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LAW-RELATED FINE PRESS BOOKS, UNITED STATES
Gift of Prof. Gray Thoron. Call no.: KF 373 C69 A35
THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY / by Edward Everett Hale; with an introduction
by Carl Van Doren and illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. New York: Limited Editions
Club, 1936. x, 55 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
"... designed by Edward Alonzo Miller and printed at The Marchbanks Press in New York
City. Fifteen hundred copies have been made for the members of The Limited Editions Club, the
illustrations having been reproduced through stencils by hand" – colophon. Issued in slipcase. Library's
copy no. 258, signed by E.A. Wilson. Original full smooth-grain brown morocco; top
edges gilt. Call no.: PS 1772 M36 1936
THE WARDEN / by Anthony Trollope ; an introduction by Angela Thirkell and
illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Centenary ed. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. xvii,
261 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
T.p. enclosed within decorative triple line border; title vignette. "... fifteen hundred copies have
been made ... from the typographic plans of Richard W. Ellis. The text was composed by Westcott
& Thomson, and the printing was done by The Marchbanks Press. The illustrations have
been drawn by Fritz Kredel, who here signs this copy [signature]" – colophon. Bound in 1/4 blue
bookbinder's linen with silk finish, gold-stamped on spine, blue paper covers printed with a
drawing in blue ink, blue flecked edges; in slip case. Library has copy no. 866. "Monthly letter of
the Limited Editions Club", Jan. 1956, no. 270, laid in. The plot includes a legal dispute over a
charitable use. Call no.: PR 5684 W5 1956
ROBERT M. McBRIDE & CO.
JURGEN AND THE LAW: A STATEMENT WITH EXHIBITS, INCLUDING THE
COURT'S OPINION, AND THE BRIEF FOR THE DEFENDANTS ON MOTION
TO DIRECT AN ACQUITTAL / edited by Guy Holt. New York: Robert M. McBride
& Co., 1923. 78 p. ; 22 cm.
"This edition is limited to one thousand and eighty numbered copies, of which one thousand are
for sale." Library's copy is number 311. People of the state of New York against Guy Holt,
Robert M. McBride & Company, and Robert M. McBride for having in possession with intent
to sell, a book called Jurgen, by James Branch Cabell, in violation of section 1141 of the Penal
law, concerning obscene prints and articles. "A well-edited review of the criminal obscenity
charges brought against the publishers of James Branch Cabell's Jurgen, the first instance in
which a prominent American author was to see his work so tested in court" – Meyer Boswell
Books, Special List 66. Call no.: PS 3505 A153 J84 1923
ROMANTIC RASCALS / by Charles J. Finger; illustrated from woodcuts by Paul
Honoré. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1927. 251 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes a chapter on the Tichborne Claimant. Call no.:CT 9980 F56 1927
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