[Rarebooks] fs-Equity [II]

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock on equity and related
subjects; for others, please feel free to browse our web site,
where you may search our entire inventory by any word or phrase:
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1.  CHAFEE, JR., Zechariah.  Cases on Equitable Relief Against
Torts.  Published by the Editor, Langdell Hall, Cambridge, 1924.
Original blue cloth, gilt, showing wear; a sound copy. [71468]
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                                                         $ 250.00

Chafee's first work on equity, continuing that of Ames (and of
Pound), this copy presented to "Dean Acheson / With best wishes /
Z.C. Jr", whom Chafee later described as "one of my very first
students, and one of whom I have always been proud".

2.  COOKSEY, Richard.  Essay on the Life and Character of John Lord
Somers . . . Also Sketches of an Essay on the Life and Character of
Philip Earl of Hardwicke [etc.].  Printed by J. Holl; (for the
author.) And sold by J. Bew [etc.], Worcester, 1791.  Later calf,
gilt, quite rubbed, label lacking, title trimmed not affecting
text, some foxing, ex-library, else (and despite this litany) a
good copy. [71543 BLS873]                                $ 450.00

A principal contemporary account (the only I can locate in book
form) of John Somers and Philip Yorke, two of England's pre-eminent
early modern lawyers, a rich mix of contributions by Cooksey,
Defoe, Walpole, and Jeremiah Bentham, among many others.

3.  EGERTON, LORD ELLESMERE, Thomas.  Certaine Observations
Concerning the Office of the Lord Chancellor. Composed by the Right
Honorable, and most Learned, Thomas Lord Ellesmere, late Lord
Chancellor of England [etc.]. Wing E539 [under Ellesmere].  Printed
for Matthew Walbanck, at Grayes-Inne Gate [etc.], London, 1651.
Modern calf, gilt, title trimmed just affecting the lower border,
ex-library, browned and some foxing; a usable copy only. [70076
BLS261L77]                                               $ 750.00

Only edition of one of the few early works upon the Court of
Chancery and equity's history, attributed to one of England's
greatest Lord Chancellors, Thomas Egerton, but likely merely
encouraged by him; with a brief treatment of the court's process.

4.  [EQUITY].  Cases Argued and Decreed in the High Court of
Chancery [bound with] The Second Part of Cases Argued and Decreed
in the High Court of Chancery [bound with] Select Cases in the High
Court of Chancery, Solemnly Argued and Decreed [etc.].  Printed by
the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins [etc.], London, 1697.
Contemporary calf, covers detached; a working copy only. [55520
L69E]                                                    $ 150.00

5.  [EQUITY].  The Exact Abridgement of that Excellent Treatise
called Doctor and Student. S.T.C. 21583 ['sold by' variant].
Printed by the Assignes of John More [etc.], [London], 1630.
Modern 1/4 calf, a little dusty; a good, wide-margined copy. [46735
ACTL27EL52L71]                                           $ 650.00

The only abridgment of Christopher St. Germain's famed treatise, a
particularly able effort distilling the equitable principles
debated in dialogue between the doctor of divinity and the student
of English law in St. Germain's original creation.

6.  FOLSOM, Charles Follen.  Studies of Criminal Responsibility and
Limited Responsibility.  Privately Printed, n.p., 1909.  Maroon
cloth, worn and rubbed, a sound copy. [15155 L19EL52]     $ 85.00

7.  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]
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                                                       $ 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".

8.  [GREAT SEAL].  The Lives of all the Lords Keepers and Lords
Commissioners, of the Great Seal of England; from William the
Conqueror, to the present time [etc.]. Two Volumes.  Printed for R.
Burrough and F. Baker, at the Sun and Moon [etc.], London, 1708.
Modern 1/4 black morocco, an attractive set. [47124 L13L16EL49E]
                                                         $ 850.00

9.  HOPKINS, James Love.  The New Federal Equity Rules, Promulgated
by the United States Supreme Court at the October Term, 1912,
Together with the Cognate Statutory Provisions and Former Equity
Rules. With an Introduction, Annotations and Forms.  W.H. Anderson
Company, Cincinnati, 1913.  Original buckram, rubbed, name on front
board; a sound copy. [66960 L70]                         $ 125.00

A first-rate treatment of the major changes recommended by
committees chaired by the Chief Justice, the first large-scale
modifications in some 70 years; with the rules of 1822, 1842 and
later years reproduced, cross-referenced and annotated.

10.  LAYCOCK, Douglas.  The Death of the Irreparable Injury Rule.
Oxford University Press, New York, 1991.  [44577 L14L28L45]
                                                          $ 25.00

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