Mr. Justice Holmes, New York, 1942, Inscribed by the Author

1942. Biddle, Francis. Mr. Justice Holmes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1942]. [vi], 214 pp. Illustrations. Original cloth, moderate shelfwear, light soiling to exterior, spine slightly darkened. Author inscription "John Hampton Barnes/ Who has done so much/ for his friend/ Francis Biddle/ November, 1942" to front free endpaper, bookplate of John Hampton Barnes to front pastedown. $85. * Barnes [1860-1952] was chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association and helped to draft the 1919 Philadelphia City Charter.