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London: Samuel Billingsley, 1747 The twelfth Lord Lovat, who had been a notorious Jacobite intriguer, was apprehended following the battle of Culloden, tried in Westminster Hall in 1746/7 , and beheaded on 9 April 1747. pp 180 . Internally in very good condition, modern quarter-leather binding
Report of the trial of Leavitt Alley, indicted for the murder of Abijah Ellis, in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. by HEARD, Franklin Fiske - 1875
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Report of the trial of Leavitt Alley, indicted for the murder of Abijah Ellis, in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
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London: Stevens and Sons, 1881 pp xxi + 458 + 34 ( advertisments) . Internally in near fine condition, binding firm, page edges a little dusty. Original cover which is a little marked with slight sunning to the spine and slight wear to the edges. A sound copy.
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1947 National Safety Council, Chicago trade hardcover format with dustjacket. Dustjacket in overall Very Good minus condition, two enclosed rips along the seam of the front panel, spine end extremities chipped, top spine is chipped, light overall aging; looks very good in brodart protective sleeve. The dustjacket is printing on low quality paper, it's nice to find one in any condition. "Ellington Air Force Base; Ground Safety Deps; Dec. 1953" is penned in lead based ink on the ffep and grounds the history on this piece. One lead based ink dot that bleeds through page 47 to 48, top edge lightly toned, else pages are clean & unmarked. Included to the photographic illustrations in the book are pictures of men in uniform representing all 50 states, photographs of police vehicles of that day, a early Texas Ranger on horseback & more. Red cloth covered boards are clean, faint wear on the corners, spine end extremities, gold lettering on spine is fine. Binding tight & straight. In overall Very Good / Very…
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Lebanon, Pa: s.n., 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. [4], 51, [1] p. [i.e. 108]; 24 cm. Contemporary calf boards, with modern calf spine. Every leaf of text is interleaves with a blank leaf for notes; in this volume the blank leaves remained blank. Former owner's inscription on front fixed endpaper: Warren G. Light, Lebanon, Pa. "Warren G. Light" is also written at head of the title page. Stamped on front free endpaper: "Meyer, Brubaker & Lewis Law Offices, Lebanon, Pennsylvania." This was probably Alvin B. Lews, esq., a grandson of Warren G. Light, esq., of Lebanon, Pa. Tipped onto the back free endpaper is a printed leaf with Uniform Rates recommended by the Commercial Law League of America at its 23rd Annual Convention in 1917. With loose: printed slip with from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania with amendments to rules and the order to establish a Board of Law Examiners, all dated 1902; and, the carbon from the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County replacing rule…
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Opinion of Counsel on the Legality of the City Ordinance for Constructing a Railroad over the Market Street Bridge
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Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1887 233 pages Edited by J.H.Stoddart Embellished with 36 engravings pasted into the book.Internally in near fine condition subject to moderate browning to end papers and a card with an owners name on the inside front cover.Binding sound (the book has evidently been seldom read) subject to 3 cm crack between inside front cover and fep.Cover quite bright with slight markings.Moderate wear to extremities of spine and a small nick at the bottom.Top corners bumped. An attractive book.
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Procès de M. Gisquet, Ancien Préfet de Police, Ex-conseiller d'Ãtat et Député Contre le Messager: Plainte en Diffamation pour avoir Accusé l'Ancien Préfet de Police d'Exaction, de Concussion et d'Immoralité Publique
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Paris: Pagnerre, 1839. Hard Cover. Good +. [4], 135, [1] p.; 20 cm. Disbound. An account of the trial against the Messager by the ex-prefect of Police and State Councilor Joseph Henri Gisquet (1792-1866) for accusing him of fraud and financial offenses. In Good+ Condition: light foxing throughout; otherwise, clean and solid.
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Aldershot: Dartmouth Publishing Company [1-85521-448-2] 1994. (Hardcover) 332pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Notes, appendices, bibliography, index. The covers are lightly faded at the edges. "This book is the culmination of a three year research study focussing on the creation, management, disposal and research use of legal records of all kinds throughout the Commonwealth. It aims to provide, by means of thematic papers and specific country case studies, a general picture of the current treatment of legal records within various jurisdictions, and to suggest solutions to some of the more vexed problems of their disposal". Book about Legal Records & Record Management. Locale: Commonwealth; United Kingdom. (Law, Archives, Law, Lawyers, Research).
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