1929
by Little, Brown & Co
1929. Fifteen (15) linear feet shelf space.. Fifteen (15) linear feet shelf space. American Law Review. Vols. 1-63 (1866-1929), complete set of all issues. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Co., St. Louis, Mo.: Review Pub. Co., 1866-1929. Issued bimonthly, 1883-1929; and quarterly, 1866-79; Monthly, 1880-1882. Together 63 books. Tan library buckram with gilt red spine labels. Ex-library with property stamps. Volumes 5, 29 and 34 have a detached page. Volume 63 is missing title page. Fifteen (15) linear feet shelf space. $2,500. * "The American Law Review is a quarterly, of which the profession may well feel proud. The first number appeared in October 1866, published by the well-known house of Little, Brown & Co., of Boston. It has steadily increased in favor. Besides dignified and elaborately prepared articles upon legal topics, it contains a digest of English law reports, and selected state reports, book notices, a list of law books published in England and America, and a summary of events covering every state and England, with occasionally other foreign countries. We are particularly pleased with its book notices, which are fearless and impartial. The books of Little, Brown & Co., we notice, fare the same as others. By honest criticism the reader can tell pretty accurately whether or not to buy the last new book he sees advertised. There is a manly, vigorous tone about the Review, which has earned for it a large measure of influence, and itsvalue to lawyers as an organ worthy to represent them, can hardly be over-stated. With the October (1870) number, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and Arthur G. Sedgwick, both of the Boston bar, assumed the editorial control. It had hiterto been under the charge of John C. Gray and John C. Ropes, who retired with an enviable reputation for their ability and discriminating taste." The Albany Law Journal, December 10, 1870, page 449.
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