Buy this book on-line UNIDENTIFIED : 1876 ORIGINAL VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT SPORTING DIARY DETAILING A LIFE OF HUNTING, FISHING, HORSE RACING, ROWING AND LUNCH
12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. On offer is an interesting, original 1876 manuscript diary handwritten by an English gentleman living very close to Middenhall in east-central England. The writer details his life of shooting, horse racing, fishing, luncheon engagements, cricket, rowing etc. [once in a while he reads a book] every day from January 1st 1876 to December 30th 1876. He also does a tremendous amount of traveling to and from his entertainments and mentions Epsom, Bose Hill, Cowslip Cottage, Reigate Hall, Crystal Palace, Ascot, Micklelaw, Fakenham, Newmarket plus he usually notes his bad sport days, shooting with Reiss and others. The front hinge of the 6.5 x 4 inch book is cocked slightly forward, several marks to cloth on rear board, some inner hinge wear to front & rear small crack to front cover, no endpapers, couple of margins chipped, light edge wear to cover overall G.. Manuscript. Book Condition: Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of UNIDENTIFIED : 1876 ORIGINAL VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN'S HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT SPORTING DIARY DETAILING A LIFE OF HUNTING, FISHING, HORSE RACING, ROWING AND LUNCH. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, collectables, livres anciens, first editions and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |