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The Lives of The Chief Justices of England. From the Norman Conquest Till The Death of Lord Tenterden.
by Campbell (John, Lord)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Northport, Long Island: Edward Thompson Co., 1894-1899. New and Revised Edition.. Five volumes. Red cloth, white cloth spines, designed and lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt, other edges cut. Color frontispieces and many plates in each volume. Scattered foxing to some early leaves, some spotting of cloth, inner hinges of Volume 5 cracked and some discoloration to the front cover of that volume; in general a clean and probably unread set in the original red cloth dust jackets, lettered and numbered on the spines. Originally published 1849-1857, this is a new and revised edition. This is a heavy multi-volume set which will incur additional postage costs.
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- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56626
- Title
- The Lives of The Chief Justices of England. From the Norman Conquest Till The Death of Lord Tenterden.
- Author
- Campbell (John, Lord)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Northport, Long Island: Edward Thompson Co., 1894-1899. New and Revised Edition.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Prices are in US Dollars. Books are guaranteed to be as described. Books may be returned within a reasonable length of time. Paypal Payments are made to: bill@rainbownorth.com
About the Seller
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Biblio member since 2004
Sidney, British Columbia
About William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Established 1976. Open shop in Victoria BC, Open Wed-Sun 11-5. Specialists in weird, fantastic, supernatural,utopian, interplanetary, science fiction and lost race fiction; also rare books, literary first editions, poetry broadsides. Antiquarian maps, charts, views, prints, engravings.
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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