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GAMES AND PASTIMES -- MAYHEW, Augustus & Henry. Acting Charades or Deeds not Words. A Christmas Game to make a long evening short, London: D. Bogue, [1850]. Small 4° (164 x 125mm). Hand-coloured wood-engraved frontispiece, title vignette and illustrations by by H. G. Hine. (Frontispiece and title lightly spotted.) Original red cloth decorated in gilt and blind, gilt edges (lightly stained, upper joints splitting).
With 20 other books of related interest including A New Book of Games and Forfeits (London, [1833], hand-coloured frontispiece), The Boy's Own Book; a Complete Encyclopaedia of all the Diversions, Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth (London, 1830, sixth edition), The Playtime Object Book (London, Frederick Warne, [n.d.]), Games for all Seasons (London, [n.d.]), Cassell's Book of In-Door Amusements, Card Games, and Fireside Fun (London, [n.d.]), William Martin's The Book of Sports: containing In-Door Sports, Short Games, Recreations, Conundrums, Charades (London, 1858) and E. Landelis's The Girl's Own Toy-Maker, and Book of Recreation (London, 1860, second edition). (21)
With 20 other books of related interest including A New Book of Games and Forfeits (London, [1833], hand-coloured frontispiece), The Boy's Own Book; a Complete Encyclopaedia of all the Diversions, Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth (London, 1830, sixth edition), The Playtime Object Book (London, Frederick Warne, [n.d.]), Games for all Seasons (London, [n.d.]), Cassell's Book of In-Door Amusements, Card Games, and Fireside Fun (London, [n.d.]), William Martin's The Book of Sports: containing In-Door Sports, Short Games, Recreations, Conundrums, Charades (London, 1858) and E. Landelis's The Girl's Own Toy-Maker, and Book of Recreation (London, 1860, second edition). (21)
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