[ALMANACK.]
Revill’s illustrated Pocket Keepsake and Book of Christmas Amusements, for 1884. Contains:– Almanack for 1884, Table of high T[i]des, historical Events, Winners of great Races, Yule-Tide Sparks, a Yankee Trick, Songs, Parlour Pastimes, Ball Room Companion, with many first-class Illustrations.
[London,] Simpkins for M. E. Revill, [1884].
24mo, pp. [24]; lithographic illustrations throughout; pamphlet-stitched in publisher’s illustrated wrappers, lithographically printed in black and gold on green glazed paper; a few slight creases, a little worn at extremities.
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Revill’s illustrated Pocket Keepsake and Book of Christmas Amusements, for 1884. Contains:– Almanack for 1884, Table of high T[i]des, historical Events, Winners of great Races, Yule-Tide Sparks, a Yankee Trick, Songs, Parlour Pastimes, Ball Room Companion, with many first-class Illustrations.
An unrecorded Christmas gift book, charmingly illustrated, printed for the Marylebone wine-merchant M. E. Revill at the Turner’s Arms.
Alongside an illustrated almanack for 1884 are a number of seasonal stories and poems, dances, and parlour games, as well as a Christmas greeting from Revill’s and a pricelist for ‘choice foreign wines’ and ‘choice old spirits’.
We find no other copies of this or any other issue under Revill’s name. Simpkins did, however, print similarly titled and arranged works for others: for the Angel for 1877 and for C. Wall at the Dyers’ Arms for 1886 (both BL only), and under his own name for 1882 (Yale only).
