Antique1888 McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS Card Game IMPROVED STAR AUTHORS Complete PACK A
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:297692 | Modified Item: No |
| Character Family: Authos | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Brand: McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS | Year: 1888 |
For your consideration is the antique, 1888, card game, IMPROVED STAR AUTHORS, published by McLOUGHLIN BORTHERS of New York, N.Y. The game is complete with 36 cards (2 per author) and the eight-page "Directions for Playing" booklet in the original, chromolithographed box. The box cover lists the copyright date of 1888; the booklet lists the copyright date of 1887. This is the SINGLE PACK - A edition.
"The present game comprises eighteen authors and fifty...-four titles of books . . . ." The authors are:Henry Wadsworth LongfellowJohn Greenleaf WhittierAlfred TennysonRalph Waldo EmersonJames Russell Lowell F. Bret HarteJames T. FieldsThomas Bailey AldrichRichard Grant WhiteCharles Dudley WarnerWilliam Dean HowellsOliver Wendell HolmesJames Fennimore CooperSam'l L. Clemens - "Mark Twain"Bayard TaylorWilliam Cullen BryantCharles DickensWashington Irving
The cards measure 2-1/2 inches by 3-1/2 inches. The back design features the letter "A" inside a star.
The box measures 4-1/2 inches by 6-1/4 inches by 1 inch.
CONDITION: The game is COMPLETE with 36 cards (18 authors and 54 book titles) and eight-page DIRECTIONS FOR PLAYING booklet in ORIGINAL BOX. The cards are in VERY GOOD used condition: rubbed and soiled but without creases, tears or cuts. The instruction booklet is rubbed and soiled; the first two pages have separated from the staple. Both the box top and bottom are fully intact (without signs of repair). The chromoloithographed box label is rubbed and soiled with heaviest wear at the extremities. PLEASE MOUSE OVER THE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR CONDITION DETAILS.
"The present game comprises eighteen authors and fifty...-four titles of books . . . ." The authors are:Henry Wadsworth LongfellowJohn Greenleaf WhittierAlfred TennysonRalph Waldo EmersonJames Russell Lowell F. Bret HarteJames T. FieldsThomas Bailey AldrichRichard Grant WhiteCharles Dudley WarnerWilliam Dean HowellsOliver Wendell HolmesJames Fennimore CooperSam'l L. Clemens - "Mark Twain"Bayard TaylorWilliam Cullen BryantCharles DickensWashington Irving
The cards measure 2-1/2 inches by 3-1/2 inches. The back design features the letter "A" inside a star.
The box measures 4-1/2 inches by 6-1/4 inches by 1 inch.
CONDITION: The game is COMPLETE with 36 cards (18 authors and 54 book titles) and eight-page DIRECTIONS FOR PLAYING booklet in ORIGINAL BOX. The cards are in VERY GOOD used condition: rubbed and soiled but without creases, tears or cuts. The instruction booklet is rubbed and soiled; the first two pages have separated from the staple. Both the box top and bottom are fully intact (without signs of repair). The chromoloithographed box label is rubbed and soiled with heaviest wear at the extremities. PLEASE MOUSE OVER THE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR CONDITION DETAILS.
