Author: Alan Crossley [ed.]
Title: A History of the County of Oxford Vol. XII
Description: Oxford , Oxford University Press, 1990. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this volume from the Victoria County History series concerning the city of Oxford. The first edition of this work. Volume XII of eighteen of the incomplete history of Oxfordshire in the 'Victoria County History' series (still in progress). Edited by Alan Crossley.The 'Victoria History of the Counties of England' is an English history project beginning in 1899 with the aim of creating an extensive encyclopaedic history of each county in England, dedicated to Queen Victoria. This edition published for the Institute of Historical Research. The first VCH volume was published in 1901, and there are now over two hundred and thirty volumes. Containing histories of fifteen ancient parishes and several extraparochial places north and west of Oxford. Illustrated with twenty full page plates and numerous maps and plans. Collated, complete. Complete with original dust wrapper, price clipped. A large paper volume. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper price clipped and very smart with minor shelf wear, minor closed tear along front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Very Good.

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