[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 
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1.  [PETERLOO MASSACRE].  The Trial of Henry Hunt [and Nine
Others] for an Alleged Conspiracy, To Alter the Law by Force and
Threats; and for Convening and Attending an Illegal, Riotous, and
Tumultuous Meeting at Manchester . . . Before Mr. Justice Bayley
and a Special Jury.  Printed by T.J. Evans, at the Observer-Office,
Manchester, 1820.  1/4 morocco over marbled boards, quite rubbed,
the front hinge cracked and somewhat strained, browning and
dustiness, one leaf lacking; a working copy. [72013] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=72013     $ 125.00

The rare and important Manchester account of the trial of 'Orator'
Hunt and other radicals following the tragedy of the Peterloo
Massacre, seemingly unknown to the editors of the State Trials,
with a lengthy report of Hunt's motion for a new trial.

2.  POWELL, John Joseph.  Essay upon the Law of Contracts and
Agreements. Two Volumes.  Printed for J. Johnson . . . and T.
Whieldon, Fleet-Street, London, 1790.  Contemporary calf, rubbed,
a bit of light staining and the occasional pencil notation, but in
general a crisp, bright, superior set. [71983] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71983   $ 1,250.00

First edition of the work which John Baker recently termed "the
first printed treatise (worthy of the name) on the English law of
contract" and, in Holdsworth's words, was "an able book" . . .
"attain[ing] a high standard of learning".

3.  SELDENI, Ioannis.  De Iure Naturali & Gentium, Iuxta
Disciplinam Ebraeorum, Libri Septem. S.T.C. 22168. Folio in 4's. Excudebat 
Richardus Bishopius, Londini, 1640.  Contemporary vellum,
showing wear, some staining and browning, sometimes heavy, yet a
crisp copy. [71993] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71993   $ 1,250.00

First edition of Selden's most important effort to examine Jewish
law and, more broadly in the view of David Berkowitz, "a major work
and an ingenious attempt to construct an historical system of
natural law", subsequently of much interest to Vico.

4.  STOKES, Anson Phelps.  Church and State in the United States,
Historic Development and Contemporary Problems of Religious Freedom
under the Constitution. Three Volumes [complete].  Harper &
Brothers Publishers, New York, 1950.  Original cloth, gilt, a very
good set in slightly worn dustjackets, preserved in a defective
box. [71954] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71954     $ 225.00

A classic work, praised by Charles Beard and Charles Warren, among
others, bringing together and annotating the major documents in
church-state relations since American independence; "an
indispensable resource for historians of American religion".

5.  STORING, Herbert J. (ed.).  The Complete Anti-Federalist, With
Commentary and Notes. Seven Volumes [complete].  University of
Chicago Press, Chicago, 1981.  Original blue cloth, gilt, somewhat
rubbed, volume numbers inked onto spines, some occasional markings
elsewhere, but a good set. [72004] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=72004     $ 450.00

Represented as the first publication of "all of the substantial
Anti-Federal writings in their complete original form and in an
accurate text", together with Professor Storing's commentary and
his analysis of the Anti-Federalists' political thought.

6.  STORY, Joseph.  A Selection of Pleadings in Civil Actions,
Subsequent to the Declaration. With Occasional Annotations on the
Law of Pleading. Cohen 9274.  Published by Barnard B. Macanulty,
Salem, 1805.  Later 3/4 buckram over marbled boards, the original
label preserved, quite browned and foxed, but usable; with the
six-page Macanulty catalogue appended. [71936] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71936     $ 750.00

First edition of the first law treatise which we may definitely
attribute solely to Story, and marking the first correspondence
between Story and Jefferson, to whom Story sent a copy; arranged by
subject, with Story's notes following the pleas.

7.  [TAYLOR, Hannis].  A Paper Read by Mr. Hannis Taylor, of
Mobile, at the Third Annual Meeting of the Alabama State Bar
Association, upon the Subject of An Inter-State Code Commission. Printed by 
Smith & Armstrong, Montgomery, [1881].  Original printed
sewn wraps, quite chipped and darkened, a fragile survival; 16
pages. [71989] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71989     $ 250.00

The rare and seemingly first professionally published writing of
Taylor, delivered in behalf of the Committee on Jurisprudence and
Law Reform of the Association, of which he was elected President
about a decade later; no copy in OCLC, one in RLIN.

8.  TILLESLEY, Richard.  Animadversions upon M. Seldens History of
Tythes, And His Review Thereof . . . Maintaining the Ius divinum of
Tythes [etc.] [with] An Answer to M. Seldens Unprinted Pamphlet
Against the Animadversions [etc.]. The second Edition. S.T.C.
24074. Quarto.  Printed by N. Okes for Arthur Iohnson [imprint
varies], London, 1621.  Contemporary vellum showing wear and
lacking ties, the vellum detached at the front hinge, ex-seminary
library, yet a crisp usable copy. [72003] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=72003     $ 750.00

The first major response to the work of Selden which David
Berkowitz termed "his greatest work [and] one of the triumphs of
Renaissance learning", this second edition providing Tillesley's
further response to Selden's privately circulated reply.

9.  WELLMAN, Francis L.  Day in Court, or the Subtle Arts of Great
Advocates.  The Macmillan Company, New York, 1910.  Original
crimson cloth, gilt, a very little faded, but generally a very
good, bright copy, with the presentation dated the month of
publication. [71992] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71992     $ 350.00

Presentation copy of the first edition of the work seeking to show
"the qualities of mind and body which a man should have to be
fitted for the career of an advocate"--"To Franklin Wm Cutcheon /
with the compts of / the Author / New York Feb 15 1910".

10.  The Digest of Justinian. Latin Text Edited by Theodor Mommsen with the Aid 
of Paul Krueger. English Translation Edited by Alan Watson [with others]. Four 
Volumes [complete]. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1985. 
Original black and orange cloth, gilt, a very good set. [71972] PHOTO: 
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71972 $ 350.00

The received edition of the most important part of Justinian's
Corpus Juris Civilis, "without doubt the most . . . influential
collection of secular legal materials that the world has ever
known" the Latin text and English translation on facing pages.


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