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Puzzles:

Tarasov, B.U. . MEKHNICHESKAYA IGRUSHKA SAMODELKA (MECHANICAL TOY CONSTRUCTION)
1937. Entirely in Russian. 8vo., 42pp., line drawings, color wraps with boy holding toy airplane aloft. Fair, leaves browned and brittle, wraps chipping on edges. (a13592)
$49.00 Maclagan, Robert Craif . THE GAMES AND DIVERSIONS OF ARGYLESHIRE
London 1901 1st Folklore Society. Hardcover. Octavo, 270pp., index, cloth. institution stamp on verso of front blank and on title page. VG, small stain around edges of blank end paper; cover cloth bright and crisp, excellent condition. Original book, not a reprint. (a16654)
$75.00 Model Ships . SCALE SHIP MODEL KITS AND FITTINGS
Bogota (NJ) 1954 Model Shipways. 8vo., 36pp, illustrations, wraps. VG. (a21617)
$20.00 Phillips, Hubert . PROBLEMS OMNIBUS VOLUME I
London 1960 1st (stated). Word Puzzles, Inference, Mathematics. 8vo., 302pp. Solutions included. VG in chipped DJ. (a24436)
$35.00 Briggs . RIDDLES IN RHYME CHARADES OLD AND NEW
Cambridge 1927 Washburn and Thomas. Riddles in the form of poems. Answers given in the back of the book. Sm.8vo., 140pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a27979)
$35.00Bloomfield, Daniel. GAMES AND PUZZLES FOR THE MUSICAL
Philadelphia 1910 first edition. Presser. A collection of the best games, puzzles, etc. for musical clubs and the home. 12mo., 109pp., wraps. Good, lower 1/4 inch of backstrip chipped. (a48499)
$23.00 Golomb, Solomon W. . POLYOMINOES THE FASCINATING NEW RECREATION IN MATHEMATICS
NY 1965 1st Scribners. 8vo. , 182pp., hardcover. Includes more than 190 diagrams and an actual set of 12 plastic pieces with plastic frame (held in rear pocket.) With nearly 100 geometric puzzle problems, arranged in order of difficulty, with a pentomino game for 2 or more players. Owner signed. VG in Good DJ, light wear. (a52443)
$34.00 Booth, William stone . SOME ACROSTIC SIGNATURES OF FRANCIS BACON...TOGETHER WITH SOME OTHERS ALL OF WHICH ARE NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME DECIPHERED AND PUBLISHED
London 1909 1st Constable. 4to., 631pp., illustrations, maroon cloth hardcover. Top edge gilt. Near Fine. (a68001)
$45.00(puzzle). mid-19th century CHROMOLITHOGRAPH PUZZLE OF 2 FRIGHTENED HORSES RUNNING AWAY FROM SPEEDING LOCOMOTIVE IN BACKGROUND
n.d. (c.1850). Puzzle measures 7x9 inches, 14 pieces (complete), full color, stiff cardboard. Early puzzle, most likely made before "jigsaw" interlocking became common in puzzle. Pieces not cut with interlocking tabs, but straight edge-geometric shapes. Hardcover. Ephemera. VG. Interesting social commentary of strangeness of new method of transportation which railroads introduced into life into what societies which had been predominantly agricultural. All pieces present; color is slightly faded. (a9893)
$65.00