Inscribed
London Street Games.
London: The St. Catherines Press, [1916].
Price:
$250.00
First edition, one of 500 copies. Printed at the Arden Press. viii, 162 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown buckram, t.e.g., rest uncut. Spine faintly toned, a fine copy. Woolf A18.
Item #345872
A study of London children’s games including "Queenie.”
Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf: “For Islay on his birthday hoping he will learn to play these games, particularly those on p. 22, when he gets a little older, from Norman, Capri, 7 March 1951”
The reference is, perhaps, to Deliver Up Those Golden Jewels, “It’s rather rude. None of our boys are caught at it more than once — not at playing the judge, at least.” There are references to other games that “can all be played in a respectable fashion, but the worst of it is, they generally aren’t.”.
Item #345872
A study of London children’s games including "Queenie.”
Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf: “For Islay on his birthday hoping he will learn to play these games, particularly those on p. 22, when he gets a little older, from Norman, Capri, 7 March 1951”
The reference is, perhaps, to Deliver Up Those Golden Jewels, “It’s rather rude. None of our boys are caught at it more than once — not at playing the judge, at least.” There are references to other games that “can all be played in a respectable fashion, but the worst of it is, they generally aren’t.”.
