Raising the Veil; Or, Scenes in the Courts. Embellished with.

Publication date: 1856

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A Jaundiced Look at the American Legal System from 1856 Fenner, Ball. Raising the Veil; Or, Scenes in the Courts. Embellished with Portraits of Police, Court Officers, &c. Boston: James French & Company, 1856. xii, [13]-288 pp. Woodcut frontispiece with tissue guard. Plates. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Original cloth, decorative blind stamping to boards, gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, some chipping to spine ends, joints just starting at ends, two nicks to fore-ege of rear board, corners bumped and somewhat worn, free endpapers removed. Moderate toning to interior, faint spotting and light soiling to a few leaves. $150. * Only edition. An anecdotal account of the courts, police and the administration of justice in Boston, Philadelphia and California by a veteran attorney. Having surveyed the field, Fenner concludes: "Happy is the man who avoids litigation, and knows not by personal experience the ramifications of criminal or civil jurisprudence" (vi). Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 1006. …

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Title
Raising the Veil; Or, Scenes in the Courts. Embellished with.
Author
Fenner, Ball
Publication year
1856
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Hardcover
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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. specializes in all aspects of law and legal history. Our publication program offers reprints of over 800 landmark works as well as original books. We invite offers of antiquarian, scholarly and current practice materials. Founded in 1983, we currently serve thousands of individuals and institutions worldwide. Law books - Out of print, Scholarly, Rare, and Reprints of Legal Classics. We also handle secondhand primary and secondary source material for practicing lawyers. Generally someone is available Monday-Friday 9:00 - 6:00PM(Eastern Time). Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.…

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