With Useful Succession Tables Bailey, Alfred. The Succession to the English Crown. A Historical Sketch. London: Macmillan and Co., 1879. xxxviii, 298, [1], 39 pp. 25 tables, 5 folding. 39 pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary pebbled cloth, black-stamped frame and gilt library name and insignia to boards..... More
A Rare Study by a Notable Antiquarian Nicolas, Sir (Nicholas) Harris [1799-1848]. Observations on the Offices of Secretary of State, Lord Privy Seal, And Lord Chamberlain of the King's Household; With Remarks on the Great Seal of England. [London: Eyre and Spottiswoode], 1837. 140 pp. Octavo (10" x 6-1/4"). Later..... More
The Sheriff in Victorian England Churchill, Cameron. Bruce, Sir Alexander Carmichael. The Law of the Office and Duties of the Sheriff. With the Writs and Forms Relating to the Office. London: Stevens and Sons, 1879. [vi], [v]-xlv, 406 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Contempoary pebbled cloth, blind frames, gilt library..... More
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A Controversial Irish Divorce Case Paget, John. Ecclesiastical Courts. A Report of the Judgment Delivered by Dr. Radcliffe, In the Case of Talbot v. Talbot, In the Consistorial Court of Dublin, On the 2nd of May, 1854; With Observations on the Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts. London: Thomas Blenkarn, 1854..... More
A Scarce History of Justices of the Peace Sharpe, James Birch. An Inquiry into the Origin of the Office and Title of the Justice of the Peace, With an Appendix, On Some of the Defects of Our Ancient Statute Book, &c. &c. &c. London: Shaw and Sons, 1841. xiv, 208..... More
An Important Form of Patronage in the Anglican Church Mirehouse, John [1789-1850]. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Advowsons. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1824. xxxv, 323 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Later cloth, gilt fillets, title, library name and publication date to spine, endpapers renewed. Light soiling, spine..... More
1837 Treatise on the Power and Privileges of the House of Commons Ferrall, S[imon] A[nsley] [d.1844]. An Exposition of the Law of Parliament, As It Relates to the Power and Privileges of the Commons' House. To Which are Added, The Proceedings of the Principal Questions of Privilege Which Have Arisen..... More
Very Rare French Edition of Damhouder's Classic Treatise on Criminal Law with 68 Affixed Etchings Damhouder (Damhoudere), Josse (Joost) de [1507-1581]. Practique Iudiciaire es Causes Criminelles, Tresutile et Necessaire a Tous Baillifz, Prevostz, Seneschaux, Escoutettes, Maires, Drossartz, & Autres Iusticiers & Officiers de Toutes Provinces. Outre ce que la Presente..... 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
Unrestored Contemporary Binding Oldendorp, Johann [c.1486-1567]. Actionum Forensium Progymnasmata, Interpretatio Item, Complectens Vniversi Ivris Cognitionem: Quid Cuique vel Agendo Persequi, Vel Excipiendo Defendere Liceat, Ex Bono & Aequo. In Classes Septem Distincta, Ob Commodiorem Usum: Postremo Recognita & Locupletata. Cologne: Ex Officina Ioan. Gymnici, 1543. 1062, [8] pp. Folio (13"..... More
History of English Law by a Popular Legal Writer Crabb, George [1778-1851]. A History of English Law; Or an Attempt to Trace the Rise, Progress, And Successive Changes, Of the Common Law; From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1829. vi, 571, [1] pp. Octavo..... More
Important Seventeenth-Century Law Dictionary Calvinus, Johannes [c.1550-c.1610]. Godefroy, Denis [1615-1681], Preface, Editor. Vulteus (Vultejus), Hermann [1555-1634], Preface, Editor. Lexicon Iuridicum: Iuris Caesarei Simul, Et Canonici: Feudalis Item, Civilis, Criminalis: Theoretici, Ac Practici: Et in Schola et in Foro Usitatarum: Ac Eum ex Ipso Iuris Utriusque Corpore, Tum ex Doctoribus &..... More
A True Philadelphia Lawyer Brown, David Paul [1795-1872]. The Forum; or Forty Year Full Practice at the Philadelphia Bar. Philadelphia: Robert H. Small, 1856. Two volumes. Illustrated. Octavo (9" x 6"). Original pebbled cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt titles and ornaments and a negligible bit of shelf-label residue to..... More
1857 California Session Laws in Spanish [California]. Eldredge, Thomas R., Translator. Leyes de California, Aprobadas en la Octava Sesion de la Legislatura, Que Comenzo en la Ciudad de Sacramento el dia Cinco de enero, En el Ano de Mil Ocho Cientos Cincuenta y Siete, Y Concluyo el Dia Treinta de..... More
The Law is Not Uncertain Pickering, John [1777-1846]. A Lecture on the Alleged Uncertainty of the Law; Delivered Before the Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, March 5, 1830. Boston: Lilly, Wait, and Company, 1834. 28 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning and light..... More
Classic Sixteenth-Century Treatise on Criminal Law Illustrated with 68 Large Woodcuts Damhouder (Damhoudere), Josse (Joost) de [1507-1581]. Praxis Rerum Criminalium Iconibus Materiae Subiectae Convenientibus, Pulchrius Quam Unquam Hactenus Recognita atque Illustrata, Multis Quoque in Contextu Doctis Additionibus Locupletata, Praetoribus, Propraetoribus, Consulibus, Proconsulibus, Magistratibus, Reliquisq; Id Genus Iustitiariis ac Officiarijs Apprime..... More
Rare Adultery Trial [Trial]. Carter, Joseph, Defendant. Crim. Con. The Whole Proceedings on the Trial, Between Mr. George Hayes, A Lieutenant in the Navy, And Mr. Joseph Carter, Laceman, In Lombard-Street, For Criminal Conversation with His Wife: Which was Tried, At the Court of Common Pleas, Westminster, On Tuesday, Dec..... 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
Unrecorded London Edition Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. A Discourse Pronounced at the Request of the Essex Historical Society, On the 18th of September, 1828, In Commemoration of the First Settlement of Salem, In the State of Massachusetts. Published at the Request of the Society. London: R.J. Kennett, 59, Great Queen Street;..... More
Poetic Aids for Struggling Law Students Barlee, F[rederic] R[udolph] [d.1941]. Legal Jingles Including a Collection of Case Law Verses (A Memoria Technica for Students and Others). Australia: The Law Book Co. of Australasia, Ltd., 1922. xvi, 76, [4] pp. Publisher advertisements to endleaves and last 2 pp. Publisher's quarter cloth..... 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
Marriage to a Deceased Wife's Sister Foster, T[homas] Campbell. A Review of the Law Relating to Marriages within the Prohibited Degrees of Affinity; And of the Canons and Social Considerations by which the Law is Supposed to be Justified. London: Benning and Co, 1847. viii, 158 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x...... More
An Important Libel Case Ferrall, S.A. [d.1844]. The Question of Privilege Raised by the Decision in the Case of Stockdale v. Hansard. The Effect of Which Decision Is, That Although the Lords Control the Proceedings of the Exchequer Chamber; the Exchequer Chamber, the Proceedings of the Queen's Bench; Yet That..... More
Great Britain is Liable for Damage Caused by the C.S.S. Alabama Loring, Charles G.. [1794-1867]. England's Liability for Indemnity: Remarks on the Letter of "Historicus" Dated November 4th, 1863; Printed in the London "Times," November 7th; And reprinted in the "Boston Daily Advertiser," November 25th. Boston: William V. Spencer, 1864..... More
The Trial of a "Scottish Martyr" [Trial]. Palmer, Thomas Fyshe [1747-1802], Defendant. The Trial of the Rev. Thomas Fyshe Palmer, Before the Circuit Court of Justiciary, Held at Perth, On the 12th and 13th September, 1793, On an Indictment for Seditious Practices. Taken in Court by Mr. Ramsey, An Eminent..... More