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192553516London: William Heinemann 1925. Royal quarto reprint of Medici Society edition of 1924. With 113 plates some folding after photographs by the author. 1 vols. Lg. 4to. Original dark blue cloth spine sunned and slightly frayed at head and foot else fine. From the library of Esmond Bradley Martin. Royal quarto reprint of Medici Society edition of 1924. With 113 plates some folding after photographs by the author. 1 vols. Lg. 4to. William Heinemann unknown books
017115The original and unusual chessmen for Chess '72 were designed and sculpted by Alexander Silveri of Graz Austria. Silveri a retired professor of art has since winning his first state prize in Vienna in 1933 won many European art prizes and exhibited his works throughout most of Europe and Brazil. Each piece is molded from ridged plastic. The set includes George McGovern Richard Nixon Henry Kissinger Eugene McCarthy J. Edgar Hoover Edward Kennedy and more. All housed in original black box with board. unknown books
188738873London: Republished by Field & Tuer 1887. Small 8vo 18.5 cm 7.25". 4 iv 7-29 2 pp. 4 ads ff.; 1 plt. col. illus. <br><br>Riddles and counting-out rhymes all part of a fun game whose instructions serve as a preface. The text is printed on one side of a leaf only and => each printed page has a hand-colored illustration.<br>Â Â Â Â The work was first printed by Dean & Munday in 1823 and is here presented as vol. II in the Leadenhall Press "Series of Forgotten Picture Books for Children."<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: From the children's book collection of Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. Buff-color printed wrappers with hand-colored vignette on front wrapper; stitched head and foot of spine chipped rear wrapper detached and reattached with archival tissue. A good copy. Republished by Field & Tuer unknown books
1915266243London: The London & Counties Press Association Ltd 1915. First edition. one of five hundred sets no. 22 vols. I & IV or 111 vols. II & III. Photogravure frontispiece of King George V in each volume. With 59 colored plates and 5 monochrome plates after G. Lodge A. Thorburn V. R. Balfour-Browne and E. Caldwell; 8 tinted photogravures; 206 black-and-white plates chiefly halftone; most with captioned tissue guards. Numerous illustrations and tables in text. Title pages printed in red and black chapter initials printed in red. 4 vols. Large 4to. Original brown pebbled morocco stamped in gilt t.e.g. rest uncut. Some rubbing to extremities occasional spotting to endsheets light traces of dampstaining in pp. 413-429 and back endpapers of vol. IV. Very good imposing set. First edition. one of five hundred sets no. 22 vols. I & IV or 111 vols. II & III. Photogravure frontispiece of King George V in each volume. With 59 colored plates and 5 monochrome plates after G. Lodge A. Thorburn V. R. Balfour-Browne and E. Caldwell; 8 tinted photogravures; 206 black-and-white plates chiefly halftone; most with captioned tissue guards. Numerous illustrations and tables in text. Title pages printed in red and black chapter initials printed in red. 4 vols. Large 4to. Truly encyclopedic in its scope The Gun at Home and Abroad encompasses all aspects of shooting from stag hunting technique and statistics to tips on burning grouse moors in autumn to accounts of African big game hunts that blend solid observation with colorful anecdote. A lavishly produced and richly informative work documenting the sporting life of a bygone era. Phillips p. 151; Riling 1734; Litchfield p. 74; Chute 482; Czech Asia p. 45 The London & Counties Press Association Ltd unknown books
201420542ELos Angeles: The Weinstein Company n.d. 2014. First Edition. Small format paperbound 5 1/4†x 8 1/4†117 pages. This is first appearance in book form of this screenplay specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Adapted Screenplay for The Imitation Game written by Graham Moore based on ‘Alan Turing: The Enigma’ by Andrew Hodges. The film was directed by Morten Tyldum and stars Benedict Cumberbatch Keira Knightley Matthew Goode Mark Strong Charles Dance Allen Leech and Rory Kinnear. A perfectbound book looking like a trade paperback. Fine copy with minor use in printed wrappers. The film tells the true story of how British mathematical genius Alan Turing works with a team on a top-secret project to break the code of the German enigma encryption machine. The film won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Cumberbatch Best Supporting Actress Knightley Best Editing Best Original Score and Best Production Design. It also received five Golden Globe nominations; Best Motion Picture - Drama Best Actor - Drama Cumberbatch Best Supporting Actress - Drama Knightley Best Screenplay and Best Original Score. The Weinstein Company paperback books
201420459ELos Angeles: The Weinstein Company n.d. 2014. First Edition. Small format paperbound 5 1/4†x 8 1/4†117 pages. This is first appearance in book form of this screenplay specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Adapted Screenplay for The Imitation Game written by Graham Moore based on ‘Alan Turing: The Enigma’ by Andrew Hodges. The film was directed by Morten Tyldum and stars Benedict Cumberbatch Keira Knightley Matthew Goode Mark Strong Charles Dance Allen Leech and Rory Kinnear. Fine in printed wrappers. The film tells the true story of how British mathematical genius Alan Turing works with a team on a top-secret project to break the code of the German enigma encryption machine. The film won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Cumberbatch Best Supporting Actress Knightley Best Editing Best Original Score and Best Production Design. It also received five Golden Globe nominations; Best Motion Picture - Drama Best Actor - Drama Cumberbatch Best Supporting Actress - Drama Knightley Best Screenplay and Best Original Score. The Weinstein Company unknown books
1968314086Quebec: Privately printed by T.J. Moore & Co. Ltd 1968. 52 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stapled green wrappers. Light browning to spine date stamped to front wrapper else fine. 52 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. List of members and club camps and the secretary's annual report for 1967 including some observations on changes in members' visits to the club territories and anecdotes of "uninvited vistiors"; with the Club rules. Not in Bruns Heller Privately printed by T.J. Moore & Co., Ltd unknown books
1934314085Quebec 1934. Illustrated from photos. 20 pp. 12mo. Green printed wrappers. Spine faintly toned. Fine. Illustrated from photos. 20 pp. 12mo. "The bears are becoming very troublesome."<br/>List of members and club camps and the secretary's annual report for the preceding year with anecdotes of hunting and a request for a dozen new members the membership stood at 89 at the end of 1933. Not in Heller Bruns unknown books
196946614Bramalea Ontario Canada: House of Games Corporation Limited 1969. Reprint. Rule book is white paper with black lettering. Game board is thick card board wrapped in black cloth with multicolored label covering one side the game!. Four wooden game pieces colored red blue green and yellow. Two wooden dice colored red and gold. Fake paper money colored dark yellow white and light blue. "Company Card" is bright yellow paper with black lettering. One deck of cards titled "Strategy Card" are yellow thin card stock with black lettering. Another deck of cards are white thin card stock with colored cartoon illustrations of people. All housed in a large pictorial card board box. A NF copy. The box has some age toning and scuffing overall bright! The game board has some rubbing to the corners otherwise clean and bright. The decks "Company Cards" and playing pieces are clean and crisp possibly never used. A very nice copy. Rule book: 4 pp. unnumbered self wrappers. Illustrated. Game box: 9-3/4" x 19-1/2". Game board unfolded: 19" x 19". Rule book: 8-1/2" x 5-12". "Company Card" Score sheet: 4-1/2" x 18-1/4" <br/><br/>"ULCERS is the big business game that recognizes an important business fact: PEOPLE are among a corporation's most valuable assets. And people are why executives ger ulcers." "Even thought ULCERS is a close approximation of everyday business life it's fun to play. After all you don't often get the opportunity to manipulate for fun and profit. Go ahead. Be your own boss. Get ULCERS." These are some quotes from the description on the back of the box. It also mentions "ages 9 to adult". We can wonder what this game's ultimate purpose was: To start teaching children young the intricacies of choosing a career as an executive To offer an amusing game to the proletariats Or was is just a fun game made in the late 1960s Whether the developer of the game had any or none of these in mind the fact does remain that this is a game of the times. The "people" that you have to chose from to hold different positions have some major gender disporpotions: 16 male cards and only 6 female cards. With 7 positions 2 secretaries 2 salesman 1 sales manager 1 vice president and 1 president for each player to fill its hard to believe that the "woman cards" were used for much beyond the secretaries. House of Games Corporation Limited hardcover books
16219Vintage "Panko or Votes for Woman: The Great Card Game Suffragists v. Anti-Suffragists". Pictures by E. T. Reed. Published by Peter Gurney Ltd. London. 1909. Named after Emmeline Pankhurst the leader of the WSPU British suffrage organization these cards pits opponents and supporters of suffrage against each other in a game similar to rummy. Cards feature images designed by E.T. Reed an illustrator famous for his work in Punch Magazine of various suffragist activities such as protesting or refusing food in hunger strike. The advertisement for the game claimed "Not only is each picture in itself an interesting memento but the game produces intense excitement without the slightest taint of bitterness." Very good condition. Cards have some light soiling from use but remain sturdy with no bends or creases. Comes with original box. Outside case box missing one edge and illustrator/publisher information is covered by sticker. Games such as "Panko" spread the word about suffrage bringing the issue into households and encouraging women and girls to support the fight. unknown books
18096214<p>This is an original linen-backed folding map game published in London in 1809 by William Darton.</p><p>Overall 25 1/2 x 21 inches. It is an early example of the "Cartographic Game" genre that became very popular in later Victorian England. The map folds and fits into the original slipcase with printed label. The rules are printed in columns at the sides. The object of the game is to move tokens originally in the shape of pyramids their landing place determined by use of a teetotum called a <em>totum </em>at that time and read about the region upon which one landed. It was both competitive and educational.</p><p>Early map games such as this have become very scarce. Most did not survive since they were children’s toys. This one is in remarkably good condition. There is a light stain in the lower left of the map part and general light age-toning but the colors are bright and crisp. The linen backing is sound and the folds are intact. The original slipcase has two printed paper labels.</p> Darton, William unknown books
197416058Salt Lake City UT: American Game Bird Breeder's Federation 1974. Hardcover. Good. Octavo 23 cm pp. 136. Unknown printing. Red boards with gilt titling black swan motif on upper board. Color black and white photos throughout. No jacket boards have moderate wear along spine and at corners. Bookplate on rear pastedown former owner's name on first leaf. American Game Bird Breeder's Federation hardcover books