British Manly Exercises: in which rowing and sailing are now first described; and riding and driving are for the first time given in a work of this kind
London: T. Hurst, 1834. Very Good +. Item #48587
London: T. Hurst, 1834. First Edition. 12mo (16.5cm); publisher's dark green goat over cloth, gilt-lettered spine with original price (8/s), all edges gilt; xvi,269,[3](ads)pp.; frontispiece and added engraved title page, forty-nine leaves of plates including one folding (collated complete). Very light wear to leather, corners a bit softened, else a superlative, Very Good or better example. Contemporary pink bookseller ticket to front pastedown of Cruchley's Juvenile Library, 81 Fleet Street.
Generously illustrated and oft-reprinted guide to the day's favorite sports and activities, including walking, running, leaping, vaulting, balancing, scating [sic], climbing, swimming, wrestling, boxing, and training.
Price: $100.00