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| author | title | pub date | lang | who | other | |
| Owen, Ethel | Abington party book | 1937 | E | P | 1937 | |
| Beard, D.C. | American boys handy book | 1890 | E | P | 1983 | |
| Beard, Lina and Adelina | American girls handy book | 1887 | E | P | 1987 | |
| Smith, Mrs. Caroline L. | American home book of in-door games, amusements, and occupations | 1874 | E | P | 1874 | |
| Urbino, Madame L. B. | Art recreations | 1861 | E | P | 1861 | |
| Hill, Lucille E. | Athletic and out-door sports for women | 1908 | E | P | 1908 | |
| na | Athletic sports for boys | 1865 | E | P | 1865 | |
| Chadwick, Henry | Beadle's dime base-ball player | 1860 | E | P | 1996 | |
| Author of The Sociable | Book of 500 curious puzzles | 1859 | E | P | 1859 | |
| Wolcott, Theresa H. | Book of games and parties for all occasions | 1911 | E | P | 1933 | |
| Forbush, William B. & Allen, Harry R. | Book of games for home, school, and playground | 1927 | E | P | 1927 | |
| Clarke, William | Boy's own book | 1829 | E | P | n.d. | |
| Bullivant, Cecil H. | Boy's own handbook | xxxx | E | P | 1994 | |
| na | Boy's treasury of sports, pastimes, and recreations | 1850 | E | P | 1850 | |
| Blitz, Prof. | Boys' own book of indoor sports and choice parlor games | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| Aldridge, Arthur F. | Brawn and brain considered by noted athletes and thinkers | 1889 | E | P | 1889 | |
| Linscott, Mrs. Herbert B. | Bright ideas for entertaining | 1905 | E | P | 1905 | |
| na | Cassell's book of sports and pastimes | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| Optic, Oliver | Charades and pantomimes for school and home... | xxxx | E | P | Boston n.d. DeWolfe, Fiske | |
| na | Collier's cyclopedia of commercial and social information etiquette section | 1882 | E | PR | New York 1894 Collier rev. ed. (PJP/KB) | |
| Laughlin, Clara E., ed. | Complete Hostess | 1912 | E | P | 1912 | |
| 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 | |
| Glover, Ellye H. | Dame Curtsey's book of guessing contests | 1912 | E | P | 1912 | |
| na | Dick's one hundred amusements for evening parties, picnics and social gatherings | 1890 | E | P | n.d. | |
| Draper, Andrew S., ed. | Draper's self culture: vol. VI, Sports, pastimes and physical culture | 1907 | E | P | 1907 | |
| Planche, Frederick D. | Evening amusements for every one | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| Warner, Miss. L. | Everybody's book of parlour games for old and young | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| Hale, Lucretia P. | Fagots for the fireside | 1894 | E | P | 1894 | |
| na | Family fun, games and good times | 1910 | E | P | ca 1910 | |
| na | Family pastime: or homes made happy | 1865 | E | P | 1865 | |
| Smiley, Mrs. Annie E. | Fifty social evenings, for Epworth Leagues and home circle | 1894 | E | P | 1894 | |
| na | Fireside games for winter amusement | 1859 | E | P | 1859 | |
| 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 | |
| Newell, William W. | Games and Songs of American Children | 1903 | E | P | 1963 | |
| Blain, Mary E. | Games for all occasions | 1909 | E | P | 1909 | |
| Hoffmann, May C. | Games for everybody | 1905 | E | P | 1905 | |
| Blain, Mary E. | Games for Halloween | 1912 | E | P | 1912 | |
| Stanley, Bernard | Games for your party | xxxx | E | P | n.d. (ca. 1930) | |
| Child, L. Maria | Girl's own book | 1833 | E | P | n.d. | |
| Peters, Charles, ed. | Girl's own outdoor book | 1889 | E | P | 1889 | |
| na | Hand book of croquet | 1920 | E | P | n.p. ca 1920 n.p. Pamphlet | |
| Bursill, Henry | Hand shadows: second series | 1860 | E | P | 1971 | |
| Bursill, Henry | Hand shadows to be thrown upon the wall | 1859 | E | P | 1967 | |
| Grover, Kathryn, ed. | Hard at play | 1992 | E | P | 1992 Leisure in America, 1840-1940 | |
| Richardson, H. D. | Holiday sports and pastimes for boys | 1848 | E | P | 1848 | |
| Smith, Mrs. Caroline L. | Home arts for old and young | 1873 | E | P | 1873 | |
| Bullivant, Cecil H. | Home Fun | 1910 | E | P | 1910 | |
| Mott, Mrs. Hamilton, ed. | Home games and parties | 1898 | E | P | 1898 Ladies' Home Journal Girls' Library | |
| Smith, Mrs. Caroline L. | Home games for old and young | 1873 | E | P | 1873 | |
| 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 | |
| Head, J.H. | Home pastimes | 1860 | E | P | Boston 1860 J.E. Tilton | |
| na | Hood's Sarsaparilla book of parlor games | 1900 | E | P | Lowell, Ma c.1900 C.I.Hood & Co. | |
| Northrop, Henry D. | Household encyclopaedia (sections on exercise) | 18xx | E | O | 18?? | |
| Modern Priscilla | How to entertain at home | 1927 | E | P | 1927 | |
| Dickinson, Dorothy | How to entertain your guests | xxxx | E | P | n.d. | |
| na | How to play croquet | 1873 | E | P | 1873 | |
| Hoyle | Hoyle's games | 1857 | E | P | Philadelphia 1863 J.B.Lippincott | |
| Hoyle | Hoyle's games | 1845 | E | P | 1845 | |
| Hoyle | Hoyle's games. Autograph edition | 1914 | E | P | 1914 | |
| Geister, Edna | Ice-breakers and the ice-breaker herself | 1921 | E | P | 1921 | |
| Kingsland, Mrs. Burton | In and out door games | 1904 | E | P | 1904 | |
| Vincent, Wallace D. | Jolly book of new games | 1928 | E | P | 1928 | |
| King, Myra | Language games | 1908 | E | P | Boston 1908 Educational Pub. Co. | |
| na | Manual of base ball | 1858 | E | P | 1858 | |
| Dawson, Mary | Mary Dawson game book | 1916 | E | P | 1916 | |
| McCabe, James D | National encyclopaedia of business and social forms | 1879 | E | P | St. Louis 1879 Baird & Dillon | |
| Nugent, Meredith | New games and amusements | 1905 | E | P | 1905 | |
| Bartlett, Geo. B. | New games for parlor and lawn | 1882 | E | P | 1882 | |
| na | Nineteenth century games & sporting goods (1886 Peck & Snyder catalog) | 1971 | E | P | 1971 | |
| Hawn, Henry G., ed. | One hundred choice selections | 1916 | E | P | 1916 | |
| 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. | |
| Case, Carleton B. | Parlor games and parties for young and old. | 1916 | E | P | `916 | |
| H., H. E. | Parlor games for the wise and otherwise | 1887 | E | P | 1887 | |
| 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 | |
| Mustain, Nelle M. | Popular amusements for in and out of doors | 1902 | E | P | 1902 | |
| Jacques, Mary J. | Pranks and pastimes | 1888 | E | P | 1888 | |
| na | Puzzledom. An original collection of charades, conundrums, puzzles and games | 1866 | E | P | 1866 | |
| Bancroft, Jessie H. | School gymnastics, free hand | 1900 | E | P | 1900 | |
| Dowdall, Lt. Harry G. | Sham-battle, how to play with toy soldiers | 1929 | E | P | 1929 | |
| 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.) | |
| Wells, Amos R. | Social evenings | 1899 | E | P | 1899 | |
| Elsom, J. C. & Trilling, Blanche M. | Social games and group dances | 1919 | E | P | 1919 | |
| Townsend, Mrs. Grace | Sports and pastimes for young and old. parlor, school, church, and lawn | 1893 | E | P | 1893 | |
| Hoyle | Standard Hoyle | 1909 | E | P | 1909 | |
| Marsh, Lucille | Successful Dance Parties | 1938 | E | RT | 1938, Homeservice Town Magazine | |
| Gates, Mrs. Edward P. | Successful socials | 1921 | E | P | 1921 | |
| Sinclair, Archibald | Swimming | 1893 | E | P | 1893 | |
| na | Tableaux, charades and pantomimes | 1889 | E | P | 1971 | |
| Beaver, Patrick | Victorian parlour games | 1974 | E | P | 1995 | |
| Mayne, Leger D. | What shall we do tonight? | 1873 | E | P | 1873 |
