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The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England; Including the rural and domestic recreations, maygames, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, & pompous spectacles from the earliest period to the present time
by Joseph Strutt
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: William Tegg and co,, 1855. New Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 23 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 420pp. Bound in purple boards. Frontispiece portrait. Woodcut illustrations. "New Edition", with a copious index by William Hone. Chipping to the spine. Corners bumped. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Gutters cracked.
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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64523
- Title
- The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England; Including the rural and domestic recreations, maygames, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, & pompous spectacles from the earliest period to the present time
- Author
- Joseph Strutt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- William Tegg and co,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1855
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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