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Commentaries on American Law
by Kent, James (1763-1847)
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- Contemporary sheep, rubbed and scuffed, spine labels renewed. With the signature of New York Attorney Charles B. Moore on the ti
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About This Item
New York: O. Halsted, 1832. Second edition. xvi, [1]-559; 6547; 515; 574pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep, rubbed and scuffed, spine labels renewed. With the signature of New York Attorney Charles B. Moore on the title-page of each volume dated May 1833. Early newspaper clippings on endpapers of Vol. I about Kent's death. Second edition. xvi, [1]-559; 6547; 515; 574pp. 4 vols. 8vo. THE AMERICAN BLACKSTONE. A landmark in American and International legal commentary, the first edition of Kent's classic was issued in four volumes from 1826 to 1830. This second edition is also very uncommon. The work, notes the DNB, "still remains the foremost American institutional legal treatise.". Cohen 5398. Larned 2761. Marvin 437-438
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 324769
- Title
- Commentaries on American Law
- Author
- Kent, James (1763-1847)
- Format/Binding
- Xvi, [1]-559; 6547; 515; 574pp. 4 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- O. Halsted
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1832
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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