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 - Dickens Snap

Title: Dickens Snap
Description: Unkown, Unknown, c1890. Unbound. A very scarce set of cards from Victorian card game 'Dickens Snap.' A very scarce card deck of thirty-two cards illustrating eight characters from Charles Dickens's stories, each on four cards. Featuring the following characters: Bob Cratchit, The Two Wellers, Captain Cuttle, Sydney Carton, Little Nell, Micawber, Nicholas Nickleby and Mr Pickwick.Made anonymously, one deck of two halves. Here without the box. Advertisement for this game 'Dickens Snap' first appeared in The Penny Illustrated in 1875, five years after Dickens's death. Very little is known about this Victorian card game. Complete set of thirty-two cards with lovely coloured illustrations. A little age-toned as common, otherwise generally clean with minor handling marks. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: dickens snap card games card decks charles dickens card games Not Stated

Price: GBP 185.00 = appr. US$ 264.18 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 840A12

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