Fun & Games from Pickering & Chatto, Antiquarian Booksellers

Oblong 8vo, with eight lithographed leaves on india paper on thick paper; stitched as issued in the original decorated buff wrappers. A fine example of this satirical engraved strip cartoon by Forrester, alias Alfred Crowquill, depicting the rise, and downfall of the famous railway tycoon George Hudson. George Hudson (1800-1871) known famously as 'The Railway King' was, through his very questionable… Read more about this item

8vo, pp. 12, key consisting of two strips on one folding lithographed plate measuring 310 × 470 mm; a little browned and spotted, plate with tear; in recent marbled wrapper. The view was taken from the central pavilion in the garden of Parliament Square. In fact the artist chose not to show the pavilion itself since including it would have injured… Read more about this item

Complete with 24 coloured lithograph animated lottery cards [21 x 12.5 cm]; 96 turned wooden counters each numbered in ink; 15 circular glass counters; 2 pink cotton bags and a shaped papier-mâché counter tray; contained in the original fitted box [45 x 35 x 7 cm], the lid with a large decorated lithograph title label of children causing mayhem… Read more about this item

A nest of nine wooden blocks [ranging in size from 78 x78 x 46 mm to 182 x 182 x 60 mm], each with a chromolithograph wrap-around illustration depicting European countries with statistical information; contained in the original box with a wrap around title label including four cartouche scenes printed in blue; with a sliding lid (replaced). Each of the blocks… Read more about this item

Set of six chromolithograph relief scraps housed in the original paper folder measuring 8.5 x 31.5 cm; some minor repairs. The front of the folder supplies the title, artist, and publisher, with a vignette of four people in a donkey cart in a hurry. On the back are the titles of the scraps: 1. 'The Start'; 2 'Clapham Common'; 3. 'Halt… Read more about this item

Hand-coloured upper scene of the western porch of a gothic cathedral with the central arched door cut-away as a peephole, four hand-coloured cut away panels and a back-scene, extending bellows-fashion, each measuring 116 × 143 mm; marbled slipcase, the upper cover with lithographic printed label. The peepshow depicts the coronation of Charles X, King of France in 1825 which took place… Read more about this item

8vo, [25 x 17cm]; hand coloured wood-engraved plates and test illustrations; original white paper covers printed in red and dark blue with a pictorial design including a child with plumed hat riding a donkey and the title 'Fun for Little Folks' signed by [Edward] Calvert. Heedless Harry, the story is at pains to to state, 'was a kind, good-natured boy, and… Read more about this item

Complete set of 48 cards [93 x 62 mm] including 4 'Privilege Cards' marked with a star; folded sheet of rules; contained in the original purple card slipcase [98 x 76 x 25mm], illustrated title label. A round game based on nonsense names of creatures, probably the name The Great Galumphus derived from invention of the word 'galumph' by Lewis Carroll… Read more about this item

40 turned and shaped wooden pieces, the largest 33 cm high, hand painted with Windows, doors and other features; now contained in a black painted tin box. A rare pre-Revolution block toy of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius. These architectural toys where a favourite souvenir especially on the feast days of Imperial Russia - of which there were something like 29… Read more about this item

Concertina-folding hand-coloured and etched peepshow with four cut-out sections, front-face measuring 128 × 185 mm, the peepshow extends, by paper bellows to approximately 480 mm; front-face a bit spotted, lower bellow with short tear along the joint with the front-face; housed in a custom-made cloth box. The front-face of this peepshow consists of a view of the Arc du Carrousel with… Read more about this item

FIRST EDITION. Oblong 4to, pp. [28], entirely lithographic, title printed in red; a few minor marginal tears, lightly spotted or browned in places; original publisher's red half morocco over printed boards, front cover repeating title; extremities worn and spine rebacked. A rare and well drawn nonsense alphabet ranging from Alderman Artichoke to Zedekiah Zigzag. The verso of the title-page reads as follows:… Read more about this item

A three sided folding card viewer, the sides covered with black paper, with a 90 mm diameter lens, cloth hinges repaired; and eight views (listed below), each 360 × 260mm; in a custom-made cloth box. A fine example of an early nineteenth century Vue d'Optique. The views included include: [1] Ruines d'un monastery, [2] Vue de Genève, [3] Vue de Benares,… Read more about this item

Two-fold chromolithograph playing board measuring approximately 85.5 × 61.5cm, 6 metal Locomotive playing pieces, 30 counters, two shakers, a dish, and two dice (one a later replacement; all contained within the original box (45 x 33cm), lid with pictorial scene of a locomotive outside Paris, the Eiffel tower visible in the distance, with the printed rules pasted to underside of… Read more about this item

24 printed cards [9.5 x 5.4 cm] including 12 question cards printed in red and 12 Answer cards printed in black; a folding printed sheet of instructions; contained in the original wooden box (two sides very skilfully replaced); sliding lid with printed title label depicting a seated Moses reading from the Tablets. The game is intended for six players who… Read more about this item

Folio, [28.3 x 18.5 cm], 12 leaves, including a blank, title and 10 illustrated and numbered; original decorated bevelled board, the covers with a decorative gilt branch and oak leaf design, upper cover with title in gilt, leaves loose due to perished gutta percha; ALs from the author mounted on front-free endpaper, dated 'Jany, 22, 1868', armorial bookplate of William… Read more about this item

Three delicately cut paper hearts (in green, pink and gold) loosely inserted in to folded paper pocket, titled as above. A souvenir of the Bury Charity Fair held at Bury St Edmunds in 1830. Lady Ann Cullum (1807-1875) of Hardwick House in Suffolk was clearly producing clever scissors work with coloured paper some of the examples were then no doubt… Read more about this item

Complete with six chromolithograph jigsaws each with a separate scene from the fairy tale, each containing 24 pieces; together with six chromolithograph key plates - one used to decorate the box lid; a wooden frame [27 x 27 cm]; all contained in the original box [28 x 28 x 4 cm], fitted with six compartments and covered in red glazed… Read more about this item

Oblong 8vo., album measuring 20 x 15 cm, comprising lithographed title page and trompe-d'oiel prefatory leaf (in the form of a letter to Rowland Stephenson), 11 lithographed title vignettes with two further titles to the views on the facing leaves penned in manuscript, 12 lithographed views (2 of which are coloured by hand) each set within a highly decorative blind… Read more about this item

Wood-engraved panorama concertina-folding into the original illustrated boards; measuring 125 x 2880 mm, folding down to 140 x 155 mm.; original mauve cloth with an onlaid yellow label incorporating the title, the artist, the imprint, and a picture of Gilpin on the calender's bolting horse at the point where he looses his hat and wig. A nicely produced panorama consisting of… Read more about this item

The toy includes a wooden stand and leaded pendulum decorated with a hand-coloured lithograph of girls upper body in a turquoise and lace trimmed jacket with pink bow above a supported on a gilt scroll; 6 interchangeable heads and 5 hats and bonnets; all heightened in gum arabic. [overall height of 18 cm]; contained in the original decorative box [15… Read more about this item