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Lag's Lexicon: A Comprehensive Dictionary and Encyclopaedia of the English Prison of To-day
by Compiled by Paul Tempest
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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NZ$31.52NZ$23.64
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About This Item
Lag's Lexicon: A Comprehensive Dictionary and Encyclopaedia of the English Prison of To-day, compiled by Paul Tempest.
Hardback, 1950, first edition, published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 234 pages + viii.
Measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/4". Dark green cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners. Book has a very slight forward tilt. Binding firm, very slight slackness to upper spine. Page edges browned, a little foxed, marked and scuffed. Some foxing endpapers, the odd mark throughout but page surfaces generally clean with no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-417
- Title
- Lag's Lexicon: A Comprehensive Dictionary and Encyclopaedia of the English Prison of To-day
- Author
- Compiled by Paul Tempest
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
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Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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