[Rarebooks] 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.  LOVELASS, Peter.  The Law's Disposal of a Person's Estate Who
Dies Without Will or Testament . . . To Which is Added the Disposal
of a Person's Estate, By Will and Testament [etc.]. The Sixth
Edition, with Additions.  Printed for the Author, and sold by T.
Whieldon [etc.], London, 1790.  Contemporary mottled calf, some
staining and worming, but sound. [43956 L19L20EL40L71] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=43956     $ 350.00

An early edition of a work which became the most popular of its
kind for over a half-century, very accessible and here expanded
from its initial purpose (treating only of intestacy) to those who
had had the foresight to draw wills.

2.  MACMILLAN, Anthony.  Forms of Writings Used in Scotland, in the
Most Common Cases; with the Principles of the Law Connected
Therewith. . .The Third Edition.  Printed for Elphingston Balfour,
Edinburgh, 1790.  Full calf, rubbed but presentable. [43433 L13]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=43433
                                                         $ 225.00

3.  [NEUTRALITY AND THE RIGHT TO SEARCH].  J.F.W. Schlegel.
Neutral Rights; or, An Impartial Examination of the Right of Search
of Neutral Vessels Under Convoy [etc.]. Cohen 7523.  Printed at the
Aurora Office, No. 106, Market-Street, Philadelphia, 1801.  Modern
morocco backed boards, definite foxing, but sound. [43973
L12L42L55L71] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=43973     $ 250.00

A worthy contribution to the controversy surrounding Lord Stowell's
first major opinion as Judge of the High Court of Admiralty,
centered upon the rights of belligerents to visit and search
neutral vessels; with the opinion appended.

4.  PARKER, Charles H. (ed.).  The Civil Practice Act of the State
of California, as Amended, with Notes and References, and an
Appendix [etc.].  H.H. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco, 1863.
Contemporary sheep, scuffed and stained, but sound. [43741
L29L52EL68E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=43741     $ 250.00

5.  SHEPPARD, William.  The Touch-stone of Common Assurances. Or A
Plain and Familiar Treatise, opening the Learning of the Common
Assurances or Conveyances of the Kingdome. Wing S3214.  Printed by
M.F. for W. Lee, M. Walbancke, D. Pakeman [etc.], London, 1648.
Full, modern calf, some staining and embrowning, but sound. [43909
L12L29EL35EL56EL74E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=43909   $ 1,500.00

First edition of a pioneering work and one of the pre-eminent
treatises on the English law of conveyancing, published for almost
two centuries, "its prominence [assured] among the classical legal
texts of the Anglo-American tradition.

6.  [ST. GERMAIN, Christopher].  The Dialogue in English, betweene
a Doctor of Divinity, and a Student in the Laws of England. Newly
corrected and Imprinted with new Additions. S.T.C. 21582.5.
Printed by the Assignes of John More, Esquire [etc.], [London],
1638.  Contemporary calf, quite worn, rebacked, ex-library; a sound
copy. [44657 XYL48EL64E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=44657     $ 650.00

An early 17th century edition of the first classic of English
equity and the first work on legal philosophy and natural law
written in England, "a brilliant, comprehensive and intellectually
satisfying attempt to construct a systematic theory of law".

7.  [STATUTES AT LARGE].  Fardinando Pulton.  A Collection of
sundry Statutes, frequent in use: With Notes in the Margent and
References to the Book cases and Books of Entries and Registers,
where they be treated of [etc.]. S.T.C. 9331.  Printed by M.
Flesher and R. Young; Assignes of I. More Esquire, London, 1640.
Contemporary calf rebacked, repairs to some margins; a sound copy.
[43492 C17XYL33L45L69L74] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=43492   $ 1,250.00

The first successful attempt to produce a critical and accurate
edition of the Statutes at Large through an examination of the
original manuscripts; with valuable references to other sources.

8.  [TENANTS LAW].  Tenants Law: or, the Laws Concerning Landlords,
Tenants and Farmers. . .The Fourteenth Edition.  Printed by Henry
Lintot, Law-Printer to the King [etc.], London, 1753.  Unlettered
calf, rubbed and worn, but decently preserved. [44208 XYL28EL49]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=44208
                                                         $ 450.00

9.  TOPHAM, Edward.  The Life of the Late John Elwes, Esquire;
Member in Three Successive Parliaments for Berkshire. First
Published in the Paper of The World. The Ninth Edition.  Printed by
John Jarvis, London, 1791.  Table defective, embrowning; new 1/4
calf gilt. [43487 L22EL47EL48EL67E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=43487     $ 150.00

10.  TOWNSHEND, John.  A Treatise on the Wrongs Called Slander and
Libel, and on the Remedy by Civil Action for those Wrongs, to Which
is Added in this Edition a Chapter on Malicious Prosecution.
Baker, Voorhis and Company, New York, 1877.  New 1/4 calf, gilt,
quite nice. [44242 L49L68E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=44242     $ 200.00

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