Felix Frankfurter
Typed Letter, Signed, Dated November 5, 1932.
Asked to submit a favorite saying to an anthology of quotations, he offers one by Oliver Wendell Holmes. $650. 

Clarence Darrow
A Persian Pearl and Other Essays.
(Chicago, 1902). One of Darrow’s earliest books, this copy is inscribed to the notable British Actress Rosalinde Fuller. $1,750.

Frederick James Tomkins and Henry D. Jencken
A Compendium of the Modern Roman Law, Founded Upon the Treatises of Puchta, Von Vangerow, Arndts, Franz Moehler, And the Corpus Juris Civilis. (London, 1870).Featuring translated passages from several important German books on Roman law, this is a valuable anthology for students and scholars. $150.

Charles Thompson McClenachan, Compiler
A Compilation of the Laws…Relating to the Fire Department of the City of New York.
(New York, 1859).  A presentation copy of this rare book in an elaborately tooled morocco binding. $750.

J. Kendrick Kinney
A Law Dictionary and Glossary: Primarily for the Use of Students, but Adapted Also to the Use of the Profession at Large.
(Chicago, 1893). One of the scarcest American law dictionaries of the nineteenth century, and one of the best books of its kind. $250. 

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