Published by The Chiswick Press, London, 1901
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom
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Add to basketQuarter Leather. Condition: Good/Very Good. pp lii + 524 teg Internally very good with slight browning , occasional spotting to first and last few leaves. Compliments slip of Steward's Office, Grays Inn pasted to inside front cover . Owner's signature with date and address , and another signature, on the fep. Binding firm. Boards reasonably bright, some wear to the goatskin spine Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by The Masters of the Bench, London, 1910
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover (Quarter Leather). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Two large volumes each containing the documents from its respective dates. Quarter leather. A little rubbed and bumped but both remain in very good condition as well as bright and clean on the interior. First volume was published in 1901 and the second in 1910 Size: Quarto. 2-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 57083.
Publication Date: 1901
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
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Records of the Honourable Society, 1901-1910. (illustrator). Records of the Honourable Society, 1901-1910. A Fine Chiswick Press Production: Fletcher's Pension Book of Gray's Inn in Quarter Morocco, Inscribed Fletcher, Reginald J. [1865-1932], Editor. The Pension Book of Gray's Inn (Records of the Honourable Society), 1569-1800. London: Printed at the Chiswick Press and Published by Order of the Masters of the Bench, Sold by Stevens & Haynes, 1901-1910. 2 volumes. Quarto (11" x 7-1/2"; 28 x 19 cm.). lii, 524 pp.; xxxii, 463. Portrait frontispieces of Francis Bacon (Vol. I) and John Holt (Vol. II). Folding map. Publisher's quarter burgundy straight-grain morocco over black cloth, gilt-stamped insignia of Gray's Inn to front boards, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. Bindings showing moderate wear and soiling; rubbing and scuffing to spines; corners bumped. Joints starting but holding firm. Internally clean with title pages in red and black. Bookseller's tickets of Wildy & Sons, London to front pastedowns. $250. Presentation copy. Inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper of Volume I: "To Professor J. W. Hales / with the Editor's kind regards / June 30, 1904." John Wesley Hales (1836-1914) was a prominent British man of letters and Professor of English Literature at King's College, London. A vital primary source detailing the administrative and historical records of Gray's Inn. The "Pension" (the Inn's governing body) records provide an exhaustive history of legal education, institutional management, and social life from the Elizabethan era through the 18th century. Includes early financial accounts, correspondence, and lists of Treasurers.