The Young Lady's Book. A Manual of Amusements, Exercises, Studies and Pursuits
London: George Routledge & Sons, n.d. ( 1880). Octavo, original decorated pictorial cloth boards, some loss to lower left front cover, new leather spine elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt with raised bands, colour frontis plate, colour plates, b&w plates, b&w text illus, pp xx, 478, plus publisher's catalogue. Leather school plate (Guildford Parsonage School) inlaid front front board. School prize inscription front free endpaper, dated 1885. Some flecking rear board, original decorative image to front, professionally restored and rebound by Cottage Bindery of Bath. Very good condition.
Attractively bound collection of activities for nineteenth-century women including art, crafts, sports, and a wide variety of games. Copiously illustrated with 270 engravings. Item #101711
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