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GAMES FOR PLAYTIME & PARTIES
Written by Stanley V. Wilman. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1326614
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Good condition.

With and Without Music. Large format. White cloth spine, white pictorial front board. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 82 pages. 12" x 9". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Boards foxed and marked. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents.

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ADVENTURES OF GOLDHAWK - DARKMOON'S CURSE
Written by Ian Livingstone. Illustrated by Russ Nicholson.
Stock no. 1325804
Published by Puffin Books; The Penguin Group. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Fighting Fantasy Gamebook series. Cardwraps. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0140369392. Covers edge rubbed and slightly creased. Small spot to edge of title-page.

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CHILDREN'S SINGING GAMES - SECOND SERIES
Written by Alice B. Gomme. Illustrated by Winifred Smith.
Stock no. 1325631
Published by David Nutt. 1894. Good condition.

Square format. Grey cloth, black illustrations and titles. Contains music, words and decorations to many popular rhymes. 70 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers grubby. Creases to free-endpapers. Large tear to inner margin of page 17/18. Contents are slightly grubby (well fingered).

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301 THINGS A BRIGHT GIRL CAN DO
Written by Jean Stewart.
Stock no. 1324996
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pale grey cloth, black titles. 436 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, wear to cover edges. Staining to spine. Some light foxing and browning at inner margins.

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WIZARDS, WARRIORS & YOU BOOK 3: WHO KIDNAPPED PRINCESS SARALINDA?
Written by Megan Stine; H. William Stine. Illustrated by Earl Norem.
Stock no. 1825123
Published by Corgi Avon Books. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Magic or the sword? Whichever you choose, play the game wisely and the glorious legend of the Wizard and the Warrior will live on. A Role Playing game. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0552522848. Covers lightly creased and edge-rubbed. Contents lightly browned else clean.

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FLOOR GAMES
Written by H.G. Wells. Illustrated by J.R. Sinclair.
Stock no. 1824228
Published by Frank Palmer. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gold titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w photos throughout plus marginal drawings by Sinclair. 71 pages. Some light mottling to front board, board corners lightly rubbed and worn. Endpapers browned, foxing throughout. Binding tight.

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MERRIE GAMES IN RHYME
Written by Emmeline M. Plunket. Illustrated by Emmeline M. Plunket.
Stock no. 1824223
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1st 1886. Good condition.

Merrie Games in Rhyme from Ye Olden Time. Grey pictorial boards, red and yellow title to front, yellow title to spine. Every page elaborately decorated in red and black. Instructions for the songs and games. Boards a little grubby and rubbed at corners. Hinges are pulled wide but binding is still holding. Grubby marks and browning to contents.

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A GUIDE TO WIZARDS OF THE WORLD
Written by Dugald Steer; A.J. Wood. Illustrated by John Howe; et al..
Stock no. 2139280
Published by Templar Publishing. Circa 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Wizardology - being a true account of wizards in the known world, as told by Master Merlin. Included with this book is a useful set of cards, to play the game. Large format. Padded boards. ISBN: 9781840115727. All cards present in rear pocket. 2nd printing.

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ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S CAMPAIGNS: A GUIDE TO ANCIENT POLITICAL AND MILITARY WARGAMING
Written by Phil Barker.
Stock no. 1822142
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

As well as being an immensely readable and superbly detailed account of Alexander the Great's actual campaigns, this book also enquires into many historical might-have-beens and gives boundless practical advice and information for all Ancient wargamers. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps & battle plans. ISBN: 0850593255. Text block lightly browned and slightly grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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THE THEORY OF LEARNING IN GAMES
Written by Drew Fudenberg; David K. Levine.
Stock no. 1820552
Published by The MIT Press. 1999. Almost very good condition.

The theory of learning in games. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0262061945. Second printing. Spine faded and title to spine rubbed and fading. Much underlining of text and margin marks in coloured pens mainly to introduction but some instances of highlighting elsewhere.

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PLAY AT FUN AND GAMES - A JOLLY PLAYTIME BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318774
Published by Edwyn A. Birks Ltd.. Circa 1956. Very good condition.

A book full of ideas to play alone or with two or more friends. Square format, pictorial cardwraps. Rear cover is lightly creased. Contents unused.

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NURSERY GAMES AND ROMPS
Written by Hilda Cowham. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham.
Stock no. 1505420
Published by Gale & Polden, Ltd.. circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial stiff card wraps, 9.5 x 7.25", front cover shows hide and seek, rear cover musical chairs. 6 full page colour illustrations plus brown and white illustrations to text. Creases to top corners of covers, front is worst. Slight wear to cover edges. Rear cover slightly grubby. Ink inscription to front pastedown dated 1926. Staples rusty. Centre pages are detached at bottom staple. A few corner tips creased and some foxing but otherwise contents clean.

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