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# 4504
[Germany] : s.n., [circa 1880]. Group of nine embossed die cut scraps (designed for use in a scrap album), from a series telling the story of Robinson Crusoe, diameters 37 mm each, captions printed in English, all in good condition. …
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# 4284
[London, U.K. ?] : s.n. [but produced for D & W Gibbs Ltd, Wapping, London E1, and distributed in Australia by W.A. Blake Pty. Ltd., South Melbourne], [1935]. Folding card, 350 x 460 mm opened, inner surfaces with colour game graphic (mild toning and foxing and some creasing to edges), rear boards with printed rules, game title and manufacturer's and distributor's information (marked, with moderate foxing and creasing, owner's name in pencil). A variant of Snakes and Ladders produced by the London toothpaste manufacturers D. & W. Gibbs, and used to advertise their …
$ 100.00 AUD
# 3920
[U.S.A.] : Whitman Publishing Company, Inc., 1951. Cut out paper dolls; various sizes up to 250 mm; an apparently complete set of 'a product made in association with Flying A’s television series, The Gene Autry Show, 1950-1956' (publishing information courtesy of the Autry National Center); horizontal crease to Autry's face and some minor creasing to a few dolls, but overall in fine condition. A fun piece of Singing Cowboy memorabilia. …
$ 100.00 AUD
# 3812
[Around the world in 80 days. After Jules Verne.]. [Paris : Les Jeux et Jouets Français, circa 1905]. Shallow box of thick card with paper decoration, 490 x 280 x 20 mm (some minor splitting at the corners but complete and stable), the lid with a chromolithographic paste-down decorated with a series of vignettes illustrating scenes from Jules Verne's popular story, signed Ludovic and with the monogram J.F.J.; instructions for playing the game pasted-down on the inside of the lid; within the box a magnificent chromolithographic playing board folding out to 550 x 480 mm (some discreet …
$ 2,750.00 AUD
# 3448
Fürth [Germany] : J. W. Spear & Sons, n.d. [1908]. Card box measuring 190 x 255 x 30 mm, the chromolithograph lid showing a girl and box playing with the toy, containing six large animals made from stiff card, each with moveble parts joined by pins. The animals are a rhinoceros, a bear, a donkey, an elephant, a monkey and a kangaroo. The box has undergone expert conservation, with one side panel replaced in facsimile, a few pins in the animals have been replaced, but overall it is in excellent condition, and in good working order. J.W. Spear & Sons was founded in Fürth, …
$ 880.00 AUD
# 3014
Chromolithograph, 215 x 260 mm, depicting a drawing room scene with children dressed in traditional costumes from around the world playing a geographical game with their parents. Fine. This chromolithograph was originally designed for use as the graphic on the box lid of a children's game, but never used. The game was the English version of a French children's game of geography designed by Scherer for the games publisher Léon Saussine in Paris around 1880. The French version was called L'Hirondelle savante, but it is not clear whether the English version was ever published. …
$ 100.00 AUD
# 2813
[Paris] : S[imonin] C[uny], n.d. [circa 1900]. Box of thick card (380 x 278 x 55 mm), the lid with a striking chromolithograph illustration showing a lady in Classical dress perusing an atlas, scientific and teaching instruments at her feet, a terrestrial globe at the centre, five vignettes of figures representing the five continents, the box complete and containing three maps in colour (each 350 x 250 mm) printed by Charles Verneau, laid down on wood and cut into jigsaw-puzzles: Mappemonde en deux hémisphères (with illustrations of the planets, seasons and phases of the …
$ 1,750.00 AUD
# 2812
[Wolf hunt]. Paris : Mauclair-Dacier [Lucien Maucler], for Les Jeux et Jouets Francais, n.d. [circa 1900]. Box of thick card (165 x 145 x 15 mm), the lid with colourful paste-down illustration (edges of lid and box with modern tape repair), contents complete, the box containing a folding card playing board and seven coloured wooden counters (one representing the wolf), the inside of the lid with printed rules. A traditional game of strategy first recorded in the late seventeenth century. …
$ 175.00 AUD
# 2810
[The infernal hooks : new game of tiddlywinks]. Paris : Mauclair-Dacier [Lucien Maucler], n.d. [circa 1903]. Box of thick blue card, the lid with colourful paste-down illustration (edges of lid split), contents complete including a target card with brass hooks affixed to a paste-down chromolithograph numbered for scoring, and brass rings for the players to aim at the hooks. …
$ 150.00 AUD
# 2809
Paris : Les Jeux et Jouets Francais, n.d. (circa 1910). Box made from thick yellow card, 65 x 65 x 32 mm (some modern reinforcement at corners of the lid), lid with colourful past-down illustration of an elephant and clown, contents complete including glass-topped box with puzzle, the object of which is to move the large and small balls to opposite sides of a central divider. …
$ 80.00 AUD
# 2808
[The navvy's conundrum]. Paris : Les Jeux et Jouets Francais, n.d. (circa 1900). Box made from thick red card, 130 x 75 x 15 mm (some modern reinforcement at three corners of the lid), lid with colourful past-down illustration, contents complete including a wire puzzle in the form of a miniature wheel barrow and spade, and the solution with pictorial diagram on a loose sheet inside the box. …
$ 100.00 AUD
# 2742
Children's educational toy. [France] : Jeu Nuovo, [circa 1930]. Original box of thick card (185 x 135 x 12 mm), the lid with pastedown pictorial design, underside of lid with printed information, the box containing 6 paper sheets (each 140 x 10 mm) with illustrations of the international nautical flag alphabet and various types of maritime vessels, together with a sheet of opaque glass for aiding in the tracing of the designs. Complete and fine. …
$ 200.00 AUD
# 2240
Paris : Léon Saussine, c 1900. A question and response game for children. Deep box of thick card with paper decoration, 270 x 370 x 60 mm; the lid with a wonderful chromolithographic illustration signed Ludovic and with the imprint L.S. édit. Paris; instructions for playing the game pasted down on the inside of the lid; within the box sits an oblong glass plate with paste-down chromolithographic decoration; beneath the glass at the centre of the plate is affixed a magnetic pointer, designed to direct the player to one of eight matchbox size containers, …
$ 1,000.00 AUD
# 1871
A set of ten beautifully hand-painted glass magic lantern slides depicting peoples of the world dressed in their traditional attire, the images designed to be viewed when projected onto a screen by means of a Laterna Magica, the slides in very wide, panorama format (70 x 350 mm each slide), the copperplate process designs being hand-painted over an opaque black-painted background, each slide set within its original wooden frame, contemporary manuscript captions in ink for every design on each frame, accompanied by original wooden box (lacking sliding lid); no maker's label or imprint, …
$ 1,750.00 AUD
# 1067
[France, c 1890]. Oblong box of very thick board (345 x 258 x 45 mm), the lid with a superb, colourful paste-down illustration depicting children and families at the zoo, with camel and elephant rides and an ostrich-drawn carriage. The box contains four chromolithographic scenes pasted onto wood and cut into jigsaw puzzles; each puzzle is complete (sixteen large pieces). The scenes are: an outdoor Punch and Judy show (probably in the Tuileries gardens); a picnic for children in the countryside; a village festival with children playing musical instruments in a procession; a fair with …
$ 1,750.00 AUD
# 1066
[France, c 1890]. Oblong box of very thick board (370 x 250 x 35 mm, the lid with a superb, colourful paste-down illustration depicting nine types of uniformed soldier (Swiss, Belgian, Swedish, Chinese, Turkish, Romanian, Austrian, German and Spanish). The box contains three chromolithographic panels pasted onto wood and cut into jigsaw puzzles; each puzzle is complete (twenty-four large pieces) and depicts nine different military types, including ancient Gauls, Frankish warriors, Crusaders, knights from the Hundred Years War, musketeers from the period of Louis XIV, zouaves, grenadiers and …
$ 1,850.00 AUD
# 836
[Voyage around the world by a little French boy]. Paris : J. J. F. [Jeux et Jouets Francais], c 1905. A spectacular panoramic diorama. An outer box of thick card (400 x 505 x 83 mm) with paste-down chromolithographic illustrations, the central design showing the departure of the young hero surrounded by scenes from his voyage. The box contains the panoramic diorama (370 x 455 x 75 mm) which operates on a roller mechanism. The borders of the diorama are also decorated with chromolithographic illustrations: an orchestra pit below the ‘stage’ is filled with musicians from different …
$ 12,500.00 AUD
# 622
Historical Pastime or a New Game of the History of England from the Conquest to the Accession of George the Third. London : Harris & Wallis, 1803. Engraved board game, dissected and laid on linen, depicting major events in British history, including the War with America and the South Sea Bubble. Lacking the case and rule book. WHITEHORSE, F.R.B. Table games of Georgian and Victorian Days, Priory Press 1971, pp. 28 - 30 (illustrated). …
$ 500.00 AUD
# 392
Paris : Bouasse-Lebel, [c 1860]. Engraved map, 31 x 43cm, with hand colouring, laid on wood and dissected to form a jigsaw puzzle, original backing paper, a few stains, complete. A charming puzzle map of Oceania. The maps were usually unbound sheets from an atlas. …
$ 1,000.00 AUD
