Wyatt's 1928 and 1946 Books

Puzzles In Wood
by E. M. Wyatt

(Bruce Publishing Co., copyright 1928,
appears to be a first printing / edition,
8.6 by 5.75 inches, soft cover, 64 pages)

Wonders In Wood
by E. M. Wyatt

(Bruce Publishing Co., copyright 1946,
appears to be a first printing / edition,
9.2 inches by 6 inches, hard cover, 76 pages)

These books are a nice early presentation of wood puzzles and their construction, including the Missing T ("Cut-Up T"), Tangram ("Cut-Up Square), a version of Iribako ("Bewitching Cubes"), Fifteen ("Shuffle Puzzle 1"), Dad's Puzzler ("Shuffle Puzzle 2"), a version of the Checkerboard Puzzle, ("Cut-Up Checkerboard), Towers of Hanoi Towers Of Hanoi ("Peg And Disc Puzzle"), Wood Knot ("Three Piece Cross"), simple 6-Piece Burrs, and a number of other burrs. Both books have been printed many times (when Wonders in Wood was published, Puzzles in Wood was in its eighth printing); here are 2007 editions:


Puzzles In Wood and Wonders In Wood by E. M. Wyatt (left: Fox Chapel Publishing 2007, 8.4 by 5.5 inches, paperback, 64 pages;
right: Linden Publishing Co. 2007, 9 by 6 inches, paperback, 76 pages)