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paperback. Condizione: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HBNODJ, decorated green cloth,former owner name, October 1903, 1st edition stated,( 341pgs., 72 illustrations, 1 folding map at rear,notes, appendix ) VG+, AS-IS, NODJ.

2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. He has been informed by 'The Rev. Mr. Bedford' that Thorpe is 'very conversant with Archaeological matters', and asks whether he has 'met with a Seal fo Abp. Cranmer'. Gorham is 'getting drawings of four of his Seals, for probable publication'. Bedford 'thinks there is a drawing of one among the Ashmole MSS.' but Gorham does not remember seeing one there. He hopes to 'have 2 or 3 hours in Oxford on Monday, & will look for it'. As he will be 'very much hurried' he asks Thorpe to 'look at the Ashmole Catalogue - & to inform me by a note at the Mitre Tavern of the result. I hope to reach Oxford at 12.55 on Monday.' For more information on Gorham and Thorpe, see their entries in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Gorham was subject of a bitter controversy with Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter, which resulted in what the ODNB calls 'one of the most celebrated legal actions of the century'.…