One of a series of 1980s party game booklets for kids and comics fans, in which one player would select one of 12 stories (with a number of blank spaces in the sentences) from the booklet, and then request nouns, adjectives, verbs, and so on from the other players. The first player would then read out the story, with the suggested words in the appropriate spaces, and in the process hope to form an amusing (or, as the directions would have it, a "fantastic, screamingly funny, shocking, silly, crazy or just plain dumb") story. Story titles include "The Red Skull," "Captain America Protects a Mov... View More...
"--provides an introduction to the coinages of the Near and Middle East issued by the various dynasties that arose from the religious state established by the Prophet Muhammad." Broome excluded the Islamic coinages of India and South East Asia "because they are derived from differing monetary concepts and cultural backgrounds." Spruce cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 230 pages (including bibliography, index), illustrated. Light scuffing to cloth, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light scratches, rubbing. A nice copy. View More...
Dean provides instructions for the use of magic as teaching aids for a variety of subjects. 206 pages, illustrated. This copy w/only moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean. View More...
Part II of The Warpstorm Adventure Trilogy, a role-playing game set "in the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium." Which isn't significantly different from the grim darkness of the 21st millennium, except that they get to slaughter their crooked politicians, and we ask them to screw us over repeatedly. God, but we're a funny species! Pictorial boards, 72 pages, illustrated. Mildly bumped corners. View More...
#35 of 75 signed/numbered copies. First printing w/complete number line. Oake "reveals the origins and science behind various illusions, and explains why there is a difference between what the eye sees and what is actually happening on stage." 224 pages, illustrated. Embossed "Supporting the Bruce Oake Foundation" stamp to front end paper, w/the handwritten notation "35/75" inside same. The 75 signed/numbered copies were offered by Oake to those who made a donation to the Bruce Oake Foundation (Bruce being Scott's brother, and an addict who died at the age of 25, from a heroin overdose).... View More...
A publication intended to further interest in collecting wooden money. Reproduces images of more than 300 items, listing (when known) the date of issue, the issuer, the number issued, colour and size, with a rating code indicating scarcity. Photocopied typescript, 95 pages, illustrated. Moderate general wear. View More...
A collection of postcard images from the collections of the authors, showing scenes, buildings and people of Fredericton, New Brunswick. 128 pages, signed by Taylor on inside front cover. Internally tight and clean w/moderate general handling wear, signs of sticker removal from bottom of title page. View More...
