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I like these too. Makes me wonder if a pub or tobacco shop somewhere in the UK still has a "trade" jar on a shelf somewhere.

The Lenormand are really beautiful G.

Was trying to track down the year - ebay listing came to the rescue - looks to be 1897

I woke up early today and couldn't sleep so I decided to scroll through your collection and it was a real treat! Thanks to you, I've added the Murakami deck (plus the uno deck ) and the Junaida one to the wishlist. My poor wallet gets no reprieve from this hobby

Rabbit hole entered.


Let’s see how deep it goes…


- [x] 1897 Wills Beauties Playing Cards. 49 of 52 - missing: AH, 9H, 8S
- [x] 1911 Wills Celebrated Ships
- [x] 1913 Wills First Aid
- [x] 1917 Frys Nursery Rhymes [MV]
- [x] 1926 Carreras - Lenormand (wide version)
- [x] 1926 Carreras - Lenormand - (narrow version)
- [x] 1927 Wills - Household Hints
- [x] 1929 Carreras - Playing Cards & Dominoes
- [x] 1936 Churchman - The Queen Mary
- [x] 1936 Wills - Household Hints
- [x] 1938 Wills - Garden Hints
- [x] 1939 Players - Animals of the Countryside
- [x] 1956 Brooke Bond - Out Into Space (Issued With) [HV]
- [x] 1958 Brooke Bond - Out Into Space (Issued In) [MV]
- [x] 1964 Barratt - Yogi Bear and Friends Hanna-Barbera
- [x] 1968 Brooke Bond - History of the Motor Car
- [x] 1973 Brooke Bond - History of the Aviation


some pics, looking like I’ll be getting enough break from work shortly to start to play picture catch up…

Deeper still…

- [x] 1900 Wills - Wild Animals of the World - P/C inset

G, get out of this hole - you are already approaching Repetti Discontinuity in the playing cards hole!

Honeybee wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 7:39 pm G, get out of this hole - you are already approaching Repetti Discontinuity in the playing cards hole!

Rabbiti Discontinuity

Familiar territory, I believe.

1961 Sweetule - Natural History Playing Cards

Sweetule issued about 40 sets of trade/insert cards between 1954 and 1963. This was the only one to include playing-card symbols…

https://www.wopc.co.uk/uk/sweetule-natu ... tory-cards



and Wall’s Ice Cream, Hulk 1979, picked up the pair to help with the 15 GBP shipping, both sets cheap enough to make that matter, which is nice…

G, I am worried that it isn't so much 'rabbit hole entered' as ......

I’m sure I’ll live longer if I waste it on old paper than if I spend it on fast living

Another odd bit that I found existed and then needed to find - I didn’t pay much but I’m pretty sure I overpaid - gladly so, for it tickles me pink…


and, should I get the seller to part with it for my price…

You'll need that rule book now.

Wise words

Managed to score the second one - yippie - old stuff!

Glad you didn't get burned by that deal!

No one else could match it.

You're on fire!

Came across this while hunting hanafuda - its woodblock printed, hand colored, claimed to be old, and otherwise a mystery to me…

Is this it?
https://www.abebooks.fr/Momotaro-Japane ... 7114294/bd
Scroll down and translate for text.

"A Japanese woodblock-printed miniature book in orihon [leporello] format depicting the story of Momotaro, the Peach Boy, in five multicoloured panels. The story of Momotaro, a defeater of demons, is one of the most beloved folk tales of Japan. Originating in the 16th century, it was related orally until the Edo period, at which point it was portrayed in paintings and illustrated books, as it has been from then until the 20th century. During WWII the character was employed as wartime propaganda, in which the 'demons' became American soldiers. In the present miniature, the five panels illustrate the story as follows, (right to left): 1. A childless elderly couple find a peach by the river. 2. Back at home a boy emerges from the peach (the boy is subsequently raised by the couple). 3. Momotaro, having matured into a heroic young man, departs with his dog to fight a band of demons who have been terrorizing the land. 4. Momotaro meets a monkey and a pheasant, who, with his dog, become allies in the battle. 5. Momotaro and his friends, having defeated the demons, return home with the demon chief as captive. The book is composed of a heavy, fibrous paper; the front cover of which has a woodblock printed panel bearing the title and an image of the Peach Boy among pink flowers. The back cover is decorated with a white and green floral pattern on red ground. Japan is the only Asian culture with a significant interest in miniature books - as it is with miniatures of many other objects (eg. netsuke, bonsai etc.). Such miniature books are referred to as mamehon or 'bean books'. Although popular in Japan to this day, few are found in Western collections. A charming example of the genre. Mid twentieth century, fine condition; size 3.8 x 3.0 cm. Size: 3.8 x 3.0 cm"

Yup - nice find - that is one of them

Three books in one collection?

yup - the whole shebang

I have seen a few of these, with the 6 clowns in that style, the box style - but this one had much nicer, hand carved faces and I jumped on it…


… and I notice I didn’t include any pictures with the clowns - I guess I wasn’t kidding when I said I didn’t like them

sending in the clowns…

A few more rare birds snatched from the tree….

Meiji era (1868-1912) Murai Brothers & Co., Kyoto, Japan

These from 1880-1890 best I can tell

Still digging for info on the celluloid tile deck - best bead on it: French-made, circa 1910–1925

I thought this was interesting, "BAKELITE, CATALIN, LUCITE OR CELLULOID? Might help date them.
https://historicalretail.com/blog/is-it-bakelite

They float in a manner that says they must be celluloid to me, also has plenty of flex that says its a match- will see what other confirm I can get

celluloid common use started around 1880, peaked in 1910, faded by 1930