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Legal Laughs: A Joke for Every Jury
by Edwards, Gus C. Edited By J. Wesley Miller
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About This Item
Buffalo, New York: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 1993. Originally published in 1914, this is the first revised edition [1993] with a new introduction and index by J. Wesley Miller, and has a personalized inscription signed by Miller on the verso of the title page. This collection of legal humor includes anecdotes and short commentary by and for use by lawyers, basically "clean" humor but with some stories told in dialect which some may deem offensive today. Bright green cloth with gilt spine lettering, 437 pages, no dustjacket, most likely as issued. Near fine condition with only some very minimal rubbing to the corners, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages free from other names or markings.. Inscribed by The Editor. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Legal Laughs: A Joke for Every Jury
- Author
- Edwards, Gus C. Edited By J. Wesley Miller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo, New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- LEGAL HUMOR JURY REMARKS LAWYERS COURTROOM COURT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History; Law and Legal History;
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