Hoeflich moreland john (4 Ergebnisse)

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ISBN-13: 9781616197056. ISBN-10: 1616197056. Little in Size, Large in Significance Hoeflich, M.H. Moreland, John. Little Law Books. Clark, New Jersey: Talbot Publishing, 2025. 26 pp., b&w illustrations. ISBN-13: 9781616197056. ISBN-10: 1616196056. Paperback. New. $14.95 * The phrase "law books" often conjures the image of endless rows of folios or quartos on a shelf, attesting to the learning and stature of their owner. There is no question that larger formats have dominated Anglo-American legal publishing. However, as Hoeflich and Moreland demonstrate, books of smaller size were of no lesser importance. Whether carried by a Carolingian royal official, a territorial judge riding circuit, a Philadelphia farmer, or a primary school student, little law books made legal principles practical and portable. Today, they are a rich source of historical insights--and aesthetic pleasures--for the legal historian or bibliophile. …

ISBN-13: 9781616196967. ISBN-10: 1616196963. The Story of One of California's Greatest Booksellers Hoeflich, M.H. Moreland, John. Gold Mines and Law Books: H.H. Bancroft's California Bookshop. Clark, New Jersey: Talbot Publishing, 2024. 24 pp., b&w illustrations. ISBN-13: 9781616196967. ISBN-10: 1616196963. Paperback. New. $14.95 * The California Gold Rush not only brought thousands of miners seeking to make a fortune to California's gold fields, but also those who served their needs such as merchants and lawyers. Lawyers needed law books, and H.H. Bancroft, an entrepreneurial merchant and bookseller, established a large scale bookselling operation that overcame the difficulties of transcontinental shipping and financing. His creation lasted more than a century and published and sold scores of important legal texts without which the California Bar would have been far less successful. This chapbook takes the reader back to Gold Rush California, clipper ships, and overland mail and evokes the triumphs of H.H. Bancroft, one of the great entrepreneurial booksellers of antebellum America. …