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The English Newspaper Some Account Of The Physical Development Of Journals Printed In London Between 1622 & The Present Day
by Morison, Stanley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Some bumping to ends of spine and corners of boards. Knock to top corner of front board. Creasing to top corner of pages. Some spotting to endpapers. Some insect holes to front pastedown, free endpaper and to top corner margins of frontis. Dust wrapper spine faded and browned. Adhesive tape repairs to head of dust wrapper spine and to top front fold of dust wrapper. 1/2" x 2" missing at head of dust wrapper spine. Rubbing to folds of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xii, 335 pages + frontis. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Page dimensions: 325mm x 223mm. "The Sandars Lectures, here printed, are the first attempt to describe the physical development of the English newspaper from its beginnings in the form of a pamphlet, through the stage of the NewsLetter, The London Gazette and the contemporary press, to the first daily in 1702." - from the dust wrapper blurb. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7452
- Title
- The English Newspaper Some Account Of The Physical Development Of Journals Printed In London Between 1622 & The Present Day
- Author
- Morison, Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1932
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Spine
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- Good+
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- Blurb
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- First Edition
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