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1896042700Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Half leather with marbled boards. Raised bands. Marbled end papers. All page edges marbled. 503pp. Full refund if not satisfied. Government Printing Office hardcover
18930007974Aurora IL : Aurora Daily Beacon 1893. First edition. Crown folio measures 18 x 11.5 / 46 x 30 cm. 43 pages 15 photogravure plates cord-tied leaves largely disbound with creased alligator-patterned paper wrappers. Inked name of W.C. Masterson. Offered "as is" with any faults. NOTE: SOME GRAVURES MISSING. <br/><br/>This peculiar work was included in the Library of the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition. The WCE inspired the female employees of Kane County Illinois to create this testimonial to the progressivism of the Kane County Government in employing women. Funds were raised with an elaborate celebration of the dedication of the new County Court House September 30 1892. The previous court house had burned down. This work recounts how the women employees defied the smoke and flames while feeding the paperwork into the vault. Not in Dybwad's bibliography of the World's Columbian Exposition . ( Aurora Daily Beacon ) unknown
1872DEMO003037ILondon: Tinsley Bros. 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 423 pages 3/4 leather newly replaced worn corners. Scarce <br/><br/>True-life accounts of French court cases. The "opening chapter is unexpectedly titled 'Ghosts in Court.' . The back and forth of the case can be a bit involved and confusing . but it is worth working through . to get to the punch line - Levi Stahl." Another case involves a priest-magician. Ex libris Sir Charles Lennox Peel Paul M. Godhue Edward.Freiberger Hobart Chatfield-Taylor Tinsley Bros. hardcover
1822259781London: HMSO 1822. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy. Slightest suggestion only of dust dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains uncommonly well-preserved; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description: 84 pages. Subjects: Courts - Scotland. JusticeAdministration of. London: HMSO paperback
1891DEMO014105IPhiladelphia: John Y. Huber 1891. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 53 inserted portraits. Quarto 745 pages blue cloth repaired hinge some internal cracking unopened; ex libris Frank D. Kellogg. <br/><br/>In addition to a comprehensive history this work incorporates nearly 200pp. of the Proceedings of the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Organization of the U.S. Supreme Court. It includes the remarks by Chief Justice Melville Fuller and Justices Field & Harlan. Grover Cleveland spoke and chaired the Executive Committee. Etched portraits by Albert & Max Rosenthal. 53 inserted portraits. Author Carson became Attorney General of Pennsylvania. John Y. Huber hardcover
180393882New-York: George F. Hopkins 1803. Original printing not a reprint. Paperback. Minor foxing to exterior; appears to have been disbound from a large collection of assumedlt related works. All pages present. Please refer to photos. Large octavo in printed paper wraps; 56 pages; 22 cm. "Colonel Despard and twelve associates were tried under special commissions of Oyer and terminer and gaol delivery for the county of Surrey." / Early American Imprints. Uncommon. / Law. Trials Treason -- England -- Surrey. Procès Trahison -- Angleterre -- Surrey. Executions. Shaw & Shoemaker 4076 Despard Edward Marcus 1751-1803 -- Trials litigation etc. England -- Surrey. George F. Hopkins paperback