THE PUZZLE MUSEUM LIBRARYContains over 4000 books plus a huge variety of prints, and ephemera.
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BOOKS - ANCIENTThe earliest book (1653) in the English language, on recreational mathematics, which includes puzzles. Here is a leather puzzle purse |
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BOOKS - CURIOUS
Anagrams in honour of King Charles First. The curious capitalization of the bottom line has a purpose - It is a Chronogram Puzzle. The capitals are Roman Numerals. Add them up to arrive at the date of publication 1623. |
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There is even a Triple Acrostic |
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BOOKS - ROMANTICA Riddle book from the personal Library of Marie Antoinette. |
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BOOKS - REMARKABLEThomas Hydes books on oriental Games, Historia Nerdiludii and Historiae Shahilidii, which contains text in Latin, Arabic and Chinese was a great achievement for 1694 and remains a valuable source of information on many aspects of games including Islamic social attitudes to gambling.
Lower left is a detail from the Chinese "Game of Mandarin Promotions", one of the earliest precursors of "Snakes & Ladders"
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BOOKS HISTORICALIn which Eduard Lucas first explained the Tower of Hanoi.
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Remarkably this volume also belonged to the great English Puzzler - Henry E. Dudeney
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BOOKS - SILLY |
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Not only did this 1980s Spitting Image book contain a rude rebus puzzle, but it also contained a Treasure Hunt puzzle. It is reported that everyone thought it was just a Joke, so nobody set off to look for the solid gold walnut which represented the President's brain. |
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BOOKS in BEAUTIFUL BINDINGS
Pictorial
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Pictorial |
Cardboard |
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Silk |
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Ivory |
Mother of Pearl |
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