The Attorney's Vade Mecum, and Client's Instructor, Treating of Actions (Such as Are Now Most in Use) of Prosecuting and Defending Them; of the Pleadings and Law, Also of Hue and Cry, the Subjects Arranged in a Clear and Perspicuous Manner, Volumes I & II
by Morgan, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good condition./No dust jacket, as issued. Original NOT a print on demand.
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Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Dublin: William Porter, 1792. Hardback: full contemporary leather with morocco spine labels. . Good condition./No dust jacket, as issued. Original NOT a print on demand. . Portable 18th-century attorney handbook covering a range of civil and criminal actions and pleadings. Volumes one and two only of three volumes. Moderately edgeworn and rubbed with stain on lower inside corner of front board. Heavy wear to lower corners. Spine somewhat darkened and rubbed with loss to leather at head and tail of spine and superficial split along length of spine. Binding secure, but hinges split from heads of spines to midsection of both boards. Contents largely very good with occasional toning and foxing to pages. Previous owner's contemporary bookplate inside front board and signature on title page (John H. Peyton). Contemporary note on rear endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey Blake
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J719785
- Title
- The Attorney's Vade Mecum, and Client's Instructor, Treating of Actions (Such as Are Now Most in Use) of Prosecuting and Defending Them; of the Pleadings and Law, Also of Hue and Cry, the Subjects Arranged in a Clear and Perspicuous Manner, Volumes I & II
- Author
- Morgan, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardback: full contemporary leather with morocco spine labels.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition.
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket, as issued. Original NOT a print on demand.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dublin: William Porter
- Date Published
- 1792
- Pages
- Two volumes in one binding: 312 & 295 pp.
- Keywords
- law; lawyers; solicitors; barristers; courts; legal forms; judges; justices of the peace; pleadings; civil actions; law suits; criminal law; legal history; leather-bound books; leather books; fine bindings; leather bindings
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Jeffrey Blake
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Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
About Jeffrey Blake
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