Category: Law

Commentaries on the Laws of England - Eleventh edition, with the last corrections of the author, additions by Richard Burn, and continued to the present time by John Williams.

Price: £950.00

Publisher: London, A. Strahan & W. Woodfall : 1791

Seller ID: 000862

Eleventh edition, with the last corrections of the author, additions by Richard Burn, and continued to the present time by John Williams. 4 VOLUMES, one portrait frontispiece, one folding chart, a little age-browned internally, a few neat contemporary marginal notes, top edge of pages of volume 1 and bottom edge of volume 2 a little stained (affecting the contents slightly), later tan full polished calf, raised bands, red morocco labels, spines a little darkened. A good sound set.
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The Midwesterner - the story of Dwight H. Green

By: Casey, Robert J. & Douglas, W.A.S.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Chicago, New York, Toronto, Wilcox & Follett Co : 1948

Seller ID: 011194

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

A few illustrations, pp (6), 311, slightly age-toned, slightly used internally, cloth mottled and slightly worn, in a rather worn and frayed dustwrapper which is lacking various pieces round the margins, but which is now nicely protected in a removable plastic film.
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Cherrill of the Yard - the autobiography of Fred Cherrill

By: Cherrill, Fred

Price: £9.00

Publisher: London, George G. Harrap & Co Ltd : 1954

Seller ID: 018357

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Second reprint, in the same year as the first edition. Illustrated, octavo, pp 248, fore-edge and bottom edge a little foxed, the title page a little age-toned, a tiny signature and date on the front endpaper, otherwise clean and sound internally, red cloth, the spine slightly faded, the rear cover slightly marked. Still a good copy.
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Image for A New Discourse of Trade: wherein are recommended several weighty points, relating to Companies of Merchants; the Act of Navigation, Naturalization of Strangers, and our Woollen Manufactures. The Balance of Trade and Nature of Plantations are discussed.

A New Discourse of Trade: wherein are recommended several weighty points, relating to Companies of Merchants; the Act of Navigation, Naturalization of Strangers, and our Woollen Manufactures. The Balance of Trade and Nature of Plantations are discussed.

By: Child, Sir Josiah

Price: £225.00

Publisher: London Bridge, J. Hodges (et al) : 1745

Seller ID: 016628

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Good

Fourth edition, [1754]. Small 12mo, pp (4), xlvi, 232, a little age-toning and a few blemishes, the endpapers and the first and last few pages have some browning around the margins, overall however the contents are sound and tight, contenporary full calf a little worn, rubbed at the corners, the spine dull, some cracking at the joints but all firm. [Child {c. 1630/31 - 1699) was an English merchant and politician. He was an economist proponent of mercantilism and governor of the East India Company. He purchased Wanstead Manor in Essex in 1673 from the executors of Sir Robert Brooke and spent m...
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Waterworks, Byelaws and Fittings

By: Davies, Delwyn G.

Price: £8.50

Publisher: London, Published for "Water and Water Engineering" by The Colliery Guardian Company Ltd : 1952

Seller ID: 009250

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Small 8vo, illustrated with 24 small photographs or diagrams within the text, pp 280, + 10 pages of period advertisements at the rear, a very good clean copy internally, cloth very lightly spotted otherwise very good, in a frayed and slightly torn dustwrapper . Very scarce.
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Image for The Office and Authority of a Justice of Peace for Ireland, collected from the Books of Common Law...as also from the Acts of Parliament....as well those in Force by Sir Edward Poyning's Law, as those made in this Kingdom to the end of the First Session..

The Office and Authority of a Justice of Peace for Ireland, collected from the Books of Common Law...as also from the Acts of Parliament....as well those in Force by Sir Edward Poyning's Law, as those made in this Kingdom to the end of the First Session..

By: Dutton, Matt. [Matthew]

Price: £285.00

Publisher: Dublin, J. Carson for Jer. Pepyat in Skinner-Row : 1718

Seller ID: 018798

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Good

Thick 12mo, pp (10), 457, [45], 39, the title page a little soiled and with a faint splash mark, a little light staining, the occasional mark, lacking the front endpaper and a half-title (if called for), the joint at the title page cracked but not weak, a signature and date (1862) on the title page, the rear endpaper a bit soiled and with another early signature, otherwise remarkably clean and tight internally, full polished calf, the upper and lower covers blind-stamped marginally and with a single gilt line, the spine with blind-stamping and gilt decoration, slightly worn and rubbed. SCARCE.
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The Elements of Murder - a history of poison

By: Emsley, John

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press : 2005

Seller ID: 016849

ISBN-13: 9780192805997

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Large octavo, pp xiv, 421, (not illustrated), very clean internally, black cloth in excellent condition in a very good dustwrapper. [Was Napoleon killed by the arsenic in his wallpaper? How did Rasputin survive cyanide poisoning? Which chemicals in our environment pose the biggest threat to our health today? In The Elements of Murder, John Emsley answers these questions and offers a fascinating account of five of the most toxic elements-arsenic, antimony, lead, mercury, and thallium-describing their lethal chemical properties and highlighting their use in some of the most famous murder cases i...
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Notorious crimes

By: Gribble, Leonard

Price: £6.00

Publisher: London, Robert Hale : 1985

Seller ID: 018492

ISBN-13: 9780709020677

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, not illustrated, pp 174, fore-edge faintly marked, otherwise extremely clean internally, black cloth with very slight signs of wear, in a very slightly worn dustwrapper which is a little age-toned on its rear cover.
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The Law is an Ass - an illustrated collection of legal quotations

By: Irving, Ronald (compiler)

Price: £8.50

Publisher: London, Duckworth : 1999

Seller ID: 011280

ISBN-13: 9780715629420

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

A few illustrations, pp xii, 244, a very good copy in dustwrapper. Signed by author on half-title.
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The Middle Temple - a Guide.

By: Lloyd, Stephen & Whitelaw, Lesley

Price: £6.50

Publisher: London, The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple : 2015

Seller ID: 013219

ISBN-13: 9780955815058

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Well illustrated, slim octavo, pp 76, paperback, slighly bowed, otherwise a very good copy.
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John Bright

By: Mills, Joseph Travis

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London, Edward Hicks, Jr. : 1893

Seller ID: 018230

Binding: Disbound

Condition: Poor

Portrait frontispiece, 12mo, pp 202, dog-eared, disbound and becoming loose, though nothing is detached. A working copy only. [John Bright {1811 - 1889} was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies. A Quaker, Bright is most famous for battling the Corn Laws. In partnership with Richard Cobden, he founded the Anti-Corn Law League, aimed at abolishing the Corn Laws, which raised food prices and protected landowners' interests by levying taxes on imported wheat. The Corn Laws were repealed in 1846. Bright also wo...
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Grafters All - the art of robbery

By: Parr, Eric

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London, Max Reinhardt : 1964

Seller ID: 011395

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated with 13 drawings by Anton, small 8vo, pp 160, very clean interbally, brown cloth in very good condition, in a dustwrapper which is not price-clipped, but which is a little creased on the spine and a little soiled on the lower cover.
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The Concise Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminals

By: Scott, Harold

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London, Bookplan : 1965

Seller ID: 016890

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated with 96 black and white plates, large octavo, pp 351, a little age-toned, otherwise very clean and sound internally, red cloth in excellent condition, in a very good dustwrapper.
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The Railway Policeman: The Story of the Constable on the Track

By: Whitbread, J.R.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, George G. Harrap : 1961

Seller ID: 016673

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, octavo, pp 269, very lightly used internally, red cloth very slightly worn, the dustwrapper has its price crossed out in ink and is a little worn and marked but now nicely protected in a removable clear cover.
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