[Rarebooks] fs-A Selection from Stock, with Images

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock, with images of them;
for others, please feel free to browse our web site, where you
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1.  [MARRIAGE AND CONCUBINAGE].  Report of the Trial in the Case
of Thelwall v. Yelverton, Before the Chief Justice and a Special
Jury . . . Containing the Letters, Speeches of Counsel, Judge's
Charge, and Finding of the Jury.  J.M. O'Toole and Son, 6 & 7,
Great Brunswick-Street [etc.], Dublin, 1861.  Modern red cloth,
rubbed, some embrowning; sound. [57537 L36L46E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57537     $ 150.00

2.  MAYO, Joseph.  A Guide to Magistrates with Practical Forms for
the Discharge of Their Duties Out of Court. To Which are Added
Precedents For the Use of Prosecutors, Sheriffs, Coroners,
Constables, Escheators, Clerks. . .Second Edition.  Printed by
Chas. H. Wynne, Richmond, 1860.  Contemporary calf, much
pencilling, embrowned; a working copy. [56683 L32L44E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=56683     $ 125.00

3.  PERKINS, John.  A Profitable Booke of Mr. John Perkins . . .
Treating of the Laws of England. Translated out of French into
English for the benefit of young Students and others [etc.].
Printed for Matthew Walbanck . . . within Grays-Inne Gate, London,
1657.  Modern 1/4 vellum, quite embrowned, small hole in one leaf;
usable. [56892 L52L63E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=56892     $ 450.00

The second edition in English of one of the classics of English
land law, one which Holdsworth pairs with Littleton's Tenures; with
a significant portion devoted to the law as it affected women,
including a lengthy chapter on dower.

4.  [PORTER, FITZ JOHN AND MILITARY LAW].  Proceedings and Report
of the Board of Army Officers, Convened by Special Orders No. 78 .
. . in the Case of Fitz-John Porter. Together with Proceedings in
the Original Trial and Papers Related Thereto [etc.]. Three Volumes
[without the atlas map volume].  Government Printing Office,
Washington, 1879.  3/4 morocco, unevenly faded, else a good,
attractive set. [57464 L35L46L55] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57464     $ 350.00

The official report of the board convened some sixteen years after
Porter's court martial in the matter called the "American Dreyfus
case", at which he was represented by Joseph Choate, resulting in
his vindication and his character's rehabilitation.

5.  [RAM ON FACTS].  James Ram.  A Treatise on Facts as Subjects
of Inquiry by a Jury. Second American Edition by John Townshend.
Baker, Voorhis & Company, 66 Nassau Street, New York, 1870.  Later
3/4 morocco, a bit chafed, one leaf backed, still good. [56808
L40L54] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=56808
                                                         $ 350.00

A work characterized as presenting a 'philosophy of evidence'
drawing significantly on literary sources both classical and
contemporary; with a chapter on advocacy and an appendix containing
'Golden Rules for the Examination of a Witness'.

6.  ROBERTSON, Henry.  A Handbook of Bankers' Law. Third Edition.
Bell & Bradfute, 12 Bank Street, Edinburgh, 1876.  Red cloth,
definitely worn; a usable copy. [57269 L34E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57269      $ 75.00

7.  [ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE].  Statuta Collegii Divi Johannis
Evangelistae.  Privately printed, [Cambridge], 1849.  Panelled
calf, gilt, rubbed, yet quite a clean copy. [56611 L32L56L64]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=56611
                                                         $ 250.00

The College statutes, made under Letters Patent the preceding year
and superseding those of the prior three centuries; with the
signature of John Rigg, a fellow, on the page following the title
agreeing to the book's return.

8.  STORY, Joseph.  A Selection of Pleadings in Civil Actions,
with Occasional Annotations. A Second Edition, with Additions by
Benjamin L. Oliver.  Published by Carter and Hendee, Boston, 1829.
Contemporary sheep, showing wear, rubbed and marked; usable. [56674
L32L52] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=56674
                                                         $ 450.00

The second edition of the first treatise we may definitely
attribute to Story, revised and corrected by the Justice, with his
further notes, forms and annotations.

9.  TOMLINS, T.E.  A Digested Index to the Term Reports . . .
Containing All the Points of Law Determined in the Court of King's
Bench . . . and in the Court of Common Pleas [etc.]. Second
Edition.  Printed by A. Strahan . . . for J. Butterworth,
Fleet-Street, London, 1800.  Contemporary calf, front joint just
cracking, but a very good copy. [57295 L37L48] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57295     $ 250.00

First edition of Tomlins' work analyzing the decisions in both
principal common law courts, clearly reflecting the careful
scholarship for which he was known, as evidenced by his later
contributions to the preparation of the Statutes of the Realm.

10.  [TRIAL FOR POISONING].  The Proceedings at Large on the
Trial of John Donellan, Esq. for the Wilful Murder (By Poison) of
Sir The[odosius] Edward Allesley Boughton [etc.].  Printed for J.
Almon and J. Debrett [etc.], London, 1781.  Contemporary? marbled
boards, rebacked, quite worn, serviceable. [57538 L36L49] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57538 $ 450.00

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