Alice Bertha Gomme (1853-1938) is best known for her two-volume masterwork, "The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland," first published in 1894-1898 (432 and 530 pp. resp. plus introductory materials).
As Thames and Hudson, its current publisher notes, "this is a heavy volume" (currently bound as one volume).

I have a copy; it is indispensible for anyone who has an interest in English folklore, esp. games.