Carter rufus c (4 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Wells, Kristy (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Burnham Carter (one of the collected authors) on the front free end paper. Octavo 8 1/4" tall, 252 pages, red titles on pale blue boards. A very good (minus), clean hard cover first edition over all with moderate shelf wear and light rubbing at the corners, BUT text paper yellowed; hinges and binding solid. Lacking dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1956. First edition. First printing. A near-fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean copy in a price-clipped jacket (not book club edition). Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: A small, light stain on lower edge. F1500A. …

Boston : George C. Rand & Co., 1849. Choate, Rufus, [1799-1859]. Carter, James G[ordon], [1795-1849]. Merrick, Pliny, [1794-1867]. Withington, George R.M. Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives upon the Petition of George R.M. Withington and others: Praying that James G. Carter be Removed from His Office of Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester: With the Opening Remarks of Hon. Rufus Choate upon the Constitutional Tenure of the Office of Justice of Peace and the Public Character and Services of Mr. Carter: The Answer of Mr. Carter: The answer of Mr. Carter.: The Closing Argument of Hon. Pliny Merrick: Report of the Joint Special Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, Giving the Petitioners Leave to Withdraw Their Petition. Boston: George C. Rand & Co., 1849. 74 pp. Sewn pink printed wrappers. Moderately edgeworn and soiled. Internally clean. A good copy. $250. * a collection of the official proceedings from the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives concerning a petition filed in 1849 by George R.M. Withington and others to have James G. Carter removed from his position as a Justice of the Peace for Worcester County. The volume documents the entire case, including: The opening arguments presented by the Honorable Rufus Choate, which focused on the constitutional tenure of the office of Justice of the Peace and defended the public character and services of Mr. Carter; The answer and defense provided by James G. Carter in response to the specific allegations made by the petitioners; The closing arguments delivered by the Honorable Pliny Merrick, which addressed the petitioners' allegations and the evidence they provided. The final report of the Joint Special Committee, which recommended that the petitioners be given "leave to withdraw their petition," effectively dismissing the attempt to remove Carter from office. Choate, a Massachusetts lawyer, orator and politician, is considered one of 19th-century America's greatest lawyers for his powers of persuasion and innovation in the courtroom. Boston : George C. Rand & Co., 1849. (ilustrador).…