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This is a vintage Famous Authors card game published by Parker Brothers Inc., with the box lid clearly marked 'Salem, New York, London,' indicating an early production date likely from the 1910s–1930s era when Parker Brothers operated out of Salem, Massachusetts. Famous Authors is one of the earliest and most beloved American educational card games, first introduced by Parker Brothers in 1861 and continuously produced through much of the 20th century, making early editions with the linen-textured box highly collectible. The game features illustrated portrait cards of celebrated literary figures including William Makepeace Thackeray (with works Vanity Fair, The Virginians, Pendennis, Henry Esmond) and John Greenleaf Whittier (with works Snowbound, Laus Deo, The Eternal Goodness, Among the Hills), each card rendered in a warm chromolithographic portrait style with rounded corners typical of early 20th-century card production. The box is constructed of sturdy chipboard with a linen-weave textured covering printed in navy blue script and decorative Art Nouveau-style borders, measuring approximately 4.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 inches. The original instruction sheet is present inside the box, printed in period typography with bold dealing and play instructions. Condition is Good to Very Good overall: the box lid shows moderate wear with surface scuffing, light soiling, and minor corner wear with slight separation at one corner edge; the cards display age-toning and tanning consistent with 80–100 years of age, with some edge wear and minor creasing, but portrait illustrations remain vivid and legible; the instruction sheet is intact but shows fold lines and light foxing. Completeness cannot be fully verified from photos but two full stacks of cards are present and the set appears largely intact with the instruction sheet included.