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The Middle Temple Bench Book - Being a Register of Benchers of the Middle Temple
by J Bruce Williamson
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Printed at the Chancery Lane Press, Published by order of the Masters of the Bench, 1937 Book. Fair. Quarter Bound in Leather. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Register of Benchers of the Middle Temple from the earliest records to and the present time with historical introduction. 359pp with index, illustrated with black and white tissue-guarded portraits and photographs. Bound with black leather spine over green buckram boards. Gilt lining and lettering to leather. Top edges gilt, with minor age-toning to rest. Rubbing to spine, with 2" tear and 1/2" loss to backstrip, otherwise fair copy, text block very good with no inscriptions. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be required for Air Mail shipping..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015513
- Title
- The Middle Temple Bench Book - Being a Register of Benchers of the Middle Temple
- Author
- J Bruce Williamson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Printed at the Chancery Lane Press, Published by order of the Masters of the Bench
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Bookseller catalogs
- Law/Government/Politics;
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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