The boy's own book; a complete encylopedia of all the diversion, athletic, scientific and recreative, of boyhood and youth.
The Boy's Own Book, compiled by William Clarke and published in Boston and New York in 1834, was an encyclopedia of games, sports and pastimes written for boys and youths. Its pictures are small, hand-cut woodcut-style engravings with loose outlines, hatched shading and a warm tan paper tone, showing boys in action poses that a designer could borrow for lively, informal scenes of play and movement.
