A Profitable Booke Of Mr John Perkins, Fellow Of The Inner Temple. Treating Of The Lawes Of England -

London : W Strachan and M Woodfall , 1774 A comprehensive and clearly written guide to the law in the mid to late 1700's as it affected those living and working in the countryside. The title page says that this is the 2nd edition - enlarged to cover the law concerning Landlords and Tenants. It is divided into several sections: Game; Tithes; Highways; Turnpike Roads; Fishing, fish-ponds, rivers etc; making and duty of Malt; making and selling of Cyder, mum and perry; and growing, bagging and duty of Hops; landlords and tenants; cattle; corn; hay; straw; timber and other trees; Butter and Cheese. In full leather binding which is in very good condition apart from some slight wear to the front hinge. With original endpapers which are splitting at the hinge at the front. Contents are sound, clean and bright. With advert for the 'Modern Parish Officer' bound at the rear.

London: Printed for Henry Twyford in Vine Court in the Middle Temple and Samuel Heyrick at Grays Inn Gate in Holborn, 1675 Book. Good. Disbound. [viii], 241, [15]; [iv], 341, [11] pages + portrait frontispiece. ESTC R16999. In the remains of an old full leather binding, rebacked, probably in the 19th century, but now split and both boards detached. Ink owner's name to the front pastedown. Pages lightly browned with some spotting. Final blank leaf is present. The second part states that it is the second edition..

VENETIIS : EX TYPOGRAPHIA NALLEONIANA, 1736. In folio. Dim. 38x24 cm. Pp. (12)+648. Peso Kg. 1,500 Bella edizione del 1736 di questo celebre opera del giurista e letterato urbinate Biagio Micalori (n. 1579). All'interno trattato de Fratribus, de Positionibus, De caeco surdo & muto. La prima di diritto familiare riguarda principalmente la situazione giuridica dei fratelli in vari ambiti: testamentario, criminale, ereditario, societa di beni, primogenitura ecc.. La terza sul diritto per i cechi, sordi e muti. Belle vignette all'interno. In buone condizioni e completo. Copertina in piena pergamena coeva con titolo manoscritto al dorso in buone condizioni generali con livei usure ai margini e dorso. Piccole macchie (vedere foto). Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in buone condizioni con fioriture. Beautiful edition of 1736 of this famous treaty by the jurist and letterate from Urbino Biagio Micalori (n. 1579). Inside the following treaties de Fratribus, de… Read More

London: Printed by Henry Lintot for Browne, Shuckburgh & others, 1752. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo contemporary blind-tooled calf with later calf re-back on 5 raised bands, red gilt and black gilt labels, viii +518pp +[26]pp copious Index. Signature Chas. Bate at head of titlepage, first few pages a little foxed, else clean and crisp throughout in a very fine binding (referenced by N5074).

The Mysterious Affair At Styles (1935 Bodley Head Half-Crown Edition) THE FIRST HERCULE POIROT TITLE EVER WRITTEN BY CHRISTIE. Mandarin Orange cloth boards with black and green stripes on front cover. Black Titling. States Bodley Head on spine. Spine may be slightly sunned. Pages are fairly bright. Foxing noted, chiefly at the title page and verso. Used. Good Condition / New fax candlestick motif dust jacket. Hardcover. Made and printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Ltd., Frome and London. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

Lynchburg, VA: J.P. Bell Company, 1894. Exotic. Very Good. 7 x 9 3/4 inches. viii + 87 numbered pages. Lower corner of pages worn at margin. Old ownership inscription of Charles Jones dated 1897 and the law firm McAllister & Jones (Covington, VA) dated 1900. Neat old lawyers' underlines and annotations throughout. Bound in full modern sealskin with fur by John Field; Provenance: Library of Harry and Virginia Walton. Harry and Virginia Walton were lifelong residents of Covington, Virginia, a small town in the Allegheny Mountains. Harry was a graduate of Lynchburg College, and Virginia was a graduate of the Lynchburg General School of Nursing. Although largely unknown to the general public, the Waltons' reputation as collectors was widely respected in bibliophile and academic circles, and items from their collection were exhibited at numerous colleges, universities and art centers. After their deaths, the original Walton collection was the subject of a series of very successful auctions in… Read More

Halifax: P. Darby for John Bentley, 1761. Hardcover. See Description. Small 8vo. pp. [4], 95, [1]. With frontispiece illustration of the Halifax gibbet. Bound in full period sheep with gilt spine; rubbing and wear to extremities; head cap and front hinge are neatly restored. Several worn spots on the spine are touched up and a few gilt lines are repaired. Interior contains light age-toning and some spots of foxing. Name plate present on inside front cover with name rubbed off. This book was first published in 1708. According to Upcott the author was a physician named Dr. Samuel Midgley, "who wrote it… while in Halifax jail for debt, where he died in 1695. His poverty prevented his printing it; and John Bentley (under whose name the volume is generally known), who was Clerk of Halifax Church, claimed the hounor of it after his death." Chapter I contains a description of town customs and traditions; chapter II discusses the laws of Halifax and defends the Gibbet Law which states that… Read More

Full limp vellum. Lacking ties. First part ends at page 472; Second part begins at [553] with no apparent loss of text. Part two suffered the expurgations from the inquisitor with page 961 - 964; 995 - 998 pasted over and page crossed out. Worming to 955 - 976 with loss of text. 36.3 cm x 22.5 cm. "Corrected and submitted according to the edict" by an inquisitor whose name may possibly begin 'Don Athanasio'.; folio 9.5 x 14.3 inches; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

London: John Walthoe and Tho Bever, 1717. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Printed by E Nutt. In VG order throughout. Very little marking. Pages crisp and clean with just a little offsetting. Full leather contemporary binding with five raised bands, a little worn. Titlepieces have been added. Additional photos on request. 8vo. xvi + 483pp.

1751. [London]: Sold by John Hamilton, 1751.. [London]: Sold by John Hamilton, 1751. Legal Malpractice? [Trial]. Hamilton, John, Plaintiff. The Case of John Hamilton, Against Joseph Hickey, Attorney: Wherein the Abuses of the Law, Occasionally Hinted at in a Pamphlet Lately Publish'd, Are More Amply Set Forth. [London]: Sold by John Hamilton, at His Lodgings at the Glove and Breeches, The Middle of Swallow-Street, Near St. James's Church, 1751. [ii], 45, [1] pp. With a half-title. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning, light soiling to exterior. An attractive copy of a scarce title. $450. * Only edition. In this angry, possibly libelous pamphlet, Hamilton claims Hickey, his former attorney, committed legal malpractice in a commercial dispute. Apparently the second part of a two-part pamphlet war, it is a response to Hickey Against Hamilton and Hervey: Or, A Proper Reply to the Case of John Hamilton, As Set Forth by His Honourable Solicitor, In Relation to the… Read More