Tangledom: A Volume of Charades, Enigmas, Problems, Riddles and Transformations
by Ballard, Charles Rollin "Nillor
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske & Company, 1904. Wordplay: "The first stands in need of relief; And, far back in "Centennial Year,"; The last was the title, in brief,; Of a Royal guest, kind and sincere.;; Reversed, and a guide is the first; The last is a troublesome pest:; The whole, by all readers well versed; In the book, should be easily guessed." Small hardcover, full brown cloth, gilt & white titling & decoration. Light wear, corners rubbed, minor stains to front endsheets. Text clean; [viii], 140 pages.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4½" by 7".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- q1100
- Title
- Tangledom: A Volume of Charades, Enigmas, Problems, Riddles and Transformations
- Author
- Ballard, Charles Rollin "Nillor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- DeWolfe, Fiske & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Games, Humor, Puzzles, Wordplay
- Size
- 4½" by 7"
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...