Search Results: Law (Bibliographies) from Wykeham Books

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1926. Cloth, small 4to, 250 x 185 mm,. viii, 304 pp. Approximately 1,300 entries. Arranged under Statutes: collections and abridgements, Decisions, Treatises, and Printers, and their law books. Includes an important appendix of reproductions of printers'devices not recorded in McKerrow, and another of tables giving printer, date, locations in England and the USA, and distinguishing marks of the publications listed. Covers a little marked, contents slightly age-toned, otherwise a Good sound copy of the first edition.

Dennis & Co., Inc, Buffalo, 1966 reprint of the 1926-43 edition. Cloth, contrasting spine-panels, 8vo,. viii, 304, 50 pp. Approximately 1,420 entries. Arranged under Statutes: collections and abridgements, Decisions, Treatises, and Printers, and their law books. Includes an important appendix of reproductions of printers'devices not recorded in McKerrow, and another of tables giving printer, date, locations in England and the USA, and distinguishing marks of the publications listed. Top edge of textblock smokestained, otherwise Very Good. . An attractively bound book in brown cloth with blue spine -panels and gilt titles.

Sweet & Maxwell Limited, London, first edition, 1925. Cloth, 8vo,. xvi, 444 pp. Approximately 4,000 entries. ...it is hoped that no work of importance printed before 1650 has been omitted...An attempt has been made to list every edition of the books included and in many cases the collation also is given." - Preface. Classified arrangement with Author and subject Index. Name stamp of lawfirm on pastedown endpapers and top and bottom page edges, spine slightly darkened, otherwise Very Good.

Sweet & Maxwell, London, first editions, 1925 - 1931. 2 vols, cloth, blindstamped cover device, 8vo,. xvi, 444 + viii, 270 pp. Issued as volumes 1-2 of Sweet & Maxwell's complete law book catalogue. Contents: Vol. 1. To 1650, including books dealing with that period, printed from 1480 to 1925 Vol 2. 1651 to 1800. Volumes 1 and 2 are arranged by subject in a detailed classification scheme and indexed by author. Many entries include collations. Spine and top edge of Volume 2 somewhat darkened, contents of both volumes slightly agetoned, otherwise a Good set.

Law Society, London, first edition, 1994. Cloth, silver cover-title within gilt border, large 8vo,. cliv, 500 pp, plates. The catalogue of a historically important collection (especially rich in Catholicism and Anti-Catholicism) which was controversially broken up in the last few years: auction sales took place at Sotheby's on 5 June 2013 and at B loomsbury Auctions on 20 March 2014. Contents include: Introduction, by Sheila Hingley; Joseph Mendham: collector and controversialist, by Grayson M. Ditchfield; The Mendham Collection: the contents and their historical context, by Jacqueline Eales; Bindings in the Mendham Collection, by Sheila Hingley; Mendham's collection of manuscripts, by Nigel Ramsay; Reference works referred to in the catalogue; Abbreviations used in the catalogue; Catalogue, by Sheila Hingley and David J. Shaw; Printers Index; Provenance Index. From the introduction: "The Mendham Collection is a splendid collection of Roman Catholic and anti-Roman Catholic… Read More

Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, Dublin, 1937. Cloth, 8vo,. 146 pp. Approximately 1,200 entries. An uncommon catalogue, containing works on Irish and British law. Arranged alphabetically by author. Stamp of solicitors firm on title and rear pastedown endpaper. Near Very Good.

Sweet & Maxwell Ltd, London, second edition, 1955. Cloth, gilt cover-device, 8vo,. xvi, 687 pp. Approximately 6,000 entries. Contents: 1. General Works; 2. Anglo-Saxon and Norman Law; 3. Curia Regis, Civil and Crown Pleas, 12th to 14th Centuries; 4. Public Records; 5. the Constitution; 6. Church and Clergy; 7. Sorts and Conditions of Men; 8. Executive Officers; 9. Common Law; 10. Equity; 11. Courts and Procedure; 12. Criminal Law and Crown Cases; 13. Juries and Evidence; 14. Local Government and Courts; 15. Cities and Boroughs; 16. The Land; 17. Property; 18. Domestic Relations and Women; 19. Maritime Law and Marine Insurance; 20. The Law Merchant and Trade; 21. Statutes; 22. Miscellaneous; 23. Welsh Law; 25. Isle of Man; 26. Biography; 27. Jurisprudence, Natural Law, Political Theories, Etc.; Indexes: I. Subjects; II. Places; III. Authors and Titles. Slightly rubbed, otherwise Good.