[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.  HOLDSWORTH, W.A.  The Law of Landlord and Tenant, With a
Copious Collection of Useful Forms.  Routledge, Warne, and
Routledge, Farringdon Street, London, 1860.  Original orange cloth,
rubbed and worn, but a usable copy. [69331 L75] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=69331     $ 250.00

A rare, early edition of the most popular work (49 editions by
1935) written by Holdsworth's uncle, "a clear-headed lawyer with an
eye for essential principles, and a gift for stating them clearly",
in his nephew's words; 1 copy in RLIN, none in OCLC.

3.  HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.  Speeches.  Little, Brown, and
Company, Boston, 1900.  Original buff boards, quite rubbed, else a
clean untrimmed copy. [69481] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=69481   $ 2,500.00

Presentation copy to the Harvard law graduate, Boston lawyer, and
friend of Holmes and Brandeis whom Holmes described (to Laski) as
"the indefatigable Brown"; four lines on the front blank "H LaRue
Brown / from / O W Holmes / Sept 24 1915".

4.  JONES, William.  An Essay on the Law of Bailments.  Printed by
Graisberry and Campbell . . . for Henry Watts [etc.], Dublin, 1790.
Contemporary 1/4 calf, quite worn, just defective, yet sound.
[69392] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=69392
                                                         $ 450.00

First Irish edition of an exceptional legal treatise, called
"incomparable" by Joseph Story in his own commentary, and (by
Holdsworth) "one of the most remarkable books of all time";
uncommon, one copy only in RLIN in England, at Cambridge.

5.  KEILWAY, Robert.  Reports d'Ascuns Cases (Qui ont evenus aux
temps du Roy Henry le Septieme . . . [and] Roy Henry le huitiesme)
. . . Ovesque les Reports d'ascuns Cases prises per le Reverend
Juge Guilleaume Dallison . . . & per Guilleaume Bendloe [etc.].
Wing K134.  Printed for Charles Harper, William Crooke [etc.],
London, 1688.  Modern 1/2 calf, definite browning, but a sound
copy. [69304 L75] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=69304     $ 850.00

The only Law French edition of "[t]he best-known of the early
private" law reports, marking the transition from the Year Books in
the late 15th and early 16th centuries and, in this instance,
forming the basis in part for John Baker's modern edition.

6.  MAITLAND, F.W.  Justice and Police.  Macmillan and Co.,
London, 1885.  Cloth, a bit rubbed, a very little pencilling;
uncut, a good copy. [69332 L75] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=69332     $ 150.00

Original edition of Maitland's first book-length work, devoted
exclusively to criminal law, suggested to him by Sir Frederick
Pollock, and characterized "by an originality of approach, a
freedom from academic pretension, and a simplicity of style".

7.  [NULLUM TEMPUS OCCURRIT REGI].  A Defence of Some Proceedings
Lately Depending in Parliament, To render more effectual The Act
for quieting the Possession of the Subject, commonly called the
Nullum Tempus Act [etc.].  Printed for J. Almon, opposite
Burlington-House, in Piccadilly, London, 1771.  Modern cloth-backed
marbled boards, light browning; a good copy. [69376 L75] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=69376     $ 450.00

A defense of the principal modern legislation, still of importance,
limiting the sovereign's otherwise unbounded temporal right to
bring a lawsuit, and so qualifying the maxim that "time does not
run against the King"; without the advertising leaf.

8.  [OUTRAM, George].  Legal Lyrics and Metrical Illustrations of
the Scotch Forms of Process.  Privately Printed, n.p., 1851.
Original cloth, gilt, some browning and wear, but a usable copy.
[69442 L78] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=69442     $ 450.00

Presentation copy of Outram's first work (thus confirming its
ascription to him), the only to appear in his lifetime, full of his
wit and style, 100 copies printed for private distribution, "To /
Dr Coldstream / with / George Outram's / Best Regards".

10.  WOOLRYCH, Humphry W.  A Series of the Lords Chancellors,
Keepers of the Great Seal, Masters of the Rolls, Vice-Chancellors,
Chief Justices and Judges, of the Courts of King's Bench, Common
Pleas, and Exchequer, with the Attorneys and Solicitors-General of
England [etc.].  J. & W.T. Clarke, Law Booksellers and Publishers
[etc.], London, 1826.  Original printed boards, quite worn,
rebacked, ex-library; sound. [69418 BLSL75] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=69418     $ 150.00

A rare work, expanding upon (and correcting) Dugdale's pioneering
efforts, and the first attempt to provide biographical information
upon England's judicial and legal officers subsequent to the reign
of James II; two copies in RLIN, five in OCLC.

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