Antique Board Games

50 Ways to Use Your Noodle: Loads of Land Games with Foam Noodle Toys

Training Facilitator
"These activities will leave your group foaming at the mouth for more."

Book Description
Those floating foam water toys aren't just for swimming. This book is "loaded" with exciting games and challenging problem-solving activities using the foam noodles. Group facilitators will find this fun & colorful book invaluable.

American Games: Comprehensive Collector's Guide

Bally Bingo Pinball Machines (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Book Description
The pinball book you have been waiting for is finally here! From those fabulous '50s & '60s, Jeffrey Lawton, Bingo Pinball Historian, presents 290+ photos, including original promotional brochures and advertisements, that showcase a fantastic collection of Bally*r Bingo pinball machines, along with a history of the evolution and excitement that surrounds this compelling hobby. All who grew up with street cars, slot machines, pinball machines, pool halls, and diners will enjoy this book tremendously! If you buy only one pinball book, this is the one to have.

About The Author
Jeffrey Lawton, Bingo Pinball Historian, has been interested in pinball machines of all sorts since the late 1950s. He writes articles for Game Room Magazine as the Bingo Doctor and is the Bingo Editor for PinGame Journal.

Board and Table Game Antiques (Shire Library)

Board Games of the 50's, 60's, and 70's: With Prices

Book Description
Family entertainment during the Baby Boomer era often dwelt on board games and similar amusements. Game ideas were fashioned from TV shows, movies, historical events, foreign cultures, and professional sports. The vivid boxes, playing pieces, and popular characters thereupon created a collecting frenzy which still exists today. Charts of listings and hundreds of full color photographs combine to create the only guide you'll ever need. Over 1,100 board games listed and priced. 2000-2001 Price Guide

Celebrating Board Games (Collectibles)

Product Description
This beautiful and nostalgic pictorial celebration of board games will transport readers back to a simpler time, when child’s play didn’t involve video games or computer screens of any kind. More than 100 of the best are featured, from the 19th century until today, with pictures of both the boards and the various pieces. They include Animal Crackers, which dates from 1883; Across the Continent (1888); the ever-popular children’s favorite Candyland (1938); Nurse Ames (1944); the mystery game Clue (1950); Elvis (1958); and many more. Some are well-known, others more rare, but they will surely send readers scrambling to their old toy chests to play another round.

Decorating Ideas that Work

Product Description
Many homeowners look at decorating as do-it-yourself proposition. Others seek out the advice of an expert. Decorating Ideas that Work covers both bases completely. Bursting with over 500 photographs and drawings, Heather Paper's hard-working sourcebook is all a potential decorator needs to transform their house into a showcase. Chock full of information on both contemporary and traditional furniture and accessories -- and how to thoughtfully combine them

About The Author
Heather Paper is a freelance writer for many home and lifestyle magazines, including Better Homes and Gardens, Traditional Home, Country Home, Seattle Homes & Lifestyles, and Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles. She has also written for Joy Philbin’s Haven publications and television show and penned articles, books, and brochures for corporate clients such as Kohler, Home Depot, Sherwin-Williams, DuPont Corian, Decorating Den, Lowe’s, and HGTV. Heather lives in the suburbs of Atlanta.

Gameboards of North America

Games: Three Antique American Games That Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly Played (The American...

Card Catalog Description
Includes the history of and the instructions for playing three games from the past including "The Mansion of Happiness" from the nineteenth century, "What D'ye Buy?" from the early twentieth century, and "Get In the Scrap" from the World War Two era.

Grand Rapids Furniture: The Story of America's Furniture City (Shopping and Antiques)

Book Description
Grand Rapids Furniture: The Story of America's Furniture City is the first major history to be published about the place that once crowned itself "The Paris of Furniture Design." Over 200 photos illustrate the lively text by Christian G. Carron, curator of one of the nation's largest furniture collections. The story begins in the 1830's with the region's first cabinetmakers, and covers designs from Victorian and Modern through Reform and Revival to the high-tech office furniture of the late twentieth century.

Delving deeper than forms and ornamentation, this volume includes anecdotes and insights from four of the most knowledgeable experts on the Grand Rapids furniture industry.

The detailed manufactures directory lists more than 800 West Michigan furniture makers past and present, including company names, locations, designers, and product descriptions. Never-before-published hints for identifying Grand Rapids furniture complement more than 400 maker's marks and labels, to make this an important resource for every reference shelf.

About The Author
Christian G. Carron is head of the curatorial department of the Public Museum of Grand Rapids, and has cultivated the furniture collections there for over ten years. Each year he answers hundreds of requests from around the world for information on Grand Rapids furniture. After studying in the Historical Administration Program at Eastern Illinois University, Carron curated similar collections in Louisiana and Kentucky. An active lecturer and author, Carron conducted much of the research for this publication during the development of The Furniture City, a permanent exhibition that opened in 1994.

More Board Games (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Book Description
Board games are flat out fun! They continue to fascinate players and collectors alike, long after their lives on toy store shelves, and their appeal is rapidly growing. Demand for games has only increased worldwide with the growth of the Internet fueling the collector market. From Monopoly to Battleship, Annie Oakley to Magilla Gorilla, this completely new book presents over 1,000 color photographs of board games, from current favorites to great classics dating back to the 1920s. It includes an informative text, vintage advertisements, and current market prices. There is a special chapter on Remco Industries, which had a small but sought after output of games in the 1950s and 1960s. More Board Games** continues where the author's first book, Board Games**, left off. It is sure to satisfy the game-playing appetites of collectors, dealers, and enthusiasts everywhere.

About The Author
Desi Scarpone lives in Los Angeles where he works in film and television. He has been collecting board games since he was a young child.

Spin Again: Board Games from the Fifties and Sixties