Tyneside pottery

Bell, R.C.

Studio Vista

There are many authoritative books on card games and chess, but only a handful on the dozens of other games known to mankind. This excellent handbook by R. C. Bell is a basic reference to board and table games from around the world, and one of the two or three finest books ever written on the subject. Originally published in two volumes in the 1960's, it is now available for the first time in a corrected, one-volume edition. Mr. Bell's encyclopedic work provides the rules and methods of play for 182 different games: Ma-jong, Hazard, Wei-ch'I (Go), backgammon, Wari, Continental draughts, Pachisi, Japanese chess, Bidou, Domino Loo, Cribbage, and many others. Volume one is divided into chapters devoted to race games, war games, games of position, Mancala games, dice games, and domino games; volume two follows the same arrangement and then proceeds to games with numbers, card games requiring boards, and games requiring manual dexterity. Additional information is furnished on making boards and pieces, and on gaming-counters. Game players, toymakers, and historians of culture will welcome this guided tour of games from Egypt, Meso-America, the Orient, India, Persia, Rome, Africa, Victorian England, and many other societies. Over 300 illustrations, both photographs and line drawings, add an illuminating counterpoint to the text.

Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Dover Publications

There are many authoritative books on card games and chess, but only a handful on the dozens of other games known to mankind. This excellent handbook by R. C. Bell is a basic reference to board and table games from around the world, and one of the two or three finest books ever written on the subject. Originally published in two volumes in the 1960's, it is now available for the first time in a corrected, one-volume edition.Mr. Bell's encyclopedic work provides the rules and methods of play for 182 different games: Ma-jong, Hazard, Wei-ch'I (Go), backgammon, Wari, Continental draughts, Pachisi, Japanese chess, Bidou, Domino Loo, Cribbage, and many others. Volume one is divided into chapters devoted to race games, war games, games of position, Mancala games, dice games, and domino games; volume two follows the same arrangement and then proceeds to games with numbers, card games requiring boards, and games requiring manual dexterity. Additional information is furnished on making boards and pieces, and on gaming-counters.Game players, toymakers, and historians of culture will welcome this guided tour of games from Egypt, Meso-America, the Orient, India, Persia, Rome, Africa, Victorian England, and many other societies. Over 300 illustrations, both photographs and line drawings, add an illuminating counterpoint to the text.

Peter Smith Pub Inc

According to tradition the game of mah-jong originated in China in 472 BC as an amusement for the ladies of the court.  This cannot be substantiated, but there is no doubt that mah-jong has been held in high regard in China for a very long time, and within the last century it has spread to Japan, the United States and Europe.  Though superficially a complex game, the basic idea of mah-jong is very simple.  the aim of each player is to complete a mah-jong hand, that is a hand consisting of tiles formed into pungs (sets of three identical tiles), quongs (sets of four identical tiles), and chows (sets of three consecutively numbered tiles), plus a pair of identical tiles.  This book tells you how to play mah-jong, from the elaborate starting procedure to the calculation of the scores, and describes the Chinese, Japanese, and American variations in play.

Discovering Mah-Jong

Shire Pubns

Discovering Backgammon

Discovering Dice and Dominoes

This book contains descriptions of sixty board games, drawn from an immense range of history - from 3000 BC through to the turn of the nineteenth century. Accounts of these games have been gleaned from archaeological reports, traveler's tales, anthropological studies and foreign-language accounts of games, translated into English for the first time. Using the detailed text and fifty-nine diagrams it is possible for the reader to construct their own boards and pieces and enjoy hours of play. Perfect for toy and game collectors, this book can also bring something different to family occasions - instead of the usual board games, why not play a number game that was once popular among the intelligentsia of the middle ages?

Discovering Old Board Games (Discovering)

Shire Publications

Board and Table Game Antiques (Shire Library)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Shire

In its centenary year of 1862 the Maling factory was producing 90 per cent of the jam jars used in England and Scotland. Thousands more were exported and they became synonymous with Rington's tea and Keillers marmalade, other uniquely British companies. With the aid of over 50 illustrations, this book traces the development of Maling and other Tyneside potteries and explores the makers' marks. A thoroughly detailed and perfect introduction to the different designs created, Maling and Tyneside Pottery provides the opportunity to marvel at the beauty of such craftsmanship.

Maling and other Tynside Pottery (Shire Library)

The Boardgame book tells the history of boardgames. It has the history and information about 61 games. It has fold out sheets for : Basket of Fruit, Cottage of Content, Game of Genius, Hare and Tortoise, Journey Through Life, Railway Game, Tour Through Europe, Zodiac and Equipment sheet for games. The book has a special cover to keep it in for safe keeping.

The boardgame book

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Tyneside pottery

Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations

Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations

Discovering Mah-Jong

Discovering Backgammon

Discovering Dice and Dominoes

Discovering Old Board Games (Discovering)

Board and Table Game Antiques (Shire Library)

Maling and other Tynside Pottery (Shire Library)

The boardgame book