Oxford and its Story
by Headlam, Cecil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1912. Second Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, blue lettering and medallion on cover, t.e.g. (blue). Illustrated with 24 lithographs and 35 B&W drawings by Herbert Railton, the lithographs being tinted by Fanny Railton. . Two former owners' names and addresses on ffep (1921 and 1934); light foxing throughout, spine sunned, else near fine, tight and square. GOOD. . Lithographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 366, (1) pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24032
- Title
- Oxford and its Story
- Author
- Headlam, Cecil
- Illustrator
- Herbert Railton
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- History, Oxford, UNIVERSITies, Colleges, England, Education
- Bookseller catalogs
- Education;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
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- Sunned
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- Jacket
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