1901 LONDON Sports 1ed Boulton Amusements Cock Fighting Gambling PROVENANCE

1901 LONDON Sports 1^ed Boulton Amusements Cock Fighting Gambling PROVENANCE

William Boulton’s “Amusements of Old London” is a rare, early 20^th-century survey of the bizarrities of London with a heavy emphasis on illegal blood sports. Boulton describes deadly bear fights, bull baiting events, cock pit arenas, gambling rings, and much more. Note the full-page color engravings depicting these curious sports.

Item number: #23742

Price: $750

BOULTON, William

The amusements of old London : being a survey of the sports and pastimes, …

London: John C. Nimmo, 1901. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • I – xv, [1], 272
  • II – xi, [1], 263, [1]
  • 12 hand-colored engravings throughout
• Provenance: Handwritten – The Court of Governors of the Administrative Staff College, 1959
  • The Administrative Staff College was set up in 1945 at Henley-on-Thames as the civilian equivalent of the military staff colleges. It offered short courses in problems of advanced management. Its curriculum was designed by its first principal, Sir Noel Frederick Hall (1902–1983), an economist and academic who was one of Britain’s earliest post-war specialists in business theory and education, whose signature is one of many included in this provenance. Other signatures include Sir Duncan Oppenheim, Hugh Chance, Charles Ellis, L. S. Sutherland, Howard Roberts, and J. Bowman.
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.75in X 6.75in (22cm x 17cm)

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