OLD COURT CUSTOMS AND MODERN COURT RULE
by Armytage, Hon. Mrs
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Minus/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1883. 272pp. The customs of royal court are the topics in this book. The contents contain detail of royal offerings, coronations, baptisms, marriage, funerals, progresses and receptions. Also royal balls and entertainments, ceremonies in foreign and domestic courts, drawing room ettiquet, the royal palaces and various orders of knighthood. There are four illustrations reproduced from the British Museum. Title page uncut with dedication to Queen Victoria by the author. Front and back hinge papers cracked. Bookplate on front endpaper. Cover stained; tanned spine. Some edge and corner wear.. Cloth. Good Minus/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6560
- Title
- OLD COURT CUSTOMS AND MODERN COURT RULE
- Author
- Armytage, Hon. Mrs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1883
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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The Country Bookshop
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Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
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