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London: Ernest Nister, 1906c. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardy, E. Stuart; Cubitt, Edith. Decorative cloth. 415 pages. Illustrated. Some light edge wear to the covers; prior owner name and 1906 date in pencil on the half-title page.

New York Dick & Fitzgerald, 1864, hardcover. Illustrated with over six hundred engravings [no color plates in this edition]. The baseball section is 10 pages with six engravings including the field layout. -- Hardcover, brown with gold and black decorations, ownership dated 1891, Brooklyn, NY. Condition: poor (binding is broken so that signatures are loose, spine backing is loose, edges are worn--cover letters are fairly bright, and pages and engravings are bright except for several pencil scribbles).

Paperback. New.

London, Ernest Nister, No. 876, printed in Bavaria, (1897).. FIRST EDITION circa 1897 (date from Bodleian Library), 4to, 235 x 180 mm, 9¼ x 7 inches, pretty chromolithograph frontispiece showing children playing Blind Man's Buff, numerous black and white illustrations, some full page, a small one of cats by Louis Wain, some by William Foster, many by Evelyn Stuart Hardy, some signed A.D. and many unsigned. Victorian children's pastimes: indoor games, tricks and puzzles, outdoor games, occupations, collections, and the care of pets. In the original publisher's dark green cloth lettered gilt on upper cover and spine, bevelled edges, large coloured illustration to upper cover of a girl playing Blind Man's Buff, a gold chain and pendant round her neck, all edges gilt, 192 pages. Gilt faded on spine, spine slightly wrinkled, slightly rubbed at head and tail of spine with minute nicks, corners very slightly rubbed, no inscriptions, contents very clean. A very good plus copy. Reissued in 1906 as an 8vo.… Read More