Botermans, Jack
Overview
Works: | 204 works in 490 publications in 4 languages and 8,548 library holdings |
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Genres: | History Board games Puzzles and games Picture puzzles Pictorial works Juvenile works |
Roles: | Author, Illustrator, Contributor, Compiler, Editor, Photographer, zxx, Other, Creator, Book designer |
Classifications: | GV1200, 745.592 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works by
Jack Botermans
The World of games : their origins and history, how to play them, and how to make them by
Tony Burrett(
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13 editions published between 1987 and 1989 in English and Dutch and held by 1,151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains more than 150 games from around the world, giving step-by-step instructions
13 editions published between 1987 and 1989 in English and Dutch and held by 1,151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains more than 150 games from around the world, giving step-by-step instructions
Creative puzzles of the world by
Pieter van Delft(
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20 editions published between 1977 and 1995 in English and French and held by 508 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Plus de 1000 problèmes à résoudre. Plus de 100 jeux à faire soi-même. Solutions détaillées de tous les jeux. Une introduction situe les casse-tête dans leur contexte, car ils ont souvent un auteur et toujours une histoire
20 editions published between 1977 and 1995 in English and French and held by 508 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Plus de 1000 problèmes à résoudre. Plus de 100 jeux à faire soi-même. Solutions détaillées de tous les jeux. Une introduction situe les casse-tête dans leur contexte, car ils ont souvent un auteur et toujours une histoire
The book of games : strategy, tactics & history by
Jack Botermans(
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3 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 462 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This lavishly illustrated 736-page reference provides a lifetime of entertainment! It contains complete rules, playing tips, and instructive move-by-move examples of 65 fun and diverse games. They range from Senat, a pastime enjoyed by King Tut, to Hex, invented by a 20th-century mathematician; from strategy games and dice games to chase games; from Asian Shogi to African Wari; and, from traditional Chess and Go to modern creations like Mastermind and Othello. Colourful illustrations show old-time and modern players, game boards and equipment alongside fascinating anecdotes and curious facts about games throughout history
3 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 462 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This lavishly illustrated 736-page reference provides a lifetime of entertainment! It contains complete rules, playing tips, and instructive move-by-move examples of 65 fun and diverse games. They range from Senat, a pastime enjoyed by King Tut, to Hex, invented by a 20th-century mathematician; from strategy games and dice games to chase games; from Asian Shogi to African Wari; and, from traditional Chess and Go to modern creations like Mastermind and Othello. Colourful illustrations show old-time and modern players, game boards and equipment alongside fascinating anecdotes and curious facts about games throughout history
Puzzles old & new : how to make and solve them by
Jerry Slocum(
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24 editions published between 1986 and 1999 in English and held by 429 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes solutions to the puzzles as well as a selected bibliography of mechanical puzzle books and reference books and articles
24 editions published between 1986 and 1999 in English and held by 429 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes solutions to the puzzles as well as a selected bibliography of mechanical puzzle books and reference books and articles
High-flying paper airplanes by
Jack Botermans(
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2 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 410 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains instructions for making twenty-five different small-scale paper airplane models
2 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 410 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains instructions for making twenty-five different small-scale paper airplane models
Paper flight : 48 models ready for take-off by
Jack Botermans(
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12 editions published in 1984 in English and German and held by 403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Easy to follow diagrams help create airplanes that resemble origami
12 editions published in 1984 in English and German and held by 403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Easy to follow diagrams help create airplanes that resemble origami
Paper capers : an amazing array of games, puzzles, and tricks by
Jack Botermans(
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2 editions published in 1986 in Undetermined and English and held by 309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shows how to make magic tricks, puzzles, sculpture, and optical illusions, with paper, pencils, and matchboxes
2 editions published in 1986 in Undetermined and English and held by 309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shows how to make magic tricks, puzzles, sculpture, and optical illusions, with paper, pencils, and matchboxes
Fantastic paper airplanes by
Jack Botermans(
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2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book presents instructions and diagrams for paper airplanes divided into categories of fantasy flyers, genuine reproductions, competition craft, and experimental models
2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book presents instructions and diagrams for paper airplanes divided into categories of fantasy flyers, genuine reproductions, competition craft, and experimental models
The Tangram book : the story of the Chinese puzzle with over 2000 puzzles to solve by
Jerry Slocum(
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7 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 257 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
With its exquisite photographs and richly informative text, this is simply the best, the most unique, and the most in-depth study of the ancient and popular Chinese puzzle game. This first truly comprehensive and beautiful volume on one of the world?s most popular and intriguing puzzles is an authoritative, lavishly photographed history of tangrams, and also a masterful introduction to puzzle solving, with more than 2,000 all-time tangrams. This accurate history of the classic Chinese art form comes from a tangram museum owner and his research team, who discovered many treasures, such as the tangram sets used by Chinese mathematicians 2,200 years ago to test Pythagorean theorems. Photos show how to arrange tangram-shaped antique dinner tables for a variety of themes such as mountain ranges and celebration costumes. Among the puzzles for you to solve: Paradoxical Pairs that appear to be identical but differ in a hard-to-detect detail
7 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 257 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
With its exquisite photographs and richly informative text, this is simply the best, the most unique, and the most in-depth study of the ancient and popular Chinese puzzle game. This first truly comprehensive and beautiful volume on one of the world?s most popular and intriguing puzzles is an authoritative, lavishly photographed history of tangrams, and also a masterful introduction to puzzle solving, with more than 2,000 all-time tangrams. This accurate history of the classic Chinese art form comes from a tangram museum owner and his research team, who discovered many treasures, such as the tangram sets used by Chinese mathematicians 2,200 years ago to test Pythagorean theorems. Photos show how to arrange tangram-shaped antique dinner tables for a variety of themes such as mountain ranges and celebration costumes. Among the puzzles for you to solve: Paradoxical Pairs that appear to be identical but differ in a hard-to-detect detail
Tricky optical illusion puzzles by
Jerry Slocum(
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4 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 210 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The longer you look, the more you get fooled. That's the fun of optical illusion puzzles. Coins rearrange themselves. Pictures disappear and reappear. Numbers add up to the same sum even when you remove some of them. Study a landscape and find 164 hidden objects. Stare into a 3-D picture until a ball is caught. See which knots won't really tie anything. Trace some mazes with only one right path, and one with over 600
4 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 210 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The longer you look, the more you get fooled. That's the fun of optical illusion puzzles. Coins rearrange themselves. Pictures disappear and reappear. Numbers add up to the same sum even when you remove some of them. Study a landscape and find 164 hidden objects. Stare into a 3-D picture until a ball is caught. See which knots won't really tie anything. Trace some mazes with only one right path, and one with over 600
Kite flight : complete, easy-to-follow instructions for making 40 different kites by
Jack Botermans(
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3 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
De jaren '50 by
Jack Botermans(
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7 editions published between 2005 and 2017 in Dutch and held by 186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Impressie van het huiselijk leven in Nederland in de jaren vijftig van de 20e eeuw, aan de hand van afbeeldingen in kleur van allerlei (gebruiks)voorwerpen en bijpassende zwartwitfoto's gegroepeerd rondom thema's als school, persoonlijke verzorging, keuken, huiskamer etc
7 editions published between 2005 and 2017 in Dutch and held by 186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Impressie van het huiselijk leven in Nederland in de jaren vijftig van de 20e eeuw, aan de hand van afbeeldingen in kleur van allerlei (gebruiks)voorwerpen en bijpassende zwartwitfoto's gegroepeerd rondom thema's als school, persoonlijke verzorging, keuken, huiskamer etc
De jaren '60 by
Jack Botermans(
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5 editions published between 2006 and 2017 in Dutch and held by 144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Impressie van het huiselijk leven in Nederland in de jaren zestig van de twintigste eeuw, aan de hand van afbeeldingen in kleur van allerlei (gebruiks)voorwerpen en bijpassende zwart-witfoto's gegroepeerd rondom thema's als persoonlijke verzorging, keuken, huiskamer etc
5 editions published between 2006 and 2017 in Dutch and held by 144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Impressie van het huiselijk leven in Nederland in de jaren zestig van de twintigste eeuw, aan de hand van afbeeldingen in kleur van allerlei (gebruiks)voorwerpen en bijpassende zwart-witfoto's gegroepeerd rondom thema's als persoonlijke verzorging, keuken, huiskamer etc
De jaren '70 by
Jack Botermans(
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3 editions published between 2006 and 2017 in Dutch and held by 128 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Impressie van het huiselijk leven in Nederland in de jaren zeventig van de 20e eeuw, aan de hand van afbeeldingen van allerlei (gebruiks)voorwerpen gegroepeerd rondom thema's als school, persoonlijke verzorging, keuken, huiskamer etc
3 editions published between 2006 and 2017 in Dutch and held by 128 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Impressie van het huiselijk leven in Nederland in de jaren zeventig van de 20e eeuw, aan de hand van afbeeldingen van allerlei (gebruiks)voorwerpen gegroepeerd rondom thema's als school, persoonlijke verzorging, keuken, huiskamer etc
Fantastic paper airplanes by
Heleen Tichler(
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 128 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents illustrated, step-by-step instructions for constructing thirty-one paper airplanes, including fantasy flyers, reproductions of actual planes, competition craft, experimental models, and anti-aircraft devices
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 128 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents illustrated, step-by-step instructions for constructing thirty-one paper airplanes, including fantasy flyers, reproductions of actual planes, competition craft, experimental models, and anti-aircraft devices
Denkspiele der Welt Puzzles, Knobeleien, Geschicklichkeitsspiele, Vexiere by
Pieter van Delft(
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42 editions published between 1977 and 2004 in German and English and held by 124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
42 editions published between 1977 and 2004 in German and English and held by 124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Dat waren nog eens échte winters! : ons koude kikkerlandje in vroeger jaren by
Jack Botermans(
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2 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in Dutch and held by 103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fotoboek over de Nederlandse winters van vroeger, vanaf de negentiende eeuw tot en met de jaren zestig van de twintigste eeuw
2 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in Dutch and held by 103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fotoboek over de Nederlandse winters van vroeger, vanaf de negentiende eeuw tot en met de jaren zestig van de twintigste eeuw
Mijn broer die had er ook zo één! : brommers in de jaren vijftig en zestig by
Jack Botermans(
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2 editions published between 2008 and 2016 in Dutch and held by 94 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published between 2008 and 2016 in Dutch and held by 94 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Gezelligheid kent geen tijd : Nederland en zijn tradities : van kaatsen tot carnaval tot haringhappen by
Jack Botermans(
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1 edition published in 2010 in Dutch and held by 93 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 2010 in Dutch and held by 93 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
New book of puzzles : 101 classic and modern puzzles to make and solve by
Jerry Slocum(
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3 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 91 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
101 CLASSIC AND MODERN PUZZLES TO MAKE AND SOLVE
3 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 91 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
101 CLASSIC AND MODERN PUZZLES TO MAKE AND SOLVE
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- Grinsven, Wim van (Willem René Maria) 1955- Author
- Slocum, Jerry Author Contributor
- Tichler, Heleen Contributor Author Editor Translator
- Delft, Pieter van Author
- Splunteren, Carla van
- Burrett, Tony Author
- Delft, Pieter van Editor Illustrator Compiler Author Contributor
- Fankbonner, Edgar Loy
- Dobbelsteen, Rob van den Other Author Contributor
- Craft and Folk Art Museum (1973-1997)
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Board games Consumer goods Games Indoor games Kites Management games Manners and customs Models and modelmaking Netherlands Nineteen fifties Nineteen seventies Nineteen sixties Optical illusions Paper airplanes Paper work Pattern perception Picture puzzles Popular culture Puzzles Tangrams Toy making
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Alternative Names
Botermans, Džek 1949-
Botermans, Jacobus Petrus Hermana.
Botermans, Jacobus Petrus Hermana 1949-
Jack Botermans desenhista neerlandês
Jack Botermans Dutch illustrator
Jack Botermans il·lustrador neerlandès
Jack Botermans illustratore neerlandese
Jack Botermans ilustrador neerlandés
Jack Botermans Nederlands illustrator
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