| MWP3220 |
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c1888 VICTORIAN GAME OF PARLIAMENT - POLITICIANS - Made in England by Henry Reason - - This game is complete 46/46 cards - 23 cards depict Liberals - 23 Conservatives - All cards have caricature drawings of a politician - With a similar name - ie Rt Hon WE Grindstone is WE Gladstone - Rt Orchid Chain-Em-In is Joseph Chamberlain - Baron de Caterpillar is Baron de Worms - first Jewish Privy Councillor - Lord Salisbury-Plain is Marquis of Salisbury - Prime Minister - - This version is thought to be a second version of the game as the conservative no 9 card is Rt Hon H Mouthuse QC - Not Lord Diddlesleigh who died in 1887 and is in earlier (and we believe more common) versions of this game. - (one copy of the game with this card is known in the British Museum) - - - The cards are in v good+ condition - no damage, some light use/v light foxing - There is one original programme (relates to the voting arrangement) - and one photocopied programme - The rules are a photocopy - There is no box- Postage Category A |
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| GPO3189 |
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c1780s CONVERSATION CARDS - A set of 23 cards - similar to in style the set known as "Law & Security" or "Tragedy & Comedy " (made c1775) - but all cards in this set have two options - ie Cottage or Content, Youth or Innocence - otherwise art work looks similar - Possibly designed by S Hooper or his apprentice but not identified in any way - cards are engraved and in excellent condition - v entertaining and detailed.- Postage Category A |
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| GPO977 |
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c1820 ASTRONOMICAL CARD GAME - COMPLETE & BOXED - This game was produced by T Ward & Co - Paternoster Row, London - It is a question and answer game - Concerned with the planets and probably aimed at education rather than pleasure - The Planets known at the time (Q19) are - "Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Georgium Sidus; - to which may be added, the newly discovered planets, Vesta, Juno, Ceres and Pallas" - Georgium Sidus is Uranus named after George III by its discover Sir William Herschel who discovered it I 1781. - Vesta was discovered in 1807,Juno in 1804, Pallas in 1802 and Ceres on 1/01/1801 - as these were described as newly discovered the date seemed within ten years ie c 1820- but certainly prior to 1846 when Neptune was discovered. - The game consists of 52 questions on four cards and 52 answer cards - The cards are large measuring 3 by 4.5 inches - The box has a diagram of the seasons on the back - Astronomical cards on the sides - A picture of the solar system attached to a table on the front - With the following narrative - "Compiled from the best Authorities; principally from Keith's invaluable Treatise on the Globes; and particularly adapted to interest and assist the youthful student in the sublime science of Astronomy" - The cards are excellent - no tears, creases or bends - clean - The box is possibly missing the top - (although it is likely that this box just had a card wrapping inside to protect the edge) - One side of the box has split - there is a small tear on the front - But otherwise complete.- Postage Category A |
250 |
| GPO3167 |
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1828 Hodges New Astronomical Cards
This complete 40 card games pack was issued as educational playing cards by Charles Hodges of 27 Portman Square, Portman Square, London in 1827/1828 These are the originals not the later set made by Rock Brothers The cards represent the four seasons, the twelve zodiac cards and 24 other constellations The cards are gold edged and in mint condition Steel engraved and uncolored They are complete with the booklet ”Brief Explanation of the Constellations” published by W Davy Gilbert Street The cards are in their original box LARGE SCANS BUT HOPEFULLY YOU WILL FIND THESE LOVELY TO LOOK AT EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BUY- Postage Category A |
0 |
| GPO1076 |
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c1840 GAMES OF QUARTETTES No1 - HISTORICAL CHARACTERS - This is one of a number of educational children's card games produced in the 1830/1850 period - All are quartette games which involve collecting the four related cards - in this case the group is the king (or queen) and three notable people of the period - Plain white cards with one name at the centre and the other three members of the group bottom left hand corner - Rules seem to have been written generally to cover all quartette games - This series of games were published in London (Houlston&Wright), Liverpool(Greenwood), Edinburgh(Oliver and Boyd) and Dublin (Robertson) - The game appears complete - ie (complete sets and the box is full) All monarchs from Henry VI to Victoria - The cards are excellent as is the box and rules.- Postage Category A |
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| GPO3195 |
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THE ROYAL HISTORY GAME OF CARDS - The is another History based card game - this time relating strictly to ruling Monarchs -Cards are engraved in a shade of gold - The art work on the monarchs is detailed and excellent - The game is complete in the original box - there are no rules - Possibly designed by Miss Jane Roberts- Postage Category A |
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| GPO3230 |
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c1840 JOHN BETTS - PROFITABLE PASTIMES IN SCRIPTURE HISTORY- NEW TESTAMENT - This Pastime is complete in Wooden Box - It consists of 54/54 cards with phrases + blanks - The players (child) has to fill in blanks and if successful takes a counter otherwise gives uo a counter - The original rules have the correct answers and also lots of advertisements for maps and other games) - There are red and white bone counters in the box which may not be original - The cards and rules book are excellent - no damage or tears - The original box is also excellent undamaged and with a color picture of the cruxification on the lid- Postage Category C |
200 |
| GPO978 |
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1844 CLASSICAL GREEK CARD GAME - Made in England - printed by White - Printer and Bookseller High Street Bedford - This item is an educational style game - Aimed to entertain and teach young people Classical History - It is complete and consists of thirty cards - And two page answer sheet, which gives the solution and some history of the person - Each card has the name of a Greek personage hidden - eg card 2 shows The first part of a ship, a knight's title and a fruit - Giving Prow, sir, pine - Giving Proserpine - daughter of Jupiter and Ceres - - The cards are all hand engraved - very detailed art work and v beautifully done - The cards are in excellent condition - no damage, creases etc - One card - no 30 - has a discoloration in a semicircle at the top - This is where one card would have not been protected by the box - As the box is a slip case with a semi circle indentation to ease out the cards - The box is also hand engraved - with the words - " Eniomaucal (sic)Symbols from Classical History 1844" - With another lovely pen drawing of a classical Greek scene - The answer sheet has split along the fold.- Postage Category A |
400 |
| GPO3190 |
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c1855 THE QUEEN - published by Evans& Sons 114,115 & 116 Newgate Street, London - Printed by Kronheim & Co - This game is complete 33/33 - and consists of four suits a form of rummy/poker with royalist overtones - the rules have "Vivat Regina" at the base - The suits are Crests (Arms of Archbishop of Canterbury), Crowns ( Queen Victoria's Coat of Arms), Stars (Order of the Garter) and Feathers (Arms of Prince of Wales) - The cards are colorlithe printed and in excellent condition - no damage - just v light use- Postage Category A |
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| GPO3212 |
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1865 CHANGE FOR A SOVEREIGN card game by J EVANS and SONS - The aim of this game is, using the cards, to make up a sovereign (old English term for one pound) using cards that represent other lower ranking coins - This card game is complete and in excellent condition - with original rules but sadly no box- Postage Category A |
50 |
| GPO861 |
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Greek Gods Hand Colored Cards - c1880
Probably a child's educational game - - This item consists of 13 cards that measure 6 by11 cms - The cards all have a Greek style frame with a picture of a god at the centre - The name of the god appears three times in - English, French and German - often all 3 are the same word - The cards appear to have been black & white litho printed - (The frame also appears to be litho printed in green and black) - And then hand painted /stencilled - The cards have been used so have odd marks or foxing on them - But there is no damage and the overall condition is v good +- Postage Category A |
150 |
| GPO3232 |
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c1880 FELDMAN'S MUSIC PLAYING CARDS - An easy way of learning the names and values of various signs used in Music - These cards ca be used to play a number of standard games - SNAP - WHO'S THE MONKEY (a version of Old Maid) and a quartet collecting game - The game is complete (53/53 cards) an has the original rules - the backs advertise Roland's Pianoforte Tutor by B Feldman & Co- Postage Category A |
90 |
| GPO1113 |
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c1890s ANIMALS CARD GAME CIRCUS /SPORTS
This item consists of 54 cards - Depicting different animals playing / taking part in 9 different activities - All of which you would expect to have seen in a Circus at that time - The number of cards of each type vary between 2 and 9 - There are no rules so we do not know if it is complete - 9 sets of 9 cards does seem a large number - The cards are - Mr Feebie - Frog weightlifting, Mr Globe Trotter Elephant travelling - Mr HeadBall ? footballer, Mr Tail-a Whip - Monkey from Circus - Mr Rooster - Chicken dressed as clown, A Master Singer - Cat Singing - Tench Me Not - Lion as a Master of Ceremonies (?Ring Leader) - Mr Boxwell - ? Boxing and Mr Valentine - Donkey dressed for circus - The cards are old - printed green on sepia - They are in mixed condition all having some dark aging at he edges - About 4 are v dark (worst scanned) - A few have cracks at the edges - all damage is aging not from use - There is no box or rules- Postage Category A |
15 |
| GPS767 |
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8 Cards depicting Golf, Cycling, Tennis Football etc - 1890s
Made in England - Children's Card Game - This item is a set of eight cards - Four feature girls and four feature boys - Each card also ha a sport on it - - With the clothes and accessories of the period - The sports featured are - Golf, Cricket, Football and Running (boys) - Croquet, Bicycle, Boat and Tennis (girls) - Cards are square cornered - in excellent condition - All colored just in red and black -- Postage Category A |
15 |
| CIS1200 |
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c1895 Dominoes Playing Cards - Goodall - Made in England - This game is complete and consists of 28 cards - With the same values as a double six dominoes set - From 0/0 to 6/6 - The cards are v good no bends or creases - The backs are plain pink - The double blank has Chas. Goodall & son Ltd London NW on it - The box is a card tuck box which is v good -- Postage Category A |
15 |
| GPO425 |
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Neues Componisten Spiel Composer Card Game
Classical Composer Quartet game made c1900 - This item is a German card game (10 set of 4) - The cards are square cornered and printed on card - The printing is various shades of sepia to black - All the backs are the same plain pink color - The cards look engraved - The rules are in German (with a hand written English version) - The cards are v good – just odd age spots – but nothing serious - Rules are good as it the box- Postage Category A |
10 |
| GPO860 |
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Animal Misfit Children's Card Game -c1900
Made in England by Faulkner - Drawings by G Lambert - This game is missing one card (71/72 cards) - It is a misfits game where three pieces make up each animal - The art work is lovely - The drawing of the animal expressing their habitats and characteristics - Squirrels gathering nuts - the Lion being the King of the Jungle - Elephant travelling, Cat catching mice - The cards have been enjoyed and played with - Hence they have bent corners and odd creases - But are still pretty and enjoyable- Postage Category A |
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| GPO3349 |
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c1890/1900 SPEARS - HISTORICAL DOMINOES - showing Monarchs from Willam I to Queen Victoria - 32/35 + rules + box (top missin sides) 2 cards torn and repaired - card good++ - used.- Postage Category A |
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| GPO582 |
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1905 Golly Golliwog Misfits Old Matching Game
Made in England by Faulkner - This item consists of 72 cards – ie 24 characters - As each character consists of three cards - Head, Body and Legs - Different pictures can be made by mixing the character types - The characters include - Jappy, Dolly, Dutch Doll, Pierrot, N American Indian and Golly - and represent Nations, Toys and Famous People - The cards are excellent – no damage – little signs of use - Unfortunately there is no box or rules- Postage Category A |
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| GPO1140 |
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1906 PRECEDENCE -AN INTERESTING CARD GAME - BASED ON SOLO WHIST - This card game is complete 54/54 cards - the rules are quite complex but there seems to be options in calling similar to solo whist - a specific number of tricks or no tricks and tricks winning game. The ranks are 9 levels of the nobility and higher ranks can take lower ranks - Complete with rules and hints to players, score sheets in original box. The cards, rules etc are in v good condition - light use no damage - box is complete but a bit scuffed and difficult to read as the dark type on red seems to have fadeD- Postage Category |
32 |
| GPO3335 |
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Game of SNAP (filling the nation's teapot) by English & Scottish Joint CWS Tea. Scences of shipping and offices, teapots, tearooms around the world - cards are all v good + rules/info leaflet + box (small scuffs and splits)- Postage Category A |
15 |
| GPO3340 |
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Game of SNAP (The Rose of the Orient) by English & Scottish Joint CWS Tea. Scences of processing the tea - features mainly people photos rather than artwork - backs greenon cream - cards are all v good++no rules + box is good- Postage Category A |
12 |
| GPH1156 |
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C1920s Toby - Family Card Game - Black America
The Blackamoor, Punch, Toby and other characters -
This is a children's card game from, we think, 1920s Depicting characters from the children's comic
TOBY It consists of 12 sets of 4 cards "at Dawn", "at noon" "in the Afternoon"" and "in the Evening"
The characters include The Blackamoor a black gentleman Mr Punch - from Punch and Judy Judy - from Punch and Judy Henrietta - a hen Toby - the dog and star of the game And various other characters from the comic The cards are undamaged - but a little dirty with use (one is slightly stained - see scan) The art work is lovely and the colors are vibrate. The two part box is fair Missing one small side from the top And three small sides from the base The picture on the front and The ad for the magazine Toby on the base There are no rules - but the game is "Happy Families" collecting style The game is published by G Heath Robinson & J Birch Ltd 17-18 Tooks - Cursitor St, London EC4- Postage Category A |
35 |
| MWP872 |
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WWII Airplane Spotter Playing Cards
This deck of playing cards (52/52) + information cards - Is a 1990s reprint of cards first published in 1943 - Each card featuring three views of a plane - Cards and box are mint- Postage Category A |
6 |
| GPO595 |
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At Home in Sunderland - Card Game ver Multitu
Designed by Brian Tucknutt - This item is a card game called - ”At Home in Sunderland”- an elementary mathematical card game - The game consists of 52 cards and is a matching arithmetical game - The backs picture Sunderland Bridge - There is also information on the City of Sunderland - A City in North East England - Cards, rules and box are all mint.- Postage Category A |
10 |
| GPO3350 |
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REPRODUCTION of Petits METAMORPHOSES - Complete 60/60 + box - mint- Postage Category A |
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