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Complete four volume set but comprised of two different editions - 1836 3rd edition (I) and 1840 4th editions (II, III, IV). Hardcovers. Contemporary full brown leather (dark brown leather to Volume I with lighter brown calf to Volumes II, III, and IV); scuffing and stains with wear to edges; spines and at least one board have handwritten ink names of varying legibility. Foxing/toning throughout all four volumes with some creased corners and soiling. Bindings remain firm. ***** VOLUME I. New-York: Printed for the Author. E.B. Clayton, James Van Norden, Printers, 1836. Third edition (as stated upon title page). H 23.25cm x L 14.75cm. i-xv, [1], 1-558 pages. Antiquarian ink signatures "Murphy" and "Pierce" on spine. Missing preliminary and rear blanks (i.e. title page opposite fp and page 558 opposite rp); pencil signature "J.H. Pierce" on title page with other pencil writing and scribbling on several initial pages; pencil writing on last two pages; some moisture stains. Signatures are likely those of Columbus and Macon, Mississippi attorney and judge Jacob Hume Pierce (1803-1894) and perhaps Columbus attorney Andrew A. Murphy (1817-1848). ***** VOLUME II. New-York: Printed for the Author. E.B. Clayton, Printer, Tontine Buildings, Wall-Street, 1840. Fourth edition (as stated upon title page). H 22.25cm x L 14.25cm. i-xliv, 1-646 pages (printer's errors with multiple page numbers skipped or duplicated but all text appears to be correctly consecutive). H 22.25cm x L 14.25cm. Pencil signatures "B. Matthews" on front free endpaper; a few pencil margin marks amongst text; pages 442-448 creased/curled at their fore-edge margins. Two rear leaves slightly pulled. Signatures could be either Confederate Army veteran Col. Beverly Matthews (1819-1882) or possibly his son Beverly Matthews (1856-1932) but, upon cursory online research, neither seems to have had a legal career. ***** VOLUME III. New-York: Printed for the Author. E.B. Clayton, Printer, Tontine Buildings, Wall-Street, 1840. Fourth edition (as stated upon title page). H 22.25cm x L 14.25cm. i-xxxv, [1], 1-514 pages. Six-line undated ink inscription "Presented to | T.A. Teasdale | by Harrison M? | Columbus | Misp" on front free endpaper. Thomas A. Teasdale (1838-1923) career details elude cursory research but his father, Rev. Thomas C. Teasdale (1808-1891), was a nationally known preacher in the mid-1800s and served as pastor of Columbus' First Baptist Church from 1858-1863 and is forever memorialized by an evocative funerary statue of a weeping angel at Columbus' Friendship Cemetery. ***** VOLUME IV. New-York: Printed for the Author. E.B. Clayton, Printer, Tontine Buildings, Wall-Street, 1840. Fourth edition (as stated upon title page). H 22.75cm x L 14.75cm. i-xxxiv, [2], [1], 1-305, [305], 306-583 pages. Pencil signature "R. Matthews"[?] on ffep; one leaf (paged as 305 on recto and verso) creased at top corner. ****** Acquired among a collection of nineteenth century law books gathered over years by a 20th century Columbus, Mississippi attorney from various descendants of the picturesque southern city's preeminent antebellum bar. Eight jpeg images of the set can be emailed upon request. Please note that this set has an approximate shipping weight of 10 pounds (4.53 kg) and will require additional postage/insurance for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.
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