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HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935). The Common Law. Boston: The University Press for Little, Brown, 1881.
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HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935). The Common Law. Boston: The University Press for Little, Brown, 1881.
8°. Original russet cloth (corners and spine ends lightly touched). Provenance: Thomas J. Lynch (signature on free endpaper); Carol G. and William E. Simon (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, second issue in the russet cloth. This important series of lectures includes Holmes’ famous dictum: "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.” Grolier American 84.
8°. Original russet cloth (corners and spine ends lightly touched). Provenance: Thomas J. Lynch (signature on free endpaper); Carol G. and William E. Simon (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, second issue in the russet cloth. This important series of lectures includes Holmes’ famous dictum: "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.” Grolier American 84.
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