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The Oxford guide to word games / Tony Augarde.
LIBRA GV1507.W8 A84 1984
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Augarde, Tony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Word games.
- Word games--History.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1984.
- Summary:
- Today crossword puzzle fans and other word-game addicts number in the millions, and they will welcome this charming reference book, which encompasses not just crosswords but acrostics, anagrams, Scrabble, tongue-twisters, and countless other games of verbal ingenuity. The book recounts the origins of various word games, outlines their history, describes how to play them, and discusses the many names and rules they have acquired over the years. In addition, the book is full of delightful anecdotes about famous authors and other notables who have enjoyed word games. Whether one loves riddles or chronograms, puns or Consequences, this book will be a source of endless fascination and delight.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [221]-[222]
- ISBN:
- 0192141449 :
- OCLC:
- 10298905
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