Account of the Murder of the Late Mr. William Weare, of Lyon's Inn, London
by Jones, George Henry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: J. Nichols and Son, 1824. VG book that has been rebound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. All illustrations and fold-out maps are intact. Pages have some foxing, top front corner is bumped, cloth shows very light wear, leaf that hold pp. 69-70 has very thin missing strip at top of page that does not affect text, and plate between pp. 94 and 95 has short ink note on its back. Book was in the special collections of a major university library, but has no library markings save for three erased pencil underlinings on title page. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Lewis, George. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Stephen Peterson, Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 002298
- Title
- Account of the Murder of the Late Mr. William Weare, of Lyon's Inn, London
- Author
- Jones, George Henry
- Illustrator
- Lewis, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- J. Nichols and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1824
- Keywords
- William Weare; John Thurtell
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime;
Terms of Sale
Stephen Peterson, Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Stephen Peterson, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
About Stephen Peterson, Bookseller
On-line bookseller since 2000, specializing in scholarly books, particularly European History.
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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