Sir travers humphreys (15 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Firsst American Edition. ---------------Blue cloth covers, 8 1/2" tall. 384 pages, with frontispiece and 15 other illustrations.GOOD CONDITION, clean tight contents, dull spine and somewht mottled covers- - - no dust jacket.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with creases on the spine and the covers show light wear. There is writing on the inside front cover, a book store rubber stamp and the previous owner's name is on the first inside page. there is a two inch tear on the first inside page.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. First Edition. The jacket is worn, torn and shelf rubbed. There are closed tears, chips, and creases along the edges. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. Internally, clean. Tightly bound. r*14/08/2026. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Condizione: Good. 1955. Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condizione: Good. 1955. Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear. . . . .

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are a bit rubbed and marked.There is a small tape residue mark.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. First Edition. a much torn and worn jacket. edge wear on the book. gift inscription. fairly good copy. heavy, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First thus. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. NEW EU 5 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Couverture souple. Condizione: bon. RO60060614: 1955. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 190 pages. 1er plat se détachant. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Very Good octavo xxiv + 243pp., frontis., b/w plates, index, Inc. some trials in which he was engaged; Oscar Wilde, Crippen, George Joseph Smith, several spies, William Cooper Hobbs & some he tried; Ernest Brown, John George Haigh & the Chinese murder.

Couverture souple. Condizione: bon. RO60065087: 1955. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 190 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

384 pp, b&w plates, fine copy in red, cloth boards. Part of the Notable British Trials series.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Very Good. An eminent and respected judge looks back on his long years at the bench and at the bar. Includes: the story of a Duke who sues his wife for divorce on the ground of her adultery with a Marquis; Lord Cochrane's trial for conspiracy in 1818; D. S. Windle case of forgery; Spies; High treason; Blackmail; darker crimes and the Oscar Wilde scandal. Frontis has B&W portrait of Sir Humphrey. 243 p.pages, 550g, 8 3/4" tall. Name and penciled price in corner of ffep. No other inscriptions. Jacket has some edgewear and is faded at spine. Clipped. Protected in removable clear plastic wrapper.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this insightful legal history of the famous trials of Oscar Wilde, in the original dust wrapper. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with sixteen pages of plates, including the frontispiece. Collated, complete. A particularly desirable installment in James Hodge's "Notable British Trials" series, covering the three trials of eminent playwright Oscar Wilde, who was finally convicted of "gross indecency" concerning his homosexual relationships with men. This followed in the wake of the recently passed Criminal Law Amendment Act and an undecided jury at his second trial. Edited by Harford Montgomery Hyde, a leading Irish barrister, politician and prolific author. With a foreword by Sir Travers Humphreys, a barrister famously involved in Wilde's cases. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart with minor bumping and rubbing and subtle loss of cloth to the extremities. Hinges are a little delicate. Dust wrapper features reasonable edge wear, with a number of tears, and further chipping to the spine head. Covers are generally spotted and age toned, stronger to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Small closed tear to the fore edge of the plate facing page 80. A bright and clean copy with occasional spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Count Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; "Spy"; "Lib", "Quiz" (illustratore). book. …

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First edition. A complimentary collection of illustrated, dust-wrapper-clad first editions centered on the leading figures of the British legal system. Collection comprised of: (1953) A Book of Trials by Sir Travers Humphreys; (1958) Advocates of the Golden Age by Lewis Broad; (1960) Sir Travers Humphreys: A Biography by Douglas G. Browne; (1961) A Lifetime with the Law by A. E. Bowker; (1963) Famous Cases of Norman Birkett, K.C. by Dennis Bardens; (1964) Norman Birkett: The Life of Lord Birkett of Ulverston by H. Montgomery Hyde; (1966) Marshall Hall: A Biography by Nina Warner Hooke and Gil Thomas; (1989) Shadow of the Noose by Richard Cooper. All works are the first edition. Each text is bound in the publisher's original cloth and presented in the original dust wrapper. The examples to Sir Travers Humphreys, A Lifetime with the Law, and The Life of Lord Birkett are clipped. All remaining copies are unclipped. Advocates of the Golden Age is scarce, in the very scarce dust wrapper. The dust wrappers to A Lifetime with the Law and Marshall Hall are both scarce. The dust wrapper to Shadow of the Noose is very scarce. A Book of Trials, Sir Travers Humphreys, A Lifetime with the Law, The Life of Lord Birkett, and Marshall Hall each contain a frontispiece. A Book of Trials is then followed by eight further pages of plates, as is Advocates of the Golden Age, A Lifetime with the Law, Famous Cases of Norman Birkett, and Marshall Hall. Sir Travers Humphreys contains fourteen further pages of plates, and The Life of Lord Birkett contains twenty-eight further pages of plates. Collated, complete. This is an exciting collection, following a number of leading figures of the British legal system, including Sir Travers Humphreys, Norman Birkett and Marshall Hall. Each text is bound in the publisher's original cloth and presented in the original dust wrapper. The examples to Sir Travers Humphreys, A Lifetime with the Law, and The Life of Lord Birkett are clipped. All remaining copies are unclipped. A Book of Trials contains the previous bookseller's label to the rear paste down, and A Lifetime with the Law contains this to the front paste down. Advocates features archival numbering to the front free endpaper and title page. Sir Travers Humphreys is signed by the previous owner to the front free endpaper. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, leading to minimal loss of cloth to the extremities, and light marking. Hinges are a little weaker to some volumes, most notably to The Life of Lord Birkett. Dust wrappers feature varied edge wear, namely a few small creases, tears and chips, most visible to A Lifetime with the Law, The Life of Lord Birkett, and A Book of Trials, the latter of which also features a chip to the spine. Expected light spotting and discolouration with the odd additional mark, especially to the light covers of The Life of Lord Birkett. Internally, firmly bound. Generally bright and clean, a little more age toned to A Lifetime with the Law and, in particular, to Shadow of the Noose. Page 47 of A Lifetime of the Law contains a moderate tide mark. Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). book. …