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Village Communities in the East and West
by Maine, Henry Sumner
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Clark, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
1895. Village Communities in an Oriel College Binding Maine, Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Village Communities in the East and West. London: John Murray, 1890. xii, 413 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind frames and gilt ornaments to boards, gilt armorial stamp of Oriel College, Oxford to front board, raised bands, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, gilt ornaments to compartments, gilt tooling to board edges, top-edge of text block gilt, blind inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark. Light scuffing, light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, small early bookseller ticket to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, crack in text block between pp. x and xi, internally clean. $250. * Later edition. Maine's classic comparison of Indian and European property law. It contains the texts of six lectures given at Oxford and other essays, lecture and addresses on Roman and Indian law. The first edition appeared in 1871. "These works...are at the foundation of all study of historical jurisprudence.": Pound, Outlines of Jurisprudence (5th. ed.) 196. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II:34.
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- Bookseller
- The Lawbook Exchange Ltd
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73461
- Title
- Village Communities in the East and West
- Author
- Maine, Henry Sumner
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- ANTIQ2322, INTERNATIONAL, INDIA, ROMAN LAW, BINDINGS, 73461.JPG
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian & Scholarly;
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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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Text Block
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