The Law, With Tipped-In Inscribed Gift Card from Robert Jackson

1949. Presented by Robert H. Jackson to John Leo Blair Wormser, Rene A. [1896-1981]. The Law: The Story of Lawmakers and the Law We have Lived by, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. xiv, 609 pp. Cloth, light rubbing, negligible faint stain to spine, bookplate of John L. Blair and tipped-in Supreme Court card inscribed by Robert H. Jackson to front free endpaper. $350. * First and only edition. This book traces the origins of the Western legal system from ancient civilizations to the mid-20th century. The inscription reads: "To John/ With all good wishes/ Bob." Jackson [1892-1954], who had a long and distinguished career as a lawyer and politician, served as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, United States Solicitor General and United States Attorney General. He was also the chief prosecutor for the United States at the Nuremberg trials. Blair was a close friend of Jackson's. He was a successful businessman and advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Morgenthau, Jr.