Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the State, Discipline, Studies, and Revenues of the University and Colleges of Oxford: Together with the Evidence and an Appendix
by Oxford University Commission
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
London: W. Clowes and Sons, 1852. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. This large quarto presents the extensive report produced by the Commission on all aspects of the operations and conditions existing at Oxford. The report is preceded by a record of the Commission's meetings and is followed by the Evidence and Appendix ; for the report's findings. Bound in three quarter brown leather with dark brown cloth covers with the university's seal in gilt. Spine title label and gilt rulings and date to spine. Leather is quite scuffed and bumped on the front and rear covers and spine has wear and fraying along edges. Presentation label on front pastedown. Hinges are reinforced by library cloth tape. Interior pages have age-toning to the margins. Very good condition. Minutes: v-xxviii pages; Report: 259 pages: Legal Statements: 7 and 8 pages; Appendix: 72 pages; Evidence: viii; 387 pages. EDU/091222 Heavy volume requiring extra shipping costs.
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- Bookseller
- The Kelmscott Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36050
- Title
- Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the State, Discipline, Studies, and Revenues of the University and Colleges of Oxford: Together with the Evidence and an Appendix
- Author
- Oxford University Commission
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. Clowes and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
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