Dickens (Charles) Characters from Charles Dickens, An Interesting Game, 52 playing cards, a rules card, and a 'Receive one counter' card, printed in red and black and with purple backs, some spotting or foxing, contemporary glazed board slip-case, worn and panels becoming loose, 980 x 760mm, Jaques & Son, Hatton Garden, 1870.

⁂ The title comes from the original pictorial box in which the cards came (here missing). The 52 cards consist of 13 groups of four characters from the works of Dickens. Of these 13 groups, ten feature an image and description of a character (Oliver Twist, Barnaby Rudge, Curiosity Shop (sic), Chuzzlewit, Pickwick, Dombey & Son, The Chimes, Cricket on the Hearth, The Haunted Man and Bleak House), and three feature text only (Little Dorrit, David Copperfield and The Christmas Books).