List of books about polyhedra

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This is a list of books about polyhedra .

Polyhedral models

Cut-out kits

Origami

Other model-making

Mathematical studies

Introductory level and general audience

Textbooks

Monographs and special topics

Edited volumes

History

Early works

Listed in chronological order, and including some works shorter than book length:

Contents

Books about historical topics

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  29. Reviews of Regular Figures:
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  35. Reviews of The Fifty-Nine Icosahedra:
  36. Reviews of Regular Complex Polytopes:
  37. Reviews of Geometric Folding Algorithms:
  38. Reviews of Scale-Isometric Polytopal Graphs:
  39. Reviews of Proofs and Refutations:
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  41. Reviews of Abstract Regular Polytopes:
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  46. Reviews of Adventures Among the Toroids:
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  59. Reviews of Euler's Gem:
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