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Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, 1876. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his bookplate on front endpaper and ink name and date on half title page (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him). Rear board a bit scuffed, hinges loosening, front and end matter lightly foxed, pencil marginalia with notes thereto on rear endpaper. 1876 Hard Cover. xii, 530, 32 pp. Publisher catalog bound in following text. Green cloth, gilt titles, black and gilt decorations. Color frontispiece showing an ancient chess match, 140 engravings from ancient manuscripts throughout text. Includes extensive index.

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London: Thomas Tegg. G: in good (plus) condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind with new endpapers. Light foxing to prelims and occasionally within. Edges uncut. 1834. Reprint. Quarter-cloth cover - red cloth spine on grey boards. 250mm x 150mm (10" x 6"). 420pp. Line-drawings within the text. .

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1845. Red cloth tanned to spine and board edges, blindstamped decs to spine, blindstamped decs to boards, corners lightly bumped, gutters lightly cracked but remains firm, pages clean and bright.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1898. Hardcover. Stated "New Edition." 5 x 7.75in. xii. 530pp. [32pp., ads]. "140 engravings from ancient sources." Publisher's cloth boards. The former copy of poet Josephine Preston Peabody's with her signature on the half-title page. GOOD. Shows shelf rubbing of the extremities, spine lightly tanned, slight furrowing, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. Cloth. Very Good. 13" by 10". None. A smart edition of this charming work on the pastimes of the English people from the 1800s, with illustrations throughout. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece and one hundred and forty in-text engravings from ancient manuscripts. A detailed account of the sports and pastimes enjoyed by the people of England, including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles from the earliest period to contemporary time. Written by Joseph Strutt, an English engraver, artist, writer, and antiquary remembered as an "influential but totally neglected figure in the history of art in Britain" - Sir Roy Strong. Edited by William Hone, an English writer and bookseller. In the original full green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly… Read More

London: T. T. and J. Tegg, 1833. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 6". Not Stated. An illustrated study of the recreational activities of the English population through history. A fascinating work on the history of sports and other diverting recreational activities within England, 'from the earliest period to the present time', and illustrated with 140 vignette engravings depicting these pastimes.This is the work of Joseph Strutt, an English businessman, philanthropist and social reformer who donated the land for England's first urban public park, Derby Arboretum.This is a new edition, significantly expanded from the first edition of 1801, and edited by William Hone.With the illustrated bookplate of Michael Bryant to the front pastedown, indicating that this work was likely once under the ownership of the Olivier award winning British stage and television actor.To the front free endpaper are the notes of a former owner of this work, identifying references in literature to some of the sports and games discussed… Read More

London: T. T. and J. Tegg, 1833. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A revised and expanded edition of this important history of the sporting history of England by Joseph Strutt, illustrated throughout with over one-hundred in-text engravings. This fascinating work is a thorough investigation into the sporting history of the English people, from the 'earliest period' to the Georgian era. Including information regarding a wide variety of sports and pastimes including bell ringing, bowling, hunting and wrestling.Illustrated with in-text engravings throughout.By the English antiquary Joseph Strutt.A new edition, with a copious index by William Hone.Collated, lacking pages v-viii, which contains the advertisement and list of illustrations. In a quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Cloth is a little faded. Crack to the rear joint. Light marks and a little rubbing to the boards and spine. Spine label is rubbed and discoloured. Minor bumping to the head and tail of… Read More

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1845. Very Good in contemporary half pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt, marbled end papers, the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down along with a small bookseller's label. Prior owner name top edge verso front end page. Boards rubbed at edges, binding solid, contents quite clean and unmarked. A scholar's copy. . New Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo.

London: Thomas Tegg, 1841. A new edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo/36" x 24. Armorial bookplate to FPDI. Armorial bookplate to FPD Type: Book Bound in origional purple cloth with blind embossed front board and gilt title and decoration to spine. The spine and board edges are sunned. an armorial plate to fpd, pp lxv1, 420

London: Thomas Tegg & Son. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. 1838. A New edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 310mm x 230mm (12" x 9"). lxvii; 420pp. Illustrated with 140 woodcuts. Illustrated by Reproductions from Ancient Paintings in which are Represented Most of the Popular Diversions. .

8vo. London: William Reeves, 1830. 8vo, lxvi, 420pp. Illustrated with 140 descriptive woodcut vignettes. Later half calf over marbled boards, backstrip gilt-panelled; bound from the parts, with the original wrappers bound in the rear. Joints cracked but holding. § Third edition. The engravings, which are mostly derived from early manuscripts, include an image of a pair of 14th century players of 'bandy-ball,' which is clearly golf. Not a rare book but a pleasant copy seldom found with all the original wrappers intact and in perfect condition.

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Very good copy of Strutt's classic study of medieval English games, sports, festival recreations and performances. With 140 hand-coloured engravings in the text.First published in quarto in 1801, this is the third edition and first in octavo, with index and notes by William Hone, published in 1830.Profusely illustrated with examples from illuminated manuscripts in the British Museum, the Bodleian, Harleian and Royal libraries, etc.Contains all forms of intellectual and physical games, from archery to bell-ringing, football to apple-bobbing, chess to bear-baiting, acrobatics to golf, jousting to gambling, opera to maypole dancing.Joseph Strutt (1749-1802) was an English engraver, artist, antiquary and writer famous for his work on the history of English costume and sports.Red library cloth binding with gilt title on spine, ink stamp on rear of title page, solid text block, interior fresh with delicate hand-colour on the engravings.

, xii, 530 pages, this is a large paper copy, illustrated with140 engravings from ancient manuscipts, extra illustrated with 40 hand coloured plates

Very good + copy of Strutt's classic study of medieval English games, sports, festival recreations and performances. First published in 1801 and reprinted many times in both quarto and octavo editions. First quarto edition with hand-coloured lithographs of the annotated edition by William Hone of 1830.Profusely illustrated with charming figures excerpted from illuminated manuscripts in the British Museum, the Bodleian, Harleian and Royal libraries, etc.Joseph Strutt (1749-1802) was an English engraver, artist, antiquary and writer famous for his work on the history of English costume and sports.William Hone (1780-1842), was an English writer, satirist and bookseller.Contains all forms of mental and physical recreation, from archery to bell-ringing, football to apple-bobbing, chess to bear-baiting, acrobatics to golf, jousting to gambling, opera to maypole dancing.With 140 b/w engravings in the text, and the same 140 illustrations reproduced on 40 finely hand-coloured, lithographed plates (frontispiece… Read More