Copy of a Landmark of Legal Thought Owned by the Son of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Maine, Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society, And Its Relation to Modern Ideas. London: John Murray, 1861. viii, 415, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; 21.6 x 14..... More
Maine, Henry Sumner, [1822-1888]. Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society, and Its Relation to Modern Ideas. London: John Murray, 1888. Twelfth edition. x, 415 pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettered spine and blind frames to boards. Worn. Deckle edges. Ex-library with ink shelf location label..... More
First Edition of Maine's Ancient Law Maine, Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society, and Its Relation to Modern Ideas. London: John Murray, 1861. viii, 415, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"; 21 x 13.3 cm). Contemporary three-quarter sheep over patterned cloth, gilt-edged raised..... More
Maine, Henry Sumner. Etudes sur l'Ancien Droit et la Coutume Primitive. Paris, Thorin, 1884. xxiv, 529 pp. Quarter cloth over brown cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Light wear to edges, spine sunned. A very good copy. $150. * Bibliotheque de l'Histoire du Droit et des Institutions, 2. More
Maine, Henry Sumner, [1822-1888]. Popular Government. Indianapolis: Liberty Classics, [1976]. 254 pp. White and red cloth. Fine. Patterned endpapers. Internally clean. $15. * Contents: The Prospects of Popular Government; The Nature of Democracy; The Age of Progress; The Constitution of the United States. More
Maine's Village Communities in an Attractive Signed Binding Maine, Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Village Communities in the East and West. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1876. xii, 413, [3] pp. Main text followed by 2 pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary signed three-quarter morocco over cloth by Stikeman..... More
Village Communities in an Oriel College Binding Maine, Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Village Communities in the East and West. London: John Murray, 1890. xii, 413 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind frames and gilt ornaments to boards, gilt armorial stamp of Oriel College, Oxford to front board, raised bands..... More
Maine, Henry Sumner, [1822-1888]. Durieu de Leyritz, Joseph, Translator. D'Arbois de Jubainville, Henri; [1827-1910], Introduction. Etudes Sur L'Histoire des Institutions Primitives. Paris: E. Thorin, [1880]. xliii, 494 pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf over maroon boards, with gilt lettering and raised bands to spine. Worn and rubbed. Publisher's descriptions tipped-in to half-title..... More
First American Edition of Ancient Law Maine, Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Dwight, Theodore W. [1822-1892], Introduction. Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society, And its Relation to Modern Ideas. New York: Charles Scribner, 1864. lxix, 400 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-3/4"). Three-quarter morocco over pebbled cloth, raised bands..... More
Maine, Sir Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Lectures on the Early History of Institutions. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1878. viii, 412 pp. Octavo (6" x 9"). Original red cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. Worn with rubbing to boards, spine ends. Joints starting. Corners bumped and lightly..... More
An Early Letter from Distinguished Legal Historian Henry Sumner Maine Maine, Sir Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. [Autograph Letter Signed ('H.S. Maine') from Henry Sumner Maine to His Uncle, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, December 2, 1845]. 3 pp. 7" x 4-1/4" (18.1 x 11.2 cm) bifolium, docketed "2d Decr. 1845/ H.S. Maine/ Cambridge..... More