The Lawyer and His Profession, A Series of Letters to a Solicitor.
"Leading Principles" Smith, J[ob]. Orton. The Lawyer and His Profession: A Series of Letters to a Solicitor Commencing Business. London: V. and R. Stevens and Sons, S. Sweet and W. Maxwell, 1860. vi, 135, 31 pp. Includes 31 pp. publisher catalogue, other publisher advertisements to pastedowns and free endpapers. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary cloth with recent rebacking, gilt institution name to front board, gilt institution insignia to rear board, lettering piece to spine, hinges mended. Light rubbing to boards, corners bumped and somewhat worn, Moderate toning to interior, faint inkstamps to title page and a few other leaves. $150. * Only edition. Smith's charmingly written handbook in the form of ten "letters" outlines the "leading principles" that "should be borne in mind by every Solicitor who wishes to secure the confidence of his clients and his fellow-men" (i). OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law schools (California Western, Notre Dame, University of Alabama, University of Michigan, Yale, York). Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:329.
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