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  • PAUL ET VIRGINIE. by [Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de.]
    [Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de.]
    PAUL ET VIRGINIE.

    Epinal: Olivier-Pinot, 1870. A boxed set of three jigaws, each being a finely hand-coloured lithograph with text beneath, dissected and mounted on wood, backed with paper. A fourth view serves as the box label. Olivier-Pinot. Epinal. No date [circa 1870]. Some expert restoration to the box; else fine.

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  • PICTURESQUE ROUND GAME OF THE PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURES OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
    PICTURESQUE ROUND GAME OF THE PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURES OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

    London: Edward Wallis, No date [Circa 1830]. A hand-coloured lithographed sheet cut into sixteen sections and mounted on linen; contained, when folded, in a cloth gilt slipcase together with 20 page book of rules and explanation. Unfolded: 20 x 6 inches. Covers of book restored at spine, lower blank corner of game worn; else a very good and clean copy One of the most attractive table games of the period and possibly the first to replace the conventional map with a pictorial representation of the counties. Whitehouse page 14.

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  • PIERRE L’EBOURIFFÉ. Jeu de cartes amusant pour les enfants.
    PIERRE L’EBOURIFFÉ. Jeu de cartes amusant pour les enfants.

    Paris: Dondorf No. 314, No date [circa 1900]. Comprising 36 pictorial cards featuring scenes from Struwwelpeter, all contained in the original pictorial cardboards box. Small rub on the box lid; lacks the sheet of rules which is sometimes loose in the box and sometimes glued to the underside of the box lid. However, in this copy the rule sheet appears to have been glued the wrong way around. A very good copy nevertheless.

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  • RACE GAME.
    RACE GAME.

    London: Woolley & Co, No date [circa 1910-20]. Folding board with paper label to upper board, 21.2 x 20.3 cm, opening to 21.2 x 41.6 cm. Very nice copy.

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  • ROULETTE: Being a precise record of seven days play at Monte Carlo for the use of Roulette players.
    ROULETTE: Being a precise record of seven days play at Monte Carlo for the use of Roulette players.

    London: "Vanity Fair" Office, No date [circa 1896]. [4] 44 pages. Illustrated advertisement on the verso of the preface. Original wrappers; cover title: 'A Week's Record at Monte Carlo.' 25 x 18 cm. Name on cover' wrappers browned and chipped; else very good. Scarce.

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  • SCENES IN LONDON. A New Game.

    London: E[dward] Wallis, No date [circa 1825]. An engraved sheet divided into twelve and mounted on linen, bearing 18 hand-coloured engraved scenes of London, with printed rules to the central section. Unfolded: 485 x 605 mm. Contained, when folded, in a slipcase with mounted hand-coloured engraved title label to upper panel. Slight wear to folds and to slipcase; else a very good copy of a scarce game. Whitehouse page 39.

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  • Sixième JEU DE CARTES GEOGRAPHIQUES, Orné de figures gravées avec soin et représentant les différens peuples de la terre dans le costume particulier à chacun d’eux; destiné à l’instruction et à l’amusement de la jeunesse des deux sexes. Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée. by JOUY, E [Victor-Joseph Etienne de].
    JOUY, E [Victor-Joseph Etienne de].
    Sixième JEU DE CARTES GEOGRAPHIQUES, Orné de figures gravées avec soin et représentant les différens peuples de la terre dans le costume particulier à chacun d’eux; destiné à l’instruction et à l’amusement de la jeunesse des deux sexes. Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée.

    Lille : Vanackere, Paris : H.Nicolle: No date [map dated 1806]. Contained in the original box (112 x 78 x 33 mm.) of marbled paper over thick card with paste-down illustrated label on one surface. Containing 48 cards (103 x 68 mm) with engraved cartouche and text (each card representing a different region; a folding copper-engraved map of the world (299 x 185 mm) by Tardieu, ‘Planisphère ou Carte réduite du Globe Terrestre. A l’usage du Jeu de Cartes Geographiques. Lacks the single sheet of rules. Box expertly restored; cards and map excellent. Card XLVI is dedicated to Nouvelle-Hollande, but also mentions New Guinea. It is decorated with an engraving of a fierce some looking warrior wearing a headdress and…

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    Lille : Vanackere, Paris : H.Nicolle: No date [map dated 1806]. Contained in the original box (112 x 78 x 33 mm.) of marbled paper over thick card with paste-down illustrated label on one surface. Containing 48 cards (103 x 68 mm) with engraved cartouche and text (each card representing a different region; a folding copper-engraved map of the world (299 x 185 mm) by Tardieu, ‘Planisphère ou Carte réduite du Globe Terrestre. A l’usage du Jeu de Cartes Geographiques. Lacks the single sheet of rules. Box expertly restored; cards and map excellent. Card XLVI is dedicated to Nouvelle-Hollande, but also mentions New Guinea. It is decorated with an engraving of a fierce some looking warrior wearing a headdress and animal skins and brandishing a spear. This illustration does not accord with the description of Australian Aborigines printed on this card, which alleges that the indigenous inhabitants of New Holland are, 'Without clothing, without industry, without habitation, they have nothing for a bed but the earth and nothing for nourishment except for shellfish which they gather at the edge of the ocean'. The text also mentions the English settlement at Botany Bay and the transportation of convicts. Card XLVIII is dedicated to Terres Polaires et Australes, and is decorated with an engraving of a bare-breasted maiden (possibly inspired by illustrations of Tahitian women). The text states that New Zealand is inhabited by cannibals and that the savages of New Guinea and New Holland live in a primitive state owing to their lack of intelligence; 'Some geographers consider New Holland to be a continent.... Considered as an island, it is the largest on earth, approximately 300,000 square leagues.' A rare children’s game from the first decade of the nineteenth century and one of the very first to feature the peoples of Australasia.

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  • THE AREAORAMA. A View in the Regents Park.
    THE AREAORAMA. A View in the Regents Park.

    Publd. May 1st 1825 by S. & J, Fuller [London]. An eight section (Including front and rear boards) peepshow, made from hand-coloured engraved scenes cut and shaped and separated by bellows, so as to form a perspective view of the park. Original slipcase with engraved label. Some minor repairs to the bellows and the case restored; else a very good example of an early issue.

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  • THE HANDBOOK OF REVERSI. Also Fanorona, Invasion, Halma.
    THE HANDBOOK OF REVERSI. Also Fanorona, Invasion, Halma.

    London: F. H. Ayres, No date [1889]. 76, [3 ad’s] pages. Original green cloth gilt. Octavo. A near fine copy.

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  • THE MASQUERADE. A Collection of new Enigmas, Logogriphs, Charades, Rebuses, Queries and Transpositions.
    THE MASQUERADE. A Collection of new Enigmas, Logogriphs, Charades, Rebuses, Queries and Transpositions.

    London: G. & T. Wilkie… J. Bell, [1797 – 1800.]. Four volumes [of five], bound together as one. These volumes were issued annually, in a total of five volumes, the last[ not present] issued in 1801. Each has a title-page with an engraved vignette; the fourth volume has a folding plate entitled, 'Enigmatical Dinner.' Fairly recent half calf, gilt over marbled boards. 16 x 10 cm. Very slight fading of spine; folding plate worn at fold and repaired from the blank verso; else very good.

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  • The New and Diverting Game of “GOLLIWOGG” consisting of Forty-eight Pictorial Cards Depicting the most famous characters and scenes in the above works. Adapted, drawn in facsimile and elaborately rendered in Colours from Florence K. Upton’s original designs. by [UPTON, Florence and Bertha.]
    [UPTON, Florence and Bertha.]
    The New and Diverting Game of “GOLLIWOGG” consisting of Forty-eight Pictorial Cards Depicting the most famous characters and scenes in the above works. Adapted, drawn in facsimile and elaborately rendered in Colours from Florence K. Upton’s original designs.

    London: Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd, No date [circa 1900]. Four page rule card, plus 48 full-colour pictorial cards, all contained in the original cardboard slipcase with mounted pictorial label. Very slight wear to the box; else a fine set.

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  • THE NEW & FAVORITE GAME of MOTHER GOOSE and the GOLDEN EGG.
    THE NEW & FAVORITE GAME of MOTHER GOOSE and the GOLDEN EGG.

    London: Published 30th Nov. 1808 & Sold by John Wallis Senr. 13 Warwick Square and Retail by John Wallis Junr. 188 Strand, London. A hand-coloured engraved sheet, with letterpress ‘Rules’ beneath, divided into nine and mounted on linen. Unfolded: 560 x 385 mm. Folded: 190 x 130 mm. Later card slipcase. Little soiled; some light wear at joints and corners; else a very good copy of the first printing of this scarce game. See Whitehouse page 62/63. The game shows episodes and characters from the pantomime of the same title, including Clown and Harlequin as well as Mother Goose herself. The game was published at the height of Grimaldi the Clown's career, and he appears in playing space number…

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    London: Published 30th Nov. 1808 & Sold by John Wallis Senr. 13 Warwick Square and Retail by John Wallis Junr. 188 Strand, London. A hand-coloured engraved sheet, with letterpress ‘Rules’ beneath, divided into nine and mounted on linen. Unfolded: 560 x 385 mm. Folded: 190 x 130 mm. Later card slipcase. Little soiled; some light wear at joints and corners; else a very good copy of the first printing of this scarce game. See Whitehouse page 62/63. The game shows episodes and characters from the pantomime of the same title, including Clown and Harlequin as well as Mother Goose herself. The game was published at the height of Grimaldi the Clown's career, and he appears in playing space number 21. Since much of the playing surface is taken up with the rules, the number of spaces is reduced to 33. Of these, 17 are illustrated, each with its own story and reward or forfeit. Half the remaining spaces show a golden egg, which, if landed on, has a reward of one counter. The other half, which are blank, carry a forfeit of one counter.

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  • THE ORIGINAL GAME OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND. by [CARROLL, Lewis.]
    [CARROLL, Lewis.]
    THE ORIGINAL GAME OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

    Bristol: Lewis Waterman, No date [circa 1890 -1900]. Compriing: Rule card, 12 illustrated cards after designs by Tenniel, and 28 printed ‘pool’ cards. Contained in the original box with pictorial label to the upper cover. Box restored, else a very set of a rare ‘Alice’ game. The rule card states, ‘By the special permission of Messrs. Macmillan and Co., Ltd., the author of this game has been allowed to make use of the illustrations in “Alice in Wonderland,” by Sir John Tenniel.

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  • THE PUPPET DANCE For Boys. A fine puppet with moveable eyes and limbs, and six different charming dresses, dances at the measure of a pendulum.

    No imprint or date, but German, circa 1850: The toy comprises, a wooden stand with a hand-coloured lithographed backdrop and an integral lead-weighted pendulum; a hand-coloured lithograph puppet, with jointed limbs and moving eyes; six hand-coloured lithographic costumes, and two hand-coloured lithographed hats; all contained in the original box, with a hand-coloured label; the titles in French, German, and English. The box is worn and is splitting at the joints; but the figures are remarkable fresh and fine. An extremely rare moveable toy. We have found one other example, sold a few years ago, but that lacked three costume pieces.

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  • THE ROYAL GENEALOGICAL PASTIME OF THE SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND from Egbert to George the 3rd. Published Novr 30 1791 by E. Newbery… & John Wallis.

    London: E. Newbery... John Wallis, 1791. Hand-coloured engraved sheet, cut in to 12 sections and mounted on linen. Original slipcase with mounted engraved label. Slipcase worn, with a split to one side and some loss of paper; two child ownership names on the blank verso; a few light marks, and one small manuscript amendment to the rules; else a very good copy of an early table game. Whitehouse page 25.

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  • THE SCIENCE OF BOTANY according to the System of Linnaeus. By Madlle de Cely. by de Cely, Madlle.
    de Cely, Madlle.
    THE SCIENCE OF BOTANY according to the System of Linnaeus. By Madlle de Cely.

    London: No imprint, but E. Wallis, No date [circa 1829]. Comprising of 54 hand-coloured engraved cards (one supplied in facsimile), divided into question and answer cards, all contained in the original slipcase with a mounted hand-coloured label. One answer card supplied in facsimile; lacks the rule sheet; case a little worn; else very good. Rare. We have had a boxed version of this game, the second edition of 1829, which also came with a small book of 32 pages, entitled, ‘Botanical grammar, by Questions and Answers, intended to render the method of playing with the botanical card more easy to young people.’ Now it may be that the above issue of the game, preceded the boxed game which is…

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    London: No imprint, but E. Wallis, No date [circa 1829]. Comprising of 54 hand-coloured engraved cards (one supplied in facsimile), divided into question and answer cards, all contained in the original slipcase with a mounted hand-coloured label. One answer card supplied in facsimile; lacks the rule sheet; case a little worn; else very good. Rare. We have had a boxed version of this game, the second edition of 1829, which also came with a small book of 32 pages, entitled, ‘Botanical grammar, by Questions and Answers, intended to render the method of playing with the botanical card more easy to young people.’ Now it may be that the above issue of the game, preceded the boxed game which is the stated, ‘Second Edition.’ However, we can’t say for certain, but it’s a possibility. Both states of the cards are rare.

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  • Two small wooden jigsaws contained in the original box
    Two small wooden jigsaws contained in the original box

    No date. [Circa 1900/1910]. Two small wooden jigsaws contained in the original box. Two chromolithographs mounted on wood and cut so as to form jigsaws, contained in the original cardboard box. Each jigsaw is 15 x 11.5 cm. The key sheet for one is mounted as the box lid, the other key sheet is loose with in the box. No publisher or date, but probably of German origin, circa 1900/1910. Stamped shop details of, 'A. Le Cheminant, Commercial Arcade, Guernsey,' to inside of lid and to base of box. Box is a little rubbed at edges; else all is in very good condition.

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  • WALLIS’S NEW GAME, exhibiting a Voyage round THE WORLD.
    WALLIS’S NEW GAME, exhibiting a Voyage round THE WORLD.

    London: Published by E. Wallis, 12 Skinner Street, and 12 High Street, Islington, No date [circa 1823]. An engraved sheet with hand-colouring, divided into 15 sections and mounted on linen. Original gilt titled slipcase. Lacks original rules. Unfolded: 408 x 630 mm. A fine copy.

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  • Wallis’s TOUR THROUGH ENGLAND AND WALES A New Geographical Pastime.
    Wallis’s TOUR THROUGH ENGLAND AND WALES A New Geographical Pastime.

    London: Published 24th December 1794 by John Wallis at his Map Warehouse. A hand-coloured engraved sheet, divided into 16 pieces and mounted on linen. Folding so that It fits into a slipcase. The slipcase bears the label for the later edition of 1802. Slipcase restored; some wear to the joints of the game; some light water-staining; else very good.

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