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A Treatise on the Law of Highways.: Comprising the Statute Law and the Decisions of the Courts on the Subject of Highways, Public Bridges & Public Footpaths practically arranged: Including the Law of Highways in Districts under Local Government Boards, the South Wales Highway Act, 1860, and
by W. Cunningham Glen:
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- Hardcover
- first
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Westleton, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London:: Butterworths,, 1860.. First edition.. 396pp, followed by a 24-page list of Law Works from the publisher. There are a couple of dog-ear creases, but the text is otherwise unmarked. The upper halves of both the title page and the succeeding page (The Preface) have unfortunately been torn away: the title page has been neatly made good with blank card. Early ownership name to half title. Publishers' ads to endpapers, and a London bookseller (Wildy's) recent small bright label at the foot of the front pastedown. The inner joints have been professionally repaired. In the original binding of brown diced cloth, firm, but rubbed, marked, and dulled. Spine titled gilt and professionally relaid, ends made good: board edges showing wear, upper corners fraying. Scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Chapel Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18602110
- Title
- A Treatise on the Law of Highways.
- Author
- W. Cunningham Glen:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Butterworths,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1860.
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About the Seller
Chapel Books
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Westleton, Suffolk
About Chapel Books
I sell books from a large disused Chapel next to the village duck pond, where I have lived about 40 years: just inland from Dunwich and between Southwold and Aldeburgh. I open 7 days a week, 12-5.
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