbk Magazine, back cover missing.  £     5 ·
706 Love, Brian Play the Game Michael Joseph Ltd. London 1978 f. mod.cl.  With Complete set of playing pieces.  £   30 ·
319 Lysing, Henry Secret Writing: An Introduction To Cryptograms, Ciphers & Codes Dover Publications, New York 1974 f. pbk   £     5 ·
227 Mandell, Muriel Fantastic Book of Logic Puzzles Sterling Publishing Co Inc. New York 1986 f. pbk   £     5 ·
346 Meyer, Jerome Jerome Meyer's Book Of Puzzle Quiz & Stunt Fun Dover Publications, New York 1972 vg. pbk   £     5 ·
31 Milet, Jacques & Forbes, Robert Toy Boats 1870-1955 A Pictorial History Charles Scribner's Sons. New York 1979 g. d/w.   £   20 ·
148 Moscovich, Ivan Mind Benders: Games of Chance Penguin Books Ltd. Middlesex 1986 m. pbk   £     4 ·
629a Moscovich, Ivan Puzzling Reflections Tarquin Publications, Norfolk  1990 m. pbk   £     3 ·
629b Moscovich, Ivan Puzzling Reflections Tarquin Publications, Norfolk  1990 m. pbk   £     3 ·
3057 Mott-Smith, G Mathematical Puzzles for Beginners and Enthusiasts Dover Publications, New York 1954 g pbk First printed 1946  £     3 ·
324 Myller, Rolf Penguin Book Of Mazes, The Penguin Books Ltd. Middlesex 1979 vg. pbk   £     3 ·
44a N.E.Thing Enterprises Magic Eye: A new way of looking at the World Penguin Group Ltd. London 1993 m. d/w.cl.   £     7 ·
233 Neil, James. M.A. Riddles and Something New About Them Simpkin Marshall & Co. London 1993 m. pbk   £     2 ·
235 Neil, James. M.A. Riddles and Something New About Them Simpkin Marshall & Co. London 1993 m. pbk   £     2 ·
3027 Northrop, Eugene P Riddles in Mathematics Penguin Books - Pelican 1963 g pbk First printed 1944  £     3 ·
94 Palmer, Kim (Illustrated by) Dream, The Salem House Publishers. Massachusetts 1987 m. d/w.cl.   £     5 ·
290 Parry-Crooke, Charlotte (intro.) Toys. Dolls. Games Denys Ingram Publishers. London 1981 m. d/w.cl. Reprints of catalogues 1903-1914.  £   25 ·
3026 Pascoe, LC New Mathematics Teach Yourself Books 1073 g pbk First printed 1970  £     2 ·
180 Pelham, David Dimensional Mazes Penguin Group. New York 1989 g. mod.cl.  Pop-up book  £     9 ·
113 Pentagram (compiled by) Pentagames Books UK Ltd London 1993 vg. d/w mod. cl.   £   10 ·
109 Pentagram (compiled by) Puzzlegrams Simon & Schuster Inc. New York 1989 m. pbk   £     7 ·
109a Pentagram (compiled by) Puzzlegrams Simon & Schuster Inc. New York 1989 m. pbk   £     7 ·
470 Peticov, Antonio Galeria Montesanti Roesler 1989 ? 1989 f. pbk Exhibition Catalogue  £   15 ·
301 Peticov, Antonio Pinturas De 1993 ? 1993 f. pbk Exhibition catalogue  £   35 ·
3010 Phillips, Hubert Brush Up Your Wits J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. London 1937 g Hardback First Reprint  £   15 ·
903 Phillips, Hubert My Best Puzzles In Mathematics Dover Publications, New York 1961 g pbk   £     4 ·
3011 Phillips, Hubert The Sphinx Problem Book Faber & Faber 1934 vg. Hardback Re-bound  £   20 ·
3009 Phillips, Hubert The Week-End Problems Book The Nonesuch Press 1932 g Hardback First Edition  £   18 ·
3008 Phillips, Hubert;Shovelton, ST;Marshall,GS Caliban's Problem Book T De La Rue & Co 1933 spine slight wrinkle, boards slight fading. Endpapers sl. foxing o/w vg Hardback Signed by Author in 1934  £   60 ·
3001 Postill, Ronald (ed.) Sunday Times Brain Teasers Penguin Books. Middlesex 1974 g Pbk   £     2 ·
333 Quinn, Lee Daniel Challenging Mazes: 48 New & Unusual Puzzles Dover Publications, New York 1975 m. pbk   £     5 ·
87 Reader's Digest Word Power Reader's Digest Association. London 1967 g. pict.cl.   £     5 ·
3052 reprint Sears Roebuck and Co Consumers Guide Fall 1900 DBI Books, Inc 1970 p  -g pbk miniature repro. V colourful cover  £     8 ·
52 Roth, Arnold Pick A Peck Of Puzzles Grosset & Dunlap. New York 1966 vg. pbk Printed throughout in black & red.  £   15 ·
3068 Rothenstein & Gooding The Playful Eye Redstone Press 1999 mint large pbk 101pp  of Colourful Illusions mostly from the Hordern-Dalgety Collection  £   20 ·
3012 Rouse Ball, WW; revised by Coxeter, HSM Mathematical Recreations & Essays Macmillan & Co Ltd 1956 g. ex University of London (withdrawn) Hardback First printed in 1892  £   20 ·
10 Rowley, Hugh Puniana John Camden Hotten. London 1867 vg. cl. Rebound.  £   40 ·
514 Saint-Lague, A. Avec Des Nombres Et Des Lignes Librairie Vuibert. Paris 1946 g. pbk Original French paper cover. 3rd edition.  £   35 ·
421 Salny, Abbie F. & the members of MENSA MENSA Genius Quiz-a-day Book, The Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. Reading, Massachusetts 1989 m. pbk   £     5 ·
412 Salny, Abbie F., Grosswirth, Marvin & the members of MENSA Match Wits With MENSA Gift Set, The Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. Reading, Massachusetts 1989 m. pbk Boxed set of three quiz books.  £   15 ·
3022 Sawyer, WW Mathematician's Delight Penguin Books - Pelican 1944 g pbk First printed 1943  £     3 ·
126 Sayer, Philip & Caroline Freeman Victorian Kinetic Toys & How to Make them Evans Brothers Ltd. London 1977 f. d/w.cl.   £   15 ·
           
409 Serebriakoff, Victor Mensa Puzzle Book, A Treasure Press. London 1982 m. mod.cl.    £     2 ·
455 Shepherd, Walter Mazes & Labyrinths: A Book Of Puzzles Dover Publications, New York 1961 vg. pbk   £     4 ·
904 Shepherd, Walter Mazes & Labyrinths: A Book Of Puzzles Dover Publications, New York 1961 m pbk   £     5 ·
162 Sherperd, Walter Big Book Of Mazes & Labyrinths Dover Publications, New York 1973 f. pbk   £     3 ·
34a Shortz, Will  Best Brain Busters Times Books. U.S.A. 1991 m. pbk.   £     5 ·
33 Shortz, Will (ed.) Giant Book of Games, The Times Books. U.S.A. 1991 vg. pbk.   £     5 ·
33a Shortz, Will (ed.) Giant Book of Games, The Times Books. U.S.A. 1991 f. pbk.   £     5 ·
703 Sloane, Paul & MacHale, Des Challenging Lateral Thinking Puzzles Sterling Publishing Co., New York 1993 m pbk   £     5 ·
702 Sloane, Paul & MacHale, Des Great Lateral Thinking Puzzles Sterling Publishing Co., New York 1994 m pbk   £     5 ·
296b Slocum, Jerry  & Botermans, Jack Puzzles Old & New: How to Make and Solve Them Plenary Publications International. Netherlands 1986 vg. pbk Japanese Edition  £   10 ·
140 Summers, George J. New Puzzles In Logical Deduction Dover Publications, New York 1968 f. pbk   £     3 ·
137 Summers, George J. Test Your Logic Dover Publications, New York 1972 m. pbk   £     3 ·
156 The Diagram Group Way to Play, The Paddington Press Ltd. New York 1975 vg. d/w.cl.   £   15 ·
302a Thompson, Colin Ruby Julia MacRae Random House. London 1994 m. d/w.cl. Treasure hunt book.  £   10 ·
30a  Tissandier, Gaston Popular Scientific Recreations Ward, Lock & Co. London nd. vg. cl.pict. Marb Beautiful leather binding. Lotheram Grammar School prize.   £   85 ·
308 Townsend, Charles Barry World's Most Challenging Puzzles, The Sterling Publishing Co Inc. New York 1988 m. pbk   £     5 ·
276 Treat, Lawrence Crime & Puzzlement 5 Henry Holt & Company. New York 1993 f. pbk   £     5 ·
115 Tyler, Tom British Jigsaw Puzzles of the 20th Century Richard Dennis. Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset 1997 m. mod.cl.    £   25 ·
505 unknown Shadow Land Success Series. London nd. Poor. pbk Cover repaired with cellotape.  £   10 ·
223 various 19th International Puzzle Party, The IPP19 Committee 1999 m. pbk Black & white  £   10 ·
285 Whalley, Joyce Irene, Chester, Tesse Rose History Of Children's Book Illustration, A John Murray. London 1988 f. d/w.cl.   £   35 ·
303 Williams, Kit Bee on the Comb Jonathan Cape Ltd. London 1984 m. mod.cl.    £   15 ·
397 Williams, Kit Masquerade Jonathan Cape Ltd. London 1979 m. mod.cl.    £     7 ·
187 Williams, W.T. & Savage, G.H. Penguin Problems Book, The Penguin Books Ltd. Middlesex 1940 g. pbk   £     3 ·
229 Williams, W.T. & Savage, G.H. Penguin Problems Book, The Penguin Books Ltd. Middlesex 1940 Poor. pbk   £     2 ·
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