Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod, or, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May-Games, Mummeries, Pageants, Processions, and Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
by STRUTT, JOSEPH
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: T. Bensley, Bolt Court. For J. White, at Horace's Head, Fleet Street, 1801. First Edition. 4to. Coloured frontis. Pp. l, [6], 301, directions to the binder on p.302, with 39 coloured copper-engraved plates, all with guards. Contemporary tree calf boards, early re-backing, with a newly added red spine label and leather repaired corners, with light wear to the edges and burn scars to some parts of the boards. Previous owner's bookplate removed from the paste-down endpaper. Light Scattered foxing, but otherwise a good clean copy in a tight binding. Lowndes, 2538.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5287
- Title
- Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod, or, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May-Games, Mummeries, Pageants, Processions, and Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
- Author
- STRUTT, JOSEPH
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. Bensley, Bolt Court. For J. White, at Horace's Head, Fleet Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1801
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Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Bookplate
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- Calf
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- Paste-down
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine Label
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