A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CRIMINAL LAW; Comprising the Practice, Pleadings, and Evidence, Which Occur in the Course of Criminal Prosecutions, Whether by Indictment or Information. . . . (Volume II, Parts 1 and 2, only)
by Chitty, Joseph | additional notes by Richard Peters, Jr
- Used
- Condition
- Poor binding
- Seller
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Isaac Riley, 1819. Full Leather. Poor binding. Octavo. I: xxx, 498; II: [2], 1027 pp. Riley's Edition, lacking Volume 1. In contemporary sheep, heavily worn. Spines are darkened and desiccated, Part II is lacking the volume label and with the title label laid in; worn at the extremities, boards are only tentatively attached. Textblocks are solid; contents are foxed. A serviceable binding or research copy of one of two American editions, this edition was issued as a 2 volume set, in 3 books. This present offering constitutes both parts of Volume II but lacks Volume I. Uncommon to find this set in part or whole in any early edition. Shaw & Shoemaker 47590.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5569
- Title
- A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CRIMINAL LAW; Comprising the Practice, Pleadings, and Evidence, Which Occur in the Course of Criminal Prosecutions, Whether by Indictment or Information. . . . (Volume II, Parts 1 and 2, only)
- Author
- Chitty, Joseph | additional notes by Richard Peters, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Isaac Riley
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1819
- Keywords
- Box A
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Scholarly;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
About Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...