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A Georgia Lawyer: His Observations and Public Service (SIGNED. FIRST EDITION.)
by Stirling Price Gilbert
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Illustrated. Signed by author. SIGNED. FIRST EDITION, 1946. Hardcover. Signed by author Stirling Price Gilbert on the front flyleaf in pen. Bound in dark burgundy publisher's cloth, covers are plain with gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated with photographic plates occasionally throughout in black and white. Frontispiece is a portrait of the author, also in black and white. Text is medium sized print. xiii, 257 pp. Dust jacket is green and black with white lettering. <br><br>EXCERPT FROM THE DUST JACKET: "This book is a personal narrative by one of Georgia's outstanding jurists, who was for forty-four years a judicial officer in Georgia, serving a judicial officer in Georgia, serving as Solicitor General of Judicial Circuits, Judge of Superior Court, and Justice of the Supreme Court. Herein is traced his career from boyhood days on a Georgia farm to his retirement from the Supreme Court and present service as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System. A Georgia Lawyer contains much Georgiana and other material of historical interest, entertaining descriptive writing, and pertinent legal commentary." <br><br>CONDITION: Overall VG. Cover shows light wear and some soiling, binding is quite sound. Leaves have barely and delightfully toned with little foxing, predominantly found within endpapers. Completely unmarked except for the author's signature. Text is bold. DJ shows some wear around the edges, with a 1/2 inch closed tear at the head, but it is NOT price clipped. A nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068798
- Title
- A Georgia Lawyer: His Observations and Public Service (SIGNED. FIRST EDITION.)
- Author
- Stirling Price Gilbert
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The University of Georgia Press
- Place of Publication
- Athens
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- A Georgia Lawyer: His Observations and Public Service, Stirling Price Gilbert
- Bookseller catalogs
- Georgia;
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Shelley and Son Books
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