[Rarebooks] FS: O.W. Holmes, Jr.: SPEECHES, 1891

[Charles Agvent]

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HOLMES,  Oliver Wendell, Jr. SPEECHES. Boston: Little, Brown,  and
Company  1891.  First  Edition.  Original  printed  boards.  A  scarce
collection  of eleven speeches prefaced by the comment: "These  chance
utterances  of faith and doubt are printed for a few friends who  will
care   to  keep  them."  Holmes  served   as  chief  justice  of   the
Massachusetts  Supreme  Court  from 1899 until 1902. In  1902  he  was
appointed  to  the United States Supreme Court by  President  Theodore
Roosevelt,  a  position he held until his retirement in  1932.  Holmes
became  famous  for his liberal interpretations of the  United  States
Constitution  and  was known as the "Great Dissenter" because  of  his
disagreement  with  the  views  of his colleagues on  the  Court.  His
lectures  on  common law at the Lowell Institute in Boston,  collected
as  THE COMMON LAW (1881), are considered a classic of legal  writing.
Speeches  in  this book include "Harvard College in the War" and  "The
Use  of  Law  Schools."  This copy with the ownership name  of  A.  W.
DeGoosh  dated Nov. 1901 on the front endpaper. DeGoosh was the  first
recipient  of  law degrees from a combined program between Boston  and
Tufts  Universities in 1896. Bookplate of noted bibliophile and former
director  of  the Pierpont Morgan Library Frederick B. Adams,  Jr.  on
the front pastedown. Some offsetting from bookplate on front endpaper;
front  hinge  with  split at upper half but very tight.  Some  rubbing
and darkening to spine, still Near Fine.                      $1000.00

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