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AGPI # ·
P-75
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1
AGPI # ·
P-100
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3
AGPI # ·
G-217
date ·
19??
AGPI # ·
P-235
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1
AGPI # ·
P-1086
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66
AGPI # ·
G-40314
date ·
1872
catalog number ·
(none)
short description ·
48 small cards. No illustration on cards.
AGPI # ·
G-40316
date ·
1873
catalog number ·
(none)
short description ·
The box has a sliding lid. 52 cards, larger than in the 30 cent edition.
AGPI # ·
G-40315
date ·
1881
short description ·
No illustrations on cards. Cards have a white face and colored backs.
AGPI # ·
G-40321
date ·
1889 — and also 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1895; 1896
catalog number ·
(none)
short description ·
“33 cards on buff ticket stock, neatly lithographed with a border.” (in catalogs)
AGPI # ·
G-40297
date ·
1889 to 1896
catalog number ·
(none)
short description ·
Two box variations. Blue and orange card backs.
AGPI # ·
G-40322
date ·
1892 — and also 1892; 1895; 1896
catalog number ·
(none)
AGPI # ·
G-40323
date ·
1895 — and also 1896; 1900; 1901
catalog number ·
(none)
AGPI # ·
G-772
date ·
1895 — and also 1896
variant description ·
Horizontal box. The cover shows title in fancy lettering with flourishes but no other illustrations. 72 cards.
AGPI # ·
G-40324
date ·
1900 — and also 1901
catalog number ·
(none)
short description ·
33 cards.
AGPI # ·
G-40282
date ·
around 1900
short description ·
Pink and beige card back variations
AGPI # ·
G-40327
date ·
1905 — and also 1907; 1910; 1913; 1921; 1923; 1927
catalog number ·
4007
short description ·
Title in red with black outline; “A” letter has two sets of 4 yellow squares with black behind. “BRADLEY’S” roundel logo with “THE WORLD’S” “BEST GAMES”. Longfellow on cover.
AGPI # ·
G-40329
date ·
1905 — and also 1907; 1910
catalog number ·
4008
short description ·
Cover: 4 books at an angle.
AGPI # ·
G-777
date ·
1905 — and also 1907; 1910; 1913
catalog number ·
4005
AGPI # ·
G-37145
date ·
1905 — and also 1907; 1910; 1913
catalog number ·
4006
short description ·
Cover: title above 4 slanted books.
AGPI # ·
G-40325
date ·
1907 — and also 1910
catalog number ·
(none)
short description ·
Comes in a slipcase.
AGPI # ·
G-40334
date ·
1907 — and also 1910; 1913
catalog number ·
4176 (for set)
short description ·
Only sold as a set, Five Cent Series, with the following games: ors, Old Maid, Peter Coddle, Races, Stars Stripes, Wild Flowers. Cover has the title on a diagonal in the top half.
AGPI # ·
G-40293
date ·
1910 — and also 1913; 1921; 1923; 1926
catalog number ·
4051
short description ·
Shakespeare writing at a desk. Plain and designs on card backs.
AGPI # ·
G-40283
date ·
1910 — and also 1913
catalog number ·
4424
short description ·
13 authors. Cover: bust of Bryant with globe at rear.
AGPI # ·
G-37130
date ·
1910 — and also 1913; 1921; 1923; 1926; 1930
catalog number ·
4051
short description ·
Girl (blonde hair) reading book, sitting in green chair at right, with girl (red hair) and young boy (black hair) on chair/sofa at left.
AGPI # ·
G-37206
date ·
1910 — and also 1913; 1921; 1930
catalog number ·
4483
short description ·
2 box variations (orange background, yellow background). Purple and red card backs. Cover has bust of Bryant, inkwell, but no globe.
AGPI # ·
G-40299
date ·
1910 s
catalog number ·
4038
short description ·
Three box variations.
AGPI # ·
G-40284
date ·
around 1910 s
short description ·
Books on cover.
AGPI # ·
G-40312
date ·
around 1910 s
catalog number ·
(none)
short description ·
Each letter of “AUTHORS” appears on the spine of a separate book. Authors on books: Scott, Carlyle, Stowe, Irving, Lowell, Dickens, and Clemens. Monochrome cards. Card backs are either offwhite or blue, with numbers only on them.
AGPI # ·
G-40340
date ·
1913
catalog number ·
4612
short description ·
Cover has bust of an author at lower right but no other nondecorative illustrations.
AGPI # ·
G-37215
date ·
1913 — and also 1921; 1923; 1926; 1927; 1930
catalog number ·
4008
short description ·
Cover: boy reading a book by a window, sitting on top of a bookcase. Card backs: child with feather in forest (in red).
AGPI # ·
G-40285
date ·
around 1915
catalog number ·
4005
short description ·
Bust of William Cullen Bryant on cover. 40 cards. Card backs: child with feather on head in forest (in red)
AGPI # ·
G-40287
date ·
around 1920 s
catalog number ·
4008
short description ·
Cover: boy reading a book by a window, sitting on top of a bookcase. Card backs: snowman and rabbits (in red)
AGPI # ·
G-40330
date ·
around 1920 s
catalog number ·
4008
short description ·
Cover: boy reading a book by a window, sitting on top of a bookcase. Card backs: three-leaves with stems on a pale blue background.
AGPI # ·
G-40301
date ·
around 1920 s
catalog number ·
4072
short description ·
Red and blue unillustrated covers. 52 cards, consisting of 13 books of 4 cards each.
AGPI # ·
G-40311
date ·
around 1920 s
catalog number ·
4072
short description ·
Unillustrated red box.
AGPI # ·
G-40326
date ·
1921 — and also 1923; 1926; 1927; 1930
catalog number ·
4006
AGPI # ·
G-776
date ·
1921 — and also 1923; 1926; 1927; 1930
catalog number ·
4072
AGPI # ·
G-37194
date ·
1923 — and also 1926; 1927; 1930
catalog number ·
4005
short description ·
Cover: blue background, bust of Mark Twain on a pedestal.
AGPI # ·
G-37137
date ·
1923 — and also 1926; 1927; 1930; 1931
catalog number ·
4038
AGPI # ·
G-40331
date ·
1926 — and also 1927; 1930
catalog number ·
4072
short description ·
72 cards, consisting of 18 books of 4 cards each, are in the 1926 and later versions. Cover has only text; no standing figure.
AGPI # ·
G-40296
date ·
around 1930
catalog number ·
4008
short description ·
Cover: three children.
AGPI # ·
G-40294
date ·
around 1930 s
catalog number ·
4051
short description ·
Young man with red tie and dark red top and black hair, reading a book on the cover with three tiers of books on a bookcase behind.
AGPI # ·
G-40292
date ·
around 1930 s
catalog number ·
4906
short description ·
Unillustrated cover.
AGPI # ·
G-40300
date ·
© 1931
catalog number ·
4520
short description ·
Light green cover. Title in script. Two stylized sunflowers on cover. Card backs: red tesselation with eight “X”s. Card fronts: white with black and orange ink.
AGPI # ·
G-40291
date ·
© 1931
catalog number ·
4906
short description ·
54 round corner cards. Cover: Shakespeare in black and white and red background; rest of cover is green, yellow, offwhite, with black text.
AGPI # ·
G-40295
date ·
© 1936
catalog number ·
4005
short description ·
Books on cover.
AGPI # ·
G-40288
date ·
© 1936
catalog number ·
4008
short description ·
Title in red with black outline. Shakespeare and 3 books on cover with yellow background.
AGPI # ·
G-40313
date ·
© 1936
catalog number ·
4008 (on rules)
short description ·
Shakespeare with 3 books on a yellow background with red title.
AGPI # ·
G-40290
date ·
1940 s
catalog number ·
4008
short description ·
Cartoon writer at slanted desk on cover. Yellow background. Title in red with black outlines.
AGPI # ·
G-40320
date ·
1866 to 1874
short description ·
Card fronts in gold and colors; bouquet of flowers on the backs.
AGPI # ·
G-40319
date ·
1871 to 1896
short description ·
72 cards. “Revised annually” per 1871-1872 catalog, “the names of the authors and books are updated every year (1873-1874 catalog, page 10)
AGPI # ·
G-40304
date ·
© 1872
short description ·
Three bonus card variations. Blue and pink card backs.
AGPI # ·
G-40302
date ·
1873
short description ·
72 cards. Blue card backs, white card fronts with black illustrations and text. Cover has title on red banner above 8 vertical books and 1 horizontal book that has “ILLUSTRATED EDITION” on its spine.
AGPI # ·
G-40303
date ·
around 1880 s
short description ·
Orange card backs. Two Prize Card variations.
AGPI # ·
G-40305
date ·
© 1872
short description ·
Purple grid card backs.
AGPI # ·
G-40306
date ·
around 1880 s
short description ·
Peach-colored card backs.
Authors Improved, Revised Edition with Fine Portraits of Standard Writers (game title) Full Game Info
AGPI # ·
G-40307
date ·
1921 — and also 1923; 1926; 1927
catalog number ·
4680
short description ·
Unillustrated cover.
AGPI # ·
P-330
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1
AGPI # ·
P-365
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2
AGPI # ·
G-8026
date ·
© 1897
catalog number ·
1119
variant description ·
The game cover is red and includes the publisher’s catalog number 1119.
AGPI # ·
P-367
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8
AGPI # ·
G-40585
date ·
1890 s
catalog number ·
201
short description ·
House on cover.
AGPI # ·
G-8117
date ·
© 1893
variant description ·
Cover show a bearded man sitting on a beach.
more ·
AGPI # ·
P-3768
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1
AGPI # ·
P-372
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1
AGPI # ·
P-2046
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4
AGPI # ·
P-1201
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1
AGPI # ·
P-450
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1
AGPI # ·
P-972
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2
AGPI # ·
P-511
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1
AGPI # ·
P-526
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1
AGPI # ·
P-549
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1
AGPI # ·
P-586
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2
AGPI # ·
P-58
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1
AGPI # ·
P-51
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1
AGPI # ·
P-593
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1
Flinch, with Authors; Go To Store; Muggins; Patience (2 different solitaire games); Stock Exchange (game title) Full Game Info
AGPI # ·
P-1703
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1
AGPI # ·
P-488
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1
AGPI # ·
P-816
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1
AGPI # ·
P-983
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1
AGPI # ·
P-1426
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1
AGPI # ·
P-1724
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39
AGPI # ·
G-37065
variant description ·
The cover shows 10 books on a bookshelf plus an opened book with author names including “LONGFELLOW WHITTIER POPE MILTON SHAKSPEARE”
keywords ·
AGPI # ·
G-34677
date ·
around 1900
variant description ·
The cover shows a man with a white beard inside leaves at both left and right.
AGPI # ·
G-34774
variant description ·
A flower appears at bottom on the cover. A portrait is shown at center over a yellow rounded background with four points.
AGPI # ·
G-34741
variant description ·
The cover shows a bust of man on a shelf with books and has an overall blue background. “Star” is not part of the game title.
Improved Authors: The Queens of Literature with Portraits and Autographs (game title) Full Game Info
AGPI # ·
G-34781
date ·
© 1889
variant description ·
A portrait of Celia Thaxter is shown on the cover.
keywords ·
AGPI # ·
G-23411
date ·
© 1886
more ·
AGPI # ·
G-34698
date ·
© 1887
variant description ·
Shakespeare on cover; copyright on cover
keywords ·
AGPI # ·
G-34653
date ·
around 1887
variant description ·
Shakespeare on cover; no copyright on cover
keywords ·
AGPI # ·
G-34697
date ·
around 1887
variant description ·
bald bust on cover on stand
AGPI # ·
G-34850
date ·
around 1887
variant description ·
man (brown coat, vest, hair) at center; red background
AGPI # ·
G-23111
date ·
around 1895
variant description ·
The game cover shows a flame by a pedestal at right. In addition, clematis vines are shown flowering by the pedestal at left.
AGPI # ·
G-22999
date ·
around 1890
catalog number ·
372
variant description ·
The cover depicts a man with a white beard shown on the cover of a book.
AGPI # ·
G-22991
date ·
1902
variant description ·
The cover depicts a man (with a thin mustache, red coat, and brown hat) kissing a woman (in a pink/white dress).
AGPI # ·
G-34780
date ·
1882
variant description ·
golden lyre at center with leaves around it in a circle
more ·
AGPI # ·
G-23233
date ·
© 1901
variant description ·
The cover shows a girl (wearing a white dress and orange belt) with a doll on a park bench.
keywords ·
Old Maid Series [contains Illustrated Authors, Old Maid No. 2, and Peter Coddle’s Trip to New York] (game title) Full Game Info
AGPI # ·
G-37695
date ·
before or during 1901
catalog number ·
372 A (in 1901-1902 catalog)
AGPI # ·
G-22998
date ·
© 1887
variant description ·
The cover shows poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The colors of the letters in “STAR” range from solid red to striped to white, except for the “R”. The shown stars are plain.
keywords ·
more ·
AGPI # ·
G-37063
date ·
© 1887
variant description ·
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on cover; “STAR” letter colors go from solid red to pink; “GAME” on star at left, “B” on star at right
keywords ·
AGPI # ·
P-1195
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2
AGPI # ·
G-20012
date ·
patented 1873
variant description ·
By “Noyes, Snow, & Co.”
more ·
AGPI # ·
P-857
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1
AGPI # ·
P-1238
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34
AGPI # ·
G-38899
variant description ·
Medium blue cover with no illustration; “Famous” above “Authors” in black script; horizontal box; no logo.
AGPI # ·
G-38903
variant description ·
“NICKEL EDITION” omitted. Illustration of bespectacled man reading book at left
AGPI # ·
G-38877
date ·
© 1893
catalog number ·
107 (in 1896 Parker Brothers catalog, page 23)
variant description ·
40 cards; Cover has 3 circles with illustrations of 3 authors at left.
AGPI # ·
G-38883
date ·
before or during 1894
catalog number ·
150 (1894 Parker Brothers catalog, page 23)
variant description ·
30 cards; illustration of author at upper left inside outer frame in the shape of the beard and head
AGPI # ·
G-38884
date ·
before or during 1894
catalog number ·
76 (in 1894 Parker Brothers catalog, page 23)
AGPI # ·
G-24023
date ·
© 1896
catalog number ·
120 (in 1896 Parker Brothers catalog, page 23)
variant description ·
The cover shows 5 kids marching with their hands on other kids’ backs.
short description ·
Cover is red and shows children marching with the title.
more ·
AGPI # ·
G-38888
date ·
© 1897
catalog number ·
88 (in 1897 Parker Brothers catalog, page 26)
variant description ·
56 cards; 6 people sitting at table; “SALEM EDITION”
AGPI # ·
G-38886
date ·
before or during 1897
catalog number ·
145 (in 1897 Parker Brothers catalog, page 26)
variant description ·
56 cards; “NEW EDITION 1897”; cover has 2 ovals with author illustrations
AGPI # ·
G-38887
date ·
before or during 1897
catalog number ·
146 (in 1897 Parker Brothers catalog, page 26)
variant description ·
“PETITE EDITION DE LUXE”; Walt Whitman illustrated in circle at right on cover
AGPI # ·
G-38889
date ·
before or during 1897
catalog number ·
88c (in 1897 Parker Brothers catalog, page 26, and subsequent catalogs); 88p (in 1900-1901 Parker Brothers catalog, page 49)
AGPI # ·
G-38890
date ·
before or during 1899
catalog number ·
502 (in 1899-1900 Parker Brothers catalog, page 49)
variant description ·
“NICKEL EDITION”. Illustration of bespectacled man reading book at left
AGPI # ·
G-38891
date ·
before or during 1900
catalog number ·
372 (in 1901-1902 Parker Brothers catalog, page IV)
variant description ·
Vertical box; author illustration in oval at upper right-of-center
short description ·
Holmes on cover.
AGPI # ·
G-38893
date ·
1910
catalog number ·
135 (in 1910 Parker Brothers catalog, page 24 No. 135 (new 1910)
variant description ·
44 cards; “NEW 1910 EDITION” on cover; no author illustrations on cover
AGPI # ·
G-38895
date ·
1911
catalog number ·
170 (in 1911 Parker Brothers catalog, page 26 No. 170 (new 1911)
variant description ·
Bookshelf on cover with leaning books at center, plus open book in front
AGPI # ·
G-38897
date ·
© 1943
variant description ·
Horizontal box with red background; three author cards on cover; “SALEM EDITION”
short description ·
Box cover is red. 3 authors on the cover.
AGPI # ·
G-38898
date ·
© 1943
variant description ·
Red cover with no illustration; “Famous” above “Authors” in black script; horizontal box; ship logo.
AGPI # ·
G-38900
date ·
© 1943
variant description ·
Tan textured cover with no illustration; “Famous” above “Authors” in black script; horizontal box; ship logo.
AGPI # ·
G-38901
date ·
© 1943
variant description ·
Black background at top, orange at bottom; cover has 2 books with 4 more stacked at left and 1 more stacked at right.
AGPI # ·
G-20185
date ·
© 1915
short description ·
Cover is maroon with title.
more ·
AGPI # ·
G-38876
date ·
© 1942
variant description ·
“Authors” in yellow script on gray background
AGPI # ·
G-38882
date ·
before or during 1889
variant description ·
30 cards; “AUTHORS” on a banner on the cover; books in triangle at lower left.
AGPI # ·
G-38881
date ·
before or during 1889
variant description ·
64 cards; Four squares (with curled-up inner corners) inside frilly border depict male authors
Parker’s Game of Authors Illustrated and Improved (Standard Edition (1891); Gold Edge Edition (1894, 1896)) (game title) Full Game Info
AGPI # ·
G-38878
date ·
before or during 1891
catalog number ·
58 (in 1895-1896 Parker Brothers catalog, page 24)
variant description ·
Cover has squares in each of the 4 corners with illustrations of authors; in cardboard box.
AGPI # ·
G-38879
date ·
before or during 1896
catalog number ·
59 (1894 Parker Brothers catalog, page 23); 58c (in 1896 Parker Brothers catalog, page 23)
variant description ·
Cover has squares in each of the 4 corners with illustrations of authors; in cloth case.
AGPI # ·
G-38880
date ·
before or during 1888
catalog number ·
120 (in 1894 Parker Brothers catalog, page 23)
variant description ·
Left side of cover shows two people seated at desks; right side shows a walkway to a house with a large tree overhead.
AGPI # ·
G-38885
date ·
© 1893
catalog number ·
120 (in 1895-1896 Parker Brothers catalog, page 24)
variant description ·
Man sitting in chair, reading, by road leading to house with columns in front; “THE GAME OF” on a concave-down curve at upper left; “PARKER BROTHERS” at center bottom with flame outline
AGPI # ·
G-38892
date ·
before or during 1903
catalog number ·
58 (in 1903-1904 Parker Brother catalog, page 28)
variant description ·
“AUTHORS UP TO DATE”
AGPI # ·
P-668
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2
AGPI # ·
P-746
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1
AGPI # ·
P-1299
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1
AGPI # ·
P-1543
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1
AGPI # ·
P-1404
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9
AGPI # ·
G-36847
date ·
1923
catalog number ·
501
variant description ·
On cover: girl at left and girl at right, reading books in front of window.
AGPI # ·
G-23571
date ·
1925
catalog number ·
501
variant description ·
The cover shows a man at right with white hair and a beard, wearing glasses. A boy wearing green and white is sitting on the floor along with a girl in blue. All appear in front of a fireplace.
AGPI # ·
G-36447
date ·
1925
catalog number ·
550-2
variant description ·
On cover: styllzed man with quill and green bow in hair tail.
keywords ·
AGPI # ·
G-36434
variant description ·
On cover: teal blue background; stylized image of Mark Twain smoking pipe.
keywords ·
Library of Games – Game of: Old Maid, Authors, Dr. Quack, Slap Jack, Animal Rummy, Cross-Word (game title) Full Game Info
Library of Games, including: Animal Rummy (with Bull Frog, Wild Animal); Authors (with Good Books); Crossword Letter Game; Dr. Quack; Old Maid; Slap Jack (with Bid Jack, Skat) (game title) Full Game Info
AGPI # ·
P-486
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1
AGPI # ·
G-21650
date ·
© 1874
keywords ·
more ·
AGPI # ·
P-1449
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2
AGPI # ·
G-21657
catalog number ·
345 (in 1888 catalog)
AGPI # ·
P-848
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2
AGPI # ·
P-1849
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2
AGPI # ·
P-1511
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1
AGPI # ·
P-1512
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1
AGPI # ·
P-1263
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3
AGPI # ·
P-1592
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1
AGPI # ·
P-1586
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1
AGPI # ·
P-1601
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1
AGPI # ·
P-1666
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2
AGPI # ·
P-635
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2
AGPI # ·
P-1677
Games matching search ·
2
AGPI # ·
G-22534
date ·
before or during 1935
catalog number ·
3010
more ·
AGPI # ·
P-1678
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1
AGPI # ·
P-1711
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4
- Total number of publishers found · 49
- Total number of games found · 221
- Query start time · 2025-05-16 10:47:12
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- Game database updated · 2025-04-28 11:43:38