Acrostic: First Edition (34 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Color illustration on cover. Int. good. Color illustrations. Usual library markings and flaws. Some shelf wear. Leslie Evans (illustrator).

Condition: New. 2022. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . . Fritz, C S (illustrator).

Condition: New. 2022. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . . C.S. Fritz (illustrator).

Condition: New. 2023. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . . C. S. Fritz (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 11pp paperback, stapled card covers, facsimile plate, facsimile illustration to front cover, stapled card covers, very good Papir Barc. Inv. no. 18, errata list loosely inserted.

Condition: New. 2005. First Edition. spiral_bound. . . . . .

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a scarce and well-preserved copy of Acrostic Bible Puzzles by Alice Cameron Bostrom, published in 1979 by the Bible Memory Association International. Designed as an engaging educational workbook, the volume presents a series of illustrated acrostic puzzles drawn from Scripture, combining wordplay, visual elements, and Bible study in a clean, modern late-1970s graphic style. The book remains in Near Fine condition, with bright, unmarked pages throughout and no completed puzzles, notes, or highlighting. The stapled binding is tight and secure, and the covers show only the lightest handling, with no tears, stains, or creases. A particularly appealing copy for collectors of religious ephemera, faith-based educational materials, or vintage puzzle books, especially in this uncommon unused state. Increasingly hard to find clean, intact examples. Alice Cameron Bostrom (1934-2021) was an American Christian educator and author active in the mid-late 20th century, best known for developing creative, interactive learning tools centered on Scripture memorization and Bible study. Closely associated with the Bible Memory Association International, her work reflects the organization's emphasis on combining faith formation with engaging, accessible educational methods. Bostrom's puzzle-based publications, such as Acrostic Bible Puzzles, are characteristic of a broader 1970s movement toward hands-on religious instruction, blending clear graphic design with pedagogical intent. While not widely profiled as an author, her materials remain of interest to collectors of religious ephemera and vintage Christian educational publishing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. First Edition. Boston, 1909; presumed 1st edition; burgundy cloth covered boards; edges scuffed; corners and spine edges bumped and scuffed; a couple spots on front board; top edge gilt; 4to, 9 3/4" to 12" tall; front hinge split; interior pages in very good condition; interior is clean and unmarked; 631 pages; Additional shipping charges may be requested.…

Presumed first edition (no direct statement but with matching dates upon title and copyright pages). 27, [1] pages. Hardcover: H 20cm x L 14cm. Purple pebbled cloth obtrusively mottled with some soiling/staining; spine cloth faded to brown; gilt stamping to front board remains reasonably bright. Front free endpaper removed; large pencil doodle of flower on verso of page 27. Large ink stamp "William C. Lumpkin, | Tuskegee, Alabama." on front and rear pastedowns as well as across title page obscuring some text; some soiling and foxing to title page with lesser occurrences to other leaves; some toning to pages 2-3 from laid-in old newspaper clipping. Binding is firm. William P. Chilton Jr. was the son of William Parish Chilton [Sr.] (1810-1871), a Talladega and later Montgomery attorney and politician who was elected to First and Second Confederate States Congress and served on the Alabama Supreme Court as an Associate Justice from 1847 to 1852 and as Chief Justice from 1852 to 1856. Chilton County, Alabama is named for the elder Chilton. …

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S8.98 DUST JACKET (sticker pr ice, book dj does not have pr ice.the ISBN sticker has Pr ice ; SILVER SPINE TITLES ON BLUE TEXTURED HARD COVERS.showing 3x4"embossed raven bird in landing pose .VERY GLOSSY DUST JACKET WRAPAROUND ART HAS BLACK TITLES, SAME RAVEN, AND METALIC ARTWORK SHOWING MANY FACES. Book text pages are heavy glossy paper with black border. NOT A COMMON PRODUCTION ITEM. Suspect ISBN may be untrustworthy.NOT A COMMON EDITION. ; 182ps pages; Poe broods in a collection of poems that will captivate modern readers with their lyricism and unworldly visions. Lovers of scary tales will appreciate his truly original voice . FIRST EDITION,1p THUS; 13579108642pt line. Illustrated by DULAC, EDMUND ILUSTS (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Lacks front free endpaper. Slight foxing on frontis and title page, light foxing on front endpaper and reverse of frontis. ; 69 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As New; pristine. See scan. Chicago: Games / Playboy Enterprises, Inc., 1981. The July, 1981. 7th Issue of The Four-Star Puzzler. Quarto, printed stapled wraps, 12 pp. Pristine in every way (see scan); even the tipped-in subscription card is still in place and immaculate - though you certainly can't use it now. A thin - twelve pages - but trenchant, memorable and collectible aggregation of puzzles from the masters who brought fame to the puzzles of Games Magazine, among other notable routes of the New Wave puzzling world. In this 7th issue, editors Will Shortz and Henry Hook provide crossword variants, an acrostic (anacrostic), a logic problem, rebus cartoons, cryptograms, "The Sphinx Page" (riddles and other puzzles in the style of the vintage "patron Saint of Puzzledom" known as "The Sphinx"), a Detective puzzle, and much more from the minds of Will Weng, Robert D. Spurrier, Linda Bosson, Stephanie Spadaccini, Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, Henry Hook, Paul R. McClenon, Sally Porter, Charles A. Duerr, Kenneth Feucht, Robert L. Liddil and of course Shortz, Hook and Shenk themselves. Don't lay pen or pencil to these virgin pages; instead, scan them and solve them on the scans. Keep this treasure in your collection, unbesmirched. Scarcer than hen's teeth - in almost any condition. Seventh Issue in the brilliant but short-lived series, which ended with the 32nd issue in August, 1983. LPR5.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As New; pristine. See scan. Chicago: Games / Playboy Enterprises, Inc., 1983. The April, 1983 Issue (Issue 28) of The Four-Star Puzzler. Quarto, printed stapled wraps, 16 pp. Pristine in every way (see scan); even the tipped-in subscription card is still in place and immaculate - though you certainly can't use it now. A thin - sixteen pages - but trenchant, memorable and collectible aggregation of puzzles from the masters who brought fame to the puzzles of Games Magazine, among other notable routes of the New Wave puzzling world. In this 28th issue, editors Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon provide crossword variants, an acrostic (anacrostic), quizzes, rebus cartoons, cryptograms, logic, "The Sphinx Page" (riddles and other puzzles in the style of the vintage "patron Saint of Puzzledom" known as "The Sphinx"), and much more from the minds of Denys Parsons, Necah Buyukdura, Henry Hook, Karen L. Hodge, N.M. Meyer, Diana Sessions, Merl Reagle, Max M. Mizer, Robert D. Spurrier, Henry Hook, M.C. Maag, Virginia C. McCarthy, Dodi Schultz, Karen and Bill Feinberg, Richard Silvestri, David Diefendorf, Irvin Roy Hentzel and Ronald K. Smith, Nola Obee, Linda Bosson, Gary Disch, Kenneth Feucht, Mike Shenk, Sally Porter, Dave Greenwald, and of course Cox and Rathvon themselves. Don't lay pen or pencil to these virgin pages; instead, scan them and solve them on the scans. Keep this treasure in your collection, unbesmirched. Scarcer than hen's teeth - in almost any condition. 28th Issue in the brilliant but short-lived series, which ended with the 32nd issue in August, 1983. LPR5.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As New; pristine. See scan. Chicago: Games / Playboy Enterprises, Inc., 1982. The May, 1982 Issue (Issue 17) of The Four-Star Puzzler. Quarto, printed stapled wraps, 16 pp. Pristine in every way (see scan); even the tipped-in subscription card is still in place and immaculate - though you certainly can't use it now. A thin - sixteen pages - but trenchant, memorable and collectible aggregation of puzzles from the masters who brought fame to the puzzles of Games Magazine, among other notable routes of the New Wave puzzling world. In this 17th issue, editors Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon provide crossword variants, an acrostic (anacrostic), a chess problem, rebus cartoons, cryptograms, palindromes, "The Sphinx Page" (riddles and other puzzles in the style of the vintage "patron Saint of Puzzledom" known as "The Sphinx", now contributed by others), a quiz, a detective mystery, and much more from the minds of Will Shortz, Robert Gray, Lynn Marie Hyde, Billie Budd, Leo Bloom, Mike Shenk, Judah Koolyk, Mel Taub, Robert D. Spurrier, N.M. Meyer, Henry Hook, Steve Sterner, Carolyn Van Syckel, Robert E. Nelson, Paul R. McClenon, Rob Sayers, Ann Stone, Robert L. Liddill, Linda Bosson, Gary Disch, Sally Porter , and of course Cox and Rathvon themselves. Don't lay pen or pencil to these virgin pages; instead, scan them and solve them on the scans. Keep this treasure in your collection, unbesmirched. Scarcer than hen's teeth - in any condition. This example is As New. 17th Issue in the brilliant but short-lived series, which ended with the 32nd issue in August, 1983. LPR5.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, printed by The Riverside Press Cambridge; full title: Some Acrostic Signatures of Francis Bacon, Together with some others All of which are now for the first time deciphered and published."; numerous facsimilies of signatures and writing; 4to, size: 8x12in, xii-[xiv] & 631-[632]pp.; gilt top; book is tight; burgandy cloth boards have some rubbing and tiny nicks; first endpaper has previous owner signature "Whitney"; interior pages and illustrations are in almost VERY GOOD COND. …

hardcover. Condition: New. 1st.

Spiral-bound Wraps. Condition: New. 1st Edition. New; pristine and immaculate first printing. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. The Sterling Publishing / Mensa Edition, Fourth Printing of 'Astounding Acrostic Puzzles', 40 acrostics (anacrostics) by Anne Brown, in four difficulty levels: one star through four star, with one of each in each successive group of four. Quarto, illustrated spiral-bound wraps, 95 pp. +1. New; a flawless and pristine example. Scarce as such. Bright, tight, immaculate. See scans. LANAC2. …

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Good+ in boards. Shelf wear on front/rear panels. Toned spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Previous owner name on fep; Rare book; foxing; thumb markings; corner bumping; page ends discoloured; rare book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; One of 150 Large Paper. Together with Some Others All of Which are Now for the First Time Deciphered and Published. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1909. 11.25 x 8.25 in. ix,631pp, Index. First Edition of 150 Copies, Large Paper Issue bound uncut. Quarter white linen & gray paper boards, paper spine label, very good condition (boards edges slightly worn, white linen soiled, few spots; interior near fine, largely unopened, with erratum slip tipped in. ; 11.25 x 8.25 inches; 631 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Maroon cloth on boards with bright gilt lettering to front and spine. Large, folio sized book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out. Top edge bright gilt. Filled with diagrams and illustrations. An in-depth study of acrostics located in printed works of the sixteenth century, intended to prove that Francis Bacon was the real author of the plays attributed to Shakespeare. explores the hidden messages and codes within the writings of the famous philosopher and statesman, Francis Bacon. The book focuses on acrostic signatures, which are hidden messages created by the first letter of each line of a poem or text. Booth argues that Bacon used these acrostics to encode secret messages and information within his works. The book includes a detailed analysis of Bacon's writings, including his essays, poems, and letters, as well as a discussion of the historical and cultural context in which Bacon lived. Booth also provides examples of how Bacon's acrostics reveal his political and religious beliefs, as well as his personal relationships and experiences.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 76. Signed presentation copy. Poetry. Contains many acrostics, some diagonal, most ingenious. Very good indeed. Signedes.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Random House, 1999. First Edition, third printing. Quarto, illustrated wraps, 200 pp. with 200 puzzles, + solution pp. Very Good Plus to About Near Fine; small-scale curling at top right of cover and first few pages, otherwise no salient flaws to point out, and only exceedingly faint toning to the newsprint-stock page margins. With the exception of the sister copies listed by us under stock #001423 and #001422, likely the best copy you'll ever see - if you ever see another at all - of this exceedingly scarce opus of the incomparable Thomas Middleton. Though Cox & Rathvun occasionally come out with very admirable smaller collections of "acrostics" (more correctly, "anacrostics"), there is still no match for Middleton's works, copies of all of which are now getting so scarce. Every puzzle is a true treat, and one of the best brain-preservers and strengtheners you will ever find - especially his cryptic anacrostics. If only there were an infinite source of THOSE. True first edition; a very rare piece for the puzzler, in any condition - and this one is in handsome, collectible shape. LPR33t.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. New York: Random House, 1999. First Edition. Quarto, illustrated wraps, 200 pp. with 200 puzzles, + solution pp. As New; flawless. Remarkably, there is even barely any toning to the newsprint pages, in the years that have passed since publication. Likely the best copy you'll ever see - if you ever see another at all - of this exceedingly scarce opus of the incomparable Thomas Middleton. Though Cox & Rathvun occasionally come out with very admirable smaller collections of "acrostics" (more correctly, "anacrostics"), there is still no match for Middleton's works, copies of all of which are now getting so scarce. Every puzzle is a true treat, and one of the best brain-preservers and strengtheners you will ever find - especially his cryptic anacrostics. If only there were an infinite source of THOSE. True first edition; a very rare piece for the puzzler, in any condition - and this one is in museum-quality shape. LPR33t.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Random House, 1999. First Edition. Quarto, illustrated wraps, 200 pp. with 200 puzzles, + solution pp. Near Fine; no salient flaws to point out, and only the faintest toning to the newsprint-stock page margins. With the exception of the sister copy listed by us under stock#001423, likely the best copy you'll ever see - if you ever see another at all - of this exceedingly scarce opus of the incomparable Thomas Middleton. Though Cox & Rathvun occasionally come out with very admirable smaller collections of "acrostics" (more correctly, "anacrostics"), there is still no match for Middleton's works, copies of all of which are now getting so scarce. Every puzzle is a true treat, and one of the best brain-preservers and strengtheners you will ever find - especially his cryptic anacrostics. If only there were an infinite source of THOSE. True first edition; a very rare piece for the puzzler, in any condition - and this one is in museum-quality shape. LANAC.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Red bds with bright Gilt title (fresh and unworn) pp 207 tight and clean copy with foxing to eps and edges. Original DJ has chips to spine head and mild edge wear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Limited. Together with Some Others Aall of Which are Now for the First Time Decipered and Published. 4to, cloth backed boards, white linen spine and paper spine label (soiled), uncut; some foxing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1909. Limited Edition. Very good. One of 150 copies.…

Condition: Fine. 8vo. unpaginated. circa 50 pages ( unopened). 164 copies printed in this format. From the library of Ronald Searle. Neat penciled note in the hand of Ronald Searle, from "Dennis Hall. Tourtour. 21. Sept 2007." Fine. First Edition. Wraps.