Search Results: Games from 100 POCKETS

Los Angeles, CA: Price Stern Sloan, 1988. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Soft Cover/Stapled. Near Fine/None as Issued. Neal Yamamoto (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW. Staple soft cover/NF; light surface wear & faint creasings to corner tips. PO name to fEP. A collection of challenging puzzles to challenge young sleuths and further sharpen their minds. Solutions to rear.

London, UK: Fanfare Books/Ferroway Ltd, 1985. Reprint . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/trace rubs to leading edges. Material first published in The Complete Book of Indoor Games, Hamlyn, 1981. Entertaining (for yourself and for others) games and tricks with a standard deck of cards. Text in two parts. Part I, games for one, for two, and for more than two (including cribbage, whist, rummy, & pocker). Part II, card tricks. Helpful glossary.

Seattle, WA: MIcrosoft Corporation, 1998. Reprint of 1998 . Soft cover. Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. A two-in-one manual/guide for Age of Empires in which one builds empires, researches technology, engages in combat set in time periods over the last 12,000 years after the last ice age.

Ensemble Studios, 1999. Unstated . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/trace creasing to lower back corner. Manual for a Mincrosoft computer game of combat and empire building set from the fall of the Roman Empire through the Middle Ages.

Seattle, WA: MIcrosoft Corporation, 2000. First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated softcover/NF w/trace creasing to lower back corner. A two-in-one manual/guide to The Age of Empires II. The Age of Kings is a game of combat and empire-building spanning the period from the fall of Rome through the Middle Ages. The manual portion for The Conquerors Expansion presumes one has played The Age of Kings, and therefore concentrates on explaing new features. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Collier Books/Macmillan, 1971. 2nd Printing of 1971 . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Paperback Reprint. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/humidity stain to lower back edge. Soiling to upper text edge. A history, an anthology, instructive and entertaining excursion into the universe of chess with Chess Editor of the New York Times and three times United States Open Chess Champion, and founder of Chess Review, I.A. Horwitz. Illustrated with some 157 diagrams this treasury contains: Foreword, Chess Chuckles, A Potpourri of Problems & Fantasies, followed by a Cross-Index.

Champaign, IL: SubLOGIC Corporation, 1986. First Thus . Soft Cover/Spiral. Near Fine/None as Issued. AM-FS2. BRAND NEW Copy w/trace wear to illustrated spiral soft cover. Manual/guide to Flight Simulator II for the Amiga Computer. Contents describe flight simulator behavior and basic flying techniques. System requirements are an Amiga computers with 512K of memory, a mouse, a color or monochrome monitor, and optionally, a joystick.

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: W H Freeman & Co, 1992. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & Collectible. Humorous, delightful excursions into the world of mathematical curiosities and brain teasers authored by Ian Stewart who writes Scientific America's "Mathematical Games" column, and is translated for the magazine's foreign language editions as well. This marvellous collection has been called 'fractured mathematical fairy tales'.

West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishingq, 1965. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/As New w/one folded corner. Green linen boards w/orange spine lettering/NF. DJ/VG; light edge wear and soiling, & showing discoloration. Published w/o ISBN; ISBN subsequently assigned. Anthology of arithmetic activities --- for K through 6 --- to instill basic mathematical concepts through games and puzzles. Activities presented in 6 parts: Part I, Brain Teasers; II, Learning Devices; III, Games; IV, Puzzles; V, Equipment; and, VI, Bulletin Boards. Excellent resource for both standard classrooms and home schooling.

New York, NY: Bell Publishing, 1973. 1973 Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/trace wear. Faint smudge to upper edge of fEP verso. Classic guide to art and skill of backgammon, first published 1930; this copy is the stated 1973 Edition. Board game for two with pieces moved according to the dice. Among the most ancient of all games, similar versions date back to 3000 BC, and its present form being played by the Romans.

New York, NY: Random House, 1974. Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW. Illustrated softcover/VG w/light edge & surface wear, and trace soiling to text edges. Strategy guide to backgammon, one of the oldest board games for two players. The playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice; winning player removes all own his pieces from the board first. A "cruel" game dependent on both luck (dice roll) and skill. Text, with line drawings, in 12 chapters commencing with basic rules, through tactics, and concluding chapter on Three Great Games.

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1983. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Paperback. Near Fine/None as Issued. Irene Trivas (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW w/faint margin discoloration. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/faint creasing to corner tips & showing trace discoloration. Imaginative, creative and practical parental guide for children's parties from inception to party activities, favors, and foods.

Lincoln, NB: Centennial Press, 1990. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/trace wear to softcover. A comprehensive, and hurmous, primer on baseball. In Jerry Bobrow's own words: "97.3% of this book is accurate, factual information, 2.6% is slightly exaggerated for interest's sake, and 0.1% is absolute nonsense." His guidelines: "Read this guide. Make up stuff. Mumble a lot.", and you will impress whomever you choose.

New York, NY: Perigee/Putnam Publishing, 1986. First Edition, First Printing . Paperback. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light humidity stain to lower back. Co-authors Patterson & Olson estimated to have played some 1.1 million hands of blackjack between them; whether they are in the red or black we are not told. Nevertheless, they have had considerable time to discern subtle changes in the behavior patterns in the Casinos --- card counting strategies, the variable of card shuffling, when favorable forces are in swing to actually sit down at a table, and how one can influence the stacks to create a favourable state of affairs are covered. An early treatise on blackjack strategy, the implications for online success are there.

New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1981. 49th Reprint . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Soft cover/NF w/trace humidity staining to lower back edge & lower leading text edges. First published in 1953, this book is among the first to introduce the Point Count Method to the public at large. 11 chapters: I, Preliminaries; II, The Mechanics of Bidding; III, How to Score; IV, What Shall I Bid?; V, Responses to Opening Bids; VI, Rebids by Opening Bidder; VII, Defensive Bidding; Viii, Penalty Doubles; IX, Slam Bidding; X, Getting to Game; and, XI, Play of the Hand.

Beograd: Centar Za Unapredivanje Saha - F. I. D. E., 1976. XX Tom . Printed Coated Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 3/8" Tall. The games included in this FIDE periodical were played between July 1 and December 31, 1975. There are 229 pages of them, with two or three given per page. Karpov was high point getter, followed by Korchnoi, T. Petrosian, and Polugaevsky, all above 2600 points. Among the additional features are: The ten best games; The ten most important theoretical novelties; Combinations; and Endings. 307 mostly two-column pages; plus a 10 glossy page supplement of chess stamp illustrations. Covers are nipped at corners, rubbed at edges, and show partial creases; text is clean and strong.

Alameda, CA: Sybex, 1994. Second Edition, First Printing . Illustrated Coated Cardstock. Near Fine/No Jacket. 9" Tall. This volume contains coverage of both the DOS and Windows versions of the strategy game. Twelve chapters, 262 pages, with tables, figures, and Index; plus xviii pages, Acknoledgments, Contents at a Glance, Table of Contents, and Introduction. Covers are clean and sound; text is clean and strong.

Greensboro, NC: Compute Books, 1990. First Printing . Illustrated Coated Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket. 9" Tall. Welcome to NINTENDO SECRETS, the book that has it all! This is the second volume in Compute's GUIDE TO NINTENDO GAMES series, picking up where the first book left off with all new games, all new playing tips." [Introduction] Among the approximately 33 mostly arcade-based games covered here are Batman, Rollerball, Rolling Thunder, and Super Mario Bros.3. Savants of transient popular culture will note the ascension of Game Boy, but fans of NES oldways will relish space given to Double Dragon II: the Revenge, Bionic Commando, Bubble Bobble, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 194 pages, with half-tones, color plates, Game Boy Super Secrets, Game Boy Play Value Ratings, Violence Ratings, and NES Game Tip Index; plus vi pages, Contents, Acknowledgments, and Introduction. Covers scraped on all leading and lagging edgess, and show partial creases on front lower leading corner;… Read More

New York, NY: Ives Washburn, Inc, 1956. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Blue linen baords/Fine w/trace edge rubs. DJ/VG; strong & sound w/edge wear & light soiling to back. PO name to front cover verso. Trio Bridge. Rules of the official form of 3-handed contract bridge based on partnership bidding against one player and his exposed dummy. 4 chapters: 1, Rules of Trio Bridge; 2, Attack & Defense; 3, Bidding Standards; and 4, Special Bids for Special Hands.

Brian Dube, 1990. First Edition, 4th Printing of 2004 . Paperback. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Softcover/NF w/trace wear to lower back corner tip. On mastery of the dynamics of juggling "devil-sticks" (also devilsticks, flower sticks, gravity sticks, or juggling sticks) --- that form of gyroscopic juggling in which one stick ("baton", 'center stick') is juggled between two other sticks, held one in each hand. 107 pgs w/line drawings in 7 chapters: 1, Terminology & Basics; 2, Advanced Moves with the Devil Stick; 3, Balancing; 4, Partners & Games; 5, Benefits & Learning; 6, History - Origins & Proliferation; and 7, Variations on a Theme.