The Leisure Hour 1861 (Volume 10)
Bound in the original cloth , a mix of fiction and articles
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Printing Details
First edition. Hardback, bound in the original cloth with gilt titling and design to spine and upper board. 26.5 × 17.5cm, 828pp.
The Leisure Hour was a Victorian journal that ran from 1852 to 1905. It was subtitled "A Family Journal of Instruction and Recreation" and was launched to counter the rise of sensationalized "penny dreadfuls" when the Victorian working class had more free time as working hours were reduced due to social reforms. It was a mix of fiction and factual article, this issue covering, among many other things, Christmas (with a fine illustration of Luther's Christmas Tree), Gaeta in Italy, Zidka the Patriot of Bohemia, the East India House, animal mummies (as in mummification), Washington (the US City) under a war aspect, gossip and the gipsies, the sewing machine etc etc. Most articles are a brief column, through some are more detailed. There are also stories published in serial form, with each month having a chapter.
Condition
This copy in very good condition for age. Light bumping to the corners, one small nick to the cloth of the front joint, and light intermittent foxing, but remaining in strong readable condition.
As of September 2026, books remain duty-free. The price of the book incurs no extra US import fees.
Price
£25.00
