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Worshipful Company Makers of Playing Cards
Single 19^th Century Playing Cardss

These early backs are quite scarce and represent the
Worshipful Company’s first venture into issuing playing acards

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c1860 Decorated Playing Card Box

Regency Single Pack
Playing Card Box

c1870 Double
Playing Card Box Fern Ware

Porcupine Quill decorated Card Box

1822 - The Majestic Game of the Asiatic Ostrich,
uniting the Double object of imparting Knowledge
with Diversion to the mind of Youth

The game offers a lesson in Ranks and Dignities of the British Peerage, Clergy and Military; it was published in 1822.
The rules book (not present) includes a dedication to the future Queen Victoria
This game is beautiful hand-coloured engraved, mounted in nine sections on linen, showing an Ostrich, with twenty egg-shaped portraits of dignitaries, clergy and men of military importance
The game was printed by William Darton – Map Seller – 58 Holburn Hill London, and he made the dedication to the future Queen Victoria.
There are only two copies listed in museums.

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UNSUN KARUTA Playing Cards – A Japanese Game

Kabufuda, literally meaning “Kabu cards”

Oishi Tengudo Japanese Playing Cards Game

THE SQUARE AND COMPASSES TAROT DECK

Nintendo “Laser Clay” Playing Cards, c.1973

Selection of English Standard Playing Cards

Vanity Fair Transformation Playing Cards

1895 Complete 52 + Joker + Original Box

Glamour Decks

Two Respectable Glamour Packs added to the website.

MANY NEW ITEMS ADDED TO OUR GAMES SITE

Printed and Manuscript Games and Puzzles

SINGLE PLAYING CARDS WITH ATTRACTIVE BACKS

A range of nice copies of Penny Placks

Worshipful Company Packs of Playing Cards

Shapely” non-standard adult Playing Cards

Short Description
Adult content Playing Cards in innovative box.
Manufactured by Angel Playing Cards Co., Japan, c1980.

KARL KORAB - Twin packs of non-standard playing cards

Short Description

Playing cards designed by Karl Korab and published by Edition Hilger in 1991.

Duolog Playing Card Deck

A complete deck of attractive, non-standard court, playing cards

They are printed in spot and metallic inks, and are wrapped in a printed multi-layered translucent wrapper, and come in a unique embossed box.

THIS IS A LIMITED EDITION – signed and numbered – this is pack 72 out of 200

An 18^th Century English Revenue Ace of Spades - perhaps not

LIBERTY & BEEF

This interesting item came to light at a recent auction of Italian Printed Sheets and Cards.

To all extant and purposes is an English Duty Ace of the 1765 to 1776 period.

SINGLE PLAYING CARDS WITH ATTRACTIVE BACKS

TWO LIMITED EDITION PACKS OF TRANSFORMATION PLAYING CARDS

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