Games

London, UK: Magpie Books, 2005. 5.75" x 8.75" 499 pp. Minor rubbing to dustjacket, bumping to edges. Binding is very tight, pages and puzzles are unmarked. "Welcome to Bodycombe's carnival of puzzles for cerebral champions. Grab your ticket and take a tour round the stalls: Verbal Vault - word and letter puzzles for the linguistic genius; Picture Palace - visual vexations to confound your eyes and brain; Number Cruncher - the fun house for figures; Logic Lounge - riddles and problems to push your lateral thinking to the limits; Mystery Box - where anything goes!". Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. more information

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New York, NY: Copernicus/Springer-Verlag, 1996. 6.25" x 9.5" 158 pp. Hint of bumping to edges, rubbing to dustjacket. Very little wear overall. Pages are unmarked, binding is very tight. "Carroll's diverse interests ranged from inventing new games like 'aritmetical croquet' to important problems in symbolic logic and propositional calculus. He was famous for his puns, anagrams, acrostics, and riddles and is believed to be the author of a poem that reads the same vertically as horizontally. Some of his word puzzles remain unsolved to this day.". Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. more information

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Chicago, IL: Bonus Books, 2001. 5.5" x 8.5" 167 pp. Tiny bit of edgewear present, one small scuff to spine edge. Clean and unmarked, binding is extremely tight, possibly unread. "The book you are holding is a blackjack nuclear bomb. There is information in it that has never before appeared in print in a mainstream book and there is some information that has never appeared anywhere except in the secret world inhabited by a handful of elite professional blackjack players.". Trade Paperback. Near Fine. more information

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Renton, WA: TSR Inc., 1991. 8.5" x 10.75" 128 pp. The wrappers have moderate shelfwear and edgewear, including several mild creases on the front lower corner and a bump to the lower spine end. There is one quarter inch tear on the front fore edge near the top, and the first few pages have tiny edge tears/wrinkled edges along the fore edge also. The spine is just a tad cocked but the binding is still in great shape. The foldout reference card and roster at the back are intact, and there are no interior markings whatsoever. "Each miniature represents one hero, wizard, soldier, or monster. Magical items and spells are covered in detail. Also included is a complete, illustrated guide to painting miniatures.". Trade Paperback. Good+. more information

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Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 1992. Published 1990, this is the 3rd printing. 7.5" x 9.25" 222 pp. Interior is clean, binding is still quite tight. Wrappers have moderate edgewear, including several mild creases on the lower back edge and a little cornerwear. The pages' fore edge has several small soil marks. "Though I will show you how each piece leaps around, what its favorite foods are, and what it likes to do on holidays, the real purpose of this book is to teach you to understand the four major principles of my Seirawan method: force, time, space, and pawn structure. Each is easy to understand and each is a weapon that will enable you to defeat most anyone you challenge to a game.". Trade Paperback. Very Good. more information

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