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199329395Washington DC: Rappahannock Press / Phillips Collection. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Wraps simultaneously published paperback a near fine copy of this lovely catalog Essays by Tepfer Hills Henry Louis Gates Jr. et al are photo-illustrated. Exhibition catalog of a nationally touring show. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 172 pp . Rappahannock Press / Phillips Collection paperback books
200945597Berkeley: University of California Press 2009. Hardcover. Very good. 276pp index. Small black marks to top edge of textblock else a very good hardback bound in publisher's illustrated boards and issued without a jacket. <br/><br/> University of California Press hardcover books
1855SS11188Mainz:: Victor v. Sabern 1855. 1855. Second edition. 8vo. vi 507 1 pp. Endleaves foxed else text clean. Half leather over marbled paper-backed boards gilt-stamped spine; extremities rubbed. Rubber stamp. Very good. "Jacob Moleschott . . . physiologist and philosopher noted for his belief in the material basis of emotion and thought. His most important work Kreislauf des Lebens 1852; "The Circuit of Life" added considerable impetus to 19th-century materialism by demanding "scientific answers to scientific questions." Britannica Victor v. Sabern, 1855. hardcover books
19653893Washington DC: National Trust for Historic Preservation 1965. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Fine in frayed glassine overwrapper. 198 pages. 8vo later printing of the 1957 first edition. Bookplate. National Trust for Historic Preservation hardcover books
1983024990Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press 1983. xvii 244p. dj Chicago studies in the history of Judaism. University of Chicago Press unknown books
194910412New Haven: Yale University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . solid clean copy light browning to page edges but otherwise virtually unworn; jacket very browned at spine and along edges minor paper loss at top of spine otherwise clean and intact. Yale Judaica Series Vol. II Series "This volume offers the first translation ever made of Book Thirteen of The Code of Maimonides. Compiled in the latter part of the twelfh century this monumental work of Maimonides is the most authoritative and complete restatement of Jewish Law after the close of the Talmud. It represents the culmination of over fifteen centuries of uninterrupted legal development among a people for whom the study of law not only served intensely practical purposes but was also a mode of worship. The present book consists of the following five Treatises: The Laws of Hiring; The Laws of Borrowing and Depositing; The Laws of Creditor and Debtor; The Laws of Pleading; The Laws of Inheritance." . Yale University Press hardcover books
1963158705New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1963. Hardcover. VG- clean tight contents; general shelf wear to covers includine fraying at head of spine bumps to corners and a black streak on front cover; art school ex-lib. with usual marks. Terracotta cloth/boards; gilt lettering on spine. Anatomy of the Cat: xxii 486 pp. with 173 bw figures. Dissection of the Cat: vi 99 pp. with no illustrations. 1963 printing of Anatomy of the Cat Third/enlarged edition by Rush Elliott and 1935 printing of Dissection of the Cat combined together in one volume. The 173 bw figures are by Louise Burridge Jennings. A fascinating study presumably for veterinarians or anyone else who loves cats. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
1902151740New York: The Macmillan Company 1902. Later printing. Hardcover. 443 pages. An autobiography from the author of the classic "How The Other Half Lives." Includes a number of black and white illustrations. An about very good copy in illustrated blue cloth boards with some minor fraying to the spine ends some rubbing to the edges of the boards and a gift inscription on the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. The Macmillan Company unknown books
189956109NY: Century Co 1899. Vol. LVII No. 4. 8vo. printed pictorial wraps. Very Good minor wear & small chip spine; contents clean & tight. <br/><br/> Century Co paperback books
1909398711909. Schapiro Jacob Salwyn. Social Reform and the Reformation. New York: Columbia University Press 1909. 160 12 pp. Includes twelve pages of advertisements. Hardcover. Newly rebound in blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Ex-library with perforated stamp to title page. $25. A title in the Studies in History Economics and Public Law series edited by the Political Science Faculty of Columbia University. unknown books
193197039London: the Ulysses Bookshop 1931. cloth-backed boards paper spine label. Coppard Alfred Edgar. 8vo. cloth-backed boards paper spine label. x 73 9 pages. With Foreword and Notes by A.E. Coppard. Limited to 650 numbered copies signed by Coppard. Spine foxed. Endpapers foxed. the Ulysses Bookshop unknown books
1969164275Culver City California: Luther Norris 1969. Octavo illustrations by Frank Utpatel original pictorial wrappers stapled. First edition. Limited to 300 numbered copies this copy not numbered. Wilson 384. Tiny spot on front cover else a fine copy. #164275 Luther Norris unknown books
196741272Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne 1967. 1st edition thus. LIMITED to 1950 copies of which this is #397. Blue cloth binding gilt stamped lettering and design to spine and front board. Plain white paper DJ. Map illustrated front endpapers. A Near Fine example in a lightly tanned and worn DJ. 92 pp. Many b/w intratextual illustrations throughout. 11-3/4" x 7-1/2" <br/><br/> Lewis Osborne hardcover books
1994047577Seattle and London: University of Washington Press 1994. xvii 286p. dj. University of Washington Press unknown books
1927116577New York: Boni & Liveright Publishers 1927. Octavo original blue cloth stamped in gold. First edition in English. Two of the stories are of novella length. A preliminary notes states: "A translation of DER UNBEKANNTE GAST one of the volumes in the series of fictions to which Wassermann has given the general title; DER WENDEKREIS. The title story "Der Unbekannte Gast having already appeared in English in another volume has not be included in WORLDS' ENDS." The book has attractive patterned endpapers in an art deco style. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips damp stain to lower spine end a very good copy. #116577 Boni & Liveright Publishers unknown books
2017171134Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag 2017. Hardcover. VG. Oblong glossy BW pictorial boards. 94 pp. An abundance of BW and color plates and illustrations including tons of thumbnails. Parallel text in Danish and English. Essays by the various authors and a plethora of photographs with a focus on family portraits. Hatje Cantz Verlag hardcover books
1973010924New York: KTAV Publishing House Inc 1973. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. xiv 295 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated by historic photographs. Signed and inscribed by the author to a member of the Goldman Memorial Foundation "To David: With happiest memories of those many sessions when we worked out the major outlines of this book. With affectionate gratitude signed Jacob.". KTAV Publishing House, Inc Hardcover books
2005413612005. ISBN-13: 9781584775539; ISBN-10: 158477553X. Holyoake George Jacob. The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy. Originally published: London: James Watson 1851. vi 100 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775539; ISBN-10: 158477553X. Hardcover. New. $24.95 Holyoake 1817-1906 a notable free-thinking socialist lecturer and self-described "agitator" was the last person in England indicted for blasphemy based on remarks during a debate after one of his speaking engagements. Though convicted he emerged the moral victor. As his account of the trial indicates he defended his position eloquently. And his stirring critique of the blasphemy laws did much to undermine their validity in the popular mind. unknown books
2003365302003. ISBN-13: 9781584773290; ISBN-10: 1584773294. Larwood Jacob. Humour of the Law: Forensic Anecdotes. Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus 1903. vi 304 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773290; ISBN-10: 1584773294. Cloth hardcover. New. $24.95 A wonderful collection of over 200 charming anecdotes of timeless appeal including "Court of Sessions and the Butchers" "No Spiders in Westminster Hall" "Our Old Draconian Laws" "A Learned Judge" and "Curran's Sarcasm." Some of the tales involve comical passages about law found in literature or satirical observations on given law book texts. With an index. unknown books
2010547402010. ISBN-13: 9781584779704; ISBN-10: 1584779705. A Tribute to Calamandrei Stein Jacob A. Eulogy of Lawyers: Written by a Lawyer. Clark: The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2010. xix xi-xiii new introduction 317 pp. Preface by Bryan A. Garner President Law Prose Inc.; Distinguished Research Professor of Law Southern Methodist University Dallas Texas; Editor current editions of Black's Law Dictionary. ISBN-13: 9781584779704; ISBN-10: 1584779705. Paperback. New. $24.95 In 1936 Piero Calamandrei an Italian lawyer and law professor published Elogio dei Giudici Scritto da un Avvocato a wry collection of maxims anecdotes and observations on the nature of the legal process. Translated in 1946 as Eulogy of Judges Written by a Lawyer it gradually acquired a reputation among sophisticated legal circles as the best lawyer's book ever written. Written by a self-described member of the "Piero Calamandrei Freemasonry Society" Eulogy of Lawyers revives the spirit of its great predecessor while shifting the focus to the other side of the bench. "Stein is a rare breed: a superb noted advocate - one of the finest of his day - who is also a literary essayist. I can think of only two comparable predecessors: Lord Brougham and Clarence Darrow." Bryan A. Garner Preface xii-xiii. Jacob A. Stein has for over 60 years conducted a trial practice. He has been an adjunct professor at American University Law School George Washington University Law School and Georgetown University Law School where he has taught for the last 21 years. He has been president of the District of Columbia Bar. He has served on various judicial committees connected with the Federal Judiciary. He was appointed in 1985 to serve as the United States Independent Counsel to inquire as to the suitability of the President's choice as Attorney General of the United States. His articles have appeared in The American Scholar Times Literary Supplement The Washington Post The Wilson Quarterly the Washington Lawyer the Green Bag Litigation and other publications. His books include Legal Spectator & More 2003 The Law of Law Firms 1994 Closing Argument: The Art and the Law 1969 and other titles. unknown books
186046735New York: Sheldon & Company. Very Good. 1860. Hardcover. NY: Sheldon & Co. 1860. 252 pages hardbound. First edition. A good copy in a sound edgeworn maroon cloth binding. . Sheldon & Company hardcover books
186346736New York: Sheldon & Company. Very Good. 1863. Hardcover. NY: Sheldon & Co. 1863. 252 pages hardbound. A good copy in a sound lightly edgeworn cloth binding. . Sheldon & Company hardcover books
198945876Geneva: Institut Universitaire d'Etudes du Developpement. Very Good. 1989. Softcover. Geneva: Institut Universitaire d'Etudes du Developpement 1989. 74 pages softbound. A NF copy in crisp very lightly rubbed white paper wraps. . Institut Universitaire d'Etudes du Developpement paperback books
199367309New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good. 1993. Hardcover. Large pictorial boards. This is a clean nice copy. Very Good in a nice dust jacket. . Simon and Schuster hardcover books
190459358New York: The Outlook Company. Very Good. 1904. Hardcover. 471 pages brown boards with gilt stamping slight scuffing to spine rear cover previous owner signed contents are bright and complete. Very Good. . The Outlook Company hardcover books
