The Oath Book or Red Parchment Book of Colchester
by Benham, W. Gurney
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- Hardcover
- first
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Great Leighs, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by Essex County Standard, Colchester, 1907, 1st edition.Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, no dustwrapper. 11.75ins x 9.25ins, [iv], viii, 264ppliv (index). Title page printed in red and black. Plate depicting earliest corporate seal of Colchester opposite the title page. Translated and transcribed by W. Gurney Benham this volume provides a series of pictures of local government in Colchester from the time of Richard II to that of Henry VIII. Spine a bit faded, otherwise VG.
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- Title
- The Oath Book or Red Parchment Book of Colchester
- Author
- Benham, W. Gurney
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...