“THE LEADING BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREATEST OF OUR CHIEF JUSTICES”

BEVERIDGE, Albert J. The Life of John Marshall. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1919). Four volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter navy morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut. $1200.

Edition” of Beveridge’s classic four-volume biography of Chief Justice Marshall, handsomely bound by Sanford.

Two-term senator from Indiana and distinguished historian Beveridge designed his biography of Marshall as a "historical and political interpretation of the Supreme Court and of Marshall's part in giving that court its place in history. This task he accomplished in a way that gained the universal approval of scholars and critics… Bringing to his task sympathy for his subject, the art of eloquent and effective writing, and an undimmed historical imagination, he produced an outstanding historical biography" (DAB). Beveridge's work ranks "in American literature not only as the leading biography of the greatest of our Chief Justices but also as one of the most instructive histories of the American nation in its formative period" (NYU, 1112). Illustrated with 60 plates, including four color frontispiece portraits of Marshall. First published 1916-19. Howes B409. Bookplates.

Interiors fine, binding with one expert repair to spine head. A handsome near-fine copy.