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

Strutt, Joseph.

Published by Thomas Tegg and Son, London, 1838

About this Item

ixvii, 420 pages. Gilt rules to skillfilly rebacked modern spine. Gilt lettered morocco red title and morocco green author labels. Marbled boards. Illustrated by one hundred and forty engravings, in which are represented Most of the Popular Diversions; selected from ancient paintings. A new edition, with a copious index, by William Hone, author of the every-day book, table book, year book, etc. Marbled boards rubbed and edge worn. Slight foxing.Very small attractive ownership or bookseller's stamp at bottom of title page and top of advertisement page. In this edition every engraving is on the page it illustrates. Hone incorporated some of Strutt's footnotes into the text of this edition" . without any undue alteration of the author's language".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompous Spectacles, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
• Publisher: Thomas Tegg and Son, London
• Publication Date: 1838
• Binding: Half Calf
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sport
  • Social History
  • Games and Leisure