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These are Rare BG Books?
Posted By: mamabear
Date: Saturday, 7 June 2008, at 8:34 p.m.
For the amusement of everyone, but especially Marty Storer, here are some listings I found today at AbeBooks.com:
87. Backgammon Praxis: The Matches of Malcolm Davis. Volume One. (ISBN: 0943292352) Marty Storer Bookseller: MoreMedia (Hialeah, FL, U.S.A.) Bookseller Rating: Price: US$ 191.59 [Convert Currency] Quantity: 2 Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 3.99 [Rates & Speeds]
Book Description: Fortuitous Press. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed!. Bookseller Inventory # VIB0943292352
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88. Backgammon Praxis: The Matches of Malcolm Davis, Volume 2 (ISBN: 0943292360) Marty Storer Bookseller: MoreMedia (Hialeah, FL, U.S.A.) Bookseller Rating: Price: US$ 191.59 [Convert Currency] Quantity: 2 Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 3.99 [Rates & Speeds]
Book Description: Fortuitous Press. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed!. Bookseller Inventory # VIB0943292360
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Someone else is selling them for $185, and Bill Robertie's first volume of AB is offered at $169.86. You can even see Paul Lamford's 100 Backgammon Puzzles on sale for $136.85. And yes it is the paperback, not some rare hardbound copy or even one that's signed!
I wasn't aware that Elliott Winslow had written a backgammon book:
135. Play to Win: Backgammon (Play to Win) (ISBN: 1592237282) Elliot Winslow Bookseller: MoreMedia (Hialeah, FL, U.S.A.) Bookseller Rating: Price: US$ 132.08 [Convert Currency] Quantity: 4 Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 3.99 [Rates & Speeds]
Book Description: Silver Dolphin Books. Hardcover. Book Condition: Like New. Satisfaction Guaranteed!. Bookseller Inventory # VIN1592237282
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And finally, this one was even bigger news to me:
117. The Polygamist (ISBN: 0316293571) Friedman, B. H. (PAUL MAGRIEL, X-22) Bookseller: Rose's Books (Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.) Bookseller Rating: Price: US$ 150.00 [Convert Currency] Quantity: 1 Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 5.00 [Rates & Speeds]
Book Description: Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1981, Boston, 1981. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Cloth binding, 220 pp. Signed inside front board by PAUL MAGRIEL aka X-22, World Champion backgammon player. "The Polygamist is a contemporary high comedy about various kinds of love and the games people play, even backgammon, in pursuit of their physical and intellectual lusts." Blurb by Paul Magriel on rear of dustjacket. Authenticity of signature guaranteed. Book has a manufacturer's defect: half-title and title were bound in at a slant. Light spotting to page edges. Dustjacket has a small tear. Rare signature by elusive genius backgammon and poker player. Very good in a very good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover. Association Copy. Bookseller Inventory # 005627
I could go on, but why not check it out for yourself at this link, then change the page number in the URL if the page numbers at the bottom don't work for you. What a hoot!
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