Search Results: Paper Playthings (1) from Eclectibles

Salem MA: Parker Brothers, 1890. Surface and edge wear on box from handling. A 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 3/4" lidded press board box with applied litho and paper label. The label depicts numerous books in a large bowl. The bowl is atop another book titled A Game. Content includes 35 playing card size cards. The reverse of the cards are in an array of print designs and colors, presumably to represent different books as seen on the cover illustration. The face of each card has a series of quotes by a particular author. The object of the game is to identify the author and the work when the quote is read aloud. Also includes a 4pp instruction for play with two different methods of play; the Salem Method and "Another Popular Method" - adapted for a large company or school. According to the instructions the game is suited for any number of players. The instructions do not indicate how many playing cards were in the original deck. There are 35 cards present. Authors cross a broad… Read More

New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1883. A set of 4 mostly uncut sheets of animals, both domestic and exotic for children to cut out and play with. The animals were designed so that once cut out, they can stand on their own with its outline as support. Some of the animals depicted are a tiger, an alligator, a rabbit, a dog, a toad, a giraffe, and a gorilla. The sheets come in an envelope with an elephant depicted on the front. The envelope also states that this is "Package No. 1" and as such all of the sheets of animals have a large number "1" on them. It is unclear if the four sheets included are the complete set or not. No OCLC. (June 2019)

Germany, 1870. Minor edge wear and toning due to age. . A 15 1/2" x 12" hand-colored lithographic German board game with anthropomorphic characters. Originally illustrated by Jakob Schmitt some time between 1820-1830, this is a reprint on thick board from around 1870. There are are forty-one (41) numbered squares, half of have characters in them. Square #41 is the large drawing in the center that depicts anthropomorphic characters at a banquet. There are instructions at the bottom, in German.

slight wear. A 5 x 6 ½ six (6) page watercolor prototype. The cover depicting a scene of children on a flower lined path. Includes pages of costumes, farm animals, garden and barn yard scenes. No illustrator noted.