This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... legal reputation was entirely local, and that he was unknown as a lawyer beyond his immediate neighborhood; yet it is a fact that he had no sooner announced his intention to resume practice than he was offered a partnership by Mr. Grant Goodrich, one of the prominent attorneys of Chicago, with a wide and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... legal reputation was entirely local, and that he was unknown as a lawyer beyond his immediate neighborhood; yet it is a fact that he had no sooner announced his intention to resume practice than he was offered a partnership by Mr. Grant Goodrich, one of the prominent attorneys of Chicago, with a wide and lucrative clientage. Lincoln had an idea, however, that he was threatened with consumption, and fearing that city work would undermine his health, he declined the proposal and returned to his old office in Springfield. There is no evidence, except his own, that Herndon maintained anything more than a nominal practice after he was left to his own devices; but nevertheless Lincoln offered to continue the partnership with him on the same generous terms which had governed their original alliance, and in the spring of 1849 the firm of Lincoln & Herndon again started in business, with headquarters in a little three-story building on the west side of the public square of Springfield, about where the Myers Building now stands. The office was neither pretentious nor commodious, but it met the requirements of the times, and its equipment, though meager, would compare very favorably with that of many a country law office of the present day. Lincoln saw but little of this official work-room, however, for he left all matters of routine and local business to Herndon and devoted himself to circuit work--the most picturesque practice of the law which is recorded in the legal annals of this country. Illinois in 1849 was divided into nine judicial districts, each presided over by a judge who traveled from one county-seat to another within his jurisdiction, hearing civil and criminal cases and acting as an appellate tribunal for minor causes decided by justices of...
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Very Good. Size: 0x0x0; Bound in full leather. Stamped with 22kt gold gilt design on cover front, back and spine. All edges gold. Marbled end papers. Satin ribbon place holder. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Some spotting to top edge. Clean, unmarked pages. xviii, 332 pages: illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 22 cm. The Legal Classics Library printed facsimiles of the greatest books in law, in the Easton Press tradition. Related booklet included.
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Good. The Legal Classics Library, 1996. Leather bound, gilt lettering on spine, gilt stamped decorative cover, raised bands on spine, decorative marbled endpapers, gilt edges, silk ribbon bookmark; cover very faintly rubbed/soiled, very lightly bumped, fore-edge of the rear board faintly soiled near the top corner; edges very faintly rubbed/bumped/soiled; interior very faintly age-toned throughout textblock; binding tight; cover, edges and interior intact and very clean, except where noted. leather_bound. Good.
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Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible-Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Rear hinge cracked. Spine cracking. front hinge broken and taped. Owner's name inside. Stamped on inside. (Biography, History, american history)
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8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xviii, 332pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. A wonderfully tight, bright first edition with gilt as bright as the day it was made. Rather uncommon, especially in such choice condition. MONAGHAN 1502.