February 28, 2023
Highlights in this list include:
"No Superior as a Writer of Practical Works" Archbold, John Frederick [1785-1870]. The Law and Practice of Arbitration and Award, With Forms. London: William Henry Bond, 1861. viii, 128 pp. Octavo (7" x 4-1/4"). Original pebbled cloth, ornate blind frames to boards, gilt title to front boards, blind fillets and..... More
Bacon's "Profound" Reading on Conveyancing Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. The Learned Reading of Sir Francis Bacon, One of Her Majesties Learned Counsell at Law, Upon the Statute of Uses: Being His Double Reading to the Honourable Society of Grayes Inne. Published for the Common Good. London: Printed for Mathew Walbancke..... More
Bridges a "Chasm" in the Year Books Bellew(e), Richard, Compiler. Les Ans du Roy Richard le Second Collect' Ensemble' Hors de les Abridgments de Statham, Fitzherbert et Brooke. London: Imprinted by Robert Robertson, Dwelling in Fewter Lane Neere Holborne, 1585. [viii], [6], 145, 144-270, 255-326 [i.e. 342], [8] pp. Pagination..... More
Eulogy of John Marshall by an Eminent Pennsylvania Jurist Binney, Horace [1780-1875]. An Eulogy on the Life and Character of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Delivered at the Request of the Councils of Philadelphia, On the 24th September, 1835. Philadelphia: Printed by J...... More
An Updated Edition of Dugdale's Origines Juridicialia Cooke, Edward, Compiler. [Dugdale, Sir William (1605-1686)]. Chronica Juridicialia: Or, A General Calendar of the Years of Our Lord God, And Those of the Several Kings of England, From the First Year of William the Conqueror, Successively Down to this First Year of..... More
"A Spirit of Disaffection and A Contempt for the Authority of the Law" Evans, W[illiam] D[avid] [1767-1821]. A Charge to the Grand Jury, At the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Lancaster, Held by Adjournment at Preston, On the 16th Day of January, 1817. Manchester: Printed by..... More
"Taken Exactly from His Mouth at the Place of Execution" [Execution]. [Great Britain]. College (Colledge), Stephen [c.1635-1681]. The Speech and Carriage of Stephen Colledge Before the Castle at Oxford, Wednesday, Aug. 31. 1681. Taken Exactly from His Mouth at the Place of Execution. London: Printed for T. Bassett, And John..... More
Orders Regulating Grain Allotment Among the Poor [Great Britain]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of England. Orders Appointed by His Maiestie to be Straitly Observed, For the Preventing and Remedying of the Dearth of Graine and Victuall: With His Maiesties Proclamation, Declaring His Royall Pleasure and Further Commandement Therein. London: Imprinted...by..... More
Includes a List of the Trustees and Commissioners of the Colony of Georgia [Great Britain]. [Parliament]. An Exact List of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, Distinguishing by the Following Marks The Knights of the Garter; Knights of the Bath, The Peers of Scotland; Knts of the Thistle, Those Under Age;..... More
A Popular Layman's Guide to Drafting Wills Hudson, J[ohn] C[orrie]. Plain Directions for Making Wills in Conformity with the Law, And Particularly with Reference to the Act 7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 26: To Which is Added a Clear Exposition of the Law Relating to the Distribution of..... More
With A "Merchant's Dictionary of Words and Terms" [Jacob, Giles (1686-1744)]. Lex Mercatoria: Or, The Merchant's Companion. Containing all the Laws and Statutes Relating to Merchandize. Wherein Our Trade with Foreign Nations, and Trade in General Amongst Our Selves, With What Belongs to Particular Companies, and all Maritime Affairs, in..... More
The Colorful Duchess of Kingston [Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey, Duchess of (1720-1788)]. An Authentic Detail of Particulars Relative to the Late Duchess of Kingston. A New Edition. London: Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson's Head, No. 46, Fleet-Street, 1788. [ii], ii, 178 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4")..... More
The Brandeis Firm Seeks Information from a Judge [Manuscript]. [Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)]. [Typed Letter on Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter Letterhead, Boston, December 24, 1909]. Single-sided letter on 10-1/4" x 8" sheet. Moderate toning, fold lines, some with browning. Letter signed, most likely by a secretary or clerk, "Brandeis, Dunbar..... More
"Intended As a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries" Mortimer, Thomas [1730-1810]. [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. Lectures on the Elements of Commerce, Politics, and Finances; Intended as a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England; And Peculiarly Calculated to Qualify Young Noblemen and Gentlemen for Situations in Any of the..... More
"For the Clearing of All Such Titles, And Questions" Powell, Thomas [1572?-1635?]. Direction for Search of Records Remaining in the Chancerie. Tower. Exchequer, With the Limnes thereof: Viz. The Kings Remembrancer. Lord Treasurers Remembrancer. Clarke of the Extreats. Pipe. Auditors. The First Fruits. Augmentation of the Revenue. Kings Bench. Common..... More
The Law of Replevin in the Early Eighteenth Century [Replevin]. A Methodical Treatise of Replevins, Distresses, Avowries , &c., Containing the Method of Proceedings Therein in the Courts at Westminster, County-Courts, Hundred-Courts, Courts-Baron, &c., Shewing How the Law is Alter'd by the Late Statute of the Eleventh of King George..... More
A Copy of the Only Abridgment of Doctor and Student with Contemporary Annotations Saint German, Christopher [1460?-1540]. An Exact Abridgement of That Excellent Treatise Called Doctor and Student. London: Printed by [John Haviland for] the Assignes of Iohn More Esquire, And are Sold by Mathew Walbancke, At Grayes Inne Gate..... More
Cromwell's Financial Demands on the Clergy Sheppard, William [d.1675?]. The Parsons Guide: Or the Law of Tythes. Wherein is Shewed, Who Must Pay Tythes, And to Whom, And of What Things, When, And How They Must be Paid, And How they May be Recovered at this Day, And How a...... More
First Edition of a Classic Treatise on Pleading Stephen, Henry John [1787-1864]. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions; Comprising a Summary View of the Whole Proceedings in a Suit at Law. London: Printed for Joseph Butterworth and Son, 1824. xix, [1], 463, cv, [3] pp. With..... More
"A Major Step in the Transformation of Equity" Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence, As Administered in England and America. Revised, Corrected, And Enlarged. London: Reprinted...Under the Direction and Sanction of the Learned Author, By A. Maxwell, 1839. Two volumes. [i], xxxiii, 773; xl, 947 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x...... More
First English Edition of Story on Agency Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on the Law of Agency, As a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Jurisprudence, With Occasional Illustrations from the Civil & Foreign Law. London: Reprinted Under the Direction and Sanction of the Learned Author, By A. Maxwell, 1839. xxiv, 476..... More
"So Much for the Game Laws!" [Trial]. Birkett, Thomas B, Defendant. Full Particulars of the Trial and Sentence of T.B. Birkett (Farmer) For the Murder of William Watmore at Barnby-in-the-Willows. With a Copy of Verses and an Account of the Dreadful Murder of Will- Stevenson, At Sibsey, In Lincolnshire. [(London)..... More
Complete Set of MacDonnell's "Excellently Edited" Reports [Trials]. Macdonell, Sir John, Editor. Wallis, John E.P., Editor. Reports of State Trials: New Series, 1820-[1858]. Published Under the Direction of The State Trials Committee. London: Printed for H.M.S.O., by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen, 1888-1898. Eight volumes. Complete set. Main..... More