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

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock, with images of them;
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1.  GLANVILLA, Ranvlpho de.  Tractatus de Legibus &
Consuetudinibus regni Angliae, tempore Regis Henrici secundi
compositus, Iusticiae gubernacula tenente illustri viro Ranulpho de
Glanvilla iuris regni & antiquarum consuetudinum eo tempore
peritissimo [etc.]. S.T.C. 11906.  In aedibus Thomae Wight,
[London], 1604.  Early panelled morocco gilt, the spine chipped,
else a pretty copy. [67786 XYL72] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=67786   $ 1,500.00

Second edition of the first English legal treatise, believed to
have been written between 1187 and 1189, and for which Maitland
reserved the highest of praise, calling it "a venerated authority
among English lawyers [and] of great value".

2.  [MARTINDALE-HUBBELL].  The National Legal Directory, Embracing
the Names of One or More of the Leading and Most Reliable Attorneys
in Over Three Thousand Cities and Towns in the United States and
Territories [etc.].  Prepared and Published by Hubbell & Craven
[etc.], St. Louis, 1870.  Original cloth, gilt, quite faded and
worn; a usable copy only. [67368 L72] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=67368     $ 650.00

A rare precursor of, and the real basis for, the first
Martindale-Hubbell directory, later published under Hubbell's own
name and then combined with and absorbed by Martindale's directory;
three copies in OCLC (one in a law library) and two in RLIN.

3.  [OLD BAILEY].  Central Criminal Court. Calendar of Prisoners,
For the Session Commencing On Tuesday, the 8th day of January, 1924
[through 1970]. Eighteen Volumes.  Printed by Merser & Sons, Ltd.
[imprint varies], London, 1924-70.  Blue buckram and unbound as
issued, ex Law Society; quite sound. [67483 L72] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=67483   $ 3,500.00

A rare, almost half-century run of Old Bailey prisoners' monthly
calendars, an estimated 50,000 accused, providing their names,
ages, occupations, and the crimes charged, described with
specificity; in no source consulted, including RLIN & OCLC.

4.  PARSONS, Theophilus.  The Elements of Mercantile Law. Cohen
2439.  Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1856.  Original sheep,
somewhat rubbed, light staining; a good copy. [67800 L72] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=67800     $ 350.00

First edition of one of the major works of the Dane Professor of
Law at Harvard whom Holmes described as "gifted with a power of
impressive statement which I do not know that I have ever seen
equalled"; with chapters on shipping and marine insurance.

5.  [POUND, BEALE AND WILLISTON].  Harvard Law School Year Book,
Volume 2, 1938-1939.  Phillips Brooks House Association, Harvard
University, Cambridge, 1938.  Original maroon buckram, a very good
copy. [67836 L72EL73EL74E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=67836     $ 125.00

Dedicated to Joseph Henry Beale and Samuel Williston, with Roscoe
Pound's essay summarizing their contributions to the school; quite
extensive, with photographs of the faculty and all three years'
students and a great many activities.

6.  PUFENDORF, Samuel.  Of the Law of Nature and Nations . . .
Written in Latin [and] Translated into English, from the best
Edition [etc.].  Printed by L. Lichfield, for A. and J. Churchil
[etc.], Oxford, 1703.  Modern polished calf, light browning, but a
good sound copy. [67671 L73L74EL76E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=67671   $ 1,750.00

First edition in English of Pufendorf's most important work, in his
quest as the "architect and systematizer of the modern natural law
tradition", its translation "extremely smooth and readable" and
forming in part the basis for modern scholarship.

7.  PUFFENDORF, S[amuel].  De Officio Hominis et Civis Juxta
Legem Naturalem Libri Duo. Selectis Variorum Notis, maximeq;
propriis illustravit, celeberrimi Buddei Historiam Juris Naturalis
Notis adauctam praemisit, Indicemq[ue]; rerum subjunxit Tho[mas]
Johnson [etc.]. Edition Quarta.  Impensis Gul. Thurlbourn & J.
Woodyer . . . Pater-Noster-Row, London, 1758.  Calf, joints
cracked, browned, tape residue; a usable copy only. [67742 L73]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=67742
                                                         $ 250.00

The last early edition of one of Pufendorf's principal works, of
sufficient importance to appear in the Carnegie Endowment's
"Classics of International Law", exploring Pufendorf's conception
of natural law; with the frontispiece portrait.

8.  [ROMILLY, SAMUEL].  Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly
Written By Himself; With a Selection from His Correspondence.
Edited by His Sons. In Three Volumes.  John Murray, Albemarle
Street, London, 1840.  Modern 1/2 calf, ex-Incorporated Law
Society, else a good set. [67850 L73] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=67850     $ 350.00

The principal printed source of Romilly's life, comprised of three
major parts, including selections from his correspondence and his
Parliamentary diary, the latter of which bears directly upon
Romilly's extraordinary reform efforts.

9.  SELDEN, John.  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] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=67503   $ 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.  [TERRY AND FIELD].  Terry Contempt.  N.p., San Francisco,
1888.  Gray sewn wraps, some dustiness, some margins torn; sound.
[67803 L72L75] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=67803     $ 750.00

The rare pamphlet detailing the sensational courtroom brawl in
which Terry and his wife were held in contempt and jailed by
Stephen J. Field, leading ultimately to Terry's tragic death a year
later; with a last leaf not specified in OCLC or RLIN.

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