Children's Books & Illustrations, Playing Cards, Modern First Editions & Autographs

Cameron (Lucy Lyttleton). Amelia, 7th edition, London: Houlston & Co., circa 1840, wood engraved frontispiece and illustrations, bound with Sherwo...

Dickens (Charles). A Christmas Carol, in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, 1st edition, 1st issue, Chapman & Hall, 1843, half-title printed...

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, "Lewis Carroll"). Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1893, illustrations by Harry Furn...

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, "Lewis Carroll"). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 6th edition (twelfth thousand), London: Macmillan and Co., 1868, il...

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll', 1832-1898). Autograph letter signed, 'C.L. Dodgson', Christ Church, Oxford, 21 June, 1886, to Mrs Dyer...

Science & Fireworks. Endless Amusement; A Collection of Upwards of 400 Entertaining and Astonishing Experiments... in arithmetic, mechanic, hydrau...

Fuller (S. and J., publisher). The History of Little Fanny, 8th edition, 1811, 7 figures, two hats and a head (a further two hats supplied in facs...

Fuller (S. and J., publisher). The History of Little Fanny, London, 4th edition, 1810, 7 cut-out hand-coloured figures in aquatint loosely inserte...

Osbourne (Charles). A Description of a Pictorial Alphabet, London: C. Osbourne and Messrs. Ackermann & Co, 1840, 26 illustrations depicting variou...

Shakespeare (William). The Plays of Shakespeare, 9 volumes, London: William Pickering, 1825, all edges gilt, original black morocco with gilt-bloc...

The Infant's Library. Books 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and A Short History of England, London: John Marshall, circa 1800, occasional ma...

Trades & Pastimes. A collection of leaves with hand-drawn illustrations, circa 1832, 10ff., each with 10 pen, ink and watercolour illustrations to...

* Dolls' House. The Little Shop, circa 1960s, single storey wooden shop, covered in brick and slate tile paper (some damage to roof), front facade...

* Dolls. A bisque head doll, French, early 20th century, composition character doll with articulated limbs, bisque head impressed 'SFBJ 230 Paris ...

* Dolls. A slave doll, late 19th century, & others, black female cloth doll, with stuffed satin body, stitched features and digits, and hair of bl...

* Peg Dolls. A Victorian wooden peg doll, with painted hair, face and shoes, the lower limbs painted pale white, wearing a cotton head covering, a...

* Smith (James Moyr). Six Minton 'Trades' ceramic tiles, Mintons China Works, Stoke on Trent, circa 1875, 6 brown and white glazed titles, two sma...

* Stationery Set. A child's set of notecards and envelopes in wooden stand, circa 1890s, 6 sets of notecards with picture to top left corner and e...

* Toy animals on wheels. Pedigree Soft Toys push along terrier dog, late 1950s-early 1960s, with plastic eyes and nose, and red leather collar, la...

* Anthropomorphic map cards. Skits, A Game of the Shires, London: Jaques & Son, circa 1900, 80 cards (complete), comprising 40 numbered county map...

* Diorama. A Victorian diorama, depicting a winter landscape, with figure gathering firewood in the foreground, children playing on the ice, cotta...

* Indian mica paintings. A transformation game, mid 19th century, together 58 mica paintings, each of a single male or female figure engaged in an...

* Jigsaw Puzzles. A collection of 19 jigsaw puzzles, early 20th century, coloured paper on wood or card, all in original card box, includes six GW...

* Playing cards and games. Max und Moritz card game, Nuremberg: Franz Schmidt, circa 1940, complete deck of 31 chromolithographed playing cards, c...

* Toy Theatre. Pollock's Juvenile Drama, The Silver Palace, and the Golden Poppy, a Water Pageant [cover-title], London: B. Pollock, late 19th cen...

* Wain (Louis). Fishing cats, a 52 piece colour lithographed wooden jigsaw puzzle, depicting an ice-covered lake with 10 cats fishing at waterhole...

* Grimaud (B.P.). Livre du Destin/Book of Fate, Paris: Chartier-Marteau & Boudin, circa 1900, 32 hand-coloured engraved pictorial playing cards, F...

Playing cards. Advertisement for Monmouth Rebellion playing cards, The London Gazette, Numb. 2085, November 12 1685, single leaf of laid paper pri...

* Playing cards. Marlborough's Victories, London, circa 1707, 52 copper-engraved pictorial cards (complete), comprising 4 suits of 13, numbered I ...

* Playing cards. The Reign of James II & the Glorious Revolution, circa 1689-1700, 50 (of 52) copper-engraved pictorial cards, (lacking the 2 and ...

* Schenk (Peter). Das Festung Baues Spiel, Amsterdam, circa 1700, uncut sheet etched in sepia on laid paper, with French suited playing cards numb...

* Schenk (Peter). Das Kriegs-Spiel, Amsterdam, circa 1700, uncut sheet etched in sepia on laid paper, with French suited playing cards, depicting ...

* [Taylor, Randal]. The Knavery of the Rump, London, circa 1680, 51 (of 52) copper-engraved pictorial cards designed by Francis Barlow (lacking th...

Académie Universelle. Académie Universelle des Jeux; contenant les regles des jeux de cartes permis: celles du Billard, du Mail, du Trictrac, du R...

Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher). Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c., Second Series, volumes V and VI, 1818, 70 engravings and aquatints, ...

Act of Parliament. An Act for granting to His Majesty certain Duties on Playings Cards imported into Great Britain, 2d July 1801, 4pp., together w...

[Alliette, Jean-Baptiste]. Manière de se Récréer avec le Jeu de Cartes Nommées Tarots. Pour servir de troisiéme [-quartrieme] Cahier à cet Ouvrage...

Bentheim-Tecklenburg (Moritz). Das Patiencen-Buch, oder das durch Karten veranstaltete Geduldspiel, Würzburg: Julius Kellner, 1864, front free end...

Blome (Richard). Armoriall Cards, [1675], calligraphic title in black and red 'Heraldic Cards Ric Blome Temp Car II', fifty-two engraved playing c...

Deschapelles (Alexandre Louis Honore Lebreton). Traité du Whiste. Paris: Perrotin, 1840, half-title, errata leaf & index to rear, sporadic spottin...

Duhamel du Monceau (Henri-Louis). Art du Cartier [extract from Descriptions des Arts et Métiers, published by the Académie Royale des Sciences bet...

Dusaulx (Jean). De la Passion du Jeu, Depuis les Temps Anciens jusqu'à nos jours, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Paris: de l'imprimerie de Monsieur,...

[Gibbs, Henry Hucks]. The Game of Ombre, London: printed for private circulation, 1874, half-title, 2 hand-coloured plates (including frontispiece...

Halliday (Thomas). Numerical games; consisting of Practical Exercises in Arithmetic: accompanied with a Pack of Cards: intended for the amusement ...

Hoyle (Edmond). Kurzgefasste Anweisung zum Whist-spiele, aus dem Englishen des Herrn Hoyle nach der neuesten Ausgabe übersetzet, Helmstädt: no pub...

Hoyle (Edmond). Traité du Jeu de Whist. Traduit de l'Anglois d'Edmond Hoyle, Turin, Italy: Reycends & Guibert, 1765, woodcut device on title-page,...

[Jones, Henry.] Patience Games with Examples Played Through, illustrated with numerous diagrams, by "Cavendish", 1st edition, London: Thomas De La...

[Jones, Henry]. The Principles of Whist Stated and Explained, and its Practice Illustrated on an Original System, by means of hands played complet...

[La Marinière, Denis de]. La Maison Academique contenant les Jeux du picquet, du Hoc, du Tric-Trac ... & autres jeux facessieux & divertissans, Pa...

Manuscript. Rules for the game of whist, circa 1820s, 196 leaves, written throughout in a neat legible hand in sepia and red ink, Contents at fron...

Merlin (Romain). Origine des Cartes a Jouer, Recherches Nouvelles sur les Naïbis, les Tarots et sur les Autres Espèces de Cartes ..., Paris: L'Aut...

Mortier (J.C.). A Bas Tous les Jeux, 1st edition, Paris: Pelletié, [1803?], signed by the author on leaf following title ("tout les exemplaires se...

Ombre. Regole Generali per il Giuoco dell'Ombre, 1st edition, Florence: Si vende dal Dispensatore della Gazzetta Universale presso le Scalere di B...

Playing Card Regulations. Editto di S. M. per l'esercizio, ed amministrazione della Gabella delle Carte, e Tarocchi, e de Giuochi nelle Provincie ...

[Payne, William]. Maxims for Playing the Game of Whist; with all necessary calculations, and laws of the game, 1st edition, London: sold by T. Pay...

[Pisarri, Carlo]. Istruzioni Necessarie per chi Volesse Imparare il Giuoco Dilettevole delli Tarocchini di Bologna, 1st edition, Bologna: Ferdinan...

Playing Card Regulations. Edit du Roy, pour l'établissement d'un Droit sur les Cartes à jouer. Donné à Fontainableau au mois d'Octobre 1701, Paris...

[Préchac, Jean de]. La Noble Venitienne, ou La Bassette, Histoire Galante, Lyon: Thomas Amaulry, 1679, woodcut device on title-page, woodcut head ...

[Soumille, Bernard Laurent]. Le Grand Trictrac, ou Methode Facile pour Apprendre Sans Maitre, la marche, les termes, les regles, et une grande par...

Statutes. Anno Regni Annæ Reginæ Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ decimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster, the Twenty fifth ...