29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Playing Cards - Various Makers.
J.L. & J. Turnbull (1833-1863), Frizzle Ace, fifty-two cards;
Transformation Cards, printed by Maclure, Macdonald & MacGregor, [c.1865], fifty-two cards;
Anon., Saxon Pattern Tarock Cards, no date, 52 cards;
W.E. Williams, Nelson Line Shipping Company playing cards, no date, fifty-two cards, in original box (4).
Sold for £650
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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