HOW TO AMUSE AN EVENING PARTY, A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF HOME RECREATIONS Including Bound Games, Forfeits, Slate and Board Games, Numerous Table and Toy Games; Also a Large Collection of Evening Amusements - Comprehending Comic Diversions, Parlor Magic, Tricks with Cards, Scientific Recreations, and Puzzles
Book Details + Condition: Dick & Fitzgerald (New York). First Edition, 1869. "Profusely illustrated with 197 fine wood-cuts." 131 pages. Measures 7"x5". Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards and endpapers. A wide variety of 19th century "diversions" - many of which seem more than a bit terrifying to the modern reader. Tight binding; bumped and rubbed corners and spine ends; rubbing to leather; owner plate on inside front board; text is clean and unmarked.
