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The Loss of Eden, And Eden!, Lost.
"Both Alike Have Gain'd the Public Scorn" [Arnold, Benedict (1741-1801)]. [Eden, William, 1st Baron Auckland (1745-1814)]. The Loss of Eden, And Eden!, Lost. London: Printed & Publish'd... by W. Hinton, 21 December 1785. 8-1/4" x 12-1/2" hand-colored etching (image size) above eight lines of verse, attractively mounted and matted. Margins..... More
Year Books of Richard II: 2 Richard II.
Arnold, Morris S., Editor. Year Books of Richard II: 2 Richard II. 1378-1379. [n.p.]: The Ames Foundation, 1975. xl, 124, 151 pp. Cloth. Fine. $70. * Ames Foundation Publications Series, Book 7. More
Select Cases of Trespass from the King's Courts 1307-1399 Vols I & II.
Arnold, Morris S. (Editor). Select Cases of Trespass from the King's Courts 1307-1399. Volumes I and II (2 books). London: Selden Society, 1985-1987. Volume 100 for the Year 1984. lxxxv, 179 pp. [together with] Volume 103 for the Year 1987. 2 books. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with shelf location..... More
A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in...
First Edition of the Most Famous Collection of Scots Trials Arnot, Hugo [1749-1786]. A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials In Scotland, From A.D. 1536, To 1784. With Historical and Critical Remarks. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author; by William Smellie, 1785. xxiii, [1], 400 pp. Additional leaf of "Subscribers..... More
Un General Table, A Touts les Severall Livres de les Reports de la...
Notable Early Digest of Coke's Reports Ashe, Thomas [fl. 1699-1618]. [Coke, Sir Edward (1552-1634)]. Un General Table, A Touts les Severall Livres de les Reports de le Darreine Tresreverend Iudge, Sir Edward Coke Chevalier, Iadis Chiefe Iustice de Banke le Roy, Per Quelle, Touts les Cases & Matters in Yceux..... More
La Table al Lieur des Reports del Tresreverend Judge Sir Iames...
An Early Guide to Dyer's Reports A[she], T[homas] [c.1556-1618]. [Dyer, Sir James (1510-1582)]. La Table al Lieur des Reports del Tresreverend Judge Sir Iames Dyer Chivaler, Iades Chiefe Iustice del Common Banke. Per Quel Facilment cy Troveront Toutes Choses Conteinus in Icel Ore Tarde Compose per T.A. London: In Aedibus..... More
Le Premier Volume del Promptuarie, Ou Repertory Generall de les 2 vols
With a New introduction by David J. Seipp Ashe, (Thomas). Le Premier Volume del Promptuarie, Ou Repertory Generall de les Annales, Et Plusors Auters, Livres del Common Ley Dengleterre. Originally published: London: John Beale, 1614. 2 Volumes. Folio. (8" x 12"). With a New introduction by David J. Seipp, Professor..... More
Commentarii in Titulum Digestorum De Religiosis & Sumptibus Funerum.
Funeral Rites and Burials Asinio, Giovanni Baptista [fl. 1562]. Commentarii in Titulum Digestorum De Religiosis & Sumptibus Funerum. Florence: Apud Laurentium Torrentinum, 1562. [viii], 338, [52] pp. Folio (12-3/4" x 8-1/4"). Contemporary calf with later varnishing, blind rules and small central arabesques to boards, raised bands and later lettering piece..... More
Selected Readings on the Legal Profession: Assembled under the...
Selected Readings on the Legal Profession. Assembled under the Auspices of a Committee of the Association of American Law Schools. St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., 1962. xxxix, 565 pp. Ex-library with stamps and card pocket on rear pastedown page. Cloth, worn. $15. More
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Placita Latine Rediviva: A Book of Entries [Bound with] An Exact...
Pleading During the Commonwealth and Restoration A[ston], R[obert]. Placita Latine Rediviva: A Book of Entries; Containing Perfect and Approved Precedents of Counts, Declarations, Barrs, Avowries, Replications, Pleas in Abatement, Issues, Judgments, As Well in Actions Real as Personal, And Sundry Other Entries; Useful for All Clerks, Attorneys, And Practisers in..... More
The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Contract.
Atiyah, P.S. The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Contract. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979. xi, 791pp. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover with gilt stamped spine, very good, in a worn dust jacket. $85. * This book is an attempt to trace the history of one of the great intellectual movements of..... More
A Practical Treatise on Sheriff Law: Containing the New Writs Under...
"A Useful and Convenient Book" on Sheriffs Atkinson, George [1809-1891]. A Practical Treatise on Sheriff Law: Containing the New Writs Under The New Imprisonment for Debt Bill; Also, Interpleader Act, Reform Act, Coroner's Act, &c., With Returns, Bills of Sale, Bonds of Indemnity, &c. &c. &c. London: William Crofts, 1839..... More
An Appeal to Every Honest Man in England, Upon an Attempt to Repeal...
Preventing an Outflow of Capital [Atkinson, William (1757-1846)]. An Appeal to Every Honest Man in England, Upon an Attempt to Repeal the Acts, To Prevent the Exportation of Wool. By the Old Inquirer. Bradford [England]: Printed for the Author, And Sold by Longman, 1816. 8 pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5")..... More
An Enquiry into the Power of Dispensing with Penal Statutes...
A Work Central to the Political Theory of the Glorious Revolution Atkyns, Sir Robert [1621-1710]. An Enquiry into the Power of Dispensing with Penal Statutes. Together with Some Animadversions upon A Book Writ by Sir Edw. Herbert, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Entituled, A Short Account..... More
The Attorney's Compleat Guide in the Court of Common Pleas...
"So as Much to Enable the Young Clerk" Attorney of the Court. The Attorney's Compleat Guide in the Court of Common Pleas: Containing the Whole Modern Practice of the Court, Laid Down in a New, Familiar, and Concise Manner, With Practical Remarks on Each Head, Illustrated by Cases Selected from..... More
China, An Outline of Its Government, Laws, And Policy, And of the...
An East India Company Official on Chinese History and Anglo-Sino Relations Auber, Peter [1770-1866]. China: An Outline of Its Government, Laws, And Policy, And of the British and Foreign Embassies to and Intercourse with that Empire. London, Parbury, Allen and Co., 1834. viii, 419 pp. Folding color frontispiece, a map..... More
A Catalogue of the Very Extensive and Valuable Law Library of Mr...
Rare 1826 Auction Catalogue of a Fine Law Library in Derby, England [Auction Catalogue]. A Catalogue of the Very Extensive and Valuable Law Library of Mr. Edwards, Solicitor, Derby, To be Sold at Auction, On the Premises, Friar-Gate, Derby, On Thursday, Friday, Saturday, And Monday, The 21st, 22nd, 23rd, And..... More
Catalogue of a Private Library with Additions Comprising First...
[Auction Catalogue]. C.F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of a Private Library with Additions Comprising First Editions of Esteemed American and English Authors. November 13 and 14, 1913. Boston: C.F. Libbie & Co., 1913. 118 pp. Printed wrappers, light edgewear, small chip to foot of spine, internally clean. Bid sheet and..... More
Catalogue of Miscellaneous Books Including the Remaining Portion of...
[Auction Catalogue]. C.F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of Miscellaneous Books Including the Remaining Portion of the Private Library of the Late Alfred S. Roe of Worcester Mass. June 12, 13 and 14, 1917. Boston: C.F. Libbie & Co., 1917. 169 pp. Printed wrappers. Some edgewear and a few minor chips..... More
Catalogue of the Private Library of the Late Frank G. Parker...
[Auction Catalogue]. C.F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of the Private Library of the Late Frank G. Parker Everett, Mass., Also a Portion of the Library of Mrs. Henry W. Kilburn, of Boston. September 14 and 15, 1916. Boston: C.F. Libbie & Co., 1916. 105 pp. Printed wrappers. Negligible light edgewear..... More
Catalogue of the Valuable Private Library of the late James Delano,...
[Auction Catalogue]. C.F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of the Valuable Private Library of the late James Delano, Esq. of New Bedford, Mass. Together with Other Consignments... March 29 and 30, 1916. Boston: C.F. Libbie & Co., 1916. 117 pp. Printed wrappers. Light edgewear, small chip to foot of spine, internally..... More
Catalogue of Americana, Almanacs, American Periodicals, Law Books...
Auction Catalogue C. F.Libbie & Co. Catalogue of Americana: Auction Sale: Thursday and Friday, September 16th and 17th, 1915. Almanacs, American Periodicals, Boston Local History, Canadian History, Regimental Histories and Civil War Literature, Genealogies, Indians, Contemporary Masonic Newspapers Containing Accounts of the Morgan Abduction. Newspapers, North Eastern Boundary Reports, New..... More
Commentarii ad Titt. Pandectarum De Acquir vel Ammitt Possess...
Scarce Commentary on Commercial Titles of the Digest by an Important Neapolitan Jurist Aulisio, Domenico [1649-1717]. Commentarii ad Titt. Pandectarum De Acquir. Vel Ammitt. Possess De Verbor. Obligat. De Legat. Et Fideicommiss. Naples: Expensis Josephi de Lieto, 1776. Three volumes. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary..... More
The Province of Jurisprudence Determined.
Austin, John [1790-1859]. The Province of Jurisprudence Determined. London: John Murray, 1832. Reprint. Birmingham: The Legal Classics Library, 1984. xx, 391, lxxvi pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, else fine. $25. * The Province of Jurisprudence exercised enormous influence in England. "The..... More
A Collection of the Private Acts of Practical Utility in Force In...
Private Acts of New South Wales, 1832-1885 [Australia]. [New South Wales]. Tarleton, W.W., Compiler. A Collection of the Private Acts of Practical Utility in Force In New South Wales; Embracing the Local Private Legislation From the Year 1832 to the Year 1885. Sydney: Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1886. xv, 1256..... More