The Sports and Pastimes Of the People Of England

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… Read more about this item

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,… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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'… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item