Games & Toys
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# 46664
Anon.
The universal spelling alphabet. An amusing parlour game
S.l. : s.n., circa 1840. Cedar box 125 x 180 x 30 mm, sliding lid with engraved decorative title label, instruction sheet pasted to underside (titled ‘The Moveable Spelling Alphabet’), containing numerous letters and punctuation marks printed on white and blue cards. A charming Victorian spelling game, probably English, in original box.
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# 46641
"Geographic"
Motor Chase across London. The new map game.
London : “Geography”, circa 1935. Folding game board with cloth spine, cover illustrations, 372 x 500 mm (opened), map of London, accompanied by the original box containing die, shaker, five lead car tokens and rules sheet, box with one side split, a couple of small stains to board, overall a good example. Scarce.
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# 46530
Maker unknown.
The Game of Spellicans
[English, probably 1890-1900]. Wooden box, 120 x 46 x 23 mm; sliding lid with printed label worded ‘The Game of Spellicans. Round wood. This game may be played by two or more persons. The game does not only afford a source of amusement, but at the same time conveys instruction with it.‘; no maker’s imprint; …
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# 46597
NATIONAL GAME COMPANY
The National Draught Board
Melbourne : National Game Co., [c.1920]. Thick board, 370 x 370 mm, folding, recto with printed chequerboard design (very good condition), verso with pictorial title label (some loss), outer boards with surface and edge wear.
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# 46577
BRUÉ, Adrian Hubert
A rare cased atlas of eight large folding maps of the world
Paris : Chez J. Goujon et J. Andriveau, 1827. A large book-form box made of stiff card, 250 mm tall, gilt-decorated papered sides, silk draw ribbon, the ‘spine’ made of crushed morocco styled in compartments, with gilt ornamentation and the lettering ‘Atlas par H. Brué’, listing the eight maps contained within: ‘Mappemonde; Europe; Asie; Afrique; …
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# 46025
NATIONAL GAME COMPANY
[BOARD GAME] Boy scouts. For any number of players.
[Ballarat and Melbourne : National Game Co., c.1920]. “Copyright no. 3273”. Thick board, 310 x 475 mm, folding, original cloth backstrip, fold-out game board printed in colour, small split to fold, exterior sunned, edges rubbed, title label perished, a good copy. The design features the Australian Red Ensign with seven-pointed Commonwealth star. The Red Ensign was …
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# 44525
G. N. RAYMOND PTY. LTD. (Melbourne)
[GAME] Crazy Post.
Indoors or out, a kind of treasure hunt! For young & old. Collingwood, Vic. : G. N. Raymond Pty. Ltd., by arrangement with Universal Publications Ltd., London, [1941]. Publisher’s box with pictorial lid, 180 x 120 x 35 mm, containing 12 destination cards each printed with the detachable names of 32 Australian towns including Bunbury, …
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# 41839
McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS
Game of Round the World with Nellie Bly, the World’s Globe Circler
A novel and fascinating game with plenty of excitement by land and sea. New York : McLoughlin Brothers, [c.1890]. Chromolithograph game board, 415 x 400 mm, in two sheets, folding, with vignettes of Nellie Bly, Jules Verne, a steam ship and a steam train; in fine condition, housed in a modern box in period style with …
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# 44482
MACKINTOSH, Jessie; G.N. RAYMOND
Race round Australia : an instructive, educational game for two to four players
[Collingwood, Vic. : G.N. Raymond, c.1945]. Board game, 410 x 475 mm, folding to 410 x 238 mm, offset printed paper onlay, accompanied by the loose rules sheet (creased); outer boards (lightly marked) with pictorial paper onlay. Scarce. An educational board game designed by the talented Melburnian Jessie Mackintosh, who was also the creator of …
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# 41030
MOFFATT, Tracey et alia
Visionaire 30 : the game. Australia edition
[New York] : Visionaire Publishing, 1999. Limited to 6000 numbered copies. A fine example. Issue 30 of the avant garde photography magazine, presented in the form of a game, featuring photographs by Australian artists and sitting in a box designed by Louis Vuitton. “30 GAME is not only a collection of art but also a …
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# 40459
DARTON, William
[KANGAROO]. British and foreign animals : a new game, moral, instructive and amusing. Designed to allure the minds of youth to an acquaintance with the wonders of nature.
London : William Darton, [1820]. Board game, engraved sheet (495 x 405), hand-coloured, dissected and laid on linen (some offsetting), publisher’s advertisement label, in original publisher’s card slipcase, marbled paper (edges worn), publisher’s label and large illustrated title label with images of the animals; without the printed rule book. ONE OF THE EARLIEST CHILDREN’S GAMES TO …
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# 40288
LETAILLE, Charles
Croquis et Souvenirs d’un Artiste, ou détails les plus curieux d’un Voyage Autour du Monde.
Récreation instructive. Dédiée à la jeunesse par Chles. Letaille. Paris : chez les Principaux Mds. de nouveautés pour Etrennes et Cadeaux [Charles Letaille, 30 rue Saint-Jacques], [ca. 1855]. Original box of papered card, 265 x 200 x 30 mm, the lid with embossed gilt border and hand-coloured lithographic onlay depicting a New Zealand scene with Māori; the …
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# 18893
[JAMAR, Jacques]; [COMET, Rita]
Photograph album containing portraits of a Belgian Lazarist missionary to China, and including a group of late Qing traditional paper and silk Chinese dolls. Circa 1903-1964
Photograph album, circa 1900. Small oblong quarto (165 x 235 mm), half morocco with ornamental gilt rule over faux crocodile papered boards, original floral-patterned lining papers, front pastedown with binder’s ticket of bookseller and stationer Gilon, Verviers (Belgium); [20] leaves of thick card, containing 4 cabinet card format portrait photographs of Lazarist missionary Father Jacques …
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# 37845
SPEAR'S
[BOARD GAME] A Journey by Air
Brimsdown, U.K. : Spear’s Games, [1939]. Folding game board of thin card, 210 x 310 mm, in excellent condition; in the original box, 250 x 180 x 25 mm (lid with child owner’s name and some pen marks, some minor edge and corner wear); the underside of the box lid has the printed rules; lacking …
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# 37843
NATIONAL GAME COMPANY
[BOARD GAME] A Motor Ride For 2, 3 or 4 Players.
[Ballarat and Melbourne], The National Game Company, [ca. 1940]. Folding game board printed directly onto thin card, 250 x 250 mm; in fine condition. A very good example of one of the later editions of this game. A scarce Australian-made and designed board game which reflects what it was still like to drive on Australian …
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# 35151
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY (LONDON)
Missionary lotto.
London : Church Missionary Society, [circa 1900]. “Second series. (Revised)”. Original card box, 235 x 115 x 21 mm, with title and imprint to lid (light marks and handling wear, but sturdy and without any edge or corner splits); the inside lid with printed Missionary Lotto Rules (mild foxing); the interior of the box is …