THE EVERY-DAY BOOK - OR, EVERLASTING CALENDARY OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS - SPORTS, PASTIMES, CEREMONIES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND EVENTS, INCIDENT TO EACH OF THE THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE DAYS, IN PAST AND PRESENT TIMES - FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE YEAR, MONTHS, AND SEASONS, ETC. - IN 2 VOLUMES
by HONE, WILLIAM
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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HAWTHORN EAST, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
For William Hone by Hunt & Clark, London, 1826. 2 volumes: 860 pp, 859 pp, marbled edges and end-papers, b&w engraved illustrations, bookplates on front paste-downs, small adhesions to upper board of volume 2, else very good set in lovely green, full calf bindings with gilt decorations and raised bands on spine.
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- Bookseller
- Camberwell Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 225400
- Title
- THE EVERY-DAY BOOK - OR, EVERLASTING CALENDARY OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS - SPORTS, PASTIMES, CEREMONIES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND EVENTS, INCIDENT TO EACH OF THE THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE DAYS, IN PAST AND PRESENT TIMES - FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE YEAR, MONTHS, AND SEASONS, ETC. - IN 2 VOLUMES
- Author
- HONE, WILLIAM
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- For William Hone by Hunt & Clark, London, 1826
- Keywords
- england history reference binding
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Calf
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