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Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer [1834-36]
Crompton, Charles; R. Meeson & H. Roscoe. Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber [1834-36]. With American Cases by Hare & Wallace. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson, 1865-73. Contemporary calf. Worn, covers detached. Internally sound.$75. *Wallace 534. More
Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer
Crompton, Charles & John Jervis. Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber [1830-32]. American Decisions by Hare & Wallace. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson, 1865-66. Two volumes. Contemporary calf. Worn, covers detached, portions of spines lacking. Internally sound.$75. *Wallace 534. More
Crown Cases Reserved...
Denison, Stephen Charles. Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration & Decided by the Judges of England [1844-52.] Volume II Continued by R.R. Pearce, American Cases by G. Shearswood. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson, 1853. Two volumes. Contemporary calf. Ex-library. One volume rebacked, covers detached, rehinged with tape. Internally sound.$100. *Wallace 538. More
Reports of Cases...in the House of Lords [1831-46
Clark, C. and W. Finnelly. Reports of Cases...in the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error [1831-46]. Edited with Notes & References to American & subsequent English Cases by J.C. Perkins. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1873-74. Twelve volumes. 10 volumes contemporary calf, 2 volumes cloth. Ex-library. Worn..... More
Reports of Cases...in Chancery
De Gex, J.P.; H. Cadman Jones & R. Horton Smith. Reports of Cases...in Chancery [1862-65]. Edited by J.C. Perkins. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1873-74. Four volumes. Contemporary law calf. Ex-library. Worn, covers detached. Internally sound.$150. *Wallace 527. More
Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery [1848-50]
Hall, Frederick James & Philip Twells. Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery [1848-50]. London: W. Maxwell, 1850-51. Two volumes. Contemporary law calf. Ex-library. Exterior scuffed, worn. Covers detached, one volume repaired with tape. Internally sound.$75. *Wallace 527. More
Reports of Cases Decided at Nisi Prius
Foster, T. Campbell and W.F. Finlason. Reports of Cases Decided at Nisi Prius and at the Crown Side on Circuit...[1856-67]. London: Sweet & Norton [et al.], 1860-67. Four volumes. Contemporary law calf. Ex-library. Worn, covers detached, reattached with tape. Internally sound. $100. *First edition. Maxwell and Brown, Checklist of British..... More
Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery
Hare, Thomas. Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery [1841-1853]. With Notes & References to both English & American Decisions by E. Fitch Smith [et al.]. New York: Banks, Gould & Co., 1851-1871. Eleven volumes. Complete set of all volumes published. Contemporary law calf. Ex-library. Worn. Most covers detached..... More
Common Bench Reports
Manning, James; T.C. Granger and John Scott. Common Bench Reports. Cases Argued & Determined in the Court of Common Pleas [1845-1856]. Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, 1852-62. Eighteen volumes. Contemporary calf, one volume in cloth. Ex-library. Worn, spines chipped, most covers detached, crudely repaired. Lacks Index volume. Internally sound. $200..... More
A Digest of the Reported Decisions
Mews, John. A Digest of the Reported Decisions of the Courts of Common Law, Bankruptcy, Probate, Admiralty, and Divorce...[1756-1883]. London: H. Sweet; Stevens & Sons and W. Maxwell & Son, 1884. Seven volumes. Contemporary three-quarter calf. Worn, covers of four volumes detached (some repaired with tape). Internally sound. $250. *First..... More
Reports...in the High Court of Chancery
Vesey, Francis Jr. Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery [1789-1817]. Edited with Notes & References to American Law and Subsequent English Decisions by Charles Sumner. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1894-95. Twenty volumes. Star-paged. Contemporary calf. Ex-library. Spines rubbed, some spines chipped, several joints cracked, several..... More
Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer
Meeson, R. and W.N. Welsby. Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer and Exchequer Chamber [1836-47]. With References to Decisions in the American Courts. Edited by J.I. Clark Hare & H.B. Wallace. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson & Co., 1864-70. Sixteen volumes. Contemporary calf, two volumes clothbound. Ex-library. Extremely worn. Covers..... More
Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber
Welsby, W.N.; E.T. Hurlstone & J. Gordon. Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber [1847-56]. With References to Decisions in the American Courts by J.I. Clark Hare and H.B. Wallace. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson & Co., 1864-74. Eleven volumes. Contemporary law calf, worn. Ex-library. Rear covers of..... More
Steel Serves the Nation
Fisher, Douglas A. Steel Serves the Nation 1901-1951. The Fifty Year Story of United States Steel. [New York]: U.S. Steel, [1951]. Illustrated. Cloth. 227pp. Some fading. $6. More
Obscenity: Social Control and Artistic Creation in the European...
Ziolkowski, Jan M. Obscenity: Social Control and Artistic Creation in the European Middle Ages. Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, 1998. x, 359 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $85. More
Sir Archibald Burt: First Chief Justice of Western Australia 1861-1879
Bennett, J.M. Sir Archibald Burt: First Chief Justice of Western Australia, 1861-1879. [Sydney]: The Deferation Press, 2002. xic, 143 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. More
Sir James Dowling: Second Chief Justice of New South Wales, 1837-1844.
Bennett, J.M. Sir James Dowling: Second Chief Justice of New South Wales, 1837-1844. [Sydney]: The Federation Press, 2001. xii, 212 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20. More
Sir William A'Beckett: First Chief Justice of Victoria, 1852-1857.
Bennett, J.M. Sir William A'Beckett: First Chief Justice of Victoria, 1852-1857. [Sydney]: The Federation Press, 2001. xiv, 130 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. More
Reminiscences of Thirty Years' Residence in New South Wales & Victoria
Terry, Sir Roger. Bennett, J.T., Introduction. Reminiscences of Thirty Years' Residence in New South Wales and Victoria. Facsimile Edition [of the Second Edition]. Sydney: Sydney University Press [for] Royal Australian Historical Society, [1974]. [lvii], xiv, 522, [59-62] pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket, light fading to spine. $25. More
Sir Francis Forbes: First Chief Justice of New South Wales, 1823-1837.
Bennett, J.M. Sir Francis Forbes: First Chief Justice of New South Wales, 1823-1837. [Sydney]: The Federation Press, 2001. xv, 176 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. More
The Origins of Medieval Jurisprudence: Pavia and Bologna, 850-1150.
Radding, Charles M. The Origins of Medieval Jurisprudence: Pavia and Bologna, 850-1150. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, [1988]. xiii, 258 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $50. More
Torture and the Law of Proof: Europe and England in the Ancien Regime.
Langbein, John H. Torture and the Law of Proof: Europe and England in the Ancien Regime. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, [1977]. x, 229 pp. Hardbound in moderately worn dust jacket. $25. More
The History of Lloyd's and of Marine Insurance in Great Britain...
Martin, Frederick. The History of Lloyd's and of Marine Insurance in Great Britain. With an Appendix Containing Statistics Relating to Marine Insurance. Originally published: London: MacMillan and Co., 1876. xx, 416 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774518; ISBN-10: 1584774517. Hardcover cloth. New. $50.00 * Martin [1830-1883]..... More
That Disreputable Firm...The Inside Story of Slater & Gordon.
Cannon, Michael. That Disreputable Firm...The Inside Story of Slater & Gordon. [Victoria]: Melbourne University Press, [1998]. viii, [ii], 324 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $25. More
Actionum Forensium Progymnasmata, Interpretatio Item, Complectens...
Scarce Textbook on Actions in Civil Law Oldendorp, Johann [c.1486-1567]. Actionum Forensium Progymnasmata. Interpretatio Item, Complectens Universi Iuris Cognitionem: Quid Cuique vel Agendo Persequi, Vel Excipiendo Defendere Liceat; Ex Bono & Aequo. In Classes Septem Distincta. Editio Postrema Prioribus Multo Emendatior. Frankfurt: Apud Ioannem Saurium, Impensis Petri Kopffii, 1595. 2..... More