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Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards, Broughton, & Co., 1884. 16 pages. Original printed wraps. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Good. The lower third of the spine is split; some foxing and marginal soiling to the wraps; minor foxing to title page. FIRST EDITION. The topic of Reade’s address is "The Legal Profession of North Carolina -- What It is and What It Ought to Be." Expounding on the virtues that make a great attorney, Reade discusses some of the eminent jurists he knew, including George E. Badger, William A. Graham, Judge Mangum, and Justice Ruffin. His prefatory remarks allude to women in attendance, and he recalls his experience of giving the examination to the first woman to apply to the North Carolina bar (Tabitha Ann Holton, admitted 1878). Edwin Godwin Reade (1812-1894) was an antebellum U.S. Congressman, Confederate Senator, president of the North Carolina convention on Reconstruction of 1865-66, and justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1868-1879). OCLC finds nine copies; NUC adds no… Read More

London: G. Wilkie, J. Cuthell, J. Stockdale, [et al.], 1816. 8vo. Leaves 21 x 13 cm. [2], xxviii, 554 pages, plus frontispiece portrait of the author. Indexes to the text and the editor's footnotes. Contemporary quarter calf with raised bands and gilt spine decorations over marbled boards with calf tips. Light wear to extremities; rubbing and a few scuffs to boards; front joint very slightly started at the base, but the binding is solid. Marginal foxing to the frontispiece; title page a little tanned and with offsetting from the frontispiece; light scattered foxing throughout. Still, about very good. Later edition. Stated as "A New Edition, with supplemental notes, and a preface biographical and critical," but probably the third edition thus, the first such having been published in 1807 soon after de Lolme's death. The work originally appeared in French in 1771 with an edition in English following in 1775. A landmark study of the English constitution. Well-received in Britain and on… Read More

Raleigh, N.C.: Office of the Secretary of State, by authority of the General Assembly; [printed by] Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., 1916. 40 pages. Original printed self-wraps; stapled as issued. 23 x 15 cm. Good plus. A few small spots and slight toning to wraps; some light marginal creasing. FIRST EDITION. Laid-in is a one-page printed circular letter, signed (in type) by the governor and secretary of state. The pamphlet contains the text of the existing state constitution and an act proposing four constitutional amendments that were to be submitted to the people for their approval, together with directions for administering the ballot. The amendments provided for prohibiting the General Assembly from enacting certain local, private, and special legislation; providing for special or emergency judges to prevent delays in trials; and prohibiting the General Assembly from granting special charters to corporations or towns. All of these measures were approved by the electorate in the election of… Read More

Reading: George Getz; Philadelphia: George & Byington, George W. Mentz & Son; printed by John C. Clark, Philadelphia, 1837. 4to. xi, [1], 143, [1] pages. Original quarter calf over paper covered boards, with later typescript paper spine label and new endpapers. [26 cm.] Good plus. A few stains to covers; scattered foxing. SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. The first edition of this form book was issued in 1822, with the title beginning: "Precedents for the Use of Justices of the Peace ... " Later editions had the title: "Getz's Forms ... " George Getz (1789-1853) was also the proprietor of "The Berks and Schuylkill Journal," and served as the mayor of Reading from 1849 until his death. AI 44472.

Raleigh, N.C.: Alfred Williams & Co., [printed by Bynum Printing Co.], 1925. 314 pages, plus six full-page photographic plates. The front free endpaper is printed with a copyright notice on the recto and prior appearance notice on verso. Original olive-green cloth with gilt spine lettering. 20 x 15 cm. There was a variant in blue cloth, priority unknown. A good copy in good plus dust jacket. Moderate stains to both covers along and near the joints. The binding is a bit fragile internally (cracked between most gatherings), however, all contents are holding well (stitching is intact) and the hinges are sound. Foxing to the pages facing the plates, but only faint marginal foxing to the plates themselves. Jacket shows tiny tears to the head of the spine panel and upper corners, a short (2 cm) closed tear at the bottom of the front hinge, and a pinhead-sized hole near the top of the spine panel. FIRST EDITION. Joseph Lacy Seawell (1869-1936), a native of Raleigh, was an attorney and for many years the… Read More

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, [1948-1950]. Two volumes. xv, [1], 607 and vii, [1], 608 pages, plus portrait frontispiece and plates in each volume. Original red cloth. 24 x 16 cm. Very good plus in good only dust jackets. Bookplate on each front pastedown, mild marginal foxing to plates and facing pages, still a nice set. Jackets are rubbed and soiled and have several tears with repairs on the verso and a few small chips. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE EDITOR, AUBREY LEE BROOKS, on the front free endpaper of the first volume. Brooks was a political ally of Chief Justice Clark and later his biographer. Some of the correspondence in these volumes is his own. Clark once called Brooks "the foremost and most successful lawyer in North Carolina." --qtd. in the "Dictionary of North Carolina Biography." Walter McKenzie Clark (1846-1924) served as justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1889 and was chief justice from 1903-1924. He was a… Read More