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- The Compleat Sheriff: Wherein is set forth, His Office and Authority . . . Likewise of Under-Sheriffs and Their Deputies . . . Together with the Learning of Bail Bonds . . . To which is added, The Office and Duty of Coroners. Wing C5653
- Publisher:
- Printed by the Assigns of R. and E. Atkyns [etc.], London, 1696.
- Description:
- First edition of one of the few early works on the sheriff (and the coroner), praised by Holdsworth as "cover[ing] a great deal of ground", with separate chapters on the jury and on habeas corpus, and with a lengthy treatment of the law of escapes
- Condition:
- Contemporary unlettered calf, rubbed and a bit chipped, else quite clean, with the advertising leaf preceding the title; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79358
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- sheriffs, coroners, habeas corpus, juries
- Author:
- Palmer, John?
- Title:
- The Attorney and Agent's New Table of Costs In the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas: Containing The Fees and Disbursements on the Part of the Plaintiff and Defendant, in the Prosecution and Defence of Actions real, personal, and mixed [etc.]. 2d ed
- Publisher:
- Printed by Gilbert and Plummer; and sold by T. Whieldon [etc.], London, 1787.
- Description:
- A rare edition of an enormously successful work, the first to explain to a practitioner how to prepare a bill of costs, treating of patents, bankruptcy, probate, criminal proceedings, and the exchequer inter alia; no copy in ESTC, one in OCLC
- Condition:
- Original paper backed boards, rubbed, the joints cracking but holding, clean and unsophisticated in original state; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79746
- Price:
- $ 950.00
- Category:
- courts, habeas corpus, criminal law, patents, bankruptcy, Wills, Doctors Commons
- Author:
- Title:
- The Triumphs of Justice over Unjust Judges: Exhibiting . . . III. The Crimes of Empson and Dudley . . . IV. The Proceedings of the Ship money Judges . . . To which is added VI. The Judges Oath, and some Observations thereupon [etc.]. Wing T2297. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed for Benjamin Harris, at the Stationers Arms [etc.], London, 1681.
- Description:
- First edition of a populist tract of the first rank, recounting with approval the executions of oppressive judges and praising upright judges and juries (including Sir Matthew Hale and the jury acquitting Penn and Mead) and habeas corpus
- Condition:
- ?Original self wraps, disbound, quite browned, 36 pages, now preserved in a modern buckram folding case, its label gilt lettered; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79631
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- trials, legal reform, juries, habeas corpus
- Author:
- Title:
- The Case of Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury; As it was Argued before His Majesties Justices of the Kings Bench . . . Being upon his Confinement in the Tower . . . With a Speech of this Worthy Earl, pleading his own Case, and the Liberty of the Subject. Wing C883
- Publisher:
- Printed by K.P. for C.R., London, 1679.
- Description:
- Only edition of Shaftsbury's unsuccessful attempt to secure his release from the Tower of London on a writ of habeas corpus, "a very powerful argument . . . den[ying] . . . commit[ment] to indefinite imprisonment on a general warrant"
- Condition:
- Original ?self-wraps, disbound, upper right hand corner of the title torn away, just touching the 'e' of 'Case', else a clean, untrimmed copy; 16 pages
- Book No.:
- W-76227
- Price:
- $ 500.00
- Category:
- trials, criminal law, habeas corpus
- Author:
- Title:
- The Arguments upon the Writ of Habeas Corpus, In the Court of Kings Bench. Wherein, Are learnedly discussed, not onely the severall Branches of the said Writ, but also many Authorities as well of the Common as Statute Law [etc.]. Wing A3649. Quarto
- Publisher:
- Printed by M.F. for W. Lee, M. Walbancke, D. Pakeman [etc.], London, 1649.
- Description:
- The arguments in one of the leading cases in the history of habeas corpus, leading directly to the Petition of Right and its famous clause that "[n]o freeman was to be imprisoned or detained", closely circumscribing the King's power to impair liberty
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf, gilt lettered, light browning, margins cut close (text unaffected), else well preserved with the first blank; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79981
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- habeas corpus, English constitutional law
- Author:
- Title:
- The Compleat Sheriff: Wherein is set forth, His Office and Authority . . . Likewise of Under-Sheriffs and Their Deputies . . . Together with the Learning of Bail Bonds . . . To which is added, The Office and Duty of Coroners [etc.]. The Second Edition
- Publisher:
- Printed by John Nutt, Assignee of Edward Sayer [etc.], London, 1710.
- Description:
- Second edition of one of the few early works on the sheriff (and the coroner), praised by Holdsworth as "cover[ing] a great deal of ground", with separate chapters on the jury, on habeas corpus, and on escapes; uncommon, six copies in ESTC
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, a bit of minor staining, else clean and well preserved, with the advertising leaf; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79515
- Price:
- $ 550.00
- Category:
- sheriffs, coroners, juries, habeas corpus, criminal law
- Author:
- Title:
- The Triumphs of Justice over Unjust Judges. Exhibiting I. The Names and Crimes of Four and Forty Judges, hanged . . . IV. The Proceedings of the Ship-Money Judges . . . VII. The Case of William Penn, for a Riot in Fenchurch Street
- Publisher:
- For J.J. Franklin (Grand Nephew to Dr. Franklin) [etc.], London, 1817.
- Description:
- A populist tract of the first rank originally published in 1681, recounting with approval the executions of oppressive judges and praising upright judges and juries (including Sir Matthew Hale and the jury acquitting Penn and Mead) and habeas corpus
- Condition:
- Original ?self-wraps, disbound, light browning and a very little foxing, else sound, 36 pages; uncommon, four copies in OCLC in this country
- Book No.:
- W-79124
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- trials, Radicals, juries, habeas corpus
- Author:
- Hawkins, John [Edward Cocker]
- Title:
- The Young Clerk's Tutor Enlarged: Being a most useful Collection of the best Presidents . . . with Directions of Writs of Habeas Corpus . . . To which is annexed, several of the best Copies both of Court and Chancery Hands now Extant by Edward Cocker. 8th ed
- Publisher:
- Printed for, and are to be sold by Thomas Basset &c. Wing C4859A, London, 1675.
- Description:
- A work of considerable variety and popularity, printed in some seventeen editions in the second half of the 17th century, its preface signed "J.H.", Hawkins likely responsible for the text, with Edward Cocker, a noted calligrapher, for the plates
- Condition:
- Modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, some browning, without the first blank but with the four plates, quite sound and usable; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-80094
- Price:
- $ 400.00
- Category:
- Forms & Form Books, Every Man Law Books, habeas corpus, conveyancing, introductory law
- Author:
- Hawkins, John [Edward Cocker]
- Title:
- The Young Clerk's Tutor Enlarged: Being a most useful Collection of the best Presidents . . . with Directions of Writs of Habeas Corpus . . . To which is annexed, several of the best Copies both Court and Chancery Hands now Extant by Edward Cocker. 11th ed
- Publisher:
- Printed for, and are to be sold by Thomas Basset &c. Wing C4862, London, 1685.
- Description:
- A work of considerable variety and popularity, printed in some seventeen editions in the second half of the 17th century, its preface signed "J.H.", Hawkins likely responsible for the text, with Edward Cocker, a noted calligrapher, for the plates
- Condition:
- Contemporary sheep, rebacked, rubbed and a bit bowed, occasional minor mainly marginal staining, with the four Edward Cocker plates; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-80217
- Price:
- $ 250.00
- Category:
- Forms & Form Books, Every Man Law Books, habeas corpus, conveyancing, introductory law
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