Click for full-size.
The Complete Book of Games
by Wood, Clement; Goddard, Gloria
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City Books, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1940 Garden City Books. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with black spine lettering and decorations. Top page edges red. Black and white illustrations. 894 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Page edges lightly tanned. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears. Jacket spine is lightly sunned. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. From jacket: "Over 1500 games, including new material on Gin Rummy, Four-handed Rummy... Five-suit Bridge, Six-man Football, Duplicate Backgammon, Poison Croquet, and many more.... Covering the rules and regulations for every known game....This book will be your guide and referee."
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13986
- Title
- The Complete Book of Games
- Author
- Wood, Clement; Goddard, Gloria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Garden City Books
- Date Published
- 1940
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Games and Puzzles,Sports,Instruction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; Instruction; Games and Puzzles;
Terms of Sale
SmarterRat Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. For discretionary returns the price of the book will be refunded but not the shipping costs.
About the Seller
SmarterRat Books
Biblio member since 2020
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
About SmarterRat Books
We are a small bookseller selling online since 2001. SmarterRat Books prides itself on accurate and complete descriptions of each book. We provide prompt and courteous customer service and quick shipping. We are book people.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
This Book’s Categories
What is a professional bookseller?
Just about anyone can sell a book, but a professional bookseller knows the ins and outs of the rare book trade. Learn more!
Collecting Banned & Challenged Books
Build a revolutionary library of literature that has been challenged or even outright banned. You’ll be surprised by some of the titles in this gallery!
