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English Prisons Under Local Government
by Sidney & Beatrice Webb
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". lxxvi + 261pp. Text contains some pencil markings. Rear hinge cracked. Spine slightly cocked with chips to ends. Endpapers browned, text block clean. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre). Covers slightly marked and worn. Corners bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; England; Modern; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50942. .
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- Seller
- Dreadnought Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 50942
- Title
- English Prisons Under Local Government
- Author
- Sidney & Beatrice Webb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition (ex-library)
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- BZDB243 politics, jail, crime, punishment Law & Criminal Studies; England; Modern; History. Unbranded Sidney & Beatrice Webb English Prisons Under Local Government
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Law & Criminal Studies;
Terms of Sale
Dreadnought Books
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About the Seller
Dreadnought Books
Biblio member since 2013
Bristol
About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
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- Text Block
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- Jacket
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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