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Masters' history of the College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary in the University of Cambridge
by Lamb, John; Masters, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Ibstock, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1831. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue half leather over blue cloth with gilt titles, 5 raised bands at spine, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, leather worn at corners & the top 2" missing at the spine (most of title is still present), association inscription dated 1937 on front endpaper, otherwise no inscriptions, foxing & offsetting from plates to some pages but not affecting legibility. [iv] + 504 pages, frontispiece and 5 plates, index. Binders ticket of Wilsons of Cambridge to pastedown. Heavy book .
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- Bookseller
- Aucott & Thomas
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62697
- Title
- Masters' history of the College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary in the University of Cambridge
- Author
- Lamb, John; Masters, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1831
- Keywords
- Cambridge University, College history
- Bookseller catalogs
- Education;
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Edges
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