First edition of this 1908 puzzle book from Wehman Bros., Park Row, NY. 64 pages include lots of illustrations and diagrams, at least one per puzzle page (there are separate answer pages in addition to some solutions shown with the puzzle). Includes most categories of puzzles, such as put together, take apart, tangram style, string puzzles, magic squares, line puzzles, geometrical puzzles, cube puzzle, mazes, 3-D puzzles like the Chinese Cross, logic puzzles, cross puzzles, metamorphosis puzzle...

64-page illustrated Bantam book from 1981 by James G. Nourse. Lots of black-and-white illustrations and diagrams. Includes a "Simple 5-Step Solution"!(Note - You can pay in dollars or euro, by PayPal or bank transfer, or by $ check in the U.S.)

1986 Dover book edited by Charles Barry Townsend contains 56 pages of puzzles and solutions, copiously and wonderfully illustrated.(Note - You can pay in dollars or euro, by PayPal or bank transfer, or by $ check in the U.S.)

Mental Nuts - Can You Crack Them?, printed 1897, 32 pages long. The Cover is hard to read, but also says, "with compliments of H.W.Patterson - Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds, Etc., Salem NJ". Even though the front and rear covers are very difficult to make out, the contents are in pretty good shape. Features 79 puzzles.

Please note this is the preliminary sample of neo sliding block puzzles part 2.It does not contain all sliding puzzles of neo sliding block puzzle part 2.Shipping cost is< 500g world 5.25 $< 1kg world 10.50 $I will combine shipping cost if you have more then one puzzle.You have to pay the paypal fees.

Shipping cost is< 500g world 5.25 $< 1kg world 10.50 $I will combine shipping cost if you have more then one puzzle.You have to pay the paypal fees.

Larry Evans, one of the premier maze creators, created this book in 1977. Cut and fold the printed cubes in the book, to try your hand at six different maze games. very Fine condition. A real challenge, and a hard to find book. International shipping. Buyer to pay shipping costs to be determine at the end of auction.

This beautiful, super large 13-month calendar from 1989 (it works again in 2013!) consists of great photos of items from Jerry Slocum's selection. The calendar is about 25" x 16" (about 65 cm x 40 cm). Like new (only used one year). Comes inside large American President envelope (some edge wear and wrinkling) that explains with text how the company solves "transportation & distribution puzzles" for its clients. The calendar and envelope come in the original American President box, which has ...

Like tangram you have to lay puzzle pieces to form a figure.Instead of seven pieces like tangram you have by Oktagram 8 same triangle pieces. The figures look simple but they are not!!!There are only images except the introduction (two pages), so you do not have any language problems.The book has only challanges. At the end of the book are the solutions.

Two books of Lewis Carroll Puzzles, compiled by Edward Wakeling, published in 1992 and 1995 by Dover books. Lewis Carroll Games and Puzzles in 1992 (80 pages) in very good condition, and Rediscovered Lewis Carroll Puzzles in 1995, also 80 pages and in very good condition. No creases, some light soiling at the page edges.

The Snark Puzzle Book, by Martin Gardner, hardbound with dust jacket, 1st edition and 1st printing, 1973, Simon and Schuster in good condition. There's a stamp on the bottom of the book on the page edges, and light soiling and foxing on the cover. Very slight warping of the boards front and back. DJ is good with no creases, but light soiling and a tiny 1/8" tear at the top front."My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles", Dover publ., 1994, also by Martin Gardner, in excellent condition.

"Games for the Super Intelligent" and "More Games for the Superintelligent" by Jame F. Fixx. These books are full of interesting puzzles, and both books are hardbound with dust jackets. "Games" DJ is a little nicked, maybe VG condition, while "More Games" is slightly better. Both books are in fine condition. Games for the Superintelligent is published 1972 by Playboy Enterprises, there's no price on the inside cover, and no mention of an "edition". It's 86 pages long. More Games for ...

Puzzles 101, a book of 101 diverse and interesting puzzles by Nobuyuki Yoshigahara. Published in 2004 by A.K. Peters. Paperback. Very nice condition. Fun puzzles.

Five paperback books of riddles. Riddles, Ancient and Modern is a somewhat scholarly approach to riddles, published by Peter Bedrick Books in 1984. Includes over 709 riddles, mostly classical. Book in very good condition, but has a crease in the cover and a price tag on the cover. 204 pages..Riddles, Riddles, Riddles is a Dover book edited by Darwin Hindman, 1997, featuring 60 pages of really silly riddles of the "watch time fly" variety. Book in excellent condition.Lair of the Sphinx, Riddle of...

The Moscow Puzzles, by Boris A. Kordemsky. Book is in good condition, but the cover is a bit dinged up and the page-edges are starting to yellow. Published by Penguin/Pelican Books, 1981 edition, edited by Martin Garder, cover price 2.25 pounds sterling. Contains 359 mathematical recreations, just about every sort you can imagine.

Mint Condition Copy of Professor Hoffman's Puzzles Old & New Book. This printing was done in 1997. Very Hard to Find. 394 pages Lots of illustrations! "Buyer to pay shipping; postage cost to be determined at end of auction depending on purchaser location" $4.00 book Shipping, $10.00 Fedex second day insured. US

"The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco by Dennis Shasha, published in 1988 by W.H. Freeman & Co, with dust jacket. ISBN 0716719584. Dust jacket is yellowed with a 3" crease on the back and a small tear at the spine, with wear around the edges (see picture). The book itself is in excellent shape. Listed as "recreational mathematics". Cover price $15.95.

This little book, Mathematical Puzzles (and other Brain Teasers) by Anthony Filipiak, is chock-full of nifty puzzles. Published in 1942 by Bell Publishing Company, though this book only has 120 pages, it features a large number of mechanical puzzle designs, with sliding block puzzles (one has over 400 moves), string puzzles, burr puzzles, dexterity, kumiki puzzles, bolt-and-washer and peg puzzles. The book has no dust jacket, and has a moisture-stain on the first couple of pages (see photo). The...

"aha! Gotcha" (Paradoxes to puzzle and delight) by Martin Gardner, paperback 1982 W.H. Freeman and Co. publishers. Very good condition, average wear. Some sun-fading on the spine."Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers", hardbound, 1969 Simon and Schuster, ex-library book with the usual library markings and inside pocket. Good condition. No writing in the text.

This little book (62 pages) from 1957 is in very good condition with an unexpectedly nice dust jacket; a little dirty, however (see photo). Cover price on the DJ is $1.00. Printed by the Peter Pauper Press, edited by Phillip Haber, illustrated by Stanley Wyatt. Almost all verbal math problems of various sorts. Book is about 4"x7" and weighs 5 ounces.