Author: Spelman, Henry Title: Glossarium Archaiologicum, Continens Latino-Barbara, Peregrina, Obsoleta, & Novatae Significationis Vocabula [etc.]. Third edition. Cowley 178 (variant); Wing S4926. Folio Publisher: Excudebat Tho. Braddyll, & Prostant apud Georg. Pawlett [etc.], London, 1687. Description: The best edition of the work which Holdsworth calls "the earliest dictionary of early legal and historical terms constructed upon sound principles" and the basis for Spelman's studies begun earlier in the century on English law and its history Condition: Modern 3/4 calf, title neatly repaired, engraved frontispiece strengthened at the inner margin, some dustiness, else a clean usable copy List No: 84-121 Book No.: W-73863 Price: $ 650.00
Author: Sutherland, Donald W. (ed.) Title: The Eyre of Northamptonshire, 3-4 Edward III A.D. 1329-1330. Two Volumes [complete] Publisher: Selden Society, London, 1983. Description: Professor Sutherland's final work, a masterful edition evincing the qualities--"clarity of thought, respect for evidence, a forthright style, and, above all, sparkles of historical imagination"--that had become the hallmarks of his scholarship Condition: Blue cloth, gilt, a very good set; the Society's annual volumes 97 and 98 for the years 1981 and 1982, respectively, and part of its Year Book Series List No: 84-127 Book No.: W-73937 Price: $ 65.00
Author: Haldeman-Julius, Marcet Title: Clarence Darrow's Defense of a Negro. Not in Hunsberger Publisher: Haldeman-Julius Monthly, Girard, 1926. Description: The principal contemporary account of the second Sweet trial other than newspaper reports, vivid, perceptive and extensive, Darrow's closing argument called by Frank Murphy--the presiding judge--"the greatest experience of my life" Condition: Original printed stapled wraps, quite browned, the wraps chipped and almost detaching; a fragile, just usable copy List No: 84-128 Book No.: W-73828 Price: $ 125.00
Author: Title: Defence of the Rev. Charles Voysey, B.A., Vicar of Healaugh, on the Hearing of the Charges of Heresy Preferred against Him in the Chancery Court of York, on the 1st December, 1869. Not in McCoy Publisher: Trubner & Co., 60, Paternoster Row, London, 1869. Description: The uncommon argument made in his own defense by Voysey, the religious reformer who, deprived of his living by the Privy Council, established the Theistic church, rejecting all "creeds, biblical inspiration . . . and the divinity of Christ" Condition: Original wraps, disbound, the rear wrap lacking, ex-library, else a crisp copy, 48 pages; two copies in OCLC in this country, neither in a law library List No: 84-129 Book No.: W-73958 Price: $ 150.00
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