Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games

Bewick (John, illustrator). The Entertaining History of Little Goody Goosecap, containing a Variety of Adventures Calculated to Amuse and Instruct...

Book of Trades, or Library of the Useful Arts, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Printed for Tabart and Co. no. 157, New Bond-Street, 1804/5, 68 eng...

Carter (Elizabeth). Select Poems, designed for the Improvement of Young Ladies..., by Miss Carter and Others, Waterford: Printed by Hugh and James...

Collins (John). The Chapter of Kings. by Mr. Collins, J. Harris: Corner of St. Paul's Church-yard., first edition, 1818, hand-coloured engraved ti...

[Dorset, Catherine Ann]. The Peacock "at Home:" a sequel to the Butterfly's Ball. Written by a Lady, and illustrated with elegant engravings, Lond...

* Folk Art. A hand-painted envelope, circa 1813, a large envelope hand-made from a piece of folded printed newspaper 'The Morning Chronicle', date...

* Folk Art. A wishbone penwipe doll, early-mid 19th century, modelled and painted as a negro woman, with white seed bead eyes, and wearing a green...

* Fuller's Paper Dolls. A complete set of 14 paper dolls from Young Albert and Phoebe, [London: S. and J. Fuller], circa 1811, fourteen hand-colou...

Greenwood (James). The London Vocabulary, English and Latin: Put into a New Method, proper to acquaint the Learner with Things as well as pure Lat...

Grimm (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl). German Popular Stories, Translated from the Kinder und Haus-Märchen, volume 2 (of 2) only, 1st English edit...

Howitt (Mary). Tales in Verse for the Young, Life among the Mountains, and other Poems, London: Darton & Co, circa 1850, frontispiece (slightly tr...

Juvenile Chapbooks and Almanacks. Greenaway (Kate). Almanack for 1924, London & New York: Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd., colour illustrations to te...

Newbery (F. & T. Carnan, publishers). The Twelfth-Day-Gift: or, the Grand Exhibition, Containing A curious Collection of Pieces in Prose and Verse...

Newbery (Francis, publisher). Filial Duty, Recommended and Enforc'd, By a Variety of Instructive and Entertaining Stories, of Children who have be...

* Panorama. The Coronation of King William IV, circa 1831, hand-coloured aquatint strip, lacking the drum case, depicting the monarch in the Gold ...

* Paper Doll. Paddy Cary articulated figure, Dublin & London: J. Colles, 23, circa 1820s/30s, hand-painted cut-out cardboard figure of an Irish ru...

Trimmer (Sarah. A Geographical Companion to Mrs. Trimmer's Scripture, Antient and English Abridged Histories, with prints elucidated to render the...

Welsh (Charles). Privately Printed Opuscula, Issued to Members of the Sette of Odd Volumes. No XI. On some books for children of the last century,...

Darton & Harvey (publishers). Youthful Sports, 1st edition, London: Darton & Harvey, 1801, 35, [1] pp., 11 plates, engraved vignette title and 11 ...

* Alphabet. A set of alphabet letters, early 19th century, 26 circular bone counters, each with a black ink letter in upper case to one side, some...

* Alphabet. A Spelling Alphabet, circa 1810, 75 carved bone upper case letters, 36 letters painted red, or green, letter J not present, approximat...

Broadside. Rules and Instructions for Playing at Skittles, London: G. Kearsley, 1786 [but 19th-century reprint], hand-coloured etching on watermar...

* Clark (John). The Portable Diorama, [1826], 10 (of 12) transparent aquatints with contemporary hand-colouring, comprising 5 views and 5 'shades'...

* Educational card game. Elements of Conchology, on the Linnaean System: Arranged in Question and Answer, London: J. Mawe, and Ackermann, 1828, th...

* English playing cards. Standard pattern?, Hunt & Sons, 1819-1823, a complete deck of 52 playing cards in unopened Great Mogul tax wrapper, label...

* German playing cards. Biedermeier style pack, early 19th century, 12 (of 36) small format stencil coloured engraved playing cards (German suits)...

* Grimaud (B.P.). Cartes Indiennes, Paris, circa 1890, a pair of complete decks of 52 chromolithographic playing cards (French suits), heightened ...

* Grimaud (B.P.). Jeu Louis XV, No.1502, Paris, circa 1895, a pair of unopened decks of 52 chromolithographic playing cards (French suits), contai...

* Grimaud (B.P.). Jeu Moyan Age, No.555, Paris, circa 1900, the complete deck of 52 chromolithographic playing cards (French suis), designed by Ga...

* Indian playing cards. Dashavatara Ganjifa, Rajasthan type II, possibly late 19th century, 114 (of 120, without 3-5 & 8 of Parashurama; 6 & 10 of...

* Jaques (John & Son, publisher). The Characters of Charles Dickens: An Interesting Game, circa 1880, the complete deck of 52 cards plus rules car...

* Jigsaw Puzzles. Peacock's New Double Dissection Geography & History, England & Wales, circa 1900, double-sided wooden jigsaw with hand-coloured ...

* Nister (Ernest, publisher). The Little Folk's Farmyard, London: Ernest Nister & New York: E.P Dutton & Co., [1905], 18 free-standing chromolitho...

* Playing cards. Mesmaekers Freres, Turnhout, Belgium, late 19th century, 20 sample packs of Great Mogul playing cards, each comprising 12 court c...

* Spooner (William, publisher). The Cottage of Content; or, Right Roads and Wrong Ways, Novr. 1st, 1848, hand-coloured lithograph, showing numerou...

* Beswick. Duchess with Flowers, from Beatrix Potter, with Beswick gold oval backstamp (BP-2), issued 1955-1967, pottery figurine, depicting a bla...

* Britains Ltd. A collection of 19 painted metal figures from Britains Hunting Series, early 20th century, including 5 mounted figures (2 side sad...

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* Anthropomorphic map cards. Skits, A Game of the Shires, London: Jaques & Son, circa 1894, 80 cards (complete), comprising 40 numbered county map...

* Austrian playing cards. Trappola pack, Linz: Johann Georg Pichler, 1803, a complete 'leading to the Viennese Type I' deck of 36 stencil coloured...

* Austrian playing cards. Venetian pattern variant, Vienna: Giusepe (ie. Josef) Glanz, circa 1865, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured lithogra...

* Austrian Tarot. Ballerina Tarock, Vienna, Austria: E. Knepper & Co., 1865, the complete deck of 54 stencil coloured engraved playing cards (Fren...

* Austrian Tarot. Can-Can Tarock, Vienna, Austria: Ferdinand Piatnik, circa 1877, the complete deck of 54 stencil coloured engraved cards, some he...

* Austrian Tarot. Tourist Tarock, Graz, Austria: Ferdinand Pittner, circa 1875, a deck of 54 chromolithographed playing cards (French suits), form...

* Card Games. A collection of 180 decks of game cards, circa 1880-1997, 180 decks of game cards, including 40 packs in various languages such as G...

* Card Games. A collection of approximately 186 decks of card games, circa 1875-1993, approximately 186 decks of card games, various publisher's i...

* Card Games. A collection of 200 decks of card games, circa 1830-1985, 200 decks of card games, themes including: sports, animals, nursery rhymes...

* Card Games. A collection of approximately 200 decks of card games, circa 1830-1985, approximately 200 decks of card games, themes including: mil...

* Card Games. A collection of approximately 200 decks of card games, circa 1900-1997, approximately 200 decks of card games, various publisher's c...

* Playing Cards. Erotica, a collection of approximately 30 decks of playing cards, mostly late 20th century, various publisher's including: Aslam-...

* Card Games. New Shaksperean Game, "As You Like It", [London: Asser and Sherwin], circa 1862, three decks of 152 cards, each with a title in scro...

* Dominoes. A small collection of 8 packs of dominoes, circa 1870-1960, French and English dominoes, various publishers including: A.N. Myers & Co...

* Dominoes. Dominos À Rire, Paris: Chez Gide Fils rue St Marc No. 20, circa 1830, 28 cards hand-coloured engraved dominoes on card, each card with...

* European playing cards. A group of 5 decks, circa 1879-1918, 5 standard packs of playing cards, comprising: 2 Piquet packs of 32 cards, French s...

* Faulkner (C.W., & Co.). A collection of 17 decks of Misfitz cards, circa 1898-1918, 18 decks of colour-printed cards, comprising: Unknown early ...

* Faulkner (C.W., & Co.). Unknown early Misfitz pack, circa 1905, the complete deck of 72 cards, depicting 24 characters, in groups of 3 from each...

* French playing cards. Cartes à Rire, Jeu des Journaux, Paris: Grandebes, circa 1819, 39 (of 52, without A-2, 6, 8 spades, A-2, 6 diamonds, 3, 6,...

* Payne (Rock Brothers &, publishers). A New Illustrated Game of Nipatitwitch The Bellman, London: Rock Brothers & Payne, circa 1844, 20 hand-colo...

* Games. A small collection of approximately 60 games, jigsaws and books, mainly later 19th century and later, approximately 60 games comprising: ...

* German playing cards. Swiss Canton Costumes, Frankfurt am Main: C.L. Wüst, circa 1850, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured engraved playing c...