board games

Hardcover. New York, Philomel Books, 8th pr, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 103 pages, illustrated in color by Anno. Glossy boards, no dust jacket issued. Clean, tight copy. Picture puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce the mathematical concepts of multiplication, sequence and ordinal numbering, measurement, and direction.

Hardcover. Boston, Bulfinch/Little Brown, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. 180 b/w photos of athletes in preparation for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. A celebrated, highly stylized photographer of rock stars shooting Olympic athletes? That apparent anomaly seems just right when the photographer in question is Leibovitz, whose portraiture has always managed to capture the inner turmoil lurking beneath outward calm. Wisely, she chose to shoot her athletes not in Atlanta, surrounded by hoopla, but in preparation for the games, isolated and intense. The results are stunning: a sculpted Carl Lewis in repose, achieving a Mapplethorpian elegance mixed with menace; a poised and incredibly focused Michael Johnson, suggesting all the unleashed energy it would take to run faster than anyone has ever run before; a sober U.S. women's softball team, exuding the determination that would eventually produce wild jubilation and the gold medal. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. London, Ward, Lock and Co, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 195 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black stamped decoration with gilt lettering on front. Green cover boards with light rubbing ton edges. Color illustrations throughout.

Hardcover. Boston, D.C. Heath & Co., 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 12mo. 193 pages, beige pictorial paper covered boards, maroon cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine, Folding plate in front. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. UK, Pi Global Publishing Limited, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, large format pictorial boards, Drawn from Opie''s unrivalled collection, this scrapbook illustrates song sheets, magazine covers, comic postcards, fashion and food, games, propaganda posters and a wealth of British wartime ephemera whose very survival is remarkable. Due to size (10 1/2 X 15"), DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Kenosha WI, Samuel Lowe Co., 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 24 pages, illustrated boards. Bonnie Book # 4132. A collection of puzzles, games and things to do for children. Unmarked with the little plastic toy intact on the cover. Bright copy.

Hardcover. London, University of London Press, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 144 pages. Blue cloth boards. Previous owners signature on front endpaper. Light pencil marking. A collection of 425 counting and numbering rhymes, rhymes for counting games, tallies, counting-out, ball boucing, etc.