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The Every day book, or A guide to the year : describing the popular amusements, sports, ceremonies, manners, customs, and events, incident to the three hundred and sixty-five days, in past and present times
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- Creator
- by William Hone. With four hundred and thirty-six engravings by G. Cruikshank, Williams, &c
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- Facsimile of 1826 title page: Every-day book, or, everlasting calendar of popular amusements, sports, pastimes, ceremonies, manners, customs, and events, incident to each of the three hundred and sixty-five days, in past and present times
- Half-title of volume 2: Hone's every-day book
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- English
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- London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., 1888-1889
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- 2 volumes, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, map, portrait, music ; 24 cm
- OCLC
- ocm03603403
- Contains a reproduction of the title-page of the 1826 edition.
- The Every day book was originally published weekly from January 1825 to December 1826 (105 numbers including indexes, in 2 volumes).
- Title page verso of volume 2: "London: McCorquodale & Co. Limited, 'The Armoury,' Southwark."
- Text chiefly in two columns.
- Volume 1: viii, 852 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates ; Volume 2: viii, 851 pages.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.