MODERN PASTIME - 1871 - AMUSEMENTS, MAGIC, VENTRILOQUISM, GAMES, BILLIARDS SCIENCE / MEDICINE light age-toning to interior

light age-toning to interior

and pages are clean and free of markings

Slim 16mos of 40 to 50 pp

Beautiful illustrations by J

include the bookplate of famous suffragist Alice Eugenie (du Pont) Ortiz

MODERN PASTIME - 1871 - AMUSEMENTS, MAGIC, VENTRILOQUISM, GAMES, BILLIARDS SCIENCE / MEDICINE light age-toning to interiorMODERN PASTIME OR, IN DOOR AMUSEMENTS Book Details + Condition: Frederick Warne and Co. (London). 1871. Hardcover measuring 6. 25" x 4. 5". All page edges gilt. 179 pages. Subtitled, "VentriloquismParlour MagicElementary GymnasticsBilliardsFun, and Flirtation, Forfeits, Etc." This volume includes descriptions of many games and activities, illustrated with black line drawings. Firm binding; slight lean; rubbed corners and edges; small tear to front