Final Edition of an Important Eighteenth-Century Treatise on English Bankruptcy Law Green, Edward. The Spirit of the Bankrupt Laws. Wherein are Principally Considered, The 1. Declaring the Party Bankrupt. 2. Seizing His Estate, And Summoning Him to Surrender. 3. Receiving Proof of the Debts of His Creditors. 4. Appointing, Chusing..... More
A Collapsing Bank Defends its Actions [Richard Thompson and Company]. The Case of Richard Thompson and Company: With Relation to Their Creditors. Published for Better Information. London: [s.n.], 1677. [ii], 29, [1] pp. With initial errata leaf. Quarto (7-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later (eighteenth-century?) mottled calf, blind..... More
A Standard Treatise on Bankruptcy During the Gilded Age Bump, Orlando [1841-1884]. Law and Practice in Bankruptcy: With the Bankrupt Law of the United States as Amended, And the Rules and Forms; Together with Notes Referring to All Decisions Reported to May 1, 1873. New York: Baker, Voorhis, & Co...... More
Mackenzie's Review of Bankruptcy Reform Mackenzie, Sir George [1636-1691]. Observations upon the XVIII. Act of Parliament XXXIII. K. James VI. Against Dispositions Made in Defraud of Creditors &c. Edinburgh: Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson for Mr. Andrew Symson, 1699. [iv], 62 pp. Folio (11-1/4" x 7")..... More
A Summary of Bankruptcy Law for "Merchants and Traders" [Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. A Succinct Digest of the Laws Relating to Bankrupts: In Which All the Reported, And Several Manuscript Cases Upon this Important Subject, From the First Passing of the Bankrupt Laws, In the Time of Henry the Eighth, To..... More
The First Federal Bankruptcy Act [Bankruptcy]. [United States]. A Bill to Establish an Uniform System of Bankruptcy, Throughout the United States. Philadelphia: Printed by T.L. Plowman, 1801. 28 pp. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning, light soiling to exterior, a few minor spots to title page. Rare..... More
A Scarce Early Treatise on Insolvency in California Cowdery, Jabez F. [1834-1914]. The Law of Insolvency. Being the Voluntary Insolvency Law of California and Nevada, And the Involuntary Insolvency Law of California; With Full Annotations and References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court of California, And of Other Decisions..... More
A Rare Nineteenth-Century Guide to Bankruptcy Law and Procedure Whittaker, Soame. The Law of Bankrupts, Their Creditors, And Assignees; From the Issuing the Commission to the Allowance of the Certificate by the Lord Chancellor. Containing Plain and Familiar Instructions Respecting the Choice of Assignees, Proving Debts, Examination of the Bankrupt..... More
A Rare Nineteenth-Century Guide to Bankruptcy Law and Procedure Whittaker, Soame. The Law of Bankrupts, Their Creditors, And Assignees; From the Issuing the Commission to the Allowance of the Certificate by the Lord Chancellor. Containing Plain and Familiar Instructions Respecting the Choice of Assignees, Proving Debts, Examination of the Bankrupt..... More
One of America's "Great Textbooks" Collier, William M. [1867-1956]. Rogers, Ralph E. [1881-1945], Editor. Gilbert's Collier on Bankruptcy: A Treatise on the Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 As Amended to January 1, 1931. General Orders in Bankruptcy as Amended to Date, Official Forms..... More
A Rare Guide to the 1841 Bankruptcy Act [Bankruptcy]. [Bicknell, George Augustus]. A Commentary on the Bankrupt Law of 1841, Showing its Operation and Effect. By a Member of the Bar of New-York. To Which is Annexed, An Authentic Copy of the Bankruptcy Act. New York: H. Anstice, Stationer, 1841..... More
Sobol, Richard B. Bending the Law: The Story of the Dalkon Shield Bankruptcy. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, [1991]. Reprint. [Birmingham, AL: The Notable Trials Library, 1990]. [vi], 408, [1] pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $40..... More
First Edition of the First English Treatise on Bankruptcy G[oodinge], T[homas]. The Law Against Bankrupts: Or, A Treatise Wherein the Statutes Against Bankrupts are Explained, By Several Cases, Resolutions, Judgments and Decrees, Both at Common Law and Chancery. Together with the Learning of Declarations and Pleadings Relating Thereunto. To Which..... More
Massachusetts Addresses the Effects of the Panic of 1837 Cushing, L[uther] S[tearns] [1803-1856]. An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors and for the More Equal Distribution of Their Effects; Passed by the Legislature of Massachusetts, April 23, 1838. With an Outline of the System Thereby Introduced, And Forms of..... More
The State of English Bankruptcy Law in 1811 Whitmarsh, Francis [1777-1857]. A Treatise on the Bankrupt Laws. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. xi, 83, 330 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, blind rules to boards, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, hinges mended..... More
Detailed History of the Bankruptcy Clause Noel, F. Regis. A History of the Bankruptcy Clause of the Constitution of the United States of America. [Gettysburg: Gettysburg Complier Print, 1918]. 210 pp. Original printed wrappers. Light wear to extremities, small label (reading "Th. Am. 18. 233") to front cover, some darkening..... More
1810 Digest of English Financial Failures Smith, William & Co. A List of Bankrupts with Their Dividends, Certificates, Etc. From January 1, 1808 to August 1, 1810, Being a Continuation for the Last Twenty-Two Years, From January 1, 1808, To August 1, 1810, Inclusive, Distinguishing, At One View, The Date..... More
By an Important Reformer and Opponent of Capital Punishment Montagu, Basil [1770-1851]. Thoughts Upon the Abolition of the Punishment of Death, In Cases of Bankruptcy. London: Printed for Joseph Butterworth and Son, 1821. 71 pp. 12mo. (8-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later library buckram, calf lettering piece and..... More
Early English Treatise on Bankruptcy that Summarizes About Fifty Cases Not Reported Elsewhere Davies, Thomas. The Laws Relating to Bankrupts, Brought Home to the Present Time: With Several Special Cases, Modern Determinations, and Precedents Relating Thereto; and Directions for Creditors and Debtors. Also A List of the Fees in Bankruptcy..... More
A Scarce Eighteenth-Century Treatise on Bankruptcy [Great Britain]. Commissioner of Bankrupts. The Law For and Against Bankrupts: Containing all the Statutes, Cases at Large, Arguments, Resolutions, Judgments and Decrees, Under the Head of Bankruptcy, Down to the Present Time. Wherein is Particularly Shewn, What Persons May be Bankrupts Within the..... More
A Notable Study of Tax Indebtedness [Trial]. Hughes, T.B. A Report of the Case of the King Against Bebb and Others. Assignees of Castell and Powell, Bankrupts; On an Extent: With Explanatory Notes and an Appendix of Some Cases and Records in Extents Which Have Not Been Before Printed. London..... More
Scarce Italian Treatise on Debtor and Creditor Zanchi, Carlo [fl. 1770]. Tractatus de Praelatione Creditorum in Foro Utilissimus, & ad Quotidianas Concursus, Seu Graduationis Quaestiones Accommodatissimus, in Sex Exercitationes Divisus, In Quibus Privilegia Creditorum Omnia, Quae a Legibus, Statutis, Consuetudinibus, Necnon Pontificiis Constitutionibus Descendunt, Late, Erudite, Diligenterque Expenduntur. Rome: Typis..... More
![Item #62149 A Discourse Concerning the Laws [and Five Other Titles]. Thomas Barlow](/pictures/thumb/62149.jpg?v=1604603835)
Six Scarce Titles on Bankruptcy, Heretics, Legal Reform and the Professional Conduct of Lawyers [Barlow, Thomas (1607-1691)]. A Discourse Concerning the Laws, Ecclesiastical and Civil, Made Against Hereticks, By Popes, Emperors and Kings, Provincial and General Councils, Approved by the Church of Rome: Shewing I. What Protestant Subjects May Expect..... More
The King and His Creditors [Turner, Thomas (d. 1679)]. The Case of the Bankers and Their Creditors, Stated and Examined. Wherein the Property of the Subject in This, And the Like Cases, Is Soberly Asserted, By the Common and Statute Laws of England, His Majesties Most Gracious Declarations; By Innumerable..... More
Scarce 1870 English Treatise on Bankruptcy, With Co-Author's Signature and Annotations Bulley, John F. Bund, John William Willis. A Manual of the Law & Practice of Bankruptcy, As Amended & Consolidated by the Statutes of 1869. With an Appendix, Containing the Statutes, Orders and Forms. London: Butterworths, 1870. xvii, 275..... More
Scarce 1870 English Treatise on Bankruptcy Bulley, John F. Bund, John William Willis. A Manual of the Law & Practice of Bankruptcy, As Amended & Consolidated by the Statutes of 1869. With an Appendix, Containing the Statutes, Orders and Forms. London: Butterworths, 1870. [vi], xvii, 275, cclxxxvii, 46, [2] pp..... More
Attempts to Prevent Bankruptcy Fraud [Broadsides]. [Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. [Eight Broadsides Dealing with Bankruptcy Reform]. 4 broadsides, 2 broadsheets and 2 pamphlets averaging 12-3/4" x 7-3/4" in size, typed docket to verso of each item. Disbound, light to moderate toning, faint horizontal fold lines, recent pencil notes to upper right..... More