New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929.
First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. The Money Game was conceived by British economist and pacifist Norman Angell as an activity that would educate players in the rudiments of financial investment.It may be played by any number of persons, though six is.....
The Criterion Collection, 2009.
First Printing. Blu-Ray Disc. Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight (Max von Sydow) encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him to a fateful game of chess. Much studied, imitated, even parodied, but never outdone, The Seventh Seal.....
London: Dean & Son, (1878).
Hardcover. Octavo, 8-3/8 x 5-5/8", green cloth, with gilt chess-board decoration front board, xvi, 248pp, tri-fold frontispiece with illustrations of three chess boards dedicated to chess companion A. P. Barnes (notably representing the author's initials - H. E. B.), yellow endpapers with advertisements, includes 30.....
Zurich: Edition Olms, 1985.
Hardcover. Octavo, blue cloth, xii, 463p, illus. In addition to detailing the 67 games and 53 problems that made up the First American Chess Congress, Fiske explores the history and literature of chess in the US through 1859. Acclaimed chess phenom Paul Morphy (1837-1884) won the.....
Penguin Press, 2021.
Paperback. How a New York Times bestselling author and New Yorker contributor parlayed a strong grasp of the science of human decision-making and a woeful ignorance of cards into a life-changing run as a professional poker player, under the wing of a legend of the gameIt's true.....
New York: Walker & Company, 2005.
Illustrated by Beth Lo. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto, 8-3/4 x 11-3/8", glossy pictorial paper over boards, pictorial endpapers, fully illus. Signed with best mahjong wishes by Ginnie Lo. Siblings JieJie and DiDi enjoy witnessing their parents and relatives play mahjong in a house.....
Penguin Press, 2020.
Hardcover. A delightful, erudite, and immersive exploration of the crossword puzzle and its fascinating history by a brilliant young writer Almost as soon as it appeared, the crossword puzzle had already become indispensable to our lives. Invented practically by accident in 1913, when a newspaper editor at.....
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 1989.
Hardcover. 6 x 9-1/4", black cloth, x, 349pp, epilogue, notes, tournament and match records, bibliography, games and positions chronologically, index (games & positions by player openings, general, frontispiece portrait, 26 photographic plates in text. A comprehensive chronological assessment of.....
