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A late Victorian kitten brooch, the realistically formed kitten is pave-set with rose-cut diamonds and playing with a pearl, set in silver and gold. 2cm high.

Italian School 20th century, couple playing cards, oil on canvas, gilt frame

A Gothic Revival cupboard, the doors painted to the interior with angels playing musical instruments, within a relief fleur de lis ground

A stone figure of a putto playing a lute, sitting on a sphere

A large collection of Sylvac Dogs including Pug, Pekinese No. 3165, Dog with pipe in mouth, Dog playing with yellow ball, wall Dogs heads, etc (two boxes - 53 pieces)

HANNAH CLARKE PRESTON MACGOUN RSW (SCOTTISH 1867 - 1913),CHILDREN PLAYING IN AN ORCHARDoil on canvas, signed71cm x 84cmFramedLabel verso: Doig, Wilson & Wheatley, Fine Art Dealers & Print Sellers, 90 George Street, EdinburghProvenance: Acquired by the vendor at Bonhams (Edinburgh) 13th April 2006, lot 39 for £3000 (hammer).

* FRED ROE (FREDERICK RUSHING ROE) (BRITISH 1864 - 1947),YOUNG GIRLS IN A FIELD and A BOY AND A GIRL PLAYING WITH A MODEL BOAT (A PAIR)watercolour on paper, the former monogrammed lower rightEach 22.5cm x 17cmEach mounted, framed and under glassLabel verso: Aitken and Dott, Edinburgh

Weill & Harburg, a fine 19th century Swiss Music Box, Playing 6 Airs  Voix Célestes, 1  Paul & Virginie    Un Navire Quitte, (a Sailing boat leaves) Measé 2  Guilleme Tell        Accour dans ma nacelle. (running in my rowboat)        Rossini 1829 3  Faust        Choeur des moissonneurs. (Choir of the Harvesters)    Gounod 1859 4  Le Petit Duc        Le Leçon de chat, ou Masucha                Lecocq  1878 5  Les Cloches de    Polka                            Planquette  1887    Corneville 6  Valse        Les Belles Américaines                    Offenbach  1876 Dates refer to the earliest year that the piece of music can have been available. From - Arthur W.J.D. Ord-Hume.  'Musical Box'. George Allen & Unwin. 1980 WEILL & HARBURG, Geneva. A maker of musical boxes who had a London office at 3 Holborn Circus and who ceased trading early in the 1880s. Their combs were always stamped 'Trade Mark/W. & H./Patent' and their initials also appeared on the tune sheets, which bore the legend 'Patent Indicator combined with Arrangement for Changing the Tunes at Will'. The characteristic referred to was patented in England in February 1869 (Brit. Pat. No. 593) by Henry Harburg, and consisted of a modified form of controls. The stop/start lever was fitted as an extension to the Y- lever of the gear train detent, and the change-repeat lever was integral with the change-wheel finger. On organ boxes, bellows feeder drive was by crank lever in place of the usual eccentric wheel in the gear train. 6 Airs  Voix Célestes

A SITZENDORF FIGURE OF A YOUNG WOMAN PLAYING A TAMBOURINE WITH A LAMB AT HER FEET, SPRIGGED WITH FLOWERS, 20CM H, PRINTED MARK AND IMPRESSED NUMBER 99, 20TH CENTURY AND EIGHT OTHER FIGURINES, INCLUDING DRESDEN AND SITZENDORF

An Edwardian mahogany demi-lune card table, the top opening to green baize playing surface, tapering square legs, spade feet.

A good Palais Royal Style Musical Sewing Box, circa 1840, in the form of a grand piano, in flame mahogany with ivory key board, gilt brass escutcheon with two conforming plaques, on five ebonised legs with gilt brass mounts and paw feet, the lid interior fitted with a mirror over a flush fitted purple velvet tray with embroidered pincushion with mother of pearl tools comprising: quiver form needlecase, stiletto, tambour hook, steel scissors with gilt mounts and floral carved arms, a/f, an earspoon/tweezer, a thimble with gilt border frieze, a reel, a stiletto, two pairs of snowflake winders in circular mirror compartments, a pearl handled folding knife, and a cut glass scent bottle, one pair of scissors lacking, the musical movement stamped ïM. Bordier/10365Í and playing two tunes after Chopin, with key, 29.3 x 19.2 x 17.5cm

A gilt brass finish novelty tape measure in the form of a chamber organ, playing a ñtuneî as the tape is re-wound, 5.5cm

An embossed brass tape measure as a hurdy gurdy of rectangular form the front with Punch and Judy, playing a ñtuneî as the tape is re-wound, tape shortened to 3ins, 4.2cm

Four novelty celluloid tape measures comprising a chess/morris board, 3.2cm, a pail with photograph of a young girl inset to top, 3.2cm dia, a playing card themed example, a little wear, 3cm and a floral example 3.5cm, all with tapes (4)

Three metal novelty tape measures comprising an example as an oil lamp with floral painted decoration, the tape with butterfly or dragonfly end and marked ïLondon Made In AustriaÍ, 7cm, another as a tiger on cylinder base with conforming tape, 3.5cm, and a cat playing with a brass ball wound from the tail, tape replaced (3)

*Cat Postcards. A collection of 23 Edwardian and later "Squeaker" postcards, including Nursery Rhyme cards, including Puss in Boots, Man in the Moon, etc., published by A.W.H., approximately 13.5 x 9cm, together with 35 mixed postcards including French circa 1900, another album containing a collection of approximately 160 Victorian/Edwardian chromolithograph cat scraps, including cats in costume, playing, drinking, many large format approximately 14cm long, a cat dressed in Salvation Army uniform, 10cm high x 5.5cm wide, together with various cat calendars circa 1888-1938, 6.5 x 5cm, plus another album with 35 cat greeting cards, mostly Edwardian, including cards published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, S. Hildesheimer & Wirths Bros & Owen, generally in excellent condition, all contained in three soft green ring binder files (3)

*Foreign playing cards. A large collection of playing cards, 20th century, approximately 150 decks of playing cards, including 70 American decks (fifteen double packs), mainly advertising cards, mostly in original boxes, 30+ Asian decks, e.g. Japanese Hana Fuda, Indonesian and Chinese money cards, etc., and approximately fifty European and South African cards, including tarot, souvenir cards, etc., various sizes, some defective but generally in good condition (approx.150)

*Willis (& Co., printer). A deck of standard English playing card, circa 1875, fifty-two cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with one-way pip cards 1-10, and three double-ended court cards (unturned), spotted, versos with design of Christmas roses and mistletoe, slightly dusty, 93 x 64mm (3.75 x 2.5ins) Willis & Co. only produced playing cards between 1870 and 1887, so decks by this relatively short-lived maker are hard to find. (1)

*Kimberley (David & Sons,). Royal National Patriotic Cards, Birmingham, circa 1893-1897, fifty-two playing cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, representing England, Germany, France, and America, each with pictorial ace depicting national flags, pip cards 2-10 and three double-ended court cards, dusty and some creases, versos with pattern of clocks in blue and gold, rounded corners, 90 x 60mm (3.5 x 2.25ins), the whole deck mounted together (with corner mounts), framed and glazed Rare. David Kimberley & Sons were makers of carpenters' planes, so the production of a deck of playing cards was a marked departure from their usual business. They made five editions of these cards between 1892 and 1905, after which the the firm went out of business. This deck is the second (and best) edition, the first being being poorly printed and swiftly withdrawn, and the subsequent editions being inferior in several ways (notably having only two, not four, flags on the aces, and not being printed in thirteen colours as here). Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are the king and queen of diamonds, Napoleon is king of spades, George Washington is king of hearts, and Wilhelm III is king of clubs. The horological backs feature forty-two clocks showing the time at midday GMT in various cities around the world. (1)

*Meredith (Norman, 1909-2005). A large watercolour of anthropomorphic animals, watercolour heightened with bodycolour, depicting animals playing on the way to school, including ducks, ladybirds, and frogs, a pig with a catapault, a hedgehog and mouse chatting, birds and a tortoise with their satchels, and a rabbit standing on the back of a mouse to retrieve a cap from a tree, signed lower left, 22.5 x 56.5cm (9 x 22.25ins), mounted, framed, and glazed Norman Meredith grew up in Liverpool and showed early artistic talent. His mother and grandmother encouraged him to study art at evening classes and, at the age of sixteen, he enrolled at Liverpool School of Art, subsequently studing at the Royal College of Art under Gilbert Spencer and William Rothenstein. As well as teaching art, Meredith became known for his humorous illustrations, in publications such as Punch, and his book illustration, for Enid Blyton, among others. He retired in 1974 and began to produce illustrations and text for a series of books featuring anthropomorphic animals. His stories were so successful that his designs were used for a variety of other merchandise, including textiles, stationery and greetings cards, chinaware, and tins. (1)

*Cat Greeting Cards. A collection of approximately 180 Victorian/Edwardian and later greeting cards, scraps, etc., including various published by W. Hagelberg, Berlin, Hildesheimer & Faulkner, Marcus Ward & Co, cats playing in costume, musical cats, including three of ballerina cats in tambourines, etc., together with another album of approximately 220 cat greeting cards, advertising and related ephemera including Sunlight Soap, many Christmas cards, etc., generally in excellent condition, both contained in soft ring binder files (2)

*Worshipful Company. Commemorative playing cards for the Coronation of Edward VII, 1902, fifty-four cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, joker, and one blank card, versos with crowned monogram and putti, rounded corners, all edges gilt, 90 x 64mm (3.5 x 2.5ins), housed in original red cloth-covered box with pull-off lid lettered in gilt on front (a little faded and rubbed), together with two other decks by The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards (commemorating The King and Queen of Thailand at Guildhall, 1960, and The Sailing of the Mayflower in 1620, 1970), each wrapped and boxed, in mint condition (3)

*Jaques (J., & Son, publisher). Hide & Seek with the Kings & Queens of England, Series 1, 2 & 3, [1910], together three decks of playing cards, each with eighty-four cards, comprising colour portrait cards and text cards (72 & 12, 71 & 13, and 73 & 11 respectively), a few cards toned or lightly soiled (mostly the text cards), one or two creases, purple versos with armorial, each set with folded printed rule sheet (some minor edge tears), each contained in original green card box with pull-off lid, rubbed and some splitting to extremities, front of lids with mounted colour label (some minor chipping) Extremely unusual to find all three in the series together, complete and in their original boxes, much less in such relatively good condition. (3)

*Playing cards. Tarot Nouveau, B.P. Grimaud, circa 1890, seventy-eight colour lithographed cards (complete), French suits, comprising double-ended Fool card, twenty-one double-ended trumps with genre scenes (peasants/the rich), and four suits of fourteen, each with four double-ended courts and ten pips, a little dusty and toned, tartan pattern on versos, rounded corners, 111 x 61mm (4.25 x 2.25ins), contained in original cardboard box, with copious adhesive tape repairs, together with a pack of forty-eight cards by Grimaud (complete), circa 1888, Spanish suits, toned and dusty, plus Jeu de Cartes de la Celebre Devineresse Mlle Lenormand de Paris, circa 1910, thirty-six numbered colour-printed pictorial cards (complete), rounded gilt corners, contained with 16pp. rule booklet in original cardboard box, plus seven other playing card decks, 20th century, including Scouting by Pepys and Grimaud's Astro Mythological by Mlle Lenormand (10)

*Creswick (Thomas, printer). A standard pack of English playing cards, 1823, fifty-two cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three single-ended court cards, George IV duty ace No. 8, some light toning and spotting, plain versos, 93 x 64mm (3.5 x 2.5ins) Thomas Creswick produced playing cards between 1812 and 1840. Early decks with the George IV duty ace are uncommon. (1)

*Goodall (Charles & Son, publisher). Coronation Playing Cards, 1902, double deck of playing cards, each pack with fifty-three cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10, three double-ended court cards, and joker, versos with portrait of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra respectively, rounded corners, all edges gilt, 91 x 65mm (3.5 x 2.5ins), housed together in a compartmental red cloth-covered card box, pull-off lid (somewhat rubbed and marked) with title in gilt on one side, and mounted card showing Queen Alexandra on the other Scarce companion set in very good condition, made to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII. (1)

*Bancks Brothers. A standard English deck of playing cards, circa 1863, fifty-two wood engraved cards, comprising pip cards 1-10 and three full-length court cards with stencilled colour, ace of spades with 'Bancks Brothers late Hunt' and 'Card Makers to Her Majesty, and to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales', some minor spotting (mostly to edges), plain versos, 95 x 65mm (3.75 x 2.5ins), together with The Royal Game of Bezique, C. Goodall & Son, circa 1870s, comprising four decks of thirty-two cards (except nine of clubs missing from one deck), rule booklet, and four Register cards, contained in original cardboard box, plus a made-up deck of standard English playing cards, comprising fifty-two cards, with I. Hardy George III sixpence duty ace, full-length courts, and rounded edges, with gilt-edged square-cornered pip cards 2-6 for each suit supplied from another deck Bancks was one of the last manufacturers regularly making single-headed court cards. (3)

*De La Rue (Thomas, and Co., publisher). Queen Victoria & Prince Albert commemorative playing cards, 1839, fifty-two chromolithographed playing cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with ten pip cards, and three full-length court cards, dusty, pale blue versos with royal coat-of-arms in gilt (some minor rubbing of gilt in places), duty ace and armorial backs designed by Owen Jones, gilt edges, 92 x 64mm (3.5 x 2.5ins), housed in a Victorian ebonised wooden card box, lid hand-painted with a playing card, lily-of-the-valley, and violets Berry, Playing Cards of the World, 1028. Rare pack of playing cards made in 1839 to celebrate the marriage of Victoria and Albert, whose coat of arms adorns the backs. The imprint on the duty ace refers to 'His' Majesty; it was at the request of Queen Victoria that this was left on as a mark of respect to her Uncle, William IV. There was a double-ended pack made for the Great Exhibition of 1851 which was withdrawn at the Queen's request and not sold on the open market (see 'The Playing Card', March 2005). Apart from being double-ended it was an exact copy of this single-ended pack. 'The House of De La Rue', published on the publisher's 125th anniversary in 1957, states that this design was "Reserved by Royal Command". The British Museum has such a set, with double-ended courts, which was bequeathed by Lady Schreiber (Schreiber 5: incomplete, lacking the three of clubs). The V&A has a single-ended pack with this back design, as did the Kaplan Collection. However both packs are narrow decks, so that the coat of arms is more oval-shaped. (1)

*Opera. Parisian Opera Singers, Paris: Stanislas-D‚sir‚ Avril et Cie, circa 1865, fifty-two playing cards, comprising four suits of thirteen (national suits), each with ten pip cards, and three full-length photographic court cards, plain versos, 97 x 64mm (3.75 x 2.5ins), contained in lower portion of original card box (lacking base of box and pull-off lid) A rare set of operatic playing cards in very good condition. The BibliothŠque Nationale de France list this set, but have only ten of the fifty-two cards. The court cards are photographs of famous 19th century French opera singers. The portraits were taken by renowned French lithographer and photographer Adolphe Bilordeaux (1807-1872) who was one of the pioneers in the use of salt print technique on waxed paper. Gouache was added to the cards to highlight the suit symbols as colour photography was not then possible. These cards are reminiscent of the fashionable costume packs made by Gilbert and others around this time. Avril et Cie was only active in Paris between 1856 and 1868, after which it was declared bankrupt. The British Museum has a deck by Avril, of English historical characters, with decorative aces identical to ours (Schreiber 67). The opera singers represented include Louis Gueymard, Pauline Lauters, Charles Louis Puberaux and Marie Cico. (1)

*De La Rue (Thomas, and Co., publisher). An Exportation deck, 1836, fifty-two cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three single-ended court cards, a little dusty, gilt and green versos with strapwork design, 92 x 64mm (3.5 x 2.5ins), contained in a contemporary black lacquered wooden box, sides with gilt foliage sprays, lift-off lid with gilt panel of scrolling leaf decoration, with oval in centre lettered 'Clement', slightly rubbed in places and some surface cracking, lid with split at upper corners Scarce Exportation pack with an early back design, in very good condition, housed in an attractive playing card box. (1)

*Prisoner of War. A complete deck of manuscript playing cards made by a French Prisoner of War, circa 1796, fifty-two hand-painted playing cards, comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with ten pip cards, and three full-length court cards (jack, queen, king), forged ace of spades copying Hall's for 1789-1801, generally lightly dust-soiled and some rubbing in places, plain versos, 90 x 63mm (3.5 x 2.5ins), together with a visiting card giving details of provenance in old manuscript, contained in original green straight-grained roan box with pull-off lid See: The Playing-card, Journal of the International Playing-Card Society, Volume 34, No.3, January-March 2006, pp.216/17. A unique set of hand-made playing cards. Whilst bone playing cards made by French Prisoners of War appear on the market from time to time, we have not seen another deck painted on card. The manuscript note on the enclosed visiting card states: "Set hand-made Cards & Case made by French Prisoners of War at Porchester Castle in Napoleonic Wars. Given to [Mrs. J.R.G. Chick-Lucas(printed)]' Mother-in-Law (Mrs. George Lucas) by a very old Resident of Porchester whose father had been a Prison Official at the Castle. Date of Gift was well before 1886, & the Ancient Dame died soon after. Given to Walter F. Chevers by his loving sister Alianora Chick-Lucas for July 2 - 1940.' The address printed on the visiting card is 'Belle Vue Cottage, Brading, I of W'. Alianora (1870-1956), wife of James Robb Goodman Chick-Lucas, is buried at St. Mary's Church, Brading. Her brother, Walter Forsyth Chevers (1867-1948) was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. They were the children of Norman Chevers (1818-1886), Deputy Surgeon General of the Bengal Army, and his wife Emily Ann, and the family was known to have been residing at Sandown on the Isle of Wight in 1908. French Prisoners of War were kept at Portchester Castle, Hampshire, between 1793 and 1817, with more than 9,000 being held during this time. The late John Berry called this deck "a real 'find': very nicely done for a hand-made pack". Whilst the male court cards illustrate kings and warriors, the queens represent classical goddesses: the queen of clubs is Cirene, or possibly Diana (with crescent moon head-piece); the queen of diamonds represents Flora (with a garland of flowers); the queen of spades shows Pax, the goddess of peace (with a cornucopia in one hand and an olive branch in the other); and the queen of hearts also carries a cornucopia, but no other symbol to distinguish her from the many deities who are associated with the horn of plenty. (1)

*Popish Plot. A part pack of Horrid Popish Plot playing cards, Robert Walton, circa 1679, together twenty-three copper engraved pictorial playing cards, after a design by Francis Barlow, comprising: clubs - pip cards 1-6, knave, queen; hearts - pip cards 3-10, knave, queen, king; diamonds - pip cards 1-4, somewhat toned and dust-soiled, plain versos, slightly rounded corners, 90 x 54mm (3.5 x 2ins), together with manuscript note on a piece of thick card the same size: 'English Politics - Historical. Last Quarter of 17th Cent. London. 1679? Popish Plot. Incomplete Pack of 40 out of 52. Nyburg March. 1921. ' Schreiber, English, 57 (lacking 3 of hearts); Whiting, A Handful of History, pp.50-63. There are several slightly differing issues of these cards, these being without the medallion portraits on the court cards. Although sadly diminished in number since 1921, complete packs are rare and even part packs are uncommon. Political packs of playing cards were popular at the end of the seventeenth century, this one depicting the fictitious Catholic conspiracy to kill Charles II which Reverend Titus Oates claimed to have uncovered in 1678. The cards, with illustrations and text below, tell the story of the plot and the consequences for the alleged Roman Catholic enemies of the state, e.g.: 'The Execution of the 5 Jesuitts'; 'Reddin standing in ye Pillory'; 'Dr. Oates discovereth ye Plot to ye King and Councell'. Francis Barlow's original drawings for the deck are in the British Museum. (1)

Blow Book. Early magic trick book, French, circa 1799, eighty-four hand-coloured engraved plates, comprising twelve each of seven subjects, some with printed title below image, occasional light spotting or marks, mainly marginal, fore-edges stepped and notched as issued, watermarked Montg[o]lfier [17]99, original marbled wrappers, some minor wear to extremities, 8vo Rare early magician's blow book. These books were so designed that a blow of air by the demonstrator and a swift riffling through the pages produced a different set of images depending on which way up the volume was held and from which notch on the fore-edge it was thumbed. Our volume has seven changes: harlequin; Le Pere; l'Abb‚; Soldat; flowers; La Mere; playing cards. By their very nature these ephemeral items were designed for heavy use, and so rarely survive, particularly in such good condition. (1)

*French playing cards. A standard deck of playing cards, circa 1840, fifty-two wood engraved cards after Gatteaux, comprising four suits of thirteen (national suits), each with pip cards 1-10, and three full-length named court cards with stencilled colour, jack of clubs with oval lettered 'Administ. des Contrib. Indir. 1816', ace of clubs with wreath of oak leaves, some light toning, plain versos, 83 x 54mm (3.25 x 2ins), together with Titze & Schinkay (C., publishers), A standard deck of playing cards, Vienna, circa 1885, fifty-two cards, comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with pip cards 1-10, and three double-ended court cards, some toning (ace of spades browned), versos with roundel and dot pattern in black, 86 x 60mm (3.5 x 2.25ins) For first item see Mann 131B: type II, not issued until 1833, jack of clubs reading 'Administ. des Droits Reunis. 1816'. (2)

*Cat Greeting Cards. A collection of approximately 200 greeting cards/scraps and related ephemera, mostly Victorian/Edwardian and later, including cats in costume and at play, large scale scraps of cats playing cricket, plus advertising including Williamatic Linen Co, Standard Java Record, a set of eight musicians with J.C. Beard 1881 copyright, 12 x 7.5cm etc, together with another album of approximately 80 large scale scraps and related ephemera including a set of eight Victorian chromolithograph cards by I.G. Lazard, Paris from the Le Chat Bott‚ (Puss in Boots) series, 11 x 7cm, several black cat scraps, cats playing, dressed in costumes, etc., plus a set of six advertising scraps in the form of artist's palettes for T.E. Dickinson New York, Diamonds and Rich Jewelery [sic ], West Bros, Boots, Shoes and Rubbers and A.D. Godchau etc., generally in excellent condition, both contained in a soft ring binder file (2)

*De La Rue (Thomas, and Co., publisher). Royal Illuminated Playing Cards, circa 1863, fifty-two cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, some light dust-soiling and marks, duty ace toned and spotted, versos with Queen Victoria's floral mongram, 93 x 64mm (3.75 x 2.5ins) Special deck made to honour Queen Victoria for the Great Exhibition of 1851. This is one of four decks known collectively as the 'Royal Illuminated Playing Cards', with the backs designed for the event by Owen Jones. Each pack has the initials of a member of the Royal Family surrounded by different flowers. The cards were expensive to buy at the time, being advertised in the London Illustrated News for ten shillings and sixpence a pack or two guineas the set. The design was made for several years after the event, but all four packs are now difficult to find. (1)

*De La Rue (Thomas, and Co., publisher). Two decks of standard English playing cards, circa 1880s, two decks of playing cards, each with fifty-two cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, some marks, one deck with orchid design on verso, the other depicting Lady Justice with aces suspended from balance scales, both 94 x 65mm (3.75 x 2.5ins), housed together in an early 20th century compartmental wooden playing card box, with enamel cards on hinged lid The scales of justice backs are rare. (1)

*Grimaud (B.P., publisher). Jue Imperial, Paris, circa 1858, fifty-two playing cards, comprising four suits of thirteen (national suits), each with hand-coloured armorial ace (England, France, Russia, Germany), pip cards 2-10, and three full-length hand-coloured court cards, dusty, king of diamonds with tip of upper right corner missing, plain versos, 85 x 55mm (3.25 x 2.25ins), contained in original card box with pull-off lid, covered with playing card patterned paper, and with illustration of the queen of clubs mounted on the front, top of lid and base of lower portion lacking Illustrated in Roger Tilley, A History of Playing Cards, 1973, p.153. Not often found in the original box. (1)

*Playing cards. A collection of playing card games, late 19th/early 20th century, twenty-five decks, including The Counties of England (two decks, 2nd Series), The Kingdoms of Europe (two decks, 1st & 2nd Series), History of England (Nos. 1, 2, and 3), Card Golf, Animal Rummy, Impertinant Questions? and Pertinant Answers!, Happy Families, Snap, etc., together with 100+ British decks of playing cards, including advertising and souvenir cards, miniature packs, Goodall and De La Rue decks, Bezique sets, many in original boxes, and some related items, including approximately 100 single cards, a Braille playing card tin, poker dice, Bezique markers, etc., various sizes, some items defective, but generally in good condition (approx.150)

*American playing cards. The Military Fortune Tellers, Chicago: H.V. Loring, 1918, fifty-six cards, comprising four suits of fourteen (stars, hearts, bells, and doves), each with double-ended ace (aviatrixes), pip cards 1-10, and three double-ended court cards (sailors, nurses, soldiers), each card with printed text on all four sides, versos with flag pattern composed of military figures in black, rounded corners, with printed instruction slip, contained in original printed cardboard box, with two tax stamp seals (one broken), 88 x 63mm (3.5 x 2.5ins), together with Airplane Spotter Playing Cards, Coca-Cola, 1942, fifty-five cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and jack, queen, king, all featuring aircraft silhouettes, plus two identical rule cards, and a Coca-Cola advertising card, versos with a nurse holding a bottle of Coca-Cola, rounded corners, 89 x 57mm (3.5 x 2.25ins), contained in original printed cardboard box, lightly rubbed and soiled, tax stamp seal (broken), plus four other US decks of playing cards (6)

*ABC. Happy Hours, ABC Blocks, circa 1890s, twenty-four pictorial wooden alphabet blocks, each with a letter (or two) on one side and accompanying illustration on the other, including negro playing a banjo for 'n', some paper surface loss at edges, 'w' with slight wear to one corner of block, each block 5.5 x 6.5 x 2cm (2.25 x 2.5 x .75ins), contained in original wooden box, pictorial label on sliding lid, 25.5 x 42.5 x 3.5cm (16.75 x 10 x 1.25ins), together with thirteen other late 19th and early 20th century games, including Richter's Anchor Blocks, Queer Quoits Old King Cole, Rolo-Boko, "Bobs" The Bridge Game, The Amersham Table-Tennis, Europe in Arms, The Tail-Less Donkey, Hopla, various sizes and condition (14)

*Reynolds (Joseph & Sons). Bezique set, circa 1875, double deck of playing cards, each pack comprising four suits of eight, each with ace, pip cards 7-10, and three double-ended court cards, French suits, lightly toned and occasional minor marks, versos with holly and mistletoe design, 94 x 65mm (3.75 x 2.5ins), together with two wooden marker boards, complete with their pegs, and 8pp. rule booklet in original printed wrappers, all contained in original compartmental purple morocco box, faded, gilt lettered lid detached at hinging joint (1)

Jones (Henry, pseud "Cavendish"). The Laws of Piquet... with a Treatise on the Game..., 1st edition, Thomas De La Rue, 1873, illustrations of playing cards on letterpress, errata slip tipped-in, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, first and final leaves spotted, gilt star-patterned endpapers, verso of front free endpaper with early ownership inscription, all edges gilt, original blindstamped green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and marked at edges, small 8vo, together with Benham (W. Gurney), Playing Cards, History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets, 1st edition, 1931, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original red cloth stamped in black, spine lightly faded, 4to, plus nine other books about playing cards, 20th century, including: The Playing Card, by Detlef Hoffmann, 1973; Playing Cards of the World, by Kathleen Wowk, 1983; Collecting Playing Cards, by Sylvia Mann, 1973; A History of Playing Cards, by Roger Tilley, 1973, together with twelve related Stanley Gibbons auction catalogues, 1977-1980, plus a double Bakelite card box containing ten printed rule booklets for various games (Bezique, Patience, Bridge, etc.), 1871-1931 (24)

Robert Morden Miniature Map Playing Cards. [The 52 Counties of England and Wales, Geographically Described in a Pack of Cards, 1st edition, 1st state, London: Robert Morden, 1676], 37 (of 52) suit cards, engraved maps with outline hand-colouring, suit symbols stencilled and coloured, versos plain, close-trimmed, somewhat finger-soiled, a few scattered marks and marginal dings, upper right corner of 2 of Clubs (Cumberland) snipped with loss of Roman numerals, now written in pencil, 95 x 55mm Very rare coloured first state group (adjacent counties not named) of these educational, cartographic playing cards, many the first to feature roads of their respective counties. In addition to the 52 playing cards which effectively formed a miniature pocket atlas, the full pack contained two further cards, a general map of England and an explanatory card. The court cards have the king depicted as Charles II, the Queen as his wife, Catherine of Braganza, and various male heads as the Jack. Cary Collection 109; King, Miniature Antique maps, p.116; Ortiz-Pati¤o 123; Skelton. County Atlases of the British Isles 94. The lot offered here contains: 8 x Hearts (Eastern Counties): I Northampton Sh; III Bedford Sh; IV Cambridge Sh; V Norfolk; VII Essex; X Surrey; Queen Huntingdon S; King Middlesex.[Wanting II Buckingham Sh; VI Suffolk; VIII Hartford Sh; IX Kent; Jack Rutland.] 9 x Diamonds (Southern Counties): II Oxford Sh; III Barke Sh; IV Sussex; V Hant Sh; VI Wilt Sh; VIII Somerset Sh; IX Devon Sh; Jack Glocester Sh; Queen Worcester Sh. [Wanting I Warwick Sh; VII Wilts Sh; X Cornwall; King Hereford Sh.]8 x Clubs (Northern Counties): I Westmorland; II Cumberland (upper right corner snipped); III Lancaster Sh; VI Northumberland; VII Nottingham Sh; VIII Lincolne Sh; X Shrop Shire; King York Sh.[Wanting IV Cheshire; V Darby Sh; IX Stafford Sh; Jack Lecester Sh; Queen Durham.] 12 x Spades (Western Counties): I Flint Shire; II Carnarvon Sh; III Denbigh Sh; IV Merioneth Sh; V Montgomery Sh; VI Cardigan Sh; VII Brecknock Sh; VIII Glamorgan Sh; IX Carmarthen Sh; Jack Anglesey; Queen Radnor Sh; King Montgomery Sh. [Wanting X Penbrok Sh.]. (37)

A pair of Paris coloured bisque figurines of girls playing cards, anchor mark and marked DCTL height 22cms tall Generally good figures have been restored to blond girl

A Royal Dux figure of a Siren playing pipes seated on a shell with floral decorated dish below, pink triangle mark numbered 5558, height 31cms tall Very small chip to shell rim please refer photograph

A large Chinese ginger jar with cover decorated with figures playing with ball approx 10" tall lid cracked jar is in good condition - no cracks or damage apparent, lid is cracked

Various children's games, cigar holder, playing cards, bone dominoes etc.

After Mathurin Moreau (French 1822-1912) a pair of patinated bronze figures of young boys playing, one with hoop and stick, one with marbles, impressed signature, overall height 30.5cm (2)

A pair of Chinese hardstone and mother-of-pearl inlaid 'Playing Boys' cabinets on stands, 19th Century, each cabinet with two doors inlaid with varying coloured soapstone, mother-of-pearl and carnelian, depicting scenes of boys at play amid trees and rocks, the lower section of each cabinet with two roaring qilin, all enclosed within gilt borders of bats amid cloud scrolls, the sides with inlaid birds, insects and flowers, the tops with gilt flower sprays, the interiors with a central shelf and lower lidded box, raised on hardwood stands carved with dragons and scrolls.Footnote:A very similar pair of cabinets were sold at Bonhams New Bond Street rooms, 15 May 2014, lot 372.

A late 19th / early 20th century German musical carriage style walnut cased alarm clock by Junghans, playing on a 4.5 inch disk under the hinged top, the top of the movement stamped '878268', 30cm high overall

A Chinese blue and white guan type vase, 19th/20th Century, of baluster form and decorated with guardian lions playing with an embroidered ball under an 'iron wire' crackle and between bronze effect borders, 29.5cm high.

A Spelter figural table lamp, the lady playing a horn 50cm high, signed Villanis, modern.

A black tin plate model of a vintage car, a xylophone playing Mickey Mouse puppet, and other tin plate toys

A mother of pearl and ivory fan, having painted decoration of a Romany girl playing a guitar; a boa feather fan; and a pierced ivory fan with painted central panel, (some damage), (3)

Collectables, to include: commemorative ware; a dominoes set by Empire; early 20th Century beadwork purses; three 19th Century ivory glove stretchers; two Rolex type wristwatches; playing cards; and others.

Early 20th Century and later tins; a Copeland Spode tea service in green with floral pattern; blue and white ceramics; plated flatware; three hip flasks; a pack of Blue Funnel Line playing cards; and other items, in three boxes.

Early 20th Century postcards depicting country houses; photographs of WWII and later interest; a late Victorian Bible, with ivory front and back ,leather spine, in fitted leather case; playing cards; and others.

BOB DYLAN - THE BASEMENT TAPES - EMIDISC ACETATE - An incredible opportunity for any Bob Dylan fan with this unissued 'sample' recording of The Basement Tapes. Though not officially released until 1975, we believe this record could date at 1967 with the inclusion of the track 'I Shall Be Released', which was released on the debut Dylan/Band LP Music From Big Pink. Another interesting point with the track listing is the track 'Nothing Is There' - this was later changed for the LP to 'Too Much Of Nothing'. The record is in G+ condition. There are surface marks evident to both sides; these never actually extend deeper at all, with no physical scratches to the playing surfaces. The labels are hand written, clear and precisely. Housed with an EMI Emitex inner. ( Vinyl Records )

SPRING - S/T (NE 6) - The original UK pressing of the monstrous 1971 LP on Neon (NE 6). The record is in strong Ex condition. There are just one or two very minor, faint and wispy markings to the playing surface. Bright and sharp labels. The triple fold-out sleeve is in VG+ condition. A largely clean example, there is some 'spotting' on the inside when opened, giving a 'star' like effect, these dots are largely in the size of a pinhead - although they are visible it doesn't detriment the visual aspect of the design. Please note this when bidding. Complete with original black Neon inner. ( Vinyl Records )