LEISURE & HOBBIES from Bookhome Sydney

Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press, 2020. Paperback small trade, very good plus condition, black & white drawings (puzzles). 192 pp. This fascinating helpful book by Dr Gareth Moore has 200 classic Japanese square puzzles designed to improve specific mental skills, including: Hitori Mental Agility, Kakuro Numerical Skills, Purenrupu Reasoning, Slitherlink Concentration, Numberlink Observation, Akarei Creative Thinking. This book will challenge,… Read more about this item

Hobart: Platypus Publications, 1969. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), tan cloth board (gilt title on spine), black & white text-photos, table, faint foxing reverse side jacket (light foxing rear cover, spine little faded, lightly rubbed, some edgewear, small closed tear top edge), edges & white endpapers lightly foxed, erratum slip tipped… Read more about this item

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1995. 1st ed.. Paperback large wide quarto, very good condition, colour photos, corner tips covers little scuffed, bottom corner front cover & top corner rear cover little creased, spine ends slightly rubbed, minor edgewear, small mark across fore-edges (possible remainder mark). 157 pp. In this reference book there are 1475 individual board games presented in… Read more about this item

Melbourne: E. W. Cole, 1915. Paperback small trade, good condition, pages lightly toned, light foxing edges & few pages, slight loss spine ends, ridges in spine (due to binding), bottom corner front cover creased, covers lightly foxed & little soiled, some edgewear, rubber stamp (digits) title page, bookshop sticker, owner's name in pencil on flyleaf. 133 pp. This fascinating… Read more about this item

Melbourne / Sydney: Miegunyah / Melbourne University Press (MUP) / State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW), 2011. Reprint ed.. Hardback oblong quarto, pictorial covers, very good condition, colour & black & white & a few sepia (brown-tinted) photos, minimal edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 275 pp. This fascinating book is about… Read more about this item

Golden Square, Bendigo, VIC: Crown Castleton, 1993. Paperback trade, stapled pamphlet, very good plus condition, many black & white text-photos, top edge little creased. 64 pp. A second guide by Ken Arnold to a wide variety of old Australian tin cans, such as those used for storing tea, tobacco and biscuits - including estimated dollar values. All new collection.… Read more about this item

Sydney: View Productions, 1984. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, stapled, colour & black & white & sepia (brown-coloured) photographs (postcards), minor edgewear. 54 pp. A photographic collection of early Australian postcards, being one or two postcards per page, and minimal text. The first and last three pages may have been intended to be cut out as the back… Read more about this item

Bendigo, VIC: Crown Castleton, 2008. New ed.. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, black & white & colour text-photos, orange cover, glossy paper, minor edgewear. 128 pp. A collector's guide to kitchen, dairy, cast iron, and laundry items. From the foreword by author Ken Arnold: "As both the 'Cast Iron' and 'Kitchenalia' books in the A5 size are now… Read more about this item

Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1984. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos, few black & white drawings, spine little faded, covers little creased, top edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear. 288 pp. Margaret Fox Mandel provides an illustrative guide to teddy bears and thir value (as of the 1980s). It includes chapters on: Miniature Teddy Bears, Steiff Dolls,… Read more about this item

Sydney, Frenchs Forest: New Holland, 2000. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, black & white drawings, colour photos, minor edgewear. 132 pp. This book is compact and practical, describing everything needed to survive and enjoy your camping adventure. Equipment and technology, safety and first aid, environmental awareness and the laws of camping, things to do, are all listed. The… Read more about this item

Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 2013. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, fore-edge two pages lightly scuffed, top corner one page folded, edges & pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 308 pp. This book gives the history of 100 years of clues, visiting countries across the world looking for stories. There are almost 100 mini-chapters, each with a… Read more about this item

Sydney: Cyclops & Lines Bros (Aust.), 1959. Paperback oblong large quarto, stapled pamphlet, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white & single-colour photos, minor edgewear. 28 pp. A delightful illustrated catalogue of toys made by this Australian company, Cyclops & Lines Bros of Leichhardt, NSW (manufacturers of toys and baby carriages). Loosely inserted: Toy Price List, dated 1… Read more about this item

London: Bell & Hyman, 1979. 2nd ed.. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, spine lightly faded & creased, top edge lightly foxed, faint toning pages, covers lightly marked, minor edgewear cover corners, written name inside front cover. 176 pp. A illustrated look at the fascinating hobby of photograph collecting. How to date and recognise a… Read more about this item

London: B. T. Batsford, 1976. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), coloured top edge, black & white diagrams, fore-edge lightly marked, boards little faded, reverse side jacket lightly foxed (minor edgewear), minor foxing endpapers. 179 pp. This book carefully presents the various plans available to both Black and White: they are illustrated by… Read more about this item

Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, Inc, 1983. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white frontispiece, black & white & colour text-photos, minor edgewear jacket (light crease rear flap, minor edgewear, top spine jacket creased, light scuff & thinned mark title page (label removed). Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations… Read more about this item

London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1939. 1st ed.. Hardback small, dustjacket, good condition (in fair dustjacket), edges toned & lightly foxed, pages lightly toned (few lightly foxed), edge tears jacket (small loss corners, piece missing spine ends, flap price-clipped, reverse side foxed), tear bottom edge one page, inner hinge little split (pages firm), few pencil ticks, old price marks,… Read more about this item

Sydney: New South / University of New South Wales Press, 2008. 1st ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour text-illustrations, minimal edgewear. 188 pp. This book is a lively account of a year in the life of a collector. The author is a TV presenter on the ABC-TV program "Collectors".

Sydney: ACP Magazines, 2008. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, drawings, minimal edgewear. 151 pp. This collection of stories by Quentin Chester explores the ragged, liberating charms of bushwalking and the outdoor life in Australia.

Sydney: Parramatta Lapidary Club, 1980. Reprint ed.. Paperback small quarto, card covers, stapled, very good condition, black & white drawings, few tiny scratches front cover, minor edgewear. 44 pp. Margaret Jamieson and Phyl Procter explain the simple craft of copper embossing using copper shim, a few common tools and materials, and a lively imagination.

London: B. T. Batsford, 1990. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, figures, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, sticker mark front free flyleaf. 154 pp. This book shows how Kasparov's opening chess systems have evolved, and how his efforts have frequently caused established chess theory to be rewritten. Many games are analysed, covering a wide range of openings.