The Boys' Book of Sports and Games Containing Rules and Directions for the Practice of the Princiipal Recreative Amusements of Youth
by Uncle John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia [&] New York: Appleton, 1851. With Illustrations; Brown cloth, gilt spine title, gilt cover vignette of boys playing, blind decoration to boards, pale yellow endpapers/pastedown, frontis illustration; A good copy with wrinkle to cover cloth, & early bookplate inside front cover; 192 pages + 8 leaves of publisher advertisements. Size: 4.5"x5.5". Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Raven Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HM16116
- Title
- The Boys' Book of Sports and Games Containing Rules and Directions for the Practice of the Princiipal Recreative Amusements of Youth
- Author
- Uncle John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Appleton
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia [&] New York
- Date Published
- 1851
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenalia;
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White Raven Books
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Ypsilanti, Michigan
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