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- Author:
- Maxwell, W. Harold [and others] (comps.)
- Title:
- A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations [1] English Law to 1800 [2] 1801 to 1954 [3] North America [4] Ireland [5] Scotland [6] Australia and New Zealand [7] The British Commonwealth. Second Edition. Seven Volumes [complete]
- Publisher:
- Sweet and Maxwell Limited, London, 1955-64.
- Description:
- The original issuance of the best edition of what remains as the pre-eminent legal bibliography of the English-speaking world and the former British Empire, excluding only this country post-independence and India, better known as 'Sweet and Maxwell'
- Condition:
- Original cloth, gilt, showing some wear, the first volume somewhat more than the others, yet a good usable set
- Book No.:
- W-76164
- Price:
- $ 350.00
- Category:
- Bibliography
- Author:
- Farnam, Henry W.
- Title:
- Bibliography of the Department of Economics and Sociology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Third Edition
- Publisher:
- Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, 1914.
- Description:
- Part of the Institution's monumental undertaking to develop its "Contributions to American Economic History", for which the Department was organized into twelve divisions, with monographs, articles, and unpublished monographs listed accordingly
- Condition:
- Original brown printed sewn wraps, a bit crinkled and ex-library, but sound; 19 pages + an addendum slip pasted to the front wrap not noted in OCLC
- Book No.:
- W-72530
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, economics, law and sociology
- Author:
- Jong, Fang-Ling
- Title:
- My Love Affair with Bookshops [Second Edition]
- Publisher:
- The Earth Geographic Publishing & Technology Co., Taipei, 2002.
- Description:
- The expanded edition of a special work first appearing in 1997 and, though its text is in Chinese, affording a view of Western bookshops through its color photography that is umatched in any language, with an emphasis on the eccentric and charming
- Condition:
- Original printed illustrated wraps, as new; 253 pages
- Book No.:
- W-77140
- Price:
- $ 30.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, CHINA
- Author:
- Butterworth, Henry (comp.)
- Title:
- A Catalogue of Law Books, in General Use, of The Best Editions; Intended as a Guide to purchasers of Legal Works. The Second Edition, corrected and enlarged
- Publisher:
- Printed for Henry Butterworth, 7, Fleet Street [etc.], London, 1820.
- Description:
- A rare early catalogue of Butterworth's, this copy, with its notations, seemingly used as preparation for the firm's third edition of 1823, organized by subject matter, priced with bindings, size, and editions noted; two copies in OCLC, one in COPAC
- Condition:
- Contemporary 3/4 calf over marbled boards, rebacked, quite rubbed, interleaved, occasional notations (see below); a very good copy
- Book No.:
- W-79171
- Price:
- $ 750.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, Dealer & Auction Catalogues
- Author:
- Title:
- A Rape Bibliography, With Special Emphasis on Rape Research in Canada
- Publisher:
- Solicitor General of Canada, Ottawa, 1979.
- Description:
- Bilingual edition, in English and French
- Condition:
- Printed wraps, the spine nicked, but still sound; 130 pages
- Book No.:
- W-90143
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- Rape, women's law, Bibliography, CANADA
- Author:
- Jong, Fang-Ling
- Title:
- My Love Affair with Bookshops. Third Edition
- Publisher:
- In Chinese], Taiwan?], 2007.
- Description:
- The third edition of a special work first appearing in 1997 and, though its text is in Chinese, affording a view of Western bookshops through its color photography that is umatched in any language, with an emphasis on the eccentric and charming
- Condition:
- Original cloth, a very good copy in the dustjacket, with the errata slip and several post cards laid in; copy 063 of 1,000 inscribed by the author
- Book No.:
- W-76262
- Price:
- $ 60.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, CHINA
- Author:
- Cumming, Sir John
- Title:
- A Contribution Towards a Bibliography Dealing with Crime and Cognate Subjects. Third Edition
- Publisher:
- Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District, New Scotland Yard, London, 1935.
- Description:
- The third edition of a work first published in 1914, covering a fifty year period, arranged by subject with cross-indexes by author, geography and subject, emphasising England and the Commonwealth
- Condition:
- Original limp wraps, interleaved, showing wear; a usable copy
- Book No.:
- W-20498
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, criminal law
- Author:
- Marvin, J.G.
- Title:
- Legal Bibliography, or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books, Together With Some Continental Treatises. Interspersed with Critical Observations Upon Their Various Editions and Authority [etc.]. Cohen 1794
- Publisher:
- T. & J.W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, No. 197 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia, 1847.
- Description:
- Only edition of the first American work of legal bibliography, for many decades "the most comprehensive work of its kind ever published in the English language", with over 5,000 entries, arranged by author with an elaborate subject matter index
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, lightly faded, private ownership stamps on the title, else a very good, clean copy
- Book No.:
- W-77085
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- Bibliography
- Author:
- Walthoe (comp.), John
- Title:
- A Catalogue of the Common and Statute Law-Books of this Realm. With Some others relating thereunto . . . Alphabetically digested under proper Titles. With An Account of the Best Editions, and Common Prices for which they are now Sold
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Walthoe . . . and J. Walthoe, Junr [etc.], London, 1720.
- Description:
- A rare Walthoe catalogue, the first of its kind to appear in the 18th century, largely based in turn on the pioneering catalogue of Thomas Bassett, to whom "belongs the distinction of compiling and publishing the first bibliography of English law"
- Condition:
- Modern mottled calf, some light browning, else well preserved, one copy in ESTC (possibly incomplete), 99 pages + the advertising leaf; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79377
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, Dealer & Auction Catalogues
- Author:
- Maxwell (comps.), Leslie F. and W. Harold
- Title:
- Sweet and Maxwell's Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Volume 5. Scottish Law to 1956. Together with a list of Roman Law Books in the English Language. Second Edition
- Publisher:
- John Rees, London, 1990.
- Description:
- The volume of the pre-eminent legal bibliography of the English-speaking world and the former British Empire devoted to Scotland, with a list of works in English on Roman law appended
- Condition:
- Original cloth, as new, in the glassine dustjacket; the facsimile reissue of the second edition of 1957
- Book No.:
- W-70868
- Price:
- $ 55.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, SCOTLAND, roman law
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection of all the statutes, from the beginning of Magna Carta, vnto the yeare of our Lord (1557) which were before that yeare imprinted [to] the . . . fifth yeare of the raigne of oure Soueraine lady Queene Elizabeth [etc.]. STC 9308.5; Beale S61
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottelli, London, 1566.
- Description:
- The rare, third printing of one of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success" surpassing all previous efforts; five copies in ESTC, one imperfect
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind-panelled sheep, worn, spine chipped, minor worming, browning and staining, bookplate of Viscount Mersey; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78475
- Price:
- $ 5000.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection of all the statutes, from the beginning of Magna Carta, vnto the yeare of our Lord (1557) which were before that yeare imprinted [to] the . . . fifth yeare of the raigne of oure Soueraine lady Queene Elizabeth [etc.]. STC 9308.5; Beale S61
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottelli, London, 1566.
- Description:
- The rare, third printing of one of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success" surpassing all previous efforts; five copies in ESTC, one imperfect
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind-panelled sheep, worn, spine chipped, minor worming, browning and staining, bookplate of Viscount Mersey; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78475
- Price:
- $ 5000.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Cumming, Sir John
- Title:
- A Contribution Towards a Bibliography Dealing with Crime and Cognate Subjects. Third Edition
- Publisher:
- Patterson Smith, Montclair, 1970.
- Description:
- Facsimile reissue of the 1935 edition of a work first published in 1914, covering a fifty year period, arranged by subject with cross-indexes by author, geography and subject, emphasising England and the Commonwealth
- Condition:
- Gray buckram, the rear board a bit bumped, but a sound copy
- Book No.:
- W-90420
- Price:
- $ 35.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, criminal law
- Author:
- Hargrave, Francis
- Title:
- Collectanea Juridica. Consisting of Tracts Relative to the Law and Constitution of England. Two Volumes [complete] [with the "A Register of Law Publications" of 32 and 26 pages in the first and second volumes, respectively, not found in all sets]
- Publisher:
- Printed for E. and R. Brooke, Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar, London, 1791-92.
- Description:
- One of two works which Holdsworth termed Hargrave's "principal service to legal history", a rich and diverse selection of forty previously unpublished tracts from his extraordinary collection ultimately purchased and deposited in the British Library
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, much rubbed, joints just cracking but quite firm, labels lacking, else very clean and bright; the Taussig set
- Book No.:
- W-79486
- Price:
- $ 750.00
- Category:
- English constitutional law, Star Chamber, Bibliography
- Author:
- Keitt, Lawrence
- Title:
- An Annotated Bibliography of Bibliographies of Statutory Materials of the United States
- Publisher:
- Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1934.
- Description:
- Harvard Series of Legal Bibliographies; 479 items, annotated, with two substantial parts (not indicated by the title) devoted to law library catalogues and auction and sale catalogues, respectively
- Condition:
- Book No.:
- W-53082
- Price:
- $ 65.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- Catalogue of Printed Books [Including] the Property of Lincoln's Inn Library
- Publisher:
- Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 1978.
- Description:
- Sotheby's November 9, 1978 sale at Hodgson's Rooms, Chancery Lane, with 21 lots from the library of Lincoln's Inn, primarily materials printed by local historical societies; with the estimates and prices realized lists laid in
- Condition:
- Original printed, stapled wraps, well-preserved; 62 pages
- Book No.:
- W-17209
- Price:
- $ 35.00
- Category:
- Auction Catalogues, Dealer, Bibliography, Inns of Court
- Author:
- Title:
- Information Technology and the Law, Vol. 1, No. 1
- Publisher:
- Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht, 1992.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Paper; sample copy sticker on front wrap
- Book No.:
- W-45938
- Price:
- $ 10.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, Comparative Law, computers & law
- Author:
- Kirsop, Wallace
- Title:
- Buying Law Books in Nineteenth-Century Melbourne
- Publisher:
- Centre for the Book, Monash University, Melbourne, 2003.
- Description:
- A cultured, suggestive, and seemingly pioneering, lecture on the market for law books in Melbourne from about 1840 to 1900, noting the early predominance of auctions and discussing principal collectors, both institutional and private
- Condition:
- Printed pink stapled wraps, a bit spotted, else well-preserved, 23 pages; one of 200 copies
- Book No.:
- W-71327
- Price:
- $ 25.00
- Category:
- AUSTRALIA, Bibliography, 19TH CENTURY
- Author:
- Landheer, B. and J.L.F. van Essen (comps.)
- Title:
- Fundamentals of Public International Law. [Selective Bibliographies of the Library of the Peace Palace I]
- Publisher:
- A.W. Sijthoff's Publishing Company, Leiden, 1953.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Original printed sewn wraps, showing wear, ?ex-library, yet a good usable copy; 85 pages
- Book No.:
- W-73736
- Price:
- $ 125.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, international law
- Author:
- Title:
- A Catalogue of the Law Library of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Second Edition. Cohen 1814
- Publisher:
- Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Printers to the University, Cambridge, 1841.
- Description:
- The copy of the much expanded catalogue of the Harvard Law School Library once that of William Wetmore Story, marking its growth under his father, Joseph Story, and Simon Greenleaf, with Story's bookplate ("William W Story") on the front pastedown
- Condition:
- Modern 3/4 calf over the original marbled boards, a very good clean copy
- Book No.:
- W-76392
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- libraries, Bibliography
- Author:
- Braithwaite, Joan A. (comp. and ed.)
- Title:
- Women and the Law, A Bibliographical Survey of Legal and Quasi-Legal Materials, With Special Reference to Commonwealth Caribbean Jurisdictions, and Including Relevant Commonwealth Caribbean Legislation and Case Material
- Publisher:
- The University of the West Indies Press, Barbados, 1999.
- Description:
- Over 3,200 items, arranged by type of publication, with the most substantial section devoted to articles, books, cases, documents and newspaper items, followed by sections on theses and bibliographies; with an appendix on women's "firsts in the law"
- Condition:
- Original printed wraps, as new; 347 pages
- Book No.:
- W-67797
- Price:
- $ 35.00
- Category:
- women's law, Bibliography, CARIBBEAN
- Author:
- Brown (comps.), C.R., P.A. Maxwell & L.F. Maxwell
- Title:
- A Sweet and Maxwell's Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Volume 3. Canadian and British-American Colonial Law From Earliest Times to December, 1956
- Publisher:
- John Rees, London, 1990.
- Description:
- The volume of the pre-eminent legal bibliography of the English-speaking world and the former British Empire devoted to Canada until 1956 and to the United States during its colonial period; other volumes and the entire set also available
- Condition:
- Original cloth, as new, in the glassine dustjacket; the facsimile reissue of the second edition of 1957
- Book No.:
- W-61436
- Price:
- $ 55.00
- Category:
- Bench and Bar, Bibliography, biography, CANADA, colonies, Pennsylvania
- Author:
- Worrall, John (comp.)
- Title:
- Bibliotheca Legum: Or, A new and compleat List of All the Common and Statute Law Books of this Realm . . . giving an Acconnt [sic] of their several Editions, Dates, and Prices, and wherein they differ. The Sixth Edition, with Improvements
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Worrall, in Bell-Yard, near Lincoln's Inn, London, 1746.
- Description:
- A rare early edition of Worrall's seminal bibliography of English law, half again as large as its immediate predecessor, with Worrall's cogent observations and comparison of editions sprinkled throughout; two copies in RLIN, not in the BL or Harvard
- Condition:
- Modern cloth, some dustiness and markings, but a good usable copy
- Book No.:
- W-68674
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, Dealer
- Author:
- Title:
- National Library of Scotland: Advocates' Library, Notable Accessions up to 1925, a Book of Illustrations
- Publisher:
- National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1965.
- Description:
- One of two catalogues celebrating the notable accessions over the centuries to the National Library of Scotland, which traces its founding to the library formed by the Faculty of Advocates in the 1680's; with over 120 plates, most full page
- Condition:
- Original printed, sewn wraps; well printed
- Book No.:
- W-18435
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, SCOTLAND
- Author:
- Worrall, John (comp.)
- Title:
- Bibliotheca Legum: Or, A Compleat List of All the Common and Statute Law Books of this Realm . . . giving an Account of their several Editions, antient Printers, Dates, and Price, and wherein they differ. A New Edition, with Improvements [etc.]
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Worrall . . . in Bell-Yard, near Lincoln's Inn, London, 1765.
- Description:
- A rare edition of Worrall's famed bibliography of English law, more extensive than its predecessors, with Worrall's cogent observations and comparison of editions found throughout; no copy with this collation in ESTC, one copy at the British Library
- Condition:
- Contemporary sheep, rubbed and marked, neatly rebacked, a good clean copy, 118 pages, with the advertising leaves, six in total
- Book No.:
- W-76821
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, Dealer
- Author:
- Title:
- Catalogue of the Library of the Society of Writers to the Signet. In Four Parts, with a General Index [bound with] Rules and Regulations for the Library of the Society of Writers to the Signet [etc.]
- Publisher:
- Printed for the Use of the Society, Edinburgh, 1826-37.
- Description:
- All four parts plus the index of the most extensive early catalogue of the Signet Library, issued at the close of the period when the Library was establishing itself among the first rank of British libraries; with the Library's rules appended
- Condition:
- Contemporary 3/4 calf over patterned cloth, rebacked, the original spine laid down, speckled edges, some rubbing and foxing, else a very good copy
- Book No.:
- W-76644
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, SCOTLAND
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Colleccion of all the Statutes (from the beginning of Magna Carta unto the yere of our Lorde, 1557) whiche were before that yere imprinted [to] the fyrst yere of the raigne of our souerayne Lady Quene Elizabeth [etc.]. S.T.C. 9307; Beale S59; Cowley 52
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottelli, London, 1559.
- Description:
- One of two variants of the second edition of one of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference", surpassing all previous efforts; two copies in ESTC in this country
- Condition:
- Modern blind ruled and decorated panelled calf, the spine gilt-lettered, minor marginal worming, else well-preserved; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78342
- Price:
- $ 5500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Colleccion of all the Statutes (from the beginning of Magna Carta unto the yere of our Lorde, 1557) whiche were before that yere imprinted [to] the fyrst yere of the raigne of our souerayne Lady Quene Elizabeth [etc.]. S.T.C. 9307; Beale S59; Cowley 52
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottelli, London, 1559.
- Description:
- One of two variants of the second edition of one of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference", surpassing all previous efforts; two copies in ESTC in this country
- Condition:
- Modern blind ruled and decorated panelled calf, the spine gilt-lettered, minor marginal worming, else well-preserved; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78342
- Price:
- $ 5500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Jong, Fang-Ling
- Title:
- Tales of Bookshops. Second Printing
- Publisher:
- Vista, Taiwan, 2010.
- Description:
- Miss Jong's third work, uniquely exploring the Western book world through an Asian's eyes; though its text is in Chinese, its color photography is unmatched in any language, with an emphasis on antiquarian bookshops, particularly in the Bay Area
- Condition:
- Original printed, illustrated wraps, new, 288 pages
- Book No.:
- W-75957
- Price:
- $ 30.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, CHINA
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection of all the statutes, from the beginning of Magna charta, vnto this present yere of our Lorde God 1574. S.T.C. 9312; Beale S64
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottelli. An. 1574. vicesimo sexto Iulij, London, 1574.
- Description:
- An early edition of one of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success" (Sir John Baker) surpassing all previous efforts; with the statutes in their original languages
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind panelled calf, centered lozenges, quite rubbed but sound, lightish staining, manuscript additions before the title; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78787
- Price:
- $ 3000.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography, Magna Carta
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection of all the statutes, from the beginning of Magna charta, vnto this present yere of our Lorde God 1574. S.T.C. 9312; Beale S64
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottelli. An. 1574. vicesimo sexto Iulij, London, 1574.
- Description:
- An early edition of one of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success" (Sir John Baker) surpassing all previous efforts; with the statutes in their original languages
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind panelled calf, centered lozenges, quite rubbed but sound, lightish staining, manuscript additions before the title; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78787
- Price:
- $ 3000.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography, Magna Carta
- Author:
- Gross, Charles
- Title:
- A Bibliography of British Municipal History including Gilds and Parliamentary Representation
- Publisher:
- Burt Franklin, New York, n.d..
- Description:
- Condition:
- The facsimile reprint of the original 1897 edition
- Book No.:
- W-10165
- Price:
- $ 35.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, Parliament, Law Merchant
- Author:
- Wigmore, John W.
- Title:
- A Preliminary Bibliography of Modern Criminal Law and Criminology. Kocourek and Schwerin 248
- Publisher:
- Gary Library of Law, Northwestern University Law School, Chicago, 1909.
- Description:
- An early, substantial effort reflecting Wigmore's lifelong interest in criminal law, "the first in English", anticipating Wigmore's editorship of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology's nine-volume Modern Criminal Science Series
- Condition:
- Original blue-gray printed sewn wraps, ex-library, the rear wrap detached, a usable copy; 128 pages
- Book No.:
- W-73195
- Price:
- $ 150.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, criminal law
- Author:
- Title:
- Criminology -- A Bibliography. Research and Theory in the United States, 1945-1972
- Publisher:
- Center for Studies in Criminology and Criminal Law, Philadelphia, 1974.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Wraps, faded and a bit soiled, with a few ink markings; 159 pages
- Book No.:
- W-90421
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, criminal law
- Author:
- Walthoe (comp.), John
- Title:
- A Catalogue of the Common and Statute Law-Books of this Realm. With Some others relating thereunto . . . Alphabetically digested under proper Heads. With An Account of the Best Editions, and Common Prices they are now Sold at
- Publisher:
- Printed by J.N. for J. Walthoe, in the Middle-Temple Cloysters &c, London, 1714.
- Description:
- Walthoe's first law-book catalogue, and the first to appear in the 18th century, largely based in turn on the pioneering catalogue of Thomas Bassett, to whom "belongs the distinction of compiling and publishing the first bibliography of English law"
- Condition:
- Modern mottled calf, title darkened, some browning, else crisp with a 1790 gift inscription and the advertising leaf; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79275
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- Bibliography
- Author:
- Bigelow, Robert P. (ed.)
- Title:
- Computers and the Law, An Introductory Handbook
- Publisher:
- Commerce Clearing House, Inc., New York, 1966.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Printed wraps, the spine faded; 150 pages
- Book No.:
- W-51884
- Price:
- $ 50.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, computers & law
- Author:
- Jong, Fang-Ling
- Title:
- My Love Affair with Bookshops [Second Edition]
- Publisher:
- The Earth Geographic Publishing & Technology Co., Taipei, 2002.
- Description:
- The expanded edition of a special work first appearing in 1997 and, though its text is in Chinese, affording a view of Western bookshops through its color photography that is umatched in any language, with an emphasis on the eccentric and charming
- Condition:
- Original cloth, as new in the dustjacket, signed by the author in English and Chinese on the half-title
- Book No.:
- W-77275
- Price:
- $ 60.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, CHINA
- Author:
- Title:
- National Library of Scotland: Notable Accessions Since 1925, a Book of Illustrations
- Publisher:
- National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1965.
- Description:
- One of two catalogues celebrating the notable accessions over the centuries to the National Library of Scotland, which traces its founding to the library formed by the Faculty of Advocates in the 1680's; with 120 plates, most full page
- Condition:
- Original printed, sewn wraps, very nice; about 120 pages
- Book No.:
- W-18436
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, SCOTLAND
- Author:
- Jong, Fang-Ling
- Title:
- My Love Affair with Bookshops. Fourth Edition
- Publisher:
- Vista Publishing, Taipei, 2013.
- Description:
- The fourth and updated edition of a special work first appearing in 1997 and, though its text is in Chinese, affording a view of Western bookshops through its color photography that is umatched in any language, emphasising the eccentric and charming
- Condition:
- Original printed wraps, new, the first Taipei paperback printing
- Book No.:
- W-78003
- Price:
- $ 30.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, CHINA
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection in English, of the Statutes nowe in force, continued from the beginning of Magna Charta, made in the 9 yeere of the reigne of King H.3. vntill . . . the 23 yeere of the Reigne of our gracious Queene Elizabeth [etc.]. S.T.C. 9315; Cowley 77
- Publisher:
- Imprinted . . . by Christopher Barker . . . 1583 [colophon], London, 1583.
- Description:
- One of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success", arranging the statutes alphabetically and far surpassing all previous efforts
- Condition:
- Modern calf, the original covers mounted, margin of title repaired (no text affected), minor marginal worming, yet a very good copy (the Taussig copy)
- Book No.:
- W-77985
- Price:
- $ 4500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection of all the Statutes, from the beginning of Magna Charta vnto this present yeare of our Lord God 1579. newlye augmented, and diligentlie perused [etc.]. S.T.C. 9314; Beale S66; Cowley 75
- Publisher:
- Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, London, 1579.
- Description:
- One of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, and the first edition of his work to translate his selections into English; in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference", surpassing all previous efforts
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind panelled calf (Oldham 775), front joint cracked, else well preserved, with the Somerhill Library bookplate; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78746
- Price:
- $ 3500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection of all the Statutes, from the beginning of Magna Charta vnto this present yeare of our Lord God 1579. newlye augmented, and diligentlie perused [etc.]. S.T.C. 9314; Beale S66; Cowley 75
- Publisher:
- Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, London, 1579.
- Description:
- One of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, and the first edition of his work to translate his selections into English; in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference", surpassing all previous efforts
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind panelled calf (Oldham 775), front joint cracked, else well preserved, with the Somerhill Library bookplate; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78746
- Price:
- $ 3500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Jong, Fang-Ling
- Title:
- My Book Paradise
- Publisher:
- Ylib, Taiwan, 2004.
- Description:
- First edition of Miss Jong's second work, uniquely exploring the Western book world through an Asian's eyes; though its text is in Chinese, its color photography is umatched in any language, with an emphasis on the eccentric and charming
- Condition:
- Original printed illustrated wraps, new; 255 pages
- Book No.:
- W-77277
- Price:
- $ 35.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, CHINA
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection in English of the Statutes now in force, continued from the beginning of Magna Charta, made in the 9 yere of the Reigne of King H.3. untill . . . the 7 yere of the Raigne of our Soueraigne Lord King James [etc.]. S.T.C. 9324; Cowley 112. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed for the Societie of Stationers, London, 1611.
- Description:
- One of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success", arranging the statutes alphabetically and far surpassing all previous efforts
- Condition:
- Modern calf, gilt, light browning and a bit of marginal staining, else a very good, clean and tall copy; no copy in a law library in ESTC
- Book No.:
- W-77827
- Price:
- $ 2500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection in English of the Statutes now in force, continued from the beginning of Magna Charta, made in the 9 yere of the Reigne of King H.3. untill . . . the 7 yere of the Raigne of our Soueraigne Lord King James [etc.]. S.T.C. 9324; Cowley 112. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed for the Societie of Stationers, London, 1611.
- Description:
- One of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success", arranging the statutes alphabetically and far surpassing all previous efforts
- Condition:
- Modern calf, gilt, light browning and a bit of marginal staining, else a very good, clean and tall copy; no copy in a law library in ESTC
- Book No.:
- W-77827
- Price:
- $ 2500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Spilsbury, William H. (comp.)
- Title:
- The Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn [with] John Nicholson (comp.), Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library . . . of Lincoln's Inn. Supplementary Volume, Containing the Additions from 1859-1890
- Publisher:
- Printed for the Society [etc.], London, 1859 & 1890.
- Description:
- The last two major catalogues of the library's holdings of printed books (excluding its pamphlets collection) when "it was the largest law library in the English-speaking world", its foundation in 1497 earlier than any other library in London
- Condition:
- Original brown pebbled cloth, gilt, occasional light foxing and pencil checkmarks, else very good copies
- Book No.:
- W-77815
- Price:
- $ 550.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, Inns of Court
- Author:
- White, Steven F. (comp.)
- Title:
- Government and Foreign Affairs, U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, a Bibliographic Guide to Materials in the Alderman Library of the University of Virginia
- Publisher:
- N.p., 1981.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Stapled wraps; 62 pages
- Book No.:
- W-30909
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, Eastern Europe
- Author:
- Tompkins, Dorothy Campbell (comp.)
- Title:
- The Prison and the Prisoner
- Publisher:
- Institute of Governmental Studies, University of C, Berkeley, 1972.
- Description:
- Public Policy Bibliographies: 1
- Condition:
- Wraps; 156 pages
- Book No.:
- W-90094
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, prisons, Penology
- Author:
- Davies, Godfrey and Mary Frear Keeler (eds.)
- Title:
- Bibliography of British History, Stuart Period, 1603-1714. Second edition
- Publisher:
- At the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1970.
- Description:
- Condition:
- A good copy in the dustjacket
- Book No.:
- W-63501
- Price:
- $ 65.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, 17TH CENTURY, Bibliography
- Author:
- Jong, Fang-Ling
- Title:
- My Book Paradise
- Publisher:
- Ylib, Taiwan, 2004.
- Description:
- First edition of Miss Jong's second work, uniquely exploring the Western book world through an Asian's eyes; though its text is in Chinese, its color photography is umatched in any language, with an emphasis on the eccentric and charming
- Condition:
- Original cloth, new in the dustjacket, signed by the author; one of 500 copies
- Book No.:
- W-76629
- Price:
- $ 50.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, CHINA
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