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143. Beveridge, Albert J.
The Life of John Marshall. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.,
1916-1919. Four volumes, each with color frontispieces. Original
green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Very light wear. Internally
clean. A very nice set. $50.
* “[It] will rank in American literature not only as the leading
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formative period...”: H.D. Hazeltine, Harvard Law Review
33:990-992.  
144. Fiss, Owen M.
The History of the Supreme Court of the United States. Vol. 8
Troubled Beginnings of the Modern State, 1888-1910. New York:
Cambridge University Press, March 2006. Cloth. New. $90.
* A volume from the authoritative Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise
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145. Goebel, Julius.
History of the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume I:
Antecedents and Beginnings to 1801. New York: The MacMillan
Company, [1971]. xxv, 864 pp. Plates. Original cloth, top edge gilt.
Light shelfwear, corners bumped, internally clean. $75.
* First edition, first printing. A volume from the authoritative
Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the
United States.
Framed and Glazed Holmes Letter
with Portrait Photograph
146. Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. [1841-1935].
[Autograph Letter, Signed on Letterhead of the Supreme
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frame containing a 5" x 8" letter and a 6" x 8" black-and-white
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condition. $1,500.
* The letter in a large hand is dated November 14, 1894. It reads:
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wished/ to include it in the volume/ of his poems. Probably it
would/ be easily accessible an inquiry./ Very truly yours/ O.W.
Holmes.”
Fine-Press Cardozo Memorial
147. Lehman, Irving.
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo: A Memorial.
Stamford: Overbrook Press, 1938. [iv], [5]-18 pp. Portrait
frontispiece. Original cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine,
light shelfwear, internally clean. A very good copy. $125.
* One of 350 copies. Read before the American Bar Association on
July 25, 1938, this brief tribute is handsomely printed on Japan
paper. Included at the rear is an illustration of the posthumous
bookplate that was designed for the books in Cardozo’s library.
148. Mersky, R.M., B.L. Koneski-White and J.M. Jacobstein,
Compilers.
The Supreme Court of the United States Hearings and Reports on
Successful and Unsuccessful Nominations By The Senate Judiciary
Committee (1916-1994) + 1983 Supplement. Vols. 1 to 19A (in 38
books). Complete set of all volumes published to date. Buffalo,
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* Contains all existing Senate documents as a result of the hearings
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considered.
149. Roettinger, Ruth Locke.
The Supreme Court and State Police Power: A Study in Federalism.
Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press, [1955]. iv, 252 pp. Cloth very
good in lightly worn dust jacket. $25.
150. Supreme Court Reporter, West’s.
St. Paul, MN: Thomson West. Volumes 79 to 123B (1995-2002) regular
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152. Supreme Court Reporter, West’s.
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153. United States Reports. Official Edition.
United States Supreme Court. Washington: Government Printing Office.
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154. United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition 2d
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