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| author | title | pub date | lang | who | other | |
| Clarke, William | Boy's own book | 1829 | E | P | n.d. | |
| Child, L. Maria | Girl's own book | 1833 | E | P | n.d. | |
| Hoyle | Hoyle's games | 1845 | E | P | 1845 | |
| Richardson, H. D. | Holiday sports and pastimes for boys | 1848 | E | P | 1848 | |
| na | Boy's treasury of sports, pastimes, and recreations | 1850 | E | P | 1850 | |
| Hoyle | Hoyle's games | 1857 | E | P | Philadelphia 1863 J.B.Lippincott | |
| na | Manual of base ball | 1858 | E | P | 1858 | |
| 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.) | |
| Author of The Sociable | Book of 500 curious puzzles | 1859 | E | P | 1859 | |
| Bursill, Henry | Hand shadows to be thrown upon the wall | 1859 | E | P | 1967 | |
| na | Fireside games for winter amusement | 1859 | E | P | 1859 | |
| Bursill, Henry | Hand shadows: second series | 1860 | E | P | 1971 | |
| Chadwick, Henry | Beadle's dime base-ball player | 1860 | E | P | 1996 | |
| Head, J.H. | Home pastimes | 1860 | E | P | Boston 1860 J.E. Tilton | |
| Urbino, Madame L. B. | Art recreations | 1861 | E | P | 1861 | |
| na | Athletic sports for boys | 1865 | E | P | 1865 | |
| na | Family pastime: or homes made happy | 1865 | E | P | 1865 | |
| na | Puzzledom. An original collection of charades, conundrums, puzzles and games | 1866 | E | P | 1866 | |
| Mayne, Leger D. | What shall we do tonight? | 1873 | E | P | 1873 | |
| 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 | |
| na | How to play croquet | 1873 | E | P | 1873 | |
| Smith, Mrs. Caroline L. | American home book of in-door games, amusements, and occupations | 1874 | E | P | 1874 | |
| McCabe, James D | National encyclopaedia of business and social forms | 1879 | E | P | St. Louis 1879 Baird & Dillon | |
| Bartlett, Geo. B. | New games for parlor and lawn | 1882 | E | P | 1882 | |
| na | Collier's cyclopedia of commercial and social information etiquette section | 1882 | E | PR | New York 1894 Collier rev. ed. (PJP/KB) | |
| Beard, Lina and Adelina | American girls handy book | 1887 | E | P | 1987 | |
| H., H. E. | Parlor games for the wise and otherwise | 1887 | E | P | 1887 | |
| Jacques, Mary J. | Pranks and pastimes | 1888 | E | P | 1888 | |
| Aldridge, Arthur F. | Brawn and brain considered by noted athletes and thinkers | 1889 | E | P | 1889 | |
| Peters, Charles, ed. | Girl's own outdoor book | 1889 | E | P | 1889 | |
| na | Tableaux, charades and pantomimes | 1889 | E | P | 1971 | |
| Beard, D.C. | American boys handy book | 1890 | E | P | 1983 | |
| na | Dick's one hundred amusements for evening parties, picnics and social gatherings | 1890 | E | P | n.d. | |
| Sinclair, Archibald | Swimming | 1893 | E | P | 1893 | |
| Townsend, Mrs. Grace | Sports and pastimes for young and old. parlor, school, church, and lawn | 1893 | E | P | 1893 | |
| Hale, Lucretia P. | Fagots for the fireside | 1894 | E | P | 1894 | |
| Smiley, Mrs. Annie E. | Fifty social evenings, for Epworth Leagues and home circle | 1894 | E | P | 1894 | |
| Mott, Mrs. Hamilton, ed. | Home games and parties | 1898 | E | P | 1898 Ladies' Home Journal Girls' Library | |
| Wells, Amos R. | Social evenings | 1899 | E | P | 1899 | |
| Northrop, Henry D. | Household encyclopaedia (sections on exercise) | 18xx | E | O | 18?? | |
| Bancroft, Jessie H. | School gymnastics, free hand | 1900 | E | P | 1900 | |
| na | Hood's Sarsaparilla book of parlor games | 1900 | E | P | Lowell, Ma c.1900 C.I.Hood & Co. | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Kingsland, Mrs. Burton | In and out door games | 1904 | E | P | 1904 | |
| Hoffmann, May C. | Games for everybody | 1905 | E | P | 1905 | |
| Hollister, Helen E. | Parlor Games | 1905 | E | P | 1905. Also rev 1909. | |
| Linscott, Mrs. Herbert B. | Bright ideas for entertaining | 1905 | E | P | 1905 | |
| Nugent, Meredith | New games and amusements | 1905 | E | P | 1905 | |
| Draper, Andrew S., ed. | Draper's self culture: vol. VI, Sports, pastimes and physical culture | 1907 | E | P | 1907 | |
| Hill, Lucille E. | Athletic and out-door sports for women | 1908 | E | P | 1908 | |
| King, Myra | Language games | 1908 | E | P | Boston 1908 Educational Pub. Co. | |
| Blain, Mary E. | Games for all occasions | 1909 | E | P | 1909 | |
| 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. | |
| Foster, R. F. | Foster's complete hoyle, an encyclopedia of games | 1909 | E | P | 1909 | |
| Hoyle | Standard Hoyle | 1909 | E | P | 1909 | |
| Bullivant, Cecil H. | Home Fun | 1910 | E | P | 1910 | |
| na | Family fun, games and good times | 1910 | E | P | ca 1910 | |
| Wolcott, Theresa H. | Book of games and parties for all occasions | 1911 | E | P | 1933 | |
| Blain, Mary E. | Games for Halloween | 1912 | E | P | 1912 | |
| Glover, Ellye H. | Dame Curtsey's book of guessing contests | 1912 | E | P | 1912 | |
| Laughlin, Clara E., ed. | Complete Hostess | 1912 | E | P | 1912 | |
| Hoyle | Hoyle's games. Autograph edition | 1914 | E | P | 1914 | |
| Case, Carleton B. | Parlor games and parties for young and old. | 1916 | E | P | `916 | |
| Dawson, Mary | Mary Dawson game book | 1916 | E | P | 1916 | |
| Hawn, Henry G., ed. | One hundred choice selections | 1916 | E | P | 1916 | |
| 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 | |
| Elsom, J. C. & Trilling, Blanche M. | Social games and group dances | 1919 | E | P | 1919 | |
| na | Hand book of croquet | 1920 | E | P | n.p. ca 1920 n.p. Pamphlet | |
| Gates, Mrs. Edward P. | Successful socials | 1921 | E | P | 1921 | |
| Geister, Edna | Ice-breakers and the ice-breaker herself | 1921 | E | P | 1921 | |
| 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 | |
| Forbush, William B. & Allen, Harry R. | Book of games for home, school, and playground | 1927 | E | P | 1927 | |
| Modern Priscilla | How to entertain at home | 1927 | E | P | 1927 | |
| Vincent, Wallace D. | Jolly book of new games | 1928 | E | P | 1928 | |
| Dowdall, Lt. Harry G. | Sham-battle, how to play with toy soldiers | 1929 | E | P | 1929 | |
| Owen, Ethel | Abington party book | 1937 | E | P | 1937 | |
| Marsh, Lucille | Successful Dance Parties | 1938 | E | RT | 1938, Homeservice Town Magazine | |
| na | Nineteenth century games & sporting goods (1886 Peck & Snyder catalog) | 1971 | E | P | 1971 | |
| Beaver, Patrick | Victorian parlour games | 1974 | E | P | 1995 | |
| Grover, Kathryn, ed. | Hard at play | 1992 | E | P | 1992 Leisure in America, 1840-1940 | |
| 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 | |
| Dickinson, Dorothy | How to entertain your guests | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| Hoffmann, Prof. | Parlor amusements and evening party entertainments | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| Optic, Oliver | Charades and pantomimes for school and home... | xxxx | E | P | Boston n.d. DeWolfe, Fiske | |
| Planche, Frederick D. | Evening amusements for every one | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| Stanley, Bernard | Games for your party | xxxx | E | P | n.d. (ca. 1930) | |
| Warner, Miss. L. | Everybody's book of parlour games for old and young | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| na | Cassell's book of sports and pastimes | xxxx | E | P | n.d. |
