George Comstock Editor (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Volume IV only. Illustrated paper covers; mild wear to edges and covers; edges toning; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 603 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good-Very Good condition. First Edition. Chicago, Illinois: Popular Publications, Inc., 1943. Good-Very Good condition. Usual browning to the perimeter of the pages. Full-color cover, lightly chipped at the edges. Softcover periodical. 6.5" wide by 9.5" tall. Illustrated throughout with photos and drawings. Beautful full-color cover illustration by Frederick Blakeslee entitled: Cab-in-Fronter on the Table. Lead article in this issue is: CABS (Their Origin and Development) by George Hart. Also included are: BUSIEST MANUALLY-OPERATED CROSSING by James R. Shutts; IF YOU ARE A STUDENT FIREMAN by Homer C. Keith; WOOD-BURNING DAYS IN NEW ENGLAND by A. A. White; HE FORGOT THE ORDER by Frederick G. Fletcher; HISTORICAL ENGINE ROSTER OF THE NYS&W; etc. First Edition. Softcover. Good-Very Good condition. Illus. by Blakeslee, Frederick (cover art). 162pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Blakeslee, Frederick (cover art) (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 328 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.74 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 380 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.86 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Eleventh Edition. Bound in full leather. Red and black spine labels. Hardcover. Front gutter weakened. Front board and end pages detached. Rear board starting to detach. Marginal staining. Sold with all faults. xxxv, 668 p., 24 cm.

Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1867. 4 vols. A Well-Preserved Copy of Kent's Commentaries Kent, James [1763-1847]. Comstock, George [1811-1892], Editor. Commentaries on American Law. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1867. Four volumes. 8 pp. publisher catalogue bound before title page of Volume I. Octavo (9-1/2" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands, red and black lettering pieces, faint label residue and early owner signature (of C.P. Jones) to spines, blind tooling to board edges. Some minor scratches and spots to boards, light rubbing to extremities, front hinge of Volume II starting. Light toning to interiors, light foxing and faint dampstaining in a few places, offsetting to margins of endleaves, early owner signature (of C.P. Jones) in pencil to front free endpapers of Volumes II and III. A well-preserved set. $950. * Eleventh edition. Kent's Commentaries is probably the single most important interpretation of American law. Writing in 1847, Marvin ranked it above Blackstone and observed that it contains "not only a clear statement of the English law, with all the alterations that have taken place since the time of Blackstone, but a full account of the main principles of Equity, also, a review of the modifications engrafted on the English law by the different states of the Union." Marvin's latter observation points to the significance of this landmark work. Published at a time when there was significant opposition to English law, Kent's Commentaries established it in a manner that appealed to the majority of influential American jurists and legislators. Marvin, Legal Bibliography 438. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) I:1088. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1867. 4 vols. (illustrator). …