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Magistrates of England and Wales, The: Western Circuit: Cornwall; Devonshire; Dorsetshire;; Hampshire; Somersetshire; Wiltshire
by E. J. (compiler) Thurston
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Jacket
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Privately Printed, Hereford, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum & Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Jacket. white vellum spine with textured blue cloth covers; printed on title page: "Limited Edition - One Guinea"; A "Who's Who" style alphabetical directory of all the Magistrates on the Western Circuit in 1940 listing their addresses, schools, achievements, honours, positions held & recreational pursuits; an interesting & unusual historical document originally available by subscription only, so quite scarce; name & address of previous owner (a Winchester J. P.) on fep. but otherwise a clean & sound copy. Limited Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 417 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Gilt titles spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Reference; Magistrates; West Country; J. P. 's; England; 1940s; Law & Criminal Studies. Inventory No: REF00004. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- REF00004
- Title
- Magistrates of England and Wales, The: Western Circuit: Cornwall; Devonshire; Dorsetshire;; Hampshire; Somersetshire; Wiltshire
- Author
- E. J. (compiler) Thurston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Vellum & Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- Hereford
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Reference/Law/Magistrates/West Country/J. P. 's/Cornwall/Devonshire/Dorsetshire/Hampshire/Somersetshire/Wiltshire Reference; Magistrates; West Country; J. P. 's; England; 1940s; Law & Criminal Studies. Unbranded E. J. (compiler) Thur
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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