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The Babylonian Laws. Volume I: Legal Commentary, & II: Transliterated Text, Translation, Philological Notes, Glossary
by G. R. Driver and John C. Miles (eds.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1955. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". xxxii + 517 / x + 426pp. 2-volume set (complete). Front hinge Vol 1 cracked. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. S. H. Hooke's copy. Palestine Exploration Fund book plate to front pastedown. Edges slightly browned and marked. Covers slightly marked. This set is published over the period 1952-5. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Babylon; Ancient (BC); Language & Linguistics. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 43508. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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- Bookseller
- Dreadnought Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43508
- Title
- The Babylonian Laws. Volume I: Legal Commentary, & II: Transliterated Text, Translation, Philological Notes, Glossary
- Author
- G. R. Driver and John C. Miles (eds.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- BZDB243 History; Babylon; Ancient (BC); Language & Linguistics. Unbranded G. R. Driver and John C. Miles (eds.) The Babylonian Laws. Volume I: Legal Commentary, & II: Transliterated Text, Translation, Philological Notes, Glossary
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Language & Linguistics;
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Dreadnought Books
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Bristol
About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cracked
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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