283. Am Jur Proof of Facts [1st]. Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co. Vols. 1-30, complete set current through 1995 supplements. Ex-private law firm library, very good. Publisher’s Price $405. Special $100.

284. Am Jur Proof of Facts [1st]. West Group. Vols. 1-30, complete set current through 1999 supplements. Ex-private law firm library, with stamps and old small location labels at foot of the spines, else very good. Publisher’s Price $405. Special $100.

285. Am Jur Proof of Facts 2d. West Group. Vols. 1-50, complete set current through 1999 supplements. Ex-private law firm library with stamps, vols. 9 to 44 spines labels have gilt lettering worn away and smoke residue on page edges. Digital images available. Publisher’s Price $545. Special $125.
* This set helps determine and prove the essential facts in the following areas of law: real property, wills, trusts and estates, taxation, administrative law, contracts, family law, insurance, commercial law, criminal law, personal injury, injury-negligence, and many others.

286. Am Jur Trials. Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co. Vols. 1-56, General Index, current through 1995 cumulative supplements [with] three 1996 General Index softbound volumes. Together 59 books. Ex-private law firm library, excellent condition. Publisher’s Price $895. Special $395.
* The first six volumes provide general coverage of complete trial procedure, both civil and criminal, from client interview to instructing the jury and predicting personal injury verdicts and damages. The balance of the set provides articles covering specific topics which include general theories of law, initial case intake, review of evidence, expert witnesses, pleading and discovery, settlement, and trial considerations.

287. American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms. West Group. Vols.1 to 25C, in 75 books; with 2002 General Indexes 4 vols. softbound; with Parallel Reference Tables 1 vol. softbound. Together 80 books. Complete set, current through March 2001 supplements. Ex-private law firm library with stamps, else very good condition. Publisher’s Price $2,200. Special $595.
* Comprehensive set of pleading and practice forms, state and federal, arranged alphabetically by titles. Provides the governing principle behind the law at the beginning of each topic, as well as checklists of allegations, procedural timetables, statutory references, procedural rules, references and trial aids.

Classic Trial Lawyers Collection by Herbert Stern

288. Trying Cases to Win: Voire Dire & Opening Argument. Herbert Stern. Wiley Law Publications, 1991. 686pp. cloth [with] Trying Cases to Win: Direct Examination. 1992, 457 pp. cloth [with] Trying Cases to Win: Cross Examination. 1993, 450 pp. cloth [with] Trying Cases to Win: Summation. 1995, 448 pp. cloth. [with] Trying Cases to Win: Anatomy of a Trial. 1999. Cloth. Together five books. New. $615.

289. Personal Injury: Action, Defenses, Damages. Louis R. Frumer, Melvin I. Friedman and other contributors. Matthew Bender/Lexis Law Publishing. 28 Vols. Looseleaf format. Complete set, current through release # 115/May 2002. Publisher’s Price $2,889. Special $695.
* Provides comprehensive case law compendium in legal literature provides encyclopedic treatment of the personal injury law of every American jurisdiction. Provides 200 “fact situation” titles under which all cases are classified. Titles are alphabetically arranged according to the situation or instrumentality out of which an injury can arise, or the party injured or causing the injury. Each title provides coverage of theories of recovery, elements of cause of action and necessary allegations, defenses and damages. Includes forms for bringing and defending the suit, compiled from the actual files of eminent practitioners. A separate volume provides consolidated treatment of damages. Annotated to all jurisdictions.

290. Simmons, Robert L. Winning Before Trial: How to Prepare Cases For The Best Settlement Or Trial Result. Englewood Cliffs: Executive Reports, [1974]. 2 vols. Cloth. Fine in slipcase. $150.
* Provides techniques which tell you what to do, when and how to do it, in relation to case investigation, evidence gathering, settlement negotiation/plea bargaining, suit strategy, and discovery. It also provides useful checklists, worksheets, forms and case illustrations.

291. Wrottesley, Frederic John. The Examination of Witnesses in Court Including Examination in Chief, Cross-Examination, and Re-Examination: Founded on “The Art of Winning Cases,” by Henry Hardwicke and “The Advocate” by Edward W. Cox. Second Edition. London: Sweet & Maxell, Ltd., 1926. iv, [4], 178, [32] pp. Includes 32-page publisher catalogue. Quarter-cloth over paper boards. Moderate shelfwear, some scuffing and soiling, binding slightly skewed. Occasional foxing, interior otherwise clean. $65.

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