Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Jones, Gareth, Editor. The Sovereignty of the Law: Selections from Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. [London]: MacMillan, [1973]. viii, 254 pp. Cloth in lightly edgeworn dust jacket. $50. More
The Definitive Blackstone Bibliography Laeuchli, Ann Jordan. Cohen, Morris L., Foreword. Mooney, James E., Editor. A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone. Getzville, NY: William S. Hein & Co., 2015. xvii, 537 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. $175. * In 1938 Yale University Press published Catherine Spicer Eller's catalog of the Yale Law..... More
Prest, Wilfred. Blackstone and His Commentaries: Biography, Law, History. Oxford and Portland, OR: Hart Publishing, 2009. viii, 254 pp. 8 plates. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine. $35. More
Handsomely Bound Copy of The Most Lavish Edition of The Comic Blackstone A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. A'Beckett, Arthur William [1844-1909], Editor. Furniss, Harry [1854-1925], Illustrator. The Comic Blackstone. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. xxviii, 324 pp. 10 color lithographed plates (including a frontispiece), all with tissue guards, 19 text..... More
Philip, I.G. William Blackstone and the Reform of the Oxford University Press in the Eighteenth Century. Oxford: Printed for the [Oxford Bibliographical] Society at the University Press, 1957. [x], 130 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Quarter cloth over paper-covered boards, printed paper title label to spine. Negligible light shelfwear, small libary stamps..... More
Copy of Boorstin's Study of Blackstone's Commentaries in Dust Jacket Boorstin, Daniel J. [1914-2004]. The Mysterious Science of the Law: An Essay on Blackstone's Commentaries Showing how Blackstone, Employing Eighteenth-Century Ideas of Science, Religion, History, Aesthetics, and Philosophy, Made of the Law at Once a Conservative and a Mysterious Science..... More
Rare American Edition of The Comic Blackstone, A Variant of Eller 187 and Lauechli 433 A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. Cruikshank, George [1797-1878]. The Comic Blackstone. Part I.--Of the Rights of Persons. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1844. [ii], 9-94 pp. Frontispiece and added pictorial title page. [Bound with] A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott..... More
Attractive 1846 Comic Blackstone A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. Cruikshank, George [1797-1878], Illustrator. The Comic Blackstone of "Punch." With Illustrations by Cruikshank. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1846. [xii], 9-94; [ii], 9-52; iv, 13-117, [1], 5, [1], [4] pp. Frontispiece and pictorial title page to Part I. Text preceded by 6 pp..... More
The Most Lavish Edition of The Comic Blackstone A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. A'Beckett, Arthur William [1844-1909], Editor. Furniss, Harry [1854-1925], Illustrator. The Comic Blackstone. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. xxviii, 324 pp. 10 color lithographed plates (including a frontispiece), 19 text engravings. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Original cloth, gilt..... More
Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England: A Facsimile of the First Edition of 1765-1769. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, [1979]. Four Volumes. Softbound. Like new. $95. More
Nathaniel Forster Defends Blackstone [Forster, Nathaniel (c.1726-1790)]. An Answer to a Pamphlet Entitled, "The Question Stated, Whether the Freeholders of Middlesex Forfeited their Right by Voting for Mr. Wilkes at the Last Election? In a Letter from a Member of Parliament to One of His Constituents." With a Postscript, Occasioned..... More
Blackstone's Remarks on the Wilkes Cause [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780), Attributed]. The Case of the Late Election for the County of Middlesex, Considered on the Principles of the Constitution, And the Authorities of Law. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1769. [iv], 48 pp. With a half-title. Quarto (10-1/4" x 7-3/4")..... More
An Extensive Debate with Blackstone [Meredith, Sir William (c.1725-1790)]. Letter to Dr. Blackstone, By the Author of The Question Stated. To Which is Prefixed, Dr. Blackstone's Letter to Sir William Meredith. London: Printed for G. Woodfall, and Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, 1770. [iv], 8, 60 pp. Octavo (8" x 4-3/4")..... More
First Pocket Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. Dublin: Printed for John Colles, 1775. Four volumes. Table of Consanguinity and folding Table of Descents in Volume II. 12mo. (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary calf, raised bands and lettering piece to..... More
A First Edition of Blackstone's Law Tracts in an Exceptional Binding Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Law Tracts, In Two Volumes. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1762. Two volumes. [iv], 257, [7]; [iv], cxv, [5], 135, [9] pp. 4 parts, each with divisional title page. 8 copperplate facsimiles (of royal seals)..... More
Attractively Bound First Edition of Blackstone's Law Tracts Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Law Tracts, In Two Volumes. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1762. Two volumes. [iv], 257, [7]; [iv], cxv, [5], 135, [9] pp. 4 parts, each with divisional title page. 8 copperplate facsimiles (of royal seals), copperplate Table of..... More
First Edition of an Early Abridgment of Blackstone Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Curry, William, Editor. The Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone, Knt. on the Laws and Constitution of England; Carefully Abridged, In a New Manner, And Continued Down to the Present Time: With Notes, Corrective and Explanatory. London: Printed for..... More
"Intended As a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries" Mortimer, Thomas [1730-1810]. [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. Lectures on the Elements of Commerce, Politics, and Finances; Intended as a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England; And Peculiarly Calculated to Qualify Young Noblemen and Gentlemen for Situations in Any of the..... More
Blackstone Argues for the Restriction of the Franchise [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. Considerations on the Question, Whether Tenants by Copy of Court Roll According to the Custom of the Manor, Though Not at the Will of the Lord, Are Freeholders Qualified to Vote in Elections for Knights of the Shire..... More
Blackstone's Remarks on the Wilkes Cause [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780), Attributed]. The Case of the Late Election for the County of Middlesex, Considered on the Principles of the Constitution and the Authorities of Law. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1769. [ii], 44 pp. Lacking half-title. Quarto (9" x 6"). Stab-stitched..... More
Blackstone's Analysis: The Outline of His Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. An Analysis of the Laws of England. To Which Is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse on the Study of the Law. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. lxx, [6], 189, [15] pp. Copperplate Table of Descents. Folding Table of..... More
Dublin Edition of Blackstone's Law Tracts, Eller 239 Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Law Tracts, Containing, I. An Essay on Collateral Consanguinity, Its Limits and Duration. II. Considerations on the Question Whether Tenants by Copy of Court Roll, According to the Custom of the Manner, Though Not at the Will of..... More
A Bold Blackstone Signature [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Walker, Thomas (1724-1804)]. [Franked Docketed Address Leaf Addressed to Walker, Signed, In Blackstone's Hand, Oxford, October 14, (1766?)]. 9" x 7" leaf from a bifolium letter, Moderate toning, moderate soiling, vertical and horizontal fold lines, chips along fold lines, minor loss..... More
The First American Legal Text Swift, Zephaniah [1759-1823]. A System of the Laws of the State of Connecticut. In Six Books. Windham, CT: Printed by John Byrne for the Author, 1795-1796. Two volumes. vii [i.e. iv], 452; v, [1], 479, [12] pp. Folding copperplate table of descents. 6 pp. subscriber..... More
Copy of Volume I of the First American Edition of Blackstone Owned by Thomas Leaming, A Subscriber Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Leaming, Thomas (1748-1797)]. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. Re-Printed From the British Copy, Page for Page with the Last Edition. [Philadelphia]: Robert Bell, 1771. Volume..... More