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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
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
Catalogue of the Extraordinary Collection of Law Trials Made....
[Auction Catalogue]. [Wynne, Edmund B.] Catalogue of the Extraordinary Collection of Law Trials Made by the Late Edmund B. Wynn, of Watertown, N.Y. Comprising a Great Number of the Rarest, Most Interesting and Instructive Trials in the Courts of Great Britain and America.... New York: Bangs and Co., 1893. 208..... 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]. Campbell, David, Editor. Thomas, Philip, Editor. Morison, W.L., Introduction. The Province of Jurisprudence Determined. Aldershot, UK/Brookfield, VT: Dartmouth Publishing Co., Ltd., [1998]. xxv, 261 pp. Cloth, near-fine. $85. * A title in the Classical Jurisprudence Series. This study was deeply influention in England. 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
Acts of the Parliament of South Australia. 9 vols. [1867, 1869-70...,
Early Parliamentary Acts of South Australia [Australia]. [South Australia]. Acts of the Parliament of South Australia [1867, 1869-70, 1874, 1876-81]. Adelaide: Nine volumes in all. 1881 volume: later three quarter cloth over paper boards, typewritten paper title label to spine. Some shelfwear, internally clean; other volumes: Quarter cloth over stiff..... More
An Act for Making Perpetual so Much of an Act [and Three Other Acts].
Four 1799 Parliamentary Acts Relating to Penal Transportation to Australia [Australia]. [Transporation]. An Act for Making Perpetual So Much of an Act Made in the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of His Present Majesty. An Act to Explain and Amend the Laws Relating to the Transportation, Imprisonment, And Other Punishments..... 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
A Digest of Reported Cases in the Supreme Court, Court of Insolvency..
Digest of Victorian Cases, 1895-1932 [Australia]. [Victoria]. A Digest of Reported Cases in the Supreme Court, Court of Insolvency and Courts of Mines of the State of Victoria. From 1895 to [1932]. Melbourne: Charles F. Maxwell (G. Partridge & Co.). London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1902-1933. 7 Vols. Complete set. Original..... 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. 4 volumes. Quarto (10-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Modern cloth hardcover, gilt titles to spines, endpapers renewed, internally clean. Ex-library with small stamps to title pages. $650. * Only edition. (A companion..... 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
Merchant Seamen's Law.
Axtell, Silas Blake. Merchant Seamen's Law. New York City: Consumer's Book Co-operative, Inc., 1943. 156 pp. illustrations. Publisher's printed buff boards. A bit worn, but still quite a good copy. $25. 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
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 (1548-1584). Bate, John Pawley (1857-1921). Three Books On the Law of War and on the Duties Connected with War and on Military Discipline. Translated by John Pawley Bate. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1912. xii, 250 pp. Reprint W.S. Hein, 1995. Tan buckram with black spine lettering..... 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
Dizionario Universale Ragionato Della Giurisprudenza Mercantile 4 Vols
A Superb Set of the Rare First Edition of Azuni's Commercial Law Dictionary Azuni, D[omenico] A[lberto] [1749-1827]. Dizionario Universale Ragionato Della Giurisprudenza Mercantile. Nizza: Presso la Societa Tipografica, 1786-1788. Four volumes. [v], xx, 392, [2]; [viii], 378, [2]; [viii], 398, [2] pp., [2]; [viii], 296 pp., 55 pp., [3]. Volume..... More
The Maritime Law of Europe, Translated from the French. 2 Volumes.
An Influential Work on European Maritime Law Azuni, D[omenico] A[lberto] [1749-1827]. Johnson, William, Translator. The Maritime Law of Europe. Translated from the French. New York: Printed by George Forman for I. Riley & Co., 1806. Two volumes. xxxii, 424; viii, 430, [1] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary mottled calf..... More
Advice to Grand Jurors in Cases of Blood: Asserting from Law and...
Grand Juries Must Indict in All "Cases of Blood" Babington, Zachary. Advice to Grand Jurors in Cases of Blood. Asserting from Law and Reason that at the King's Suit in All Cases (Where a Person by Law is to be Indicted for Killing of Another Person) That the Indictment Ought..... More