The Common Law (presentation copy signed by prominent New Jersey jurists)
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1946. Later printing. vellum. Fine. Hardcover in green cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Presenation inscription on the front free endpaper from the Camden County Bar Association to an attorney on the occasion of his admission to the New Jersey Bar. Dated Apriol 13, 1948 and signed hy Benjamin Asbell as President of the Association. Also signed on the rear endpaper by seven additional jurists including New Jersey Supreme Cout Justice Ralph W.E. Donges. 422 pp. with index. Fine in dust jacket with wear and chipping to the tips.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E23680
- Title
- The Common Law (presentation copy signed by prominent New Jersey jurists)
- Author
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- law, new jersey, legal, lawyers, judges,
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...