A Sketch of English Legal History (in scarce original dust wrapper)
New York: Putnam, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Fine, tight copy in fine original printed dust wrapper. Small own. sig. dated 1927 top of front free endpaper and ownership signature and address notation on the otherwise blank front flap of the wrapper. Hardcover in ribbed forest green cloth + 229 pp. with index+ 4 pp. publisher's ads of similar subject titles at rear. Series of highly regarded articles on the chief epochs in the history of English law that first appeared in "Social England" (1899). They were written by a pair of eminent legal scholars, Prof. Frederic W. Maitland of Cambridge University and Prof. Francis C. Montague of University College, London. They provide a brief but comprehensive, accurate but untechnical account of the origin and growth of English law. A lovely, beautifully preserved book and jacket. Fine / fine. Item #E32100
Price: $125.00