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VILLAGE COMMUNITIES IN THE EAST AND WEST
by Maine, Henry Sumner
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1876. First Thus. Hardcover. Large Octavo, xii, 413 pages, [6]; Dark orange publishers cloth, with gilt letters to roundback spine; Boards show moderate bumping to corners, moderate wear to head.tail of spine (fraying cloth), light wear to joints of spine and edges, and light wear overall; Textblock has light plus age-toning and minor shelfwear to edges, a small chip to fore-edge of titlepage, some tearing to brown end-papers along hinges, and a former owner's signature in pencil on the titlepage; All pages from the appendix on (pp. 385 - end) are unopened; Six pages of publisher's ads are at back; A series of six lectures on comparative law by one of the pre-eminent 19th-century scholars of common law, specifically comparing English common law with traditional Indian legal systems. RWO. 1357831. Special Collections.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1357831
- Title
- VILLAGE COMMUNITIES IN THE EAST AND WEST
- Author
- Maine, Henry Sumner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1876
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Octavo
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- Spine
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- 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...