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Lot 285
A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS PORCELAIN INCLUDING A PART BALMORAL PORCELAIN TEA SET INCLUDING TWO SANDWICH PLATES, NINE TEA PLATES, NINE CUPS, TEN SAUCERS, ONE LARGE RIDGEWAY HOMEMAKER PLATE, ONE MEDIUM, FOUR TEA PLATES, SIX WASHINGTON POTTERY POLKA DOT PLATE, BOWL AND LIDDED TURENE, TOGETHER WITH PART ROYAL WORCESTER PALISSY GAME SERIES DINNER SERVICE INCLUDING SIX DINNER PLATES, SIX SIDE PLATES, FOUR TEA CUPS AND FOUR SAUCERS AND A PART CZECH COFFEE SET COMPRISING OF FOUR CUPS, FOUR SAUCERS AND A CREAM JUG.
Lot 23
*Anthropomorphic map cards. Skits, A Game of the Shires, pub. Jaques & Son, c.1900, eighty cards (complete), comprising forty numbered county map cards, and forty accompanying cards with each county pictured as a person, animal, or object, each with verse, yellow versos, in clean crisp condition, 75 x 55mm (3 x 2.25ins), together with 4pp. rule leaflet, contained in orig. cardboard box with pictorial label on front, edges of box rubbed and one hinge split. Extremely rare; we have been unable to trace another set. With verses such as: `Dear Cantabs, old Sambo`s our brother,/So every harsh thought we should smother;/Though dark his complexion/He votes at th`election;/Then let us all love one another.`. (1)
Lot 24
*Boxed games. An unusual educational toy containing two wooden-backed pictorial panels bearing printed illustrations by Marguerite Davis, produced by Judge Baker Foundation, Chicago, 1918, complete with forty small wooden tiles, contained in original wooden box with brass clasps, together with a c.1920s Mah Jong set, the pieces constructed of ivory and bamboo, contained in original sliding-lid box with contemp. rule book, plus a wooden sliding-lid box containing three card decks, and a similarly boxed game of Nain Jaune, with numerous tokens and orig. instruction sheet in French. (4)
Lot 26
*Darton (William, pub.). Walker`s Geographical Pastime, or Tour Through the Western Hemisphere, or New World, an Amusing and Instructive Game, pub. 9th May 1816, hand-col. eng. map, divided into twelve sections and mounted on linen, lightly toned, overall size 510 x 480mm (20 x 48ins), contained in orig. marbled cardboard slipcase, with eng. label on front (dated June 11th), slipcase rubbed and worn with sl. loss. See Whitehouse p.13-14 for a similar (double-hemisphere) map game. (1)
Lot 29
*Farm animals, early 20th century, lead farm animals, workers, buildings, hay stacks, trees, etc., housed in a painted wooden barn, 13 x 30cm, together with Victorian `Building Stones` by Richter & Co, Germany, in original wooden box with paper label and instructions, plus a Conjuring Tricks, Glevum Series game and other items, variable condition. (a carton)
Lot 30
*Games. A varied collection of approx. thirty Edwardian and later board games, etc., including Spin-Golf, Fishponds, Crown & Anchor, Bob`s The Bridge Game & Bob`s The New Bridge Game, Houp-la!, Madcap, Race Game, Magnetic Stars, Jiggle-Joggle, Gay Mr Gander, Funny Freddy, Tiny Tot`s Nursery Skittles, The Game of Trianhole, Spin-Wobble(?), Station to Station, Mechanical Yacht Race, The New Game of Hunting, Blow Football, Lotto or House, A Merry Game of Floundering, A Game of Goose, Croquet, Harma, The Prince`s Quest, Cardhouses, Winkles Wedding, Hoop-la!, Coronation Scott Railway Game, etc., pieces unchecked but believe to be largely complete in original boxes, some wear, various sizes. (approx. 30)
Lot 33
*Historical Amusement. A New and Entertaining Game of the History of England, G. Williams, c.1840, thirty-six hand-col. woodcut portrait cards of English monarchs from William I to Queen Victoria (complete), 55 x 35mm (2.25 x 1.25ins), plus forty-seven (of 50) smaller numbered cards with answers to the questions printed in the 31pp. rule booklet (lacking nos. 6, 11, 95), booklet with orig. patterned yellow wrappers (matching verso of cards), orig. wooden box, with pictorial label on sliding lid (sl. rubbed), box 90 x 120 x 55mm (3.5 x 4.75 x 2.25ins). (1)
Lot 39
*Jigsaw puzzle. Sovereigns of England, n.p., c.1860s, hand-col. litho. wooden jigsaw puzzle, showing thirty-six English monarchs from William 1st to Queen Victoria, approx. seventy pieces, lightly toned and upper corner a little stained, overall size 405 x 54mm (16 x 21ins), together with orig. folded guide sheet, stained and torn (with sl. loss), and repaired on verso, contained in orig. wooden box with pictorial label on sliding lid, 285 x 230 x 55mm (11.25 x 9 x 2.25ins), plus another smaller jigsaw, The Sovereigns of England, pub. J. Betts, contained in orig. wooden box, and a boxed wooden block game with the same title (box broken). (3)
Lot 50
*Playing cards. The Court Game of Astronomy, William and Henry Rock, c.1830, a complete deck of fifty-two engraved playing cards, comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), plain versos, dusty, 98 x 65mm (3.75 x 2.5ins), together with orig. instruction booklet, 31pp., a.e.g., orig. figured pink wrappers, spine split, contained together in orig. blindstamped black leather case, gilt titled on upper side, rubbed and with loss to ends. Extremely rare deck of cards illustrating signs of the zodiac and Roman pantheon. (1)
Lot 51
*Playing cards. Mental Amusement. An Entertaining and Instructive Game; comprising Two Hundred and Forty Subjects on History, Geography, Astronomy, &c., by C. Gell, printed for J. Souter, School Library, 1832, forty printed cards, 73 x 108mm (3 x 4.24ins), plain versos, together with instruction booklet, orig. plain wrappers (dusty and sl. frayed), contained in orig. cardboard slipcase, with printed paper label on upper side. With such questions and answers as: `What is remarkable of the climate of Russia?`/`In some parts it is so severe, that icicles often hang to the eye-lashes of the drivers of carriages`, and `For what is Guinea noted?`/`For the sale of Slaves`. Rare. (1)
Lot 53
*Playing cards. The New and Fascinating Game `Karoo`, `Globe` Series of Games, printed in Bavaria, c.1880s, forty-eight chromo. cards, comprising sixteen sets of three, each set making up an illustration of a character, e.g., servant, policeman, soldier, clown, Punch, Judy, Father Christmas, etc., each card 60 x 92mm (2.25 x 3.5ins), patterned pink versos, together with folding rule card printed in blue, contained in orig. wooden box, with pull-off lid, chromo. label on upper side (sl. chipped). With titles such as: `Tally ho!!`; `Bobby`; `I`ll give him beans`; `Our Landlady`; `Tommy Atkins`; `Our Slavey`. Rare. (1)
Lot 57
*Playing cards. The Game of Ujiji; or the Search for Livingstone, late 19th., a set of fifty-two playing cards (complete), comprising fifty numbered cards of tribal characters printed in black and red (Tang-Greedy Nigger; Loolo, the Beauty of Manyema; Mirambo`s Mother; Bani Boomerang, etc.), and two numbered cards with ports. of Livingstone and Stanley, toned and lightly foxed, plain versos, 95 x 65 mm (3.75 x 2.5ins), together with 4pp. rule sheet (in three frayed fragments) and remains of orig. cardboard box. (1)
Lot 60
*Roman Empire. Grand Jeu de L`Histoire de Rome, Depuis sa Fondation Jusqu`a Cesar Auguste, 2e. Empereur, [Paris: Basset], late 18th c., eng. game on paper, comprising rules in central oval enclosed by a spiral of sixty-three numbered playing fields, each with illust. and caption in French, trimmed to border and with some creases, numerous edge-tears with adhesive repairs on verso and loss to one corner, 45 x 62cm (17.75 x 24.25ins). Scarce. (1)
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Lot 61
[Sallis, William, pub.]. Amusement in English History. A Game Exhibiting the Most Remarkable Events from the Time of the Britons, c.1841, hand-col. litho. game, with forty illusts., divided into twelve sections and mounted on linen, rubbed in a few places, overall size 505 x 635mm (20 x 25ins), folded into orig. blind-stamped cloth binding gilt, faded and rubbed, lacking ties, sm. 4to. Whitehouse, p.95. (1)
Lot 63
*Seemannsleben. The Living of the Mariner. La Vie du Marinier, n.p., c.1840s, hand-col. litho. folding board, 260 x 205 (10.25 x 8ins), with five cardboard counters and a pair of dice, board and counters laid down on brown paper, contained in orig. cardboard box with hand-col. litho. label on pull-off lid, 160 x 125 x 25mm (6.25 x 4.75 x 1ins), together with The Golden Egg Game, A Merry Round Game, n.p., c.1850s, hand-col. pictorial cards and text cards (some supplied in facsimile), numerous col. counters, a gold-painted wooden egg (later?), and facsimile rule sheet, contained in orig. wooden box with pictorial label on sliding lid, plus Uncle Charley`s Tusselfun, New Parlour Game, n.p., c.1880s, comprising litho. game sheet, rule sheet, and advert. sheet, plus two triangular wooden pieces with metal attachments, and six smaller wooden pieces, contained in orig. cardboard box with pictorial label on pull-off lid, toned and sl. worn. (3)
Lot 66
Spooner (William, publisher). The Travellers; or, A Tour Through Europe, 1st ed., pub. William Spooner, Decr. 1st, 1842, hand-col. litho. map, with numerous vigns., divided into twelve sections and laid on linen, one fold split, corners of sections curling in places (with occn. sl. loss), lower edge sl. frayed (clipping imprint), 500 x 630mm (19.75 x 24.75ins), folded into orig. cloth binding with decorative litho. label mounted on upper cover, soiled and edge-worn, early ms. ownership name on front pastedown. Whitehouse, p.18. A rare table game, with vignettes such as: `Perils of the Whale Fishery`; `Laplander in his Canoe`; `Russian & Sledge`; Finlander attacking a Bear. (1)
Lot 69
*Transformation game. Neue Metamorphosen mit Fugurlichen Scenen. Nouveaux Metamorphoses avec des Scenes Figurees. New Metamorphoses with Figural Scenes, n.p., c.1820s, nine seven-piece pictures, hand-coloured litho. on wood, illustrating various pastimes, street entertainments, trades, etc., each composed of a central lozenge-shaped piece surrounded by triangular-shaped pieces, all designed to be interchangeable, four pieces (in three pictures) missing, a few pieces sl. bowed, each picture 80 x 163mm (3.25 x 6.5ins), contained in orig. wooden box, with hand-coloured litho. label on sliding lid, rubbed, one edge rim missing. Rare: we have been unable to trace another copy. Illustrations include: dancing bear and trainer; going to market; jesters; performing dog; courting; charity to the poor. (1)
Lot 70
*Transformation game. A game of metamorphoses, n.p., c.1840, eight four-piece pictures, hand-col. litho. on wood, illustrating a variety of figures and animals, each piece triangular and designed to be interchangeable, sl. dusty, each picture 100 x 85mm (4 x 3.5ins), contained in a later wooden box with sliding lid. Rare: we have been unable to trace another set. Illustrations include: an artist, a pierrot, a bear, a weight-lifter, a doctor, and a street-seller of foie gras. (1)
Lot 163
*Humorous cards. A selection of Dobbs humorous valentines including a comic reversible `Sweethearts and Wives, Bachelors and Maids`, 11.5 x 18cm, an `Order to the Court of Cupid` with numerous hidden messages, 13 x 19cm; a card with two applied bezique court cards, `I have something to declare` with hidden message `You are always winning`, 10 x 16cm; `Will you join me in a game at play with me?` with two applied cats at play, 8 x 12cm; plus twenty other valentines of paper lace, skeletal leaves, applied scraps, hinged pull-up, etc., c. 1850-80. (25)
Lot 1176
A good Victorian hallmarked silver water/beer jug, the scrolling high loop handle with applied leaves above a baluster body decorated in deep relief with a hunting party with two gents, four dogs and various game within a landscape above a spreading circular foot, Robert Hennell, London 1867, also engraved to the base "RC Oldfield, Silversmith London", height 28cm, approx 35oz.
Lot 403
Chess - Philidor (Francois Andre Danican). Chess Rendered Familiar by Tabular Demonstrations of the Various Positions and Movements, as Described by Philidor, with many other Critical Situations and Moves, and a Concise Introduction to the Game, by J.G. Pohlman, 1819, eng. frontis. (with ink crest to upper margin), numerous b & w diagrams throughout volume, some spotting and browning, contemp. half straight grain morocco gilt, joints rubbed & slight wear to extrems., 8vo, together with Lewis (William), A Treatise on the Game of Chess; Containing an Introduction to the Game, and an analysis of the Various Openings of Games, with Several New Modes of Attack and Defence; To which are added, Twenty-five New Chess Problems on Diagrams, pub. 1844, wood eng. illusts., occasional spotting to margins, near contemp. half calf, recent morocco title label to spine, upper joint cracked, slight wear, 8vo, together with Pachman (Ludek), Complete Chess Strategy 3: Play on the Wings, 1st ed., 1978, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo (3)
Lot 573
Mackaness (George). Admiral Arthur Phillip. Founder of New South Wales 1738-1814, 1st ed., Sydney, 1937, b & w illustrations, endpapers spotted, original blue cloth, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, presentation copy, from the Royal Australian Historical Society to Viscount Dunrossil (14th Governor-General of Australia), dated May 1960, note at front, also signed by the author to front pastedown, together with Early Explorers in Australia... by Ida Lee, 1st ed., 1925, folding map, b & w illustrations, contemporary cloth, 8vo, with two Captain Cook bibliographies including Sir Maurice Holmes’s Captain James Cook, R.N. A Bibliographical Excursion, 1952, limited edition, one of 500 copies, together with Drinkwater (G.C. & Sanders, T.R.B.), The University Boat Race Official Centenary History, 1st ed., 1929, folding map, half-tone illustrations, a few minor spots, original cloth, d.j., spine rubbed with loss at head, 4to, plus Second Shots. Casual Talks About Golf, by Bernard Darwin, 1st ed., 1930, portrait frontispiece, one or two spots, original cloth, d.j., spine faded, square 8vo, and Annals of Cricket. A Record of the Game Compiled from Authentic Sources, and My Own Experiences During the Last Twenty-Three Years, 1st ed., 1896, portrait frontispiece, illustrations (toned), presentation inscription, original cloth-backed boards, some edge wear, 8vo, with others including Badminton & Lonsdale Library, a few antiquarian vols., etc. (2 cartons)
Lot 828
A VICTORIAN WALNUT WORK/GAMES TABLE of oblong form with rounded ends, moulded edged swivel burr top inlaid with foliate sprays linked with stringing and opening to reveal inlaid chess and backgammon game boards, part fitted frieze drawer below over sliding solid basket, leaf carved base with baluster turned end supports joined by a pole stretcher, scrolled down curved legs and china castors
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