The Every-day Book and Table Book or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events Volume I
by William Hone
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Colombies, France
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About This Item
London: Thomas Tegg, 1840. Quarter Cloth. Very Good. Professionally rebound in quarter black cloth and handmade marble paper (globule design in green, black, pale mauve and white on a pale maroon background)cloth-paper interface covered with an onlaid narrow green ribbon, black endpapers,black leather label, b/w frontis, " Bona Dea - The Earth ", 435 b/w engravings (in the 3 volumes of the work), 1719 pp. (in this volume alone). Contains entries of incidents which took place in each of the 365 days of the year in past and present times. Many entries are about saints but others are about customs etc., for example, the entry for February, 22nd., " Stoning Jews in Lent - A Custom " or, the entry for August, 25th. " Printers " - journey-men at printers businesses made paper windows and the master printer made a feast called a "way-goose". He invited the founders, smith, ink-makers etc. who gave money to the workers to spend in the tavern. Condition of binding is "new", condition of text is g to vg.
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- Bookseller
- Northgate Books (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7181
- Title
- The Every-day Book and Table Book or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events Volume I
- Author
- William Hone
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Tegg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.