[Rarebooks] fs-English Law, Including English Constitutional Law [VI]

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock on English law,
including English constitutional law; for others, please feel
free to browse our web site, where you may search our entire
inventory by any word or phrase:  www.meyerbos.com

1.  PLUCKNETT, Theodore F.T.  A Concise History of the Common Law.
The Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Company, Rochester, 1929.
Original cloth, a bit worn, occasional markings; a good copy.
[69018 L74]                                              $ 125.00

First edition of the work to become the classic early 20th century
introductory text to English law, written while Plucknett was at
Harvard where he collaborated with Pound, eminently readable and
still worth consulting.

2.  POLLOCK, Frederick and F.W. Maitland.  The History of English
Law, Before the Time of Edward I. Second Edition. Two Volumes.  At
the University Press, Cambridge, 1898.  Original cloth, showing
definite wear, some pencilling; sound. [67456 L72L73EL76E]
                                                         $ 350.00

The first issuance of the second (and best) edition of a classic,
the 'opus mirabile' which remains the starting point in the study
of medieval English law, written largely by Maitland in his
luminous style.

4.  [POWERS OF THE KING].  William Staunford.  An Exposition of the
Kinges Praerogatiue collected out of the great Abridgement of
Iustice Fitzherbert, and other old Writers of the Lawes of England
[etc.].  Imprinted . . . in Fleet-streat . . . by Richard Totthil,
London, 1590.  Modern calf, last leaves repaired without loss;
sound. [54929 L12L28L53L64EL69L71E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=54929   $ 1,500.00

One of the first English legal treatises of substance to
concentrate on a discrete subject area of the law, in this case the
powers of the King upon such matters as marriage, wardship, idiots,
lunatics, escheats and wrecks, among other matters.

5.  RIDGES, Edward Wavell.  Constitutional Law of England.  Stevens
and Sons, Limited, London, 1905.  Maroon cloth, gilt, quite rubbed,
rear hinge cracking, private ownership stamp on title, else a clean
usable copy. [70036 L77]                                  $ 65.00

First edition of a successful work to be published for almost a
half-century through eight editions and called upon its appearance
"the book of the hour [upon] the two great issues" of England's
imperial federation, both political and commercial.

6.  RUDD, G.R.  The English Legal System.  Butterworths, London,
1962.  Original green cloth, quite marked, ex-library; a usable
copy only. [91218]                                        $ 45.00

7.  [SELDEN SOCIETY].  A Complete run of the Annual Volumes of the
Selden Society [together with] a similar run of the volumes of The
Ames Foundation [together with] Selden Society Supplementary Series
[together with] Selden Society Annual Lectures [etc.]. 145 Volumes.
Selden Society [and] The Ames Foundation [imprint varies], London
[and] Cambridge, 1887-1996.  Original cloth, generally in
exceptionally good condition. [60969 W1*TASL50L62E]    $ 6,500.00

The finest continuing series devoted to English legal history
[through volume 112], complemented by five volumes of The Ames
Foundation's similar publications, eleven volumes of the Society's
Supplementary Series, and 15 of its ephemeral publications.

8.  SELDENI, Joannis (ed.).  Fleta, Seu Commentarius Juris
Anglicani . . . Accedit Tractatulus vetus . . . Fet Assavoir . . .
Subjungitur etiam Joan. Seldeni ad Fletam Dissertatio Historica.
Editio Secunda. Wing F1291.  Typis S.R. Prostant apud H. Twyford
[and others] [etc.], London, 1685.  Early 1/4 calf, crudely
rebacked, some foxing; a usable copy only. [65507 L63] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65507     $ 750.00

The best early edition of Fleta, one of the few substantial
medieval English legal treatises, written in the late 13th century
and surviving in but a single manuscript; with Selden's masterly
dissertation "loaded . . . with his remarkable erudition.

9.  SELDENI, Joannis.  Opera Omnia . . . Collegit ac Recensuit;
Vitam Auctoris, Praefationes, & Indices adjecit, David Wilkins
[etc.]. Three Volumes in Six.  Typis Guil. Bowyer, impensis J.
Walthoe [and 21 others], Londini, 1726.  Contemporary panelled
calf, worn, rebacked, a very good set. [67503 L72]     $ 3,500.00

Still the only edition of Selden's works, a fit tribute to the man
whose name Maitland chose to grace the Selden Society and whose
output (in Holdsworth's words) "astonished his own contemporaries
and astonishes us"; with the frontispiece.

10.  [SEVEN BISHOPS CASE].  The Proceedings and Tryal in the Case
of . . . William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury [and the six other
bishops] In the Court of Kings-Bench at Westminster [etc.].
Printed for the Booksellers in Town and Country, London, 1739.
Contemporary calf, joints cracked, cover stained, else a good copy.
[65289 XYL63] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65289     $ 650.00

Last 18th century edition of one of the great cases of English
constitutional history, confirming the right of Parliament to
legislate without subsequent Royal derogation and strengthening the
power of the jury as the ultimate constitutional arbiter.

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