February 18–23, 2021
The Final Edition with Blackstone's Corrections Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Burn, Richard [1709-1785], Editor. Commentaries on the Laws of England, in Four Books. With the Last Corrections of the Author; And Continued to the Present Time. London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, In the Strand; and D. Prince, Oxford..... More
Handsome First Edition of Most Popular English Work About Justices of the Peace Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1755. Two volumes. xxvii, [1], 541, [3]; [iii], 573, [11] pp. Three-page publisher advertisement at end of Volume I, another one-page..... More
First Edition of the First English Treatise on Sheriffs Dalton, Michael [d.ca. 1648]. Officium Vicecomitum: The Office and Authoritie of Sherifs, Written for the Better Incouragement of the Gentrie (Upon Whom the Burthen of This Office Lyeth) to Keepe Their Office, And Undersherife, In Their Houses; That so by Theire..... More
"Murdered by the Contrivance of His Own Brother" Foote, Samuel [1720-1777]. Memoirs of the Life of Sir John Dineley Goodere, Baronet, Who was Murdered by the Contrivance of His Own Brother, On Board the Ruby Man of War, In King's Road, Near Bristol, Jan. 19, 1740-1. Together wtth [sic] the..... More
Advice for Law Students Fulbeck(e), William [1560-1603]. Stirling, T.H., Editor. A Direction or Preparative to the Study of the Law: Wherein is Shewed, What Things Ought to be Observed and Used of Them That Are Addicted to the Study of the Law, And What, on the Contrary Part, Ought to..... More
"Give Me My Seals and Be Off!" H[ood], T[homas], Presumed Author. Ejection & Symptoms of Rejection!. No. 4. London: Published by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly, c. 1832-34. 15-1/2" x 11-1/2" hand-colored lithograph in 20-1/4" x 16-1/2" hinged matte. Light soiling to matte, white areas lightly toned, colors vivid. $350. *..... More
Standard Early English Treatise on Maritime Law Molloy, Charles [1646-1690]. De Jure Maritimo et Navali: Or, A Treatise of Affairs Maritime, And of Commerce. In Three Books. The Eighth Edition, With Many Valuable Additions. London: Printed for John Walthoe, 1744. [ii], xvii [i.e. xv], [3], 505, [51] pp. Copperplate pictorial..... More
Every Man His Own Broker: A Popular Eighteenth-Century English Handbook Mortimer, Thomas [1730-1810]. Every Man His Own Broker: Or, A Guide to the Stock-Exchange. In Which the Nature of Several Funds, Vulgarly Called the Stocks Is Clearly Explained, And Accurate Computations are Formed of the Average Value of East India..... More
Includes a 14th Century Version of Medieval Sea Laws Known as the Rolls of Oleron Studer, P[aul] [1879-1927], Translator and Editor. The Oak Book of Southampton of c. A.D. 1300. Southampton: Cox & Sharland, 1910-1911. Three volumes. xliii, [i], 160; lxxi, [i], 175; vii, [i], 155, [1] pp. Illustrations. Facsimiles..... More
Illustrated Accounts of "The Most Notorious Malefactors" of Eighteenth-Century Britain Villette, John, Primary Author. The Annals of Newgate; Or, Malefactors Register. Containing a Particular and Circumstantial Account of the Lives, Transactions, And Trials of the Most Notorious Malefactors, Who Have Suffered an Ignominious Death for Their Offences, viz. for Parricide..... More