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Originally published in London in the 1920s as a revised and enlarged edition based on Hoyle's early works of the 1700s.

This delightfully unusual book by H.

First published in 1920, this is a new digital version of the fifth edition.

'Canasta', the rummy-style card game, originated in South America and became popular in the 1940s, spreading to the United States around 1948.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to building, rigging, and sailing model boats.

This antiquarian book contains a collection of historical articles on the planning and construction of model sails.

This antiquarian book contains a detailed guide to building and using radio control systems for model ships, boats, and aircraft.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to building, rigging, and cruising model sailing yachts.

This book is a comprehensive guide to the two-move chess problem that will delight chess lovers.

This vintage book contains a fascinating and detailed guide to constructing ships in bottles, with information on technique, materials and tools, rigging, and much more.

THIS manual debunks the question of bridge systems and gives the information every good player is seeking-the system and tactics which the majority of ranking tournament players really use.

A guide to the ultimate game of strategy by one of its greatest players.

Canasta del Uruguay is know more commonly known as Canasta.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to mastering the game of bridge.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to building, rigging, and cruising model sailing yachts.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to learning and mastering the game of canasta.

To become more then an average chess player a person must master the art of the end-game.

This classic instructional book explains how to recognise and execute 'end plays' in the game of bridge, and is aimed at the average contract bridge player.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to building old-fashioned model ships and boats.

This book will teach you to play chess in two hours.

This vintage book contains a beginner-friendly guide to playing a variety of popular games ranging from bridge to chess.

A fantastic collection of the very finest card tricks and tricks of the mind to astound and astonish all around the dinner table.

First published in 1931, this vintage book explores the history and origins of playing cards from traditional English playing cards to tarot cards and card manufacturers in Britain and Europe.

Published in 1950, this vintage handbook instructs the reader in 150 variations of the classic game of Solitaire.

Lewis Carroll the author of the world famous Alice in Wonderland is well known even today for his fiction, but his tenure as professor of mathematics at Oxford university is less well known as is his love of logic problems.

A World War II tabletop miniatures naval wargame set in the Pacific.

MATCH World Cup 2014 is the ultimate guide to the world's greatest sporting event, from the makers of Match magazine.

For the past fifty years, Monday afternoons in New Haven have always been the same: Roz, Rhoda, Bea, Jackie and Bette - the Bridge Ladies.

Perfect for football fans who like a good giggle, Football Jokes is filled with hundreds of the most hilarious football jokes around!

What do footballers drink?

This early works on The Expert at the Card Table is a must have for any card playing enthusiast.

This book contains an accessible and novice-friendly guide to designing and constructing model aircraft.

This antiquarian volume contains an accessible and novice-friendly guide to mastering a variety of different strokes in billiards.

Written for beginners, O'Reilly's 'Canasta - How to Play and Win' covers the card game's origins, laws and rules and the book features practical pointers and suggestions.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to playing bridge, with information on common mistakes and how to avoid them, simple instructions for improved play, and a wealth of useful little hints and tips.

This vintage book contains a collection of instructional articles on the game of billiards, written by experts and professional players.

This vintage book contains an interesting and detailed treatise on the history of billiards.

Originally published in 1897.

Originally published in the early 1900s, this short but informative book provides detailed instructions on how to form string figures, accompanied by clear illustrations.

This antiquarian volume contains an easy-to-digest and novice-friendly guide to learning card tricks, with descriptions and instructions designed to teach the reader a number of shuffling techniques and related tricks.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Britain's foremost writer on crime turns to the disappearance of Lord Lucan.

Can a crocodile spit?

Understanding body language is vital for success in any walk of life, but in the game of poker it can mean the difference between winning or losing.

The People's Quiz 2007 is set to take the nation by storm.

When it comes to knitting, who knows better than our nan?

In time-honoured fashion, Another Weird Year 4 brings you the stories that no lover of bizarre, inexplicable and downright hilarious news items can afford to miss, all handily grouped by theme (Love and Marriage, Law and Order, Animals etc).

This brand new collection of strange news stories covers a year of hilarious-but-true gems from around the world.

Luke is fed up.