Commentaries on American Law

by James Kent

$12,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

New York: O. Halsted, 1826-1830. First edition. Volumes 1-4, complete. Bound in period calf with two partial binder's unprinted cloth dust jackets. A few jacket remnants to paste downs of all volumes. Jackets from this era are extremely uncommon in any condition; these are remarkable survivals despite their very rough shape. Books were individually-bound at this time and jackets came about as a means of protecting the

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