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

[Joe Luttrell]

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1.  [ADULTERY AND FEMALE CONDUCT].  Report of the Proceedings
Before the Court of Session, in the Case of M'Iver v. M'Iver.
William P. Nimmo, 2 St. David Street, Edinburgh, 1859.  Brown
cloth, faded, but sound. [52693 L35L68] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=52693     $ 175.00

The husband's divorce action which, though unsuccessful, discloses
the risks to a wife of the slightest suspicious action, a split
court finding that Mrs. M'Iver's meeting with a youthful love
fatally ill with consumption just barely not adultery.

2.  [BREACH OF PROMISE].  Proceedings Upon the Trial of the Action
Brought by Mary Elizabeth Smith against the Right Hon. Washington
Sewallis Shirley Earl Ferrers for Breach of Promise of Marriage
[etc.].  William Pickering, London, 1846.  Publisher's paper-backed
boards, uncut, quite unsophisticated. [52189 L22L52L68] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=52189     $ 350.00

The case whose facts William Roughead felt surpassed those of
"Bardell v. Pickwick", with the plaintiff audaciously forging an
entire series of correspondence in an unsuccessful attempt to prove
the promise; this copy presented by the defendant.

3.  CAMPBELL, John Lord.  The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and
Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times till
the Reign of King George IV.  Eight Volumes.  John Murray,
Albemarle Street, London, 1846-69.  3/4 crimson morocco, gilt, Law
Society prize binding; sound. [52333 C15YL15E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=52333   $ 1,250.00

The most famous of all works devoted to England's Lord Chancellors,
described as a work which "challenge[s] comparison with the best
biographies in the language"; with the eighth index volume, printed
in 1869, in a variant binding.

4.  [DISTRESS FOR RENT].  A Dialogue Between a Country Gentleman
and a Lawyer, Upon the Doctrine of Distress for Rent [etc.].
Printed by His Majesty's Law-Printers, London, 1772.  Modern 1/4
calf over marbled boards, quite a good copy. [51313 L30] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=51313     $ 450.00

5.  [ENGLISH COURT MARTIAL].  The Proceedings of a General
Court-Martial held at the Horse Guards . . . and continued by
several Adjournments . . . Upon the Trial of Lord George Sackville.
Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, London, 1760.  Modern 1/4
sheep, lightish staining and embrowning, yet sound. [51929
L43L68L71E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=51929     $ 450.00

One of two substantial contemporary accounts of the court martial
of George Sackville which, though demanded by him, has ranked among
the miscarriages of British military justice; with the verbatim
evidence and Sackville's extensive defense.

6.  GRASSET, Joseph.  The Semi-Insane and the Semi-Responsible
(Demifous et Demiresponsables).  Funk and Wagnalls, New York, 1907.
Original green cloth, gilt, worn, hinges cracking; sound only.
[52115 14L41] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=52115     $ 125.00

7.  LECHFORD, Thomas.  Plain Dealing or News from New England. With
an Introduction and Notes by J. Hammond Trumbull.  J.K. Wiggin &
Wm. Parsons Lunt, Boston, 1867.  Blue cloth, somewhat rubbed,
gilt-lettered label; one of 35 Royal Quarto copies, this being
number 28, signed by the publishers on the title's verso. [51458
M5XL43EL64EL68EL76E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=51458     $ 650.00

The first book (here in its last and best edition) written by a
lawyer practising in this country, originally appearing in London
in 1642; one of 35 Royal Quarto copies signed by the publishers.

8.  MACFARLANE, C[harles].  The Lives and Exploits of Banditti and
Robbers In All Parts of the World. The Third Edition.  Printed for
T. Tegg, 73, Cheapside, London, 1839.  Contemporary? 3/4 morocco,
spine gilt, a bit worn, yet attractive. [52722 L22L68] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=52722     $ 250.00

MacFarlane's popular survey of swashbucklers and adventurers
throughout the world, based in part on his own travels through
Italy, supplemented by his accounts of American buccaneers, Indian
denizens, and Chinese pirates; illustrated.

9.  [MARRIAGE LAW].  A Report of the Judgment, Delivered. . .by
Right Honourable Sir William Scott [Lord Stowell]. . .in the Cause
of Dalrymple the Wife against Dalrymple the Husband.  Printed for
J. Butterworth [etc.], London, 1811.  [52191 L41E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=52191     $ 450.00
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