This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...than impossible to keep pace with the festivities of these merry days. Official programmes were published long beforehand, and nothing could be more happy than the gradation by which the mind was elevated, till it defied being overpowered by even the final absurdity--the neverto-be-forgotten battle of Trafalgar, to be ...
Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...than impossible to keep pace with the festivities of these merry days. Official programmes were published long beforehand, and nothing could be more happy than the gradation by which the mind was elevated, till it defied being overpowered by even the final absurdity--the neverto-be-forgotten battle of Trafalgar, to be fought over again on the " spacious deep" of the Serpentine. One of the attractions of Hyde Park consisted in a Fair, and with that the fete in a manner commenced on Sunday, July 31st. Prom Piccadilly gate to the end of the Serpentine a semicircular uninterrupted line of booths extended itself. Again, from thence in a sort of hollow square similar erections were scattered over the wide expanse on which the troops are now usually reviewed, and on the side next to Kensington there was another encampment of a kindred description. The eve of the festal day was uncommonly fine, and innumerable was the multitude of wicked sinners who visited the Pair and thus broke the Sabbath. Swings tossed up the light, roundabouts whirled the giddy; gingerbread in all its forms solaced women and children, and gin and ale were consumed by the men with equal alacrity. After dark, Chinese lamps lit up the merry scene, and thousands outwatched the moon among the raptures of "Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity." As long as daylight lasted the fleet in the Serpentine attracted considerable attention. There it lay at anchor, a few yards from the shore: not less than fourteen sail of the line--a proof of the admirable activity which, considering no sacrifice too great, had worked day and night for a whole week before. But the most active industry, guided by the talents of even a Lord Chamberlain, cannot be sufficient for all things. T...
Read Less
Add this copy of The Story of the London Parks to cart. $32.04, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1881 by Chatto and Windus.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Octavo, brown cloth binding, gilt lettering on backstrip, pages are clean, text is clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of The Story of the London Parks (Two Volumes Bound as One to cart. $75.00, good condition, Sold by Lloyd Zimmer Books & Maps rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chanute, KS, UNITED STATES, published by John Camden Hotten.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good+ No Dust Jacket. No date, though circa 1872. Volume I: Hyde Park and Volume II: St. James Park & The Green Park with separate pagination and bound together under one cover. 331 & 272 pages followed by a 32 page, unpaginated, catalog of important titles for 1872. Four colored plates. Blind and gilt stamped cloth covers remain clean and bright, showing only very light edge wear. Book plate on front paste down. Foxing on edges of text block. Volume remains tight and is otherwise clean and intact.
