Sentences Passed in the Bodmin Jail, Cornwall, on March 26, 1839 [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. Sentences of the Prisoners, Tried at Bodmin, On Tuesday March, the 26th 1839 Before Mr. Baron Gurney and Mr. Justice Maule. Deeble Peter Hoblyn, Esq. Sherriff. Penryn [Cornwall, England]: T. Pearce, Printer, 1839. 14-3/4" x...... More
"Five Pounds Reward" [Broadside]. Great Britain. Five Pounds Reward. Stolen. Ely, England, January 4, 1836. 11-1/2" x 8" broadside. Text printed in single column below headline. Moderate toning, light foxing, a few minor creases, some rubbing, minor tears and chips to edges. Light toning, a few small spots near lower..... More
"Cut Out for a Sawyer but Made Up a Lawyer" [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. Beware! Important Caution. Beware of a Pair of Bipeds, That Have Lately Escaped, The One from Jail, The Other "Cut out for a Sawyer but Made Up a Lawyer," From the Weddington Lane-Menagerie, And are Now Haunting..... More
One of the Most Appalling Examples of the Sadistic Abuse of a Minor [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. [Child Abuse]. A Copy of Verses, on the Trial & Conviction of Mr. & Mrs. Sloane, for the Cruel Treatment of their (Servant Girl,) Jane Wilbred. [London?: Printed for P.C., 1851]. 9" x 7"..... More
"I Would Fork Out a Trifle to Know, Sir, Why Crime Should Increase in Our Land" [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. [Criminals]. John Bull, Can You Wonder At Crime! London: W.S. Fortey, Steam Printer and Publisher, [c. 1860]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" broadside, woodcut vignette at head above large headline, main text printed..... More
"Kind Folks You See, Our Effigy, Designed for Guy Fawkes; Who With Base Mind, Was Once Inclin'd to Give King James Hard Knocks" [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. Guy Fawkes Day. A New Guy Fawkes Speech. [London]: E. Billing, 186, Bermondsey Street, [c.1840]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" broadside. Six-stanza verse text within woodcut..... More
Unrecorded Account of an Attempted Murder in Oxfordshire [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Great Britain]. Attempted Murder of a Wife by her Husband, Near Banbury, Oxfordshire. Reading: Jones, Printer, [1849]. 14-1/2" x 10" broadside, triple-column text below headline and woodcut image of a man stabbing a woman flanked by six stanzas of verse..... More
A Dramatic Ordinance Relating to Pride's Purge [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. [Parliament]. Die Sabbathi, 9 Junii, 1649. Ordered By The Commons Assembled In Parliament, That None Of The Members Of This House, Who By Vertue Of The Order Of The First Of February 1648. Do Yet Stand Suspended From Voting, Or..... More
Land for Sale in Somerset [Broadside]. [Land Auction]. [Great Britain]. Batcombe, Somerset. Freehold Lands, To be Sold by Auction, By Mr. Wainwright, At the Three Horse Shoes Inn, Batcombe, On Thursday the 22nd. Day of July, 1830. Shepton-Mallet: Wason & Foxwell, [1830]. 17-3/4" x 11" broadside. Text in single column..... More
"Valuable Freehold Lands" [Broadside]. [Land Auction]. [Great Britain]. Batcombe, Somerset, Butleigh and Babcary. Valuable Freehold Lands. To be Sold by Auction, By Mr. Wainwright, On Monday, The 28th Day of April, 1834, At the George Inn, In Shepton-Mallet, At 3 O'Clock in the Afternoon. Shepton-Mallet: Cary, Printer, [1834]. 19-1/4" x...... More
A Murder Related to Labor Unrest in the Newcastle Mines [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Great Britain]. An Account of the Shocking Murder, Committed on the Body of John Errington, A Bound Pitman, At Hetton Colliery, In the County of Durham, On Saturday April 19, 1832, By Receiving Two Shots, One of Them..... More
"Rogues, Vagabonds, And Other Idle and Disorderly Persons" [Broadside]. [Rogues and Vagabonds]. [Great Britain]. Abstract of an Act of Parliament Made in the 32d Year of the Reign of King Geo. the 3d, To Explain and Amend an Act Made in the 17th Year of the Reign of King Geo..... More
Rare "Temperance" Broadside in the Style of a Court Document [Broadside]. [Temperance]. [Great Britain]. The ---- Day of 18 ----. This is to Our Sheriff of Sheriffdoms, Steward of Stewardries, Bailiffs of Regalities, & All Others, The Officers and Executors of the Law, To Interpose Their Power and Authority to..... More
The First Extensive Study of the Subject [Corporations]. [Great Britain]. The Law of Corporations: Containing the Laws and Customs of All the Corporations and Inferior Courts of Record in England. Treating of the Essentials of, And Incidents to, A Corporation. Of Mayors, Bailiffs, Serjeants, &c. And Their Executing Process. Conusance..... More
Attributed to Matthew Bacon, Robert Foley, Sir Geoffrey Gilbert and Henry Pooley A Gentleman of the Middle Temple. A General Abridgment of Cases in Equity, Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, &c. With Several Cases Never Before Published, Alphabetically Digested Under Proper Titles; With Notes and References..... More
"An Exhibition of Elizabethan Habits, Manners, And Peculiarities" [Court of Chancery]. [Great Britain]. The Practice of the High Court of Chancery. With the Nature of the Several Offices Belonging to that Court. And the Reports of Many Cases Wherein Relief Hath Been There Had, And Where Denied. London: printed by..... More
The Fates of 79 Prisoners in Taunton, Somerset on October 14, 1833 [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. A Calendar of the Prisoners for the Michaelmas Season, To be Holden at the Castle, Taunton, On Monday, The 14th Day of October, 1833. [drop head title]. Yeoville: Porter, Printer, [1833]. [12] pp. Quarto (12-1/2"..... More
The Fates of 118 Prisoners in Bridgwater, Somerset on June 29, 1835 [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. A Calendar of the Prisoners for the Midsummer Sessions, To be Holden at the Town of Bridgwater, On Monday, The 29th Day of June, 1835. [drop head title]. Yeoville: Porter, Printer, [1835]. [16] pp. Quarto..... More
Scarce Eighteenth-Century English Treatise on Election Law [Election Law]. [Great Britain]. The Law of Elections: Being an Abstract of All the Statutes Now in Force Relating to the Election of Members to Serve in the House of Commons: In Three Sections, Viz. The Duties &c. of the Electors, The Elected..... More
A Durable Eighteenth-Century English Treatise on Elections [Elections]. [Great Britain]. Determinations of the Honourable House of Commons, Concerning Elections, And All Their Incidents; As the Issuing of the Writ, The Taking of the Poll, The Scrutiny, The Return, The Qualification of the Electors and Elected, Oaths to be Taken, Rights..... More
Acts and Cases Concerning Elections to Parliament [Elections]. [Great Britain]. Orders, Resolutions, and Determinations of the Honourable House of Commons, On Controverted Elections and Returns: Determining the Qualifications of Candidates and Voters; The Rights of Election for the Several Cities and Boroughs; The Nature of Evidence Proper on the Hearing;..... More
[Fisheries]. [Great Britain]. [Collection of Twelve Parliamentary Acts Dealing with Fisheries]. Edinburgh: Printed by Sir D. Hunter [and other Edinburgh printers], 1809-1860. Various paginations. 12mo. (6" x 4"). Contemporary plain wrappers, light soiling and shelfwear, internally clean. $75. More
[Great Britain]. [Marriage]. [The British Royal Family]. An Appeal to The Legislature, for the Repeal of the Act Regulating the Marriage of the Royal Family. [n.p.]: [n.p.], 1814. [2] 477-487 pp. Disbound. $25. More
A Compact Gentleman's Law Library [Great Britain]. A Compendious Library of the Law: Necessary for Persons of All Degrees and Professions. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing, I. The Laws Relating to Parish-Officers, Viz. Church-Wardens, Overseers of the Poor, Constables, Scavengers, Surveyors of the Highways, &c. II. The Laws Relating..... More
An Abridged Edition of English Statutes from Magna Carta to 1737 [Great Britain]. An Exact Abridgment of All the Statutes in Force and Use, From Magna Charta, 9 H. 3. To the Beginning of the Reign of King George. In Four Volumes. London: Printed by His Majesty's Printers, 1730. Four..... More