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Charles Warburton James - Chief Justice Coke: His Family and Descendants at Holkham

Title: Chief Justice Coke: His Family and Descendants at Holkham
Description: London, Country Life Ltd , 1929. First edition. Leather. The author's signed presentation copy of this biography of Edward Coke, handsomely bound in half calf by Morrell. Signed dedication inscription by the author to the front endpaper, referring to one Molly as his "very affectionate old friend". First edition. Bound in signed half calf by Morrell, with cloth boards and marbled endpapers. A wonderful study of the life and descendants of Edward Coke, an English barrister and judge who is widely considered the great jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean era.With sketches of Coke's posterity largely based off of papers held at the Holkham Library, where author Charles Warburton James worked as librarian. Bound in signed half calf by Morrell, with cloth boards and marbled endpapers. Externally, very smart, with slight darkening to the spine and mild shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with occasional light scattered spots, mostly concentrated to the first few leaves. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Chief Justice Coke: His Family and Descendants at Holkham Biography Signed Charles Warburton James Biography Not Stated

Price: GBP 185.00 = appr. US$ 264.18 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 954Y7

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