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A Lladro porcelain model of a a child like clown with a curly wig, bowler hat and playing a concertina on a polished wood plinth (No.5585 approx 18cms high)

A carved ivory whistle of Pan playing his pipes, the mouthpiece carved with a grotesque bearded mask, 9cm high; and a pair of ivory figures of a peasant couple, probably Dieppe, 10.5cm and 11.5cm high, each late 19th-early 20th century Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

A late 18c. historical silk and woolwork embroidery in colours showing a seated king aside female figure, a further figure playing harp before pagoda and trees, in a gilt frame, 53.5cms. by 47cms.

Twelve early 20thC lead soldiers, ten playing in a brass band, approx 5cm

Playing cards including Happy Families by Spears, c.1900, two packs advertising Dewers Whiskey, Bobs yr uncle and three more packs (7)

WILSON H.G. CRUTTWELL "A Victorian lady playing a guitar", miniature oil on ivory, initialled "WHGC" and dated 1912, also inscribed "After Emily Scott 1851", mounted in a gilt brass frame with ribbon surmount, 12 cm x 9.5 cm

THREE COLOURED PRE RAPHAELITE STYLE MINTON TILES of children playing in a forest, 6" x 8", one badly cracked and restored

FIVE MINTON TILES, fit together horizontally to make a classical image of a child playing a flute, 6" x 6" (cracked and repaired)

AN ART NOUVEAU COPPER TWO PART BUCKLE, depicting busts of ladies, one playing a harp, forged from the copper of Nelson`s flag ship, HMS Foudroyant

Games. Pip-Pip. Motor Car Game for 2 to 6 Persons, pub. C.W. Faulkner & Co, c.1906, including twenty chromo cards (to form the track course), six chromo motor car playing pieces and two dice, rule cards present, contained together in orig. chromo printed box, box worn and lacking one side, box approx. 125 x 95 x 35mm, together with The New Icosian Game Invented by Sir William R. Hamilton, Andrews” Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin, and Royal Astronomer of Ireland, c.1860s, twenty ceramic counters, contained in orig. mahogany box with printed paper label to lid, box approx. 75 x 125 x 30mm, plus other misc. games (a carton)

* Praxinoscope Theatre. A praxinoscope-theatre, by E. R. [Raynaud], Paris, c. 1880, a 22cm-diameter black painted drum with 12-section mirror centre, on turned support with candle-lit prop and paper shade in orig. gilt-titled cloth case with “theatre” curtain board viewing window, pasted instructions, six loose backdrop cards, two advertising cards and list of motion strips, together with one original set of ten motion strips showing children playing and other amusements against a black background, a second set of ten black and white strips of galloping horses, running dog, goat, etc., overall 26 x 25 x 13 cm (1)

* Wallis (John, publisher). The Geography of England and Wales, Accurately Delineated... , Including the Boundaries, Extent, Products, Manufactures &c. of each County with Directions for Playing an Entertaining Game, 1799, forty-nine (of 52) letterpress printed playing cards, folding explaination leaf present, contained in orig. box, printed paper label to one side, box torn & worn (with loss of some text to title label), cards approx. 120 x 80mm (1)

* American playing cards. A deck of playing cards, Philadelphia and New York, Samuel Hart & Co., c.1850, fifty-two colour-printed cards, queen of diamonds supplied in facsimile, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pips 1-10 (ace of spades with imprint), and three full-length court cards, patterned versos, rounded corners, generally dust-soiled and some staining, 88 x 63 mm (3.5. x 2.5 ins), together with two other US decks, both by A. Dougherty, one lacking the 2 of clubs, the other with ace of spades supplied in facsimile. See Hargrave p.335 for first item. (3)

* Bancks Brothers. A standard English deck of playing cards, Bancks Brothers, Successors to Hunt & Sons, c.1840, fifty-two wood eng. cards with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, “one shilling” on duty ace (browned), plain versos, 88 x 59 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), together with another deck similar, Bancks Brothers late Hunt, incomplete, with a number of cards cut down (2)

* Continental playing cards. A complete deck of playing cards, n.p., late 18th/early 19th c., fifty-two wood eng. cards with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three wide-margined full-length court cards, ace of spades within floral and foliate wreath tied with a blue bow, occn. light spotting, plain versos, 92 x 63 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins) (1)

* Costume playing cards. Cartes Parisiennes, Paris, O. Gibert, [1850], fifty-two cards (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen (national suits), each with ten pip cards in gilt, and three hand-col. court cards featuring French historical nobility, versos pink, 85 x 57 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), contained in orig. cardboard slipcase box, with pink printed labels, a little rubbed. Tilley, p.161. A finely drawn and exquisitely coloured deck in bright, clean condition. (1)

* Costume playing cards. Cartes Parisiennes, Paris, O. Gibert, c.1850, fifty-two cards (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen (national suits), each with ten pip cards in gilt, and three hand-col. court cards featuring British historical nobility, versos pink, 85 x 57 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), contained in orig. cardboard slipcase box, with pink printed labels, one hinge broken, and lacking bottom. Hoffmann, p.35 [illust. 52(b)]; Tilley, p.161. (1)

* Costume playing cards. A deck of playing cards of the four empires, Paris, B.P. Grimaud et Cie, c.1855, fifty-two cards (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen (national suits), each with hand-col. armorial ace (France, Russie, Angleterre, Autriche), pip cards 2-10, and three hand-col. court cards featuring full-length ports. of sovereigns, versos pale yellow, 85 x 55 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins) See illustration in Roger Tilley, A History of Playing Cards, 1973, p.154. (1)

* Costume playing cards. A pack of playing cards, c.1850, fifty-two colour litho. playing cards (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with scenic aces (Rigi-Staffel/Neuchatel; Lausanne/Interlaken; Berne/Chapelle de Guillaume Tell; Thoune/Vevey), pip cards 2-10, and three double-faced court cards showing regional costumes, red patterned versos, 92 x 61 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins) (1)

* Danish playing cards. A deck of playing cards, Copenhagen, Holmblad, c.1885, fifty-two col. litho. cards, comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, a.e.g., blue dot-pattern on versos, rounded corners, 93 x 58 mm (3.75 x 2.25 ins) Mann, All Cards on the Table, p.157 (no.199). (1)

* De La Rue (Thomas, and Co., pub.). 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 fac-simile, and elaborately rendered in Colours from Florence K. Upton’s Original Designs, c.1910, forty-eight colour-printed pictorial cards in sixteen sets of three (complete), first leaf (of two) of rules, 90 x 63 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), contained in orig. slipcase box (rubbed), inner slipcase with early ms. notes on one side, outer slipcase lacking sides, pictorial label on upper cover, together with Mickey Mouse Playing Cards, c.1930s, standard English pack, complete, incl. Joker and Scoring card, contained in orig. cardboard box, some minor wear to extrems., and small label on one side, 90 x 58 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), plus another De La Rue pack (for the French market), non-standard, with Shakespearean double-ended courts, lacking the five and the queen of diamonds and the queen of clubs (3)

* De La Rue (Thomas & Co.). A standard English deck of playing cards, c.1860, fifty-two colour-printed cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, “one shilling” on duty ace, violets on blue versos, 94 x 64 mm (3.75 x 2.5 ins), together with two other De La Rue decks similar, both dusty and incomplete, plus seven later De La Rue decks, c.1900, all with “three pence” on duty ace, incl. a Bezique set, with ace of spades missing from one deck, housed in orig. morocco case, and one other incomplete deck (10)

* Domino playing cards. A pack of domino playing cards, French, early 19th c., thirty hand-col. eng. cards (complete), comprising twenty-six pictorial cards, each with domino symbol in the centre, and two continuous strip images (top and bottom, facing each other), that conjoin when dominoes matched to form a domestic panorama, plus four additional cards, each with caricature face in centre, and with slotted corners, generally dust-soiled, 96 x 63 mm (3.75 x 2.5 ins), contained in later cardboard box. Rare. Including images of a magician, stilt walkers, soldiers, street sellers, a pickpocket, a corpse hanging from a gibbet, a duel, children’s games, musicians, puppeteers, etc. (1) Amendment: There are 31 hand-col eng. cards (rather than 30 as described) and so there is one card missing (the double nought).

* Fashion playing cards. A deck of playing cards, Paris, O. Gibert, c.1850, fifty-two cards (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen (national suits), each with ten pip cards, and three hand-col. eng. court cards featuring full-length ports., versos pink, a.e.g., 81 x 55 mm (3.25 x 2.25 ins) See Hoffmann, p.35, and Tilley, p.161. (1)

* French playing cards. Languedoc, c.1780, thirty-two wood eng. cards (complete), comprising four suits of eight (national suits), each with ace, pip cards 7-10, and three court cards with stencilled colours, courts conforming to Languedoc pattern, fragments of contemp. calligraphy on versos, occn. minor damp-soiling, king of hearts with two small wormholes, ace of diamonds with one small wormhole, 76 x 51 mm (3 x 2 ins) Mann, pp.71 and 74; Wowk pp.80-81. Similar to the cards made in Guyenne, but smaller in size. The main difference between the two patterns is that the Languedoc king of diamonds holds a money bag in his right hand and his sceptre is surmounted by a crescent, and the king of clubs holds a shield in his right hand. (1)

* French playing cards. A twin set of playing cards, Paris, B.P. Grimaud, late 19th/early 20th c. respectively, two similar decks, each with fifty-two colour-litho. cards (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with pip cards 1-10, and double-faced court cards showing king, queen, and jack, rounded corners, earlier deck dust-soiled, 87 x 56 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), contained together in contemp. double-compartment cardboard slipcase box, with eng. label of G. Erremus & Fils on underside. Later deck illustrated in Roger Tilley, A History of Playing Cards, 1973, p.97. (2)

* French playing cards. Three matching decks of playing cards, Paris, B.P. Grimaud et Cie, [1890], one deck with four suits of thirteen (pip cards 1-10, three courts), the other two with four suits of eight (pip cards 1, 7-10, three courts), national suits, all three decks colour-printed, with matching pip cards and named double-faced court cards (spades - David, Pallas, Hogier; hearts - Charles, Judith, Lahire; clubs - Alexandre, Argine, Lancelot; diamonds - Cesar, Rachel, Hector), plain versos, rounded corners gilt, 83 x 54 mm (3.25 x 2.25 ins), contained in orig. mahogany box with three compartments and sliding lid, 67 x 96 x 70 mm (2.75 x 3.75 x 2.75 ins) See illustration in Roger Tilley, A History of Playing Cards, 1973, p.96. (3)

* German playing cards. A set of playing cards, Fabricirt ben Joh. Math. Sedelmair in Augsburg, c.1770s, thirty-six copper eng. playing cards with stencilled colours (complete), comprising four suits of nine (national suits), each with deuce, king, over-knave, under-knave, and pips 6-10, the sixes and sevens bearing maps of Eastern Europe, the court cards representing Africa, Germany, Russia, Turkey, the deuce cards showing a young bacchus sitting on a barrel, a boar, a soldier with a sword, and a figure with a medallion containing the imprint, pip cards with vigns., patterned versos, 97 x 58 mm (3.75 x 2.25 ins), contained in later cardboard box. Rare. An old catalogue slip loosely inserted has a manuscript note: “Bt at Sotherans, London. c.1936”. (1)

* German playing cards. A twin set of playing cards, [Darmstatt, Germany, Frommann & B?nte], c.1890, two identical decks, each with fifty-two eng. cards with stencilled colours (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with scenic aces, pip cards 2-10, and double-faced court cards showing king, queen, and jack in medieval attire, plain pink versos, a.e.g., 82 x 56 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), contained together in contemp. double-compartment cardboard slipcase box, covered in adhesive tape. Similar to a deck illustrated in Roger Tilley, A History of Playing Cards, 1973, p.63. (1)

* German playing cards. A deck of playing cards, north-west German pattern, c.1870, fifty-two eng. cards with stencilled colours (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with scenic aces, pip cards 2-10, and double-faced court cards showing king, queen, and jack, blue patterned versos, cards bowed, 88 x 59 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins) Illustrated in Roger Tilley, A History of Playing Cards, 1973, p.63. (1)

* German playing cards. A deck of playing cards, Spielkarten, Stralsund, c.1880, fifty-two eng. cards with stencilled colours (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with pip cards 1-10, and double-faced court cards showing king, queen, and jack, blue patterned versos, some light finger-soiling and edge-staining, 92 x 58 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins) (1)

* Goodall (Charles). A deck of playing cards, c.1837, fifty-two wood eng. cards, with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of thirteen (standard English pattern), each with pip cards 1-10 and three full-length court cards, “one shilling” on duty ace, cerise versos, with “V R” and the Queen’s arms in gilt (probably produced to commemorate Queen Victoria’s coronation), 92 x 64 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with a Goodall & Son Ltd. deck of cards, c.1901, complete, with English monarchs on court cards, and versos with portrait of Queen Victoria with the dates of her reign, and a De La Rue deck commemorating Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, complete, contained in remains of orig. box (3)

* Goodall and Son. A standard English deck of playing cards, c.1880, fifty-two colour-printed cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, one or two cards dust-soiled, pink patterned versos, 92 x 65 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with two other Goodall and Son decks similar, and two later Goodall decks, all complete (5)

* Goodall and Son. A standard English deck of playing cards, c.1870, fifty-two colour-printed cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, a few cards dust-soiled, pink floral-patterned versos, 92 x 65 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with three other Goodall decks similar, one with birds in nest on verso, one with butterfly on verso, and the other with geometrical patterned verso (with queen of spades supplied in facsimile), plus a Goodall Bezique set of two decks of 32 cards, contained in orig. wooden box, and two further Goodall decks with historic courts, and birds on verso, both complete (8)

* Great Exhibition. A complete pack of playing cards commemorating the Great Exhibition, 1851, fifty-two colour-printed playing cards (complete), national suits, lightly dust-soiled, blue versos with gilt illust. of the Crystal Palace, sl. bowed, 95 x 64 mm (3.75 x 2.5 ins) contained in orig. slip-off cardboard box, one side a little broken inside, covered with tartan paper, sl. rubbed, one side with faint ms. note and later small label. No duty ace. A pencil note loosely inserted attributes the pack to Whittacker. (1)

* Hall and Son. A deck of playing cards, late 18th c., thirty-one (of 32) wood eng. cards (lacking the ace of clubs), with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of eight (standard English pattern), each with ace, pip cards 7-10 and three full-length court cards, ‘sixpence” and G. III Rex.” on duty ace, occn. light spotting, plain versos, 86 x 57 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins) Similar to No. 185 in Mann, All Cards on the Table, and those pictured on p.115, Tilley. (1)

* Handmade playing cards, Richards, 1864, an incomplete deck of forty-four (of 52) hand-drawn and coloured playing cards, standard English (after Bancks” pattern), comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three full-length court cards, lacking: 3, 4, and 5 of diamonds; 7 and 10 of clubs; and 2, queen, and king of hearts, ace of spades with pen and ink crest and “Richards 1864” lettered below, plain versos, dusty, mounted on card with pale green versos, 94 x 64 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins) (1)

* Hunt (& Sons). A standard English deck of playing cards, c.1810, fifty-two wood eng. cards with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three full-length court cards, “duty one shilling” on ace of spades, ‘superfine” ink stamp on ace of clubs, blue-patterned versos, 93 x 64 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with another complete deck almost identical, but with plain versos, most cards with single worm hole in one corner, the two decks contained in a modern wooden box with lid, plus an incomplete set identical (but with pink versos), consisting of the duty ace and the twelve court cards only (with jack of hearts supplied in facsimile) (2)

* Hunt (& Sons). A standard English deck of playing cards, c.1800, fifty-two wood eng. cards with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three full-length court cards, ‘sixpence addl. duty”, “G.III Rex.” and “No. 107” on ace of spades, ‘superfine” ink stamp on ace of clubs, plain versos, 93 x 64 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with another deck similar by Hunt (duty one shilling and sixpence”, “G.III Rex”, No. 64), fifty of fifty-two cards, lacking jack of diamonds and four of spades, plain versos (2)

* Indian playing cards. A set of Ganjifa circular playing cards, 19th c., ninety-six cards (complete), comprising eight suits of twelve cards each, hand-painted and varnished on stiffened paper, each featuring detailed images of people and animals, incl. enthroned figures, tigers, servants, people riding camels, elephants, and horses, and a bullock pulling a chariot, patterned on versos, diameter 49 mm (2 ins), contained in orig. wooden box with sliding lid, rubbed, hand-painted with servants, figures on horseback and camels, elephants and tigers, 80 x 161 x 79 mm (3 x 6.5 x 3 ins) Ganjifa is the best known Indian card game, and is characterised by secular illustrations; the eight sets were intended to symbolize the eight administrative units at the imperial court of the Moslem moguls. (1)

* Indian playing cards. A set of Hindoo circular playing cards, early 20th c., 120 cards (complete), hand-painted and varnished on paper, comprising ten suits, each containing ten pip cards and two court cards, one scored with sl. loss to colour, diameter 77 mm (3 ins), contained in orig. wooden box with sliding lid (lid loose in rebate), hand-painted with a figure on each side, 97 x 97 x 97 mm (3.75 x 3.75 x 3.75 ins) See Hargrave, A History of Playing Cards, pp.24-27. The ten suits picture emblems of the ten avatars of Vishnu: fish, tortoise, boar, lion, water jar, axe, bow and arrow, thunderbolt, shell and sword. The chief court card of each suit shows some incident connected with that particular incarnation. (1)

* Isle of Man. A deck of playing cards, [Goodall], c.1880, fifty-two colour-printed cards comprising four suits of thirteen, each with Isle of Man scenic aces, pip cards 2-10 and three double-ended court cards, dusty, gilt patterned pale pink versos, rounded corners, 93 x 65 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with A deck of playing cards, Austria, [Modiano?], c.1910, fifty-two colour-printed cards comprising four suits of thirteen, each with Isle of Man scenic aces, pip cards 2-10 and three double-ended court cards, armorial versos, rounded corners, contained in orig. cardboard box, broken with sl. loss, 85 x 62 mm (3.25 x 2.5 ins), plus A deck of playing cards, Douglas, Webbs ‘The Lounge’ Fancy Goods Emporium, c.1920s, fifty-two colour-printed cards comprising four suits of thirteen, each with Isle of Man scenic aces, pip cards 2-10 and three double-ended court cards, some light edge-staining, patterned versos, rounded corners, contained in orig. cardboard box, broken with sl. loss, 94 x 66 mm (3.75 x 2.5 ins), plus a modern boxed Isle of Man souvenir pack (4)

* Kimberley (W.). A deck of playing cards, Birmingham, c.1900, fifty-two chromo. cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with flag aces, pip cards 2-10 and three double-ended court cards, blue patterned gilt versos, rounded corners, 91 x 62 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with two other decks by Kimberley, sl. later, both complete (3)

* Ludlow & Co. (publisher). Patent Knight’s Cards, 1800, a complete set of fifty-two playing cards, the four ace cards copper engraved, each with coat of arms representing the four Orders of Chivalry (spades the Order of the Garter 1344; diamonds the Order of the Bath 1499; clubs the Order of the Thistle 1703; hearts the Order of St. Patrick 1783), ace of clubs with publisher’s name and date, ace of spades with sixpence duty, remainder woodcuts, the court cards with stencilled colours, some light dust-soiling, a.e.g., 89 x 60 mm (3.5 x 6 ins), contained in contemp. pull-off cardboard box (small adhesive tape repair inside), covered with gilt-patterned pink paper, rubbed, ms. note in ink on one side, and a couple of later small labels. For illustration see Tilley, A History of Playing Cards, 1973, p.118. (1)

* Miniature playing cards. A deck of playing cards, Frankfurt, B. Dondorf, c.1900, fifty-two col. printed cards, comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, blue patterned versos, 34 x 23 mm (1.25 x 1 ins), contained in orig. leather wallet, with popper fastening, together with approx. fifty other miniature and small packs of playing cards, incl. Grimaud, Piatnik, Goodall’s ‘Tom Thumb’ Toy Playing Cards, De La Rue Pigmy Playing Cards, Goodall’s ‘Elfin’ Playing Cards, Little-Duke, Goodall’s ‘Dwarf’ Playing Cards, Grandmother Stover’s Doll House Miniatures, etc., a number in orig. boxes, some incomplete (a small carton)

* Miscellanea. A rare early 19th c.(?) small enamel dish, quaterfoil shape, hand-painted with three playing cards: the queen of spades, the two of diamonds, and the four of hearts, with floral sprays, badly damaged and repaired, 70 x 82 mm (2.75 x 3.25 ins), together with ten other items of china with playing card designs, all 20th c., incl. mugs, ash trays, dishes, etc., plus a small quantity of related items, e.g. Bezique markers, score cards, dice, counters, etc. (a carton)

* Persian playing cards. A collection of Persian playing cards for the game of As Nas, 19th c., together twenty cards, hand-painted and lacquered on stiffened paper, incl. three identical pairs, and a set of four identical, plus others similar, each featuring a full-length figure or animals, incl. two lions with the rising sun, the enthroned Shah, the enthroned wife of the Shah, the dancing harem girl, and the figure of a man (possibly a soldier), approx. 60 x 40 mm (2.5 x 1.5 ins), contained in a contemp. Persian papier m?che box, with domed lid, hand-painted and lacquered, with scenes of figures hunting on horseback and cooking, red base with gilt floral and foliate pattern, some minor surface cracking and flaking, 50 x 95 x 70 mm (2 x 3.75 x 3 ins) As Nas cards first appeared around 1700, i.e. in the Safawiden Dynasty. The game of As Nas is made up of five suits, each containing any number of cards divisible by five. Each suit repeats the same design on each card: Padishah - the Shah on a green background; Bibi - the favourite wife of the Shah on a throne against a red background; Lakkat - a dancing harem girl on a yellow background; Sarbaz - the archer, later the soldier, on a golden background; As - the lion from the Persian coat of arms and the rising sun on a black background. The game is thought to have been the ancester of poker as it is played in a similar fashion. (1)

* A standard English deck of playing cards, c.1845, fifty-two wood eng. cards with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three full-length court cards, “one shilling” on duty ace, blue patterned versos, 93 x 65 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with another deck by Reynolds & Sons similar, dusty, with gilt patterned cream versos, plus two later packs by Reynolds, both incomplete, and a few cards from a further Reynolds deck (4)

Singer (Samuel Weller). Researches into the History of Playing Cards; with Illustrations of the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood, 1st ed., 1816, half-title, eng. frontis. on india paper, eighteen eng. plts., incl. eight hand-col., correct as list, title-page printed in red and black (with frontis. offset), letterpress engs., incl. head-pieces, tail-pieces, and initial letters, some finger-soiling and occn. spotting, 2P1-2P4 and three plts. with small worm track in blank fore-margin, hinges split, red edges, near contemp. half calf, rubbed and scuffed, sl. loss at head of spine, lower joint split and rear cover just holding on the cords, 4to. One of 250 copies, for subscribers only. (1)

* Spanish playing cards. A pack of playing cards, c.1810, forty hand-col. eng. playing cards, comprising twelve full-length court cards (one supplied in facsimile), and twenty-eight pip cards (complete), dusty, some rubbing, foliate pattern on verso, 86 x 55 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), together with An incomplete pack of playing cards, Madrid, Jose Martinez de Castro, 1810, hand-col. eng. imprint card, plus thirty-one (of 48) hand-col. eng. cards, comprising nine (of 12) full-length court cards and twenty-two (of 36) pip cards, patterned on verso, 86 x 55 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), plus A pack of playing cards, mid-19th c., forty-eight hand-col. eng. cards, comprising twelve full-length court cards and thirty-six pip cards (complete), all with two indices, patterned versos, 86 x 56 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins) All three sets with the national suits (swords, clubs, cups and coins). Although the full Spanish pack comprises forty-eight cards, most have forty cards, the number which is required by the national game of hombre. “The Spanish cards made around 1800 are of a particularly high artistic quality” (Hoffmann, The Playing Card, 1973, p.15). (3)

* Spanish playing cards. A deck of playing cards, Barcelona, Torras Yca Densanmarti, 1821, forty-eight wood eng. cards with stencilled colouring (complete), comprising four suits of twelve (national suits), each with ace, pip cards 2-9, and three full-length court cards (king, knight, jack), all with indices, blue patterned versos, 88 x 54 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), together with A deck of playing cards, Royal Factory of Madrid, 1801, forty-eight wood eng. cards with stencilled colouring (complete), comprising four suits of twelve (national suits), each with ace, pip cards 2-9, and three full-length court cards (king, knight, jack), all with indices, blue patterned versos, some soiling and rubbing, nine of clubs with one corner torn away, 86 x 56 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), plus A deck of playing cards, Cadiz, Bermejo, 1870, forty-eight wood eng. cards with stencilled colouring (complete), comprising four suits of twelve (national suits), each with ace, pip cards 2-9, and three full-length court cards (king, knight, jack), all with indices, blue patterned versos, 91 x 61 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), plus two other decks of Spanish playing cards, late 19th c., both complete (5)

* Spanish playing cards. A deck of playing cards, Barcelona, Hijo de Torras y Lleo, late 19th c., forty-eight wood engraved cards with stencilled colouring (complete), comprising four suits of twelve (national suits), each with ace, pip cards 2-9, and three full-length court cards, all with indices, pink patterned versos, 96 x 60 mm (3.75 x 2.25 ins), together with A deck of playing cards, Jaime Garcia Fossas, Igualada, c.1900, forty-eight colour-printed cards (complete), comprising four suits of twelve (national suits), each with ace, pip cards 2-9, and three full-length court cards, all with indices, five of swords with circular ink export stamp, black patterned versos, 94 x 57 mm (3.75 x 2.25 ins), plus three other Spanish decks similar, all complete. Many cards were made in Spain for export to Spanish-speaking countries such as Mexico and the Philippines. (5)

* Spanish playing cards. A deck of playing cards, Madrid, 1906, forty-eight wood engraved cards with stencilled colouring (complete), comprising four suits of twelve (national suits), each with ace, pip cards 2-9, and three full-length court cards, all with indices, somewhat toned, patterned versos, 89 x 56 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), together with seventeen other Spanish, French, and Belgian decks similar, some incomplete (18)

* Swiss playing cards. A deck of playing cards, Dauphine pattern, Geneva, Gassmann, c.1860, fifty-two wood eng. cards, with stencilled colouring, comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with pip cards 1-10 (six of clubs soiled) and three full-length court cards (jack of spades with imprint), grey versos, 85 x 55 mm (3.25 x 2.25 ins) A Swiss copy of the Dauphine pattern described by Sylvia Mann, Collecting Playing Cards, 1966, p.72. Conforms in all details described by Mann (jack of hearts dressed as a Roman soldier with a drawn sword in right hand and left forefinger pointing up to heaven, etc.) except that the jack of diamonds does not have human faces on his shins (despite conforming in all other respects, i.e. he strides forward, bareheaded and wrapped in a cloak). (1)

* Swiss playing cards. A deck of playing cards, pub. M?ller, Schaffhausen, c.1870s, fifty-two litho. cards (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with scenic aces (B?le/Berne, St. Gall/Coire, Gen?ve/Neuch?tel, Lucerne/Lausanne), pip cards 2-10 and three double-faced court cards with stencilled colouring, blue patterned versos, 89 x 59 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), plus another complete deck similar, with German scenic aces (Schiller’s Denkmal/Marbach; Weinsberg/Heilbronn; Cursaal in Canstadt/Wildbad; Friedrichshafen/Lichtenstein), and double-faced courts with stencilled colour, plus an incomplete set (44 of 52) with similar double-faced courts but plain aces (2)

* Transformation cards. A deck of transformation playing cards, T?bingen, Germany, J.C. Cotta, 1809, fifty-two litho. cards (complete), French suited, hand-col. court cards depicting Arabian costumes captioned in French, 96 x 68 mm (3.75 x 2.75 ins), contained in near contemp. pull-off cardboard box (lacking the pull-off lid) Field, pp.31, 34-35, 39. Transformation decks have the pip cards changed (transformed) by the addition of drawings that include each of the pips as part of the picture. In some cases the court cards are modified, but often, as here, they are left unchanged. Whilst the lower value pip cards offer a vast scope for transforming, the sevens, eights, nines, and tens require much ingenuity on the part of the artist. This deck contains some clever and interesting attempts at transformation. (1)

* Woolley & Company. A deck of playing cards, mid 19th c., fifty-two wood eng. cards, with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of thirteen (standard English pattern), each with pip cards 1-10 and three full-length court cards, black-patterned blue versos, soiled, 91 x 63 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with Eureka Playing Cards, late 19th c., fifty-two colour-printed cards, standard English pattern, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 with two indices, and three double-ended court cards, red-patterned pink versos, rounded corners, 88 x 62 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), contained in orig. cardboard slipcase box, with printed labels, sl. rubbed and soiled, plus another two other decks by Woolley similar, with double-ended courts and rounded corners (one dusty) Darling took over the firm of Woolley on the 1890s. (4)

* Playing cards. A collection of playing cards relating to transport, 20th c., incl. shipping, railway, motoring airlines, e.g. Bean Pleasure Cars and Commercial Vehicles; Pratt’s Perfection Spirit; Dagenham Motors Ltd.; Orient Line to Australia; Yeoward Line Liverpool to Lisbon, Madeira & Canary Islands, Pleasure Cruises; The all new Ford Anglia; Railway Centenary 1825-1925; Blue Anchor Line, Royal Jordanian Airline, etc., some in boxes or wallets, some incomplete, approx. 200+ (a carton)

* Playing cards. A collection of Souvenir playing cards, 20th c., from Britain, Turkey, New Zealand, Gran Canaria, Channel Islands, Spain, Hong Kong, Cyprus, Brussels, China, etc., e.g. Taj Mahal Palace Hotel; Churche’s Mansion, Nantwich, Spanish bullfighting cards; Morit Orgueil Castle, Jersey; The Norfolk Broads; Oxford and Cambridge University, together with two decks of Film Star Playing Cards, plus royalty playing cards (1977 Queen’s Silver Jubilee, and Wedding of Charles and Diana, multiple copies), plus a collection of playing cards produced in and relating to America, e.g. Concave Sides, 1929; New York Consolidated Card Company; Congress Playing Cards; Crooked Deck Playing Cards; Steamboat Playing Cards, some in boxes, tins, wallets, etc., some incomplete, approx. 200+ (2 cartons)

* Playing cards. A collection of mainly foreign playing cards, mostly 20th c., incl. Chinese, Austrian, Spanish, French, Japanese, Swiss, Belgium, Polish, Greek, Australian, German, Italian, etc., some boxed, some incomplete, approx. 200+ (2 cartons)