The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England; Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, & Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

Strutt, Joseph; Illustrated By One Hundred and Forty Engravings .a New Edition, with a Copious Index By William Hone

Published by Printed for Thomas Tegg, London, 1845

About this Item

Very Good in contemporary half pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt, marbled end papers, the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down along with a small bookseller's label. Prior owner name top edge verso front end page. Boards rubbed at edges, binding solid, contents quite clean and unmarked. A scholar's copy. Size: Tall 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 007972

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England; Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, & Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
• Publisher: Printed for Thomas Tegg, London
• Publication Date: 1845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: New Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nineteenth Century
  • Folklore