Search Results: Games from Chris Hartmann, Bookseller

Bideford, UK: Supreme Magic Company. Hardcover. 1979. 1st Edition. Large 8vo 320pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations. Top corners lightly bumped. DJ has light wear . Describes and illustrates a wide variety of magic tricks .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Hardcover. 1982. 1st Edition. 8vo 178pp . Fine in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations. DJ has light edgewear and the inner front flap is creased .

New York: Newmarket Press. Hardcover. 1985. 2nd Printing. 4to 230pp . Near Fine in Fine DJ. B&W and Color Illustrations. A slim piece, about 2 inches long, is missing from the outer edge of page 228 One of America's premier prestidigitator's tells the Blackstone story and examines the history, science, and art of illusion .

New York: Bridge World Books. Hardcover. 2004. 1st Edition. 8vo 256pp . Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. B&W Illustrations .

New York: IEEE Communications Soc.. Paperback. 2008. 1st Edition?. 4to 397pp . Fine with no DJ. B&W Puzzles. Scarce publication .

New York: Garden City Books. Hardcover. 1940. Thick 8vo 894pp . Fine in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations. DJ lightly worn with 3 small closed repaired tears. Claims to cover the rules and regulations for every known game .

New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux. Hardcover. 2009. 1st Edition. 8vo 516pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Hardcover. 1985. 1st Edition. 8vo 324pp . Fine in Very Good+ DJ. True story of how a band of physicists and computer wizards took on Las Vegas .

New York: Dodd, Mead And Company. Hardcover. 1947. Thick 12mo 704pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations. Top and front edges lightly soiled and foxed. DJ lightly rubbed .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Hardcover. 1985. 1st Edition. 4to 240pp . Very Good+ in Very Good DJ. B&W and Color Photographs. Binding lightly bumped at top of spine at rear gutter. DJ has a closed tear at top of spine at the rear foldover .

New York: Arno Press. Hardcover. 1977. Reprint. 8vo 556pp . Very Good+ with no DJ. B&W Illustrations. Orange boards with black lettering on spine. DJ is missing. Reprint of a book first published in 1897. Bibliography of natural magic and prestidigitation compiled with notes by Henry Ridgely Evans: p. [539]-550. .

Philadelphia, PA: Ottenheimer Publishers. Hardcover. 1988. 6th Printing. 4to 472pp . Fine with no DJ. B&W Illustrations .

New York: Dover Publications. Paperback. 1959. Reprint. 8vo 165pp . Very Good with no DJ. B&W Illustrations. Spine and edges of front cover show fading. Contains a selection of puzzles from Sam Lloyd's Cyclopedia of Puzzles .

New York: Warner Books. Paperback. 1978. 1st Edition. 12mo 203pp . Very Good with no DJ. Mass Market PB Bottom page tips missing from pp 161-168 .

New Yorkd: Dorset Press. Paperback. 1989. 1st Edition Th. 8vo 192pp . Fine with no DJ. B&W Illustrations Trade PB .

Ann Arbor, MI: Univ. Of Michigan. Hardcover. 1965. 1st Edition. 8vo 258pp . Fine in Very Good DJ. Tiny rubber stamped name on front endpaper. DJ has some slight edgewear and the spine color shows fading. The prisoner's dilemma is a standard example of a game analyzed in game theory that shows why two completely " rational" individuals might not cooperate, even if it appears that it is in their best interests to do so. It was originally framed by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher working at RAND in 1950. Albert W. Tucker formalized the game with prison sentence rewards and named it .

New York: Published By The Author. Hardcover. 1971. 1st Edition. 8vo 287pp . Good+ with no DJ. B&W Illustrations. Dark blue cloth binding with gold lettering. Several pages were dogeared. Some slight shelfwear . A book of card tricks for magicians and entertainers .

Oakland, CA: Magic Limited. Hardcover. 1977. 2nd Printing. 8vo 120pp . Very Good+ with no DJ. B&W Photographs. Binding is dark brown faux- leather with gold lettering. Very small ink prince on front endpaper. A complete text on methods, mechanical devices, moves, techniques, figures, artifices, routines, etd. ,for performing one of the great classics in the repertoire of magic. It includes modern improvements, suggestions and ideas, together with routines eliminating the use of the key. A book about on using rings in magic .

New York: M. Evans & Co.. Hardcover. 1976. 1st Edition. 8vo 201pp . Fine in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations DJ price clipped Written by a sixteen-year-old magician .

New York: Simon and Schuster. Hardcover. 1961. 1st Edition. 8vo 714pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations One corner bumped, DJ repaired .