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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description
- paper
The Common Law. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1881
8vo (8 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.; 210 x 136 mm); margins lightly browned with a few small dampstains. Publisher's green pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped title on spine, in a green half-morocco drop-box; rebacked, original spine laid down.
8vo (8 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.; 210 x 136 mm); margins lightly browned with a few small dampstains. Publisher's green pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped title on spine, in a green half-morocco drop-box; rebacked, original spine laid down.
Provenance
Michele Ross, New York (early signature on title). Acquisition: Meyer Boswell Books
Literature
Grolier, American 84
Condition
margins lightly browned with a few small dampstains. Publisher's green pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped title on spine; rebacked, original spine laid down.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition, first issue, of this influential work, arguing that law derives from judicial decisions based on "an inarticulate major premise" drawn from outside the law.