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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
Lectures on Jurisprudence or the Philosophy of Positive Law. 5th ed...
Austin, John. Lectures on Jurisprudence or the Philosophy of Positive Law. Fifth Edition, Revised and Edited by Robert Campbell. Originally published: London: John Murray, 1885. 2 Vols. xxiii, 507; xiii, 509-1132 pp. Reprinted 2004, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774297; ISBN-10: 1584774290. Hardcover. Covers and page edges lightly..... More
Statutes in Force in the Colony of Queensland. Edited by Frederick...
The First Compilation of Queensland Statutes [Australia]. Cooper, Frederick Augustus, Editor. Statutes in Force in the Colony of Queensland. Brisbane: James C. Beal, Government Printer, 1881. Four volumes. Quarto (10-1/2" x 11"). Recent cloth, gilt titles to spine, endpapers renewed, internally clean. Ex-library. Small stamps to title pages. $1,250. *..... More
Van Dieman's Land. Copies of Despatches from the Lieutenant-Governor.
Parliamentary Documents Relating to the Penal Colony of Van Dieman's Land and New South Wales, 1839-1855 [Australia]. [Transportation]. Van Dieman's Land. Van Dieman's Land. Copies of Despatches from the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Dieman's Land, Relative to Transportation and the Assignment of Convicts. [London]: Ordered, By the House of Commons, To..... More
The Victorian Statutes. Published by Authority. 4 Volumes. 1866.
Victorian Acts in Force in 1866 [Australia]. [Victoria]. The Victorian Statutes. Published by Authority. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres, 1866. Four volumes, Quarto (10-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Recent cloth, gilt titles to spines, endpapers renewed, internally clean. Ex-library. Small stamps to title pages. $1,500. * Only edition. (A companion volume of..... More
Codice Penale Universale Austriaco. Part I and II. 1815.
Austrian Criminal Code For the Kingdom of Lombardy-Veneto [Austria]. Lombardy-Veneto, Kingdom of. Codice Penale Universale Austriaco, Coll Appendice Delle Piu Recenti Norme Generali. Parte I: Dei Delitti. Milan: Dall'Imp. Regia Stamperia, 1815. xv, 270 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6-1/2"). Original wrappers, untrimmed edges. Light soiling and a few minor stains..... More
De Jure Et Officiis Bellicis Et Disciplina Militari Libri III.
Ayala, Balthazar [c.1548-1584]. De Jure Et Officiis Bellicis Et Disciplina Militari Libri III. Edited by John Westlake. Washington: Carnegie Institution, 1912. Reprint. Buffalo: William S. Hein & Co, 1995. [vi], xxvi, [9], 226, [6] pp. Tan buckram hardcover with black spine lettering. New. $125. * Carnegie Classics of International Law..... More
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De Jure Et Officiis Bellicis [with] Three Books on the Law of War.
An Important Forerunner to Grotius Ayala, Balthazar [c.1548-1584]. Westlake, John [1828-1913], Editor. De Jure Et Officiis Bellicis Et Disciplina Militari Libri III. Washington: Carnegie Institution, 1912. [vi], xxvi, [9], 226, [6] pp. Frontispiece with tissue overlay. [With] Ayala, Balthazar. Bate, John Pawley, Translator, Notes. De Jure Et Officiis Bellicis Et..... More
Three Books On the Law of War and on the Duties Connected with War...
Ayala, Balthazar. Three Books On the Law of War and on the Duties Connected with War and on Military Discipline. Translated by John Pawley Bate. Washington: Carnegie Institution, 1912. xii, 250 pp. Reprint W.S. Hein, 1995. Tan buckram with black spine lettering. Hardcover. New. $165. * Carnegie Classics of International..... More
Narrative of the Departation to Cayenne, And Shipwreck on the Coast
Intended to Expose the Brutality of the French Revolution Ayme, Jean-Jacques. Narrative of the Deportation to Cayenne, And Shipwreck on the Coast of Scotland, Of J.J. Job Aime, Written by Himself. With Observations on the Present State of that Colony, And of the Negroes; And an Account of the Situation..... More
Codigo de Extranjeria de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos...
Nineteenth-Century Mexican Laws Concerning Aliens Azpiroz, Manuel. Codigo de Extranjeria de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos: Ensayo de Codificacion Publicado Bajo los Auspicios del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Por el de Instruccion Publica, Adoptado para la Ensenanza en la Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia. Mexico [City]: Imp. de Jens y Zapiain..... More
Elementos De La Filosofia Del Derecho O Curso De Derecho Natural
A Scarce Cuban Textbook on the Philosophy of Law Bachiller y Morales, Antonio [1812-1889]. Elementos De La Filosofia Del Derecho O Curso De Derecho Natural. Havana: Imprenta del Tiempo, 1857. xiii, 164, [2] pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary tree sheep, raised bands, gilt ornaments and red and black lettering..... More
Das Nexum, Die Nexi und die Lex Petillia.
The Roman Law of Parent and Child Bachofen, Johann Jakob [1815-1887]. Das Nexum, die Nexi und die Lex Petillia: Eine Rechtshistorische Abhandlung. Basel: Verlag von J.G. Neukirch, 1843. [ii], 160 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Original printed publisher wrappers, unopened signatures. Some rubbing to edges, light soiling and faint dampspotting..... More
A Treatise on Leases and Terms for Years, Only ed, London, 1798.
Notable for Its "Curious and Diffuse Learning" Bacon, Matthew [fl. 1730]. A Treatise on Leases and Terms for Years. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1798. [iv], 251, [4], 246-352 pp. Text continuous despite pagination. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Recent library buckram, red and black lettering pieces, gilt-stamped library name and..... More
Law Tracts, Containing 1 A Proposition for Compiling and Amendment...
"A More Complete Lawyer Than Any of His Contemporaries" Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. Law Tracts, Containing 1. A Proposition for Compiling and Amendment of Our Laws. 2. An Offer of a Digest of the Laws. 3. The Elements of the Common Laws of England, Containing a Collection of Some Principal..... More
The Use of the Judicial Process for Readjusting City-County......
Bain, Chester W. Annexation in Virginia. The Use of the Judicial Process for Readjusting City-County Boundaries. Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia., [1966]. xiv, 258 pp. Ex-library with stamps, card pocket on the rear on pastedown and location label on spine. Cloth, worn and scuffed. $5. More
Reports of Cases by John Caryll Part II 1501-1522. Selden Society 116
Baker, J.H., Editor. Reports of Cases By John Caryll. Part II 1501-1522. Selden Society Volume 116 (1999). London: Selden Society, 2000. xxix, 384-802 pp. Hardcover. Blue gilt stamped cloth. Fine. $15. More
The Notebook of Sir John Port. Selden Society Annual Volume 102.
Baker, J.H., Editor. The Notebook of Sir John Port. London: Selden Society, 1986. Selden Society Annual Volume 102. xli, 217 pp. Cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. $20. More
The Reports of William Dalison, 1552-1558
Baker, Sir John, editor. The Reports of William Dalison, 1552-1558. The Publications of the Selden Society series, volume 124 for 2007. London: Selden Society, 2007. xxxix, 170 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth, exelent condition. $35. * Dalison was justice of King's and Queen's Bench during the reigns of Philip and..... More
Embracing Risk. The Changing Culture of Insurance and Responsibility.
Baker, Tom. Embracing Risk. The Changing Culture of Insurance and Responsibility. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, [2002]. ix, 318 pp. Gilt stamped cloth. New. $54. More
Tractatus Foecundus, et Perutilis de Praescriptionibus.
The Roman Law of Prescription Balbo, Giovanni Francesco [f. 1510-1518]. [Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal (Hostiensis) (c. 1200-1271)]. Tractatus Foecundus, et Perutilis de Praescriptionibus: Editus per Clarissimum Iurisconsultum do. Ioannem Franciscum Balbum Taurinensem. Cui Accedit Repetitio Singularis l. Celsus ff. de Usucap. Cum Multis Additionibus & Apostillis, Una cum Dictis Hostien..... More
Select Cases Before the King's Council, 1243-1482;Selden Society Vol35
Baldwin, JF; Leadam IS; editors. Select Cases Before the King's Council, 1243-1482. The Publications of the Selden Society series, volume 35 for 1918. Cambridge: The Harvard University Press, 1918. cxvii, 155 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with property stamps on inside covers, title page and pages edges, shelf location..... More
The American Judiciary. 1992 reprint of the 1905 edition.
Baldwin, Simeon E. (1840-1927) The American Judiciary. New York: The Century Co., 1905. Reprint. Littleton, Colo.: F.B. Rothman, 1992. xiii, 403 pp. Cloth. As new. $50. * Reprint of the first edition. A work recommended by Pound (in his Introduction to American Law) for the study of the organization and..... More
Ballads of RBench and Bar or Idle Lays of the Parliament House.
With Caricatures of the Leading Members of the Scottish Bar Balfour-Paul, J., and John Read, Editors. Ballads of the Bench and Bar or Idle Lays of the Parliament House. [Edinburgh]: Privately Printed, 1882. 126, [1] pp. Woodcut frontispiece and illustrations. Quarto (10" x 8-1/4"). Contemporary quarter morocco over cloth, gilt..... More