[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.  BLACKSTONE, William.  Commentaries on the Laws of England. Four
Volumes [Second Editions of Volumes One and Two, First Editions of
Volumes Three and Four].  Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1766-69.  [59066
Y] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=59066
                                                       $ 4,500.00

A well preserved mixed edition of the most famous of all works on
English law, bound in a full contemporary calf, a bit of cracking
to some joints, a tad of foxing, one label chipped, yet generally
quite fresh, clean and wide-margined.

2.  BLACKSTONE, William.  Commentaries on the Laws of England. The
Fourth [sic] Edition. Eller 6.  Printed for John Exshaw [and
others; imprint varies], Dublin, 1771.  Contemporary calf, rubbed,
a few repairs, new labels; a sound set. [60114 TAS] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=60114   $ 1,500.00

A very early Dublin-printed, pirated edition (the second) of
Blackstone's classic work, appearing during the same year as the
first American edition, and the first in Ireland in which all four
volumes were published during the same year.

3.  BLACKSTONE, William.  Tracts, Chiefly Relating to the
Antiquities and Laws of England. Third Edition.  At the Clarendon
Press, Oxford, 1771.  A handsome copy, in a modern speckled calf,
extra gilt. [60301 L57E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=60301     $ 850.00

4.  CAMPBELL, John Lord.  The Lives of the Chief Justices of
England. From the Norman Conquest till the Death of Lord Tenterden.
Five Volumes.  Edward Thomson, Long Island, 1894.  [59068] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=59068   $ 1,250.00

The most sumptuous and elaborate of all the editions of the
Campbell's Chief Justices, with many full-page plates, some in
color and others folding; with the crimson dustwrappers, well
preserved, in the original slipcases, somewhat worn.

5.  DODERIDGE, Sir John.  The English Lawyer. Describing A Method
for the managing of the Lawes of this Land.  And expressing the
best qualities requisite in the Student Practizer Judges and
Fathers of the same.  Printed by the Assignes of I. More Esq.,
London, 1631.  Modern calf, gilt, definite browning; a sound copy.
[59011 XYL64] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=59011   $ 2,250.00

First and only early edition of Dodderidge's singular attempt to
determine the qualities of the lawyer and law student, and to probe
the fundamental nature of law, including its essential grounds and
maxims.

6.  [FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF YORK].  A Circumstantial Report of
the Evidence and Proceedings upon the Charges Preferred against His
Royal Highness the Duke of York in the Capacity of Commander in
Chief . . . With all the other Documents produced in the Course of
the Investigation [etc.].  Printed for James Cundee, Ivy-Lane,
Paternoster-Row, London, 1809.  Later 3/4 morocco, rubbed, some
embrowning; quite a good copy. [59041 L51] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=59041     $ 250.00

The transcript of the proceedings in the House of Commons forcing
the resignation of George III's second son, Frederick Augustus, as
Commander in Chief, unwittingly caught in the web of his mistress's
successful influencing-peddling efforts.

7.  [GILBERT, Geoffrey], Baron.  The Law of Distresses and
Replevins, Delineated . . . To which is added, An Appendix of
English Precedents in Replevin.  Printed by Henry Lintot . . . for
J. Worrall [etc.], [London], 1757.  Modern calf, the original label
preserved, small hole in title (fram an erasure) not affecting the
text, else quite a good copy. [59103 L49L63E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=59103     $ 450.00

8.  [INNS OF COURT].  W[illiam] Herbert.  Antiquities of the Inns
of Court and Chancery: Containing Historical and Descriptive
Sketches Relative to Their Original Foundation, Customs,
Ceremonies, Buildings, Government . . . With a Concise History of
English Law.  Printed for Vernor and Hood, Poultry [etc.], London,
1804.  Contemporary? 3/4 calf, rebacked, an attractive copy; with
the twenty-four plates, with varying degrees of foxing. [59038
L55E] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=59038
                                                         $ 650.00

9.  JACOBSEN, Frederick J.  Laws of the Sea, with Reference to
Maritime Commerce, during Peace and War [translated] from the
German . . . by William Frick.  Published by Edward J. Coale,
Baltimore, 1818.  Contemporary sheep, some staining and tears; a
usable copy. [60309] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=60309     $ 450.00

10.  [MILTON, JOHN].  [George Walker].  Substance of the Speech of
the Rev. Mr. Walker . . . to Which is Added Mr. Thomson's Preface
to a Speech of Mr. John Milton, for the Liberty of Unlicensed
Printing, to the Parliament of England. First Published in the Year
1644. McCoy T101.  Printed . . . By the Society for Constitutional
Information, [London], 1780.  Modern 1/4 black morocco, the edges
cut close, else a fresh copy. [59257 L68] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=59257     $ 450.00

The proposals for Parliamentary reform delivered by Walker,
polymath associate of Newton and John Millar whose forensic
abilities were compared with Cicero's, coupled with James Thomson's
famed preface to Milton's masterwork first published in 1738.
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