Humorous Cryptograms | 
 enlarge | Authors: Helen Nash, Dorothy Masterson
Publisher: Sterling
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 115904
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 0806939826
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.73
UPC: 049725039827
EAN: 9780806939827
ASIN: 0806939826
Publication Date: December 31, 1995
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Product Description
GENERAL FEATURES: Humorous Cryptograms by Sterling Publishing Co. is designed for hours of thinking fun! These 400 humorous Cryptograms will have you laughing, but not until you solve the puzzles! This book contains 128 pages. Approximately 5 3/8 by 8 1/4 inches.
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 happy with product July 13, 2008
Another item that is received when scheduled, and I am very pleased with the merchandise as well as the service!
Excellent Book July 26, 2006
This is a great book which makes you laugh after solving each cryptogram, and I've been doing a few cryptograms a day for the last month. One can do it without clues or opt to have one or two clues.
The print is great, the size is perfect to carry it everywhere and I would highly recommend this book to cryptogram lovers. I plan to buy this book for my mother-in-law who loves solving puzzles and cryptograms.
I've done over half the cryptograms and have found only 2 errors, but it didn't bother me. Most are of medium difficulty, and once in a while there is one which is more difficult.
Have lots of fun with codes. June 4, 2004
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
This inexpensive, sturdy, entertaining book contains 400 humorous, comical and sometimes even witty quotes, drawn from a myriad of personalities and encoded in challenging substitution cipher, guaranteed to keep you busy for hours.
It also includes an introduction with general hints for solving cryptograms and, for those who take a wrong turn, two sections with clues on the solution of each puzzle. The full solutions are presented at the back of the book, along with an index of authors and quotations for those searching for quotes from one or another individual in particular.
The puzzles vary in difficulty, and you will find yourself using your intuition, your knowledge of spelling and syntax, and even your familiarity of each quoted individual to figure them out.
If you love cryptograms, buy this book. I can assure you that besides getting a healthy workout for your mind, you will also find, at the end of each puzzle, a gratifying laugh, chuckle or smile.
--Reviewed by Maritza Volmar
 A fun book but definitely NOT error free March 12, 2004
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
At this writing, I have worked 283 puzzles and have found three of them to have errors (puzzles 59, 256 and 272). While solving the puzzles has been fun, it's disconcerting to stumble across an error.It's still a fun book. Some of the puzzles almost solve themselves. Others require you to dig deep into your knowledge of spelling and syntax, as well as the personality of the author of the quotation itself. Most are somewhere in between. In fact, if you're a multitasker like me, you can watch TV or even talk on the phone while solving the puzzles. I'm beginning to panic at this point because I've only got 117 puzzles left! All in all, I recommend the book, errors notwithstanding.
These puzzles were fun to do! August 25, 1999
28 out of 31 found this review helpful
There's a real reward doing these humorous puzzles, a good chuckle at the end. I'm a cryptogram nut these days and I found this one a real hoot. Each puzzle rated a least a smile and at most a belly laugh. If you like this kind of puzzle, by all means get this one. Oh yes, the pages are nice and sturdy, so you don't have to worry about making holes in the paper when you erase.
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