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Mysteries Described, especially the English Miracle Plays, founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum; including notices of Ecclesiastical Shows, the Festivals of Fools and Asses The English Boy-bishop The Descent into Hell The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 Mayors Show The Guildhall Giants Christmas Carols, Etc.
by Hone, William
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
(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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- exPB (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129506
- Title
- 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Mysteries Described, especially the English Miracle Plays, founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum; including notices of Ecclesiastical Shows, the Festivals of Fools and Asses – The English Boy-bishop – The Descent into Hell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, Etc.
- Author
- Hone, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- literature religion folklore theatre bindings
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About the Seller
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Clarence Park, South Australia
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I am the daughter of Pioneer Books, our business has closed down after 43 years and I am listing some of it on my own account now that I'm the proud owner of the residual stock! I am selling them at half the price at which they were listed when Pioneer Books existed.
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- Hinge
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