Hidden Book Title Card Game
Scranton, PA: Hidden Book-Title Publishing Co., 1899. Very Good+. Item #50559
Scranton, PA: Hidden Book-Title Publishing Co., 1899. Thirty (30) oblong rebus-style illustrated cards (18x12cm) in decorative paper box with paper label to lid (20x13 cm). Series A, lacking answer sheet. All cards foxed and finger-smudged but fairly sharp. Verso of three cards penciled with answers to the riddles. Box dust-soiled, and rubbed at margins with mild abrasions to edges and top corner of lid; paper title shows mild damp staining and is toned but title is legible. Interior toned but box remains intact. A Very Good example of Victorian parlor gaming.
While it lacks the answer sheet the game is simple enough: the images "spell" out the title of a popular book, including a loose heel (Lucile), two nickels, an "S," and a bee (Nicholas Nickelby), and a bulldog looking at himself in a mirror (Reflections of a Married Man). Only four located in OCLC as of November, 2026, at Brooklyn Museum Libraries, University of Virginia, Pennsylvania State University, and Indiana University.
Price: $250.00