Author: Henry Alexander
Title: The Place-Names of Oxfordshire: Their Origin and Development
Description: Oxford , Henry Frowde at the Clarendon Press , 1912. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this scarce topographical work on Oxfordshire by Henry Alexander. The first edition of this work, an excellent unopened copy, rare in this conditions. A scarce volume. Henry Alexander proposes an interesting topographical work focused on place-names of the county of Oxfordshire. A thorough work exploring the meanings and associations with names of the places in the area, as well as the forms and ancient meaning of each name and the changes they underwent in time. With a preface by Henry Cecil Wyld. In the unclipped dust wrapper.  In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with only minor self wear. The dust wrapper is very smart with minor shelf wear and edge wear, and a slight sunning to the spine. With a minor closed tear to the spine and its tail, tape repaired internally to the wraps, not affecting the externals. Internally, firmly bound. With a minor offsetting to the title page, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. An unopened volume. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.

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