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Hone's Works; The Every Day-Book or The Guide to the Year, William Hone, 3 Volumes

Hone's Works; The Every Day-Book or The Guide to the Year, William Hone, 3 Volumes

£120.00
SKU LAN8236

3 Volumes (from 4) by William Hone:

Vol I; The Every Day-Book or The Guide to the Year; Relating the Popular Amusements, Sports, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to the 365 Days in Past and Present Times; Being a Series of 5000 Anecdotes and Facts; Forming a Perpetual Key to the Almanac, &c. With four hundred and thirty six engravings in Two Volumes. Vol I;

Vol III; The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information; Concerning Remarkable Men and Manners, Times and Seasons, Solemnities and Merry-Making, Antiquities and Novelties, on the Plan of the Every-Day Book and Table Book.... Forming a Complete History of the Year, Forming a Perpetual Key to the Almanac. With One Hundred and Fourteen Engravings;

Vol. IV; The Table Book of Daily Recreation and Information; Concerning Remarkable Men and Manners, Times and Seasons, Solemnities and Merry-Making, Antiquities and Novelties, on the Plan of the Every-Day Book and Table Book.... Forming a Complete History of the Year, Forming a Perpetual Key to the Almanac. With One Hundred and Sixteen Engravings.

Published by William Tegg, London. The books are undated, and no edition stated. The books were first published c. 1825 to 1829. The Publisher, William Tegg, acquired the rights to publish these books in the late 1920s, so they are probably fairly early printings, but not first editions.

These popular books featured a miscellany of 'curios' and 'amusements' on different subjects, in organised fashion, from which the reader could dip in and out.

A very good set of 4 green leather hardbacks. The books have been professionally restored at some point with original covers and spines mounted onto matching leather support. With wear and bumping. Red morocco labels to spine with gilt decals. With marbled edges to text block, with matching endpapers.

Binding is completely secure with the restoration strengthening the joints.

Some mild spotting, and minor flaws to the few pages at either end of the books, the text is overall clean and bright

Despite the absence of the second volume, the books still function as stand-alone volumes and are a striking addition to any library.

Text in English.

Vol I: 836pp.

Vol III: Prelims + 824pp.

Vol IV: Prelims + 870pp.

Weight approximately 3.8kg (the set - unpacked).

Approx Dimensions: 

Each volume approximately 227mm high x 152mm wide x 50-55mm deep.