The Common Law.
by Holmes, O. W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hampden, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1881. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. xvi, 422 pp. Brown pebbled cloth, spine title gilt. First edition. The Common Law, Holmes' first book, and his masterpiece, developed from a series of lectures Holmes delivered at the Lowell Institute and articulates the ideas and judicial theory of one of the greatest justices of the Supreme Court. Grolier One-Hundred 84. A little rubbed at the head and tail of the spine, and front bottom corner, else VG. With contemporary gift inscription.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005847
- Title
- The Common Law.
- Author
- Holmes, O. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- Legal theory, Legal History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Law;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lippincott Books
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Hampden, Maine
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...