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England in the Age of Caxton
by Hindley, Geoffrey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312252749
- ISBN 13
- 9780312252748
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, New York USA: St. Martin's Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. England in the 15th century--a look at the life, customs, business, social life --and the most important event in English social history, the first printed book in the country. Brown cloth binding with gilt titles to spine, clean and unmarked, solid, square with sharp corners. Slight lean to spine, about 10 degrees, otherwise Fine. Internals clean, no marks, no creases. B/w illustrations. Front jacket shows: View of London from the Tower, miniature from the 'Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans', illuminated in the late fifteenth century. Jacket is unclipped, has slight wrinkling along rear upper edge, and a light streaking in the rear lower corner. 266 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1979.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022392
- Title
- England in the Age of Caxton
- Author
- Hindley, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312252749
- ISBN 13
- 9780312252748
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York USA
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- ENGLAND, MEDIEVAL PERIOD HISTORY (1066-1485) CAXTON, WILLIAM , 1422-1491 PRINTED BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Great Britain;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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