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A History of English Law. Vols 1-9, 1924-1956, Tables & Index 10 books
An Indispensable Work of Great Authority Holdsworth, Sir William S. A History of English Law. Volumes I-IX: Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1924-1956; Tables and Index by Edward Potton, 1932. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1924-1956. Volumes 1-9 of what became a 17 volume set. Original blue cloth. Scuffing and..... More
A History of English Law. 17 vols. Complete set.
An Indispensable Work of Great Authority Holdsworth, Sir William S. A History of English Law. Edited by A.L. Goodhart and H.G. Hanbury. With an Introductory Essay and Additions by S.B. Chrimes. Index volume prepared by John Burke. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., and Sweet & Maxwell, 1966-1997. 17 Volumes, complete..... More
Memorials of the Essex Bar Association: and Brief Biographical...
Northend, William Dummer, Editor. George, Edward B, Editor. Memorials of the Essex Bar Association: and Brief Biographical Notices of Some of the Distinguished Members of the Essex Bar Prior to the Formation of the Association. Salem, [Mass.]: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1900. vi, 253 pp. Original cloth. Light shelfwear. Fading..... More
Jus Gentium. Journal of International Legal History. Vol 9, No 1. 2024
Jus Gentium. Journal of International Legal History. William E. Butler, Editor. Talbot Publishing, 2024. Volume 9, No. 1. January 2024. 322 pp. Paperback. $50. * JUS GENTIUM Journal of International Legal History is the first dedicated journal in the United States addressing the history of international law. Much current scholarship..... More
Commentaries on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Foreign and Inland...
One of the Standard American Texts of the Nineteenth Century Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. [Story, William Wetmore (1819-1895), Editor]. Commentaries on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Foreign and Inland, As Administered in England and America; With Occasional Illustrations from the Commercial Law of the Nations of Continental Europe. London: V...... More
Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books, 5th ed. Eller 7...
First Oxford Edition in Octavo of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince, 1773. Four volumes. [xii], 485; [viii], 520, xix; [viii], 455, xxvii; [viii], 443, vii..... More
Brandeis: His Advice to Young Men Seeking Public Careers...
Memories of Brandeis Denman, William [1872-1959]. Brandeis: His Advice to Young Men Seeking Public Careers-Religion in Politics. Address of United States Circuit Judge William Denman at a Meeting in San Francisco in Commemoration of Justice Brandeis' Eightieth Birthday. Reprint from "The Recorder," issue of November 19, 1936. [San Francisco: The..... More
An Epitome of All the Common & Statute Laws of this Nation, Now in...
A New Departure for the Abridgment Sheppard, William [fl. 1660]. An Epitome of All the Common & Statute Laws of This Nation Now in Force. Wherein More than Fifteen Hundred of the Hardest Words or Terms of the Law are Explained; And All of the Most Useful and Profitable Heads..... More
The Most Excellent Hugo Grotius His Three Books Treating of the...
First Edition of the First Complete English Translation, With the Pictorial Title Page Grotius, Hugo [1535-1645]. Evats, William [c.1606-1677], Translator. The Most Excellent Hugo Grotius His Three Books Treating of the Rights of War & Peace. In the First is Handled, Whether any War be Just. In the Second is..... More
The Booke Called, The Mirrour of Justices: Made by Andrew Horne...
First English-Language Edition of Horne's Mirrour of Justices Horne, Andrew [d.1328]. H[ughes], W[illiam], Translator. [Fitzherbert, Anthony (1470-1538)]. The Booke Called, The Mirrour of Justices: Made by Andrew Horne. With the Book, Called, The Diversity of Courts, And Their Jurisdictions. Both Translated Out of the Old French into the English Tongue..... More
The Laws of Q. Elizabeth, K James, and K Charles I Concerning Jesuits.
Collection of Laws Concerning Jesuits Published Eight Years Before the Glorious Revolution Cawley, William. The Laws of Q. Elizabeth, K. James, and K. Charles the First, Concerning Jesuites, Seminary Priests, Recusants, &c. and Concerning the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance Explained by Divers Judgments and Resolutions of the Reverend Judges..... More
American Attitudes Towards Catholic Church-State Relation, 1870-1891.
Trimble, William Raleigh. American Attitudes Towards Catholic Church-State Relation, 1870-1891. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1944. 155 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $125. * Thesis/dissertation; Manuscript. More
An Abridgment of Penal Statutes [With] An Appendix to Addington's...
A Tabular Guide to Crime and Punishment from Eighteenth-Century England Addington, Sir William [d.1811]. An Abridgment of Penal Statutes, Which Exhibits at One View The Offences, And the Punishment or Penalties, In Consequence of Those Offences, The Mode of Recovering, And Application of the Penalties, The Number of Witnesses, And..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, or Contracts... 1826. 2 vols.
First American Edition of Evans's Pothier on Obligations Pothier, Robert Joseph [1699-1722]. [Evans, William David (1767-1821), Translator and Editor]. A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, or Contracts. Translated From the French, With an Introduction, Appendix, and Notes, Illustrative of the English Law on the Subject. Philadelphia: Published by Robert..... More
Transactions of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan. 6 vols
Blume, William Wirt. Transactions of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 1935-1940. 6 volumes. Illustrations, maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher's cloth hardcover, moderate shelfwear and soiling. $350. * "Compiled, edited and published upon the William W. Cook Endowment Fund"..... More
Friends of the Chief Justice: the Osgoode correspondence in the...
Osgoode, William. Hay, Douglas, Editor. Ruth Paley, Editor. Friends of the Chief Justice: the Osgoode Correspondence in the Archives of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Toronto: Law Society of Upper Canada, 1990. xvi, 323 pp. Softcover. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's inscriptions to title page, verso Table of Contents, rear..... More
Scenes and Sketches in Legal Life.
Spink, William. Scenes and Sketches in Legal Life. London: W.P. Nimmo, 1876. iv, 355 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. Pencil inscription to title page, otherwise clean. $50. * Contents: The last spuilzie at Battleknowe.; The last claimants of the R peerage.; The founders of Adullam.; The heir of Tailzie.; Late seniors..... More
An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Brattleboro, VT, 1813.
Attractive Brattleboro Imprint of Jones on Bailments Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. Balmanno, John, Introduction, Notes. An Essay on the Law of Bailments. With Introductory Remarks, and Notes, Comprising the Most Modern Authorities. Brattleboro, VT: Printed by William Fessenden, 1813. [12], 144, xxi pp. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, lettering..... More
An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Boston, 1796.
The First American Edition of Jones on Bailments Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Boston: From the Press of Samuel Etheridge, For John West, 1796. 178, [1] pp. 12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to board edges, lettering piece and blind fillets to..... More
English Liberties, Or, The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance...
A Profound Influence in Pre-Revolutionary America [Care, Henry (1646-1688)]. N[elson], W[illiam] [b.1653], Editor. English Liberties, Or The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance. Containing Magna Charta, Charta de Foresta, The Statute De Tallagio, Non Concedendo, The Habeas Corpus Act, And Several Other Statutes; With Comments on Each of Them. Likewise, Of Ship-Money: Of..... More
The Right of the People.
Douglas, William O[rville]. The Right of the People. Garden City: Doubleday. 1958. 238 pp. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered spine. Very good, dust jacket slightly soiled and light wear to edges, else very good. $100. * First edition. Inscribed by author, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas to Clifford Evans..... More
The Decision of Judge Proudfoot in the Case of Dorland vs. Jones.
Proudfoot, William. The Decision of Judge Proudfoot in the Case of Dorland vs. Jones. Philadelphia: Wm. H. Pile, printer, 1884. 48 pp. Softbound, front cover chipped at top right corner. Light shelfwear. $40. More
Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1733 to the Year...
Elchies, Patrick Grant, Lord [1690-1754]. Morison, William M. [b. 1821], Editor. Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1733 to the Year 1754. Collected and Digested into the Form of a Dictionary, by Patrick Grant of Elchies, Esq. One of the Senators of the College of Justice. Edited..... More
A Treatise of Gavelkind [bound with] The History of Gavel-Kind...
Two Important Early Treatises on Gavelkind Somner, William [1598-1669]. A Treatise of Gavelkind, Both Name and Thing. Shewing the True Etymologie and Derivation of the One, The Nature, Antiquity and Original of the Other. With Sundry Emergent Observations.... London: Printed by R. and W. Leybourn, 1660. [xxvi], 216, [8] pp..... More
The Court Baron: Being Precedents for Use in Seignorial and Other...
Maitland, Frederic William; Baildon, William Paley. The Court Baron: Being Precedents for Use in Seignorial and Other local courts, together with select pleas from the Bishop of Ely's court of Littleport. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1891. viii, 147 pp., [148]-158, 28 pp. Publisher's original blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Ex-Library..... More