[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: www.meyerbos.com

1.  ARMOUR, Edward Douglas.  Essays on the Devolution of Land upon
the Personal Representative and Statutory Powers Relating Thereto,
with an Appendix of Statutes.  The Canada Law Book Co., Toronto,
1903.  Original 3/4 calf over cloth boards, worn, the joints
cracked and the front board loose; a usable, clean copy only.
[72009] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=72009
                                                          $ 125.00

Only edition of a work extending the reach of the subject in which
Armour specialized (the law of real property in Canada) to the
vexed difficulties of property held by personal representatives
under the complexities of Canadian law and legislation.

3.  BROWNE, William Henry.  A Treatise on the Law of Trade-Marks
and Analogous Subjects, (Firm-Names, Business-Signs, Good-Will,
Labels, &c.).  Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1873.  Original
sheep, morocco label, gilt, showing definite wear, light browning,
but a good copy. [71982] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71982     $ 450.00

First edition of one of two early American treatises on trademarks,
and the first following the seminal 1870 Congressional act, seeking
to encompass European and English authorites, and detailing the
1,100 marks registered under the 1870 legislation.

4.  BUGBEE, Bruce W.  Genesis of American Patent and Copyright Law. Public 
Affairs Press, Washington, 1967.  Original blue cloth, gilt,
the spine faded, ex-library; a usable copy only. [71944] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71944     $ 150.00

A work examining fully the antecedents of United States patent and
copyright laws, with chapters on their European origins, the
American colonial period, and contemporaneous state patent and
copyright laws; with a foreword by Luther H. Evans.

5.  [EARLY AMERICAN BLASPHEMY].  Speech of Abner Kneeland,
Delivered before the Full Bench of Judges of the Supreme Court, In
His Own Defence, For the Alleged Crime of Blasphemy. Law Term,
March 8, 1836. Cohen 13344; McCoy K153 [neither noting the
advertising leaves].  Published by J.Q. Adams, Boston, 1836. Modern 1/4 blue 
cloth over marbled boards, gilt, definite foxing to
the title and some foxing and staining elsewhere; with the two
advertising leaves. [71980] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71980     $ 250.00

Abner Kneeland's famous if unsuccessful final appeal in "[t]he most
important and colorful of all American blasphemy cases", Kneeland
to become (after five trials) the only individual imprisoned in
19th century Massachusetts for blasphemy.

6.  GLANVILLA, Ranulpho de.  Tractatus de Legibus et
Consuetudinibus Regni Angliae, Tempore Regis Henrici secundi
Compositus [etc.]. Wing G839.  Printed by J. Streater, H. Twyford,
and E. Flesher [etc.], London, 1673.  Contemporary calf, somewhat
rubbed, label lacking, light browning, yet a very crisp, fresh
copy. [71956] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71956     $ 850.00

The third and last early edition of the first treatise on English
law, believed to have been written between 1187 and 1189, and for
which Maitland reserved the highest of praise, calling it "of great
value to students of legal and social history".

7.  HART, H.L.A.  Definition & Theory in Jurisprudence.  At the
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1961.  Original stapled printed wraps,
quite worn but usable, 28 pages, Martin Wight's copy, with his
ownership signature and ?his markings and emphases. [71920] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71920     $ 150.00

Original issuance of Hart's first separately published work, his
inaugural lecture given upon his election to the Chair of
Jurisprudence at Oxford (succeeding A.L. Goodhart), "put[ting] him
at once in controversy" and anticipating his Concept of Law.

8.  HUTTON, W[illiam].  Courts of Requests: Their Nature, Utility,
and Powers Described, With a Variety of Cases, Determined in That
of Birmingham.  Printed by Pearson and Rollason; and Sold by R.
Baldwin [etc.], Birmingham, 1787.  Modern 1/4 calf over marbled
boards, lightly browned, else a good copy; with the half-title.
[71979] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71979
                                                          $ 850.00

An unusual account written by the "English Franklin", leavened with
humor and wisdom, describing the small claims court on which he
served, recounting in close-to-fable form some one hundred curious
and representative cases; with the half-title.

9.  MAITLAND, F.W. (ed.).  Select Pleas in Manorial and Other
Seignorial Courts. Volume I [all published]. Reigns of Henry III
and Edward I.  Bernard Quaritch [for the Selden Society], London,
1889.  ?Later blue cloth, gilt, a bit worn and a few notes,
ex-library, yet a usable copy. [71935] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71935     $ 150.00

The original edition of the Selden Society's second annual volume,
chiefly inspired by Vinogradoff's work on the manor and printing
materials of which Maitland observed to Ames "I know no rolls more
interesting than the earliest manorial rolls".

10.  PASCHAL, George W.  The Constitution of the United States,
Defined and Carefully Annotated.  W.H. & O.H. Morrison, Law
Booksellers [etc.], Washington, 1868.  Original dark cloth, gilt,
somewhat rubbed, light browning, the front hinge cracking, yet a
good copy. [71991] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71991     $ 250.00

A work known for its "originality and exhaustiveness, add[ing]
greatly to [Paschal's] fame", written by the Georgia native who
married a full-blooded Cherokee; arranged by article, section and
clause and providing illuminating, extensive annotations.

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