[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.  PARKER, Charles H. (ed.).  The Civil Practice Act of the State
of California, Including Amendments of 1868, with Notes and
References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court, General Laws
Germane to the Practice Act, and Standard Forms Applicable Thereto;
and An Appendix.  H.H. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco, 1868.
Original sheep, rubbed, spine loose, back cover loose, very worn.
[52825 L29EL52EL68E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=52825     $ 250.00

2.  [POISONING TRIAL].  A Complete Report of the Trial of Dr. E.W.
Pritchard, for the Alleged Poisoning of His Wife and Mother-in-Law
[etc.].  Willliam Kay, 5 Bank Street, Edinburgh, 1865.  1/4 calf
over marbled boards, rubbed, but still attractive. [51533 L45L68]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=51533
                                                         $ 225.00

The most complete contemporary report of the trial of Dr.
Pritchard, the last man to be hanged in Scotland, whom William
Roughead termed the "king and emperor [of] unscraped [i.e. bearded]
scoundrels"; with sure parallels to Dr. Palmer's poison trial.

3.  [ST. GERMAIN, Christopher].  The Dialogue in English, betweene
a Doctor of Divinity, and a Student in the Laws of England.
Printed by the Assignes of John More, Esquire, [London], 1638.
[52126 C15XYL47EL48EL64E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=52126     $ 650.00

4.  [TRIAL FOR BIGAMY].  The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of
Kingston for Bigamy, Before the Right Honourable the House of
Peers, in Westminster-Hall, in Full Parliament . . . Published by
Order of the House of Peers.  Printed for Charles Bathurst, in
Fleet-Street, London, 1776.  Modern 1/4 crimson morocco, some light
staining, else attractive. [52240 L56E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=52240   $ 1,500.00

5.  [TRIAL].  The Tryal and Condemnation of George Borosky alias
Boratzi, Christopher Vratz and John Stern; for the Barbarous Murder
of Thomas Thynn, Esq; Together with the Tryal of Charles John Count
Conningsmark as Accessory before the Fact to the same Murder.
Printed for Thomas Basset, London, 1682.  Modern cloth backed
decorated boards, some embrowning yet sound. [52238 L13L52E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=52238     $ 650.00

6.  WOTTONUS, Gulielmus (ed.).  Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac Eraill,
seu Leges Wallicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles Hoeli Boni et Aliorum
Walliae Principum, Quas Ex variis Codicibus Manuscriptis eruit,
Interpretatione Latina, Notis & Glossario illustravit.  Typis
Gulielmi Bowyer, London, 1730.  Modern 1/4 calf over boards, the
front hinge cracked; sound. [51398 L24NYL35EL56L68] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=51398     $ 750.00

The first printed edition of the native laws of Wales, translated
and annotated by the precocious Wotton, able to read Latin, Greek
and Hebrew by age 5 and admitted to Cambridge at age 9; with the
Welsh text and Latin translation in facing columns.

8.  The Practick Part of the Law: Shewing the Office of an
Attorney, and a Guide for Solicitors [etc.].  Printed by the
Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, London, 1681.  [51796
L23EL49E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=51796     $ 350.00

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