Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., London, 1905
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This book is hard-bound in red cloth with gilt-stamping to the upper cover and spine. The covers show some light scuffing, edge-wear and rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean, with very nice illustrations, some in color. This book is a Limited Edition, 1/500.
XXXVII, [1], 122; [2], 123-267 (=145), [1] pp.A limited (1 of 500 copies), extra illustrated, 2 volume edition of Henry Angelo's Pic Nic. The present work is a new edition of Angelo's pic nic; or, table talk, including numerous recollections of public characters, who have figured in some part or another of the stage of life for the last fifty years [.], originally published in 1834. Henry Charles William Angelo (1756-1835) was an English fencing master, the son of the Italian fencing master Domenico Angelo (1717-1802), and the second generation of fencers in the Angelo family of fencers. Henry followed in his father's footsteps, he became a fencing master, took over teaching at the School of Arms in London and published a new edition of his father's classic treatise on fencing. Occasional, very slight foxing throughout the 2 vols, otherwise internally clean. Overall in good condition.