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FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. 8.75 x 6 inches. 328 pp. Bound in original red cloth, gilt, in pictorial dust wrapper, which has edge wear and chips, including tail of spine. Top edge red. A little sunning of base of spine, but otherwise a very good copy. illustrated by 181 text figures. Decorated by tile page vignettes. A book of mathematical pastimes, games, riddles and puzzles. By Maurice Kraitchik (1882-1957), Belgian mathematician., former professor of Mathematics at the University of Brussels and later later on the faculty of the New School for Social Research, New York. First published in French in Brussels in 1930 and in New York, 1942.