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A collection of books on playing cards and other games
A collection of books on playing cards and other games
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A collection of approximately one hundred books on playing cards, games, and related subjects. Includes books on playing cards, Tarot, slot machines, toys, puzzles and other gaming subjects. Mostly original bindings of issue, many with dust jackets. Wear and potential markings.

A collection of books from Mr. Sondheim's library on card games, puzzles and more that informed his collecting and writing.

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A collection of books on playing cards and other games

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The Collection of Stephen Sondheim

Jun 18, 2024 10:00 AM EDT|
New York, NY, USA
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Runs of periodicals including Games & Puzzles Magazine and related publications: [BOOKS - GAMES & PUZZLES]A Games & Puzzles Magazine, The Puzzler, and related publications and ephemera. A large selection of various publications on games, puzzles, playing cards, word
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A collection of books on mathematical puzzles and other game subjects: [BOOKS]A collection of books on mathematical puzzles and other game subjects. Includes books on mathematical puzzles, crossword clues, dictionaries, word games, spiral-bound game books, etc. Original
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A hilarious Sondheim-made game, where the players produce Broadway plays and musicals: A Sondheim-made game specifically invented for Hal Prince, where the players must produce Broadway plays and musicals. Circa 1960s to 1970s. Variously colored, sized, and titled typewritten cards,
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A Keith Haring puzzle invitation to the 1985 "Party of Life": [PUZZLE]KEITH HARINGPuzzle invitation from Keith Haring's Second Annual "Party of Life," held at the Palladium Nightclub on May 22nd, 1985. New York: Keith Haring, 1985]. Original box with printed
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A seventeenth-century English game board, and a very early American game board: [GAME BOARD - GAME OF THE GOOSE]The Royall & Most Pleasant Game of Y Goose. London: John Overton, circa 1670. 19 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (49 x 37 cm); engraved, laid down on board. Framed. Unevenly
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The Game of Life's Little Miseries: [GAME BOARD - GAME OF THE GOOSE]Jeu des Petites Miseres. French: circa 1900. 24 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches (62.75 x 62.75 cm); Color lithograph on wove paper, laid down on patterned paper covered stiff
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Loysel's Chivalric Game of Tournoy - a chess-styled game with an added element of chance: [BOARD GAME][LOYSEL, EDWARD]. Two sets of "Loysel's Patent Chivalric Game of Tournoy" and a framed game board. London: Edward Loysel and M & W. Collis, circa 1855 or later. 4 x 7 3/4 x 7 3/4
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Mrs. Bryan's instructional game to teach children astronomy: [GAME OF THE GOOSE] MRS. BRYAN, [MARGARET]. Science in Sport, or the Pleasures of Astronomy; A New & Instructive Pastime. London: John Wallis, 1804. 17 1/4 x 22 inches (43.75 x 56 cm); engraved
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