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Acting charrades : or Deeds not words ; a Christmas game to make a long evening short / by the Brothers Mayhew ; illustrated by H.G. Hine.

Accession number
PML 88933
Creator
Mayhew, Augustus, 1826-1875.
Published
London : D. Bogue, 86 Fleet St., [185?]
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Hand colored, steel engraved frontispiece and vignette on title page, signed H.G. Hine.
Wood engraved vignettes in silhouette throughout the text, all unsigned.
"London: Henry Vizetelly, printer and engraver, Gough Square, Fleet Street"--p. 134
"Alphabetical list of words that can be acted as charades"--on unnumbered page, following text.
Description
x, [2], 134, [2] p. : ill. some col. (engravings) ; 17 x 14 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's red rib-grain cloth, blocked in gold and blind.
Classification
Department