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Author:
Dugdale, William
Title:
Origines Juridiciales, or Historical Memorials of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, Forms of Tryal, Punishment in Cases Criminal, Law-Writers, Law-Books . . . Innes of Court and Chancery [etc.]. Second edition
Publisher:
Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Rober, John Martin [etc.], London, 1671.
Description:
The foremost early treatise devoted to the history of the legal profession (particularly to the Inns of Court), still of value, termed "a pioneering work . . . and influential" by Dr. Baker and "the chief authority" by Holdsworth; with the six plates
Condition:
Contemporary calf, worn, front board detached, embrowning; sound
Book No.:
W-60145
Price:
$ 1250.00
Category:
Inns of Court, criminal law, biography
Author:
Dugdale, William
Title:
Origines Juridiciales, or Historical Memorials of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, Forms of Tryal, Punishment in Cases Criminal, Law-Writers, Law-Books . . . Inns of Court and Chancery [etc.]. Third edition. Wing D2490
Publisher:
Printed for Christop. Wilkinson [and two others] [etc.], London, 1680.
Description:
The foremost early treatise devoted to the history of the legal profession (particularly to the Inns of Court), still of value, termed "a pioneering work . . . and influential" by Dr. Baker and "the chief authority" by Holdsworth; with the 7 plates
Condition:
Contemporary calf, ex-library, the front board detached and the title and first leaf loose; with the armorial bookplate of Charles, Viscount Bruce
Book No.:
W-74934
Price:
$ 850.00
Category:
Inns of Court, criminal law, biography
Author:
Milsom, S.F.C.
Title:
Maitland [the first plate depicting the posthumous bust of Maitland by S. Nicholson Babb dated 1908 and the second the memorial tablet by Richard Kindersley dated 2000, now in the South Transept of Westminster Abbey]
Publisher:
Printed in England by Antony Rowe Ltd, Reading and Chippenham, 2001.
Description:
Professor Milsom's address given at the unveiling of Maitland's memorial tablet in Westminster Abbey, the tablet reading "By slow degrees the thoughts of our forefathers their common thoughts about common things will have become thinkable once more"
Condition:
Original printed stapled wraps, well preserved, six pages and two plates, reprinted from the July 2001 issue of the Cambridge Law Journal
Book No.:
W-80432
Price:
$ 125.00
Category:
biography
 
Author:
Lerner (ed.), Max
Title:
The Mind and Faith of Justice Holmes, His Speeches, Essays, Letters and Judicial Opinions
Publisher:
The Modern Library, New York, 1943.
Description:
A good selection, particularly of Holmes' early speeches and addresses, as well as Holmes' autobiographical sketch (written at age 20, in 1861); with Lerner's introductory notes and annotations
Condition:
Book No.:
W-80443
Price:
$ 45.00
Category:
Supreme Court, biography

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