Parlor Games: Amusements and Entertainments for Everyone by Roy Finamore

From the Publisher

Opening the door to the fun-filled frolics and cerebral sports of yesteryear, Parlor Games presents more than 150 games, puzzles, and activities that will turn any gathering into a festival of laughter and delight. From old favorites like Twenty Questions, Charades, and Blind Man’s Bluff to less familiar amusements (including such intriguingly named gems as My Lady’s Toilet, The Leg of Mutton, and the One-Yard Dash), the pastimes of gentler times come to life again in this charming and beautifully designed anthology. An indispensable resource for hosts and hostesses looking for novel cocktail-hour or after-dinner entertainment and for moms and dads looking for original and engaging activities for birthday parties or rainy afternoons, Parlor Games provides complete instructions for intellectually challenging paper-and-pencil and memory games as well as such exciting indoor athletic competitions as the Bun Race. Wrapped in an antique-looking cover and written in turn-of-the-century language, Parlor Games has the nostalgic appeal of a book discovered in grand-mother’s attic. But it offers today’s generation the opportunity to experience a world rich in unexpected adventures and pleasures.

Details from Seller

• ISBN: 0609610279
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
• Pub. Date: July 2002
• Condition:

Comments from the Seller: 2002 Hardcover (no d.j. ) New in no jacket pp. 208. In the style of an old-fashioned book, this volume ?contains explanations of the most excellent games suited to the family circle, such as pantomimes, games with pen & pencil, games of thought & memory, riddles & conundrums & enigmas (with solutions), games of action, ruses & catch games, forfeits, & the little fortune-teller. ? The only apparatus required is ?good temper, good spirits, & gentleness, so that at any moment amusement for an evening can be obtained by anybody who wills it. ? Many of these dozens of games are very rarely found in print. This is a remainder book which is new and never used. It may have a remainder mark on the edge of the pages.