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Boy's own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor and indoor sports.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Juvenile literature.
- Sports.
- Amusements--Juvenile literature.
- Amusements.
- Magic--Juvenile literature.
- Magic.
- Outdoor recreation--Juvenile literature.
- Outdoor recreation.
- Scientific recreations--Juvenile literature.
- Scientific recreations.
- Games--Juvenile literature.
- Games.
- Physical sciences--Juvenile fiction.
- Physical sciences.
- Toys--Juvenile fiction.
- Toys.
- Pets--Juvenile fiction.
- Pets.
- Gardens--Juvenile fiction.
- Gardens.
- Musical instruments--Juvenile fiction.
- Musical instruments.
- Boys--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Boys.
- Conduct of life--Early works to 1800--Juvenile fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries.
- Boys--Conduct of life.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, pages 9-247, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thomas R. Knox and Company, [1884?]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Boy's own book
- Philosophy in sport made science in earnest / [by John A. Paris].
- Notes:
- In two parts; part 1 is non-fiction and part 2 is fiction.
- Part 1 is a revised but still recognizable edition of the work by William Clarke. Cf. Halkett and Laing.
- Table of contents, pages 5-10, is actually an index.
- Illustrations engraved and signed by Dalziel.
- Includes index.
- Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
- Local Notes:
- Scanned copy imperfect: copy is grainy and dark, some text obscured.
- Contains:
- Clarke, William, 1800-1838. Boy's own book.
- Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856. Philosophy in sport made science in earnest.
- OCLC:
- 905313041
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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