Published by avon book,, 1949
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 218, good (ILLUSTRATED EDITION), paperback,
Published by avon book,, 1949
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 218, very good , (ILLUSTRATED EDITION), paperback,
Published by avon book,, 1949
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 218, very good -fine, , reading crease (ILLUSTRATED EDITION), paperback,
Published by Avon 218, U.S., 1949
Seller: John Thompson, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with a small crease on the front cover and the covers show light wear.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday & Company, 1949
Seller: Andersons Asimov Books, Lake Oswego, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Oswald Jacoby, How to Win at Canasta, Doubleday 1949, First Edition, First Print. No dust jacket. Fine spiral bound 8vo soft cover with all 63 pages tightly bound and no marks of any kind. With 10 Canasta Score Sheets inserted.
Published by Avon, New York, 1949
Seller: Rokewood Books, Rokewood, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Avon, 1949. First edition. Soft cover. 124 p; b & w ills. Very Good - light surface wear, chipping along edges; margins of pages a little tanned; else a bright, clean and clear copy. Clear and simple rules to help you play and win, with amusing bits in there too, plus a very funny biographical sketch of the author by his press agent. This book is still in print today.
Published by New York: Avon Publishing Company, Inc. (218), 1949
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition. No additional dates,editions or printings indicated. Near fine wraps/paperback. Only trivial signs of age/wear/previous use, primarily very light, if not barely noticeable wear to lower fore-edge corner of front cover and perhaps the first two leaves; and a 1/8 inch by 1/8 inch chip to head of spine at rear cover.
Published by Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1949
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Spiral Binding. Condition: Good. First Edition. Good soft wraps with metal spiral binding, original edition 1949.
Published by World's Work, Surrey
Seller: Glenbower Books, Dublin, Ireland
First Edition
Soft cover. First Edition. 1949, 1st, stiff wraps, ring-binding, 63pp, 8vo, good plus.
Language: English
Published by The World's Work (1913) Ltd, Kingswood, Surrey, 1949
Seller: Card Game Books, Stockport, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, spiral bound book by a celebrated bridge player and author of books on other card games, as well as bridge and canasta. The front cover is black, the rear is slightly discoloured. A previous owner has used inside both front and rear covers for scoring games - mainly in pencil, otherwise this is a clean, tight copy.
Published by Robert Hale Limited, London, 1949
Seller: Brian P. Martin Antiquarian and Collectors' Books, Midhurst, SUSSE, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1949 first edition, second printing (same year as first). Very good, tight, clean condition, with no inscriptions. A little very light foxing of blank end papers. 61 pages. Spiral-bound. Post within UK £2.00. (H-4).
Published by Doubleday & Company, New York, 1949
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Spiral bound. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in spiral bound wraps.
Published by London: The Sunday Times, n.d. [ca. 1950], 1950
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 88.69
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFirst Edition. [Card game] FIRST EDITIONS (likely the only editions). Small octavos (18 x 12cm), [1] pp.74; [2] pp.76. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, each priced at 2/6. With fold-out diagram. Gently handled. Very good. 'Canasta For All' is a source book consulted by Ian Fleming while writing 'Goldfinger' (1959), the opening chapter of which features the now-famous Canasta game where Goldfinger defeats Mr.DuPont, under the watchful eye of James Bond. Together with Harding's accompanying volume 'How to Win at Canasta'. Ian Fleming was a senior figure at The Sunday Times, who published these volumes. This particular pair is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, Section L. Goldfinger (1), p.622.