Hubbell's Legal Directory for Lawyers and Business Men, Containing the Names of One or More of the Leading and Most Reliable Attorneys in Nearly Three Thousand Cities and Towns in the U.S. and Canada
by J.H. Hubbell
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J.H. Hubbell and Company, 1875-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1875 sixth edition J.H. Hubbell and Company (New York), 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall full leather bound, gilt lettering to spine, 681, xxxviii pp. Moderate to heavy rubbing and edgewear to covers, with bumping to the tips and chipping to the fore edge of both the front and rear boards. Brown cloth binder's tape reinforcing the spine, with cut-outs for title and year. Tape reinforcement of interior hinges. Otherwise, apart from very slight marginal age toning, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce early issue of a renowned American legal directory which in 1931 merged with Martindale's Directory. OCLC (No. 558762879) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide. Due to the weight of the book, additional postage will be required for standard international orders. ~GGG~ [3.5P] The 1875-76 annual Hubbell's Legal Directory, which contains the names of one of more reliable attorneys in 3,000 cities, along with a synopsis of collection and other laws in each state and Canada, court times, prominent banks and other useful reference material for the era, as well as a fascinating array of advertisements aimed at legal practitioners. A useful reference for the legal historian and genealogy researcher. James B. Martindale published his first legal directory in 1868. In 1874 he published Martindale's United States Law Directory, a selective listing of attorneys that made no attempt to include complete information on all attorneys. Eventually this became a comprehensive listing of lawyers, and in 1930 the Martindale Company purchased the publishing rights of Hubbell's Legal Directory issued by J. H. Hubbell & Company from 1870 to 1930. The company was purchased from Edwin Powell Hubble (a variant spelling of the family name), the astronomer for whom the Hubble Space Telescope is named. The merged publications, renamed the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, appeared as a two-volume set in 1931. Still published today, the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory is a ubiquitous reference, providing background information on lawyers and law firms in the United States and other countries.
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- Title
- Hubbell's Legal Directory for Lawyers and Business Men, Containing the Names of One or More of the Leading and Most Reliable Attorneys in Nearly Three Thousand Cities and Towns in the U.S. and Canada
- Author
- J.H. Hubbell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
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- 1
- Publisher
- J.H. Hubbell and Company
- Date Published
- 1875-01-01
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