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An Historical Introduction to the Land Law
by Holdsworth, W.S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1927, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 339pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering and crested spine. The spine is lightly cocked and faded, a pencil mark on the front cover, a crack starting in the text block at p. XVI and there are two previous owner's names on the front free endpaper. "The Property Acts have created a serious problem for teachers and students of the land law. Whether or not they result in the long run in a simplification of this branch of the law, their immediate result is to increase the burden of both teachers and students. Several reasons make it imperative that, for a very considerable time, the teacher shall teach, and that the students shall learn, both the old law and the new" - from the preface. Book about Property Acts. Time Period 16th Century, 17th Century & Medieval. (Law, Land Law, Law, Legal Cases, Property).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 151366
- Title
- An Historical Introduction to the Land Law
- Author
- Holdsworth, W.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford at the Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Keywords
- Law, Land Law, Law, Legal Cases, Property
- Bookseller catalogs
- Law and Crime;
Terms of Sale
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
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