Faulkner

C.W. Faulkner & Co., Ltd.   

1885-1956 

79 Golden Lane, London. England

An important publisher of games, pictorial souvenirs, children’s books, and postcards. Faulkner was originally in the Christmas card business along with Albert Hilder Scheimer. Though they worked as lithographers they also began printing in gravure in 1882. In 1885 their partnership ended with Faulkner taking over the business. He changed the company name in the 1890’s, and became a Limited company in 1905. While they printed a wide variety of card types, they are best known for their early black & white view-cards paired with a coat of arms, real photo cards of actresses, artist signed cards by Louis Wain, and propaganda cards issued during World War One. Many of their cards were printed in Germany and Austria.  metropostcard.com

This is a good link for more information about the C.W. Faulkner Co. and their game publishing side of their business.    boardgamegeek.com

Faulkner series 1674/ Pirate and witch

79 Golden Lane on Google Maps January 2019. This will give you an idea of where the publisher
was located in relation to major London landmarks like St Paul's Cathedral and the Tower of London.

The buildings have changed since the early 1900s.
It has been stated, in other sources, that this area was heavily devastated by bombs during WW I.