1875 Playing CARD GAME 1ed Game of Star Authors Twain Alcott Dickens Burns

1875 Playing CARD GAME 1^ed Game of Star Authors Twain Alcott Dickens Burns

“Game of Star Authors” was a 19^th-century card game that was created to combine learning and leisure. The game was a literary-themed card game where each card featured the portraits and names of famous authors. Players would take turns drawing cards and collecting sets of authors names and works with the goal of accumulating the most points at the end. The mechanics of the game varied from edition to edition, but it was still a popular game amongst families in the 19^th-century.

This set of 64 cards features names and portraits of some of the most famous authors of all time including Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Cullen Bryant, Francis Bacon, Walter Scott, Alcott, Dickens, Burns, Longfellow, Tennyson, Twain, Emerson, and so many more.

Item number: #25750

Price: $499

Game of Star Authors

New York: McLoughlin Bros., [1875].

Details:

• Collation:
  • 64 cards
• Reference: BAL 3614
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover slipcase
• Size: ~4.25in X 3in (10.5cm x 7.5cm)

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