Documents in Relation to Charges Preferred by Stephen J. Field and Others, Before the House of Assembly of the State of California, Against Wm. R. Turner, District Judge of the Eighth Judicial District of California

San Francisco: Whitton, Towne & Co., Printers, Excelsior Steam Presses, 1856. Hardcover. Good. Second Edition, with an Appendix". Worn and stained red cloth covers, with significant cracking to the covering of the spine and loss to the tail, exposing the gatherings. Previous owner's marks on free endpaper and flyleaf. Foxing throughout and occasional soiling. [v] 6-130pp. Frontispiece portrait, two folding facsimiles of documents [facing pages 36 and 44]. Sabin 97497. We are happy to provide further photographs of the condition upon request. A relic of a time when judges challenged each other to duels. The much expanded second edition, incorporating a letter of support from Henry Clay. (Inventory #: 2024-Q300)