Antique 1887 STAR AUTHORS Card Game by McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS - COMPLETE IN BOX

Description

For your consideration is the antique,
1887
,
GAME OF STAR AUTHORS
by
McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS
of New York City.  The game consists of 36 beautifully illustrated cards (the instructions advertise that the "game comprises eighteen authors and
fifty-four
titles of  books;--double the number of those in any other game of the same number of cards" . . ., a clever piece of advertising) and an 8-page instruction booklet.  The 18 authors represented in the game are:
William Wilkie Collins
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sir Walter Scott
Lord Byron
William M. Thackeray
Mary Ann Evans ["Geo. Eliot."]
Charlotte Bronte ["Currer Bell."]
Jean Ingelow
Louisa May Alcott
Celia Thaxter
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Captain Marryatt
Lew Wallace
Robert Burns
Robert Browning
Mrs. Humphry Ward
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The cards measure 2-1/2 inches by 3-1/2 inches.  The "Directions of Playing" booklet measures 3-1/8th inches by 4-3/8th inches.  The box measures 4-1/2 inches by 6-1/4 inches by 1 inches.
CONDITION
:
COMPLETE with 36 cards and instruction booklet in VERY GOOD condition.  The cards are gently rubbed and lightly soiled with no cuts or creases with the exception of one card, which is increased (see close-up).  The instruction booklet is in very good condition with staples intact.  The box is in GOOD condition, rubbed and soiled with internal repair to one corner and one end apron, and an old damp stain.  The box cover has slight dishing near the top.  PLEASE MOUSE OVER THE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR CONDITION DETAILS.