A Digest of the Common Law, The Statute Laws of Massachusetts, and of the United States, and the Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Relative to the Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace...
by DICKINSON Rodolphus
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Deerfield: John Wilson, 1818. . Large 8vo, full law sheep, black spine label; 2-inch separation in front outer hinge, but boards tight and firm; front free endpaper detached, all endpapers browned due to acidic reaction; contemporary ownership signature on blank preceding title A.I. 43857; Marvin p. 266.First and only edition of an early Justice of the Peace manual; almost half the precedents are American, which is unusual for this period. Despite the faults enumerated, this is an exceptionally good copy
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- Bookseller
- Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2828
- Title
- A Digest of the Common Law, The Statute Laws of Massachusetts, and of the United States, and the Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Relative to the Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace...
- Author
- DICKINSON Rodolphus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Deerfield: John Wilson, 1818.
- Pages
- viii and 512
- Keywords
- AMERICANA
- Bookseller catalogs
- LAW;
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