October 17, 2023
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Attractive 1846 Comic Blackstone A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. Cruikshank, George [1797-1878], Illustrator. The Comic Blackstone of "Punch." With Illustrations by Cruikshank. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1846. [xii], 9-94; [ii], 9-52; iv, 13-117, [1], 5, [1], [4] pp. Frontispiece and pictorial title page to Part I. Text preceded by 6 pp..... More
"Very Much Esteemed by the Profession" Andrews, George. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, In the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of King George the Second. With Notes and Referenced Down to Michaelmas Term, 31. Geo. 3. And an Appendix Containing Some..... More
A Notable Collection of Early English Records Ayloffe, Sir Joseph [1709-1781]. Calendars of the Ancient Charters, And of the Welch and Scotish Rolls Now Remaining in the Tower of London: Also Calendars of All the Treaties of Peace Entered Into by the Kings of England with Those of Scotland; And..... More
Imprisonment for Debt from 1798-1818 [Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. An Account of the Number of Persons Committed to His Majesty's Different Prisons in England and Wales, For Debt, From the 31st December 1797 to the 1st of January 1819; With the Number Discharged;-Distinguishing Each Year, And Those who have been Discharged..... More
![Item #77263 The Brief Volume 1, Number 1, May 1902 [and] Volume 2, Number 1, 1903. John Francis...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/77263.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1692233386)
"Brevity is the Soul of Wit" [Brice, John Francis]. [Gotthold, Arthur Frederick]. The Brief. "Brevity is the Soul of Wit." Volume 1, Number 1, May 1902. Copiedwrong, 1902. All Rights Reversed. Entered at the Boston Public Laundry as Waste Paper. 10 Cents Per Copy. Terms Strictly Cash. [Cambridge?: S.n., 1902]..... More
First Edition of One of the Most Important Legal Books of the 20th Century Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. Law and Literature and Other Essays and Addresses. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1931]. [ix], 190 pp. Cloth. Light rubbing, some fading to spine, small bookseller ticket and owner incription (Richard..... More
A Profound Influence in Pre-Revolutionary America [Care, Henry (1646-1688)]. N[elson], W[illiam] [b.1653], Editor. English Liberties, Or The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance. Containing Magna Charta, Charta de Foresta, The Statute De Tallagio, Non Concedendo, The Habeas Corpus Act, And Several Other Statutes; With Comments on Each of Them. Likewise, Of Ship-Money: Of..... More
A Standard English Treatise on Statutes of Limitations Darby, J. George N. [1829-1870]. Bosanquet, Frederick Albert [1837-1923]. A Practical Treatise on the Statutes of Limitations in England and Ireland. London: William Maxwell & Son, 1867. xxiv, 508 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Recent buckram, retained lettering piece to spine, endpapers..... More
An Important Precursor to Birthright Citizenship [Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron (1540?-1617)]. The Speech of the Lord Chancellor of England, In the Eschequer Chamber, Touching the Post-Nati. London: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Societie of Stationers, An. 1609. [xii], 118, [2] pp. Ruled borders to text and endleaves, large signature-mark..... More
Stephen Field's Personal Reminiscences Field, Stephen J. [1816-1899]. Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California, With Other Sketches. To Which is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State. By Hon. George C. Gorman. [Washington, D.C.]: Printed for a Few..... More
Consumer Taxation in Eighteenth-Century Great Britain [Great Britain]. A Collection of Several Statutes and Clauses Now in Force, Relating to the Duties upon Spirits, Malt, Candles, Sope, Callicoes, Starch, Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Glass, Coaches, And Tobacco. With an Abridgment of the Said Statutes and Clauses, And a Table of the..... More
A Fascinating 1768 Compilation of Statutes Relating to Naval and Maritime Issues [Great Britain]. A Collection of the Statutes Relating to the Admiralty, Navy, Ships of War, And Incidental Matters; To the Eighth Year of King George the Third. London: Printed by Mark Baskett, Printer to the King's Most Excellent..... More
Autobiography of a Notable Nineteenth-Century Reformer Hill, Frederic [1803-1896]. Hill, Constance [1844?-1829], Editor. Frederic Hill: An Autobiography of Fifty Years in Times of Reform. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1893. xiii, [3], 346 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Publisher's pebbled cloth, blind rules to boards, central panel with..... More
The First English Book on Insurance, A Source for Smith's Wealth of Nations Magens, Nicolas [d.1764]. An Essay on Insurances, Explaining the Nature of the Various Kinds of Insurance Practised by the Different Commercial States of Europe, And Shewing their Consistency or Inconsistency with Equity and the Public Good. Illustrated..... More
The State of the Fleet, Westminster and Marshalsea Prisons in 1819 [Prisons]. [Great Britain]. [House of Commons]. Report from the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the State, Conduct, And Management of the Prison and Gaol of The Fleet; And also, Of the Prison and Gaol of the Court of His..... More
A Scarce Treatise on Inheritance and Succession Robertson, David. A Treatise on the Rules of the Law of Personal Succession, In the Different Parts of the Realm; And on the Cases, Regarding Foreign and International Succession, Which have been Decided in the British Courts. Edinburgh: Thomas Clark, 1836. xiv, 503..... More
![Item #77512 The Acts Made in the First Parliament [With 7 Other Volumes of Acts]. Scotland,...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/77512.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1693592120)
Scottish Acts, 1633-1649 [Scotland]. [Statutes]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of Scotland. The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles, By the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France, And Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. Holden by Himselfe, Present in Person, With..... More
With an Act Reforming the Scottish System of Weights and Measures [Scotland]. [Statutes]. James VI [1566-1625], King of Scotland. The XXII Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraine Iames be the Grace God, King of Scotland, England, France, And Ireland: Defender of the fatih [sic] &c. Halden be His..... More
A Session with Two Significant Acts [Scotland]. [Statutes]. James VI [1566-1625], King of Scotland. Hay, Sir John [1578-1654], Editor. The XXIII Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraine Iames by the Grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland: Defender of the faith; &c. Halden at Edinburgh..... More
Durable British Treatise on Courts Martial Simmons, Thomas Frederick [d. 1842]. Simmons, Thomas Frederick [1815-1884], Editor. Remarks on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial with a Summary of the Law of Evidence as Connected Therewith, Also Some Notice of the Criminal Law of England, With Reference to the Trial..... More
Libel and Press Freedom in 1830 New Hampshire [Trial]. Hill, Horatio [b.1807], Defendant. Barton, Cyrus [1795-1855], Defendant. Report of the Case of Timothy Upham against Hill & Barton, Publishers of the New-Hampshire Patriot, For Alleged Libels, At the Court of Common Pleas, Rockingham County, March and October Terms....1830. Dover: Published..... More
Unexpurgated Account of a Lurid Murder Trial [Trial]. McFarland, Daniel [b.1820], Defendant. [Cazauran, A.R. (1820-1889), Reporter]. The Trial of Daniel McFarland for the Shooting of Albert D. Richardson, the Alleged Seducer of His Wife. By a Practical Law Reporter. Containing a Comprehensive History of the Case...Together with the Letters, Etc...... More
Mutiny and Murder on the High Seas, McDade 679 [Trial]. Miller, George [d. 1876], Defendant. Glew, John, Defendant. Smith, William [d. 1876], Defendant. The Jefferson Borden Mutiny: Trial of George Miller, John Glew, And William Smith for Murder on the High Seas: Before Clifford & Lowell, JJ. Boston: Printed Under..... More
![Item #77421 Werboczius Illustratus [Bound with] Centuria Certarum, Et Dubietatum. Istvan...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/77421.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694727025)
Two Rare Works Concerning the First Compilation of Hungarian Customary Law Werboczy, Istvan [1458-1541]. Werboczius Illustratus: Sive, Decretum Tripartitum Juris Consuetudinarii Inclyti Regni Hungariae. Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvar): Typis Academicis Societatis Jesu, 1762. [xiii], 569, [237] pp. [Bound with] Kitonich, Janos [1560?-1619]. Centuria Certarum, Et Dubietatum, Contrarietatum et Dubietatum, Ex Decreto Tripartito..... More
"The Utter Inexpediency of the Punishment of Transportation" Whately, Richard [1787-1863]. Thoughts on Secondary Punishments, In a Letter to Earl Grey. To Which are Appended, Two Articles on Transportation to New South Wales, And on Secondary Punishments; And Some Observations on Colonization. London: Printed for B. Fellowes, 1832. [iv], 204..... More