Book Title - The History Of a Law Firm

Book Author - Edward Willard Warren

Book Publisher/Year - Warren, Henkelman, McMenamin & Kreder, Scranton, Pa / 1974

Book Condition - Very Good plus to Near Fine. Leather bound boards are strong. Gold lettering on front cover, blank spine edge. Bottom and top edges and corners are rubbed. May have a minor surface imperfection or two. Top edge has gold foil treatment. Marbled parchment pastedowns and endpapers. Complete text is unmarked and undamaged. There may be one or more very faint smudges on one or two pages. A very nice copy.

Book Content - Likely a very low print run. History of a Scranton, Pennsylvania law firm, written by the founder's grandson, Edward Willard Warren. The names of the firm from 1857-1974: E.N. Warren 1857-1882, Willard & Warren 1882-1892, Willard, Warren & Knapp 1892-1912, Warren, Knapp & O'Malley 1912-1914, Warren, Knapp, O'Malley & Hill 1914-1917, Knapp, O'Malley, Hill & Harris 1917-1932, O'Malley, Hill, Harris & Harris 1932-1945, O'Malley, Harris, Harris & Warren 1945-1952, O'Malley, Harris, Warren & Hill 1952-1953, Harris, Warren, Hill & Henkelman 1953-1955, Warren, Hill, Henkelman & McMenamin 1955-1973, Warren, Henkelman, McMenamin & Kreder 1974.

     (from the dedication) This memoir of a law firm is dedicated to a succession of partners...Through the history of the firm, the changing partners worked together without any written contract until 1972, when an agreement was deemed to be advisable for tax considerations.

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