[Rarebooks] fs-A Selection from Stock, with Images

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock, with images of them;
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.  BALCH, Thomas.  International Courts of Arbitration. Fourth
edition.  Allen, Lane and Scott, Philadelphia, 1912.  1/4 morocco,
worn but sound. [63521] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=63521     $ 125.00

2.  BLACKSTONE, William.  Commentaries on the Laws of England . .
. from the Last London Edition. With the Last Corrections of the
Author; and with Notes and Additions by Edward Christian . . .
Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of
Cambridge. Four Volumes.  Printed and Published by Thomas B. Wait,
& Co., Portland, 1807.  Original publisher's paper-backed
light-blue boards, paper labels. [62886] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=62886     $ 750.00

An early American edition (the fifth), a completely
unsophisticated, unrestored set in its original American
publisher's binding, bottom and foredges untrimmed, cracking to the
joints, bottom of one spine perished, labels slightly different.

3.  [BREACH OF PROMISE AND THE THEATRE].  Fairburn's Edition of the
Trial Between Maria Foote, the Celebrated Actress, Plaintiff, and
Joseph Hayne, Esq., Defendant, for a Breach of Promise of Marriage;
Including the Evidence at Full Length. . . and the Whole of the
Love Letters [etc.].  Published by John Fairburn [etc.], [London],
[1824].  Modern red pebbled cloth, stained but sound. [63581]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=63581
                                                         $ 250.00

4.  [CALIFORNIA].  Ellen M. Colton, Plaintiff, vs. Leland Stanford
et al., Defendants. Argument of Hall McAllister, Counsel for the
Defendants. Part I [Embracing the First Seven Days].  Superior
Court of Sonoma County, n.p, [1880's?].  Printed sewn wraps,
chipped and worn, crudely repaired with tape. [63569] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=63569     $ 250.00

5.  COKE, Edward.  La Vnz[ie]me Part des Reports . . . Resolutions
& Iugements donez sur solennes arguments & auec grand deliberation
& conference des tresreuerend Iuges & Sages de la Ley [etc.].
S.T.C. 5522.  Printed for the Societie of Stationers, London, 1616.
Contemporary calf, a bit chipped, one margin torn away; very fresh.
[63669] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=63669
                                                       $ 1,250.00

6.  CUMMINGS, John.  Poor-Laws of Massachusetts and New York, With
Appendices Containing the United States Immigration and
Contract-Labor Laws.  Macmillan & Company [for the American
Economic Association], New York, 1895.  3/4 morocco, the spine
quite faded, embrowning; a usable copy. [63410] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=63410     $ 125.00

Dr. Cummings' doctoral thesis submitted at the University of
Chicago the preceding year, thoroughly treating from the mid 17th
century forward the poor laws of the two states; publications of
the Association, Volume X, Number 4.

7.  HALE, Matthew.  The History of the Common Law . . . With Notes,
References, and Some Account of the Life of the Author by Charles
Runnington. The Fourth Edition Corrected.  Printed for James Moore,
45, College-Green, Dublin, 1792.  Modern 1/4 calf, lightly
embrowned, margins cut close; a good copy. [63001
L64L65EL68EL73EL77E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=63001     $ 650.00

Runnington's edition, with his notes and his extensive biographical
essay upon Hale prefacing the work; Hale's "Analysis of the Law",
though not called for by the title page, is appended with a
separate index.

8.  [HOLMES AND THE CARDOZO FAMILY].  Oliver Wendell Holmes.  The
Common Law.  Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1881.  Original
reddish-brown cloth, showing some wear, but quite sound. [63702
YL64EL72EL73EL77E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=63702   $ 3,500.00

The Cardozo family copy once owned by Justice Cardozo's nephew,
Michael H. Cardozo II and presented by his grandson, Michael H.
Cardozo IV, to his son, Michael H. Cardozo V, one of whom has
boldly signed the title page.

9.  [LORD ELGIN AND CRIMINAL CONVERSATION].  An Authentic Account
of the Proceedings. . .in Which the Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin
was Plaintiff, and William Ferguson, Esq., Defendant, for Criminal
Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife [etc.].  J. Hatchard,
London, 1808.  Modern red buckram, a bit worn and blistered, but
usable. [63578] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=63578     $ 450.00

10.  OKE, George C.  The Magisterial Synopsis: A Practical Guide
for Magistrates, Their Clerks, Attornies and Constables; Summary
Convictions and Indictable Offences, with Their Penalties,
Punishments, Procedure [etc.]. Tenth Edition. Two Volumes.
Butterworths, 7, Fleet Street, Law Publishers [etc.], London, 1868.
Original embossed cloth, a bit of foxing, but a very good set.
[62882 L70E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=62882     $ 125.00

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