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A boxed Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K Personal Computer with original manuals, sold with a boxed Boots CR375 battery powered Cassette Recorder, a Bambino UFO Master Blaster Station Game with instructions, and a Palitoy Blip Tennis Game - all are untested

One box containing a large quantity of various empty video game console boxes, accessories, etc to include a Nintendo Entertainments System, Donkey Kong Conga on the Game Cube, various Nintendo DS boxes, Play Station 2 box, and other various empty boxes included

NO RESERVE Central Asia & Great Game.- Burnaby (Capt. Fred) On Horseback through Asia Minor, 2 vol., mounted oval Woodburytype portrait, 3 folding maps, one torn and repaired, vol.1 with 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end and with portrait & one Contents leaf loose, traces of labels, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, one joint split, 1877 § Cobbold (Ralph P.) Innermost Asia: Travel & Sport in the Pamirs, first American edition, photogravure frontispiece, folding colour map at end, plates and maps, hinges weak, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed and faded, 1900 § Bailey (Lt.-Col. F.M.) China - Tibet - Assam: A Journey 1911, 1945; Mission to Tashkent, 1946, first editions, the last two with plates, original cloth, slightly rubbed; and c.15 others on Central Asia, mostly Great Game, 8vo (c.20)

TONY LEWIS: DOUBLE CENTURY THE STORY OF MCC AND CRICKET, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1987, (100) numbered (90), signed by Tony Lewis and Colin Cowdrey, original grained leather, all edges gilt, slip case plus J S FINCH: "GAME IN SEASON", NP 1984, first edition, original faux brown leather gilt plus CRICKET ILLUSTRATED AND 60 PHOTOGRAPHS BY G W BELDAM OF FAMOUS CRICKETERS, London and Glasgow, Gowans & Gray, 1908, first edition, adverts at front and end, inscription on front paste down, original pictorial wraps v worn with losses and detached, plus CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS: THE SPIRIT OF CRICKET A PERSONAL ANTHOLOGY, London, Faber & Faber, 1994, first edition, signed, original cloth d/w, (price clipped), otherwise vgc plus GEOFFREY MOORHOUSE: LORD'S, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1983, first edition, original cloth d/w (price clipped) otherwise vgc plus DICKIE BIRD WITH KEITH LODGE: 80 NOT OUT MY FAVOURITE CRICKET MEMORIES, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2013, first edition, inscription on front free end paper, original cloth d/w, vgc plus LEN HUTTON WITH ALEX BANNISTER: FIFTY YEARS IN CRICKET, London, Stanley Paul, 1984, first edition, original cloth d/w, vgc plus ABE MITCHELL: LENGTH ON THE LINKS A BOOK FOR PLAYERS IN ALL STAGES REVEALING THE SECRETS OF THE LONG BALL, Ed J Martin, London, Methuen, 1935, first edition, original cloth, plus LOUIS T STANLEY: A HISTORY OF GOLF, London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1991, first edition, original cloth d/w, vgc (9)

THE LONSDALE LIBRARY, 7 titles comprising W CHILDS: BOXING, London 1931, first edition, original buckram gilt, E G MARTIN & OTHERS: CRUISING AND OCEAN RACING, circa 1935, original buckram gilt, plus another copy circa 1940, original quarter buckram dust wrapper, K N MILLER & OTHER: MOTOR CRUISING, circa 1940, original quarter buckram soiled,A P F CHAPMAN & OTHERS: THE GAME OF CRICKET, circa 1940, original quarter buckram soiled, ex-lib, JAMES ANDREWS & OTHERS: WILDFOWLING [1950], first edition, original quarter buckram dust wrapper, SYDNEY SPENCER (ED): MOUNTAINEERING, circa 1954, original quarter buckram dust wrapper, plus ARTHUR CROXTON SMITH: ABOUT OUR DOGS, ill Ward Binks, London, Ward Locke [1950], new and revised edition, 8 coloured plates, original cloth d/w, (price clipped), (8)

ABEL CHAPMAN: SAVAGE SUDAN ITS WILD TRIBES BIG-GAME AND BIRD-LIFE, London, Gurney & Jackson, 1921, first edition, plates collated complete, original pictorial cloth, top edges gilt

H C BAILEY: 6 titles: COLONEL GREATHEART, ill Lester Ralph, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1908, October, 1st? edition, inscription on ffep, original decorative cloth gilt worn; MR FORTUNE'S PRACTICE, London, Methuen, 1934, 4th edition, original cloth, d/w (part losses); SHADOW ON THE WALL, London, Victor Gollancz, 1935, 2nd impression, original cloth worn; THE GREAT GAME, London, Victor Gollancz, 1939, 1st edition, original cloth worn, lib stamps on first and last text pages; THE CAT'S WHISKER, New York, Doubleday Doran for The Crime Club, 1944, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (v small losses); THE WRONG MAN, London, MacDonald [1946], 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (price clipped and part losses) (6)

Two springbok hide cushions, purchased from a South African game reserve. 

A collection of 19th Century powder flasks, including: two horn flasks, one with fitting by G&J Hawksley; one with floral design by Bartram & Co; one with oak leaves, stag and fox heads by G&J Hawksley; one with hanging game embossed 'James Dixon & Sons; and others, (one with US eagle later). (9)

A vintage Nylint Jumbo tipper truck tin-plate toy and a remote control excavator model - sold with a Championship Casino delux table game set

A small quantity of games including French litho printed game board, Pepys Famous Five card game, etc.

A large quantity of Palissy tea and dinner ware in the Game Series pattern decorated with coloured transfer printed panels depicting game birds and a brown floral border including soup and vegetable tureens, teapot, coffee pot, plates, cups and saucers, graduated meat plates, etc.

A set of three early 19th Century relief moulded graduated jugs, each moulded with a selection of hanging game with lurcher handles and painted in coloured overglaze enamels

1980s electronic handheld games: Systema F1 racing car game, Nintendo CGL wide screen Game & Watch 'Fire', and Grandstand Pocket Pac-Man, all untested

Vintage Nintendo Game & Watch PR-21 wide screen "Parachute" handheld computer game in original box with instruction sheet **untested**

Matchbox Superfast SF-4 Double Loop Race Set and related vehicles, Parker Superstriker game, and a Subbuteo "Continental" tabletop football game

A collection of model paints, Tamiya, AV Vallejo, Game and Lifecolour. Also a work station (will need repairing), paint brushes etc.

An Atari video computer game system with two joysticks, two paddles and games to include Asteroids, Defender, Video Chess, Haunted House, Superman, Fishing Derby and Golf

Three boxed electronic games to include Grandstand Astro Wars, Tandy Ogre Eater and Binatone Colour TV Game MK 6 (3 boxes tatty)

An unboxed Nintendo Entertainment System NES version computer games console with two controllers and four games to include Probotector, Super Mario Bros. Duck Hunt and The Adventure Island Part Two, together with Turok 2 N64 game

Mixed vintage toys including spinning tops, Tri-ang Wakouwa dog with stick (a/f), Circus bagatelle game etc.

A Puckmaster ice hockey game

A collection of vintage card games and dominoes including The Motor Car Card Game and Snap

An early 20th Century Jacques Electrolette horse racing game in original box

Mixed toys and games including Airfix Fighter Command Game, Blue Box Target Game and Snooker Game, Pinball, Merit Tap-It Pictures, telescope, microscope and mini pool table (8)

An assortment of vintage toys and games including Fisher Price radio, Spear's Alice in Wonderland game, Marx record player, Amstrad Module MP-2 etc.

AN AFRICAN TRIBAL ASHANTI 'MANCALA' BEAD GAME BOARD, on a raised stand with pierced decoration, W 68 cm

Kodak Instamatic 177X camera, Videomaster colour cartridge, computer controlled game Simon and other vintage electronics

A collection of eight early 20th century Royal Worcester hand painted porcelain pieces by Jas Stinton. A diamond shaped serving dish with scalloped edge, painted with pheasants flying over scrub, signed J. Stinton. A set of six scalloped edge plates with flying game birds, signed and a larger scalloped bowl with flying grouse.

QUESTION & ANSWER GAME: a French question and answer game, circa 1900, 12 interchangeable colour lithographic cards, battery driven bell for when the answer is correctly guessed: contained in mock shagreen box with metallic clasps, approx 30 x 41cm, some wear and damage externally. (1)

VEITCH (James Herbert): 'A Traveller's Notes or Notes of a Tour through India, Malaysia, Japan, Corea, the Australian Colonies and New Zealand during the years 1891-1893..' Chelsea, printed for private circulation, 1896: photogravure and other plates, recent quarter calf, 4to: with 8 other volumes, travel/hockey and big game. (9)

CHESS: 'An Easy Introduction to the game of Chess; containing 100 examples of games, and a great variety of critical situations and conclusions...' London, printed for J Walker et al, 1813: New Edition. Period paper covered boards with printed label, spine partially deficient and boards loose: with 30 other volumes, 19th-20thc publications on chess, including a few on whist. (30)

A collection of Hornby '0' guage model railway items and an Escalado game, the Hornby consisting of a Type 501 0-4-0 clockwork locomotive and tender, a 4-4-2 clockwork locomotive, a No. 2 signal arm (boxed), A Number 1 Goods van and a No.1 Esso peterol tank wagon, both boxed, a partially boxed shed, further rolling stock and a small quantity of track.All in play-worn condition, the boxes tatty, the 4-4-2 locomotive re-painted and restored. The escalado game play worn.

A tabletop croquet game and a chess set, the croquet set in a scumbled pine box, the chess set kings 9cm highThe croquet set with 6 balls, 7 mallets, 10 hoops, and a post, in play-worn condition. The chess set with some minor losses and wear to the black staining.

A Graham's Patent 'Linka' golf game with cast iron case and wooden indicator, manufactured by Salter, 18.5cm diameterOxidized overall, lacking golf ball, the string action seemingly recoils but there is no guarantee that it works.

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)A STILL LIFE OF GAME AND FISH ON A LEDGE BY A WINDOWOil on canvasSigned with initials ER and dated 1850 (lower right)62 x 75cm (24¼ x 29½ in.)

A mixed lot of Dr Who games, to include: - Dr Who and the Dalek, by Spiromatic - Dr Who Interactive Electronic Board Game by Toy Brokers(unchecked for completeness)

A large quantity of 1990s / Early 2000s Spider-Man / Marvel Collectible Trading Card game sets, together with 2 mounted film cells

A 1980s Radofin Colour TV Game, in original box.

A Mercury Commander Mark III Programmable Electronic TV Game, in original box.

A boxed Binatone MK10 Colour TV Game by Magnavox, with instructions.

A 1990 Sega Master System II video game console and game pad in original box, to include several boxed games: - Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - The Ninja - Transbot - Hang On - Arcade Smash Hits - Wanted - Alex Kidd: High-Tech World - Battle Out Run - Golden Axe - Bank Panic

A boxed Sony Playstation PS1 console, with 2 game pads, leads, memory card and a quantity of games to include: - Crash Team Racing - Tekken 3 - Tomb Raider III - Tomb Raider - Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation - Pro Evolution Soccer 2 - Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4 - Tenchu 2 - Tomb Raider II - Tomb Raider Chronicles - Cool Boarders 3 - International Track and Field 2 - Colin McRae Rally

A 2000 Playstation 2 console in black, power lead and game pad (please note: in a Playstation 3 box), with a large quantity of PS2 games.

A burgundy Nintendo DS XL console in case with accessories, to include: - USB Cable - Charging plug - 3 x stylus pens - Earphones - Cleaning cloth - Game cartridges: Mystery Stories/Mario Kart/Professor Layton and the Curious Village

A 1976 Tank Battle Game by MB (unchecked for completeness)

Vintage toys including Pacman 2 LCD game and boxed Green Hornet model kit etc 

Burr wood cushion form snuff box, inset with a mother of pearl eye and carved with initial 'H' on the underside, 8cm x 4.5cm; also a further burr wood cushion form snuff box with traces of inked decoration, 8cm x 4.5cm; and a Maucheline style snuff box decorated with a print of game shooting, 7cm x 4.5cm (3)

Edwards (Bryan). The History civil and commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies. To which is added, an historical survey of the French colony in the Island of St. Domingo, abridged from the History written by Bryan Edwards Esq., London: B. Crosby, 1798, folding engraved map, some marks and light soiling to margins, contemporary calf, rubbed and somewhat scuffed, together withSmith (Adam). The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 2 volumes, 9th edition, London: A. Strahan, 1808, light soiling, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, lightly rubbed, plusLewis (W.). A Series of Progressive Lessons on the Game of Chess, 1st edition, London: James Fraser, 1831, some light marks, contemporary half calf, rubbed and somewhat scuffed, and other various antiquarian, including Charles Dickens, Domby & Son, 1st edition, 1848, Robert Bloomfield, the Farmers Boy; a rural poem, 1800 (extra-illustrated), Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, 1838, William Wilberforce, A Practical View of the prevailing religious system of professed Christians, 1797, John Reeves, History of the English Law, 5 volumes, 1814-29, etc., all volumes with bookplate of Peter M. Scott or the Bibliotheca Domestica, Colwall to front pastedown, mixed leather bindings, mainly 8voQTY: (29)

Chapbook. The Gaping, Wide-Mouthed, Waddling Frog: a new and entertaining game of questions and commands, London: Dean & Munday, circa 1822, hand-coloured frontispiece and 13 hand-coloured plates, contemporary gift inscription to frontispiece verso, lightly dust-soiled, early 20th-century brown quarter morocco gilt, original brown printed wrappers bound-in priced at one shilling, slightly faded, 12moQTY: (1)

* Compendium. Educational Game Cabinet, circa 1880s, a large boxed assortment of printed and pictorial cards and games, comprising: National Gallery, 48 cards; Counties of England, 76 cards (plus Key and Rules cards), and another set of 61 cards (plus Key card); Kings and Queens of England, 27 cards; 212 history cards; Kingdoms of Europe, 64 cards; 9 large numbered colour-lithographed cards for Zoological Loto[sic] each depicting 10 animals or birds, with accompanying Key card, and another 12 cards similar, for Picture Loto[sic] each with 15 illustrations of various objects; 8 large cards each printed with a grid for the game of Who Knows, published by J. Jaques; 12 printed Rules leaves or bifoliums (including some duplicates); a large number of printed small cards and alphabet tiles for the various games; a few counters; and a large die, plus 5 pieces from an earlier transformation game, various sizes and condition, contained in a large wooden box with 16 compartments, title in large black letters to hinged lid, scratched and marked, 44.1 x 55.8 x 9.9 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:A very large and rare games compendium, probably for school use; as we have found no other examples to compare, we can't vouch for the extent of its completeness.

* Educational Game. A boxed set of hand-made geometric shapes, circa 1830, 12 hand-made coloured cardboard solid shapes, e.g. a cube, octahedron, cylinder, prism, dodecahedron, etc., each shape with description written on one or more sides in neat manuscript in black ink, and most with finely-drawn illustrations in black ink, including landscapes and views (e.g. 'Arqua' after Samuel Prout, 'Temple of Mars Ultor Rome'), figures, animals and birds (e.g. a peacock, bee hives, a monkey), some models held together with silk thread or fine ribbon (no longer holding or missing in places), 2 pyramids incorporating cream silk with drawstring to top (the silk beginning to perish a little), each approximately 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm and smaller, plus 3 flat shapes (2 circles and a triangle), contained in a compartmentalised wooden tray with 11 sections and narrow pink ribbon handles, set into a wooden box with hinged lid with narrow pink ribbon stays (lid detached at one hinge), mounted pencil drawing inset into inside of lid depicting a lofty room with low lattice window, with various pieces of furniture, armour and arms, and a pair of large antlers on the wall, 9 x 12.5 cm, sprung metal closure stretched and detached from clasp, box dimensions 10 x 21 x 16 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:A most unusual and beautifully-made set of geometric shapes designed for the instruction of children.

Wallis (Edward, publisher). Wallis's Picturesque Round Game of the Produce and Manufactures, of the Counties of England & Wales, circa 1830,hand-coloured aquatint map, sectionalised on modern linen backing (South Wales and Cheshire sections erroneously transposed), toned and some marks, 66.5 x 49.5 cm, bound into original blind embossed navy cloth with gilt title to upper board, rubbed, together with a facsimile copy of the instructions bound in modern blind embossed navy cloth, slim 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Attractive map game, each county decorated with vignettes highlighting the various types of manufacturing and produce associated with that location. It was first published in 1826 and there were several subsequent editions. The British Library holds a copy of the 1844 edition.

* Austrian Tyrol Hunting Tarot. South Tyrol Hunting or Animal Tarot, Bozen, Austria: Karl Albrecht, circa 1870, the complete full deck of 78 stencil coloured wood-engraved cards, comprising 4 suits of 14 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-10 and 4 double-ended court cards, knave of clubs with maker's name, plus 22 trump cards, comprising 21 double-ended trumps (bearing Roman numerals I-XXI within panels), depicting mostly hunting (few animal) scenes, and Fool (Skys) card with maker's name and tax stamp, most cards toned with some (generally light) soiling, versos with trellis and stars pattern in colours, each card 110 x 58 mm, plus original paper wrapper with maker's name (closed tear to lower central area), 39 cards & wrapper corner mounted onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display boards), the remainder loosely contained in a clear plastic bag, each display board 42 x 59.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:IPCS pattern sheet 47; Kohlmann, Radau & Schlede, Bube Dame König (1982), 40. Michael Dummett (The Game of Tarot, p.466) and the IPCS note that these Tyrol tarot packs are usually found as a reduced 66 card deck (see also Mann, All Cards on the Table #223 and Blass, Talon, Sonderheft 7 "Welli & Co", pp.73-79). It is more unusual to find the complete deck of 78 cards as here, and in this particular example it is interesting to observe that the cards frequently removed from these packs (ace-3 black & 8-10 red) are noticably cleaner, having presumably been less used.

* Alphabet game. The Game of Composition, circa 1830s/40s, 23 (of 26) cards (lacking Q, X, and Z), each with decorative upper case letter ink-stamped in blue in centre, cards shaped with lower corners cut off, lightly toned and occasional faint marks, plain versos, each approximately 9 x 6 cm, housed in original cardboard slipcase pouch, shaped to mimic cards, sides with blue ink-stamped title and geometric border, one side partly hand-coloured in green and yellow, lightly toned and a little marked, ownership initials in pencil to top edge of one side, dark green silk gusset neatly hand-stitched in red thread, the green silk continuing at top edges to form a handle (creased) QTY: (1)NOTE:A curious and rare - possibly unique - game; we have been unable to trace another or anything similar.

* American Playing Cards. The Great Southwest Souvenir Playing Cards, Kansas City, Missouri: Fred Harvey, 1910, 54 colour-printed cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with pips 1-10 and 3 court cards, all with oval photographs of native American Indians, buildings, and views, indices to opposing corners, plus map card and joker (latter with small finger crease), illustration of mounted Indians on versos, rounded corners, gilt edges, 88 x 63 mm, contained in original turquoise cloth box, outer sleeve gilt lettered on one side (rubbed) and with mounted playing card on the other, somewhat soiled and worn, remains of tax stamp (for 1919), together with:New York City and Hudson River Souvenir Playing Cards, New York and San Francisco: Edward H. Mitchell, 1901, 54 colour-printed cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with pip cards 1-10 and 3 court cards, all with oval scenic view, plus map card and joker, versos with full-length image of Father Knickerbocker in tricorn hat, rounded corners, gilt edges (rubbed), a few corners creased, king of spades with 6 mm closed tear in lower edge, 88 x 62 mm, contained in original cardboard box, outer sleeve gilt lettered on one side and with mounted playing card on the other (rubbed and with one side missing), plus 7 other US playing card items, comprising: The Stage, 1903, lacking joker, box broken with loss; Souvenir of Boston, 1900, box with some loss; California Souvenir, 1900, without box; Southern Pacific Lines, 1945, with booklet and box; Lyndy, the New Flying Game, 1927, with rules, box marked and worn; Poker Patience travelling folding set in slipcase with 1 deck Little Duke No. 24 cards and rule booklet (covers edge-frayed and detached); and 2 further packs of Little Duke cards, each boxed, housed together in cloth box lettered 'Patience' in gilt to hinged lidQTY: (9)NOTE:Hochman, The Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards, S27 & S38.

* Architectural game. Casse Tête d'Architecture, Par Demandes et Résponses, Paris: Mds. de Nouveautés, circa 1820, 25 hand-coloured engraved pictorial alphabet cards (without 'W' as issued), each with a letter top left, adjacent to a number of small pictures and symbols, above an illustration of a building with caption, each with light blue border, occasional light foxing and 1 or 2 small marks, plain versos, 10.5 x 6.9 cm, together with blue-bordered printed 'Explication' card (juvenile ink and pencil trials on verso), 8 x 7.1 cm, housed in original paper-covered cardboard box, hand-coloured engraving mounted on hinged lid with title and imprint, box dust-soiled and with parts of gilt beaded border missing QTY: (1)NOTE:A rare early rebus game on the theme of architecture, complete and in very good condition; we have been unable to find another set sold at auction. The letter 'W' is not represented as it was not added to the French alphabet until slightly later in the 19th century.

* Australian Playing Cards. Kangaroo Playing Cards, circa 1900, standard deck of 53 cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with pip cards 1-10 and 3 double-ended court cards, plus a joker, generally toned and creased, backs with blue volute pattern, rounded corners, 88 x 65 mm, contained in heavily worn original cardboard box, together with:Tasmanian Souvenir Playing Cards, Launceston, Tasmania: W.R. Ralph & Sons, circa 1920, 54 pictorial cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with a scenic view, plus Tasmanian Devil joker and blank card, armorial backs, rounded corners, gilt edges, 88 x 57 mm, box broken with loss, plus 6 other Australian decks, comprising: Comic Families, 1940, boxed but without rules; Old Witch Fortune Telling Cards, 1950, boxed with instruction cards; Picturesque Australia Souvenir Playing Cards, circa 1920, card 54 printed with the legend 'this card does not belong to the pack', boxed; Souvenir Playing Cards, 56 Australian Views, 1950s, koala backs, boxed; Pickering's Political Pack, 1976, with cartoon illustrations satirising the sacking of the Prime Minister Gough Whitlam by the Governor General Sir John Kerr, boxed; Full Hand Playing Cards, circa 1918, ace of spades with emu and kangaroo on wrong sides of armorial, box rubbed and a little worn, and a further 15 decks of Australian playing cards, most Aborigine interest, and including a boxed deck of Corner, a stockbroking card gameQTY: (23)NOTE:An interesting collection of Australian playing card decks, most of them extremely hard to find.

* Bézique. The Royal Game of Bézique, London: C. Goodall & Son, 1863, a pair of standard decks, each with 32 cards, comprising 4 suits of 8, each with 'Elf' ace, pip cards 7-10, and 3 double-ended court cards, one deck with purple-patterned blue backs, the other with puce-patterned pink backs, 92 x 64 mm, with 2 leather score-cards, one red and the other green, contained in original morocco-grain green cloth box, gilt lettered lid (splitting slightly at hinge) with publisher's printed label inside, together with 5 other Bézique sets, all with original score cards and boxes, including a late 19th century set by James English in a red morocco box, plus a Bridge set, 1935, with Art Deco backs, complete with satin-covered rule book, pencils, and score pads, and housed in original green leather box, and 6 pocket rule booklets, for Whist (2 published by De La Rue, 1883 and 1898, 1 published by Goodall, 1902), Bézique (De La Rue, 1905), Cribbage (Goodall, covers detached), and Selected Patience Games (De La Rue & Goodall) QTY: (13)NOTE:The first item is an early Bézique set in very good condition, with attractive backs, and featuring the first of Goodall's 'Elf' aces; the erect feather ace was only used from 1863 to 1865 and is thought to appear in honour of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII, who married Alexandra of Denmark on 10th March 1863.

* De La Rue (Thomas & Co.). Complete set of 12 Pictorial Card Games, 1890-1914, 12 complete decks of colour-lithographed playing cards, comprising: Alice in Wonderland (48 cards); Animal Grab (52); Cheery Families (52); The Gipsy Fortune Telling Cards (33, including blank); Golliwogg - A Round Game (48); "Noah's Ark" Card Game (52); Snap (52); Spin & Old Maid (49); Bread and Honey (53); The Cavalry Game (41); Jungle Jinks (48); and Peter Pan (52), Alice with a few minor creases, Cheery Families lightly dust-soiled and with a few creases, Snap with some faint creases, Spin & Old Maid a little edge-rubbed, Bread and Honey with some creasing and edge-rubbing, Captain Hook card in Peter Pan with 25 mm closed tear in top edge, each approximately 90 x 60 mm, all with original printed rules except Cheery Families and Snap, some with advertisement slips, each housed in original box (with varying degrees of wear), together with a contemporary large bifolium advertisement, printed in black on orange paper, the final page advertising De La Rue's Pictorial Card Games '"The card games that never grow old"', creased and edge-frayed, leaf size 29.5 x 22.5 cm, housed together in a perspex-faced black metal display unit, designed to be wall-mounted or free-standing (57 x 33.5 cm) QTY: (12)NOTE:Rare complete set of the 12 Pictorial Card Games produced by Thomas De La Rue at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. Beautifully illustrated by some of the most talented artists of the day these decks were a huge success.