Search Results: Games and Recreations from The Owl at the Bridge

Cincinnati, U. S. Playing Card Co. [1950]. Soft Cover. 128 p.; illus., 18 cm. I only know one game and I waste too much time on it. Stock #29,754. Vg/ wrappers. Entertainment; card games.

New York, Charles Scribner's sons, 1912.. Hard Cover. xiv p., 1 l., 120 p. 16 cm. Auction Bridge is a card game played by two pairs of players using all 52 cards in a standard deck. The chief characteristic is the selection of trumps by a preliminary bid or auction. It has been succeeded by contract bridge. But in its time this was the advanced game of Bridge. NS. Stock# 39,739. Vg, flexible cover.

N.Y., Bell, [1973]. Hard Cover. 1 p.l., 130 p., illus., 21 cm. "Why does a games thas has been popular with ancient Persians, Greeks, and Romans, thousands of years ago still have appeal?" First published in 1930. Stock# 34,817. Vg/ dj vg.

N.Y., David McKay, c.1979. Hard Cover. [viii], 280 p., illus., 25.5 cm. Part history, part practical guide to magic shops and other resources for the magic hobbyist. There is a chapter on collecting magic. Stock# 30,879. Vg/ no dj.

Boston, Lee & Shepard, 1895. Two word charades in verse. Hard Cover. [127] pages; 16 cm. Vg/no dj. Stock#NS0103.

Puerto Rico, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Chile, Panama. Approximately 198 lottery tickets from the Caribbean and South America from the collection of Paul Richards, a manuscript dealer who collected lottery tickets of the United States. As lotteries were illegal in this country from 1894 to the 1960s, residents of the U.S. bought tickets overseas. 181 tickets from Puerto Rico between 1862 and 1969, with many duplicates. Tickets also from Buenos Aires (1913), Argentina (1913), Santiago de Chile (1866), Rio de Janeiro (1947); complete list on request. Price is for the collection. Condition generally very good. Stock#OB985 oversize.

N.Y., Knopf, 1955. Foreword by MacDonald Hastings. "His reputation as forensic ballistics expert is separate from his greater fame as sporting gunmaker and sporting coach." Hard Cover. 277 pages, 24 cm. Vg/ dj vg. stock#101787.

Philadelphia, David McKay, 1949. Hard Cover. 498 p. illus. ports 24 cm. Magic as tricks, performance, illusion. Stock #25412. Vg/vg. Magic Entertainment

"This edition published September, 1906." "Bibliography of Bridge", pages 315-319. 319 pages; red cloth stamped in black, gold & white; Very Good; no dust jacket. Stock#ofc0180.

Harrisburg, Stackpole, 1950. Hard Cover. xxix, 698 p., illus.; 28.5 cm. ‘Here it all is: everything that every fisherman ever needs to know about fishing. Here are the game-fish themselves, equipment and methods of angling…’ Vg/no dj. 101789.

Mansfield Centre, CT : Martino Pub., 2007.. Hard Cover. German: Two Volumes in one. Pp.xiii.422.155 + xvi.524, index, 23.5 cm. Originally published: Berlin : J. Springer,1874. "Antonius van der Linde(1833- 1897) was a Dutch chess historian, librarian, and theologian. He is considered the first chess historian. In 1874 he published his most important work on Chess: The History and Literature of Chess. Even today it is considered a standard work on chess history and a standard bibliography on the subject. Cites 2500 works. Besterman 1283." Stock# 43,100x. Fine, new from publisher / no dj.

N.Y., Doubleday, 1963. Hard Cover. x, 562, [1] p. illus., 23.5 cm. First pub. 1942. Stock# 30,702. Vg/ dj poor, worn, tears.

N.Y., Dover, [1953]. Soft Cover. xv, 280 p. 155 illus. 20 cm. A new work work compiled from several sources of Houdini's writing. Stock #29,746. Vg/ wrappers.

Harrisburg, Stackpole, 1948. Hard Cover. xx, 1152 p., illus.; 29 cm. Massive gathering about game and weapons and how to apply the latter to the former. Good+ copy; no dj. 101788.

New York, St. Martin's Press, [1985]. Soft Cover. 126 p., illus. (some col.), index, 23.5 cm. Conceptual and logical games and puzzles. Stock# 40,227. Vg/ paper.

David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University, August 1- September 5, 1988.. Soft Cover. 31, [1] p.; 23.5 x 23.5 cm. "His lifelong passion for number patterns and his genius for constructing magic squares established him as one of the leading contributors to the field of recreational mathematics." Stock #29,783x. Stapled in printed paper covers; fine.

Chicago, Playboy Press, 1972. Hard Cover. xviii, 489 p, illus., 24 cm. "A modern Hoyle for the sophisticated on-the-go gambler." Being Playboy, it includes rules for strip poker. Stock# 30,197. Vg/ dj good, torn along top.

New York, Ducks Unlimited, inc., 1946.. First Edition. Hard Cover. xiii, 255, [1] p. col. front., illus. (incl. ports., maps) diagrs. 31.5 x 24 cm. Classic study of the habits and flight dynamics of the duck. All the science and beauty of the birds dedicated to their mass slaughter.Colored frontispiece accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress in red. Bibliography: p. 252-253.Stock# 43,165. Good +, spine smoe browned, some smudges on covers / no dj.

Canada, New Brunswick, 1882. J. Goldsmith & Co.. Try your luck and win $100,000. Broadside, 32.5 x 23 cm. The description of a $266,000 lottery. 'This is the only legal Gift Drawing in the whole Dominion of Canada.' Most of the winners described are from the United States, which shows that when gaming is prohibited in one jurisdiction people will seek it out in another. Flat 0010a.

N.Y., Chancellor Hall/ Time Inc., 1961. Hard Cover. 518, [2] p., illus., 27 cm. Contains 133 pages on the Goren System. A deluxe book in gift quality condition. NS. Stock# 30,626. Vg/ slip case vg.