For your consideration is the Educational Card Game, GAME OF FIRESIDE AUTHORS published in 1897 by the FIRESIDE GAME CO. (# 1119). The game is complete with all 52 cards: 13 sets of 4 cards each (A to M).  The cards measure 2-1/2 inches by 3-1/2 inches.  

For about five decades I have been collecting the educational games produced by The Fireside Game Company of Cincinnati, Ohio their successor company, The Cincinnati Game Company, their parent company The United States Playing Card Company, and the re-issues of the games by Parker Brothers.  I have amassed a near complete set of these games (including some of the rarest) and, over the coming weeks, will be selling the entire collection, starting with the earliest.

CONDITION: Complete with 52 cards,  all of which are in well-used condition: rubbed and soiled.  There is a five-sided Rules for Playing booklet that is pasted down inside the box cover; it is in good condition: gently age-toned, rubbed and soiled, with some creases  The box top has one split corner.  The box bottom is  fully intact with no split corners.  The box cover is rubbed and soiled.  PLEASE MOUSE OVER THE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR CONDITION DETAILS.