James Robert Dunbar: A Memorial

1916. [Fine Printing]. [Boston Legal History]. Bar Association of the City of Boston. James Robert Dunbar: A Memorial. Boston: Privately Printed at the Merrymount Press, 1916. 44 pp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue overlay. Original cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. Owner inscription to front free endpaper, interior otherwise clean. $45. * An elegant memorial volume celebrating the life and career of James Robert Dunbar (1847-1915), a towering figure of the Massachusetts legal establishment. Dunbar served with distinction as a two-term state senator and as a Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. The text compiles heartfelt, elite contemporary tributes from his peers at the Boston Bar, offering a deep window into early 20th-century New England jurisprudence. Beautifully printed on premium paper by D.B. Updike at the legendary Merrymount Press, this volume is an excellent specimen of fine American typography. A scarce piece of legal history.