The Law, With Tipped-In Inscribed Gift Card from Robert Jackson
Publication date: 1949
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB
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US$ 350.00
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Presented by Robert H. Jackson to John Leo Blair Wormser, Rene A. [1896-1981]. The Law: The Story of Lawmakers and the Law We have Lived by, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. xiv, 609 pp. Cloth, light rubbing, negligible faint stain to spine, bookplate of John L. Blair and tipped-in Supreme Court card inscribed by Robert H. Jackson to front free endpaper. $350. * First and only edition. This book traces the origins of the Western legal system from ancient civilizations to the mid-20th century. The inscription reads: "To John/ With all good wishes/ Bob." Jackson [1892-1954], who had a long and distinguished career as a lawyer and politician, served as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, United States Solicitor General and United States Attorney General. He was also the chief prosecutor for the United States at the Nuremberg trials. Blair was a close friend of Jackson's. He was a successful businessman and advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Morgenthau, Jr.…
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- Title
- The Law, With Tipped-In Inscribed Gift Card from Robert Jackson
- Author
- Wormser, Rene A; [Jackson, Robert
- Publication year
- 1949
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Antiquarian & Scholarly, Association Copy
The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB
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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. specializes in all aspects of law and legal history. Our publication program offers reprints of over 800 landmark works as well as original books. We invite offers of antiquarian, scholarly and current practice materials. Founded in 1983, we currently serve thousands of individuals and institutions worldwide. Law books - Out of print, Scholarly, Rare, and Reprints of Legal Classics. We also handle secondhand primary and secondary source material for practicing lawyers. Generally someone is available Monday-Friday 9:00 - 6:00PM(Eastern Time). Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.…
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