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Ancient Mysteries Described. Especially the English Miracle Plays, founded on apocryphal new testament story extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the british museum; including notices of ecclesiastical shows. by Hone, William

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Ancient Mysteries Described. Especially the English Miracle Plays, founded on apocryphal new testament story extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the british museum; including notices of ecclesiastical shows. by Hone, William

Ancient Mysteries Described. Especially the English Miracle Plays, founded on apocryphal new testament story extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the british museum; including notices of ecclesiastical shows.

by Hone, William

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hardcover, cloth, 8vo, x, 299 pps., Ward Lock Reprints, 1970, A little bit of shelfwear, Ex libris good/dj good
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Ancient Mysteries Described, especially the English Miracle Plays, founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story, extant among the Unpublished Manuscripts in the British Museum. . .

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London: Ward Lock Reprints, 1970. Cloth, [3], 299 pages, 4 plates, illustrations; 23 cm. First published 1823. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket with a slightly faded spine.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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William Reeves. Hardback, undated, originally printed in 1823, this looks to be late 19th / early 20th C. The embossed cloth binding has some wear and the hinges are a little weak. There are a few pencil notes in the index, the rest of the text is clean and crisp.
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Ancient Mysteries Described Especially the English Miracle Plays Founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story Extant Among the Unpublished Manuscripts in the British Museum

by Hone, William, Illustrated by G. Cruikshank

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London: William Hone, 1823. Ex-Library. Reading Copy. Hardcover. First Edition. Book has cover wear, with all illustrations including folding plate, from the Sondlet Reference Library..
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Ancient Mysteries Described, Especially the English Miracle Plays, Founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story Extant Among the Unpublished Manuscripts in the British Museum: Including Notices of Ecclesiastical Shows ..

by William 1780-1842 Hone

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(London: Printed for William Hone: 1823) First Edition. Decorated cloth pp. 299. With Engravings on Copper and Wood. Glossary. Index. First Edition. Spine browned from sunning; head of spine worn and cracked; foot of spine heavily rubbed; lower corners of boards rubbed; inner hinge split; a few stains on text pages, mostly marginal; summed up as externally a survival of a very early cloth binding with, unusually, the title printed on the cloth of the spine, and internally somewhere between a good and very good copy.
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Ancient Mysteries Described, especially the English Miracle Plays, founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story, Extant Among the Unpublished Manuscripts in the British Museum; Including Notices of Ecclesiastical Shows.

by William Hone

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London,: Williams Reeves,, 1823. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original black blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Covers with rubbing to extremities and nicking and chipping to spine ends and edges, otherwise very good. Small ink inscription to endpaper. No date, c.1870, preface dated 1823.
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Ancient Mysteries Described, Especially the English Miracle Plays founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum; Including notices of Ecclesiastical Shows, the Festivals of Fools and Asses- the English Boy-Bishop, The descent into Hell- the Lord Mayor's Show, the Guildhall Giants-Christmas Carols &c

by Hone, William

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, x, [2], 13-299 pages, illustrated with engravings, many pages unopened
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ANCIENT MYSTERIES DESCRIBED, ESPECIALLY THE ENGLISH MIRACLE PLAYS, FOUNDED ON APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT STORY, EXTANT AMONG THE UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

by Hone, William

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London: William Hone, 1823. later cloth spine with original cloth covers preserved, new endpapers. 8vo. later cloth spine with original cloth covers preserved, new endpapers. Frontispiece; (iv), 300 pages. Contains numerous mysteries taken from old black letter books. Includes excerpts taken from various English plays. With engravings on copper and wood. Two engravings lacking (facing p. 263 and p. 270). Upper spine splitting. Light rubbing to extremities. White spotting to the rear panel. Bookplate on front pastedown of Edward Sothern Hipp.
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ANCIENT MYSTERIES DESCRIBED ESPECIALLY THE ENGLISH MIRACLE PLAYS FOUNDED ON APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT STORY EXTANT AMONG THE UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM; INCLUDING NOTICES OF ECCLESIASTICAL SHOWS.

by Hone, William

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London 1823 lst edition. Hone. Octavo with ivory linen cloth cover with publisher's lettering on cloth. 13 illustrations on copper and wood - all present. 299p. Index. Fascinating--on cultural manifestations in the form of plays, dances, holidays, songs--of popular "superstitions" and unorthodox religious beliefs. A collection of "curious information on manners, antiquities and various other subjects"--see Ency Brit for interesting biog of Hone. Good plus, not much wear, extreme cover tips bent inward, light toning and light soiling of cover cloth; no owner marks. Text clean and bright; no hinges cracked; binding secure. .
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Ancient Mysteries Described, Especially the English Miracle Plays, Founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story, Extant Among the Unpublished Manuscripts in the British Museum; Including Notices of Ecclesiastical Shows, Etc.

by Hone, William

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London: William Hone, 1823. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Leather spine over red and blue marbled boards, matching marbled endpapers. Title on spine in gilt. x, [2], 13-299 p.p. [4] wood and copper engravings [1 folding], plus frontis. Boards rubbed. Light wear to edges and spine. Spine yellowed. Endpapers browned. Tear to edge of p. 15, but not affecting text. Previous repair to tear to top of p. 59 with tape. Pages lightly foxed, otherwise a very good copy.
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