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Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 1332434479ISBN 13: 9781332434473
Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United Kingdom
Book Print on Demand
Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. Excerpt from Festivals, Games, and Amusements. About the Publisher, Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. print-on-demand item.
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Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 0267114907ISBN 13: 9780267114900
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by J.& J. Harper
ISBN 10: 1199409537ISBN 13: 9781199409539
Seller: Magers and Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Condition: Very Good; 24mo, 355pgs. Half-bound in black diamond-patterned leather and black buckram, with gilt stamped titling and tooling on the spine. Book contains two foldout plates, "Topography of Olympia" and "Bas Relifs on the Tomb Scaurus", steel-engraved frontispiece and a facsimile of a handwritten note bound-in. Book has light wear to leather extremities. Front hinges tarting but still solid and secure. Previous owner's name stamped on FFEP and written on pastedown. Light toning and pencil markings throughout. Hardcover.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New-York, 1836
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Black cloth with bright gilt spine titles, 6 x 4 inches, a little worming in the front joint, 355 pp. Light foxing, tight. Frontispiece of The Hawking Party (very good); folding plate of Olympia (very good); folding plate of Tomb of Scaurus (clipped with loss of bottom edge). Treats with the ancients Jews, Greeks, Romans, and modern Holidays, Field Sports, Bull-fights, Baiting of Animals, Dancing, Morris-dancers, Jugglers, Music & Minstrels, Card Playing, Chess, Drama and Playhouses.Harper's Family Library, no. 25.
Published by Colburn und Bentley, London, 1831
Seller: Simon Hausstetter, Rohrdorf, Germany
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Gut. Späterer Pappband Frontispiz, VIII, 382 SS., mt 2 Falttafeln. Besitzvermerk auf Vorsatz, eine Lage lose, sonst kaum fleckig und gut erhalten.
Published by New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833
Seller: Quicker than the Eye, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: very good. Harper's Family Library, No. XXV. Harper's Stereotype Edition. Brown cloth. Pictorial frontispiece. Spotting and discoloration to covers, mild toning to edges, very good condition. Toole Stott 635.
Published by New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836
Seller: Quicker than the Eye, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Harper's Family Library, No. XXV. Harper's Stereotype Edition. Cloth, pictorial frontispiece, 355 pages. Soiling to covers, foxing to pages, spine rubbed, else good. Toole Stott 636.
Published by J&J Harper. Harper's Family Library No. XXV. x + 355 p., New York:, 1832
Seller: ADAMS ANGLING BOOKS, BERKELEY, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [Cat. 58-16.] 16mo illus. With Additions by Samuel Woodworth. 1st American Ed. after 1831 1st Ed. [British]. British 1st cited in Kale & Wright p. 266 for Archery; US Ed. has Appendix of American Festivals, Games: American Indians; New England; Middle States, Southern States. Ex-Library; paper boards; missing spine; some pages loose, but 3 illustrations present. Only Fair.
Published by Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831
Early nineteenth-century history of the origins of sporting pastimes, including gladiators and the Olympic Games, with interesting pull-out illustration of the bas-reliefs at Pompeii. Includes chapters on field sports, archery, juggling etc. 8vo. 382pp. Rebound in cloth-covered boards with tooled morocco spine. Very good condition.
Published by J. & J. HARPER, NEW YORK, 1833
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HARD BACK PURPLE. Condition: POOR. HARPER EDITION. Harper and Stereotype Edition. Half binding. Major worn on cover and spine, fading, discoloration. Corners bumped and rubbed. Front hinge cracked. Book has wet stained and soiled. Pages browning, foxing, wet stained. Discoloration on all edges. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. Black and white frontispiece. DATE PUBLISHED: 1833 EDITION: HARPER EDITION 355.
Published by J. & J. Harper, New-York, 1833
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
Leather. Condition: Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 1833 American edition. A Very Good copy. 24mo., x, 11-355 pp., illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and 2 larger folding plates. Bound in full calf, with title on a black morocco label on the spine. Some light rubbing and wear to the board's edges and joints. The frontispiece and plates are browning. A Very Good copy. *** Ancient games of Jews, Romans, Greeks, Olympic games, Holyday, Field sports: Hawking, Archery, Bull-fights, animal baiting, dancing, jugglers, card playing, and other sedentary games. ***.
Published by Colburn., London., 1831
Seller: EmJay Books, Bradford., United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. viii, 382pp, frontis-The Hawking Party, 2 folding plates-Plan of Olympia and Tomb of Scaurus. Cloth is grubby, labels curled and feint, water stain to frontis but National Library sew-in present. Volume 5 of The National Library edited by Rev.G.R.Gleig.
First Edition
SMITH, Horatio. FESTIVALS, GAMES, AND AMUSEMENTS. ANCIENT AND MODERN. New York: J. and J. Harper, 1832. 12mo. Original half-sheep. Frontispiece an two folding plates, 355 pages. First American edition. The American edition of this work has an addition by Samuel Woodworth which covers festivals in New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and Southern states. Specifically it talks of St. Patrick's Day festivities in New York, Boston, a Baltimore, and the great Southern "bar-b-que". From a gardening point of vie there is much information on how public squares, spaces and parks were used. There are chapters on festivals, games and amusements of the ancient Jews and Greeks, Roman drama, the Olympic games, bullfights, Morris dancers, jugglers, minstrels, etc. The marbled paper on the boards is rubbed and there is some foxing. A handwritten note identifies this copy as from the "Library of Pa. College, No. 3357.".
Published by J. & J. Harper, New York, 1831
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
First American edition, as issued in Harper's Family Library series, 12mo, pp. [4] ads, [v]-x, [11]-355, [4] ads, 9-[16] ads; engraved frontis, 2 engraved folding plates, 1 a map of Olympia; later three-quarter blue morocco, gilt spine, t.e.g. With the bookplate of the celebrated collector Herschel V. Jones of Minnesota. The American edition of this work has additional material by Samuel Woodworth of American regional interest, notably festivals of New England, the Middle Atlantic states, and the South; St. Patrick's Day is discussed as is the southern "bar-b-que.".
Published by Colburn, London, 1831
Seller: Kerkhoff Books DIV KSI, Warsaw, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Bound in blue calf by Riviere & Son, 5 raised bands, gilt titles, border, floral turnins, i-[viii], 382. A fine copy mostly unread. Preliminaries and last few pages opened for information, fold-outs unopened.