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The pages of this book provide, in the simplest language, hints and advice, and moves to practice to enable you to beat your friends or be able to stand up to the expert.

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 book provides a comprehensive introduction on playing bridge.

This little book will teach you everything you need to know about how to play chess using the simple, but very effective, question and answer method.

This vintage book contains an detailed, step-by-step guide to constructing model ships in bottles.

This book written by a card detective who tells stories, in a narrative context the moves of card cheating and tricking in real life gambling scenarios.

This book is a comprehensive guide to Canasta, part of the rummy family of card games that originated in Uruguay.

Originally published in 1901.

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

This vintage text comprises a complete treatise on the principle of sleight-of-hand tricks using a variety of objects including cards, coins, billiard balls, thimbles, and much more.

Originally published 1930's.

Originally published in 1898.

This antiquarian volume contains a detailed guide to 'mental magic', being a seven-lesson course in suggestion and persuasion.

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

This vintage book is a complete guide to build, rig, and sail self-acting model yachts.

This book contains a collection of crossword puzzles for children.

This vintage book is a detailed guide to constructing a model steam engine and single-acting toy engine.

This vintage book is a complete guide to model trains, dealing with the construction of trains, stations, and accessories.

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

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

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

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

This book is a collection of vintage articles on model boat building, with information on tools and equipment, instructions for fitting engines, tips for sailing and racing, and more.

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

This book is a collection of vintage articles on the subject of engineering for model vehicles, with information on the design, construction, and installation of small engines.

This vintage book is a detailed guide to the designing and building of model yachts, being a treatise on the construction, rigging, and racing of model yachts, ships and steamers.

This vintage volume is a complete and novice-friendly guide to making novel model boats and ships.

This vintage book is a detailed and profusely illustrated guide to constructing model planes, trains, and boats.

Not for the faint-hearted, this book contains an impressive variety of magic tricks using small props you might easily carry in your pocket.

This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of sleight of hand magic tricks, is sure to delight young and old alike and is the perfect introduction to magic of this type.

This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of magic tricks, is sure to delight young and old alike.

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

This vintage book is a complete guide to building model historical boats, with information on tools and equipment, complete directions for assembly, practical tips and hints, and more.

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

Originally published early 1900s.

This vintage book is a complete guide to build, rig, and sail self-acting model yachts.

This vintage book is a comprehensive and accessible manual for the building of dolls houses and furniture.

Originally published in London 1890.

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

This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of coin tricks, is sure to delight young and old alike.

This fascinating early work will appeal to doll collectors, dress makers and sewing enthusiasts alike.

This volume contains full instructions for playing a vast array of different card games ranging from Poker to Irish Loo, as well as chapters on card tricks, the history of playing cards, 'cartomancy', and more.

A fascinating collection of some fifty brain teasing games and puzzles using letters and numbers.

A fascinating work containing detailed playing instructions and explanations of 34 vintage card games dating from Victorian times and before.

This vintage book contains a collection of anecdotes and accounts related to various sporting experiences.

This vintage book contains an extensive catalogue of original magic tricks, various interesting and entertaining anecdotes, and a number of articles of general interest to magic enthusiasts.

This vintage book contains an extensive catalogue of magic tricks, with full descriptions and information on where they could be purchased in 1923.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to mastering a variety of paper-based magic tricks.

This vintage book contains an accessible and entertaining guide to playing bridge.