A Glimpse into the Operation of a Venerable Hundred Court During the Mid-Nineteenth Century [Archive]. [Courts, Great Britain]. [Documents Concerning the Salford Hundred Court]. Salford, England, 1838-1868. 12 documents: 2 jury lists, 4 jury summonses, 2 broadside notifications of court sessions, 2 receipts, 1 manuscript letter, 1 envelope (of another..... More
Imprisonment for Debt from 1798-1818 [Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. An Account of the Number of Persons Committed to His Majesty's Different Prisons in England and Wales, For Debt, From the 31st December 1797 to the 1st of January 1819; With the Number Discharged;-Distinguishing Each Year, And Those who have been Discharged..... More
"Throwing Trade into Confusion, and Tradesmen into Danger" [Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. Observations on Credit, With Relation to the Provisions of the Bankrupt Law and Insolvent Debtors' Acts. [From the Pamphleteer Vol. XIII.] London: [Printed by A.J. Valpy], 1819. [359]-367 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Disbound pamphlet. Light toning, ink library..... More
"Throwing Trade into Confusion, and Tradesmen into Danger" [Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. Observations on Credit, With Relation to the Provisions of the Bankrupt Law and Insolvent Debtors' Acts. [From the Pamphleteer, Vol. XIII.] London: [Printed by A.J. Valpy], 1819. [359]-367 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"; 21 x 13.3 cm). Disbound pamphlet..... More
A Scarce Pamphlet Collecting Public Opinion on Bankruptcy Reform [Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. Observations on the Bill Now Depending in Parliament for the Relief of Debtors, &c. In a Series of Letters. London: Printed for J. Millidge, in Maiden-Lane, Covent-Garden, 1780. [ii], 35, [1] pp. Half-title lacking, text complete. Octavo (8"..... More
A Summary of Bankruptcy Law for "Merchants and Traders" [Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. A Succinct Digest of the Laws Relating to Bankrupts: In Which All the Reported, And Several Manuscript Cases Upon this Important Subject, From the First Passing of the Bankrupt Laws, In the Time of Henry the Eighth, To..... More
Copy of a 1791 Summary of Bankruptcy Law that Belonged to a Prominent Philadelphia Lawyer [Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. A Succinct Digest of the Laws Relating to Bankrupts: In Which All the Reported, And Several Manuscript Cases Upon this Important Subject, From the First Passing of the Bankrupt Laws, In the..... More
[Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. [House of Commons]. Report from Select Committee on Acts Respecting Insolvent Debtors. [London]: Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 1819. 216 pp. Folio (13" x 8"; 32.8 x 20.4 cm). Later buckram, black-stamped title to spine, endpapers added. Light toning to interior, very light..... More
[Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. [House of Commons]. Report from Select Committee on the Insolvent Debtors Acts, 53 & 54 Geo. III: With the Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Committee. [Wrapper Title: Report on the Insolvent Debtors Acts.] [London]: Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 1816. 115 pp..... More
[Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. Law, William John [1786-1869]. Supplementary Paper on Bankruptcy and Insolvency. By William John Law, Esq. Dissentient from the Report. Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. London: Printed by W. Clowes and Sons for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1841. 108 pp. Folio (13-1/2"..... More
A Glimpse into the Daily Operations of British Customs [Board of Customs]. [Great Britain]. [Collection of Orders Relating to Commerce and Trade Issued by the Board of Customs, Treasury, Privy Council and Queen]. [Great Britain: S.n., 1846-1848]. [357] ff. Folio (13-1/4" x 8-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter vellum over plain paper-covered boards..... More
A Trio of Broadside Ballads [Broadside]. [Ballads]. [Great Britain]. Death of the Fox/I Saw Her at the Fancy Fair/The Thorn. [England, S.n., c.1840]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" triple-text broadside in two columns, backed onto 10-1/2" x 7-1/2" sheet, verse texts, each below headline, woodcut image of a fox hunter on horseback..... More
Prisoners Awaiting Trial in Newcastle. [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. A Calendar of the Prisoners Confined in His Majesty's Gaols at Durham, Newcastle, and Morpeth, For Trial at the Assizes, February, 1831, Before the Honourable Sir Joseph Littledale, Knight, And the Honourable Sir James Parke, Knight, Justices of the King, Assigned..... More
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Two Apparently Unrecorded Scottish Assize Calendars. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. List of Cases for Trial at the Inveraray Spring Circuit, April 1859 [drop-head title]. [Inveraray, Scotland?]: S.n., [1859]. 4 pp. [And] List of Cases for Trial at the Inveraray Spring Circuit, April 1860 [drop-head title]. [Inveraray, Scotland?]: S.n., [1859]. 4 pp..... More
The Fates of 24 Criminals in Staffordshire [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. Leek Division of the County of Stafford. List of Cases To Be Heard At The Court House [Leek] on the [6th] Day of [Nov.] 187[2]. [Leek, Staffordshire, 1872]. 16-1/2" x 13" part-printed broadside completed in manuscript. Light toning, horizontal..... More
A Warning to Sailors [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. Caution to Seamen. At the West Ham Police Court, On the 5th of October, 1882, A Fireman was Convicted of Having Assaulted a Police Officer Attached to the Board of Trade Office, Victoria Docks, E., And was Sentenced to Imprisonment for Two Months..... More
"Five Pounds Reward" [Broadside]. Great Britain. Five Pounds Reward. Stolen. Ely, England, January 4, 1836. 11-1/2" x 8" broadside. Text printed in single column below headline. Moderate toning, light foxing, a few minor creases, some rubbing, minor tears and chips to edges. Light toning, a few small spots near lower..... More
Cromwell Announces Impending Reforms [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. An Ordinance for Adjourning Part of Easter Term. 1654. London: Printed by William du-Gard, and Henry Hills, [1654]. 14-3/4" x 9-3/4" broadside. Disbound, light toning, portion of left margin excised without loss to text, a few small spots, imprint faint due to printing..... More
"God Save King James the Second" [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. Whereas It Hath Pleased Almighty God to Call to His Mercy Our Late Soveraign Lord King Charles the Second of Blessed Memory, By Whose Decease, The Imperial Crowns of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Are Solely and Rightfully Come to the..... More
A Rare 1850 Anti-Lawyer Broadside [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. Beware! Important Caution. Beware of a Pair of Bipeds, That Have Lately Escaped, The One from Jail, The Other "Cut out for a Sawyer but Made Up a Lawyer," From the Weddington-Lane Menagerie, And are Now Haunting this Neighbourhood in Shape of..... More
One of the Most Appalling Examples of the Sadistic Abuse of a Minor [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. [Child Abuse]. A Copy of Verses, on the Trial & Conviction of Mr. & Mrs. Sloane, for the Cruel Treatment of their (Servant Girl,) Jane Wilbred. [London?: Printed for P.C., 1851]. 9" x 7"..... More
"Kind Folks You See, Our Effigy, Designed for Guy Fawkes; Who With Base Mind, Was Once Inclin'd to Give King James Hard Knocks" [Broadside]. [Guy Fawkes Day]. A New Guy Fawkes Speech. [London]: E. Billing, 186, Bermondsey Street, [c.1840]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" broadside. Six-stanza verse text within woodcut typographical border..... More
Unrecorded Oxfordshire Ephemera: A Graphic Mid-Victorian Murder Broadside [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Great Britain]. Attempted Murder of a Wife by Her Husband, Near Banbury, Oxfordshire. Reading: Jones, Printer, [1849]. 14-1/2" x 10" (36.8 x 25.4 cm) broadside, triple-column text below headline and woodcut image of a man stabbing a woman flanked by..... More
"The Bearers Hereof are a Party of Tradesmen" [Broadside]. [Labor]. [Great Britain]. The Tradesman's New Hymn. [London]: W. Fortey, [c.1810-1812]. 10" x 7-1/4" broadside mounted on 10-1/2" x 8" sheet, verse text, in two columns below headline and woodcut vignette (of the English, royal and legal symbols), columns separated by..... More
Land for Sale in Somerset [Broadside]. [Land Auction]. [Great Britain]. Batcombe, Somerset. Freehold Lands, To be Sold by Auction, By Mr. Wainwright, At the Three Horse Shoes Inn, Batcombe, On Thursday the 22nd. Day of July, 1830. Shepton-Mallet: Wason & Foxwell, [1830]. 17-3/4" x 11" broadside. Text in single column..... More