A Bibliography of Abridgments, Digests, Dictionaries and Indexes of English Law to the Year 1800.
by John D Cowley:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Quaritch (for the Sefden Society), 1932. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 18cm), xcv, 196pp. Frontispiece, plates. Original grey cloth spine, slate grey boards, gilt titling to the spine. This book was formely in an institutional library, with a bookplate to the front pastedown, there is light foxing to the edges of the text block, and some repaired fraying to the lower joint. Overall, this book is in good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74176
- Title
- A Bibliography of Abridgments, Digests, Dictionaries and Indexes of English Law to the Year 1800.
- Author
- John D Cowley:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Quaritch (for the Sefden Society), 1932.
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About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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