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Codification in the British Empire and America
by Lang, M. E
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam: H. J. Paris, 1924. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. Octavo. 204 pages, indexed. Softcover in tan wrappers. Binding is toned, has scuffs and edge-wear. Spine is very toned. Headcap has 1 inch split at the front hinge. Some chipping at the foot of the spine. Text block has foxing. Prior owner's name and 1957 date is on the front flyleaf. Prior owner's initials written at the upper corner of some pages and his name is written in full on page 36. Some foxing to the outside edges of the text block, but the text is sound and generally clean.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047130
- Title
- Codification in the British Empire and America
- Author
- Lang, M. E
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- H. J. Paris
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1924
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1924; M E Lang; British Empire; America; United Kingdom; Legal Systems; Law; Codification
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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