- Boards sl. worn. A fine copy.
= The Children's World of Learning 3564: "The French and Dutch editions published in the Netherlands were both intended for Dutch children! And they are equally rare (...)"; Cat. Van Rijn 118 bis; Riemens 259b; Muller 1015: "Aardig schoolboekje". Rare ed., no copies traced on the market and only 4 copies in STCN.
AND 1 other similar.
- Lacks the rules. Covers detached. = Rare.
- Plate sl. stained/ soiled.
= Strategy game with the rules of Fox and Geese, in which 2 people fight out a Napoleonic battle with the pieces representing military men. Cf. Goodfellow 109.
"Mein kleiner Liebling". Chromolithogr. jigsaw puzzle, n.pl., n.publ., n.d. (Germany, ±1800), in orig. wooden box, 23x19x2 cm.
- Without lid. = Title also in French, Italian, Spanish and English on the puzzle.
= "Om het gedachte getal te vinden, telt men het eerste nummer in de voorste kolom van alle die kaartjes tezamen, warop [sic] het getal gevonden is" (explanation). Very rare. Cf. Papertoys p.321 for a similar numerical game ("Rekenkundige Tover Kaartjes") publ. by the same.
AND 1 other (facs. edition).
= Nice game. The question card numbers correspond to numbered compartments on the maps (20 on each).
- Leaves w. rules joined together w. scotch tape. Box sl. worn/ splitting.
AND a similar game w. racing cars instead of horses: TUF-TUF! (lacks 1 leaf w. rules). - WITH: a wooden jigsaw puzzle and a small tangram puzzle.
- First 4 illustrated cards w. some wormholes; a few cards paper loosening from board; sl. fingersoiled. Box worn.
= Nice and rare lottery game. Paper Toys, p.124 (the final lottery game described). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE III.
- Trifle yellowed and frayed along edges.
= Playing track around a central scene showing the Dutch royal family, with four corner scenes (i.a. "Binnenhuis op Marken" and "Daar is niets meer aan te doen"). The playing track itself contains i.a. a policeman, postman and several historical figures, i.a. Alexander von Humboldt, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld and Charles Guiteau, the assassin of US president James A. Garfield. Cf. Papertoys p.259 (larger size).
"Nieuw vermakelijk ganzenspel." Amst., J. Vlieger, n.d. (±1900), fold. col. lithogr. spiral track table game, 36x49,5 cm., in orig. envelope. - AND 6 other paper table games, i.a. D. HOEKSEMA, Veluwe-Spel (1928); VAN MELLE'S WAFELSPEL (±1930. Waterst.; sl. torn) and HET NIEUW ARLEQUIN SPEL (±1830. Doubled; creased/ worn; corners cut).
- Lacks portion of upper right corner. = Cf. KVCS (Wijnhoven Hendriks) p.840, no.56.
AND 8 others, all paper games, incl. 'koningsbrief' (wed. C. Kok) and a 'Koningskroon' (cf. Buijnsters, p.115, the same as the crown in the collection Van Gijn and van Tweel, but this is a late 19th cent. print).
- Waterstained and browned.
= Papertoys p.152; F.M. 6070. Running from "Aankomst der Batavieren" to "Algemeene Vrede" (1815).
AND another contemp. engr. spiral track game: "Jeu royal de la vie d'Henry IV" (Paris, Basset, ±1820. Laid down w. large waterstain).
- Sides of box partly splitting. = Nice World War II themed board game, based on Ganzebord.
ADDED: Linde, A. van der. Zoo was Nederland in de winter 1944-1945. Vastgelegd in 18 reproducties naar aquarellen door -. Utr., "Vens", n.d. (±1945), 18 col. plates, loose in orig. board box (sl. defective).
- Two col. lithogr. cards w. tear and wear, the other cards occas. sl. foxed; sides of upper lid dam.
= Papertoys p.323, listing the game under the heading "Veilingspel", with a variant description of the plate on upper lid and with tentative date of ±1870 (our copy probably earlier), and 29 lithogr. cards (not coloured, our copy has 36 col. cards) as well as 29 smaller name-cards of the items shown on the lithographed cards (not present in our copy). Our copy has 103 number counters which Papertoys does not call for. Extremely rare auction game.
= Contents: stone blocks and metal pieces, various shapes and colours and 3 booklets ("Bauvorlagen" no.4, 6 and 8).
AND 1 other similar smaller collection of stones.
- Apparently complete. Die-cuts almost all cut out; occas. sl. foxed. Box sl. worn.
AND 6 other die-cut booklets/ models: "Shirley Temple standing Dolls"; a paper doll model of SHIRLEY TEMPLE (almost life-sized, cut-out); cut-outs of the Dionne quintuplets (mounted in book); "Princess Elizabeth's Little House"; "Het huisje van H.K.H. Prinses Beatrix" and "Kasteel Drakensteyn" - AND 3 other publications on SHIRLEY TEMPLE.
= "Kerstvlucht van het K.L.M. vliegtuig "De Snip" naar Curaçao via Paramaribo in de 2e helft van december 1934" (on verso frontcover).
"Het Radion Circus-Spel". Chromolithogr. building board w. several loose parts, 41,5x26,5 cm., n.pl., Radion, (1934), in folder (rare).
- Folded; a few brown spots.
= Cf. Buijnsters, Paper toys, p.105f. On laid paper with coat of arms watermark topped by a fleur de lis.
(Uilen-spel). Woodcut circular track, 58x49 cm. (leaf), 35x36 cm., woodcut, letterpress rules below, Rott., J. Hendriksen, 1820.
- Folded. = Buijnsters, Papertoys, p.107.
- One card lacks lower section. Box inevitably sl. worn.
= Paper Toys p.311. "Bericht. Dit Hoogst Amuseerende Spel, kan van meerder Personen gespeeld worden; een neemt het Bovengedeelte, de ander het Middelgedeelte en de derde het Ondergedeelte. Ieder mengt zijne Bladen door elkander, de eerste legt het Bovengedeelte neder; de tweede voegt het Middelgedeelte, dat hem convenieerd er bij, en de derde eindigt het Beeld met het Ondergedeelte. De allergrappigste Figuren komen alsdan ten voorschijn, die in duizende Gedaantens kunnen te zamen gesteld worden." The complete sets i.a. showing a man in eastern dress w. a glass and a bottle, a man riding a donkey, a man carrying a sheep, a man on a crutch with a pipe and a pint, a piper, a navy admiral, a messager, a woman holding a basket of flowers, a jester and a man holding a mirror. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE III.
- Folded once. Fine. = Papertoys p.97; De Koning 632; Van Veen III, 284.
- Apparently complete. Board parts and box sl. worn/ rubbed at extremities; frontcover of box stained w. dam. to image.
= Rare Dutch ed. of orig. German table game "Fahrt ins Mühltal" (Sala nr. 4294). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE IV.