Christmas Entertainments: 1740 - Merryman, Dick

Clean, tight, unmarked; two very light creases to front cover and first page; otherwise very minimal wear; tiny book; originally published by Field & Tuer in the Vellum-Parchment Shilling Series of Miscellaneous Literature; No. iv; Christmas entertainments, illustrated with many diverting cuts - a reprint of the very amusing and scarce 1740 edition, an original copy of which now commands more than twice its weight in gold. Christmas Entertainments: 1740 Wherein is described Abundance of Fiddle-Faddle-Stuff, Raw-heads, Bloody-bones, Buggybows, and such like Horrible Bodies; Eating, Drinking, Kissing, & other Diversions; Witches, Wizards, Conjurers, and their merry Pranks; Fairies, Spectres, Ghosts, & Apparitions; A Right Merrie Tale: --- The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean; Curious Memoirs of Old Father Christmas Very Good Soft cover Pryor Publications 1991 Kent, UK 007130 0946014108 Vintage Christmas Seasonal