Card Games – 1940 to present
1940 Convoy - WWII Game - Tree Brand
Convoy is a collecting style card game. The cards are all related to WWII – Beautiful Gentle Art work Made by Tree Brand that existed for a shortish period around this time Convoy – WWII Game – Condition – Complete – Cards (one score card a photocopy) / rules – very good / box missing top and bottom. Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging. |
REF: MIS118
£ 30
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1940 - The Bible Game
A set of Israeli playing cards in English & Hebrew by Ze’ev Raban, circa 1940s, the cards still sealed, in their original box entitled “Bible Game” by the Young Lion Ltd. Company
The Bible Game – Condition Cards are still sealed in wrapper but look slightly foxed / box – some wear and split/rubbed at edges / rules – original slightly foxed
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: MIS335
£ 95
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c1943/44 - War Planes - recognisition game
A normal pack of playing card with German and British planes on them – to teach members of the public the recognise the enemy.
War Planes – Complete – cards/rules/box all mint plus a booklet with infomation.
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: MIS505
£ 45
1950s - Happy Morse
Described as similar to Happy Families,
Advertised in “60 Indoor Games for Scouts”
(undated) on publishers’ web site
Condition – Complete – 72 cards v good / rules v good / box scuffed at edges – small splits at top on two sides
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase.Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: CGC100
£ 20
1950s Dartex -
The New Trilling Card Game of skill.
Dartex – Based on darts
The cards acts as throws – the aim to score and win
Dartex – Condition – Complete – cards – good / rules creased / box little scuffed.
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: MIS160
£ 15
1950s The Bookie -
Horse Racing card game – similar to Newmarket.
This was produced in Belgium but is the same game published here as Newmarket.
The bookie / blue backs / Condition – Complete – cards/copy of rules /box – all mint.
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.-
REF: MIS450
£12
c 1950s -Noises In The Dark- Gibson
A party style game played in the dark – Players receive a card and have to work out the word on the card by touch – this noise is then imitated by the player – the first player to imitate the noise correctly wins a point,
Noises In The Dark – Condition – Game is complete – cards are very good – Rules in box lid – Box is good – but split at the corners
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: MIS610
£ 12
1953 1953 - Crown The Queen - Waddington
This card game follows the procedure of crowning The Queen of England.
Produced for the coronation and made by J Waddington – A collecting style game.
Crown The Queen – Condition – Complete – cards / rules – excellent / box – good, slight wear at edges – stock picture.
REF: MIS165
£ 15
c1950 Striptease
This game is set as a court case against a Stripper –
The suits are
The Stripper – Red, The Theatre – Green, The Court – Black and The Prudies – Blue.
Interesting and pretty – 2 sets of rules for different games – quite tasteful
Striptease – Condition – Complete – cards – very good / rules a little scuffed / box scuffed and split at edges.
REF: MIS166
£ 20
1960 - Sister Ships
Sister Ships painting by Gregory Robinson, produced by Robert Ross & Co Ltd Southampton. It consists of 12 sets of four cards featuring different ships
Condition – Sister Ships / cards complete, light use / rules / box top damaged, sides scuffed
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: MIS349
Sold
W 1979- WII Airplane Spotter Playing Cards
This deck of playing cards (52/52) + information cards is a 1970s reprint of cards first published in1943.
Each card featuring three views of a plane
WWII Airplane Spotter Playing Cards – Complete – in very good condition
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase.
Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: MIS612
£ 60
2000 Lincard - J Wolf Croydon
An unusual game that consists of disposing of cards by playing in Suit (link) order or matching against cards already played
Lincard – Condition / Cards, rules and box are mint.
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: MISC613
£ 6
Dan Dare - Retro Range (reproduced in 2009)
A modern reproduction of the 1953 Pepys game featuring Dan Dare and his friends at “Eagle” magazine.
Dan Dare – Condition – / Cards – near mint / Rule book – very good / Box – Excellent – just very lightly scuffed on fold
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: MIS318
£ 7
Reproduction of Old Chinese Fortune Telling Game
It is similar to some of the early Question and Answer game
Idea for a party –
Instruction explain different ways of playing this
Old Chinese Fortune Telling Game – Complete – Cards/Rules/box – Mint / Produced in 2004 by F.G. & Co
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: REP085
£ 14
Reproduction of Changeable Portraits of a Gentleman
This is a reproduction of Ackermann’s Changeable Portraits of a Gentleman
Originally published in 1818.
It is a misfits card game
consisting of 24 foreheads, noses and chins. The original had much smaller cards and 28 foreheads/noses/chins
The cards are large and so easy to play with making thousands of different faces
Many once well known in history – as it was an educational game
Changeable Portraits of a Gentleman – new/mint – This is much larger than the original game, so easier for children to play with / Produced by F.G. & Co
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: REP086
£ 15
Reproduction of Changeable Portraits of a Lady
This is a reproduction of Ackermann’s Changeable Portraits of a Lady
Originally published in 1818.
It is a misfits card game
consisting of 24 foreheads, noses and chins. The original had much smaller cards and 28 foreheads/noses/chins
The cards are large and so easy to play with making thousands of different faces
Many once well known in history – as it was an educational game
Changeable Portraits of a Lady – new/mint. This is much larger than the original game, so easier for children to play with. / Produced by F.G. & Co
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: REP087
£ 15
Reproduction of Cottage of Content
This is a reproduction of Cottage of Content
Originally published in 1830/40s.
It is a moral game – teaching vice and virtue, interesting insight into the social history of the period – very pretty cards showing the characters well.
Cottage of Content – Condition – Complete – cards/rules/box all mint / Produced by F.G. & Co
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: REP088
£ 15
Reproduction of Merry Matches (originally produced by Goodall)
This is a reproduction of Merry Matches.
Originally published in 1860/70s by Goodall
It is an Old Maid style game – very pretty cards showing the characters well
Merry Matches – Condition – Complete – cards/rules/box all mint / Produced by F.G. & Co
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: REP089
£ 16
Reproduction of Fairy Snap
This is a reproduction of Fairy Snap
Originally published in 1890s by Globe Games
Normal Snap Game – pretty cards as per the original.
Fairy Snap – Condition – Complete – cards/rules/box all mint / Produced by F.G. & Co
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: REP090
£ 16
Reproduction of The Wedding (J Jaques)
This is a reproduction of The Wedding
Originally published in 1890s by Jaques
Collecting Game – pretty cards as per the original.
The Wedding – Condition – Complete – cards/rules/box all mint / Produced by F.G. & Co
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: REP091
£ 18
Reproduction of Vacuation by Pepys
This is a reproduction of Vacuation.
Originally published in 1940s by Pepys.
It is a game about evacuating children from cities during the Second World War.
Vacuation – Condition – Complete – cards/rules/box all mint
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.
REF: REP092
£ 8
1978 Country Craftsmen – Happy Families by The National Trust
An up to date version of an old game
Country Craftsmen– Condition – Complete – Cards and box excellent, no rules
REF: MIS150
SOLD
1960 - Donkey - Tower Press
This game is similar to Old Maid ie the person left holding the Donkey card is the loser
Donkey – Condition – Complete – Cards / box / rules very good
REF: MIS160
£ 8
2012 - Charles Dickens Bicennial Playig Cards.
Lord Mayor of London – Charles Dickens Bicennial pack – 2012. The cards have been aged to appear old, actually mint + booklet from Lord Mayor David Wootton.
Charles Dickens – Condition -cards complete 52+3J – mint with description and box
Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging,
REF: MIS356
£ 12
