Boy's Own Bookshelf: Indoor Games and Recreations - Ilustrated - A Popular Encyclopaedia for Boys (edited by G. A. Hutchison)
Book Description
Number VIII in the 'Boy's Own Bookshelf' series; illustrated by over seven hundred b/w. drawings, diagrams & full-page plates this encyclopaedia has sections on gymnastics; juggling; model making; chess; magic lanterns; boat building; taxidermy; netting; musical instruments; electricity; conjuring; balloons & much more, all listed in the contents section at the front.
Dealer Notes
New Edition, Revised & Enlarged; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Patterned end-papers; Tissue-guarded b/w. frontis. illust.; Pictorial Victorian Binding with gilt titles & decoration to front & spine & blind-stamped designs to rear cover; All edges gilt in good condition; Light wear to spine edges; Bumping & light wear to corners.
Author
Stables, Dr Gordon; Hicks, C. Stansfeld; Maskelyne, J. N.; Jones, Rev. Harry; Stradling, Dr; Crawley, Captain; Malan, Rev. A. N. & many others.
Date
1891
Binding
Hardcover (Original Brown Cloth)
Publisher
Religious Tract Society, London
Condition
Good Condition/no dust jacket
Pages
528
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