Home Amusements; A Choice Collection of Riddles, Charades, Rebuses, Conundrums, Parlour Games, and Forfeits

Published by Grant and Griffith [1850], London, 1850

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A very scarce copy of this humorous collection of games and riddles. A very scarce new edition of the work.In full green cloth binding.Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece.A collection of riddles, charades, rebuses, conundrums, parlour games, and forfeits by Peter Puzzlewell, the pseudonym for an unknown author.Includesa list of the answers and solutions to the rear.Undated, dated from the British Library. In full cloth binding. Externally, smart. Shelf wear to extremities, with bumping to the head and tai of the spine. Fading to spine and board edges. Mark to front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good.

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Title
Home Amusements; A Choice Collection of Riddles, Charades, Rebuses, Conundrums, Parlour Games, and Forfeits
Author
Peter Puzzlewell
Publisher
Grant and Griffith [1850], London
Publication year
1850
Condition
Very Good
Book Type
book
Binding
Cloth
Illustrator
Not Stated
Item weight
0.5 kilograms
Dimensions
5.5" by 4.5"
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