Gulliver im Land der Zwerge

Published February 14, 2021 Updated July 13, 2022

Gulliver in the Land of Dwarfs quartet published by Verlag für Lehrmittel, Pößneck.

1979 Germany Verlag für Lehrmittel Literature Card Games

Gulliver in the Land of Dwarfs educational quartet game published by Verlag für Lehrmittel, Pößneck, based on the literary work by Jonathan Swift, with illustrations by Hans Baltzer, text by Horst Roatsch. See the Info cards

Gulliver im Land der Zwerge, Verlag für Lehrmittel, Pößneck, 1979 Gulliver im Land der Zwerge, Verlag für Lehrmittel, Pößneck, 1979 Gulliver im Land der Zwerge, Verlag für Lehrmittel, Pößneck, 1979 Gulliver im Land der Zwerge, Verlag für Lehrmittel, Pößneck, 1979
Gulliver im Land der Zwerge, Verlag für Lehrmittel, Pößneck, 1979

Above: Gulliver im Land der Zwerge (Gulliver in the Land of Dwarfs) quartet game published by Verlag für Lehrmittel, Pößneck, 1979, 1985. 32 cards + 3 extra cards in box, backs have geometric pattern of lilies.

Verlag für Lehrmittel Pößneck was founded in 1947 and produces a range of teaching aids.

avatar
775 Articles

By Rex Pitts (1940-2021)

Member since January 30, 2009

Rex's main interest was in card games, because, he said, they were cheap and easy to get hold of in his early days of collecting. He is well known for his extensive knowledge of Pepys games and his book is on the bookshelves of many.

His other interest was non-standard playing cards. He also had collections of sheet music, music CDs, models of London buses, London Transport timetables and maps and other objects that intrigued him.

Rex had a chequered career at school. He was expelled twice, on one occasion for smoking! Despite this he trained as a radio engineer and worked for the BBC in the World Service.

Later he moved into sales and worked for a firm that made all kinds of packaging, a job he enjoyed until his retirement. He became an expert on boxes and would always investigate those that held his cards. He could always recognize a box made for Pepys, which were the same as those of Alf Cooke’s Universal Playing Card Company, who printed the card games. This interest changed into an ability to make and mend boxes, which he did with great dexterity. He loved this kind of handicraft work.

His dexterity of hand and eye soon led to his making card games of his own design. He spent hours and hours carefully cutting them out and colouring them by hand.

Related Articles

1988 VEB Kombinat Kali

VEB Kombinat Kali

Advertising pack depicting old means of salt production, with designs by Hannelore Heise.

1997 Burghausen

Burghausen

Historical figures and buildings to promote the town of Burghausen, with designs by Jonny Petri.

2000 Wiener Pattern – Nuremberg Version

Wiener Pattern – Nuremberg Version

A classic deck in a new illustrative style, with notable variations in line work, detail, and colour...

1891 Scientific Whist

Scientific Whist

“Scientific Whist” : standard cards with instructions for play on the faces by Chas Goodall & Son, 1...

1961 Danao Tiāngōng Puke

Danao Tiāngōng Puke

Children’s playing cards based on the 1961 Chinese animated feature film 大闹天宫 (Havoc in Heaven).

2025 Agatha Christie and Playing Cards revisited

Agatha Christie and Playing Cards revisited

Agatha Christie uses card-play as a primary focus of a story, and as a way of creating plots and mot...

2019 CARD-AB Miltenberg

CARD-AB Miltenberg

Illustrations by Rita Stern depicting notable landmarks and scenes from the town of Miltenberg in Ge...

1893 Heartsette by Herbert Fitch & Co, 1893

Heartsette by Herbert Fitch & Co, 1893

A glimpse into a busy print and design office in late Victorian London.

1964 New Altenburg Skat cards – German DDR Pattern

New Altenburg Skat cards – German DDR Pattern

Authentic Altenburger Skat cards with German suits (Acorns, Hearts, Leaves, Bells).

1926 Rap Rummy

Rap Rummy

Rap Rummy made by Parker Brothers in 1926, only 4 years after the discovery of King Tutankhamen’s to...

1971 German Travel Cards

German Travel Cards

A travel-themed educational deck helping American tourists visiting Germany.

1940 Doppel-Deutsche Karten by Bratří Willnerové, Teplice

Doppel-Deutsche Karten by Bratří Willnerové, Teplice

This deck from local manufacturer Bratří Willnerová offers a standard version of the popular Central...

2022 The European Interchanges Quartets

The European Interchanges Quartets

A card game based around motorway intersections from European countries.

1930 Love Tests

Love Tests

Vintage novelty “Love Test” cards of a slightly saucy nature but all in good fun!

1949 Briefmarken-Quartett

Briefmarken-Quartett

Quartet game featuring postage stamps from the Zones of Occupation in post-WWII Germany.

1986 IG Chemie Papier Keramik

IG Chemie Papier Keramik

Promotional pack designed by Karl-Heinz Schroers for a German trade union with comical bears on the ...