[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.  ADDINGTON, William.  An Abridgment of Penal Statutes, Which
Exhibits at One View . . . The Offences, Punishments or Penalties
. . . Number of Witnesses, What Justices, The Enacting Statutes
[etc.]. Second Edition.  Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall . .
. For the Author [etc.], London, [1779?].  Contemporary calf,
joints just cracking; well preserved. [44665 L36L43L52EL66EL71]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=44665
                                                         $ 500.00

Second edition (and the first in quarto) which, as the extended
title suggests, permits the presiding magistrate and anyone else to
see at a glance the salient elements of the charges lodged against
a prisoner and the prospective punishments.

2.  ARCHBOLD, John Frederick.  A Collection of the Forms and
Entries, Which Occur in Practice, in the Courts of King's Bench and
Common Pleas in Personal Actions and Ejectment.  Edward B. Gould,
New York, 1828.  Contemporary sheep, joints cracked; usable only.
[44416 L28L49] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=44416      $ 85.00

3.  BIGELOW, Melville M.  Elements of the Law of Torts for the Use
of Students.  Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1896.
Contemporary sheep, rubbed but sound. [43489 L22L49E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=43489      $ 75.00

4.  BLACKSTONE, William.  Commentaries on the Laws of England. In
Four Books. The Tenth Edition. . .Additions by Richard Burn. .
.Continued. . .by John Williams.  Printed for A. Strahan; T.
Cadell. . .and D. Prince, London, 1787.  Full calf, showing wear
but quite a fresh set. [43816 L16EL26E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=43816   $ 1,250.00

5.  [BURLAMAQUI, Jean Jacques].  Principes du Droit Politique. Two
Volumes in One. 12mo.  Chez Zacharie Chatelain, Amsterdam, 1751.
Contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, endpapers marbled, quite
a pretty copy, this the duodecimo issuance, a quarto edition
published simultaneously. [43486 L35L49L78] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=43486     $ 850.00

First edition of one of the two principal works of Burlamaqui
"demonstrably, a primary source of the theory voiced in the
Declaration of Independence", written with considerable lucidity
and clarity of thought.

6.  [CHAFEE, ZECHARIAH].  Joseph Doddridge Brannan.  The Negotiable
Instruments Law [etc.]. Fourth Edition Revised, Re-arranged,
Enlarged by Zechariah Chafee, Jr.  W.H. Anderson Company,
Cincinnati, 1926.  Original maroon buckram, gilt, the title
repaired, else sound. [44285 L33L55L71] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=44285     $ 125.00

The revision of Brannan's monumental work carried out by Chafee,
who said he devoted to it "every spare hour" for two years; praised
by Llewellyn who, sensing a kindred spirit, called Chafee "a
thorough and skillful craftsman, yet . . . daring".

7.  [CHAMBERLAYNE, Edward].  Englands Wants: or, Several Proposals
Probably beneficial for England, Humbly offered to the
Consideration of all Good Patriots in both Houses of Parliament.
Wing C1841.  Printed for, and are to be Sold by Randal Taylor, in
Amen-Corner, London, 1685.  The title trimmed (but legible), bound
in a new 1/4 calf. [43988 L36L48L71] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=43988     $ 450.00

Chamberlayne's seventy-five point program for the reform of the
English polity, first appearing shortly after the Restoration and
here issued a few years before the Glorious Revolution; with a
great many prescient proposals still of value.

8.  COCHRANE, John.  Hindoo Law. Defence of the Daya Bhaga. Notice
of the Case on Prosoono Coomar Tagore's Will. Judgment of the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Examination of Such
Judgment.  Wm. H. Allen & Co., 13, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall,
London, 1872.  Contemporary green cloth, one hinge cracking, yet
sound. [43822 L15L23] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=43822     $ 150.00

9.  [FATHER OF CANDOR].  A Letter Concerning Libels, Warrants, and
the Seizure of Papers [etc.]. Third Edition [bound with] A Letter
>From Candor, to the Public Advertiser: Containing a Series of
Constitutional Remarks on . . . Trials and . . . Civil Liberty.
Second Edition.  Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington House in
Piccadilly, London, 1765 & 1764.  Contemporary marbled boards,
rebacked, worn but decently preserved. [44660 XYL25EL44EL68EL71]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=44660
                                                         $ 450.00

One of the most famous polemics in the long struggle for freedom
the press, emphasizing the distinction between words and acts, and
anticipating Erskine's defense of Thomas Paine.

10.  [GAOL DELIVERY].  Assize Kalendar . . . of the Prisoners in
the Gaols of Durham, Newcastle, and Morpeth, who have to take their
Trials before the Hon. Sir John Bayley, Knt. and the Hon. Sir Geo.
Sowley Holroyd, Knt. Justices of the Court of King's Bench.
Marshall, Printer, Newcastle, 1822.  Broadside, untrimmed, 8 x 12
inches, once folded but quite nice. [44636 C18XYL71] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=44636     $ 250.00

A seemingly unrecorded criminal trial calendar disclosing an
enormous variety of alleged crimes (murder, rape, arson), committed
by some as young as twelve years, and with an unusually high number
of accused women, about one-third of all charged.

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