His Grace the Steward and Trial of Peers A Novel Inquiry Into A Special Branch of Constitutional Government
by Harcourt, L W Vernon
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
Longmans Green and Co, 1907. A heavy book of 500pp. Blue cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to the edges, with gilt titles. Foxing to the flyeaf, bookplate to the inner board, previous owner's name to the title page, otherwise internally very clean. The origins and history of the Stewardship of England in the Middle Ages, the development of the priciple of the Judgement of Peers, the Court of Chivalry, the Institution of the Court of the Lord High Steward etc. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Hessay Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10055
- Title
- His Grace the Steward and Trial of Peers A Novel Inquiry Into A Special Branch of Constitutional Government
- Author
- Harcourt, L W Vernon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans Green and Co
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- History, Medieval History, Trial of Peers, Hereditary Steward, Steward of England, Medieval History,
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