Willis Van Devanter (26 results)

HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). 62pp, plates ".PAUL MELLON JANUARY 17 - MARCH 3, 1968" very good, tan cloth (hardcover).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. b/w photos: Willis Van Devanter & his sister Louise Rariden on cover (illustrator). 1st. 1st printing; pictorial wraps; 207-344; includes: Timothy S. Huebner ("In Defense of Judge Taney": Black Constitutionalism and resistance to Dred Scott); Clare Cushman (Sons of Ohio: William Rufus Day, Nepotism, and his Law Clerks); Ronald W. Rauchberg (Berea College v. Kentucky: Scientific Racism in the Supreme Court); Robert Post (Willis Van Decanter: Chancellor of the Taft Court); Mark Tushnet (Willis Can Devanter: The Person); Donald Grier Stephenson, Jr. (Judivial Bookshelf).

Condition: New.

Condition: Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Oversized softcover. Brown wraps with black lettering across front cover, twine-bound. Corners are very gently bumped. Exterior is otherwise clean and crisp. Title page dated 1966, states privately printed for the Mellon's collection. No date on title page, but states 300 copies were printed for this purpose. Pages unnumbered, about 6. Includes reproduction of Robert Dinwiddie's proclamation and George Mercer's memorial, along with an introduction by Willis Devanter. Pages are all clean, crisp, and bright. Binding is tight and secure. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Oversized softcover. Brown wraps with black lettering across front cover, twine-bound. Corners are very gently bumped. Exterior is otherwise clean and crisp. Title page dated 1966, states privately printed for the Mellon's collection. No date on title page, but states 300 copies were printed for this purpose. Pages unnumbered, about 6. Includes reproduction of Robert Dinwiddie's proclamation and George Mercer's memorial, along with an introduction by Willis Devanter. Pages are all clean, crisp, and bright. Binding is tight and secure. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Oversized softcover. Brown wraps with black lettering across front cover, twine-bound. Corners are very gently bumped. Exterior is otherwise clean and crisp. Title page dated 1966, states privately printed for the Mellon's collection. No date on title page, but states 300 copies were printed for this purpose. Pages unnumbered, about 6. Includes reproduction of Robert Dinwiddie's proclamation and George Mercer's memorial, along with an introduction by Willis Devanter. Pages are all clean, crisp, and bright. Binding is tight and secure. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Oversized softcover. Brown wraps with black lettering across front cover, twine-bound. Corners are very gently bumped. Exterior is otherwise clean and crisp. Title page dated 1966, states privately printed for the Mellon's collection. No date on title page, but states 300 copies were printed for this purpose. Pages unnumbered, about 6. Includes reproduction of Robert Dinwiddie's proclamation and George Mercer's memorial, along with an introduction by Willis Devanter. Pages are all clean, crisp, and bright. Binding is tight and secure. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Oversized softcover. Brown wraps with black lettering across front cover, twine-bound. Corners are very gently bumped. Exterior is otherwise clean and crisp. Title page dated 1966, states privately printed for the Mellon's collection. No date on title page, but states 300 copies were printed for this purpose. Pages unnumbered, about 6. Includes reproduction of Robert Dinwiddie's proclamation and George Mercer's memorial, along with an introduction by Willis Devanter. Pages are all clean, crisp, and bright. Binding is tight and secure. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Oversized softcover. Brown wraps with black lettering across front cover, twine-bound. Corners are very gently bumped. Exterior is otherwise clean and crisp. Title page dated 1966, states privately printed for the Mellon's collection. No date on title page, but states 300 copies were printed for this purpose. Pages unnumbered, about 6. Includes reproduction of Robert Dinwiddie's proclamation and George Mercer's memorial, along with an introduction by Willis Devanter. Pages are all clean, crisp, and bright. Binding is tight and secure. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Oversized softcover. Brown wraps with black lettering across front cover, twine-bound. Corners are very gently bumped. Exterior is otherwise clean and crisp. Title page dated 1966, states privately printed for the Mellon's collection. No date on title page, but states 300 copies were printed for this purpose. Pages unnumbered, about 6. Includes reproduction of Robert Dinwiddie's proclamation and George Mercer's memorial, along with an introduction by Willis Devanter. Pages are all clean, crisp, and bright. Binding is tight and secure. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Oversized softcover. Brown wraps with black lettering across front cover, twine-bound. Corners are very gently bumped. Exterior is otherwise clean and crisp. Title page dated 1966, states privately printed for the Mellon's collection. No date on title page, but states 300 copies were printed for this purpose. Pages unnumbered, about 6. Includes reproduction of Robert Dinwiddie's proclamation and George Mercer's memorial, along with an introduction by Willis Devanter. Pages are all clean, crisp, and bright. Binding is tight and secure. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Quarto, original cloth gilt, fine. Books from the collection of Paul Mellon, including fifteen Caxtons, all professionally described including collational notes. First edition.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. 4to. [16 pp.]. Very Good. Illustrated soft cover. Stapled wraps. Pages fine. Oblong. B&W plates. Scarce.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. Like New. book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. 4to. Soft Covers. Oblong. [16 pp.] Very Good. B&W plates.

A Festschrift for the legendary bookseller H.P. Kraus. Includes, among dozens of other articles, a bibliography of books printed by Johannes Petreius and a bibliography of books illustrated by Henry Alken (89 items). 4to. Bound in publisher's cloth. FINE AND BRIGHT.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. "To Willis Van Devanter, Associate Justice U.S. Supreme Court with the compliments and esteem of Charles Willis Needham Washington D.C. January 1926" Willis Van Devanter was an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1911 to 1937. Volume 1 only. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Large photograph of the 1920's Taft Court, signed by nine justices. Large silver gelatin print depicting theÂSupremeÂCourt in their black judicial robes. The justices are William H. Taft, William R. Day, Joseph McKenna, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Willis Van Devanter, Louis Brandeis, Mahlon Pitney, James C. McReynolds, and John H. Clarke. Matted and framed. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 21 inches by 19 inches. Rare. Following Taft's (1857-1930) term as the 27th President of the United States (1909-13), he lobbied for a position on the Supreme Court during the presidency of Warren G. Harding. Following then Chief Justice Edward Douglass White's death in May 1921, Taft was nominated and confirmed as Chief Justice that July. Taft brought a unique perspective to the Court, prioritizing efficiency and cohesion among the justices. He was instrumental in the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1925, also known as the Judgesâ Bill, which significantly reduced the Courtâs mandatory docket and gave it greater discretion over its caseload. Taft was, and still is, the only person to serve as both President and Chief Justice.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 998.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 998.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 998.

WILLIS VAN DEVANTER (1859-1941). Van Devanter was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for over two decades.TLS. 1pg. December 20, 1910. Cheyenne, Wyoming. A typed letter signed Willis Van Devanter. Just having being appointed to the Supreme Court he was confirmed by the Senate on December 15 Van Devanter wrote to Supreme Court Clerk James H. McKenney, asking McKenney to order his new robes. My dear Mr. McKenney: If it conveniently can be done, I will appreciate it if one of the gentlemen in your office will procure an appropriate gown for me. My height is 5 feet 9 inches. My weight is 178 pounds, and I am otherwise of usual proportions. When I became Circuit Judge a seamstress in Washington, who had made gowns for some of the Justices and Circuit Judges, made one for me, but it is worn too much to permit of further use. I will be glad to have the new one made of good material, and am writing on the supposition that I must pay for my own gown, which will be done promptly upon reaching Washington. I contemplate being there in time to enter upon my new duties January third. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, I am, Very sincerely, Willis Van Devanter. The letter is in very good condition with a stain and a Received stamp.