Jurgen and the Law: A Statement With Exhibits, including the Court's Opinion, and the Brief for the Defendants on Motion to Direct an Acquittal
by HOLT, Guy (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1923. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth. 78pp. Near fine. First edition, tight and attractive, limited to 1080 numbered copies (this #823). Interesting study of the obscenity trial involving James Branch Cabell's 1919 novel "Jurgen," which one critic called "quite the naughtiest book.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43790
- Title
- Jurgen and the Law: A Statement With Exhibits, including the Court's Opinion, and the Brief for the Defendants on Motion to Direct an Acquittal
- Author
- HOLT, Guy (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Literary Criticism; Crime & Law;
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About the Seller
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Galena, Illinois
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.