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Games I Like to Play

Games I Like to Play by Neysa McMein (1888-1949) was published as a standalone booklet by McCall's Magazine in 1934 without any copyright notice, putting the whole original work into the public domain due to failure to comply with formalities required in the US through 1977. Although undated, the booklet's date of publication can be established via its advertisement in the October 1934 issue of McCall's Magazine. A very brief article in that issue ("'Let's Play Games,' says Neysa McMein") lightly introduced McMein's party games, and on the page with the article's concluding paragraphs, an advertisement in its own layout box said, "NEYSA MCMEIN has gathered together for her many friends on McCall's a booklet containing the games she likes best to play. It's filled with amusing chatter about well-known people, as well as descriptions of the games and menus that she has used at her studio parties. You'll be wanting to play these same games. Send for your copy -- GAMES I LIKE TO PLAY, 20c. Send order and stamps to the SERVICE EDITOR, McCall's, Dayton, Ohio."

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