[Rarebooks] F.S. Lives of Lord Chancellors & Lord Justices - Complete

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For your consideration:
Lord Campbell, Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal 
of England, From the Earliest Times till the Reign of Queen Victoria, 19 
Volumes; Frederick D. Linn & Co., Jersey City, 1880:
Lives of Lord Chancellors in 12 Volumes, + Index; including 6 Volumes of 
Lives of the Chief Justices, total 19 volumes, 1880-1881. "The Lord High 
Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times the 
Chancellor of England and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is one of the 
most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United 
Kingdom, and its predecessor states. He is a Great Officer of State, and is 
appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister and is, by 
convention, always a peer, although there is no legal impediment to the 
appointment of a commoner. The Lord Chancellor's responsibilities are 
wide-ranging: they include presiding over the House of Lords; participating 
in the Cabinet; acting as the custodian of the Great Seal; and heading the 
judiciary. Concerns over these wide-ranging powers have led to Tony Blair's 
administration proposing the abolition of the office. The Constitutional 
Reform Act 2005 will transfer many of the powers to others. Since 2003, Lord 
Falconer of Thoroton has served as Lord Chancellor and also Secretary of 
State for Constitutional Affairs. A Lord Keeper of the Great Seal may be 
appointed instead of a Lord Chancellor. The two offices entail exactly the 
same duties; the only distinction is in the mode of appointment. 
Furthermore, the office of Lord Chancellor may be exercised by a committee 
of individuals known as "Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal". Since the 
19th century, however, Lord Chancellors have been exclusively appointed, the 
other offices aforementioned having fallen into disuse".  From Wikipedia, 
the free encyclopedia. "Lord Chancellor". Brown cloth boards and spine, TEG, 
gilt lettering to spines. Many with frontispiece & tissue guard. Side and 
lower page edges of various volumes are darkened, few volumes have same 
darkening to page edges, looks like smoke, however has no smell at all. 
Volume I, has few color illustrations of Seals, damp stained to edges. 
Various Chancellor volumes have mild damp stain to e.p. and frontispiece, 
most are only to margin edges. Vol. I of Chief Justices, frontispiece damp 
stained around engraving of Sir Edwin Coke, two pin holes to spine, vol. V. 
Lord Chancellors 5 pin holes to spine, vol. IV, very mild damp stain to 
front board, pin hole to spine, vol. II, pale white stain 1 inch to spine & 
III., pale white stain 1 inch to upper edge. Mild rubbing of spine ends. 
Index damp stains to edges of e.p.'s, front and rear hinges cracked. All 
others solid. ALL text  very clean, tightly bound. Gilt to spine bright. sm 
8 vo. 8th ed. $150.00 - 15% discount to the list.
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