Henry Cecil; Mr Justice Devlin [foreword] — Not Such an Ass; Brief to Counsel

London, Michael Joseph; Hutchinson of London, 1958-1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume set of first edition works of fiction about the British legal system by Henry Cecil Leon, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. A two volume set.The first editions.In the publisher's original black cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers. A set of works by Henry Cecil Leon, who wrote under the pen-names Henry Cecil and Clifford Maxwell, and was a British barrister, judge, and a writer of fiction about the British legal system.Both with a foreword by the Hon. Mr. Justice.Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, a British painter, printmaker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children. Including:(1958) Brief to Counsel, illustrated in text by Ardizzone, as well as the dust wrapper. (1961) Not Such an Ass, with an illustrated dust wrapper and endpapers by Ardizzone. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent. Minor shelf wear to extremities. Offsetting to free endpapers of 'Brief to Counsel&apos. Dust wrappers are very smart. Closed tears with archival tape repairs to head and tail of spine of 'Brief to Counsel' wrap, with light spotting to the reverse. Odd closed tear to 'Not Such an Ass' wrap, with light sunning to rear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Edward Ardizzone. Near Fine/Very Good.