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The Unquiet Countryside.
Mingay, G.E. The Unquiet Countryside. London: Routledge, [1989]. viii, 136 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $45. * Contents: Crime in the countryside, 1600-1800, J.H. Porter; Bread or blood, John Stevenson; Rural war, G.E. Mingay; Poachers abroad; Under cover of night, John E. Archer; Landowners and the rural community, F.M.L...... More
Aspects of Printing from 1600.
Myers, Robin, Editor. Harris, Michael, Editor. Aspects of Printing from 1600. Oxford: Oxford Polytechnic Press, 1987. 174 pp. Softcover. Light shelfwear. $20. *Contents: The printers and the government, 1604-1640, Sheila Lambert; English printers and their typefaces, 1600-1700, Derek Nuttall; Bulmer's influential supporters: an enquiry still in progress, Peter Isaac; William..... More
Trial, Sentence, And Condemnation of William Hubbard, For the Wilful..
"Hubbard Seemed the Least Concerned in the Court" - The Only Known Copy [Broadside]. Hubbard, William [d.1846]. Trial, Sentence, And Condemnation of William Hubbard, For the Wilful Murder of Hannah Hubbard, His Wife, On August 11th, 1845. Leicester: T. Warwick, Printer, [1846]. 19" x 6-1/4" broadside mounted to 20-1/4" x...... More
Ready to Hang: Seven Famous New Orleans Murders.
Tallant, Robert. Ready to Hang: Seven Famous New Orleans Murders. New York: Harper, 1952. x, 241 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket with price clip. $20. * Contents: Murder in Basin Street; Juliette and the Kind Doctor; A problem in good and evil; The last of the mafia; Let..... More
The Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes, for the Murder of Miss Tamzen...
An "Unparalleled" Record of Love, Bigamy and Murder: A Variant of McDade 493 [Trial]. Hughes, Dr. John W., Defendant. The Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes, For the Murder of Miss Tamzen Parsons; With a Sketch of His Life, As Related by Himself. A Record of Love, Bigamy and Murder..... More
Book Catalogues: their Varieties and Uses.
Taylor, Archer. Barlow, William P, Editor. Book Catalogues: their Varieties and Uses. New York: Frederic C. Beil, 1987. 2nd ed. xxxvii, 284 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $20. * Contents: Preface to the First Edition; Introduction to the 1986 Reprint; Corrections and Additions; The Varieties of Book Catalogues; The..... More
The Bankrupt Bookseller.
Darling, William Young. The Bankrupt Bookseller. Edinburgh, [UK]: Grant, 1947. 1st ed. 351 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Binding slightly cocked with moderate soiling to covers. $30. * Contents: Bevat: The private papers of a bankrupt bookseller; The bankrupt bookseller speaks again. More
From Byzantium to Italy: Greek Studies in the Italian Renaissance.
Wilson, N.G. From Byzantium to Italy: Greek Studies in the Italian Renaissance. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, [1992]. x, 200 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $20. * Contents: The beginnings; (i) precursors (ii) Petrarch, Boccaccio and Pilato; Chrysoloras: methods of learning the language; Bruni and other early translators; Consolidation;..... More
Selected Writings of Sir Hilary Jenkinson.
Jenkinson, Hilary. Selected Writings of Sir Hilary Jenkinson. Gloucester, [Eng.]: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1980. 380 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket with light soiling on back cover. $35. * Contents: Palaeography and the practical study of court hand; Some notes on the preservation, moulding and casting of seals; Medieval..... More
Under the Hammer: Book Auctions since the Seventeenth Century.
Myers, Robin, Editor. Harris, Michael, Editor. Mandelbrote, Giles, Editor. Under the Hammer: Book Auctions since the Seventeenth Century. New Castle, [DE]: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. xiv, 242 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $70. * Contents: Newspaper advertising for book auctions before 1700, Michael Harris; Organization of book auctions in..... More
The London Book Trade: Topographies of Print in the Metropolis from...
Myers, Robin, Editor. Harris, Michael, Editor. Mandelbrote, Giles, Editor. The London Book Trade: Topographies of Print in the Metropolis from the Sixteenth Century. New Castle, [DE]: Oak Knoll, 2003. xvi, 185 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $75. * Contents: The site of the Sign of the Sun, Peter W.M...... More
Traditional Chinese Penal Law.
MacCormack, Geoffrey. Traditional Chinese Penal Law. Edinburgh, [Scot.]: Edinburgh University Press, [1990]. viii, 312 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $45. * Contents: Historical background; The social and intellectual background; Sources of law; The administration of justice: courts and judicial procedure; The punishments; The legal position of officials; Confession, mutual..... More
Sanctioned Violence in Early China.
Lewis, Mark Edward. Sanctioned Violence in Early China. Albany: State University of New York Press, [1990]. viii, 374 pp. Softcover. Light shelfwear. $20. * Contents: Chapter 1: The warrior aristocracy; Chapter 2: The warring state; Chapter 3: The art of command; Chapter 4: Cosmic violence; Chapter 5: The social history..... More
The Washing Away of Wrongs: Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century...
Song, Ci. McKnight, Brian E., Translator. The Washing Away of Wrongs: Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century China. Ann Arbor, [Mich.]: University of Michigan, 1981. xv, 181 pp. Softcover. Moderate shelfwear. $20. * Contents: Chapter I: 1. A List of Laws; 2. General Discussion of Inquests: Part One; 3. General Discussion of..... More
Essay on Civil Policy, Or, The Science of Legislation, Comprising...
A Provocative 1830 Essay on Legal, Political and Social Reform Putt, Charles. Essay on Civil Policy, Or, The Science of Legislation; Comprising the Origin and Nature of Government, Religion, Laws, Population, Wealth, and Happiness. With a Review of the Practice of the English Law, And Hints for its Improvement. London..... More
Chinese Legal Tradition under the Mongols: the Code of 1291 as...
Ch'en, Paul Heng-Chao. Chinese Legal Tradition under the Mongols: the Code of 1291 as Reconstructed. Princeton, [N.J.]: Princeton University Press, [1979]. xix, 205 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. $20. More
Eloquent Witnesses: Bookbindings and their History: a Volume of...
Randeria, Phiroze. Foot, Mirjam, Editor. Eloquent Witnesses: Bookbindings and their History : a Volume of Essays Dedicated to the Memory of Dr. Phiroze Randeria. London: British Library, 2004. 328 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $30. * Contents: Bookbinding research: pitfalls, possibilities and needs, Mirjam M. Foot; Bookbindings, their..... More
The Penalty is Death: U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Women's Executions.
Shipman, Marlin. The Penalty is Death: U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Women's Executions. Columbia, [Mo.]: University of Missouri Press, [2002]. xi, 336 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Ink stamp to front free endpaper. $20. * Contents: Part I. Murdered family members and other schemes. Ch. 1. viragos and unnatural mothers..... More
Scholarship, Commerce, Religion: the Learned Book in the Age of...
Maclean, Ian. Scholarship, Commerce, Religion: the Learned Book in the Age of Confessions, 1560-1630. Cambridge, [Mass.]: Harvard University Press, 2012. xiv, 380 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $75. * Contents: Setting the scene; In medias res: a literary agent in Frankfurt, 1606-1615; Authors, fields, and genres; Labor, impensa, emolumentum..... More
Elegantia Juris: Selected Writings of Francis Headon Newark.
Newark, Francis Headon. McIvor, F J, Editor. Elegantia Juris: Selected Writings of Francis Headon Newark. Belfast: Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 1973. xvi, 391 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn and rubbed dust jacket. Owner inscription to front free endpaper. $30. More
A Guide to Early Irish Law.
Kelly, Fergus. A Guide to Early Irish Law. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, [1991]. xxiv, 358 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $50. * Contents: 1. Law of persons (i); 2. Law of persons (ii); 3. Law of persons (iii); 4. Property; 5. Offences; 6. Contracts, pledges, and..... More
Twelve Scots Trials.
Roughead, William. Twelve Scots Trials. Edinburgh, [Scot.]: W. Green & Sons, 1913. 1st ed. xv, 302 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. $75. * Contents: The parson of Spott, 1570.; The doom of Lady Warriston, 1600.; Touching one Major Weir, a warlock, 1670.; The ordeal of Philip Stanfield, 1688.; The ghost of..... More
Law, Life, and Government at Red River. Volume 1, Settlement and...
Gibson, Dale. Law, Life, and Government at Red River. Volume 1, Settlement and Governance, 1812-1872. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015]. xxi, 549 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $85. * Contents: 1. Origins, 1670-1821; 2. Colony without court, 1822-34; 3. Court without judge, 1835-38; 4. Judge without experience, 1838-44; 5..... More
Divorce Explained.
Phillips, Edgar A. Divorce Explained. London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1947. 130 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Ink stamps to front cover, front pastedown and title page. $65. More
Burke & Hare, the Resurrection Men: a Collection of Contemporary...
Burke, William. Hare, William. Barzun, Jacques, Editor. Burke & Hare, the Resurrection Men: a Collection of Contemporary Documents including Broadsides, Occasional Verses, Illustrations, Polemics, and Complete Transcript of the Testimony at the Trial. Metuchen, [N.J.]: Scarecrow Press, 1974. xvi, 368 pp. From the Fenwick Beekman Collection at the New York..... More