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Memoirs of Archbishop Juxon and his times with a sketch of the Archbishop's parish Little Compton.
by Marah, Rev. William Hennessey
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: James Parker, 1869 Book. Fair. Original Cloth. xii, 242p. Original cloth with gilt lettering to spine and Bishop's mitre to boards, faded, stained and worn. Lacks front free end paper. Top inch of half title page is cut away and replaced; also unpleasantly tape reinforced to inner margin, browned. 5 original faded sepia photographs as illustrations and woodcut. Gatherings I and K at centre starting to come loose and pages getting worn at edges..
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- Bookseller
- Stephen Rench
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000199
- Title
- Memoirs of Archbishop Juxon and his times with a sketch of the Archbishop's parish Little Compton.
- Author
- Marah, Rev. William Hennessey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- James Parker
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- biography, civil war
- Bookseller catalogs
- Warwickshire - towns and villages; Civil War;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Stephen Rench
Biblio member since 2012
Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire
About Stephen Rench
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