In A Rebellious Spirit.
Reid, John Phillip. In A Rebellious Spirit. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, [1979]. 168 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. $25. More
Reid, John Phillip. In A Rebellious Spirit. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, [1979]. 168 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. $25. More
Clifford's Inn Seeks an Exemption from Poor Rates [Trial]. Hickin, John. The Trial of an Action of Trespass in the Court of Common Pleas, Guildhall, Before the Right Honorable Lord Chief Justice Dallace and a Special Jury, On the 28th of July, 1821, Between John Allen, Esq., Plaintiff, And Frederick..... More
Dickson, Robert; Edmond, John Philip. Annals of Scottish Printing: From the Introduction of the Art in 1507 to the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century. Cambridge: Macmillan and Bowes, 1890. xv, 530 pp. Hardcover. Fine. $30. More
Finlay, John. Legal Practice in Eighteenth-Century Scotland. Leiden: Brill, [2015]. xiii, 447 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $175. More
Mayfield, John S. Mark Twain vs. The Street Railway Co. Privately Printed, 1926. 25 pp. Illustrations. Softbound. Pamphlet. Lightly worn. $40. More
Hostettler, John. The Criminal Jury Old and New: Jury Power From Early Times to the Present Day. [Winchester]: Waterside Press, [2004]. 166 pp. Softbound. Fine. $20. More
"His Appearance was Very Repulsive" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Smith, John [d.1849]. An Account of the Trial and Execution of John Smith, Who Suffered the Severe Sentence of the Law at Fisherton Anger, Near Salisbury, Wilts, On Tuesday Last for the Wilful Murder! Of Eleanor Lawrence, At Collingbourn Ducis. Salisbury: Printed for..... More
Belchem, John. 'Orator' Hunt: Henry Hunt and English Working-Class Radicalism. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985. xii, 304 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. More
Garraty, John A. Unemployment in History: Economic Thought and Public Policy.[New York]: Harper & Row Publishers, [1978]. xii, 273 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20. More
A Privilege Witheld from a Catholic Peer [Trial]. Petre, Robert Edward, 9th Baron Petre [1742-1801], Complainant Dillon, John Joseph, Reporter. Report of a Case Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer, In Easter Term, 40 Geo. III., Between the Right Hon. Robert Edward Lord Petre, Plaintiff, And the Rt..... More
Financing the Church in England and Wales Ecton, John [d.1730]. Liber Valorum & Decimarum. Being an Account of Such Ecclesiastical Benefices in England and Wales, As Now Stand Charged With, Or Lately were Discharged from the Payment of First-Fruits and Tenths. London: Printed for R. Gosling in Fleetstreet [et al]..... More
The First Record of the Constitutional Convention Yates, Robert [1738-1801]. Lansing, John [1754-1829]. Martin, Luther [1748-1826]. Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, In the Year 1787, For the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America. From the Notes Taken by the Late..... More
Parliament and the Regulation of Public Utilities Fawcett, John Henry [1831-1898]. Littler, [Sir] R[alph] D[aniel] M[akinson] [1835-1908]. A Treatise on the Court of Referees in Parliament, Containing Chapters on the Practice and Jurisdiction of the Court, On the Locus Standi of Petitioners in the House of Commons, And Reports of..... More
The Only Successful Attempt on the Life of a British Prime Minister [Trial]. Bellingham, John [1769-1812], Defendant. The Trial of John Bellingham, For the Assassination of the Right Honourable Spencer Perceval, First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, &c. &c. &c. In the Lobby of the House of..... More
The Power of Chancery Courts in Matters of Paternal Custody [Beames, John (1781?-1853)]. Observations Upon the Power Exercised by the Court of Chancery, of Depriving a Father of the Custody of His Children. London: John Miller, 1828. 48 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, untrimmed edges. Moderate toning..... More
Only Known Copy: "Their Behaviour Has Been Truly Penitent" [Broadside]. [Executions]. Attel, John. Hatchman, William. Newman, Charlotte. James, Mary Ann. The Trials and Execution of John Attel for Burglary, And William Hatchman, Charlotte Newman, And Mary Ann James for Forgery, Who were Executed this Morning, Before the Debtor's Door, Old..... More
Only Known Copy: "Will You Not Confess?" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Greers, John. Greers, Robert. Trials and Execution of John and Robert Greers, Two Brothers, For the Murder of Their Father. [London]: Catnach, Printer, 2, Monmouth Court, 7 Dials, [c.1800]. 14" x 10" broadside, on thin paper, mounted on 16" x 12-1/2"..... More
A Notable Reformer Reports On Quarantine Conditions Howard, John [1726-1790]. An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; With Various Papers Relative to the Plague: Together with Further Observations on Some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals; And Additional Remarks on the Present State of Those in Great Britain and Ireland. Warrington..... More
Remarks on Prisons in England and Abroad Howard, John [1726-1790]. The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, With Preliminary Observations, And an Account of Some Foreign Prisons. Warrington: Printed by William Eyres; and sold by T. Cadell, J. Johnson, and C. Dilly, in London, 1784. [vi], 492, [18]..... More
The Subject's Right to Petition the Crown [Somers, John, Baron (1651-1716), Attributed]. Jura Populi Anglicani: Or the Subject's Right of Petitioning Set Forth. Occasioned by the Case of the Kentish Petitioners. With Some Thoughts on the Reasons Which Induc'd Those Gentlemen to Petition: And of the Commons Right of Imprisoning..... More
Constitutional Limits Imposed on a Regency Leach, John. The Speech of John Leach, Esq. M.P. In the Committee of the Whole House, Upon the State of the Nation, On Monday, December 31, 1810. Upon the Question of Limitations to the Royal Authority in the Hands of the Regent. London: Printed..... More
Evils of the Divorce Court Phillimore, John George [1808-1865]. The Divorce Court, Its Evils and Remedy. London: William Henry Bond, 1859. 34 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning, tiny stain to foot of p.34, soiling to exterior, upper-outside corner of title page lacking. $350. * Only..... More
Fortescue, Sir John. The Works of Sir John Fortescue, Knight, Chief Justice of England and Lord Chancellor to Henry the Sixth. Now First Collected and Arranged by Thomas (Fortescue) Lord Clermont. Originally published: London: Printed for Private Distribution, 1869. 2 Volumes, including 57 illustrations, 17 in color. xxviii, 556, 119;..... More
First Edition of an Important Work on the Right to Trial by Jury Hawles, Sir John [1645-1716]. [Bacon, Sir Francis (1561-1626)]. The English-Mans Right. A Dialogue Between a Barrister at Law, And a Jury-Man: Plainly Setting Forth, I. The Antiquity, II. The Excellent Designed Use, III. The Office and Just..... More
A Lavish Limited-Edition Biography of Charles I in a Riviere Binding Skelton, Sir John. [1831-1897]. Charles I. London, Paris and Edinburgh: Goupil & Co., 1898. v, 185 pp. Color frontispiece. 18 text illustrations. 23 plates with captioned tissue guards, each with a duplicate. Quarto (12-1/2" x 10"). Contemporary blue morocco..... More