A Compilation of Scottish Justiciary Records with an Interesting Letter about an Estate Case Alison, Sir Archibald [1792-1867]. List of Cases for Trial at the Glasgow Autumn Circuit, September 1829. The Right Hon. Lord Justice-Clerk and Lord Moncreiff. Archibald Alison, Esq. Advocate Depute. [Glasgow: S.n., 1829]. [xvi], 9-307, [1] pp..... More

A Notable Collection of Early English, Welsh and Scottish Records Ayloffe, Sir Joseph [1709-1781]. Calendars of the Ancient Charters, And of the Welch and Scotish Rolls, Now Remaining in the Tower of London: Also Calendars of All the Treaties of Peace Entered Into by the Kings of England with Those..... More

A Complete Set of Bacon's Abridgment, "Quite a Law Library in Itself" Bacon, Mathew [fl. 1730]. [Gilbert, Sir Jeffrey (1674-1726)]. [Sayer, Joseph (fl. 1750)]. [Ruffhead, Owen (1723-1769)]. A New Abridgment of the Law. Corrected; With Many Additional Notes and References. London: Printed by his Majesty's Law-Printers, For J. Worrall and..... More

A Copy with a Notable Irish Association Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. The Elements of the Common Lawes of England, Branched Into a Double Tract: The One Containing a Collection of Some Principall Rules and Maximes of the Common Law, With Their Latitude and Extent. Explicated for the More Facile Introduction..... More

"A More Complete Lawyer Than Any of His Contemporaries" Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. Law Tracts, Containing 1. A Proposition for Compiling and Amendment of Our Laws. 2. An Offer of a Digest of the Laws. 3. The Elements of the Common Laws of England, Containing a Collection of Some Principal..... More

The Union of England and Scotland Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. Three Speeches of the Right Honorable, Sir Francis Bacon Knight, Then His Majesties Sollicitor Generall, After Lord Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban. Concerning the Post-Nati Naturalization of the Scotch in England Union of the Lawes of the Kingdomes of England and..... More

Barrington, Sir Jonah. Personal Sketches of His Own Time. New York: W.J. Widdleton, 1853. 540 pp., illustrations. Quarter calf over marbled boards, with decorative gilt to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers, hinges cracked but secure. Light wear. Internally clean. Very good. $125. More

"The Best Book Upon Bills of Exchange" Bayley, Sir John. Bayley, Francis, Editor. Summary of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Cash Bills, And Promissory Notes. With Considerable Additions. London: Printed by A Strahan, 1830. xx, 624 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary pebbled cloth, gilt library name to front..... More

First Pocket Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England, In Four Books. Dublin: Printed for the Company of Booksellers, 1775. 4 volumes. Engraved copperplate frontispiece portrait, Table of Consanguinity, folding Table of Descents. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked in period..... More

A Curious Hybrid of Two Pirate Editions Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on The Laws of England, In Four Books. The Twelfth Edition. With the Last Corrections of the Author; Additions by Richard Burn, LL.D. And Continued to the Present Time by John Williams, Esq. Dublin: Printed for L. White..... More

The "Fifth" Dublin Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. Dublin: Printed for John Exshaw, Henry Saunders, John Williams, and David Hay, 1773. Four volumes. Engraved copperplate "Table of Consanguinity" and folding "Table of Descents." Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"; 21..... More

Blackstone Argues for the Restriction of the Franchise [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. Considerations on the Question, Whether Tenants by Copy of Court Roll According to the Custom of the Manor, Though Not at the Will of the Lord, Are Freeholders Qualified to Vote in Elections for Knights of the Shire..... More

Dublin Edition of Blackstone's Law Tracts, Eller 239 Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Law Tracts, Containing, I. An Essay on Collateral Consanguinity, Its Limits and Duration. II. Considerations on the Question Whether Tenants by Copy of Court Roll, According to the Custom of the Manner, Though Not at the Will of..... More