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TRAVEL POSTER - Las Vegas Trans World Airlines Travel Poster by David Klein, 1960s - A poster promoting Las Vegas as a holiday destination produced by TWA (Trans World Airlines) with artwork by American artist David Klein. Klein produced an array of illustrations, including Broadway productions, movies, and the US Army, but is best known for his travel imagery, working primarily with TWA. This clever Queen playing card design displays psychedelic artwork showcasing the fun lifestyle people can experience in Sin City. The poster exhibits some signs of handling wear and creasing. Dimensions: 101.5 cm x 63.5 cm (40" x 25")Condition: Very Fine+Artist: David KleinVAT Status: M

Very rare (incomplete) set 33 of American M. Nelson statesman themed playing cards, circa 1863. Mr Rayner notes: 'The scarcity of this set cannot be overstated. Nelson also issued a companion set of Union generals playing cards, which is equally rare, and that both card sets have been reproduced in modern times. In fact, the cards from 1863, however, are virtually absent from the collecting world. Card playing reproduction sets are extremely popular and can easily be found for sale. The original was one the main diversions enjoyed by Civil War soldiers during the many lulls in battle, so it is not surprising that a company issued cards picturing the main military figures for each side. The Confederate set features all of the important leaders and generals in the campaign, including Confederate President Jefferson Davis (ten of spades), General Robert E. Lee (three of hearts), and General Stonewall Jackson (four of clubs). Each individual is featured in a bust-length illustration, with the card's denomination and suit depicted in the upper left corner. Like the tobacco cards of Civil War generals (issued in the late 1880s), which appeal to both Civil War and nonsport card collectors, the offered set has the potential to be highly prized by hobbyists from a number of different fields of collecting (nonsport cards, playing cards, Civil War, etc.). Unfortunately, its rarity has precluded it from being represented in all but the most advanced collections, and as far as we can tell, sets surface so infrequently that there is no consensus on value. Still, it is hard not to appreciate that this remarkably designed set of cards featuring Confederate generals and leaders, issued in 1863 during the heart of the Civil War, would not find a home among the same audience that so highly prizes cards issued of the same historical figures dating from decades later.'

Deck of Karl Gerich Patience Indien No. 16 playing cards, based on a Grimaud pack of 1890, small size card, circa 1991, one of approximately 20 packs produced, with original box

Deck of transformation playing cards by Peter Wood - 'Pack of Pearls, printed by The Design and Print Partnership. 1995, 52 cards plus two jokers and titled card, in original box and instructions for finding the pearls, limited edition 18/25

Rare complete deck of 52 Crimean war themed playing cards, issued just after the Crimea War of 1853-1856 in which the European allies defeated Russia. Aces depict battles from the war and the courts military and leaders and Royalty. This pack has Czar Alexander Il and Nicholas I on KC. Nicholas I died in 1855, and later packs had only Czar Alexander Il on this card. Reference: Wust (Shaw and Simmons) p. 54

Victorian novelty gold and enamel stick pin in the form of a playing card depicting the Queen of Clubs, the gold plaque mounted on a brass pin. The plaque measuring approximately 18.2mm x 12.3mm.Very good condition commensurate with age, the enamel is in excellent condition, small blemish to the surface (see extra image) and light surface wear but no chips, damage or restoration. The plaque appears to be gold but the pin is probably brass. Weighs approximately 2.8 grams

Deck of 53 B. Dondorf “Luxus Karten” (Turkish Design) No. 207 Playing Cards. Frankfurt, four sets of 13 cards and joker, together with original card box

Complete deck of Karl Gerich transformation cards, produced to commemorate the 10th anniversary of The English Playing Card Society in 1994. On a nursery rhyme theme, produced in an edition of 72, this pack hand coloured and together with box and latter from Karl Gerich to Christopher Rayner referencing the pack...' So sorry it's taken such an outrageously long time to finish your Transformation pack - All the colouring takes forever and there's no way of speeding up without cutting corners, so the months add up and the projects slips into unprofitability...'

A rosewood inlaid card table, early 19th century, the inlaid and banded top opening to reveal a baize playing surface, the canted rectangular hinged top above circular column, raised on ouswept legs, 91.5cm wide 45cm deep70cm highCondition ReportWax marks to the top surface. Knocks to the base. Some staining to the top and possible repair to some areas. open - 91.5cm wide, 89cm deep, and 68cm high

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): Continental Castle - Playing Card Design, watercolour signed with initials, various inscriptions verso 30.5cm x 19cm

AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY CARD TABLE CIRCA 1750 The hinged top enclosing a baize inset, supported on one hinged leg 73cm high, 91cm wide, 46cm deep Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Some splits, chips and some minor losses. The mahogany of very good figuring and pleasing colour. The underside with various glued blocks of timber to provide structure and stability. Of solid stable structure overall, with no obvious repairs. The carving of excellent quality with pleasing punched detailing throughout. The baize playing surface is a later replacement but is in good clean condition with some minor knicks and scuffs. Please see all additional images as visual reference to this report. Condition Report Disclaimer

A WALNUT ROULETTE CENTRE TABLE ATTRIBUTED TO MASON & CO, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY The removable table top overlying two hinged leaves each with roulette markings embossed and painted to the baize insets, supported by two sliding sections with drawer recesses, flanking a recess with a roulette 'wheel' the underside of which has a paper label indistinctly printed 'MAISON MOTT ... F/E FARALDO & C ', a drawer recess supported on a leg to each end, together with a mahogany playing card dealer's shoe, and a case of primary coloured gaming counters some with a masted galleon mark 81cm high, 137.5cm long, 82.5cm wide Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Some old splits and chips. Some old losses and minor repairs. Some replacement screws to hinges. Some lifting to veneers. The baize surfaces with some surface marks and wear in places Some painted lettering with some wear and fading. The roulette wheel operates as intended and runs smoothly on its bearings Some slight fading and colour variation overall. Solid and stable overall. The brass runners to add or remove the removable playing surfaces can catch and not run smoothly. The table comes with a roulette ball, a card dealing wedge, and a quantity of gambling chips and counters. Condition Report Disclaimer

Mixed lot of silver plate and metalware including an early 20th century four-piece tea service, the tea and coffee pot with ebony handles, a playing card box with white metal relief lid stamped '680', a silver plate table box with coin to lid, mahogany cased late 19th century set of twelve knives and forks with green agate-style handles and other items 

Silver 800 grade matchbox holder decorated with the Maltese cross, an early 20th century green suede and silver mounted address book, Birmingham 1916, a cloisonne pin dish, a chinoiserie lacquered playing card box, etc 

Georgian revival Chippendale-style mahogany fold-over card table, the rectangular top opening to a green baize playing surface and having a foliate carved thumbmoulded edge, foliate scroll carved apron, on four carved cabriole legs with lion paw feet, 77cm high x 92cm wide x 48cm deep 

Early 19th century mahogany and satinwood inlaid foldover card table, the rectangular hinged top with rounded corners, opening to a green baize playing surface, on ringed turned tapering legs, with later glass cover, 71cm high x 88cm long x 43cm deep and an early 20th century folding side table in the Jacobean manner, the circular top folding on a gateleg action, with single drawer, on barleytwist supports, 71cm high x 76cm diameter (2) 

Group of nine boxed vintage playing-card decks

Pepys - Waddingtons - Glamour Girl Playing Cards - A collection to include; a selection of Pepys card games such as; Woody Woodpecker, Speed & British Wild Birds Card Game. The cards appear in Good to Very Good condition in Good condition boxes with signs of storage. A selection of Waddingtons card games, the cards appear in Good condition in Good condition boxes. A Heinz Noodle Doodles card game unboxed, appears Good condition. 2 collections of Nude/Glamour Girl playing cards, they appear to be Very Good condition in Good condition boxes, protective covers. A Sandown Horse Racing Roulette wheel in Playworn condition. All items are unchecked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee) (JF).

Vintage games & toys - A large collection of vintage games to include: 3 x Universal publications photo/picture puzzle games, pieces from a Bayko plastic building set, two sets of pieces & boards, with card playing pieces on wooden bases & blank backed community chest/chance cards. a Japanese wind up tin plate dog (with key but not working), Subbuteo Table Cricket, table tennis net brackets and others. Items unchecked for completeness. (this does not constitute a guarantee) [L]

Playing Cards - Approximately 80 various mostly loose, with some boxed playing cards. In a card stand. Included is a Kennedy Space Centre set and various airline sets. The cards appear to be in Playworn to Good condition with signs of storage and would benefit from a clean, boxes appear to be in Playworn to Good condition with some boxes appear to have storage wear and creasing. All items are unchecked for completeness. (JF)

Three boxes of playing card sets, looks to be 100's of sets, including Beatles ! Being sold on behalf of the League of Friends of Kent and Canterbury Hospital

20th Century Arts and Crafts oak wall mounted pipe rack, central oval brass pipe holder with four playing card apertures set with period photographs, W30cm with three Petersen silver mounted pipes and two othersShipping £38.00 plus vat (UK Only)

George V silver miniature playing card box, domed top, Birmingham 1910, 6cm tall. Marks a little rubbed.

Meccano promotional card sign, depicting a boy playing with a large Meccano gantry crane. The sign has lost some colour and has some small marks around the edges.

A SET OF POLYCHROME-PAINTED LACQUERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY (120) DASHAVATARA GANJIFA PLAYING CARDS WITH LIDDED BOX Possibly Maharashtra or Malwa, Central India, late 19th centuryComprising 120 polychrome-painted and lacquered ten-suited playing cards (ganjifa), each of rounded shape, each suit representing a different form (avatara) of the Hindu god Vishnu, including Matsya (the Fish), Kurma (the Tortoise), Varaha (the Boar), Narasimha (the Man-Lion), Vamana (the Dwarf), Parashurama (Rama with Axe), Rama (Rama with Bow), Krishna, the Buddha, and Kalki (the Last Avatar usually on horseback), each card repeating the main suit symbol attributed to that specific avatar according to the card number, each symbol or figure set against a black, green, red, or ochre yellow ground, with concentric polychrome rules on the outer borders, all cards contained in a square wooden box painted in polychromes, with stylised figures in profile, seated, possibly representing devotees or players, the set accompanied by an old handwritten note in sepia ink in English describing the lot as "Ten Packs of Hindoo Playing Cards", the owner unable to confirm the rules of the game and the suits characterstics.Each token 6.5cm diameterThe box 8.5cm x 9.5cm x 9cm Similarly to the previous lot, this set of Indian ganjifa playing cards comes with its own original box. But the set differs from the previous one for its type. Indeed, the present lot is not an eight-suited Mughal Ganjifa set but rather a ten-suited Dashavatara Ganjifa set, in which each suit represents one of Vishnu's avatars. This type of playing cards became very prominent in the post-Mughal era, from 1850s onwards, almost replacing the previous type of ganjifa sets. Each token 6.5cm diameter, the box 8.5cm x 9.5cm x 9cm Qty: 1

A late 19th century continental papier mache playing card holder to include a pack of playing cards

A parquetry playing card box, the hinged lid decorated with a swastika, 15.5cm wide; enclosing two packs of Royal Tank Corps playing cards, by the Universal playing card company.

* Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards. Master's pack for 1890, London: Woolley & Co, 1890, the complete double deck of 2 x 52 (plus blank) chromolithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, AS with the Master's photograph, two indices, rounded corners, gilt edges, versos arms of the Worshipful Company surrounded by Forget-Me-Nots, with the arms of the City of London and the date, one pack cream background, the other blue-green, each card 88 x 61 mm, each pack in original opened (damaged to one long side) tax wrapper, together in original red leather box (5mm split to lower left corner), front panel with gilt arms and decoration, the box 98 x 137 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry, Playing-Cards of the World, II 7 [615].Apparently unused. The early Worshipful Company packs are uncommon.

* English playing cards. Non-standard deck, London: James English, circa 1868, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), AS type 1.1 (See Goodall, below), double-ended courts printed in pale blue outline and colours, in medieval-style costume, soiled, some generally minor marks or stains, no indices, square corners, versos dark pink ornamental pattern on pink, each card 95 x 65 mm, 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (53 x 40.5 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Goodall, Minor British Card Makers of the Nineteenth Century volume 4: James English ..., pages 11-12 (for ace of spades).Extremely rare: neither we nor Dudley Ollis found any other example of this non-standard deck from James English. The courts seem to be an attempt at producing more realistic characters than those of standard decks.

* English playing cards. Standard pattern type IIb, Hall & Son, circa 1820, the complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), single-figure courts, QS holds a tulip, KH without moustache, Garter type A5 ace of spades (die no.82, 1st recut), dusty, some light toning and finger-soiling (mainly to edges), QD with small brown stain near flower, some pip cards with small pink corner stain (from versos or pip signs?), 2S more soiled, square corners, gilt edges, versos plain pink, each card 91 x 62 mm, with original Great Mogul tax wrapper/label type L4 (defective), together with: Standard pattern type WY3, Woolley & Co, circa 1880, the complete deck of 52 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), printed in red and black only, AS type 1 with address 210 High Holborn, double-ended turned courts, no indices, somewhat soiled and marked, few cards with green staining, mainly to edges, but more so to 8H and JS, small corner loss to KS, square corners, versos purple with small daisies, each card 91 x 63 mm, plus: Mercury Playing Cards, Liverpool: Daily Post Printers, circa 1930, the complete deck of 52 (without joker) colour printed playing cards (French suits), ace of spades with title, double-ended colourful non-standard courts, 4 indices, lightly dusty, rounded corners, versos with blue advert for bananas at the Liverpool Co-Operative Society Ltd, each card 89 x 60 mm, original tuck-flap box, and: Standard pattern, Hunt's Playing Card Manufacturing Company Ltd., circa 1880, 31 (of 32, without 7 diamonds) colour printed playing cards (French suits), double-ended type JH4 courts, printed in red & black only, unturned, AS type 2.1, no indices, somewhat soiled and worn, several generally minor creases, slightly rounded corners, versos plain pink, each card 94 x 65 mm, with another 6 English decks, including: an early Waddington's standard deck (52 complete), circa 1922, with their scarce first (anonymous) ace of spades (disputed by Goodalls as a direct copy of their London Playing Card AS); a Reynolds & Sons Fortune telling deck (47/52, also without 'King' card and the 2nd explanation card), circa 1840; Playing Card Dominoes, by Reynolds & Sons, AS dated 1862 'Bona Fide Toy Cards', in original wooden box with sliding lid, instruction label on inside of lid; a Berkshire Printing Company deck, versos advertising Charrington's Toby Ale, (original defective box and tax wrapper), etc., also with 12 cards only from a J. Wallis 'Character cards' deck, 1805, miniature playing cards to upper corners, much worn, sometime wetted (colours have run), plus a single ace of clubs 'Ludlow & Co Patent Knight's Cards', dated 1800, and 3 damaged single cards (8D, 9H & QD) found in old brickwork, probably pre-1700 (the queen circa 1670?)QTY: (13)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.

* German playing cards. Carte Medicee no.272, B. Dondorf, circa 1913, the complete deck of 52 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), Italian indices, all suit signs (except indices) with gold outline, jack of clubs with 'Dondorf', named double-ended courts, each ace with two named palace views, ace of hearts with three Italian tax stamps, including Centesimi 30 stamp used 1883-1914, also a mostly illegible date stamp (in use 1880-1922), possibly for Milan?, the 3rd stamp appears to be an 'Aumento / Legge 19 Luglio 1914' stamp, a trifle dusty, some very light finger-soiling, 2 pip cards with tiny edge crease, very slight wear to extreme edges, rounded corners, versos gold ornamental pattern with Medici coat of arms, on red background with pale red border, each card 91 x 60 mm, original pink tuck-flap box (edge wear, some splits, flap detached), front with Dondorf dragon and B.D., title on side panels, flap with 'Whist a 52 carte', together with: Luxus-Spielkarte Vier-Erdteile (Luxury Playing-Cards Four Continents), variant 2, Frankfurt am Main: B. Dondorf, circa 1870-1880, the complete deck of 52 colour lithographed playing cards, all cards captioned in French, and with gold border incorporating the company name in white, the border with a loop at each corner, single-figure court cards designed by Karl Friedrich Hausmann, the kings and queens with ornamental backgrounds (brown and green respectively), jacks with pale blue backgrounds, aces with illustrations relating to the continent, across each ace is a central line with B. Dondorf Francfort in white lettering on gold, all pip cards with pale grey-brown background illustration, lightly rubbed in places, JS with very small stain by suit sign, QS and 3H with very worn versos, not affecting recto except faint crease to queen, and small surface loss to lower edge of 3, square corners, versos with the goddess Flora and company name, original (very worn and defective) box, lacking tuck-flap, titled Cartes IllustreesQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Braun, Dondorf BD 1913/2 Medicaer Spielkarte & BD 1858/2 Hausmann-Spiel nr. 207, variant 2 respectively.First item: these cards were exported primarily to Italy, as the Italian tax stamps on our example agree with. Although Braun lists this pack as having a joker, according to the box this example was issued as a straight 52 card Whist pack.

* Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards. Special pack for 1897, London: C. Goodall & Son, 1897, the complete deck of 52 (plus blank) chromolithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, AS with Master's name, and 'Diamond Jubilee 1837 1897', very lightly dusty, two indices, rounded corners, gilt edges, versos two oval portraits of Queen Victoria, Company arms above, commemoration caption and date below, pink background, each card 91 x 64 mm, original two-part maroon leather box, front panel (lightly faded) with gilt title 'Commemoration Playing Cards', Company arms and Royal armsQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry, Playing-Cards of the World, II 32 [783], see also II 31 [615].Early Worshipful Company decks are uncommon.

* Playing cards and card games. American Playing Cards, New York: A. Dougherty, circa 1878, four complete decks each of 52 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, each AS with 'American playing Cards' and maker's details, no indices, rounded corners, two decks with versos of 4 large flowers with foliage and 4 smaller flowers, one deck in blue the other brown, the other 2 decks with versos of an ornamental pattern incorporating foliage and birds etc., one deck in blue, the other brown, each card 88 x 63 mm, contained together in an unrelated Rubicon Bezique box, with De la Rue Bezique marker and Rules leaflet, together with: Besançon Tarot, France: B.P. Grimaud, circa 1900, 77 (of 78, with facsimile trump XVIII) colour lithographed playing cards (Italian suits), comprising 4 suits of 14, each with pip cards 1-10 and 4 single figure court cards, Republique Francaise (1890) tax stamp on ace of coins, Arnoult 1748 on two of coins, plus 22 trump cards: 21 trumps (bearing Roman numerals I-XXI at head, and title of card at foot) and Fool card, maker's name on most trumps and courts, dusty, some toning and spotting, most pip and court cards with pencilled French suit sign at one end, occasional pale brown marks, trump III with crease, cavalier of swords with cracked surface along horizontal crease (near foot), versos plain brown, each card 119 x 62 mm, plus: Schwarzer Peter, Germany, Nürnberg: J.W. Spear & Söhne, circa 1905, 32 (of 33, without one mountaineer) colour lithographed cards, comprising one Schwarzer Peter card, depicting a caricatured black man with top hat, white tie and red tailcoat, and 16 pairs of cards, each pair depicting a man and a woman (except the 'top hat' pair which have children) undertaking various sports and pastimes, including tennis, ice-skating, delivering post, fencing, skiing, serving food or beer, in traditional German costume, etc., worn with a few tears and creases, Schwarzer Peter with corner loss, inner part only of original box (defective), front panel with image of feet and long legs on yellow, J.W.S. & S. to lower right, and: Florentine Pattern, Italy, Florence: Chiari, circa 1870, 44 (of 52, without all heart courts, QD, JC, AH, and 7 & 8C) hand-coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), single-figure courts (Mann's 'Florence I' pattern), maker's name on JS, soiled, some stains (mainly to pip cards), rounded corners, versos blue 'cells' (some surface losses), each card 98 x 65 mm, with approximately 94 other decks of playing cards, 9 decks of card games, 3 playing card-related books, and two packs of cartomancy cards, including a 19th century probably Austrian cartomancy deck of 32 colour lithographed cards (unnumbered, in original box), various conditions, many complete, some incomplete, many with original boxQTY: (Approximately 112)NOTE:First item: Hochman AD14. One of the last no-indices decks issued by Dougherty, the ace of spades design was used for the subsequent Indicator series.Second item: Cary, FRA 159.Third item: An early edition, before the company address and logo 'Spear-Spiel' were added to the box, and with adult characters instead of children as in later editions.The other decks include: Dougherty's Climax playing cards No.14, circa 1910; Dondorf's Empire design No.172, original box states The Imperial pack ... E.Hamilton, London, 1894-1903; two packs with images of nude women, one with versos What the Butler Saw (lacking 3 cards); a complete deck of Nederlandsche Speelkaartenfabriek Dietsche Kaart, circa 1912, heraldic aces; A Waddington's advertising deck for Lingfords Baking Powder, in unopened tax wrapper (with box); 5 decks advertising alcoholic beverages and 12 advertising tobacco products; a Goodall deck for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, designed by John Leighton; the other packs including advertising, non-standard and standard decks from England, Germany, France, Italy, USSR, etc.

Mann (Sylvia). Alle Karten auf den Tisch, All Cards on the Table, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Marburg: Jonas Verlag, signed & inscribed by the author to the title page, monochrome illustrations, original uniform boards in slipcase, 4to, together with Sigmar Radau (Bearbeitet von & Georg Himmelheber), Spielkarten, 1st edition, Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1991, colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, covers lightly rubbed, oblong 4to, plus Reisinger (Klaus), Der oesterreichische Spielkarten-Steuerstempel und andre Mitteilungen, Wien, 1990, colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth, 8vo, number 128 of an un-numbered limited edition, and other German playing card reference & related, 8vo/4to, and others related QTY: (approx. 38)

* Spanish playing cards. Madrid pattern, Madrid: unknown maker, 1707, 33 (of 40, without 4 & king of coins, ace & jack of cups, 5, 7 & jack of clubs) stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (Spanish suits), single figure courts, ace of coins with 'fechas en Madrid' and date, 'con licencia del rey N.S.' and date on 5 & 2 of swords, date also on 6 of clubs & swords, 2 of cups, and jack of swords, no pintas, soiled, some small stains, few minor creases, 4 clubs with small surface loss, cavalier of swords with tiny corner chip, square corners lightly rounded from use, versos plain white, each card 86 x 48 mm, together with: Parisian Spanish pattern, Madrid: Juan de Brugada, 1826, 22 (of 40, without 2-3 & 6-7 cups, 2-3 & 6-7 coins, 2 & 4-6 clubs, 2-7 swords) stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (Spanish suits), single figure courts, ace of coins with 'Faba de J.B.' and date, 4 of coins of R.H. (ie. Real Hacienda), lightly toned (ace of coins more so), small brown mark to KS and 5C (the latter with associated tiny hole), square corners, versos blue stars and dots pattern, plus: Non-Standard deck, Valencia: Manuel Lopez, 1846, 42 (of 48, without king & 7 coins, 6 cups, 6 swords, king & cavalier clubs) hand-coloured lithographed playing cards (Spanish suits), single figure courts representing different countries or continents, 4 cups with printing press emblem, dated imprint, and with two Valencia tax stamps, ace of coins with 'Fabrica de Valencia', with indices and pintas, few minor marks, 7 clubs with faint corner crease, otherwise apparently unused, square corners, versos small blue/black diagonal pattern, each card 74 x 46 mm, with: Spanish National pattern, Real Fabrica de Madrid, 1801, 48 (of 52, without ace of coins, 9 of clubs, 2 & 10 of cups) stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (Spanish suits), single figure courts, cavalier of cups with 'Aiva', 4 of coins with imprint and date, 4 of cups with rising sun (emblem of Felix Solesio), 3 of cups with possible maker's signature, with pintas, soiled and creased, some cards rubbed, 4 coins & king cups stained, 2 pip cards with corner loss (affecting one suit sign), square corners, versos blue dotted flowers, each card 89 x 57 mm, a quantity of card from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 4 display boards (55 x 40.5 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags (second deck all mounted)QTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: IPCS pattern sheet 51. Photocopies of the seven missing cards are included.Second item: Denning, Spanish Playing Cards, pages 45-46; Fournier, Spain 65, 138, 139; IPCS pattern sheet 22. This example has a very unusual mix of cup styles, with the five of cups bearing straight-sided cups, the other cards having chalice-form cups.Third item: An extremely rare, possibly unique, example from this apparently unknown maker, according to an enclosed note from Alberto Perez.Fourth item: uncommon in this 52 card version. Believed to possibly have been made for the Spanish Royal Court.

* German tarot. Mythological and Literary Tarock, Frankfurt: Johann Anton Steinberger, circa 1830, the complete deck of 78 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts based on single figured courts by Industrie Comptoir circa 1820, each trump card with two scenes, Roman numerals at each end, double-ended Fool, dusty, a few generally minor marks, 3 pips cards more marked (5H soiled), several pip cards faintly creased, 2 pip cards with minor surface loss to corner, versos red dotted zigzags and clusters, each card 111 x 59 mm, 41 cards mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards (each 59.5 x 42 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Cary, GER 631; Hoffman (1972) #106.Not in Kaplan or Reisinger. Hoffman describes this as an extremely attractive and detailed deck. The trumps depict scenes from Greek mythology, in addition to scenes from the Biedermeier period - often caricatured - and other scenes from history and literature.

* Spanish playing cards. Juego de Armerías (Heraldry deck), Madrid: Antonio Marín, circa 1733, the complete deck of 52 engraved playing cards (Spanish suits), based on the Heraldic pack by C. Oronce Fine de Brianville, courts are rey (king), dama (queen) and principe (jack), cavallero cards taking the place of aces, king of coins shows the arms of the (then) current pope Clement XII (1730-1740), some generally light toning and spotting (few cards more affected), versos plain white, each card 90 x 57 mm, all cards contained in 3 clear plastic album pages with pocketsQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Museo Fournier de Naipes de Álava, inventory no.44512.Claude Oronce Fine de Brianville first published his heraldry deck in Lyon in 1658. This was followed by further French editions, as well as editions in other European countries including Holland, Germany and finally Spain. They can each be dated by the appearance of the current pope's arms on either the king of clubs or coins (as here). This Spanish edition had a later explanatory booklet written for it, which was compiled by F. Gazan in 1748.

* Gerich (Karl). No.37: EPCS 10th Anniversary Transformation Pack, England, Bath, 1993, the complete deck of 52 (plus two additional cards) etched playing cards (French suits), ink manuscript limitation number and maker's signature (in faint gold ink) to one additional card, the other (adhered to box exterior) includes the EPCS Ace, Deuce et Tray motif, hand-coloured single-figure courts portraying named characters from nursery rhymes and fairy stories, pip cards showing different named English nursery rhymes, with hand-coloured pip signs, variable toning to varnish, otherwise unused, versos plain blue, each card 93 x 65 mm, original two-part slipcase type box, in blue and gold, top panel with maker's star and moon logo, front with adhered additional card, base of inner sleeve with maker's signature and date 9 Sept 1993, limited edition: Proof IQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.The World of Playing Cards website: EPCS Transformation.The limitation card also bears the date 10 Sep 93.

* Fortnum (Peggy, 1919-2016). Bel the Giant, original illustrations, [1956], pen and ink, 7 black and white illustrations produced for Bel the Giant and other stories by Helen Clare, London: Bodley Head Books, 1956, depicting various scenes from stories comprising: The Selkie Boy, The Kitten who wanted to be White, The Boy who Ran Away, The Cat and the Fiddle, and The House with Two Doors, including: a black kitten, rabbits wearing jackets playing in the snow, three kittens sitting together, a child lying on a seal, etc., 7 with pencil notes to margins, largest 63 x 134 mm mount aperture, all in individual modern wood frames (26.5 x 27 cm), together with a copy of the book for which the illustrations were produced, plus two further pen and ink illustrations by the same artist for A Castle and Sixpence by Margaret J Baker, London: Bodley Head Books, 1951, some minor spotting, sections of original card mount with pencil notes to verso of frames, plus a print of Paddington Bear wrestling with a bucket, sheet size 155 x 117 mm, framed and glazed (25.5 x 23 cm)QTY: (11)NOTE:Margaret Emily Noel Nuttall-Smith worked under the name Peggy Fortnum. Peggy was the first artist commissioned to draw Paddington for Michael Bond's series of books from 1958-1974. She illustrated some eighty children's books during her career.

* Gerich (Karl). No.37: EPCS 10th Anniversary Transformation Pack, England, Bath, 1994, the complete deck of 52 (plus two additional cards) etched playing cards (French suits), all cards fully hand-coloured, ink manuscript limitation number and maker's signature to one title card, the other includes the EPCS Ace, Deuce et Tray motif, single-figure courts portraying named characters from nursery rhymes and fairy stories, pip cards showing different named English nursery rhymes, 8S with (original varnish?) stain to upper right corner, 5D with tiny surface loss (affecting one letter), otherwise unused, versos Florentine patterned paper, each card 93 x 66 mm, original two-part box, covered in textured paper, gold inner lip, base interior signed by the maker and dated 20 April 1994, limited edition (35/72 packs)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.The World of Playing Cards website: EPCS Transformation.The limitation card also bears the date 22 Oct. 94, and an ink manuscript dedication For Dudley Ollis.

* Indian playing cards. Mogul Ganjifa, Rajasthan, 19th century, 94 of 96 (without chang 7 and barat 8, also 7 cards are from a different but extremely similar deck) circular deluxe playing cards, hand-painted and lacquered to imitate tortoiseshell (recto and verso), much use of gold, mirs seated on a throne beneath a canopy, with 4 attendants, except ghulam mir (in a howdah on an elephant with 2 other elephants and attendants), chang mir (princess), and surkh mir (sun face on tiger), mounted wazirs with 6 attendants, one carrying a large fan, each numeral card bearing a decorative curved arch with side pillars and a flat base, all cards with small gold decorations to background, all cards with some edge chips and flakes of surface loss, some cards a little rubbed in places, 8 safed with larger edge chip affecting border, versos gold border line, with central gold flower, edges red, diameter 55 mm, original painted and lacquered wooden box with sliding lid, each surface (including lid) with one or two red and white flowers, within a series of rectangular colourful decorative borders, base with adhered label 'Leicester Exhibition autumn '99 no.5' and with numbered collection labelQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Von Leyden [DSM] 6; Von Leyden [V&A] 3 & 4 for similar examples.The ghulam cards are particularly intricate, with scenes such as: a man on a red horse spearing a tiger which is eating its prey (one); an ascetic holding a rosary is seated undr a tree. a noblewoman kneels in front attended by a lady-in-waiting, with a camel kneeling in the foreground (3); two noblemen on a balcony, each with an attendant, watch two elephants fight, each elephant with a mahout and a footman (8).The 7 cards from an extremely similar deck are: taj 9, safed 4 & mir, shamser 2 & 4, chang 10, qimash 5.This deck was exhibited at New Walk Museum, Leicester, in an exhibition of Indian Playing Cards held 17 July to 25 September 1999.

* Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards. A collection of 108 packs of playing cards, issued by the Worshipful Company 1900-2016, 108 French suited standard decks, few duplicates, comprising: 50 double decks in double box (except 1932 lacking one deck); 30 single packs in single box or leather wallet-style case; 25 single packs without box, many with tax or cellophane wrapper, some unopened, all decks believed complete except: 1928 one pack of the double deck without QH; 1939 without joker, various condition, many unused, a small number of cards from most packs mounted with photo corners onto 17 display boards (40 x 54.5 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), together with 5 cards only from the 1887 special deck (Le Jeu des Reynes Renommees): A & 2 S, JD, QC, KH; 2 cards only from the 1894 Master's deck: AS & blank, and 12 single cards: 1888, 1892, 1895, 1898, 1904 (cream verso), 1911 special (2 cards, one red one blue), 1922 (white verso), 1926 (red), 1934, 1940 (blue), and an example of the Goodall verso designed by Clulow circa 1880, on which the 1886 Worshipful pack was based, all corner mounted as above, plus 3 empty single boxes (1902 Coronation, 1911 Coronation, 1928 Tercentenary), and the John Waddington calendar pack for 1988, Worshipful Company verso designs on each card, accompanying small Christmas card and stand, and with John Thorpe's 'The Master Cardmakers of London' (2005) and another booklet about the City Livery Companies (2006)QTY: (2 cartons)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.The years represented are: 1900-1902, 1904-1907, 1911-1980, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2003-2005, 2009-2010, 2012-2016, with special decks for: 1902 (two single decks, one with box and sealed wrapper); 1904 (single deck, no box); 1915 (single deck with box); 2004 (double deck in original plastic box.Duplicate years: 1916, two single packs in boxes; 1918, 1931, 1949 single and double pack, both in boxes; 1935, 2 single packs in boxes, plus a double pack sealed and with original cardboard outer; 1951, 2 single packs in boxes, one silver versos the other red, plus a double pack in box.

Morley (H. T.). Old and Curious Playing Cards, their history and types from many countries and periods, London: B. T. Batsford, 1931, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, some occasional minor light spotting, original green cloth, spine darkened with minor rubbing, 4to, together with other general reference on playing cards and card games, including Encyclopaedia of American Playing Cards by Gene Hochman, 6 parts, The Devil's Picture Books a history of playing cards by John King Van Rensselaer, Playing Cards by Roger Tilley, mostly original cloth in dust jackets some original wrappers, 8vo/folio, GQTY: (3 shelves)

* Manuscript transformation cards. A deck of standard cards with hand drawn transformations, Hunt & Sons, circa 1850, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), all pip cards transformed with humerous pen, ink and watercolour illustrations which incorporate the suit signs, each with ink manuscript caption, ace of spades is created from a blank card (not the original Hunt & Sons duty AS), single-figure type HB1 courts, dusty, some light toning and faint finger-soiling, few minor marks, courts with faint offsetting of blue outlines, no indices, square corners, versos plain white, each card 93 x 64 mm, contemporary two-part box (lacking lid)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.A charming and humerous hand drawn and painted transformation deck. Many of the cards are direct copies of designs from either the 1811 Nixon-Fuller or the similar Nixon-Cowell-Jones Metastasis transformation packs (Field #5 & #6), often with modified captions. A few more cards are clearly inspired by other designs from the same deck, but with alterations, whilst the remaining 10 cards are apparently original designs by the (unknown) artist.

* English playing cards. Illuminated edition, London: De la Rue, circa 1840, 51 (of 52, without 10 of spades) colour printed playing cards (French suits), single figure type D2 courts, with much gold, queens and kings with green, Old Frizzle duty ace, suit signs on pip cards outlined with gold, dust soiled, few minor marks, otherwise apparently unused, versos tartan pattern in black and gold, each card 93 x 64 mm, believed original two-part red leather box, together with: Standard deck, Goodall, circa 1835, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), single figure type I courts, Old Frizzle duty ace, some toning, few pip cards lightly spotted, 3 & 8H with some faint staining, versos plain blue, each card 93 x 64 mm, plus: Piquet deck, Hunt & Sons, circa 1810, a complete deck (including queen of spades converted from a queen of clubs) of 32 stencil coloured woodblock small format playing cards (French suits), all cards with wide borders, single figure courts based on type I, ace of spades type A5a (die no.5, new), ace of clubs with Superfine stamp, variable toning, some spotting, versos plain white, each card 86 x 57 mm, with another 12 English decks, all 19th century, comprising: 2 by De La Rue; 2 Goodall; 3 Reynolds & Sons (one being the earliest known standard pack adapted for the blind, with 3 dimensional suit signs, circa 1835); 3 James English; one Gibson & Hunt, 1801, 51 of 52 (without JD), small size with wide borders, AS type A4a; and one Joseph Hunt & Sons, circa 1875, 'Zetema' deck, with additional spades suit, six scorers and box, none checked for condition or completeness, but all believed complete (except where mentioned above)QTY: (15)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Third item: Dudley Ollis noted that in the only other examples he had seen of this deck, both had the same substitution of a queen of clubs for the queen of spades.

* Lewis (Elaine). Shocker, Erotic Playing Cards, September 1996, the complete deck of 55 hand-coloured printed playing cards (including Joker, title card, and explanation card), French suits, single figure courts, versos red, each card 97 x 68 mm, original cardboard box (slightly edge-rubbed), with duplicate title card mounted on one side and duplicate 9H on the other, limited edition 17/50, together with:Titanic 100th Anniversary Transformation Playing Cards, 2012, the complete deck of 54 hand-coloured printed playing cards (including Joker and title card), French suits, double-ended courts, white spotted pale blue versos, each card 90 x 65 mm, original cardboard box (lightly edge-rubbed), with white plastic star mounted on one side, and duplicate 7C on the other, limited edition of 50 decks, plus 10 other decks of playing cards designed by Elaine Lewis, and:Gaudion (Jennifer). Pips in Pictures, A Watercolour Transformation Deck, complete deck of 54 colour printed playing cards (including 2 Jokers), French suits, house of cards design on versos, each card 92 x 62 mm, contained together with a manuscript note from the artist in original cardboard box with pictorial title label on one side, and signed limitation label on the other, limited edition 51/100, plus 4 decks designed by Peter Wood (Goblins And ..., Pack of Pearls, 2000 Pips, The Chamber of 52 Cards), most decks inserted into pockets of clear plastic album sleeves (with boxes stored separately), contained in a ring binder, 35.5 x 38 cm QTY: (17)

* English playing cards. Standard pattern, Goodall and Son, circa 1867, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), single-figure type GS2 courts, JC with 'Goodall and Son' on belt, variable spotting, occasional light rubbing, square corners, versos red repeating pattern, each card 92 x 64 mm, 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (53 x 40.5 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Goodall, Goodall & Son's Playing Cards (1993), page 6; Lodge, The Standard English Pattern (1991), there classed as type G2 (page 22).The less common redrawn version of the 'modernised' Goodall courts, with realistic and elaborate figures (Goodall, see above).

Thomas de la Rue Company Ltd. Card Games, 1st edition, Bath, 2012, original ring binding, large 8vo, together with Darbyshire (N). Comical Card Games by the Mullord Brothers, 1st edition, N. Darbyshire, 2011, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original ring binding, large 8vo, Bargains! The History & Games of C. W. Faulkner & Co., Neil Darbyshire, 2000, original monochrome illustrations, original ring binding, large 8vo, plus other playing card catalogues, mostly in original ring binders with clear plastic covers, some paperbacks, 8vo QTY: (approx. 35)

* English playing cards. Standard deck, Thomas Creswick, circa 1835, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured wood-engraved playing cards (French suits), single-figure type CR1 courts, with type II red jacks, Old Frizzle AS, very lightly toned, QH with tiny brown spot to blank area, 2H moderately toned with few minor spots, 5C with small brown stain, 9H with tiny mark, otherwise apparently unused, square corners, versos pink with black starbursts pattern, each card 92 x 64 mm, together with: Standard deck, Hunt & Sons, circa 1840, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), single-figure type HB1 courts, superfine stamp on AC, Old Frizzle AS, faintly bowed, somewhat toned and dusty, 6 & 9C with a minor mark, 2S with tiny surface loss to blank area, otherwise apparently unused, square corners, versos plain white, each card 93 x 64 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:Berry, Playing-Cards of the World, IV 10 [202] and IV 9 [668](a) respectively.

* American manuscript card game. A part-deck of an original card game 'Drill', U.S.A, Chicago: E.M. Frank, 1910, 45 (of 53) numbered playing cards, pen & ink and watercolour, each with finely drawn and painted scene or figure related to the suit, 4 suits with unique suit signs, representing: USA (star in a circle, cards 1-11 & 14); United Kingdom (crown, cards 8-11, 14 & 20); France (Legion of Honour medal or 'cross', cards 1-11, 14 & 20, complete); German Empire (yellow shield with Empire flag colours, cards 1-11, 14 & 20, complete), plus an unnumbered card depicting a lion with all 4 suit signs ('Boss' card), every card captioned 'Copyright, February 1910' in ink manuscript, each '14' card with national emblem or arms, each '20' card with national flag, dusty, a trifle toned, some light finger-soiling (mainly to edges), UK 9 toned and spotted, square corners, versos plain white, each card 127 x 76 mm, contained in contemporary two-part box, together with the same cards published as 'Drill Playing Cards' by the New Playing Card Co, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., the complete deck of 53 chromolithographed playing cards, lightly dusty, rounded corners, versos a white and blue copy of the Boss card design, each card 89 x 65 mm, original two-part box (defective) with original rules booklet, box and booklet with 'Copyright by E.M. Frank, Chicago, July 1910', plus a 149 page book containing the original ink manucript rules and directions, with 53 pages depicting the individual playing card designs, in pen & black ink, watercolour, and gold paint, each captioned, the book titled: 'Drill and Drill-Conquest, Two Society Card games, composed ... designed by E.M. Frank, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A., Copyright February 24 1910', the front free endpaper with ink manuscript inscription: 'Chicago, April 20 1910, This is the book referred to in a certain contract between the undersigned ...' and with three signatures including that of Edward M. Frank, black cloth boards, oblong 8vo, in original two-part box, and with another part-pack of the published Drill Playing CardsQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.An original card game with detailed and handsomely drawn cards. The suits comprise 13 cards each, numbered 1-11, 14 and 20. Each suit follows the same pattern of designs, for example each 8 card shows a knight in armour on horseback, and the 7 cards are all national personification female figures. Several cards depict soldiers in uniform: 1 cards are lieutenants, 2s are captains, 4s are colonels etc. The accompanying book was clearly that used when Frank sold his card game design to the New Playing Card Co., and is full of his directions and designs in a very neat ink manuscript hand. The bold and handsome card designs in the book and on the original cards are sadly not done justice to by the very average chromolithography of the published card game. The game rules themselves are extensive and fairly complex - even including a Drill Vocabulary - which, together with the uninspiring reproductions of the designs may explain why the game apparently never became popular.

* Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards. Master's pack for 1893, London: C. Goodall & Son, 1893, the complete double deck of 2 x 52 (without blank) chromolithographed playing cards (French suits), card faces are Goodall's 'Historic' design, lightly soiled with some minor marks (mainly affecting pip cards), one JH with corner crease, one 5C with minor surface loss, two indices, rounded corners, gilt edges, versos Master's oval portrait, arms of the City of London, the Company, and Master, one pack cream background, the other pink, each card 91 x 65 mm, original dark green leather box (minor wear to upper corner), front panel with gilt arms and decoration, the box 98 x 137 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry, Playing-Cards of the World, II 8 [615]. Berry's example has one original deck (A), plus a reissue deck with green verso, rather than the original deck B with pink verso as here.Early Worshipful decks are uncommon.

* Worldwide playing cards. Russian XP9 pattern, St. Petersburg: Imperial Playing Card Factory, circa 1885, 51 (of 52, without jack of diamonds) colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), ace of diamonds with black pelican tax stamp, some toning and spotting, ace of spades with neat ink manuscript 'Russian cards, 1881' at top, square corners, versos blue diagonal pattern, each card 89 x 57 mm, together with: English standard pattern, Hunt & Sons, circa 1835, 51 (of 52, without 8 of clubs) stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), single-figure HB1 type courts, Old Frizzle AS, few pip cards with light soiling or toning, otherwise apparently unused, square corners, versos red starbursts pattern, each card 93 x 64 mm, plus: Gaudion (Jennifer). Pips in Pictures, A Watercolour Transformation Deck, 2001, complete deck of 54 colour printed playing cards (including 2 Jokers), French suits, house of cards design on versos, each card 92 x 62 mm, original cardboard box with pictorial title label on one side, and signed limitation label on the other, limited edition 52/100, with a large quantity of mainly 20th century decks, mostly playing cards, a few card games, from countries including England, France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, China, Austria, etc., also a De La Rue & Goodall sample book, a couple of playing card wrappers, and a small metal set of 6 drawers (38 x 41 x 27 cm) containing some related ephemera, some cards mounted with photo corners on display boards (53.5 x 40.5 cm and similar), a few in a small ring binder, the remainder in plastic bags, many with original box (plus a few empty original boxes), some incomplete (none checked for completeness or condition)QTY: (3 cartons)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.

* Indian playing cards. Tortoiseshell Mogul Ganjifa, probably Hyderabad, India, 19th century, three rectangular playing cards (of 96): 3 and 7 of chang, and 2 of shamsher, hand-painted in gold and colours on tortoiseshell, each card depicting a seated lady holding a book/reading tablet and with a hookah, the suit signs above, surmounted by a 4-point ogee arch, versos with a central gold flower within a single line gold border, 2 of shamsher and 7 of chang each with small corner chip and some minor paint loss (the latter card with some rubbing to gold), 3 of chang somewhat edge chipped and rubbed, with much loss of paint, each card 58 x 42 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Rare survivals in this (or any) condition. See Leyden (1977) 43 & 44 for similar examples: without the golden foliage backgrounds, but the versos with the central golden flower within a single gold line border.Please note: Overseas buyers must check the rules relating to export prior to bidding, as we are unable to ship outside of the UK or apply for an export license for this item.

* Trade Cards. A collection of advertising cards with a playing card theme, French, late 19th/early 20th century, approximately 140 colour printed or chromolithographed cards (some highlighted with gold), advertising chocolate, alcohol, department stores, an umbrella manufacturer, etc., all with a playing card theme, either with suits incorporated, people playing cards, or children building card houses etc., largest 12.5 x 8 cm, inserted into pockets of clear plastic album sleeves, contained in a ring binder, 35 x 26 cm, together with a similar album of postcards, all with a playing card theme, approximately 250, including some modern, mostly English or French, some printed with Christmas or birthday greetings, including transformation, photographic (e.g. a series by J. Welch & Sons with a lady on the left-hand side), cartoons, a WWI series (and a facsimile set of playing cards 'Jei du Belote des Poilus de 14-18', 2014), many unused (most not checked), largest 15 x 10 cm, album contained in slipcase, 36 x 38.5 cmQTY: (2)

* Spanish playing cards. Money Bag pattern, [Italy, Genoa]?: Hermanos Solesi, circa 1740, the complete deck of 48 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (Spanish suits), with pintas, single figure courts, jack of coins holding a money bag, ace of coins with eagle and Spanish arms, maker's name in banner above and below, 5 of coins with large central coin bearing profiles of Ferdinand and Isabel, 4 of coins with six-pointed star containing initials F.S., 2 of cups with 'Naipes Fines', dusty, some generally minor soiling or stains (mainly affecting pip cards), 6 & 7 coins & 2 swords more stained, ace of coins with tiny corner chip and dark mark to lower left corner (just touching cartouche), the pack generally in excellent condition for its age, versos black woodcut flowers in diagonal trellis, each card 88 x 52 mm, 20 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (54 x 40 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Denning, The Playing-Cards of Spain, pages 72-74; IPCS pattern sheet 57.The Solesio family produced several generations of playing-card makers, based in various locations around Spain, Italy and Portugal. According to the website 7bellonline, the Hermanos Solesi, or the Brothers Solesio, who made this deck were most likely the brothers based in Genoa during the early 18th century. The initials F.S. on the four of coins likely stand for Fratelli Solesi.

* Spanish playing cards. Spanish National pattern, Madrid: Real Fabrica de Madrid, 1787, the complete deck of 48 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (Spanish suits), with pintas, single figure courts, ace of coins with imprint and date, 7 cups with maker's signature, 4 coins & 4 cups each with central sun or 'sol', several cards with blue ink smudges (probably from original printing), few cards lightly toned, occasional light spotting (9 cups more heavily so), 8 swords close-trimmed to border, with small loss to one corner, versos dark blue diagonal pattern of square dots within diamonds, each card 88 x 60 mm, 20 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (54 x 40 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Denning, The Playing-Cards of Spain, pages 35-37.Felix Solesio, who oversaw the Real Fabrica de Madrid used the sun as his trademark, derived from his family name. With fresh, bold colours, these cards are in generally excellent condition.

* Gerich (Karl). No.23: Beautiful Bath, England, Bath, 1996, the complete deck of 52 (plus 2 blanks) hand-coloured etched playing cards (French suits), ink manuscript limitation and maker's signature to one blank card, single-figure courts portraying characters associated with Bath, each pip card illustrated with places or buildings around Bath, bowed, otherwise unused, no joker (as issued), versos Florentine patterned paper, each card 60 x 92 mm, original box in the form of a Bath town house, the roof and upper storey as the lift-off lid, base interior signed by the maker and dated 30 April 1995, limited edition (#10 of approximately 30 packs)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.The World of Playing Cards website: Karl Gerich no.23: “Beautiful Bath”.The limitation card also bears the date 19 Sept. 1996, and an ink manuscript dedication Made for Dudley Ollis Esq. The unusual town house box, with 4 'windows', was itself created by Karl Gerich as a limited edition.

* Italian playing cards. Cuccu part-deck, Urbino: unknown maker, early 19th century, 9 (of 38) stencil coloured woodcut playing cards, each numbered, and with red, blue and yellow festoon at top, comprising 2 cards each of: Chvchv (cuckoo) XV; Hai pigliato Bragone XIIII; Salta XIII; Fermatevi Alquanto XI, and one card of Gnao XII, Gnao card with 'Urbino' at foot, some marks and stains, mainly to edges, one Cucco card more stained, versos woodblock pattern of dashes in black and dark green, each card 98 x 51 mm, with accompanying typewritten letter from Alberto Milano, together with: Italian War "Battaglie Italiane", Frankfurt: C.L. Wüst, circa 1861, a complete piquet deck of 32 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), made for the Italian market, the aces depict battles from the Italian war of Liberation in 1859, double-ended courts, the kings and jacks portray relevant kings and commanders, dusty, some toning and light finger-soiling, QS with small corner loss, square corners, versos dotted black trellis with green dotted amorphous shapes, with dark green branching 'foliage', each card 92 x 61 mm, plus: Double-ended Florentine II pattern, Florence: Adami, 1888, 31 (of 32, without 7 of spades) stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, ace of hearts with Italian tax stamp and with Florentine post-mark stamp dated 1888 (or possibly 1883), dusty, some soiling and staining, some cards spotted, square corners, versos blue & white crazy paving, each card 90 x 57 mm, with another three Italian decks: non-standard deck, by Guglielmo Murari of Bari, 1892, French suits, double-ended medieval Germanic style courts, ornate aces, 52/52; Venetian pattern, by Francesco Prezioso of Treviso, circa 1874, turn-over edges, double-ended courts, 45/52; Souvenir d'Italie deck, by Compagnia Carte Ricordo of Milan, circa 1890, photographic scenes or people, extra card with Italian coat of arms, original box (defective)QTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Berry, Playing-cards of the World, V 188 [33] (later version with additional lion cards); Hargrave page 244; Mann, All Cards on the Table, pages 45-46. The accompanying typewritten letter from Alberto Milano, dated April 1999, confirms the cards as early 19th century, possibly 1800-1810, and gives the four playing cards makers listed in Urbino at this time. According to this letter, playing cards from Urbino are not common, with few examples known.Second item: Shaw and Symonds, Playing Cards from the Factory C.L. Wüst, Set 31 (for a 52 card deck with the Wüst star present).Third item: previously from the collection of Sylvia Mann - colour illustrated in All Cards on the Table (#201). According to Mann this pack was probably designed for the game of Pichetto.

Keller (William B.) A Catalogue of The Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library, 4 volumes, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981, colour & monochrome illustrations, original uniform blue cloth, slightly rubbed to head & foot, together with: Berry (John), Playing-cards of the World, 1st edition, Bromley: John Berry, 1995, numerous monochrome illustrations, original green cloth, 8vo, The Waddington Playing-card Collection, 2 volumes, Surrey: The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards, 2005, colour & monochrome illustrations, original wrappers, light rubbed, 8vo, plus other playing card related reference QTY: (14)

* French Fortune Telling Cards. Le Livre Du Destin, Paris: Delion?, circa 1840, the complete deck of 32 hand-coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), heightened with gum arabic, each with miniature standard (single figure) playing card to upper left, the cards depict various characters and scenes, each with caption in French only, lightly dusty, card 26 (Une Nouvelle) with a few pale spots near top, otherwise apparently unused, square corners, versos plain white, each card 108 x 68 mm, with original two-part box, designed to look like a book, lightly rubbed, some wear to extremities, front panel with hand-coloured engraved and titled illustration (annotated with 3 manuscript numbers, two in faint ink, one in blue pencil), rear panel and spine of 'book' covered in green paper, panels imitating the page edges covered in yellow paper (lightly creased), some surface loss to fore edge, bottom panel with pencilled annotation and slight old animal glueQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Cary, FRA 215.These fortune telling cards, like the Cartes Parisiennes decks, were produced by various publishers (possibly from the same plates) during the course of the 19th century, including Delion (a Parisian magician). The Cary copy of this pack (see above), and another we have found with the same box both have the label of Delion on the back: this copy does not have such a label. It is likely that Delion himself did not make the cards, but merely added his label when selling them in his shop in Paris. A later edition was produced by Henry Pussey, and the more commonly found edition by Grimaud (circa 1900) was probably printed from the same plates, after Pussey sold the manufacturing part of his business to B.P. Grimaud. The Pussey edition of these cards, like those of Grimaud, have the maker's name on several of the cards. Henry Pussey sometimes called himself 'Successor to E. Testu', so perhaps Testu is the uncredited originator of these handsome cards. Intriguingly, the British Museum has a very similar pack, but differing in clothing style and without numbering (1866,1110.647-679), which is attributed to A. Giroux & Cie.This uncommon fortune-telling deck depicts mainly figures, wearing the costume of the 1830s, such as a young gentleman in a shop, captioned 'Un Marchand', a young man bearing a basket of flowers, captioned 'Présent ou Surprise', a pregnant lady, titled 'Grossesse', and a woman with a besom, titled 'Caquets'. There are a few cards, however, depicting objects or scenes, such as a hound carrying a missive in its mouth, captioned 'Billet doux' and a starlit landscape with ruins and an owl, titled 'Prudence ou la Nuit'.