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V. H. Galbraith.
An Introduction to the Use of the Public Records.

Published Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1934.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: University Press, Oxford.
Size: 129x188x12mm.
Page count: 112pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has no dustjacket; boards and spine a bit frayed on the edges and corners; page tops dusty; previous owner’s name in ink on the front endpaper, and at least 4 text pages have a few pencilled marks or annotations.


This item £5.00
plus P&P £2.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 218g.

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Contents: The secretariat in the Middle Ages — records of Chancery, Privy Seal, & Signet; The Exchequer & the legal records; Transition to modern times; The approach to research.
Appendices: Rules & regulations respecting public use of the records; Regulations as to conditions under which departmental records are open to inspection; Places approved for deposit of manorial records.

Notes: occasional, at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: 2 monochrome text figures
Floorplans: 1
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 11pp
Index: yes


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