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Table Talk of John Selden: Newly Edited for the Selden Society.
Selden, John. Milward, Ri. Pollock, Frederick, Editor. Fry, Edward, Biography. Table Talk of John Selden: Newly Edited for the Selden Society. London: Quaritch, 1927. xxv, 200 pp. Hardcover. A few minor smudges, spine ends and corners bumped, some foxing, otherwise good. $20. More
The History of Contempt of Court: The Form of Trial and The...
Fox, Sir John C. The History of Contempt of Court: The Form of Trial and the Mode of Punishment. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927. xxiii, 252 pp. Publisher's original red cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Very good, in a very good dust jacket. $100. More
A Digest of the Statutes Relating to Urban Sanitary Authorities:...
Lambert, John. A Digest of the Statutes Relating to Urban Sanitary Authorities: Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1875. xx, 270 pp. Hardcover. Fine. Small library stamp to title page, otherwise internally clean. $150. * Second edition. More
Law Codes in Dynastic China: A Synopsis of Chinese Legal History...
Head, John Warren; Wang, Yanping. Law Codes in Dynastic China: A Synopsis of Chinese Legal History in the thirty centuries from Zhou to Qing. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2005. xvi, 261 pp. Publisher's original green cloth, with gilt stamped spine and decorative gilt stamping to front cover. A very..... More
The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, With Preliminary...
A Landmark Study of Prisons Howard, John [1726-1790]. The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, With Preliminary Observations, And an Account of Some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals. Warrington: Printed by William Eyres; And Sold by T. Cadell, 1780. [viii], 449, [19] pp. With 11 copperplates (one a double..... More
A History of Technology. 5 Vols.
Singer, Charles; Holmyard, Eric John; Hall, A[lfred] R[upert]; Williams, Trevor I (editors); Jaffe, E.; Thomson, R. H. G.; Donaldson, J. M.; Clow, Nan L.; Peel, Y.; Petty, J. R.; Reeve, M (assistants). A History of Technology. 5 volumes in five books. New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1954-1958. Illustrations..... More
Political Corruption: Power, Money, and Sex.
Bollens, John C.; Schmandt, Henry J. Political Corruption: Power, Money, and Sex. Pacific Palisades, CA: Palisades Publishers, 1979. 282 pp. Publisher's original cloth with stamped spine and front cover. Very good, in a dust jacket with shelf wear to top edge. $25. More
A Letter to the Honorable Judge Story, LLD, Discovering...
A Mathematical Correction of Blackstone Lee, John. [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. A Letter to the Honorable Judge Story, LL.D., Discovering and Correcting the Errors of Blackstone and His Editors, On the Theory of Human Genealogy and Kindred, And Destroying the Concomitant Fallacious Inductions of Eternal Pre-Existing Population, And the Physical..... More
Report of the Commissioners Appointed to View Certain Rivers Within...
Inland Transportation in Virginia [Virginia]. [Marshall, John (1755-1835)]. Report of the Commissioners Appointed to View Certain Rivers Within the Commonwealth of Virginia, Conformable to an Act of Said Commonwealth, Passed the Fourteenth Day of February, 1814. Printed According to a Joint Resolution of Both Houses of the General Assembly, And..... More
Prospectus for John A Rockwell's Compilation of Spanish and Mexican...
Prospectus for Rockwell's Spanish and Mexican Law [Legal Publishing]. John S. Voorhies & Co. [Prospectus for John A. Rockwell's Compilation of Spanish and Mexican Law, in Relation to Mines, And Titles to Real Estate]. New York, 1852. 10" x 8" bifolium. Prospectus to rectos, versos blank. A few tiny faint..... More
Middlesex County Records: Indictments, Coroners' Inquests... 3 Vols
Jeaffreson, John Cordy, Editor. Middlesex County Records: Indictments, Coroners' Inquests; Post-Mortem and Recognizances from 3 Edward VI [to] 4 James II. With an Index by A.T. Watson. London: Greater London Council, [1972]. 3 volumes. Volume 1. Indictments, coroners' inquests; post-mortem and recognizances from 3 Edward VI to the end of..... More
The Practice of the Parliament of Canada upon Bills of Divorce:...
Gemmill, John Alexander. The Practice of the Parliament of Canada upon Bills of Divorce: including an Historical Sketch of Parliamentary Divorce and Summaries of all the Bills of Divorce presented to Parliament from 1867 to 1888, also Notes on the Provincial Divorce Courts, &c.,. Toronto: Carswell & Co., 1889. xxii..... More
Reply to a Pamphlet Recently Circulated by Mr Edward Brooks, Inscribed
Inscribed by the Author Lowell, John Amory [1798-1881]. Reply to a Pamphlet Recently Circulated by Mr. Edward Brooks. Boston: Printed by Freeman and Bolles, 1848. [iv], 211 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Stiff printed wrappers. Light soiling to exterior, spine ends abraded, a few small tears to spine, "1421" and..... More
The Lives of the Lord Chancellors..., 8 vols. 1848-1869. Complete Set.
A Handsomely Bound Copy of Campbell's Lives of the Lord Chancellors Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell [1779-1861]. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV. London: John Murray, 1846-1869. Eight volumes. Complete set..... More
A Lost Chapter in the History of the Steamboat, Inscribed.
Inscribed by the Author Latrobe, John H.B. [1803-1891]. A Lost Chapter in the History of the Steamboat. Baltimore: [Printed by John Murphy, Printer to the Maryland Historical Society], 1871. 44 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and edgewear to wrappers, a few chips to..... More
A Report of Divers Cases in Pleas of the Crown, Adjudged and...
The First Set of Reports Devoted to Criminal Law Kelyng, Sir John [d. 1671]. A Report of Divers Cases in Pleas of the Crown, Adjudged and Determined; In the Reign of the Late King Charles II. With Directions for Justices of the Peace and Others. Collected by Sir John Kelyng..... More
The Civil and Executive Officers' Assistant Containing the Forms of...
Eighteenth-Century Justice of the Peace Manual Goodrich, John [1753-1800]. The Civil and Executive Officer's Assistant; Containing the Forms of Bonds, Bills, Deeds, Letters of Attorney, Policies of Insurance, Releases, Wills, Writs, Pleas, Officers Returns and Justices Records of Court. With the Power and Duty of Justices of the Peace as..... More
The New Instructor Clericalis, Stating the Authority, Jurisdiction...
Early Edition of the First Systematic Account of the Court of Common Pleas Impey, John [d.1829]. The New Instructor Clericalis, Stating the Authority, Jurisdiction, And Modern Practice of the Court of Common Pleas. With Directions for Commencing and Defending Actions, Entering up Judgments, Suing Out Executions, And Proceeding in Error..... More
An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government...
Selden's Historical Discourse Selden, John [1584-1654] Bacon, Nathaniel [1593-1660], Editor, Attributed Author. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England, From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from..... More
A Profitable Booke of Mr Iohn Perkins, Sometimes Fellow of the Inner..
First English-Language Edition of A Profitable Booke Perkins, John [d. 1545]. A Profitable Booke of Mr. Iohn Perkins, Sometimes Fellow of the Inner Temple. Treating of the Lawes of England. And Now Translated Out of French into English for the Benefit of Young Students, And Others. London: Printed by R.B...... More
George Washington Williams: a Biography.
Franklin, John Hope. George Washington Williams: a Biography. Durham, [N.C.]: Duke University Press, 1998. xxvi, 348 pp. Softcover. Light shelfwear. Owner inscription to front free endpaper. $15. * Contents: Soldier and student; Successful clergyman; Editor and publisher; A star in the Midwest; Republican yeoman; On the campaign trail; Lawmaker from..... More
History of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen.
Henderson, John Alexander, Editor. History of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen. Aberdeen: Printed for the New Spalding Club, 1912. xxiv, 504 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Original cloth, blind frames and central gilt arms of the New Spalding Club to boards, gilt fillets and title to spine. Negligible light soiling, light..... More
The History of Ohio Law. 2 volumes. in slipcase.
Benedict, Michael Les. Winkler, John F. The History of Ohio Law. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2004. 2 Volumes. Hardcover. In slipcase. Fine, as new. $25. More
The Life of Sir Michael Foster, Knt, Sometime One of the Judges...
A Nephew Remembers Sir Michael Foster Dodson, Michael [1732-1799]. Disney, John [1746-1816], Editor. The Life of Sir Michael Foster, Knt. Sometime One of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, And Recorder of Bristol. By His Nephew, The Late Michael Dodson, Esq. London: Printed for J. Johnson and Co...... More
Report of the Trial of John Thomson [with] Report of Mrs Gilmour's...
Scarce Accounts of Two Scottish Poisoning Trials [Trial]. Thomson, John [c.1830-1858], Defendant. Report of the Trial of John Thomson alias Peter Walker Before the Circuit Court of Justiciary at Glasgow 22d to 24th December 1857, For the Murder of Agnes Montgomery by Prussic Acid, And Subsequent Administration of Prussic Acid..... More