ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS' COUNSEL, AND JUDGEMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT U.S. IN THE CASE OF VEDAL AND ANOTHER COMPLAINTANTS AND APPELLANTS VERSUS THE MAYOR, ETC. OF PHILADELPHIA, THE EXECUTORS OF STEPHEN GIRARD, AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS AND APPELLEES, JAN -

London: Her Majesties Stationery Office, 1857 pp 496 Internally in near fine condition with Law Society stamp on title page. Modern quarter leather binding

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.

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.

Harrisburg: Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1849. Paperback. Very Good. 15, [1] p.; 22 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "5" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. Light marginal pencil marks throughout. No date of publication. Information in the publication goes up to 1848; the State Library of Pennsylvania gives 1849 as the year of publication. Lawyer and judge Garrick Mallery (1784-1866) served in the Pennsylvania legislature from 1827 to 1830. He was the father of Garrick Mallery (1831-1894), an ethnologist who specialized in Native American sign language. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: disbound; first leaf and last leaf detached but present; light marginal pencil marks; otherwise, clean and tight.

Philadelphia: the committee, 1851. Paperback. Very Good. 8 p.; 22 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "4" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. Caption title. The address was put together by a committee chaired by William M. Meredith. The address is followed by a statement by Daniel L. Miller, Jr., president of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company, about the railroad proposed to connect Sunbury to Erie. The Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company had been chartered in 1837, but did not begin construction until 1852, when the state passed enabling legislation. No date of publication; based on information in the address, 1851 is the most likely date. William Morris Meredith (1799-1873) was a lawyer in Philadelphia; he served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Zachary Taylor in 1849 and 1850. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: disbound; minor foxing along gutter; otherwise, clean and tight.

London: Butterworth & Co. 1896, 2nd edition. (Hardcover) 570pp. Very good. Index. The spine is slightly discolored, and there is some underlining on a few pages near the front. Originally published as Histoire de la Legislation Romaine et Generalisation du Droit. Revised by John Cutler. Translated by David Nasmith & Iltudus T. Prichard. Locale: Ancient Rome. (Law).

London: Thomas Kelly 1824. (Hardcover) 512pp. Poor, no dust jacket. Leather binding. Frontispiece with tissue guard, engraved title with vignette, illustrations, notes, appendix. The spine is cracked and chipped, and the boards are detached and heavily worn at the corners. Illustrated by portraits drawn from life, and other copperplate engravings of peculiar interest. Trial of John Thurtell. Murder of William Weare. (Law, Gambling, Law, Trials--England).

Toronto: Butterworths 1962, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 613pp. Fine in very good plus dust jacket. Bibliographies, appendices, index. The dust jacket has minor edgewear. Locale: Canada; Quebec. (Law, Civil Code--Quebec).

Banks and Company, New York, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. 833pp; At the time of publication (I don't know about today), this was the only book which comprehensively covers the laws and customs applicable to unitization. Unitization occurs when the mineral owners in segregated tracts pool their interests so that all will share in production from wells located within the pooled area. The formulas for sharing are variant, and are ably and fully discussed by the author; Very minimal shelfwear, primarily slight creasing on the corners; Pages are lightly yellowed, but are tight and clean; Personalized inscription from the author dated Sept 19, 1957 on the fep; Additional shipping charges may apply; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-5 pounds. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No:… Read More

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… Read More