Literature and Playing Cards
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Boekenkwartet
Boekenkwartet featuring illustrations from children's books, 1970s.
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Characters from Charles Dickens
“Characters from Charles Dickens” card game published by Jaques & Son, c.1880.
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Characters of “The Water Margin”
Characters from the Chinese novel “The Water Margin” - 水滸撲克.
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Crikey!
Crikey! Classic British Comics playing cards published by Bird Playing Cards, 2013.
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De La Rue Pocket Guides
The 19th Century saw the production, by all of the major companies, of pocket guides or “mini-books” on every type of game.
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Dead Souls
Dead Souls, or “Mertvye dushi igral’nye karty” produced in 2006 by Aleksei Orleanskii.
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Dickens Character Collection
Dickens Character Collection published for a London Casino as a promotional gift.
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Dickens Snap
Dickens Snap, c.1890.
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Dogs
‘Dogs’ playing cards showcases 52 canine portraits in four suits as authors, artists, musicians and film stars, illustrated by Chet Phillips, 2016
![Don Quijote IV Centenario Don Quijote IV Centenario](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache/wopc/thumbs/var/www/wopc.co.uk/htdocs/images/countries/spain/asescoin/don-quijote-6.f6a4d608.jpg)
Don Quijote IV Centenario
Baraja IV Centenario Don Quijote is the work of artist Vicente Arnás, published by Asescoin, Madrid, 2004.
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Don Quixote playing cards
Don Quixote playing cards designed by Nam Tibon, USA, 2016.
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Dorset Dialect Trails
‘Dorset Dialect Trails’ playing cards, United Kingdom, 2015.
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Early History of Playing Cards & Timeline
Out of an apparent void, a constellation of references in early literature emerge pointing to the sudden arrival of playing cards, principally in Belgium, Germany, Spain and Italy around 1370-1380. Discover the early history of playing cards in our timeline from 50AD to the 15th century.
![Edgar Allan Poe Playing Cards Edgar Allan Poe Playing Cards](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache/wopc/thumbs/var/www/wopc.co.uk/htdocs/images/blog/2013/12/cards.a1d58e95.jpg)
Edgar Allan Poe Playing Cards
A Kickstarter campaign for a fine deck of playing cards inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe
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El Gato con Botas
Puss in Boots card game manufactured by H. Fournier, 1981.
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Eneida
This pack was designed by Oksana Ternavska and first published in 2011 as a supplement to the book "Eneida", a poem written by Ivan Kotliarevsky in 1798.
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EPCS August 1998 Newsletter Members Only
Stained Glass Windows: Lewis Carroll • Isle of Man Packs • Hand Decorated Transformation Pack • Happy Families: Cadbury MISFITZ • World Cup 1998 • New Issues: MISFITZ • Lyons Corner Houses: NIPPIES • Jovial Families: G.BROS Ltd • WG Grace Anniversary • English Standard Card Manufacturers • Nursery Rhyme Snap: Mother Goose • World of Alice: Lewis Carroll • De La Rue: Walt Disney Packs • SNAP: Geraldine Goodwin • Non Standard Pack: De La Rue Denmark 1950
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EPCS February 2024 Newsletter Members Only
Lenthall's Delightful Cards • Cards supposedly by Wheeler • No, It Isn't an Early Wheeler • Chloe Campbell's Wren Cards • Speed: the Motor Cards • “Melox” Happy Families • Playing Cards for the Pegu Club • Military Card Backs • The Worshipful Company • Cards 2023-24 • The Blitz and Wartime Card Production in Britain • Henry Reason's Game of Parliament • Aesop's Fables
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EPCS May 1991 Newsletter Members Only
Royal Residence: Buckingham Palace • Alf Cooke and Universal • Rupert Bear • SPELIT Lyon's Tea • Steamship SS Great Britain • 1980 & 1981 Worshipful Company Packs • CWS SNAP • Thomas De La Rue • OXO • Primrose Day • Harrods • Tonic to the Nation • The Festival of Britain 1951
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Fairy Tales
German Fairy Tales Card Game.