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- Author:
- Carr (ed.), Sir Cecil
- Title:
- Pension Book of Clement's Inn
- Publisher:
- Bernard Quaritch, Londondge, 1960.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Volume 78 for the year 1960
- Book No.:
- W-25020
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- philosophy of law, Inns of Court
- Author:
- Waterhous, Edward
- Title:
- Fortescutus Illustratus, Or a Commentary On that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliae, Written by Sir John Fortescue . . . The Heroique Design of whose Excellent Judgement . . . is humbly endeavoured to be Revived, Admired, and Advanced. Wing W1046
- Publisher:
- Printed by Tho. Roycroft for Thomas Dicas [etc.], London, 1663.
- Description:
- One of Waterhous's principal works, particularly important for printing a lost manuscript on moots in the Inns of Court; presentation copy ("For my noble friend / Sr Wm Turner [the noted civil lawyer] / from the Author / This most humble present")
- Condition:
- Contemporary mottled calf, somewhat stained, the joints just cracking but firm, ex-Kirkleatham Library, else well preserved; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78073
- Price:
- $ 2500.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court
- Author:
- Bacon, Francis
- Title:
- The Reading upon the Statute of Uses. Being his Double Reading to the Honourable Society of Gray's-Inn, 42 Eliz. To Which is Prefixed, The said Statute of 27 Hen. VIII c.10, An Act concerning Uses and Wills
- Publisher:
- Printed for E. Brooke, Bell Yard, Temple Bar, London, 1785.
- Description:
- A rare edition of the reading described as "one of the greatest . . . lectures at the Inns of Court", prompting Holdsworth to observe that Bacon "was a great teacher of law . . . the only teacher of law who can be compared with him is Maitland"
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, neatly gilt, light browning, else well preserved with ample margins; five copies in ESTC, one in North America
- Book No.:
- W-79525
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- trusts and estates, Inns of Court
- 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:
- Fortescue, John
- Title:
- A Learned commendation of the politique lawes of Englande: wherein by most pitthy reasons & euident demonstrations they are plainelye proved farre to excell aswell the Ciuile lawes [and] all other lawes of the world [etc.]. Beale T357; S.T.C. 11194
- Publisher:
- Imprinted . . . in Fletestrete . . . by Rychard Tottill [etc.], London, 1567.
- Description:
- First edition of the first English translation of a work placed "among the classics of English constitutional theory", written in the late 15th century, highly popular, and the first work to examine extensively trial by jury and the Inns of Court
- Condition:
- Modern blind ruled sheep, gilt lettered, the title somewhat dusty with early notations, else quite clean and fresh; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79383
- Price:
- $ 3750.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, political theory, juries
- Author:
- Brook, Robert
- Title:
- The Reading Of that famous Lawyer Sr. Robert Brook Kt. Upon the Statute of Limitations, 32.H.8. Cap.2. Wing B4897. Sowerby 2012 [Jefferson's copy imperfect]
- Publisher:
- Printed for Hen. Twyford . . . in the Middle-Temple, London, 1647.
- Description:
- One of the few Inns of Court readings ever printed, of which John Baker locates some two dozen, and the only such upon the important Henrician reform enacting the first statute of limitations (in 1540) enhancing the certainty of title to property
- Condition:
- Contemporary sheep, rebacked, light browning, margins of title and a few other leaves chipped, the advertising leaf from ?Callis's Reading pasted in
- Book No.:
- W-79705
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, Readings, Procedure, Real Property
- Author:
- Fortescue, John
- Title:
- A Learned commendation of the politique lawes of England: wherein by most pitthy reasons and evident demonstrations they are plainelye proved farre to excell aswell the Civile Lawes of the Empiere [etc.]. Beale T358; S.T.C. 11195
- Publisher:
- Imprinted . . . in Fletestrete . . . by Richarde Tottell [etc.], London, 1573.
- Description:
- First reissue of the first English translation of a work placed "among the classics of English constitutional theory", written in the late 15th century, highly popular, and the first work to examine extensively trial by jury and the Inns of Court
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind panelled unlettered calf, rebacked, the original spine laid down, remains of ties, well-preserved with good margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78459
- Price:
- $ 3500.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, political theory, juries
- Author:
- Rolt, John
- Title:
- The Memoirs of the Right Honourable Sir John Rolt, Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal in Chancery 1804-1871 [Edited by C.T. Le Quesne]
- Publisher:
- Printed by Order of the Masters of the Bench . . . Inner Temple, London], 1939.
- Description:
- First publication of the miraculously surviving autobiography of John Rolt, who, though orphaned at age ten, through native intelligence and diligence became an accomplished Chancery practitioner and, subsequently, attorney general and judge
- Condition:
- Original blue cloth, gilt, a very good copy, with the frontispiece portrait and ten additional full page plates
- Book No.:
- W-16015
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- 19TH CENTURY, biography, Inns of Court
- Author:
- Title:
- Legal London engraved. Twelve Wood Engravings by Hilary Paynter. Introduction and Notes by William E. Butler and Brian H.W. Hill
- Publisher:
- The Primrose Academy Ltd, London, 1998.
- Description:
- Twelve stunning engravings capturing never previously depicted scenes of the Inns and their surroundings, the first instance in which the Inns have been portrayed in woodcuts, the artist, Hilary Paynter, among the foremost wood engravers of our time
- Condition:
- Buckram-backed decorated boards, one of 135 copies (number 81) designed and printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press signed by the artist
- Book No.:
- W-74971
- Price:
- $ 350.00
- Category:
- Legal Art, Inns of Court
- Author:
- Dugdale, William
- Title:
- A Perfect Copy of all Summons of the Nobility to the Great Councils and Parliaments of this Realm, from the XLIX [Year] of King Henry the III, Until these present Times. Wing D2491
- Publisher:
- Printed by S.R. for Robert Clavell at the Peacock [etc.], London, 1685.
- Description:
- The last work of Dugdale, of whom David Douglas observed that the "study of English medieval scholars between 1660 and 1730 should begin with his great and honoured name", beginning with the famed Parliament summoned in 1265; one of 700 copies
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, rubbed and a little dusty, but a very good copy
- Book No.:
- W-60141
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, Parliament
- Author:
- Fortescue, John
- Title:
- De Laudibus Legum Angliae . . . Hereto are Added the two Sums of Sir Ralph de Hengham . . . commonly call'd Hengham Magna, & Hengham Parva. With Notes both on Fortescue and Hengham, by that Famous and Learned Antiquarie John Selden. Wing F1613
- Publisher:
- Printed by John Streater, Eliz. Flesher and H. Twyford [etc.], London, 1672.
- Description:
- A work which has been placed "among the classics of English constitutional theory", written in the late 15th century, this edition bearing Selden's notes; with the Latin text and English translation and much on the Inns of Court and on trial by jury
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, the boards gilt ruled, neatly rebacked, crimson morocco label gilt ruled and lettered, quite clean and fresh; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79976
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- jurisprudence, 15TH CENTURY, Inns of Court, juries
- Author:
- Title:
- Catalogue of Printed Books Comprising Sporting Books Industry, Engineering & Transport, Cosmetics, Victorian Literature, Law Books, and Other Subjects
- Publisher:
- Sotheby's, London, 1975/76.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Book No.:
- W-16257
- Price:
- $ 15.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, Dealer
- 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:
- Fortescue, John
- Title:
- A Learned Commendation of the politique Lawes of England: wherein, by most pithie reasons and euident demonstrations, they are plainely proued farre to excell . . . the Ciuil Lawes of the Empire [and] all other Lawes of the World [etc.]. S.T.C. 11196
- Publisher:
- Printed by Thomas Wight, and Bonham Norton, London, 1599.
- Description:
- Second reissue of the first English translation of a work placed "among the classics of English constitutional theory", written in the late 15th century, highly popular, and the first work to examine extensively trial by jury and the Inns of Court
- Condition:
- Contemporary sheep, rubbed, with the signature of Edmund Prideaux [?Cromwell's Attorney General], a very good copy with ample margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79146
- Price:
- $ 2500.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, political theory, juries
- Author:
- Carr, Cecil T. (ed.)
- Title:
- Pension Book of Clement's Inn
- Publisher:
- Bernard Quaritch, London, 1960.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Selden Society, Volume 78 for the Year 1960; somewhat worn
- Book No.:
- W-17302
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- philosophy of law, Inns of Court
- Author:
- Brook, Robert
- Title:
- The Reading Of that famous Lawyer Sr. Robert Brook Kt. Upon the Statute of Limitations, 32.H.8. Cap.2. Wing B4897
- Publisher:
- Printed for Hen. Twyford . . . in the Middle-Temple, London, 1647.
- Description:
- One of the few Inns of Court readings ever printed, of which John Baker locates some two dozen, and the only such upon the important Henrician reform enacting the first statute of limitations (in 1540) enhancing the certainty of title to property
- Condition:
- Modern blind-tooled calf, gilt board edges, gilt-lettered label, title foxed, some browning and foxing elsewhere, ex-library; a usable copy
- Book No.:
- W-70689
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, Readings, Procedure, Real Property
- 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:
- Herbert, W[illiam]
- Title:
- Antiquities of the Inns of Court and Chancery: Containing Historical and Descriptive Sketches Relative to Their Original Foundation, Customs, Ceremonies, Buildings, Government . . . With a Concise History of English Law
- Publisher:
- Printed for Vernor and Hood, Poultry [etc.], London, 1804.
- Description:
- A large paper copy (295mm x 220mm), the edges untrimmed; with the 24 engraved plates
- Condition:
- Contemporary 3/4 calf, rebacked, some foxing, else a good copy
- Book No.:
- W-57408
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court
- Author:
- Title:
- The Lawyers Demurrer, To the Addresses in Fashion. Or, the Several Declarations and Orders of the Honourable Societies of the Middle-Temple, and Grays-Inn, lately made in Relation to that Affair. Wing L740
- Publisher:
- Printed for Richard Janeway [etc.], London, 1681.
- Description:
- A major political brouhaha involving all four inns of court, this their official position, leading to Alexander Radcliffe's verse response ('The Lawyers Demurrer Argued') satirically describing them as "a parcel of Whiggs / The Spawn of some Rebells"
- Condition:
- Broadsheet measuring about 8x12 inches, the margins a bit chipped but ample, now safely housed in a modern buckram folder; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79879
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, Poetry
- Author:
- Bacon, Francis
- Title:
- The Learned Reading . . . upon the Statute of Uses: Being his double Reading to the Honourable Society of Grayes Inne. Published for the Common good. Wing B301; Gibson 211 [not calling for the plate or portrait noted in ESTC]
- Publisher:
- Printed for Mathew Walbancke, and Laurence Chapman, London, 1642.
- Description:
- First edition of the work described as "one of the greatest . . . lectures at the Inns of Court" and which prompted Holdsworth to observe that Bacon "was a great teacher of law . . . the only teacher of law who can be compared with him is Maitland"
- Condition:
- Modern 3/4 brown morocco, gilt ruled and lettered, light browning, else well preserved with generous margins and both blanks; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79332
- Price:
- $ 1600.00
- Category:
- trusts and estates, Inns of Court
- 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 1/4 calf, definite browning and foxing, particularly to the title, some leaves chipped (legibility preserved), just usable; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79364
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, Readings, Wills
- 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:
- Hughes, William
- Title:
- Hughes's Quaeries. Or, Choice Cases for Moots, Containing Several Points of Law, not Resolved in the Books. Being very Useful for the Students of the Common Lawes [etc.]. Wing H3329. 12mo
- Publisher:
- Printed for George Dawes, and are to be sold at his Shop [etc.], London, 1675.
- Description:
- Only edition of these mooted cases, continuing a tradition existing before the Inns of Courts were established, setting forth the facts, the issues, and (sometimes tentatively) the conclusions, often reminiscent of 20th century pedagogy
- Condition:
- Modern calf, gilt ruled and lettered, new endpapers, some browning, else clean and usable, with good margins and the imprimatur leaf; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79569
- Price:
- $ 675.00
- Category:
- education, Inns of Court
- Author:
- Silsoe, [Malcolm Trustam Eve] Lord
- Title:
- Peculiarities of the Temple
- Publisher:
- The Estates Gazette Limited, London, 1972.
- Description:
- A work seriously examining the Temple as a 'peculiar' and 'exempt' property over the course of its 800 years both in religious and secular matters, with a penultimate chapter devoted to its special status in administering justice within its confines
- Condition:
- Original blue cloth, gilt, a trifle spotted, the frontispiece loosening, else a very good copy; with a complimentary slip from Master Silsoe laid in
- Book No.:
- W-72204
- Price:
- $ 85.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court
- Author:
- Spilsbury (comp.), William H.
- Title:
- The Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn
- Publisher:
- Printed for the Society, London, 1859.
- Description:
- The copy presented by Lincoln's Inn to Chetham's Library, Manchester, with its pictorial bookplate recording the presentation on the front pastedown and its discreet circular ownership stamp elsewhere
- Condition:
- Original pebbled cloth, rebacked, some foxing, but quite sound
- Book No.:
- W-65297
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, Inns of Court
- 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, joints cracked, else a sound copy
- Book No.:
- W-63682
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, criminal law, biography
- Author:
- Herbert, W[illiam]
- Title:
- Antiquities of the Inns of Court and Chancery; Containing Historical and Descriptive Sketches Relative to Their Original Foundation, Customs, Ceremonies, Buildings, Government . . . With a Concise History of English Law
- Publisher:
- Printed for Vernor and Hood, Poultry; J. Storer [etc.], London, 1804.
- Description:
- One of the few early works on the Inns of Court and the only one from the early 19th century singled out for mention by Holdsworth; with several prefatory chapters on English law, its judges and courts, types of trial, and 24 engravings
- Condition:
- Early 3/4 calf over marbled boards, marbled edges and pastedowns, all edges gilt, quite rubbed, else a good, large-paper (20.5x26.5mm) copy
- Book No.:
- W-78228
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court
- Author:
- Herbert, William
- Title:
- Antiquities of the Inns of Court and Chancery; Containing Historical and Descriptive Sketches Relative to Their Original Foundation, Customs, Ceremonies, Buildings, Government. With a Concise History of English Law. Embellished with Twenty-Four Plates
- Publisher:
- Printed for Vernor and Hood, Poultry; J. Storer [etc.], London, 1804.
- Description:
- One of the few early works on the Inns of Court and the only one from the early 19th century singled out for mention by Holdsworth; with several prefatory chapters on English law, its judges and courts, types of trial, and 24 engravings
- Condition:
- Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, a large paper copy (210x270mm), two bookplates and a modern signature; handsome
- Book No.:
- W-79990
- Price:
- $ 675.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, English Law, biography, courts, trials
- Author:
- Gould, Veronica Franklin (ed.)
- Title:
- The Vision of G.F. Watts OM RA (1817-1904)
- Publisher:
- Watts Gallery, Guildford, 2004.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Original printed illustrated oversized wraps, well-preserved; 96 pages
- Book No.:
- W-72294
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- biography, Legal Art, Inns of Court
- Author:
- O [pseud.], [Theobald Mathew]
- Title:
- Final Forensic Fables, Second Series. With Thirty Illustrations
- Publisher:
- Butterworths, London, 1932.
- Description:
- First edition of the final of four separate volumes appearing between 1926 and 1932, to result in the rich trove which Lord Birkett called "notable literary possessions [which] have style and humour of a rare and splendid kind"
- Condition:
- Original boards, worn and shaken in a defective dustjacket; a reading copy
- Book No.:
- W-80262
- Price:
- $ 25.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, humor
- Author:
- O [pseud.], [Theobald Mathew]
- Title:
- Forensic Fables. With Twenty Four Illustrations
- Publisher:
- Butterworths, London, 1926.
- Description:
- First edition of the first of four separate volumes appearing between 1926 and 1932, to result in the rich trove which Lord Birkett called "notable literary possessions [which] have style and humour of a rare and splendid kind"
- Condition:
- Original boards, printed paper labels, showing definite wear but sound
- Book No.:
- W-80261
- Price:
- $ 25.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, humor
- Author:
- Arlidge, Anthony
- Title:
- Shakespeare and the Prince of Love, The Feast of Misrule in the Middle Temple
- Publisher:
- Giles de la Mare, London, 2000.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Book No.:
- W-68145
- Price:
- $ 65.00
- Category:
- Shakespeare, Inns of Court, 17TH CENTURY
- Author:
- MacKinnon, Frank Douglas
- Title:
- The Murder in the Temple and Other Holiday Tasks
- Publisher:
- Sweet & Maxwell, Limited, London, 1935.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Original blue cloth, gilt, quite worn and frayed, a usable copy only
- Book No.:
- W-72190
- Price:
- $ 75.00
- Category:
- trials, criminal law, 18TH CENTURY, Inns of Court, Law and Literature
- Author:
- Baildon, W. Paley (comp.)
- Title:
- A Catalogue of Pamphlets, Tracts, Proclamations, Speeches, Sermons, Trials, Petitions from 1506 to 1700, In the Library of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. Not in Bland
- Publisher:
- Printed at the Chiswick Press for the Honourable Society [etc.], London, 1908.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Original cloth, gilt, rubbed, ex-National Central Library, else quite a good, fresh copy
- Book No.:
- W-70287
- Price:
- $ 350.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, Bibliography
- Author:
- Barnes, Thomas G.
- Title:
- De Laudibus (In Praise of the Laws of England)
- Publisher:
- The Legal Classics Library, Birmingham, 1984.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Printed, stapled wraps; 27 pages
- Book No.:
- W-66070
- Price:
- $ 65.00
- Category:
- 15TH CENTURY, biography, 15TH CENTURY, political theory, Inns of Court, juries
- Author:
- Barron, E. Evelyn
- Title:
- A Short History of the Law Association from Its Foundation in 1817 to 1938. Compiled from the Minutes of the Association
- Publisher:
- Harrison & Sons, Printers in Ordinary to His Majes, London, 1938.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Original printed stapled wraps, a very good copy; 39 pages
- Book No.:
- W-79899
- Price:
- $ 75.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, Bench and Bar
- Author:
- Baker, J.H.
- Title:
- The Old Songs of the Inns of Court
- Publisher:
- Stevens and Sons, London, 1974.
- Description:
- The bringing to light of the long lost song part of the revels at the Inner Temple in the early 18th century
- Condition:
- Stapled wraps; 4 pages
- Book No.:
- W-45297
- Price:
- $ 75.00
- Category:
- Law and Literature, Inns of Court
- Author:
- Baker, J.H.
- Title:
- Judicial Review of the Judges As Visitors to the Inns of Court
- Publisher:
- Sweet & Maxwell, Limited, London, 1992.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Printed stapled wraps, a bit unevenly faded, else a very good copy, 12 pages; reprinted from the Autumn 1992 issue of Public Law
- Book No.:
- W-75559
- Price:
- $ 75.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, judicial review
- Author:
- Baker, J.H. (comp.)]
- Title:
- An Exhibition of Historic and Contemporary Legal Costume and Accessories
- Publisher:
- Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, 1971.
- Description:
- The brief catalogue of the exhibition opened on 30th June, 1971, by The Rt. Hon. Lord Widgery, Lord Chief Justice of England, including Lord Hewart's robe and hood, Rufus Isaacs stuff gown and wig, and a gold serjeant's ring, among much else
- Condition:
- Six pages, folded, one crease, else sound
- Book No.:
- W-64533
- Price:
- $ 75.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court
- Author:
- Davies, J. Conway (ed.)
- Title:
- Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. Three Volumes
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press, London, 1972.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Original blue cloth, gilt, a very good set, in chipped and (in one instance) a defective dustjacket
- Book No.:
- W-41644
- Price:
- $ 250.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, Bibliography
- Author:
- Cunningham, James P.
- Title:
- Dancing in the Inns of Court
- Publisher:
- Jordan & Sons, Ltd., Chancery Lane, W.C.2, London, 1965.
- Description:
- A illuminating examination of dancing in (to us) an unexpectated locale during the 15th to 17th centuries when it was "accounted a shame for an Innes of Court man not to have learned to dance"; with appendices permitting the dances' reconstruction
- Condition:
- Printed stapled wraps, a bit creased; 44 pages, a review copy
- Book No.:
- W-61886
- Price:
- $ 125.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court
- Author:
- Bedwell, C.E.A. (Ed.)
- Title:
- A Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple
- Publisher:
- University Press, Glasgow, 1914.
- Description:
- 4 volumes
- Condition:
- Book No.:
- W-41656
- Price:
- $ 250.00
- Category:
- Bibliography, Inns of Court, Pennsylvania
- Author:
- Bland, D.S.
- Title:
- Henry VIII's Royal Commission on the Inns of Court
- Publisher:
- Butterworth and Co. (Publishers), London, 1969.
- Description:
- Condition:
- The June 1969 issue of The Journal of the Society of Public Teachers of Law; a very good copy
- Book No.:
- W-71709
- Price:
- $ 85.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, 16TH CENTURY
- Author:
- Foster, Joseph
- Title:
- The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889, Together with the Register of Marriages in Gray's Inn Chapel, 1695-1754 [bound with] Index to Heralds' Visitations and other MSS in the British Museum. Rearranged from Sims' List
- Publisher:
- Privately Printed by Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Ld., London, 1887.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Original 3/4 cloth, gilt, somewhat rubbed, else a very good copy
- Book No.:
- W-76026
- Price:
- $ 450.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court
- Author:
- Fletcher, Reginald J (ed.)
- Title:
- The Pension Book of Gray's Inn (Records of the Honourable Society) 1569-1800. Two Volumes
- Publisher:
- Printed at the Chiswick Press [for Gray's Inn] [etc.], London, 1901-10.
- Description:
- Condition:
- 1/4 morocco, quite rubbed, joints starting, but sound
- Book No.:
- W-43266
- Price:
- $ 85.00
- Category:
- criminal law, Inns of Court, philosophy of law
- Author:
- Bland, D.S. (ed.)
- Title:
- Gesta Grayorum, Or the History of the High and Mighty Prince Henry, Prince of Purpoole, Anno Domini 1594
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 1968.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Original printed sewn wraps, a bit worn, but a good copy, 106 pages; English Reprint Series
- Book No.:
- W-73513
- Price:
- $ 85.00
- Category:
- Inns of Court, 16TH CENTURY, Theatre
- Author:
- Brooks, Christopher W.
- Title:
- Lawyers, Litigation and English Society Since 1450
- Publisher:
- Hambledon Press, London, 1998.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Book No.:
- W-64594
- Price:
- $ 125.00
- Category:
- Bench and Bar, Inns of Court, courts
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