Dicing With Dragons: An Introduction To Role Playing Games
by Ian Livingstone
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Plume/ NAL, 1982. Book Club. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Hardcover. vii+ 210 pp. Illustrtated with drawings. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket with a couple minor floaws top egde of the front panel. Though a book club edition, this was the first and only hardcover edition of this early work (we believe, the first) on role playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons, Eye of The Dragon, Runequest, etc. Sections include Solo Adventures, Games You Can Buy, Accessories, Miniature Figures including figure painting, "Playing God" and even a very early chapter on computer games.
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Details
- Seller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- E20588
- Title
- Dicing With Dragons: An Introduction To Role Playing Games
- Author
- Ian Livingstone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club
- Publisher
- Plume/ NAL
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- dungeons and dragons, computer games, role playing, runequest
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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