Maugham lord frederic (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 12mo, 64 pp, library markings, paper covers chipped, spine trimmed with no loss, later side stapling, good only. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Initialed and briefly inscribed by author atop front free endpaper. "The main object of my portion of this book it to establish the principle, contrary to the view recently accepted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, that in any future war followed by trials and punishment of war criminals the only persons who can justly or fairly be tried and convicted are those who are proved to have been guilty of the violation of 'the laws and usages of war.' The United States included in the [Nuremberg] trials in the U.S. Zone of Germany persons alleged to have been guilty of 'Crimes against Peace' and 'Crimes against Humanity,' a measure to which there were very serious legal and other objections, as I shall hope to establish." - Preface. "Viscount Maugham (1866-1958) was a British barrister and judge who was Lord Chancellor from March 1938 until September 1939." - Wikipedia. vi, 7-143 pp. Clean, tight and unmarked with moderate wear to original blue cloth which is considerably sunned at backstrip and top of front board. No dust jacket. A sound signed example of this important legal treatise which is certain to be studied closely in the wake of current and future wars.; 8vo; Signed by Author.…

First edition, 8vo, 384 pp. 8 plates plus 7 pages of facsimile manuscript at the end, inscribed from the author on the fly leaf, and with a two page autograph letter from him loosely inserted, enclosing the book ("which I think is funny but I have a distorted sense of humour.") and discussing the existence and probable destruction of Tichborne's journal by the claimant. Original cloth, spine sunned, some minor marks.…