Meyer Boswell Books Special List #84

Rare and Scholarly Books on the Law




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Author:      Posner, Richard A.
Title:       Economic Analysis of Law
Publisher:   Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1972.
Description: First edition of Judge Posner's pathbreaking work, now in its
             sixth edition, of which he recently observed "after my book was
             published, its [the law and economics movement] existence could
             not be denied, though it could be deplored"
Condition:   Original light-green cloth, rubbed, the spine lettering almost
             effaced, else a clean usable copy
List No:     84-94     Book No.:  W-73994        Price: $     250.00
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Author:      Powell, John Joseph
Title:       A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages. The Second Edition, Revised
             and Corrected by the Author
Publisher:   Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers; for P. Uriel [etc.],
             London, 1787.
Description: The rare, first revision of the first substantial treatise on the
             law of mortgages, dedicated to Charles Fearne, and in Holdsworth's
             view "systematic and well-arranged . . . attain[ing] a high
             standard of learning"; one copy in North America in ESTC
Condition:   Original sheep, crimson morocco label, gilt, quite rubbed, joints
             cracked, definite foxing and embrowning; a fragile but usable copy
List No:     84-96     Book No.:  W-74024        Price: $     450.00
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Author:      Pratt, Charles, Lord Camden
Title:       An Inquiry into the Nature and Effect Of the Writ of Habeas
             Corpus, The great Bulwark of British Liberty, Both at Common Law,
             and under the Act of Parliament. And Also Into the Propriety of
             Explaining and Extending that Act [etc.]. The Second Edition
Publisher:   Printed for C. Henderson under the Royal Exchange [etc.], London,
             1758.
Description: The uncommon second edition of the principal (if brief) work of
             Charles Pratt, later Lord Camden, designed to support his
             legislation seeking to expand the coverage of habeas corpus to all
             (not merely penal) instances of illegal confinement
Condition:   Modern 1/4 speckled calf, gilt, some browning and paper repairs,
             else a good copy, 30 pages; seven copies in ESTC, none in a law
             library
List No:     84-97     Book No.:  W-73529        Price: $     750.00
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Author:      Prendergast, Harris
Title:       The Law Relating to Officers in the Army
Publisher:   Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, Military Library, Whitehall,
             London, 1849.
Description: First edition of a rare work written by the Lincoln's Inn
             barrister who undertook a similar work on naval officers, with
             chapters on prize and booty, criminal liabilities, rank and pay,
             courts martial and much else; one copy in OCLC, two in RLIN
Condition:   Original limp embossed crimson cloth, gilt-lettered, a trifle
             strained yet a pretty copy, the edges and endpapers marbled
List No:     84-98     Book No.:  W-73913        Price: $     350.00
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Author:      Prynne, William
Title:       The History of King John, King Henry III. Amd the Most Illustrious
             King Edward the I. . . . The Mistakes in some Printed Statutes,
             Cannonists, Law-books . . . Collected out of the Ancient Records
             in the Tower of London [etc.]. Wing P3980. Folio
Publisher:   Printed by Tho. Ratcliff . . . for Philip Chetwind [etc.], London,
             1670.
Description: The last part of the astounding fruits of Prynne's years as Keeper
             of the Public Records, his efforts termed "heroic" by Maitland,
             ultimately leading to "the intellectual rescue of a historical
             feudal law from the myth of an ancient constitution"
Condition:   Contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, a few repairs and some light
             browning, but a very good, wide-margined copy
List No:     84-102    Book No.:  W-73579        Price: $    1500.00
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Author:
Title:       Three Learned Readings Made upon three very usefull Statutes: The
             First, By . . . Sir James Dyer [of Wills] . . . The Second, By Sir
             Iohn Brograve [Concerning Jointures] . . . The Third, By Thomas
             Risden [of Forcible Entry] [etc.]. Wing D2929
Publisher:   Printed for W. Lee, M. Walbancke, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell,
             London, 1648.
Description: Only edition of each reading (all 16th century) and the only
             instance in which several Inns of Court readings were jointly
             published, the first (by James Dyer) recently termed by Dr. Baker
             "the distinguished exposition of the Statute of Wills"
Condition:   Modern calf, gilt, definite browning, margins cut close; a usable
             copy
List No:     84-106    Book No.:  W-73558        Price: $    1500.00
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Author:      Reeve, Tapping
Title:       The Law of Baron and Femme; of Parent and Child; of Guardian and
             Ward; of Master and Servant; and of the Powers of Courts of
             Chancery.  With an Essay on the terms, Heir, Heirs, and Heirs of
             the Body
Publisher:   Printed by Oliver Steele, New-Haven, 1816.
Description: First edition of the first American work devoted to the law of
             women, written by Tapping Reeve, founder of the first American law
             school, at Litchfield
Condition:   Contemporary calf, very worn, some browning; a just usable copy
List No:     84-107    Book No.:  W-73489        Price: $     750.00
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Author:
Title:       Judicial Appointments. A Letter to the Right Honourable Baron
             Cranworth, Lord High Chancellor [etc.]
Publisher:   Bosworth & Harrison, 215, Regent Street, London, 1857.
Description: A rare reformist tract with a decidedly populist slant, proposing
             that the judges of the county courts (then established for some
             ten years) were a fertile source for appointment to the central
             courts at Westminster; no copy in COPAC, OCLC or RLIN
Condition:   Disbound, the stitching loose, a just usable copy; 16 pages
List No:     84-108    Book No.:  W-74058        Price: $     250.00
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