Chess play with handmade marionette pieces

Designer unknown, ca. 1970s/80s. Chess set featuring 32 handmade and hand-painted clay pieces, each modelled as a characterful marionette. Finely executed, with matching board.

[Circle Press] King, R. and R. Fisher. Anansi Company

London, Circle Press, 1992. Signed and numb. 65/120. Containing fifteen loose quires with thirteen screen-printed removable wire and card puppets,. With screen-printed and hand-stencilled...

Double-sided marionet made from wooden parts and painted paper,

mounted on a copper control rod. One side dated 2015, the other side dated 2017. Puppet height: 25 cm, total height incl. rod 58 cm. Housed in (possibly original) box bering a...

[Guignol] Lot of nine titles: (1) J.-B. Onofrio. Théâtre Lyonnais de Guignol

Nouv. ed, revue et corrigée. Illustrée de dessins et culs-de-lampes par Énas d'Orly. Lyon, Librairie Méra, 1890. Lim. ed. 200 copies on Japon. Sc. (2-3) Théâtre Lyonnais de Guignol....

Heuzé, Edmond (1883-1967). Alfred Jarry. Ubu roi

avec de Lithographies Originales et des Bois de Edmond Heuzé. Paris, Marcel Sautier, 1947. W. 25 col. full-page lithographs (incl. 4 double-page) and 10 wood engravings in the...

[Italian theatre] Sand, M. Masques et bouffons (Comédie Italienne)

Texte et dessins. Préface de G. Sand. Paris, M. Lévy Freres, 1860. 2 vols. viii,356,(4); (4),384 p. W. 50 col. engr. plates by A. Manceau after M. Sand. Cont. green hcalf, spines...

[Marionettes] Early 20th century rod puppets, lot of seventeen

Germany, ca. 1920. Handpainted and composed of wood and ceramic elements. Each figure dressed in traditional or theatrical costume, with original string controls attached. A representative...

[Marionettes] Lot of 42 Eastern European and Italian rod puppets

(1) Set of ten Eastern European rod puppets. Czechoslovakia or Poland, ca. 1950 - 1970. Hand-painted wooden rod puppets with simplified features and stylized limbs, dressed in...

Meier-Graefe, Julius and Erich Klossowski. Orlando und Angelica

Ein Puppenspiel in zehn Akten: von Kaiser Karl und seinen Paladinen (...) und manch anderen Umtrieben. Berlin, P. Cassirer, 1912. 133 p., w. 72 lithogr. by E. Klossowski, of which...

[Polichinelle] Five titles: (1) Séraphin, F. Histoire de ce spectacle

depuis son origine jusqu'à sa disparition, 1776-1870. Lyon, N. Scheuring, 1875. Numb. 224/300 copies. (4),334,(1) p. With engr. author's portrait and 10 engr. vignettes. Later...

[Polichinelle] Lot of eight titles: (1) Olivier et Tanneguy de Penhöet. Polichinelle

Drame en trois actes. Illustré par Georges Cruikshank. Paris, L'Histoire Pittoresque d'Angleterre, 1836. 1st ed. Hcalf. Spine dam. (2) Lorentz. Polichinel ex-roi des Marionnettes...

Polichinelle marionette

19th cent. Wood and straw puppet in purple and cream silk garments. Retains the original control strings. Height: 50 cm.

[Pulcinella] Scènes de Polichinelle

Paris, Didot frères, n.d. (ca. 1800). (4),96 p., 12 steel-engr. plates. Contemp. boards. Oblong 12mo. Owner's entry on pastedown, ex libris on front free endpaper. Green label...

[Puppetry] Lot of eleven titles: (1) Fettig, Hansjürgen. Rod Puppets and Table-top Puppets

A Handbook of Design and Technique. Bicester, DaSilva Puppet Books, 1997. (2) Jim Henson. The Works. The Art, The Magic, The Imagination. New York & London, Random House, 1993....

[Puppetry] Lot of six titles: (1) Claretie, L. Les jouets. Histoire - Fabrication

300 vignettes dans le texte et 43 planches hors text, dont 6 en couleurs. Paris, Quantin, 1893. 1st ed. Early overview of history of toys. Quires sl. loosening. Cl. (2) J.M. Petite....