COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.
by BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light Edge Wear.
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London: Clarendon Press 1766-1769. Four volumes in 1/2 butterscotch calf over marbled boards. Rebacked. Maroon morocco spine labels, gilt. Spine with raised bands. Random foxing particularly to preliminary leaves. A nice wide-margined set, with the majority of the text fine and fresh. The first volume is a SECOND EDITION, the remaining three volumes are FIRST EDITIONS. The foundations of English law rest extensively on this important work. (Printing And The Mind Of Man 212).. First Edition. Light Edge Wear.. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000765
- Title
- COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.
- Author
- BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM
- Book Condition
- Used - Light Edge Wear.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press 1766-1769.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- Quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LAW JUSTICE ENGLAND SETS HOLIDAY 2003 GLENN BOOKS (913) 268-0767
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...