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Boy's own book extended : a complete encyclopedia of all athletic, scientific, recreative, outdoor and indoor exercises and diversions including The boy's own book, The book of gymnastics, and Parlor magic.

Accession number
PML 88981
Published
New-York : Charles S. Francis, 1861.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Illustrated half title: The boy's own book. Improved edition. New York : C.S. Francis and Company.
Numerous engraved full-page illustrations and vignettes. Text printed within double-line floral frames.
Boy's own book by William Clarke. The first English edition was published in 1828. (Cf. Osborne Collection, p. 846-7)
Paul Preston is the pseudonym of Thomas Picton.
Publisher's advertisement on pages [1-4] at the end of the text.
Description
3 volumes in 1 (354; 191; 168 p.) : ill. (engravings) ; 16 x 13 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's blue bead-grain cloth, blocked in gold and blind.
Classification
Department