March 7, 2023
Highlights in this list include:
A Rare Guide to Preparing a Bill of Costs An Attorney and Solicitor. [Palmer, John]. The Attorney and Agent's New Table of Costs in the Courts of King's-Bench and Common-Pleas: Containing the Fees and Disbursements on the Part of the Plaintiff and Defendant, In the Prosecution and Defence of Actions..... More
"His Majesties Four Principal Seales" [Brydall, John (b. 1635?)]. Jus Sigilli: Or, The Law of England, Touching His Majesties Four Principal Seales, Viz. The Great Seale, The Privie Seale, The Exchequer Seale, And the Signet. Also of Those Grand Officers, to Whose Custody These Seales are Committed. London: Printed by..... More
The Rights and Privileges of London Calthrop, Sir Henry [1586-1637]. The Liberties Usages, And Customes of the City of London; Confirmed by Especiall Acts of Parliament, With the Time of Their Confirmation. Also, Divers Ample, And Most Beneficiall Charters, Granted by King Henry the 6. King Edward the 4. And..... More
Coke on Bail and Mainprise Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. A Little Treatise of Baile and Maineprize. Written by E.C. Knight, And Now Published for a Generall Good. London: Printed for William Cooke, 1637. [iv], 33, [1] pp. Quarto (6-1/2" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent calf, gilt fillets to..... More
"An Exhibition of Elizabethan Habits, Manners, And Peculiarities" [Court of Chancery]. [Great Britain]. The Practice of the High Court of Chancery Unfolded. With the Nature of the Several Offices Belonging to that Court. And the Reports of Many Cases Wherein Relief Hath Been There Had, And Where Denied. Never Heretofore..... More
Against the Ideals of the French Revolution d'Ayala, Sebastiano [1744-1817]. De la Liberte et de l'Egalite des Hommes et des Citoyens, Avec des Considerations sur Quelques Noveaux Dogmes Politiques. Pavia: Chez Balthasard Comino, 1793. xv, [1], 416 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary patterned wrappers, handwritten title label to head..... More
A Well-Regarded Guide to Chancery Practice Gray, John [1807-1875]. The Country-Solicitor's Practice in the High Court of Chancery; To Which is Added the Country Practice in Matters Conducted in the Crown Office of the Court of King's Bench; Also the Practice on Issuing a Country Fiat in Bankruptcy; The Practice..... More
In Support of Tithes [Great Britain]. An Answer to the Severall Petitions of Late Exhibited to the High Court of Parliament, And to His Excellency the Lord Generall Cromwell, By the Poor Husband-Men, Farmers, And Tenants in Severall Counties of England, For the Taking Away of Tithes, Paid to Priests..... More
Acts of Elizabeth I [Great Britain]. Elizabeth I [1533-1603], Queen of England. Anno. XIII. Reginae Elizabethe. At the Parliament Begunne and Holden at Westminster the Seconde of April, In the .XIII. Yere of the Raigne of Our Most Gratious Soveraigne Lady Elizabeth, By the Grace of God, Of Englande, Fraunce..... More
A Rare Copy of an Important Exchequer Ordinance [Great Britain]. Thys is a True Copy of the Ordynau[n]ce Made in the Tyme of the Reygne of Kynge Henry the. VI. To be Observed in the Kynges Eschequier, By the Offycers and Clerkes of the Same, For Takynge of Fees of..... More
A Rare Layman's Guide to Maritime Law [Great Britain]. [Maritime Law]. The Ship Owner's Manual, Or Sea-Faring Man's Assistant: Containing A General System of the Maritime Laws, On the Most Interesting Subjects; Viz. Freight, Charter-Parties, Demurrage, Insurance, Bottomry, Salvage, Average, Arbitration, Quarantine, &c. With Several New Adjudged Law Cases, And..... More
One of the Leading Habeas Corpus Cases [Habeas Corpus]. [Darnell's Case]. The Arguments Upon the Writ of Habeas Corpus, In the Court of Kings Bench Wherein, Are Learnedly Discussed, Not Onely the Severall Branches of the Said Writ, But Also Many Authorities As Well of the Common as Statute Law..... More
![Item #75165 The Laws of the Highways and Turnpike Roads [with] The Forms of. Highways, Great Britain](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/75165.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1676397906)
The 1766 Regulation of the "Turnpike Boom" [Highways]. [Great Britain]. The Laws of the Highways and Turnpike Roads. Containing the Two Acts Made in the Last Session of Parliament Concerning Them, Whereby All the Former Statutes are Explained, Amended, And Reduced into Those Two Acts; With References to the Respective..... More
"An Immediate and Universal Abolition of that Abominable Traffic the African Slave-Trade" [Manuscript]. [Slavery]. [Great Britain]. Requisition to the Mayor for Common Hall Respecting Slave Trade [Docket Title]. Rochester, Kent, July 4, 1814. 2 pp. 8-3/4" x 7-1/4" bifolium, text in copperplate script to first page followed by 28 autograph..... More
Testimony Given at the Trial of a Rye House Plotter [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Rye House Plot]. Walcot, Thomas [1625-1683], Defendant. [Indenture of Testimony Given at the Trial of Thomas Walcot]. London, July 27, [1683]. 2 pp. 21" x 16-1/2" sheet with text in single neat hand to recto and verso, top..... More
![Item #75133 Every Landlord or Tenant His Own Lawyer [with] Every Man's Pocket. John Paul, George...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/75133.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1677175560)
Two Scarce Guides to Landlord and Tenant Paul, John [1707-1787]. Wilson, George, Editor. Every Landlord or Tenant His Own Lawyer; Or, The Whole Law Respecting Landlords, Tenants, And Lodgers; Laid Down in a Simple, Easy, And Comprehensive Manner; Free from the Technical Terms of the Law. [...] With Considerable Additions..... More
First Edition of an Important Treatise on Highways Pratt, John Tidd [1797-1870]. The Law Relating to Highways, Comprising the Statute 5 & 6 Will. IV. Cap. 50, (Passed 31st August, 1835,) With Table of Contents, Explanatory Notes, Forms, References, And a Copious Index. London: Shaw & Sons, 1835. xv, [1]..... More
One of the Best Manuals of Its Kind [Sheriffs]. [Great Britain]. The Compleat Sheriff: Wherein is Set Forth, His Office and Authority; With Directions, How and in What Manner to Execute the Same, According to the Common and Statute Laws of This Kingdom, Which are Now in Force and Use..... More
Historic Study of Gavelkind Somner, William [1598-1669]. A Treatise of Gavelkind, Both Name and Thing. Shewing the True Etymologie and Derivation of the One, The Nature, Antiquity, And Original of the Other. With Sundry Emergent Observations, Both Pleasant and Profitable to be Known of Kentish-Men and Others, Especially Such as..... More
A Defense of the New Poor Law of 1834 Spencer, Thomas [1796-1853]. The Successful Application of the New Poor Law to the Parish of Hinton Charterhouse. Containing: 1. The Aspect of Pauperism Prior to the Passing of the New Poor Law. 2. The Removal of Abuses, and the Reduction of..... More
Rare Edition of a Popular Guide to Landlord and Tenant Sutton, Robert. A Complete Guide to Landlords, Tenants, and Lodgers, Being a Methodical Arrangement of the Whole Law as it Now Stands, Respecting the Taking or Letting Lands, Houses, Or Apartments, Giving Warning, Or Notices to Quit; Ejecting, Seizing for..... More
Abuses in the Exchequer Exposed Vernon, C[hristopher] [c.1582-1652]. Considerations for Regulating the Exchequer, In the More Timely Answering, Better Husbanding, And More Orderly and Safe Conduct of the Revenues of the Crown into His Majesties Coffers, As Hath Been Heretofore Used by Sheriffes. And For Freeing the Subject from All..... More
Final Edition of an Important Seventeenth-Century Handbook for Coroners and Sheriffs Wilkinson, John. The Office and Authority of Coroners and Sheriffs. With Directions How and in What Manner to Execute the Said Offices in All Things that are Now in Use. Together with an Easie and Plain Method for the..... More
A Notable Commonwealth-Era Reporter Winch, Sir Humphrey [1555?-1625], Reporter. Reports of that Reverend and Learned Judge, Sir Humphry Winch Knight; Sometimes One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Containing Many Choice Cases, And Excellent Matters Touching Declarations, Pleadings, Demurrers, Judgements, And Resolutions in Points of Law, In..... More
A Strident Critique of Adams Suppressed by Burr Wood, John [c.1775-1822]. The History of the Administration of John Adams, Esq. Late President of the United States. New York: [s.n.], 1802. [ii], 506 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary sheep, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing and scuffing..... More
![Item #75085 De Termino Michaelis Anno Primo Eduardi Quarti [Bound with] 19. Year Books, Edward IV](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/75085.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1709236323)
Complete Run of 20 Year Books of Edward IV [Year Books]. Edward IV [1442-1483], King of England. De Termino Michaelis Anno Primo Eduardi Quarti. [London: Imprinted...In Fleetstrete within Temple Barre at the signe of the hande and starre, by Richard Tottill, Anno. 1556 [i.e. 1571?]]. x ff. [Bound with] [19..... More
Scarce JP Manual that Includes a Digest of Staunford's Pleas of the Crown Yonge, Walter [1581?-1649]. [Staunford, Sir William (1509-1558)]. A Vade Mecum, Or, Table, Containing the Substance of Such Statutes; Wherein Any One, Or More Justices of the Peace are Inabled to Act, As Well in the Sessions, As..... More