Games for Family Parties and Children. by Mrs Valentine

London : Frederick Warne and Co, 1869. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7" by 5". None . An amusing collection of games for children and their families to play at family gatherings. The first edition. In the original publisher's cloth.Undated, so dated off of Jisc using similar copies held at libraries at the University of Cambridge. Illustrated with one hundred in-text illustrations. Collated complete. This is a wonderful collection of games for children and their families to play at parties. This volume is intended to supply guests with 'a selection of the time-honored amusements of our forefathers', including new games of the day and activities for 'elder members of the family' to join in with too.A wide selection of games is given including ones that can be played indoors or outdoors.Written by Mrs. Valentine, otherwise known as Laura Valentine (1814-1899), who was a Victorian English writer. She was primarily known for her children's literature.Includes the bookplate of Arthur Hamilton Smith who… Read More

London & New York: Frederick Warne and Company 188 pages excluding unnumbered pages for advertising, 100 nice victorian illustrations, decorative cover, salmon cloth, endless victorian "fun" for children and young adults. Endpages and free endpages are quite brown,scattered foxing up to preface, but very clean afterwards, cloth very clean.

London: Frederick Warne and Co., c1870. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. An amusing first edition collection of games for children and their families to play at gatherings, published in the late nineteenth century and written by Mrs. Valentine. First Edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations throughout the text.This is a wonderful collection of games for children and their families to play at parties. This volume is intended to supply guest with 'a selection of the time-honoured amusements of our forefathers', including new games of the day and activities for 'elder members of the family' to join in with too.Written by Mrs. Valentine, otherwise known as Laura Valentine (1814-1899), who was a Victorian English writer. She was primarily known for her children's literature.Thirty-two pages of publisher's adverts to rear of text.Undated, so dated off of Jisc using similar copies held at libraries at the University of Oxford… Read More