The Constitution of the United States, Its Origin and Distinctive..

1923. Burton, Theodore E[lijah], [1851-1929]. The Constitution of the United States, Its Origin and Distinctive Features; Lecture on the Cutler Foundation at the University of Rochester. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. 51 pp. Contemporary blue cloth with gilt lettered spine and front cover. Light shelfwear. Ex-library with ink shelf location label to foot of spine and front cover. Bookplate of Joseph M. Gleason to front pastedown. Bookseller's ticket "Paul Elder&Co./San Francisco" to rear pastedown. Some offsetting to rear free endpaper. Number stamp to verso title page, otherwise internally clean. A very good copy. $30. * Gleason [1869-1942] was a Catholic priest, historian and collector.