The streets of London : a merry round game from four to eight players.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dr. Daniel and Eleanor Albert Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cries--England--London--Miscellanea.

Cries.

Card games.

Playing cards--Specimens.

Playing cards.

England--London.

Genre:

Specimens.

Trivia and miscellanea.

Penn Provenance:

Albert, Daniel M. (donor) (Albert Collection copy)

Albert, Eleanor (donor) (Albert Collection copy)

Physical Description:

48 cards : color illustrations ; 9 cm

Place of Publication:

[England] : [publisher not identified], [between 1800 and 1899?]

Contents:

Rules

Baked potatoes all hot. (4 cards)

Buy a box of lights, Sir? (6 cards)

Catch-'em alive, oh! (3 cards)

Chuck-'em down, Sir? (3 cards)

Clean your boots, Sir? (4 cards)

Dust a-hoy. (2 cards)

Got a copper, your honour? (5 cards)

Knives or scissors to grind. (5 cards)

Ornaments for your fire-stoves. (4 cards)

Old Clo'. (2 cards)

Oranges, two a penny. (4 cards)

Pots and kettles to mend. (5 cards).

Notes:

Card game featuring the words to 12 London street cries; the object is to collect the words of as many complete cries as possible.

Game consists of 48 cards: 1 with instructions for play, 12 each with colored illustration of a London street cry (with complete cry at head and first word of cry at foot of card), and 35 each with one word of a cry.

"Entered at Stationers' Hall."--Rules card.

Local Notes:

Albert Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Dr. Daniel and Eleanor Albert.

OCLC:

891411004