Robert W Calvert Author (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Texian Press, Waco, TX. 1977. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and lower tips. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($10.00); light bumping to head and tail; ring indentations on the front panel. Light blue buckram boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 191 pp 8vo. This is the life story of Chief Justice Robert Calvert who was born in Tennessee in 1905 and moved with his family to Corsicana where he and his sister were committed to the State Orphans Home. Graduating from high school he enrolled at UT in 1923, passed the bar in 1931, was elected to the House of Representatives in 1932, rose through the ranks to the Texas Supreme Court in 1950 and was the Chief Justice from 1961-1972. The author goes in to great detail to fill in all the gaps in his upbringing and legal career. A very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.…