John Mortimer Q C (3 results)

Hardcover. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light shelfwear, boards slightly bowed; very good- in lightly rubbed, very good- dustjacket with one tiny closed tear to top edge of rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition. Octavo, 144 pages, cloth C. H. Rolph was the secretary of the committee studying the shaping of laws, particularly the obscenity laws which relate to the publishing of books. It has been called witty, humane and without condescension. Should freedom of expression be absolute? It concludes with suggestions for reforms. It begins with a foreword by Sir John Moritimer, barrister and author of the Rumpole of the Baily novels.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Recounts the stories of 9 trials involving murder and treason, and includes the stories of some unjustly convicted individuals. Featuring : Rattenbury and Stoner, 1935, Tennyson Jesse; Hawley Harvey Crippen, 1910, Filson Young; Oscar Slater, 1909-28, Roughead; Madeleine Smith, 1857, Tennyson Jesse; Robert Wood, 1907, Basil Hogarth; George Joseph Smith, 1915, Eric R. Watson; Ronald True, 1922, Carswell; Herbert Rowse Armstrong, 1922, Filson Young; William Joyce, 1945, J.W. Hall. 384pp. trade size soft cover. Lightly browned pp., lge. crease across sl. sunned fr. cover o/w Nr. Vg.