Fascinating Mid 19th C. British "Child's Playbook" with All Sorts of Elaborate Games squatting figure this appears entirely scratchmade to

this appears entirely scratchmade to me

first hand

especially as it includes braided lock of Ann's dark hair

There is a little irregularity to the cuts on the sides

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Fascinating Mid 19th C. British "Child's Playbook" with All Sorts of Elaborate Games squatting figure this appears entirely scratchmade toI found this one in a rare book store in Portland this past week and have become rather obsessed with it! There is no title page or publisher's information inside so I'm not certain of the date, but between the hand laid type and the engravings and the embossed spine, I'm guessing 1840s or 50s, and British. What's fascinating is the very elaborate and often quite fabulous nature of the games described mostly parlor type games that range from an early