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| author | title | pub date | lang | who | other | |
| Burchenal, Elizabeth | Folk Dancing and Singing Games | 1909 | E | J | G. Schirmer, Inc. New York. Twenty-six folk dances of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, Bohemia, Hungary, Italy, England, Scotland and Ireland; with the music, full directions for performance, and numerous illustrations. Also has dances categorized as dances suitable for : Grass playgrounds, Playgrounds with dirt surfaces, Indoor playgrounds, Small children, Larger boys, Adults, Special Occasions, and Dances of Various Occupations. | |
| E. O. Harbin | Phunology - The Book of Good Times - 1000 Games and Entertainment Plans | 1923 | E | J | copyright Lamar and Burton. Cokesbury Press Nashville/Richmond/Dallas/San Francisco. pp 454 | |
| na | Constitution of the Virginia Polytechnic German Club | 1917 | E | L | #226 1917 This revised constitution lists the objectives of a club organized to hold dances that consisted solely of the German, a popular parlor game wherein the participants performed a series of party games to music. The constitution lists the duties of the officers and standing committees, which included committees for refreshments, invitations, reception, and music. Part of the constitution noted that "no member of the Club shall drink any intoxicating liquor within twenty-four hours immediately preceding [the event]." 11 p; 16 cm;LOC: GV1757.V6 | |
| Northrop, Henry D. | Household encyclopaedia (sections on exercise) | 18xx | E | O | 18?? | |
| Aldridge, Arthur F. | Brawn and brain considered by noted athletes and thinkers | 1889 | E | P | 1889 | |
| Author of The Sociable | Book of 500 curious puzzles | 1859 | E | P | 1859 | |
| Bancroft, Jessie H. | School gymnastics, free hand | 1900 | E | P | 1900 | |
| Bartlett, Geo. B. | New games for parlor and lawn | 1882 | E | P | 1882 | |
| Beard, D.C. | American boys handy book | 1890 | E | P | 1983 | |
| Beard, Lina and Adelina | American girls handy book | 1887 | E | P | 1987 | |
| Beaver, Patrick | Victorian parlour games | 1974 | E | P | 1995 | |
| Blain, Mary E. | Games for all occasions | 1909 | E | P | 1909 | |
| Blain, Mary E. | Games for Halloween | 1912 | E | P | 1912 | |
| Blitz, Prof. | Boys' own book of indoor sports and choice parlor games | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| Bullivant, Cecil H. | Boy's own handbook | xxxx | E | P | 1994 | |
| Bullivant, Cecil H. | Home Fun | 1910 | E | P | 1910 | |
| Bursill, Henry | Hand shadows: second series | 1860 | E | P | 1971 | |
| Bursill, Henry | Hand shadows to be thrown upon the wall | 1859 | E | P | 1967 | |
| Case, Carleton B. | Parlor games and parties for young and old. | 1916 | E | P | `916 | |
| Chadwick, Henry | Beadle's dime base-ball player | 1860 | E | P | 1996 | |
| Child, L. Maria | Girl's own book | 1833 | E | P | n.d. | |
| Clarke, William | Boy's own book | 1829 | E | P | n.d. | |
| Dawson, Mary | Mary Dawson game book | 1916 | E | P | 1916 | |
| Dickinson, Dorothy | How to entertain your guests | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| Dowdall, Lt. Harry G. | Sham-battle, how to play with toy soldiers | 1929 | E | P | 1929 | |
| Draper, Andrew S., ed. | Draper's self culture: vol. VI, Sports, pastimes and physical culture | 1907 | E | P | 1907 | |
| Elsom, J. C. & Trilling, Blanche M. | Social games and group dances | 1919 | E | P | 1919 | |
| Forbush, William B. & Allen, Harry R. | Book of games for home, school, and playground | 1927 | E | P | 1927 | |
| Foster, R. F. | Foster's complete hoyle, an encyclopedia of games | 1909 | E | P | 1909 | |
| Gates, Mrs. Edward P. | Successful socials | 1921 | E | P | 1921 | |
| Geister, Edna | Ice-breakers and the ice-breaker herself | 1921 | E | P | 1921 | |
| Glover, Ellye H. | Dame Curtsey's book of guessing contests | 1912 | E | P | 1912 | |
| Grover, Kathryn, ed. | Hard at play | 1992 | E | P | 1992 Leisure in America, 1840-1940 | |
| H., H. E. | Parlor games for the wise and otherwise | 1887 | E | P | 1887 | |
| Hale, Lucretia P. | Fagots for the fireside | 1894 | E | P | 1894 | |
| Hawn, Henry G., ed. | One hundred choice selections | 1916 | E | P | 1916 | |
| Head, J.H. | Home pastimes | 1860 | E | P | Boston 1860 J.E. Tilton | |
| Hill, Lucille E. | Athletic and out-door sports for women | 1908 | E | P | 1908 | |
| Hoffmann, May C. | Games for everybody | 1905 | E | P | 1905 | |
| Hoffmann, Prof. | Parlor amusements and evening party entertainments | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| Hollister, Helen E. | Parlor Games | 1905 | E | P | 1905. Also rev 1909. | |
| Hoyle | Hoyle's games | 1845 | E | P | 1845 | |
| Hoyle | Hoyle's games | 1857 | E | P | Philadelphia 1863 J.B.Lippincott | |
| Hoyle | Hoyle's games. Autograph edition | 1914 | E | P | 1914 | |
| Hoyle | Standard Hoyle | 1909 | E | P | 1909 | |
| Jacques, Mary J. | Pranks and pastimes | 1888 | E | P | 1888 | |
| King, Myra | Language games | 1908 | E | P | Boston 1908 Educational Pub. Co. | |
| Kingsland, Mrs. Burton | In and out door games | 1904 | E | P | 1904 | |
| Laughlin, Clara E., ed. | Complete Hostess | 1912 | E | P | 1912 | |
| Linscott, Mrs. Herbert B. | Bright ideas for entertaining | 1905 | E | P | 1905 | |
| Mayne, Leger D. | What shall we do tonight? | 1873 | E | P | 1873 | |
| McCabe, James D | National encyclopaedia of business and social forms | 1879 | E | P | St. Louis 1879 Baird & Dillon | |
| Meek, Thomas S. | Home library of entertainment, instruction and amusement | 1902 | E | P | n.p. 1902 Scull Vol 5 is The Home Book of Etiquette | |
| Modern Priscilla | How to entertain at home | 1927 | E | P | 1927 | |
| Mott, Mrs. Hamilton, ed. | Home games and parties | 1898 | E | P | 1898 Ladies' Home Journal Girls' Library | |
| Mustain, Nelle M. | Popular amusements for in and out of doors | 1902 | E | P | 1902 | |
| Newell, William W. | Games and Songs of American Children | 1903 | E | P | 1963 | |
| Nugent, Meredith | New games and amusements | 1905 | E | P | 1905 | |
| Optic, Oliver | Charades and pantomimes for school and home... | xxxx | E | P | Boston n.d. DeWolfe, Fiske | |
| Owen, Ethel | Abington party book | 1937 | E | P | 1937 | |
| Peters, Charles, ed. | Girl's own outdoor book | 1889 | E | P | 1889 | |
| Planche, Frederick D. | Evening amusements for every one | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| Richardson, H. D. | Holiday sports and pastimes for boys | 1848 | E | P | 1848 | |
| Sinclair, Archibald | Swimming | 1893 | E | P | 1893 | |
| Smiley, Mrs. Annie E. | Fifty social evenings, for Epworth Leagues and home circle | 1894 | E | P | 1894 | |
| Smith, Mrs. Caroline L. | American home book of in-door games, amusements, and occupations | 1874 | E | P | 1874 | |
| Smith, Mrs. Caroline L. | Home arts for old and young | 1873 | E | P | 1873 | |
| Smith, Mrs. Caroline L. | Home games for old and young | 1873 | E | P | 1873 | |
| Stanley, Bernard | Games for your party | xxxx | E | P | n.d. (ca. 1930) | |
| Townsend, Mrs. Grace | Sports and pastimes for young and old. parlor, school, church, and lawn | 1893 | E | P | 1893 | |
| Urbino, Madame L. B. | Art recreations | 1861 | E | P | 1861 | |
| Vincent, Wallace D. | Jolly book of new games | 1928 | E | P | 1928 | |
| Warner, Miss. L. | Everybody's book of parlour games for old and young | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| Wells, Amos R. | Social evenings | 1899 | E | P | 1899 | |
| Wolcott, Theresa H. | Book of games and parties for all occasions | 1911 | E | P | 1933 | |
| na | Athletic sports for boys | 1865 | E | P | 1865 | |
| na | Boy's treasury of sports, pastimes, and recreations | 1850 | E | P | 1850 | |
| na | Cassell's book of sports and pastimes | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| na | Dick's one hundred amusements for evening parties, picnics and social gatherings | 1890 | E | P | n.d. | |
| na | Family fun, games and good times | 1910 | E | P | ca 1910 | |
| na | Family pastime: or homes made happy | 1865 | E | P | 1865 | |
| na | Fireside games for winter amusement | 1859 | E | P | 1859 | |
| na | Hand book of croquet | 1920 | E | P | n.p. ca 1920 n.p. Pamphlet | |
| na | Hood's Sarsaparilla book of parlor games | 1900 | E | P | Lowell, Ma c.1900 C.I.Hood & Co. | |
| na | How to play croquet | 1873 | E | P | 1873 | |
| na | Manual of base ball | 1858 | E | P | 1858 | |
| na | Nineteenth century games & sporting goods (1886 Peck & Snyder catalog) | 1971 | E | P | 1971 | |
| na | Puzzledom. An original collection of charades, conundrums, puzzles and games | 1866 | E | P | 1866 | |
| na | Sociable, or, one thousand and one home amusements | 1858 | E | P | 1858 (This volume includes full text of Fireside Games as pp. 172-284.) | |
| na | Tableaux, charades and pantomimes | 1889 | E | P | 1971 | |
| na | Collier's cyclopedia of commercial and social information etiquette section | 1882 | E | PR | New York 1894 Collier rev. ed. (PJP/KB) | |
| Marsh, Lucille | Successful Dance Parties | 1938 | E | RT | 1938, Homeservice Town Magazine |
