The Bench And Bar Of New York. Containing Biographical Sketches Of. Proctor, L.B. Antiquarian & Scholarly

New York: Diossy & Co., 1870. Proctor, L[ucien] B[rock]. The Bench and Bar of New-York. Containing Biographical Sketches of Eminent Judges, And Lawyers of the New-York Bar, Incidents of the Important Trials in Which They were Engaged, And Anecdotes Connected with Their Professional, Political and Judicial Career. New York: Diossy & Co., 1870. viii, 779, [3] pp. 2 portraits, one a frontispiece. Publisher advertisements to final leaf. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary three quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, blind ornaments and lettering pieces to spine, marbled endpapers. Moderate rubbing, some wear to extremities, boards separated but secured by cords, chipping to spine ends, corners bumped and worn. Moderate toning, light foxing in a few places, light soiling and very faint marginal dampstaining to a few leaves. $250. * First edition. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II:399. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 157.