Reviews (4)

The New Testament for card players.
If According to Hoyle by Moorehead was card-game bible when I was a child, this book was certainly a new testament. The Complete Book of Solitaire and Patience Games
Detailed instructions, illustrations, terminology, time requirements, and odds in winning of over 225 of the most challenging and fascinating card games ever invented from the famous Canfield Solitaire to Napoleon's Forty Theives.It's here -- everything you need to know about Solitaire and Patience games.

Pretty good
I bought this book so I could learn different ways to play solitaire.It has pictures and plenty of instructions.I do wish it had a few more pictures so I could see how they were saying to lay them out but all in all it is pretty good. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Games    3. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    4. Games/Puzzles    5. Games / Card Games / Solitaire   

Reviews (1)

Fantastic
All illustrated, clear and well written, include rare and the world's most famous and fascinating solitaire games.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Card Games - General    2. Card Games - Solitaire    3. Games    4. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    5. Games/Puzzles    6. Card games    7. Games / Card Games / General    8. JUVY-WORKBOOKS - JUV WORKBOOKS   

Reviews (1)

Fantastic
This book is fantastic:
Read more

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Gambling - Card Games    3. Games    4. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    5. Games/Puzzles    6. Indoor Games    7. Solitaire (Game)    8. Card games    9. Games / Gambling / Card Games   

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Games/Puzzles    3. Magic    4. Sale Adult - Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    5. Sale Books   

Reviews (1)

Lots of material, but not too well organized.
This is a perfect book for the solitaire fanatic who wants some new challenges. It is not the book for someone who wants to quickly find a solitaire game with a specific flavor, degree of difficulty or age recommendation.Read more

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Games    3. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    4. Games/Puzzles    5. Solitaire (Game)    6. Card games    7. Games / General    8. Puzzles & quizzes   

Reviews (3)

A "must have" for solitaire players
This is a book based on playing and learning solitaire card games as learned from the author's grandmother.My own interpretation, based on responses in the book and the book itself, is that his grandmother was quite a mathematician/statistician and card player, who spent most of a lifetime studying solitaire card games.It is apparent they were/are both enthusiasts of solitaires and cards.The book is accurate, readable and possesses more solitaires than you would ever try to learn.It is beautifully illustrated, in color, with easily understood tableaus.It is a must for those who enjoy solitaires with real cards. (I play with real cards.I sometimes question the accuracy and randomness of computer programs/seeds/potential bugs and could swear certain programs cheat by changing the outcomes of the cards based on your choices to increase randomness, but cannot prove it.Slow as it may be, I trust outcomes using real cards because strictly speaking, in this manner, I am the programmer.And no, I do not cheat.) This is a wonderful book.I gave it 5 stars.

Complete, but many errors
Excellent collection of solitaire games. Unfortunately, there are also quit a few errors. This includes discrepancies between the text and illustrations, and in some cases, the rules a simply too vague, making it impossible to play the solitaire. Despite these flaws, this book contains a lot of gems and is well worth the price.

Great collection
A Great collection of Solitaire.Read more

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Games    3. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    4. Games/Puzzles    5. Solitaire (Game)    6. Card games    7. Games / Card Games / Solitaire   

Reviews (1)

The math-oriented crossword puzzle
My 8-year-old can't do crossword puzzles yet, because he's just an average reader. But he is a math whiz and WOW, can he do Battleships! I'm working on making this game a standard for 2nd grade math and logic classes.... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Games    2. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    3. Games/Puzzles    4. Logic & Brain Teasers    5. Logic puzzles    6. Puzzles    7. Games / Card Games / Solitaire    8. Puzzles & quizzes    9. STUDY NOTES - SparkNotes   

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Games & Activities - Card Games    4. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Solitaire (Game)    7. Card games    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Games & Activities / Card Games    9. STUDY AIDS - SAT/PSAT   

Reviews (1)

Very nice!!!
A fantastc book from 1884, long considered one of the fondation books of solitaire, this is the first time "Games of patience or Solitaire with Cards" is avaiable as a trade paperback.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Card Games - General    2. Card Games - Solitaire    3. Games    4. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    5. Games/Puzzles    6. Logic & Brain Teasers    7. Card games   

Reviews (7)

Great shape!
The book arrived fast & in great shape.My nephew loves it! He loves it so much that he had to have the Scarne book on magic.

This can make you a true card magician
Many magicians own the Classic book "Scarne on Card Tricks." But it is said if you want to keep a trick a secret, put it in print! Most of what's in Scarne on Card Tricks is no doubt a complete mystery to most laymen--and many magicians! Its a great book for the card beginner. Still the best
This is the definitive collection of non sleight-of-hand (you don't have to be quick with your hands) card tricks. I bought my first paperback copy in 1974 when I was still a schoolboy. Some of the tricks are easy but astounding, such that I've memorised two of them and have amazed my friends over the years until now. Since then, there hasn't been any other card trick manual that can beat this one, to the best of my knowledge. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Card tricks    3. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    4. Non-Classifiable    5. Sale Books   

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Card games    3. Games    4. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    5. Games/Puzzles    6. Juvenile literature    7. Solitaire (Game)    8. Games / Card Games / Solitaire    9. STUDY NOTES - SparkNotes   

Reviews (2)

Ok Book
Ummm, I didn't really like this book too much.It's card tricks were just, well, to put it straight to you, weird.I'm not really sure how a card trick qualifies as "weird," but the ones in this book do...like throwing Threes in the air so that as they spin while falling, they look like aces (part of a trick).Some of the beginner tricks are WAY to easy to figure out, and some of the advanced tricks just are too complicated with not enough effect.You'd be better off with Hugard's and Braue's stuff.This book just doesn't cut it for me...and it also doesn't have many illustrations either (barely any).So, if you like "weird" card tricks, then go for this.But I wouldn't strongly recommend it...however, it is I guess a good reference book for any magician's library.

Good Book
This Book Has Good Tricks for Beginer to advanced Card magictions. However Some of the tricks in this book are very esay to figer out. My 5 year old cousin could figer out some of the tricks.Taht is why I gave it 4 stars. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Card tricks    3. Crafts & Hobbies    4. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    5. General    6. Hobbies/Crafts    7. Magic   

Reviews (2)

Not Bad for the beginner, but not too good either
This book is fair for the beginner; it does teach some easy sleights and vanishes. For those who may be starting out in magic but are fairly serious about it, Modern Coin Magic is a much better value.

purely magical
Great tricks, easy to understand.It's a great book to flip through.At parties and around kids, I have shown off these tricks, andthey are veryimpressive.The book is well worth your money. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Children's 4-8    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Coin tricks    5. Games    6. Games/Puzzles    7. General    8. Juvenile literature    9. Magic tricks    10. REFERENCE - WEDDING/ETIQ TRD HC   

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Games    3. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    4. Games/Puzzles   

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    3. Solitaire (Game)    4. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Games    3. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    4. Games/Puzzles    5. Games / Card Games / Solitaire   

Reviews (1)

Lots of Fun
Like the other books in Bulfinch's Pocket Entertainments Series, this book is written in "period" language--the author is supposed to be a stuffy Victorian clergyman.Because this is pulled off well it makes the book that much more fun.I also enjoyed the illustrations: vintage playing cards, Victorian valentine-style pictures, a Renaissance painting (a cheating-at-cards scene), and dogs playing poker...The book includes solitaire games like devil and puss-in-the-corner as well as social games like bezique, whist, old sledge, and fan-tan.Even with the period language the instructions are easy to understand, which is not always the case in books of card games!The book's small size makes it conveniently portable. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Card Games - General    2. Card Games - Solitaire    3. Card games    4. Games    5. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    6. Games/Puzzles    7. Solitaire (Game)   

Features

• Illustrated

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    3. General    4. Reference    5. Card games    6. Games / Card Games / Solitaire    7. SOLITAIRE (GAME)   

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Games    3. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    4. Games for one    5. Games/Puzzles    6. Puzzles    7. Games / Card Games / Solitaire   

Reviews (1)

Comprehensive Solitaire Content
This is book details and describes many card games that are made for only one player. These range from the well-known Klondike (Solitaire on Windows) to elaborate 3-5 pack games that require hours of complex play.Read more

Subjects:  1. Card Games - Solitaire    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    4. General    5. Hobbies/Crafts