Brothers In Law
by Cecil, Henry
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On Dec 29, 2008, PhillipTaylorMBE said
A FUND OF FUNNY LEGAL STORIES FROM THE FIFTIES WHICH IS TIMELESS This work remains an excellent introduction to the problems which many trainee barristers face today even though it is a very old book now covering a period when pupils paid for their pupillages and you could appear robed in court on day one. As to be expected with Henry Cecil, it is a series of his short story (porbably mostly true) on the theme of pupillage in 1950s. And, at the same time, the problems advocates face today are quite well covered in this funny set of legal stories which many in the legal profession did not take to initially all those years ago! We can view the situations with much more relaxed humour today as the class divide has been bridged to a certain extent. Recent books on pupillage still recommend Henry Cecil's 'Brothers in Law' and I do advise students to watch the very funny film starring Ian Carmichael as a rather priggish Roger Thursby who has just been called to the Bar. Cecil was a County Court judge, His Honour Judge Leon. The importance of this book is about the people that it portrays as the client problem and the judge problem still remains even though new technology has intervened. What comes out of the book is the type of character we come across as lawyers every day...and how they don't really change down the ages. I watched the film again recently and had another look at the book which remains a firm favourite with me as a nostalgic trip back in time to a different age for the barrister. Do get it as it is still my friend in court, even now, and entertaining with that sparkle of truth which always runs through the law and its clients, even now! -
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Penguin Book, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. 223 pages. Published in Penguin Books. Orange penguin paperback. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Penguin Books, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. First Edition Thus. 223 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item Item Price
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Penguin Books, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. First Edition Thus. 223 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item Item Price
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Penguin Books, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. Published in Penguin Books. 223 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Penguin, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. 223 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Item Price
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Harper & Brothers, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition, First Printing (A-F letter code). Not price-clipped ($3.50 price intact). Published by Harper & Brothers, 1955. Octavo. Black boards over light red boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight… Read more about this item Item Price
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Penguin Books, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. First Edition Thus. 223 pages. Paperback book with illustrated cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item Item Price
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Harper & Brothers. Later printing. Very Good/Good. From the library of prominent Oregon lawyer Glenn R Jack with his signature on ffep. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Tanning on pastedowns & endpapers. Pages toning with age, otherwise text and images unmarked. DJ shelf worn with toning, soiling, scuffs, creases,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Michael Joseph, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. jacket is chipped and creased. foxing and markings on both jacket and book. sound binding. fairly good copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Item Price
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BROTHERS IN LAW
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London, UK: Michael Joseph. Very good condition-DJ frayed at edges/Dust Jacket. (1956). 6th. Printing. 8vo., 222 pp. . Item Price
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Brothers in Law
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Brothers in Law
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Courtroom goings on, from which the film adaptation "The Boultling Brothers" was made. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering and white wig design to spine, covered with pictorial dust jacket. CONDITION: Used, good. DJ shows wear and chipping around the edges. Age-tanning to prelims, light foxing to edges. Clean. No inscriptions. Binding very good. Two extra titles written in pencil/pen,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Brothers in law
by Cecil, Henry (1902-1976)
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London : Michael Joseph, 1955. Third Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 222 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Lawyers - Fiction. Law in literature. Item Price
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Brothers in Law
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Penguin Books, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. First Edition Thus. 223 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item Item Price
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Brothers in Law
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Michael Joseph, London, 1957. hardcover. Good/Acceptable Jacket. 9x7x1. 1957 printing. Jacket has more than average wear. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Item Price
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Brothers in Law
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Penguin Books, 1962. Paperback. Acceptable. 1962. Published in Penguin Books. 223 pages. Orange striped penguin cover. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Book has a rolled spine. Visible wear marks to spine and covers. Item Price
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Brothers in Law
by Henry Cecil
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Michael Joseph, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. normal shelf wear, dust jacket with some wear and tear, mainly along the edges, price clipped, in protective cover, a very nice copy 5th Impression. Size: Octavo. 222 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Pictures of this item not already displayed here… Read more about this item Item Price
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BROTHERS IN LAW
by HENRY CECIL
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LONDON: MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Wrapper rubbed, lightly marked with a slightly sunned spine, boards lightly marked, pencil insriptiojn on front pastdown. Clean throughout. Good.
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