572 pp. Portrait photographs throughout. 10x6¾, re-backed leather with gilt titles, original gilt-lettered sections of spine laid down.

Contains a brief history of California and its early courts followed by hundreds of biographical sketches with portrait photographs of members of the legal profession. Oval bookplate of John Broome. Also included in the lot: Shuck, Oscar T. Bench and Bar in California. History, Anecdotes, Reminiscences. Original gilt-lettered brown cloth. Occident Printing House, 1887. Oval bookplate of John Broome. 1 signature detached from text block. Together 2 volumes.