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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 Blasche, Bernhard Heinrich . PAPYRO-PLASTICS, OR THE ART OF MODELLING IN PAPER; BEING AN INSTRUCTIVE AMUSEMENT FOR YOUNG PERSONS OF BOTH SEXES
London 1825 2nd Boosey and Sons. Second edition, greatly enlarged and improved. From the German by D. Boileau. Hardcover. Sq.12mo., (4.75 X 6 inches), 102pp., 22 plates (several of which fold out), attractive hand-painted lithograph of a (presumably) paper castle as frontispiece, bluish gray paper covered boards with printed illustration and cover title mounted on front. Book guides children how to use a compass, ruler and geometry to construct elaborate buildings in paper--a castle, bridge, house with a gable in front, church, windmill and so on. Truly high IQ fun! Good, somewhat worn, lacks front blank (opens to half-title), top corner of half-title professionally repaired. (a51788)
$190.00 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 (movable chromolithographs) . SET OF 8 CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD PANELS (8X9 INCHES) CUT AWAY WITH MOVABLE PARTS IN THE MIDDLE TO CREATE SHADOW IMAGES ON WALL OR SCREEN
mid19th century. Full color. Each panel has pictures around the edge and a pair of hands in the middle. The panels were designed to be held up to a light source which would then project an image on a wall which would appear to move as the person holding the panel moved a tab up and down. The images are the same as those made by holding one's fingers in a certain position to make an animal or person. The panels are labeled: Our Bunny, Bossy, Hiawatha, Vic the Greyhound, The Judge, Jumbo (elephant), Billy Whiskers, and The Soldier Boy. VG, with only very minor wear on some corners except for one panel which as half of one finger torn away. A great example of a forgotten pastime. A poignant reminder--children and adults gathered together in the evening watching humorous shadows--of a gentler era than our own. (a6431)
$195.00 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) . 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. Pieces not cut with interlocking tabs, but straight edge-geometric shapes. Hardcover. Ephemera. Good. (a9893)
$39.00