edited by Richard Sharp and John Piggott

Hardcover, dust jacket in protective Mylar cover, 9" x 12", 186 pages, ex-library book in very good condition, interior pages are all clean with no markings.

This is one of the most comprehensive books on games ever published. Sumptuously illustrated throughout, it details in a clear and concise way how to play just about every game you've ever heard of - and a few you haven't. The canvas ranges from the very simple - such as musical chairs - to games of greater skill such as chess and bridge. The book is a mine of information for people of every conceivable age who want to know the proper rules of games, and a manual for those who like to find hints on how to improve their play. It is a totally indispensable reference book for every home and all readers.

Games included in the book are:

Aces Up • Aggression • Anaconda • Anagrab • Auction Bridge

Baccarat • Backgammon • Bagatelle • Baseball Poker • Battleships • Beetle • Beggar My Neighbor • Bezique • Bingo • Blackjack • Black Maria • Blind Hughie • Blind Killer • Botticelli • Boule • Boxes • Brag • Bridge • Bridge Whist

Calculation • Canadian Stud • Canasta • Canfield • Card Craps • Casino • Categories • Charades • Chase the Ace • Cheat • Checkers • Chemin de Fer • Chess • Chicago • Chinese Checkers • Clock • Cluedo • Concentration • Conkers • Consequences • Contract Bridge • Craps • Cribbage • Crossword • Crown and Anchor • Cut-throat Bridge

Darts • Darts Cricket • Demon • Dice • Dominoes • Donkey • Draughts • Draw Dominoes • Draw Poker • Duplicate Bridge

Egdirb • Eleusis • Ecarte • Euchre

Fan Tan • Faro • Fictionary Dictionary • Find the Lady • Five-card Brag • Five-card Stud • Fives and Threes • Flying Demon • Fox and Geese

German Whist • Ghosts • Gin Rummy • Go • Go Moku • Grandmother's Footsteps

Halma • Hangman • Happy Families • Harvey • Hearts • Hex • Hexagonal Chess • Hide and Seek • High-low Poker • Hold 'em • Honeymoon Bridge • Horse Race

I-spy • Indian Poker

Jackpots • Jacks • Jotto

Killer • Kim's Game • Klaberjass • Klondike • Knight-in-the-Pocket • Knockout Whist • Knock Poker • Konigs • Kriegspiel

Lasca • Leyden • Liar Dice • Literary Consequences • Lowball • Low-in-the-Hole • Ludo

Mah Jongg • Maltese Cross • Mancala • Marbles • Mastermind • Matador • Mexican Stud • Monopoly • Murder in the Dark • Musical Chairs

Nap • Newmarket • Nine-card Brag • Nine Man's Morris • Ninety-nine • Noughts and Crosses

Ocky Knocky • Oh Hell • Old Maid • Over and Under • Overkill

Pass the Buck • Pass the Parcel • Pass the Trash • Patience • Pelmanism • Piquet • Poker • Poker Dice • Poker Squares • Pontoon

Racing Demon • Ragaman • Razz • Red Dog • Reverse Bridge • Reversi • Roulette • Rummy • Russian Bank

Sardines • Scissors, Paper, Stone • Scotch Chess • Scrabble • Screwie Louie • Sequence • Sergeant Major • Seven-card Brag • Sevens • Shanghai • Shogi • Shove-halfpenny • Shuffleboard • Skat • Skinball • Skittles • Slapjack • Slosh • Snakes and Ladders • Snap • Snip, Snap, Snorem • Solitaire • Solo Whist • Spite and Malice • Sprouts • Stud Brag • Suicide Chess

Tactics • Tarot • Thirty-one • Tic-Tac-Toe • Tiddlywinks • Trente et Quarante • Twenty Questions

Underkill • Up and Down the Mississippi

Video Games • Vingt-et-un

Wargames • Whist