Games from Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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The Listening Game
by Fischer, Dan
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- 1973
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- Pamphlet
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Berkeley: Author as Eupsychia, 1973. Pamphlet. 12p., softbound in 8x5 inch plainish yellow wraps, text reproduced from a keyboard-set mss. Three "game" cards in a rear pocket as called for (per text). Staples are slightly rusted with a touch of migration, covers are a little dust-soiled and crimped, but a fully presentable exemplar. From p.12, author's vita: "Dan Fischer… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Theorie der Schach-Eroffungen. Teil IX, Aljechin-Verteidigung [&c &c]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/028/930/1578930028.0.m.jpg)
Theorie der Schach-Eroffungen. Teil IX, Aljechin-Verteidigung [&c &c]
by Euwe, Dr. M [Max]
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- 1953
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- Paperback
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Berlin: Siegfried Engelhardt Verlag, 1953. Paperback. 112p. including publisher's menu at terminus, illustrated only with the standard board abstracts in vignette. Instructor's forward is datelined Amsterdam. Softbound in 8.2x6 inch yapp-edged wraps decorated in dark brown. Coverstock and text leaves are somewhat acidic and mildly toned, covers dusty and smudged. Front cover is badly creased with a crooked vertical… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Theorie der Schach-Eroffungen. Teil XI, Zweispringerspiel im Nachzuge (Preussische Partie) [&c &c] -[with]- Teil XII, Konigsgambit [&c &c]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/997/929/1578929997.0.m.jpg)
Theorie der Schach-Eroffungen. Teil XI, Zweispringerspiel im Nachzuge (Preussische Partie) [&c &c] -[with]- Teil XII, Konigsgambit [&c &c]
by Euwe, Dr. M [Max]
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- 1956
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- Paperback
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Berlin: Siegfried Engelhardt Verlag, 1956. Paperback. 152p., illustrated only with the standard board abstracts in vignette, instructor's forward datelined Amsterdam, softbound in 8.2x6 inch yapp-edged wraps decorated in purple, both coverstock and text leaves are of acidic stuff and quite toned (not yet fragile), covers dusty with smudges of several sorts, first leaf of text bears a light small… Read more about this item Item Price
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Word Hunt
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- 1929
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- Staplebound
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€13.98
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New York: Collier's, 1929. Staplebound. [32]pp., illustrations, wraps. 6 x 3.25 in. Cover title: "How Many Words Do You Know?". Separate printing of a word game brain teaser that appeared in Collier's Weekly where the reader completes a five or six-letter word by providing the last two letters with only a brief definition as a clue. Created by Alexander… Read more about this item Item Price
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Directions for "Chinese game of four winds
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- n.d.
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- Pamphlet
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€69.91
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Hong Kong: Yee Woo Cheong, n.d.. Pamphlet. 22p. pamphlet, covers rather foxed, faint musty scent. Not found in OCLC as of June 2023. A manual for playing mah-jongg, undated but probably issued during the game's 1920s boom in popularity in the US, and perhaps reprinted for some time afterwards. The company appears in a 1922 Hong Kong directory. … Read more about this item Item Price
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On Carnap's Version of Laplace's Rule of Succession
by Popper, Karl R.
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- 1962
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- Pamphlet
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€27.96
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[Aberdeen, Scotland]: [University of Aberdeen], 1962. Pamphlet. 69-73p., off-printed from "Mind: A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy, Vol. LXXI, N.S., No. 281 (January 1962)" 5.5x8.75 inches; slight toning, slightly unevenly stapled, else in very good condition. Item Price
€27.96
The First Australians
by Berndt, Ronald M. and Catherine H. Berndt
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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New York: Philosophical Library, 1954. Hardcover. First American edition: 144p., illustrated with many b&w vignettes and cuts, hardbound in pale orange cloth boards gilt and a colorphoto dust jacket. Book itself is sound and square but pervasively splotched with foxing, the dust jacket too, which is also edgeworn. A good to very good copy. Item Price
€18.64
Papuans of the Trans-Fly
by Williams, F.E.
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
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€32.62
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Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1969. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1936 first issue; xxxvi, 452p., illustrated with b&w photos, diagrams, a large folded map bound in at back, even a few lines of musical notation. Hardbound in OUP's signature waxed black cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. Dust jacket is also good although of a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Growing up in New Guinea: a comparative study of primitive education
by Mead, Margaret
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
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€11.19
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New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc, 1930. Hardcover. Reprint of the Morrow first issue: x, 372p., frontis, introduction, appendices, map, glossary, photos on glazed inserted stock. Hardbound in green cloth boards lettered black, lacks the dust jacket. Mild external signs of age and handling, quite sound and clean within and marked only by an inked ownership tracing to Stanford… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mes vacances avec Holga = My Travel with Holga
by Lebain, Frederic
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- 2004
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- Paperback
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Hong Kong: Legend Printing, 2004. Paperback. [88]p., color illustrations, wraps. Some minor edge wear, otherwise Good. Photographs taken with a toy camera that accompanied the artist on a tour that included New York, Japan, Lisbon, and Turkey. The camera was made entirely out of plastic (even the lens) and produced unique distortions and shadows. Introductory text in French, English,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Equipo para juegos infantiles y juguetes hechos en la casa. Traducida y publicada por el servicio de lenguas extranjeras como parte del programa de intercambio educativo y de informacion del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos de America
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- 1951
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- Pamphlet
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Washington DC: GPO, 1951. Pamphlet. Translated from English-language original(s): 74p., profuse line-drawn illustrations for the adult tinkerer, softbound, a pamphlet in 9x6 inch plain printed green wraps, mild edgewear, mild toning to text-block, a good to very good copy. Perhaps influenced by diplomatic recognition of the Franco regime; the other copies listed on the net seem all to have… Read more about this item Item Price
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California Souvenir Playing Cards
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- 1900
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- Cards
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San Francisco, California, USA
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€139.82
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San Francisco: R.J. Waters, 1900. Cards. Fifty two cards plus a joker, 2.5x3.5 inches each, with the state seal and an illustration of California poppies on the rear, some light edgewear, a few pencil marks on the joker, else very good condition in a worn two-part box with gilt titling; box is beginning to split along edges. The fronts… Read more about this item Item Price
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Stacked Decks: The Art and History of Erotic Playing Cards
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- 2006
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- Hardcover
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- 9781594741548
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€16.78
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Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2006. Hardcover. 192p. hardcover in dust jacket, 7.75x10.75 inches, very good. Illustrated profusely with color reproductions of various erotic playing cards and decks. Item Price
€16.78
Letters to an Absent Father
by Odomo, Maré
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- 2010
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- Comic
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n.p.: Self-published by the author, 2010. Comic. 4 pg. staplebound mini comic, 4.25x4.25 inches, very good. Comic about Pokémon character Ash Ketchum and his absent father. Draws from artist's own experiences as a child in a single-parent household. From the author page, "Maré Odomo is a 21-year-old vegan Asian-American boy from San Jose, CA. He lives in Seattle and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fine Art of Swindling
by Mortazavi, Ali
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- Used
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- 1996
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- Paperback
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- 9781857441055
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London, New York: Cadogan Books, 1996. Paperback. 112p., 5.758.5 inches; pictorial wraps, illus., in very good condition. Cadogan Chess Books. Item Price
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Autoduel quarterly: the journal of the American Autoduel Association. Vol. 6, no. 3 ("Fall 2038")
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- 1988
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Austin, TX: Steve Jackson Games, 1988. 48p., staplebound booklet format, mild handling wear. Publication for fans of the "Car Wars" game, set in a dystopian future where customized armored attack vehicles protect their drivers from marauding bandits on the open highway. Item Price
€11.19
Bonhams & Butterfields, Golf Clubs and Golf Memorabilia, featuring the Larry Boone Collection; Friday May 5, 2006 at 5pm, Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline, Massachusetts
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- 2006
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- Paperback
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San Francisco: Bonhams & Butterfield, 2006. Paperback. 57p., featuring items no.400-916, exhibit photos entirely in color, 10.5x8 inch glossy catalogue wraps. A very good, undamaged and unmarked copy. Item Price
€13.98
Women who dare, Volume II. Library of Congress Knowledge Cards
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- Used
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- [199-?]
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- 9780764909337
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Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegranate, [199-?]. Full deck of cards (photos from the Library of Congress on one side, facts about them on the other side), 3.5x4 inches, in pictorial box. The cards are still shrink-wrapped. Item Price
€11.19
Xiang qi yu qi hua 象棋与棋話
by Zhou Jiasen 周家森
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- 1962
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Hong Kong: Yi mei tu shu gong si 藝美圖書公司, 1962. 2, 2, 5, 396p., paperback, pages evenly toned, otherwise very good. On Chinese chess. Item Price
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Juegos de Solitarios Espanoles
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- 1952
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- Paperback
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Vitoria (Espana): Editores: Heraclio Fournier, 1952. Paperback. 120p., each page panelled in blue, line-drawn illustrations of cards and "hands;" softbound in 5.5x4 inch color-decorated wraps, spine and overlapping edges a bit worn, mild dust-soil and faint foxing to endsheets, a good copy. Item Price
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