Devlin Mr Justice Foreword (2 results)

Published by Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1958
- Hardcover
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United KingdomPsychoBabel & Skoob Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover in very good condition. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Jacket is marked, scuffed and sunned. Edges are creased and torn, including small chips. Board spine ends are slightly bumped. Page block is tanned and fo…xed. A few light spots of foxing on the pastedowns and endpapers. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). Used.
More imagesPublished by Michael Joseph; Hutchinson of London 1958-1961, London, 1958
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A smart two volume set of first edition works of fiction about the British legal system by Henry Cecil Leon, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. A two volume set.The first editions.In the publisher's original black cloth bindings. In the original unclippe…d dust wrappers.A set of works by Henry Cecil Leon, who wrote under the pen-namesHenry CecilandClifford Maxwell, and was a British barrister, judge, and a writer of fiction about theBritish legal system.Both with a foreword by the Hon. Mr. Justice.Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, a British painter, printmaker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children.Including:(1958) Brief to Counsel, illustrated in text by Ardizzone, as well as the dust wrapper.(1961) Not Such an Ass, with an illustrated dust wrapper and endpapers by Ardizzone. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers.Externally, excellent. Minor shelf wear to extremities. Offsetting to free endpapers of 'Brief to Counsel'. Dust wrappers are very smart. Closed tears with archival tape repairs to head and tail of spine of 'Brief to Counsel' wrap, with light spotting to the reverse. Odd closed tear to 'Not Such an Ass' wrap, with light sunning to rear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). book.