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- Author:
- Brown, William
- Title:
- Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum. Being an Exact Collection of Precedents For Declarations and Pleadings in most Actions; especially such as are brought For, or Against Heirs, Executors, or Adminstrators . . . Bills of Exchange . . . Assurance [&c]. Wing B5085
- Publisher:
- Printed by G. Sawbridge, W. Rawlins, and S. Roycroft [etc.], London, 1678.
- Description:
- First edition of one of Brown's many works, all practical, here reflecting his experience as chief protonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, taking entries from the royal courts' plea rolls, a subject "replete with learning" in John Baker's words
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, crimson morocco label, gilt, rubbed, but a sound clean copy, with the imprimatur leaf; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79185
- Price:
- $ 750.00
- Category:
- pleading
- Author:
- Story, Joseph
- Title:
- A Selection of Pleadings in Civil Actions, Subsequent to the Declaration. With Occasional Annotations on the Law of Pleading. Cohen 9274
- Publisher:
- Published by Barnard B. Macanulty, Salem, 1805.
- Description:
- First edition of the first law treatise which we may definitely attribute solely to Story, and marking the first correspondence between Story and Jefferson, to whom Story sent a copy; arranged by subject, with Story's notes following the pleas
- Condition:
- Modern mottled goatskin morocco, gilt, the original label preserved, a pretty copy
- Book No.:
- W-74932
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- pleading, Supreme Court
- Author:
- Title:
- A System of Pleading. Including a Translation of the Doctrina Placitandi; Or, the Art and Science of Pleading: Originally written by Samson Euer, Serjeant at Law, and now first translated from the Obsolete Norman French [etc.]
- Publisher:
- Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall [etc.], London, 1771.
- Description:
- The treatise building on (and translating) the pathbreaking work of Samson Euer appearing a century before, seeking (in Holdsworth's words) "to state the modern law of pleading . . . perhaps the most notable of these books [on the subject]"
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, some browning and spotting, moreso to the title and following leaves, else quite usable; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79388
- Price:
- $ 625.00
- Category:
- pleading
- Author:
- Rastell, William
- Title:
- A Colleccion of Entrees, Of declarations, barres, replications, reioinders, issues, verdits, iudgements, executions, proces, contynuances, essoynes, & diuers other matters [etc.]. S.T.C. 20730; Beale T448. Folio
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottel. Cum priuilegio [etc.], London, 1566.
- Description:
- First edition of Rastell's "supreme achievement", praised by Holdsworth and still of significant scholarly value (a subsequent edition is used by John Baker), originating a new type of book of entries, fundamental to the pleading of early English law
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind-ruled calf, centered lozenges, rebacked, the title lacking, vellum organizational strips affixed to the fore-edge, a working copy
- Book No.:
- W-77867
- Price:
- $ 2750.00
- Category:
- books of entry, pleading
- Author:
- Hale, Matthew
- Title:
- Historia Placitorum Coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown . . . First American Edition. With Notes and References to Later Cases by W.A. Stokes and E. Ingersoll of the Philadelphia Bar. Two Volumes [complete]. Cohen 3704
- Publisher:
- Robert H. Small, 25 Minor Street, Philadelphia, 1847.
- Description:
- First American edition of the masterpiece of one of England's greatest judges and scholars of legal history, in Maitland's words "[n]o man of his age was better . . . equipped for the task [and] none had a wider or deeper knowledge of the materials"
- Condition:
- Later tan buckram, contrasting crimson and black labels, gilt, crinkling to some of the pages, else a very good set
- Book No.:
- W-78012
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- pleading, criminal law
- Author:
- Powell, Thomas
- Title:
- The Attourney's Academy: Or, The Manner and forme of proceeding practically, vpon any Suite, Plaint or Action whatsoeuer, in any Court of Record whatsoeuer, within this Kingdome: Especially, in the Great Covrts at Westminster [etc.]. S.T.C. 20163. Quarto
- Publisher:
- Printed [by George Purslowe] for Beniamin Fisher [etc.], London, 1623.
- Description:
- First edition variant of Powell's pioneering work on the practice in the Royal and other courts, in John Baker's words "[t]he first printed treatise on common-law procedure", with much on Chancery, Common Pleas, Star Chamber, and the Exchequer
- Condition:
- Modern calf, gilt, front blank and title repaired (legibility preserved) and a bit dusty, else quite crisp with good margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79173
- Price:
- $ 750.00
- Category:
- pleading
- Author:
- Stephen, Henry John
- Title:
- A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions; Comprising a Summary View of the Whole Proceedings in a Suit at Law
- Publisher:
- Printed for Joseph Butterworth and Son, Law Booksellers [etc.], London, 1824.
- Description:
- First edition of Stephen's classic and influential work, one which John Baker calls "the first reasoned treatise" written on the principles of pleading, confirming Serjeant Stephen's view of them as "one of the finest products of human intellect"
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over cloth boards, gilt, the title and next leaf and the last two leaves somewhat worn and marked, else a good clean copy
- Book No.:
- W-76374
- Price:
- $ 450.00
- Category:
- pleading
- Author:
- Finlason, William
- Title:
- A Few Words on the Law, As It Was, As It Is, and As It Ought to Be: With Special Reference to County Courts Suits, and Actions at Law
- Publisher:
- V. & R. Stevens and G.S. Norton . . . Lincoln's Inn, London, 1850.
- Description:
- An uncommon tract written by a Master of the Bench of the Middle Temple and special pleader who served for almost a half century as The Times legal reporter, contending that the rules of pleading should apply in the newly established county courts
- Condition:
- Original ?self-stabbed wraps, disbound, a good clean copy, 31 pages; six copies in OCLC, one in a law library
- Book No.:
- W-76905
- Price:
- $ 350.00
- Category:
- pleading, courts
- Author:
- Title:
- Articuli ad Narrationes Novas Pertim[entes] [sic] Formati. S.T.C. 818; Beale T117
- Publisher:
- In aedibvs Roberti Redman, London, 1539.
- Description:
- A rare edition of the medieval tract glossing and complementing both Natura Brevium and Novae Narrationes, all works central to early pleading and practice in the royal courts, this the final edition printed by Redman; six copies in ESTC
- Condition:
- Modern calf, gilt, very light browning, one small marginal wormhole, else quite crisp with ample margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78864
- Price:
- $ 4000.00
- Category:
- pleading
- Author:
- Townesend, George
- Title:
- A Preparative to Pleading. Being A Work intended for the Instruction and Help of Young Clerks of the Court of Common Pleas. The Second Edition. Wing T1982. 8vo
- Publisher:
- Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins [etc.], London, 1685.
- Description:
- Townesend's principal work, with a substantial portion devoted to language, including English words Latinized, English among French, Latin among French, doubtful expressions, exposition of words, and the formality of writing, with authorities cited
- Condition:
- Contemporary sheep, quite rubbed, rebacked, much of the original spine laid back down, light browning, yet clean with good margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79695
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- pleading, legal dictionaries, introductory law
- Author:
- Title:
- A Methodical Treatise of Replevins, Distresses, Avowries . . . To which are added, Divers Statutes touching the Office of Sheriffs . . . and also the Law concerning Elections and Returns of Members of Parliament [etc.]. The Second Edition
- Publisher:
- Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling . . . for J. Worrall, London, 1739.
- Description:
- The second, expanded, and final edition of the first work on the ancient remedies of replevin and distress, the latter of which Holdsworth termed "the oldest form of self help" and which Maitland traced to the Laws of Ine, circa 700 A.D.
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over decorated boards, gilt lettered, some browning, mainly lightish, the front blank a bit chipped, else a good copy
- Book No.:
- W-76899
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- landlord and tenant, sheriffs, Procedure, pleading, law of elections
- Author:
- Lawes, Edward
- Title:
- A Practical Treatise on Pleading, in Assumpsit. With the Addition of the Decisions of the American Courts by Joseph Story. Cohen 9246
- Publisher:
- Published by James W. Burditt & Co., Boston, 1811.
- Description:
- One of Story's earliest substantive legal efforts, appearing the year he was appointed to the Supreme Court; the American edition of a work which he described as "the most finished and accurate illustration of the theory of [legal] science"
- Condition:
- Original sheep, rubbed, joints repaired, light browning, else quite a good copy
- Book No.:
- W-77429
- Price:
- $ 450.00
- Category:
- pleading, Procedure
- Author:
- Title:
- Articuli ad narrationes nouas pertin[entes] formati. S.T.C. 812; Beale T111
- Publisher:
- In edibus Richardi Pynsoni regii impressoris [etc.], London, 1525?.
- Description:
- The rare first edition of the medieval tract glossing and complementing both Natura Brevium and Novae Narrationes, all works central to early pleading and practice in the royal courts, this the only edition printed by Pynson; four copies in ESTC
- Condition:
- Modern blind panelled calf, the spine gilt ruled and lettered, the title and table in facsimile, else textually complete; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78462
- Price:
- $ 6000.00
- Category:
- pleading
- Author:
- Title:
- Placita Generalia & Specialia. In an Exact Collection Of the most Usefull and Necessary Presidents of Declarations, Plaints, Demurrers, Pleas in Barr, Abatement and Disability, Issues, Verdicts, Judgments by Confession, and after Verdict [&c]. Wing P2334
- Publisher:
- Printed for Charles Harper, and John Amery [etc.], London, 1674.
- Description:
- Only edition of a work of considerable breadth, represented as "For Variety of Matter, and number of Titles, not any Collection of this Kind and Volum ever contained so much", arranged alphabetically and found in Jefferson's Library [Sowerby 1904]
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, somewhat marked, neatly rebacked, crimson morocco label, tear to the margin of one leaf, else clean and sturdy; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-80119
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- Fore Edge Paintings, Forms & Form Books, pleading
- Author:
- Title:
- The Pleader's Assistant; Containing a Select Collection of Precedents of Modern Pleadings, in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas . . . With Forms of Writs . . . The whole drawn and settled by the most eminent Counsel of their time [&c]. ESTC N38798
- Publisher:
- Printed by William Porter, For Messrs. Lynch [and three others], Dublin, 1786.
- Description:
- The rare first Dublin edition, with the special feature on occasion of specifying the lawyer from whom the form of writ has been taken, thus permitting the reader to gauge its reliability and precedential value; three copies in ESTC, none in the UK
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, some browning, else quite clean with very good margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-80185
- Price:
- $ 375.00
- Category:
- pleading
- Author:
- Clayton, John (rptr.)
- Title:
- Reports and Pleas of Assises at York. Held before several Judges in that Circuit, With Some Precedents useful for Pleaders at the Assises: Never englished before [etc.]. ESTC N12810 [six copies, two in North America]
- Publisher:
- Printed by S. Powell, For Edward Hamilton . . . High-street, Dublin, 1741.
- Description:
- The rare, sole Irish edition of the first named 'nisi prius'reports (those heard away from Westminster), first appearing in 1651, with the emphasis that the law be in English and accessible to all, in sympathy with the Commonwealth's goals of reform
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, ex-Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow with its gilt stamp on the front board, very crisp; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-80216
- Price:
- $ 350.00
- Category:
- reports of cases, TRINIDAD, pleading, legal reform, English Commonwealth, IRELAND
- Author:
- Style, William
- Title:
- Regestum Practicale: Or, the Practical Register, Consisting of Rules, Orders, and Observations concerning the Common-Laws, and the Practice thereof . . . particularly applicable to the Proceedings in the Upper-Bench [etc.]. Wing S6102; Cowley 141
- Publisher:
- Printed by A.M. for Charles Adams, at the Talbot [etc.], London, 1657.
- Description:
- First edition of a popular work (and the only edition to appear during the Interregnum), called by John Baker "a useful guide to modern practice decisions, collected at a time when the law reports were somewhat thin or non-existent"
- Condition:
- Contemporary unlettered sheep, quite rubbed, some foxing, moreso to the first and last leaves, else sound and usable; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-80248
- Price:
- $ 750.00
- Category:
- pleading, Interregnum, reports of cases
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