Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hard cover. Green cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine is clean with very minimal wear. The lower front corner is bumped. The binding is sound. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. There is foxing on the front endpapers where a paper had been laid in. The foredge also has some speckled foxing. A dampstain is present on the rear endpapers at the bottom, but only lightly affects the last few leaves. The pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The DJ is complete other than a very few tiny chips at the edges, there is some wear and the dampstain is present on the bottom edge of the DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 pages .

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Bookseller: James F. Balsley, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9160
Title: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN EARLY MARYLAND
Author: Semmes, Raphael
Format/Binding: Hard cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins Press
Place of Publication: Baltimore
Date Published: 1938
Bookseller catalogs: American History; Law;

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