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DAVIS, Joe. How I Play Snooker.London : 1949
First edition. "At the time there was no better tutor than Joe Davis and this book was a classic in its day. The book is well illustrated with diagrams and photos and many areas are covered, including the all-important 'Match-Winning Mentality'" (Clarke).Learn More
TANGRAM. Énigmes Chinoises ("Chinese Puzzles").Paris : 1817
First edition, extremely rare complete, of the first Tangram book to be published on the European continent. We have traced just two surviving complete sets, held at Princeton and in the Menil Collection, while the Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France seemingly has just the booklet.
The Tangram puzzle was invented in China at the dawn of...Learn More
SIMPSON, Thomas. The Nature and Laws of Chance.London : 1740
First edition of the author's mathematical treatise, popularizing and proving several problems in de Moivre's Doctrine of Chances (1738, second edition). The work led to a brief literary dispute between the two mathematicians.
Thomas Simpson (1701-1761), elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1745, is recognised as having made notable...Learn More
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