The Conscience of a Lawyer
by MELLINKOFF, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co, 1973. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green leatherette with gilt lettering and rules. x, 304pp. Very good. Binding faintly edgeworn only; circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on rear flyleaf; a dozen or less pages with inked underlining and margin squiggles. A tight and nice first edition of this memoir and essays by a notable long-time UCLA law professor (1915-99) whose influential 1963 work "Language of the Law" began a lifelong crusade to remove gobbledygook from legalese and simplify and improve legal grammar. Rather scarce, and this copy features a fine decorative-edged bookplate on front flyleaf signed boldly in black ballpoint by legal eagle F. Lee Bailey (1933-2021), criminal defense attorney famed for representing Sam Sheppard, Albert DeSalvo, Patty Hearst, O.J. Simpson and other celebrity clients.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48738
- Title
- The Conscience of a Lawyer
- Author
- MELLINKOFF, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- West Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- St. Paul, MN
- Date Published
- 1973
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Crime & Law;
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About the Seller
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Galena, Illinois
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