Author: Dalton, Henry; Corbould, E.H.; Maurier, G. du
Title: The book of drawing-room plays and evening amusements: a comprehensive manual of in-door recreation. Including all kinds of acting charades, mute, comic, poetic, fairy, dramatic, historic, and classic ; proverbs, burlesques, and extravaganzas ; comprising novel and original ideas ; numerous skeleton plots and dialogues, descriptions of continental court tableaux hitherto unnoticed in this country ; intellectual, active, catch and trick games ; forfeits, board-games, puzzles, and parlour magic. The whole interspersed with practical directions concerning costume, and hints on management and accessories.
Description: James Hogg & Sons, London, [1861 or 1864]. With scenic illustrations by E.H. Corbould and G. Du Maurier, and upwards of one hundred and thirty diagrams on wood. ; Accompanied by a copious index.Gilt stamped cloth, gilt edged. IX, (3), 448 p. Complete with frontispice and 7 other plates. four pages of publisher's ads at the end. -good.-(Ends of spine and corners bumped,paages mildly foxed, thumping damage from page 17 to 52, ultimately resulting in a 3 cm tear and some holes in the right edge of the pages.).

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