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Abraham Lincoln: A Vast Future -- Selected Articles Published Over More Than a Century Reflecting the Foresight and Influence of the Great Illinois Lawyer and President

by KUHN, Isaac

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Champaign: Jos. Kuhn & Co, 1946. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and portrait. 50pp, 4pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. Likely sole printing of this company's 80th anniversary compilation of writings, which include a brief speech by Congressman William A. Rodenberg from Illinois, a portion of an address by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter honoring (oddly enough) German-born American novelist Thomas Mann, and a lengthy Kiwanis Club address by C.C. Burford titled "Abraham Lincoln and the Pioneer Railroads of the Central West.
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Abraham Lincoln: The Lawyer-Statesman

by RICHARDS, John T.

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt-titled leather spine label. vii, 260pp. Frontispiece, illustrations (one foldout). Good plus. Binding unevenly sunned. A tight and decent first trade edition of this early study of Lincoln as attorney. Rather uncommon. Ex-library, although with very few and mostly removed markings. MONAGHAN 2266.
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Abraham Lincoln: A Vast Future -- Selected Articles Published Over More Than a Century Reflecting the Foresight and Influence of the Great Illinois Lawyer and President

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Champaign: Jos. Kuhn & Co, 1946. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and portrait. 50pp, 4pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. Small abrasion on front pastedown. Likely sole printing of this company's 80th anniversary compilation of writings, which include a brief speech by Congressman William A. Rodenberg from Illinois, a portion of an address by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter honoring (oddly enough) German-born American novelist Thomas Mann, and a lengthy Kiwanis Club address by C.C. Burford titled "Abraham Lincoln and the Pioneer Railroads of the Central West." Tipped to the front flyleaf is a printed 6" X 9" handbill dated 11 September 1946 and signed in type by Isaac Kuhn, whose firm published this book, presenting this book "on their 82nd anniversary of business in Champaign" and discussing it, closing with "N.B.--Enclosed autograph may be attached in book" -- and sure enough tipped to the top of this handbill is a 4½" X 1½" slip on which is boldly… Read More
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Abraham Lincoln: The Lawyer-Statesman

Abraham Lincoln: The Lawyer-Statesman

by RICHARDS, John T.

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering. vii, 260pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear, else internally fine and tight; early owner, who initials front pastedown, inks some biographical notes about Richards alongside his printed name on title page. Handsome first edition of this early study of Lincoln as attorney. Rather uncommon. MONAGHAN 2266.
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Against the Law: Crime, Sharp Practice and the Control of Print
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Against the Law: Crime, Sharp Practice and the Control of Print

by MYERS, Robin, HARRIS, Michael, and MANDELBROTE, Giles (editors)

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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2004. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 184pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. A tight and pristine first edition of this volume in the "Publishing Pathways" series; these conference proceedings include contributions from notable scholars in the field such as Christopher de Hamel. Alastair J. Mann, Maureen Bell, Anthony Hobson and others. Press release laid in.
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American Bar Association Visit to England, Scotland and Ireland 1924

American Bar Association Visit to England, Scotland and Ireland 1924

by CLARK, Grenville, BEITLER, Harold B., et al. (compilers)

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New York: Committee on Publications of the American Bar Association, 1926. Hardcover. Small 4to. Lavender cloth, gilt. v, 444pp, 55pp. 19 plates. Very good. First and probable sole printing of this handsome, well-bound memorial volume commemorating this organization's travels and festivities. A bright, clean copy.
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America's Third Revolution: Public Interest and the Private Role

America's Third Revolution: Public Interest and the Private Role

by SHAPIRO, Irving S.

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New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xiii, 283pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket spine sunned. Tight and sharp first edition of this study "of what can be done to improve the way of both business and government and their relationships with each other" -- boldly inscribed and signed in blue ballpoint on front flyleaf "For my friend Bob Malott / Irving S. Shapiro." Shapiro (1916-2001) was a prominent lawyer and businessman, well known for being the first attorney to become CEO of DuPont. Laid in is a Typed Note Signed from noted attorney William L. Lurie (1931-2017), 1p, 8½" X 11", New York, NY, 1 June 1984. On letterhead of "The Business Roundtable" of which he was long president, Lurie sends this book to Roundtable member Malott. Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a noted Chicago civic/business leader, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and philanthropist.
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The "Ancient and Just" Writ of Prohibition in New York

by WOLFRAM, Harold W.

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N.p.: N.p., 1952. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff blue wrappers. (22pp). Very good. Scholarly offprint of this sstudy of this archaic writ, reprinted from the March 1952 "Columbia Law Review" (Vol. 52).
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Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters

Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters

by JOHNS, C.H.W.

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Birmingham, AL: Gryphon Editions, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo. Full gurgundy calf with gilt lettering and decorations, raised bands. xviii, (3pp), 424pp. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers, sewn-in red satin page marker. Fine. A pristine and tight copy of this volume in "The Legal Classics Library" series, a facsimile of the 1904 first edition (Edinburgh: T.& T. Clark). Special bookplate on front pastedown notes this as copy #11131.
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The Bar Bizarre

by WILLIAMS, Dakin

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N.p.: Dakin Williams, 1980. Hardcover. Edited by Lucy Freeman. Foreword by Tennessee Williams. 8vo. Green leatherette, dust jacket. 270pp. Fine/near fine. Minor jacket rubbing. Tight and nice first edition of this jurisprudence memoir by Tennessee Williams' attorney brother, inscribed big and bold on the front flyleaf: "For Samantha with love -- / Dakin Williams / Dec. 18, 1993." Williams also signs the title page. Tennessee's foreword appears as a one-page facsimile of his handwritten letter.
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Belli Looks at Life and Law in Japan

Belli Looks at Life and Law in Japan

by BELLI, Melvin M., and JONES, Danny R.

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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1960. Hardcover. Foreword by Errol Flynn. Preface by Toshio Irie. 8vo. Lavender cloth spine with black lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight and nice first edition of this unusual look at Japan's jurisprudence system by the colorful and controversial defense attorney (1907-96) whose lengthy list of celebrity clients included Jack Ruby, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mae West, Tony Curtis, Muhammad Ali, The Rolling Stones -- and actor Errol Flynn, who provides the oddball foreword to this book. Belli boldly inscribes and signs the front flyleaf in blue ballpoint "To Luke Carroll / with all good wishes / Melvin Belli / Indianapolis, June 8, 1960." An illustration near page 65 shows a trenchcoat-clad Westerner standing between two Japanese women in front of a pagoda and is captioned "Luke Carroll, of the New York Herald Tribune, poses between two girls… Read More
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Belli Looks at Life and Law in Japan

by BELLI, Melvin M., and JONES, Danny R.

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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1960. Hardcover. Foreword by Errol Flynn. Preface by Toshio Irie. 8vo. Lavender cloth spine with black lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight and nice first edition of this unusual look at Japan's jurisprudence system by the colorful and controversial defense attorney (1907-96) whose lengthy list of celebrity clients included Jack Ruby, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mae West, Tony Curtis, Muhammad Ali, The Rolling Stones -- and actor Errol Flynn, who provides the oddball foreword to this book. Belli boldly inscribes and signs the front flyleaf in blue ballpoint "To / Honorable Luke / Carroll from / Honorable Japanese / friend M. Belli / (note Picture at about / p 65 -- You like? / send book to / your wife?)" An illustration near this page shows a trenchcoat-clad Westerner standing between two Japanese women in front of a pagoda and is captioned "Luke… Read More
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The Betrayed Profession: Lawyering at the End of the Twentieth Century

The Betrayed Profession: Lawyering at the End of the Twentieth Century

by LINOWITZ, Sol M.

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 273pp. Near fine/near fine. A tight and attractive first edition of this blistering attack on what the American legal profession has become over the past fifty years -- by one of its top practitioners. He boldly inscribes and signs the front flyleaf in green ink: "To / Bob Malott / With warmest / regards to a friend / and colleague who / searches for truth / and justice. / Sol M. Linowitz." Linowitz (1913-2005) was a top-level attorney, businessman and diplomat. Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a noted Chicago business leader, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and philanthropist.
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A Bibliography of John Marshall

by SERVIES, James A. (compiler)

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Washington, DC: United States Commission for the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of John Marshall, 1956. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xix, 182pp. Very good. A tight and nice first edition of this thorough listing of books by and about the fourth U.S. Chief Justice. Ex-library -- as are almost all copies -- but quite mild, with very few, discreet and inoffensive markings.
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Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness

Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness

by ANGLE, Paul M.

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiv, 300pp, xiv. 4 maps. Near fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn only. Tight, attractive later (15th) printing of this uncommon 1952 study, described on front jacket panel "A chapter in American lawlessness" and "A shocking and hair-raising story of unparalleled violence and disorder" that occurred near Herrin in southern Illinois in 1922. Not only does this copy bear a "Compliments of the Author" card tipped to inner flyleaf, but tipped in facing this is a choice autograph addition: Typed Letter Signed from Angle, 1p, 8" X 11", Springfield, IL, 22 July 1940. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar). Near fine. Faint original mailing folds. On "Illinois State Historical Society" letterhead citing Angle as "Librarian," he thanks this admirer for a poem/essay booklet "Song of the Leaves: Quest for Johnny Appleseed": "I certainly appreciate… Read More
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Código Civil del Distrito Federal y Territorios

Código Civil del Distrito Federal y Territorios

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Mexico City: Imprenta y Litografía de Juan Flores, 1897. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Quarter brown calf with gilt spine lettering and compartments and marbled paper over boards. 666pp. Very good. Binding board edgeworn and corner rounded, though calf spine nice and giltstamping bright; text block typically age toned; frontispiece an appropriate contemporary replacement. Tight and decent copy of this Spanish text which translates as "Civil Code of the Federal District and Territories." Unusual -- and quite handleable.
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The Conscience of a Lawyer

The Conscience of a Lawyer

by MELLINKOFF, David

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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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A County Judge in Arcady: Selected Private Papers of Charles Fernald, Pioneer California Jurist

by FENALD, Charles

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Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1954. Hardcover. Introduction and notes by Cameron Rogers. Small 4to. Blue cloth. 268pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. Partly uncut. First edition. SIX GUNS 1887.
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A County Judge in Arcady: Selected Private Papers of Charles Fernald, Pioneer California Jurist

by FERNALD, Charles

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Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1954. Hardcover. Introduction and notes by Cameron Rogers. Small 4to. Blue cloth. 268pp (many uncut). Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. First edition. A clean, tight, handsome copy. SIX-GUNS 1984.
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Courts and Criminals

by TRAIN, Arthur

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark olive green blind-embossed leatherette with gilt spine lettering. 304pp. Frontispiece, illustration. Very good. Faint edgewear at head and tail of spine. A tight, attractive later printing of this 1912 nonfiction overview of the criminal justice system by this New York County assistant district attorney better known as a mystery novelist (1875-1945) who pioneered the courtroom thriller genre and immortalized attorney Ephraim Tutt.
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