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The Cathedral Churches of England
by THOMPSON, A. Hamilton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG+/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1925.* Pub: S.P.C.K.* Binding and cover condition: Dark olive-green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine, none to face. Slight bumps, minor rubs, slight wear to edges and to head and tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. NONE.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Small owners inscription to ffep. No annotations. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, a very few fox-marks to text. Some spotting to prelims. No tanning or other visible faults. Considerable age to all edges. VG.* Illustrations: Full page mono illustrations within text.* Pages: 213 pp. text. xxviii pp. bibliography, index and blank pages at rear.* Description: Although this book necessarily contains a general description of the architectural features and development of the buildings described, it is intended primarily to provide some account, not merely of the buildings, but of the institutions connected with them, and to treat the cathedrals as individual structures.* A NEAR VG+ copy of the 1st./1st. with some age and wear. No dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9199
- Title
- The Cathedral Churches of England
- Author
- THOMPSON, A. Hamilton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG+/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 242
- Date Published
- 1925-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- VG
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- Spine
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- Tail
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- Gilt
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- Bumps
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- FFEP
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Crisp
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