NEW PARLOR GAME FLIPS

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© 1890 William Bryce

William Bryce

Toronto, Canada

Flips No. 1

Serrated circle with "WILLIAM BRYCE" around top and "PUBLISHER, TORONTO" around bottom.

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«NEW PARLOR GAME
FLIPS»

«WILLIAM BRYCE»
25C
«PUBLISHER, TORONTO»

CAN 25 cents (on cover)

offwhite leaflet (4 sides)

cardboard box

4 inches wide — 3 inches high — 1 ¾ inches deep

10.2 cm wide — 7.6 cm high — 8.3 cm deep

The cover label has an outer offwhite border (sometimes clipped off), then a dark blue border, then offwhite, then another dark blue border. Each corner has 3 curved triangles in a design with a rounded inner border. The left apron is marked "FLIPS" and is attached to the cover label, but there are no other aprons attached to it.

The main cover art has a tan-offwhite background, with designs in each of the four corners that resembled an eye with lower eyelashes.

"NEW PARLOR GAME" (in black serifed font) appears at top on a concave-down baseline.

The title, "FLIPS" (in black) appears below, with each letter on a separate, nonoverlapping circle with a black circumference, representing a wink. "F" is on white, "L" on dark green, "I" on yellow, "P" on pink, and "S" on white.

A circle (in black) with a serrated outer border appears below at center, with "WILLIAM BRYCE" curving inside at top, "PUBLISHER, TORONTO" curving inside at bottom, and "25c" (the price) at center in the circle. A flourish appears to the left and right of the serrated circle.

dark blue

Offwhite

The left apron is marked "FLIPS" and is attached to the cover label. The remaining three aprons do not attach to the cover label but show the dark blue underlabel.

Offwhite with edges of the dark blue undderlabel

Copy 1 includes:

A natural, shiny turned wooden cup (1 7/8" top diameter, concave sides, 1 7/16" bottom diameter).

Squidgers (1 5/16" diameter, bone): 1 red, 1 pink (broken into 2 pieces, 1 dull yellow, 1 white (with a missing chip).

Winks (11/16" diameter, bone): 6 red, 6 pink, 6 dull yellow, 6 white.

Rick Tucker