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Cape Town & Johannesburg, Juta, 1945. Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. lviii, 533. table of cases, appendix, index. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's cloth, spine gilt; corners bit bumped, endpapers lightly browned, old signature to first free endpaper. In a very good condition. ~ Second edition. Professor George Wille (1880-1965), read for his B.A.LLB. at Cambridge. Returning to South Africa in 1903, he was a member of the Transvaal Bar for 18 years, where he practiced as an advocate. He became the first full-time professor of law at University of Cape Town in 1920, holding the chair until 1945, and lecturing chiefly on Roman-Dutch law. Many judges in South Africa and Rhodesia studied under him. Wille was one of the best-known legal writers in South Africa. He was known for his liberal outlook and for his support of equal legal rights to South Africa's underprivileged classes. 006-3

Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by former NY Senator James L. Buckley, who was appointed to the Court of Appeals by President Ronald Reagan in 1985. Blue cloth. vii, 142pp. Acknowledgements, member listing, and black and white photographs. A synopsis of the Court's activity including its work on the issues of wartime law, administrative law, the Pentagon papers, and Watergate. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Vantage Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. [10], 95 p.; 21 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. White dust jacket printed in blue with portrait of the author on the front section. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, with added inscription noting that he died in January, 1978. The author's obituary from the Evening Bulletin is taped to the front fixed endpaper. With 2 pieces of photocopied correspondence from John B. Hannum to Margaret Hileman, daughter of Leo H. McKay, thanking her for the gift of this book (one taped to the half title page, the other loose). John B. Hannum (1915-2007) was a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1991. Leo H. McKay was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County, Pa., from 1954 to 1968. In this book, he discusses 12 trials of particular interest during his time on that bench. Scarce. Book is in Very Good Condition: provenance-related items described above; underlining in… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine faded, owner bookplate on front free . endpaper.. 1941. Later Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth. xi, 431pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. A solid copy of this volume in the National Conference of Judicial Council's The Judicial Administration Series. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

[Texas][Law] Jewel Preston Lightfoot. Anti-trust laws of the State of Texas, with compilation of leading cases of state and federal courts. [Austin, Texas]: Attorney General. 1907. Flexible red leatherette with gilt titles. 23 cm. 75 pp. Interleaved with blank pages for notes. LOC surplus copy with stamp on front free end paper. Light wear to spine, else very good.
OCLC shows five holdings (Hou. Pub. Lib.; Texas St. Lib. & Arch.; Texas Tech.; UT-Austin [2]). Lightfoot was Attorney General of Texas; general counsel for Wilson and Company, Chicago meat packers and then was partner in the Ft. Worth firm Lightfoot, Robertson, Saunders, and Gano. He was a Mason and a member of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and is buried in the State Cemetery in Austin.

Cape Town & Johannesburg, Juta, 1945. Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. lviii, 533. table of cases, appendix, index. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's cloth, spine gilt; corners bit bumped, endpapers lightly browned, old signature to first free endpaper. In a very good condition. ~ Second edition. Professor George Wille (1880-1965), read for his B.A.LLB. at Cambridge. Returning to South Africa in 1903, he was a member of the Transvaal Bar for 18 years, where he practiced as an advocate. He became the first full-time professor of law at University of Cape Town in 1920, holding the chair until 1945, and lecturing chiefly on Roman-Dutch law. Many judges in South Africa and Rhodesia studied under him. Wille was one of the best-known legal writers in South Africa. He was known for his liberal outlook and for his support of equal legal rights to South Africa's underprivileged classes. 006-3

Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by former NY Senator James L. Buckley, who was appointed to the Court of Appeals by President Ronald Reagan in 1985. Blue cloth. vii, 142pp. Acknowledgements, member listing, and black and white photographs. A synopsis of the Court's activity including its work on the issues of wartime law, administrative law, the Pentagon papers, and Watergate. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Vantage Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. [10], 95 p.; 21 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. White dust jacket printed in blue with portrait of the author on the front section. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, with added inscription noting that he died in January, 1978. The author's obituary from the Evening Bulletin is taped to the front fixed endpaper. With 2 pieces of photocopied correspondence from John B. Hannum to Margaret Hileman, daughter of Leo H. McKay, thanking her for the gift of this book (one taped to the half title page, the other loose). John B. Hannum (1915-2007) was a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1991. Leo H. McKay was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County, Pa., from 1954 to 1968. In this book, he discusses 12 trials of particular interest during his time on that bench. Scarce. Book is in Very Good Condition: provenance-related items described above; underlining in… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine faded, owner bookplate on front free . endpaper.. 1941. Later Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth. xi, 431pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. A solid copy of this volume in the National Conference of Judicial Council's The Judicial Administration Series. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

[Texas][Law] Jewel Preston Lightfoot. Anti-trust laws of the State of Texas, with compilation of leading cases of state and federal courts. [Austin, Texas]: Attorney General. 1907. Flexible red leatherette with gilt titles. 23 cm. 75 pp. Interleaved with blank pages for notes. LOC surplus copy with stamp on front free end paper. Light wear to spine, else very good.
OCLC shows five holdings (Hou. Pub. Lib.; Texas St. Lib. & Arch.; Texas Tech.; UT-Austin [2]). Lightfoot was Attorney General of Texas; general counsel for Wilson and Company, Chicago meat packers and then was partner in the Ft. Worth firm Lightfoot, Robertson, Saunders, and Gano. He was a Mason and a member of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and is buried in the State Cemetery in Austin.