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  • The indoor games book; card and table games for all the family; illustrated by Neil Hyslop.

    • Text
    • [London] Faber [1973]
    • 1973
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFD 74-6286Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Victorian parlour games for today / compiled by Patrick Beaver.

    • Text
    • London : P. Davies, 1974.
    • 1974
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFF 75-599Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Ainslie's complete Hoyle / by Tom Ainslie ; ill. by Jill Schwartz.

    • Text
    • New York : Simon and Schuster, [1975]
    • 1975
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *R-RMRR GV1243 .A34 1975Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference

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  • The indoor league / [by] Sid Waddell and John Meade ; [photographs by Paul Stokes et al.].

    • Text
    • London [etc] : Pan Books, 1975.
    • 1975
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFC 76-2023Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Gyles Brandreth's complete book of home entertainment.

    • Text
    • Aylesbury : Shire Publications, 1974.
    • 1974
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFD 76-4847Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The way to play : the illustrated encyclopedia of the games of the world / by the Diagram Group.

    • Text
    • New York : Paddington Press, [1975]
    • 1975
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFF 76-683Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Brandreth's party games : 150 games for adults of all ages / Gyles Brandreth.

    • Text
    • London, Eyre Methuen, 1972.
    • 1972
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFD 80-3292Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Billiards, bowling, table tennis, pinball, and video games : a bibliographic guide / compiled by Robert R. Craven.

    • Text
    • Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1983.
    • 1983
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFE 83-1183Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Little sports : the official rules of insignificant indoor rivalries / Dan Carlinsky and Ed Goodgold ; illustrations by Fred Enfield.

    • Text
    • New York : McGraw-Hill, c1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFD 90-2876Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Complete Hoyle; an encyclopedia of games, including all indoor games played to-day, with suggestions for good play, illustrative hands, and all official laws to date.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia, Lippincott [c1953]
    • 1953
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFC 77-228Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text C-10 2979Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Indoor games for two players / Hubert Phillips.

    • Text
    • London : Arco Publications, 1961.
    • 1961
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text C-12 3946Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • 838 ways to amuse a child; crafts, hobbies, and creative ideas for the child from six to twelve. Drawings by Beryl Bennett.

    • Text
    • New York, Harper [1960]
    • 1960
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text D-13 667Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Book of home entertainment.

    • Text
    • Cleveland : World Pub. Co., [1961]
    • 1961
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text E-11 5819Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The new complete Hoyle ; the official rules of all popular games of skill and chance with the most authoritative advice on winning play, by Albert H. Morehead, Richard L. Frey [and] Geoffrey Mott-Smith.

    • Text
    • Garden City, N.Y., Garden City Books [1956]
    • 1956
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFD 97-15254Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Comus. Een nieuw gezelschapsboek, tot opwekking van den vrolijken geest, en ter bevordering van aangenaam onderhoud. (Naar het hoogduitsch.)

    • Text
    • Amsterdam, W. de Grebber, 1845.
    • 1845
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZC [RBS] 97-860 (Comus)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Amusement for invalids / compiled by Annie B. Henshaw.

    • Text
    • Boston : Loring, c1870.
    • 1870
    • 1 Item

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    http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hwiien
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    Text MZMH (Henshaw, A. B. Amusement for invalids)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Six degrees of Kevin Bacon / Craig Fass, Mike Ginelli, and Brian Turtle.

    • Text
    • New York, NY : Plume, c1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWES (Bacon, K.) 99-1020Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Gesellschaftsspiele [microform]. Gesammelt und hrsg. von Hermann Pfeiffer.

    • Text
    • Leipzig, P. Reclam [1920]
    • 1920
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *Z MV p.v. 232-239Offsite
  • The book of fun, mirth, and mystery : a feast of delightful entertainment, including games, tricks, puzzles and solutions, "how to makes," and various other means of amusement / by R.A. Hummerston.

    • Text
    • London : C. Arthur Pearson, 1924.
    • 1924-
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZC (Hummerston, R. A. Book of fun, mirth & mystery)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Evening party amusements [microform] : comprising an endless variety of amusements and games suitable either for the parlor or drawing-room, to which is appended general directions for the getting-up of shadow pantomimes, charades, tableaux, etc., etc.

    • Text
    • New York : New York Popular Pub. Co., [188-?]
    • 1880-1889
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZC-68Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Recreation handbook for camp, conference, and community / by Roger E. Barrows.

    • Text
    • Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFE 01-7574Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Das Buch der Spiele : über 500 Freizeitspiele für Erwachsene / Erhard Gorys.

    • Text
    • Stuttgart : Fackelverlag, [1976]
    • 1976
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ReCAP 12-26782Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Spalding's home library.

    • Text
    • New York : American Sports Publishing Co., 1895-
    • 1895-
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 8-MVFG (Spalding's home library) v. 1 (1895-96)Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 8-MVFG (Spalding's home library) v. 2-3 (1896-97)Offsite
  • Oriental games / R.C. Bell.

    • Text
    • Durham : Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art, University of Durham, c1981.
    • 1981
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *OVLA 05-4784Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Parlor games : a collection of all kinds of games for amusement, entertainment, and instruction / by Helen E. Hollister.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia : Penn Pub. Co., 1910.
    • 1910
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZ (Hollister, Helen E. Parlor games)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Black history month activity and enrichment handbook : an easy-to-use collection of ideas, activities & games designed to help explore African-American history and culture / by the editors of Just Us Books.

    • Text
    • Orange, NJ : Just Us Books, c1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc D 11-1338 no. 1-2Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Indoor games and activities. With 55 drawings by Sylvia S. Cassell.

    • Text
    • New York : Harper & Row, [c1960]
    • 1960
    • 2 Items
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    Text J 793 COffsite
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    Text J 793 COffsite
  • Chudesa-- da i tolʹko / tekst i risunki Borisa Virganskogo.

    • Text
    • [Leningrad] : Moloda︠i︡a gvardi︠i︡a, [1929?]
    • 1929
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J-R 793 V Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Victorian parlor games / Patrick Beaver.

    • Text
    • Nashville : T. Nelson, [1978] c1974.
    • 1978
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 793 BOffsite
  • Jeux de princes, jeux de vilains / sous la direction d'Ève Netchine.

    • Text
    • [Paris] : Bibliothèque nationale de France : Seuil, c2009.
    • 2009
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ReCAP 10-4502Offsite
  • Songs jumping in my mouth : humanities activity guide for classroom or after-school programs / written by Pamela Brooke.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C. : Songs Jumping In My Mouth, c1983.
    • 1983
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFF 11-1046Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The merry circle : a book of new, graceful and intellectual games and amusements.

    • Text
    • London : J.C. Hotten, [1872?]
    • 1872
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZ (Bellew, C. Merry circle)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • More ways of entertaining your guests.

    • Text
    • Chicago : C.H. Sergel, [1913?]
    • 1913
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZ (Dickinson, D. More ways of entertaining your guests)Offsite
  • How to entertain your guests / collected by Dorothy Dickinson.

    • Text
    • London : Wells Gardner, Darton, 1911.
    • 1911
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZ (Dickinson, D. How to entertain your guests)Offsite
  • Endless mirth and amusement. : a capital and clever collection of mirthful games, parlour pastimes, shadow plays, magic, conjuring, card tricks, chemical surprises, fireworks, forfeits, etc. / compiled and arranged by Charles Gilbert. ; Illustrated by George Cruikshank and others.

    • Text
    • London : Dean & Son ..., [1874]
    • 1874
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZ (Gilbert, Ch. Endless mirth and amusement)Offsite
  • Indoor and community games / by Sid G. Hedges.

    • Text
    • London : Methuen, 1939.
    • 1939
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZ (Hedges, Sid G. Indoor and community games)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Fireside amusements.

    • Text
    • London : William & Robert Chambers, [1870]
    • 1870
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZ (Fireside amusements)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The cat in the hat / by Dr. Seuss.

    • Text
    • New York : Beginner Books : Random House, 1985.
    • 1985-1958
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text E-10 6085Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Modern pastime, or, in-door amusements. : including ventriloquism--parlour magic--elelmentary gymnastics billiards--fun, and flirtation, forfeits, etc., etc.

    • Text
    • London : Frederick Warne and Co. Bedford Street, Covent Garden. ; New York : Scribner, Welford and Co., [1871?]
    • 1871
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZ (Modern pastime)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Hoyle's games : containing laws & directions for playing the various games now prevalent ; with many improvements and additions.

    • Text
    • Halifax [Eng.] : Milner and Sowerby, [1825?]
    • 180
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZ (Hoyle's games. 1825)Offsite
  • Giuochi di sala per divertirsi nelle conversazioni.

    • Text
    • Firenze : A. Salani, 1896.
    • 1896
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZ (Salani. Giuochi di Sala. 1896)Offsite
  • Hoyle's games.

    • Text
    • New York : A.L. Burt Co., [c1931]
    • 1931
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MZ (Foster, R. F. Hoyle's games)Offsite
  • Games most in use, [electronic resource] : in England, France and Spain, viz. basset, picquet, primero, l'ombre, chess, billiards, grand-tricktrack, verquere, &c. Some of which were never before printed in any language. All regulated by the most experienc'd masters. With a table to the whole.

    • Text
    • London : printed, and sold by J. Morphew, near Stationers-Hall; and by the Booksellers, [1715?]
    • 1713
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=0249601200&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=nypl
  • The cat in the hat / Dr. Seuss.

    • Text
    • New York : Random House, [1957]
    • 1957
    • 3 Items
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    Text J E SOffsite
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    Text J E SOffsite
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    Text J E SOffsite
  • The ultimate indoor games book : the 200 best boredom busters ever! / Veronika Alice Gunter.

    • Text
    • New York : Lark Books, c2005.
    • 2005
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip059/2005006054.html
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 793 GOffsite
  • Rainy days & Saturdays / by Linda Hetzer ; illustrated by Deborah Zemke.

    • Text
    • New York : Workman, c1995.
    • 1995
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 793.01 HSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Pete's a pizza / William Steig.

    • Text
    • [New York, N.Y.] : HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.
    • 1998-1998
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J PIC SSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Parlour games and the public life of women in Renaissance Italy [electronic resource] / George McClure.

    • Text
    • Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2013.
    • 2013
    • 1 Resource

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    http://TM9QT7LG9G.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=TM9QT7LG9G&S=JCs&C=TC0001037268&T=marc&tab=BOOKS
  • Jeu de société : proverbes en actions.

    • Still image
    • [France?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1820 and 1840?]
    • 1820-1840
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Rare Books 21-142Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
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  • Chess and other games pieces from Islamic lands / Deborah Freeman Fahid.

    • Text
    • New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2018.
    • 2018-2018
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text NK4696.2.I74 F64 2018gOff-site

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