THE COURT THAT TAMED THE WEST; From the Gold Rush to the Tech Boom / Foreword by Judge William Alsup
Berkeley, California: Heyday, 2013. B&W. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. Tall 8vo, black boards with bright scarlet lettering on spine and front cover, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a statue of justice before a cityscape, illustrated with many B&W in-text photos, beige endpapers, xi, [xii] + 515 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 3 oz. Very Fine / Very Fine. Item #6985
ISBN: 9781597142465
Dynamic history of the US District Court for the Northern District of California based in San Francisco. It "set precedents that decided the fate of Mexican land grants and shanghaied sailors and establishedcivil rights for Chinese immigrants."
Thereafter, its verdicts shaped the Bay Area's geography, culture, and commerce.
AS NEW copy. No remainder marks. Lengthy inscription on the front free endpaper by a person apparently connected to the production of this volume.
Price: $35.00