GAMES AND SPORTS; Lithograph album for Goodwin & Co.'s Old Judge and Gypsy Queen Cigarette trading cards

[Trading Card Album]

Edité par Goodwin & Co. [1889], New York, 1889

First edition. Album for the "1889 A38 (N165) Games and Sports" series, complete as issued [Forbes & Mitchell, p.133]. Features color lithography by Julius Bien & Co. Includes five pages with space for 23 trading cards interspersed with three pages depicting women doing various things with and without men. Intended for use with trading cards found in packages of Old Judge and Gypsy Queen cigarettes. The women depicted herein are participating in games and sports, observing men's games and sports, gazing thoughtfully, or merely looking lovely. Includes images of women engaging in horseback riding, archery, bowling, swimming, sailing, "club swinging," coasting (i.e., sledding), ice skating, et al. Oblong heavy card string-tied at left edge; 8 pages printed on rectos only plus covers. A few scuffs and scrapes, narrow portion of bottom left front cover missing, light staining, general aging and wear; altogether good or better. Quite scarce to rare. Although not indicated as such in the book, from the collection of football writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman. N° de réf. du vendeur 56138

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Titre : GAMES AND SPORTS; Lithograph album for ...
Éditeur : Goodwin & Co. [1889], New York
Date d'édition : 1889
Edition : First Edition.