[Rarebooks] A Selection of Lawbook Exchange Titles (With Digital Images)

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1.    Uncommon First Edition of Notable Collection of Maxims
[Cotterell, John N., Editor]. A Collection of Latin Maxims and Phrases
Literally Translated. Intended for the Use of Students for All Legal
Examinations. London: Stevens & Haynes, 1881. vi, 39, [3], 43 pp.
Includes 43-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2").
Original limp textured cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt titles to
front board and spine. Some rubbing with minor wear to board edges and
corners, two-inch chip to front joint, first gathering partially
detached but secure, internally clean. A nice copy of an uncommon
title. $150.
* First edition. Cotterell includes 144 maxims with translations and
glosses. Some entries have citations showing their use in leading
cases and treatises. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the
British Commonwealth of Nations II:80.
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2.           "Monumental" French Treatise Maritime Law
Gidel, Gilbert [1880-1958]. Le Droit International Public de la Me: Le
Temps de Paix. Paris: Imprime Par les Etablissements Mellottee
Chateauroux, 1932-1934. Three volumes. Four fold-out plates. Original
printed wrappers bound into contemporary quarter-morocco bindings with
raised bands marbled boards, marbled endpapers and ribbon markers.
Some rubbing and shelfwear, a few small scuffs to spines, internally
clean. A handsome set. $750.
* Volume I: "Introduction-La Haute Mer"; Volume II: "Les Eaux
Interieures"; Volume III: "La Mer Territoriale et la Zone Contigue."
"[A] truly great treatise--a monument of exhaustive research, ripe
learning, skill in presentation, and wisdom in utterance, the four
essential conditions of that rare thing, a magnum opus.": J.S. Reeves,
American Journal of International Law 30:165 cited in Marke, A
Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 623.
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3.               Jacob's Treatise on Real Property
Jacob, Giles [1686-1744]. The Compleat Court-Keeper: Or,
Land-Steward's Assistant: Containing, First, The Nature of Courts Leet
and Courts Baron; With a General Introduction to Every Thing Incident
to Them, According to Law and Custom. Secondly, The Manner of Holding
Courts Leet, Courts Baron, and Courts of Survey, With the Charge to
the Juries; And the Forms of Entring Those Courts in the Minute Books
and in the Court Rolls; With Precedents... Thirdly, The Manner of
Keeping the Court Baron for Trying of Actions; The Nature and Kinds of
Actions; And of Pleadings; and Precedents of Declarations and
Pleadings... Fourthly, Precedents of Contracts, Conditions, Covenants,
Leases for Life, Leases for Years, Assignments, Mortgages, Surrenders
of Such Leases... Fifthly, The Power and Authority of the Lord, and of
the Steward, and the Privilege of the Tenants, With Variety of Law-
Cases and Resolutions Concerning Copyholders... With Additions and
Amendments. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, 1724.
viii, 480, [21], [31] pp. Includes 31-page publisher catalogue. Octavo
(4-3/4" x 8-1/4"). Contemporary calf, blind frames to boards, rebacked
in period style with raised bands and blind ornaments. Light rubbing
and a few scuffs to boards some wear to corners, front hinge cracked
but secure. Faint offsetting to margins of pastedowns and free
endpapers, interior notably fresh. $500.
* Third edition. This comprehensive treatise on landlord and tenant
was one of Jacob's most successful works. First published in 1713, it
remained a standard work for many years. (Its final edition, the
eighth, was issued in 1819.) A practical book designed mainly for the
use of stewards, it reflects the author's experience with court
keeping. Holdsworth includes this title among his list of notable
works on land law and speaks well of it. See his History of English
Law XII: 380-381. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British
Commonwealth of Nations I:400. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard
Law School (1909) I:1035.
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4.                           Recommended by Pound
Pradier-Fordere, P[aul] [1827-1904]. Traite de Droit International
Public Europeen & Americain Suivant les Progres de la Science et de la
Pratique Contemporaines. Paris: A. Durand et Pedone-Lauriel, 1885-
1906. Eight volumes. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary quarter
morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and ornaments
to spines, marbled endpapers. Moderate rubbing with some wear to spine
ends, joints and corners, hinges of some volume starting. Light
browning to margins of most volumes, interiors otherwise clean. An
appealing set. $750.
* First edition. This comprehensive treatise is one of two titles
listed as references in the international law bibliography in Pound's
Outlines of Jurisprudence. It treats the whole of public international
law. In the manner of Vattel, it is a based on a close study of actual
practice in the United States and Europe. Pradier-Fodere is the author
of Cours de Droit Diplomatique (1881), Precis du Droit Administrif
(1872) and other practical and theoretical works. Pound, Outlines of
Jurisprudence (5th edition) 228.
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5.              First Edition of Stroud's Dictionary
Stroud, F[rederick] [1835-1912]. The Judicial Dictionary of Words and
Phrases Judicially Interpreted. London: Sweet & Maxwell, Limited,
1890. cxvi, 916 pp. Octavo (6" x 9"). Recent cloth, endpapers renewed,
internally clean. A handsome copy. $250.
* First edition. This fascinating dictionary contains legal
definitions of such commonplace words and phrases as "but,"
"foundation," "reason,"  "taxes," "as far as," "usual and customary
manner" and "incorrigible rogue." Each entry is illustrated with
citations drawn from briefs, decisions and other legal documents.
Considered the most authoritative English dictionary well into the
twentieth century, it is currently in its sixth edition. Sweet &
Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations
II:345
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