By a Notable Blackstone Scholar Wooddeson, Richard [1745-1822]. A Brief Vindication of the Rights of the British Legislature; In Answer to Some Positions Advanced in a Pamphlet, Intitled, "Thoughts on the English Government, Letter the Second, Addressed to the Quiet Good Sense of the People of England." By Richard Wooddeson..... More

The Aftermath of a British Naval Failure [Trial]. Mordaunt, Sir John, Defendant [1697-1780]. The Proceedings of a General Court-Martial Held in the Council-Chamber at Whitehall, On Wednesday the 14th, And Continued by Several Adjournments to Tuesday the 20th of December 1757, Upon the Trial of Lieutenant General Sir John Mordaunt..... More

Wills and Extrinsic Evidence Wigram, Sir James [1793-1866]; Wigram, W[illiam] Knox [1825-1885], Editor. An Examination of the Rules of Law Respecting the Admission of Extrinsic Evidence in Aid of the Interpretation of Wills. London: Butterworths, 1858. xxxv, 202 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Later pebbled cloth, blind frames to boards..... More

Law Books Available for Sale in Cincinnati in 1871 [Legal Publishing]. Robert Clarke & Co. A Catalogue of American and British Law Publications, Including Treatises, Text Books, Reports, Etc., with An Index of Subjects. Cincinnati: 65 West Fourth Street, 1871. 209 pp. Octavo (7-1/2 x 5-1/8"). Printed wrappers, soiled, faint..... More

Large-Paper Copy With Twenty-Four Steel-Plate Engravings Herbert, W[illiam] [1771-1851]. Antiquities of the Inns of Court and Chancery; Containing Historical and Descriptive Sketches Relative to Their Original Foundation, Customs, Ceremonies, Buildings, Government, &c. &c. With a Concise History of the English Law. London: Printed for Vernor and Hood; J. Storer and..... More

"A Very Valuable Treatise on that Very Intricate and Important Subject" Watkins, Charles [d.1808]. An Essay Towards the Further Elucidation of the Law of Descents. London: Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, 1793. viii, 192, [16] pp. Folding copperplate Table of Descents. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Recent period-style quarter..... More

"The Subtle Distinctions of Powers" Powell, John Joseph [1755-1801]. An Essay on the Learning Respecting the Creation and Execution of Powers; And also Respecting the Nature and Effect of Leasing Powers in Which the Doctrine of the Judgment Delivered by the Court of King's Bench, In the Case of Pugh..... More

Jacob and Bacon on Constables, Police, Churchwardens and Other Officers [Jacob, Giles (1686-1744)]. Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. The Compleat Parish-Officer; Containing I. The Authority and Proceedings of High Constables, Petty Constables, Headboroughs, And Tithingmen, In Every Branch of their Duties, Pursuant to Acts of Parliament: With the High Constables Precepts..... More

A Handsome First-Edition Set of Kent's Commentaries Kent, James [1763-1847]. Commentaries on American Law. New York: Published by O. Halsted, 1826-1830. Four volumes. 508, 528, 413, 550 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Recent period-style calf, black-stamped frames to boards, gilt fillets and red and black lettering pieces, retained from earlier..... More

The Trial and Confession of a Scottish Traitor [Trials]. [Scotland]. Watt, Robert, Defendant [c.1761-1794]. Trials of Robert Watt and David Downie for High Treason, Before the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Held at Edinburgh Aug. 14. 15. 22. 27.-Sept. 3. 5. 6. 1794. With an Engraving of the Pikes Found..... More

A Bold Challenge to the Ecclesiastical Courts [Fuller, Nicholas (1543-1620)]. The Argument of Master Nicholas Fuller, In the Case of Thomas Lad, And Richard Maunsell, His Clients. Wherein it is Plainely Proved, That the Ecclesiasticall Commissioners Haue No Power, By Vertue of Their Commission, To Imprison, To Put to the..... More

A Strong Case for Royal Review of Chancery Courts Williams, Walter. Jus Appellandi ad Regem Ipsum a Cancellaria: Or, A Manifestation of the King's Part and Power to Relieve His Subjects Against Erroneous and Unjust Decrees in Chancery. Collected out of the Authorities of Law. By Walter Williams of the..... More

An Eighteenth-Century Synopsis of Scottish Criminal Law Bayne, Alexander [d. 1737]. Institutions of the Criminal Law of Scotland. For the Use of the Students Who Attend the Lectures of Alexander Bayne, J.P. Edinburgh: Printed for, And Sold by Gideon Crawfurd, 1748. [ii], 70 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Recent buckram..... More