Evening Pastimes Or Amusements For Hearths And Homes; A Magazine Of Fun And Frolic : Containing Parlour Games And Forfeits, Riddles, Enigmas, Charades, . With A Series Of Comic Lessons For Fireside Recreation

Anon

Verlag: Cameron & Co., Publishers, Glasgow

Beschreibung

First Edition. Published: n.d. (c1865) Inscription to ffep. Only copy listed on JISC is at the National Library of Scotland (c1880s). DESCRIPTION: Yellow card wrappers with green and red illustration of magician performing a trick before a cast of on-lookers Language: English. Book Condition: Poor: Heavy wear to corners, edges and spine. 5cm splits to upper and lower spine edges - see photos. Loss of lower spine. Very slack delicate binding with upper and lower binding threads (of three) missing. 5cm tear to first page. Pencil inscription dated 1865. Creased corners to some pages. Child annotations to one page DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 128. Size: 18mo 14.5cm by 9cm. BOOK RESUME: The book is split into puzzles and paradoxes and parlour games. Sections include Transposition of Letters, Conundrums, Enigmas and Riddles, Charades, Practical Puzzles and Paradoxes and The Alliterative Lesson followed by Comic Lessons. The second half of the volume covers Parlour Games. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9075

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Evening Pastimes Or Amusements For Hearths ...

Verlag: Cameron & Co., Publishers, Glasgow

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: Poor

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No DJ

Auflage: 1st Edition.