Search Results: Law from Parker's Rare Books

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1897. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 626 pp. + 7 pp. extraordinary cases. X-library with usual flaws, front and rear hinges reinforced, top and bottom of spine tape reinforced. No marks in text. A good reading copy.

Cleveland: Practical Text Book Company, c. 1908. HB. Brown cloth, black lettering on front cover, 8 vo., 308 pp. + ads at rear. Treatise for non-lawyers. X-college reference library with usual stamps, no card pockets. No marks in text, covers show some soiling, shelf wear. Binding solid. Book condition VG-.

Metuchen, New Jersey & London: The Scarecrow Press, 1979. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 297 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show minor edge wear. Book condition VG.

Rosemead, california: The Rosemead Review Press, 1936. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12 mo., 87 pp. including index. Minor underlining of text, otherwise clean book, covers show minor edge wear. Uncommon title. Book condition VG. No dust jacket.

Auckland: Printed for the Tongan Government by H. Brett, General Printer, Shortland and Fort Streets, 1891. HB. Pebbled blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, large 8vo, patterned endpapers. (6), 139, xxiii, iii pp. English language version detailing the form of government of the Kingdom of Tonga including criminal code, justice, customs regulations, public health, education, harbours and shipping, police, and postal service. Appendix at rear contains the Constitution of Tonga and Treaties of Friendship that Tonga had negotiated with Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Three page index at rear. From the Inner Temple Library, with its attractive bookplate on the front pastedown, several Inner Temple Library stamps in text. No other marks in book, binding tight. Covers show light edge wear, minor spotting bottom rear cover, bump middle of the top of the front cover, fraying top of spine. Covers show minor warping. Book condition Good+. Uncommon.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1940. 5th Edition. HB. Dark brown imitation leather, gilt lettering on front cover, green lettering on spine, 8vo, 633 pp. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Minor soiling to edges of text block. Book condition VG.

Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij N.V, 1948. Wraps. Cream colored stiff paper wraps, black lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, x, 198 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. Minor moisture staining to rear cover and last few pages, including Stellinge, which is in Dutch, that was loosely inserted. Forword in Dutch, balance of text in English. Book condition VG-. Uncommon legal treatise.

Chicago: Callahan & Co, 1882. First Edition. HB. Black cloth, colored illustration of flowers on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, ix, 181 pp., black endpapers. From the library of Charles Burke Elliott, noted jurist and one-time member of the Minnesota Supreme Court. With a 2 page handwritten review of this book by Elliott, submitted to the Central Law Journal of St. Louis. There is minor penciled notations in the margins of a few pages. Pages show light moisture stains at top and bottom throughout, not affecting any text. Covers show edge wear, chipping top of spine. Book condition Good+.

London: Stevens & Sons, 1960. HB. White vinyl covered boards, gilt lettering on green background on spine, 8vo, 304 pp. Unmarked book, lower corners bumped. In unclipped dust jacket that shows some soiling, tears. Book condition VG in Good+ Dj.

Concord: G. Parker Lyon, 1843. HB. Containing Forms of Proceedings, and the Revised Statutes of New-Hampshire relating to the Duties of those Officers". Full tan leather, gilt lettering on red panel on spine, 12 mo., 432 pp. including index. Owners bookplate on front paste-down. No marks in book, binding tight. Slight scattered foxing. Covers show minor soiling, edge wear. A nice copy of a scarce work. Interesting early insights into the legal system as it affected the common man. Book condition VG.

Prag, 1813. First Edition. HB. Brown paper covered boards, paper title label on spine, 8vo, 196 pp. Analysis of legal codes. No marks in book, binding tight. Minor foxing in text. Covers show scuffing lower front cover, very small sticker top front cover. Book condition VG-. Very uncommon title. A second edition was published in 1816.

New York: A. L. Burt, 1887. Later Edition. HB. A Compendium of Business and Domestic Law, for Popular Use". Brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 16 mo., 396 pp. + xx index. Decorative end papers. Front and rear hinges weak, owners name stamped on ffep, no marks in text. Covers show considerable wear, corners bumped. Book condition Good.

Morgantown, W.V: American Legal Studies Association, 2003. Wraps. Green stiff paper wraps, black lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, pp. 493-846. Contains essays in memory of John William Corrington, his poetry, and a bibliography of Corrington's work. Also included is American Heartbreak: The Life of Pauli Murray. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Book condition VG+.

Charlottesville, Va: The Michie Casebook Co, 1947. HB. Brown cloth, dark brown lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 217 pp. + 48 pp. set of questions inserted in rear pocket. No marks in text, binding solid, covers show minor edge wear. Book condition VG-.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co, 1925. First Edition. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, ix, 102 pp. Owner's name ffep, minor underlining and marginal notations in text. Pages clean, binding tight. Covers show light edge wear. Book condition VG-. Uncommon title.

Lugduni: Sumptib. lavr. Anisson & Io. Bapt. Devenet, 1658. HB. Sive Tractatus Nobelissimus de Tertiis Debitis Regibus Hispania, Ex Fructibus, & Rebus Omnibus Quae Decimantur. In Quo, Non Solum Omnia Quae Ad Institutum Pertinent; Sed & Alia Plura In Foro Quotidiana Noue, Notabilitero Declarantur, & Resoluuntur. Opus Reuera Pragmaticis Forensibus Utilissimum, Cum Summariis, & Indicibus, Ad Subleuandum Lectoris Laborem, Opportunis. Nunc Recens Typis Lugdunensibus Editum......." Bound in original vellum, with vellum clasps still present, folio (9"x13"). (23), (1 blank), 448, (449-450), 35, (1 blank) pp. Tear at page 287-288 with some loss of text, many leaves trimmed closely at top margin with occasional loss of running title. A legal practice book, discussing different legal procedures and different types of courts and jurisdictions, focusing on Spanish and Gallic law. OCLC lists a variety of 17th century printings, all scarce, but does not include this edition. This… Read More

Cincinnati: The W. H. Anderson Company, 1946. HB. Orange cloth, black lettering on spine, 8vo, 224 p. X-college library with usual flaws, lacking the supplement in rear pocket. No marks in text, binding tight and covers clean. Book condition Good, due to library markings.

New York: The Wilber Law List Co, 1933. HB. Red cloth, 8vo., 816pp. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine bright. Book clean and tight. Top corners bumped. Book condition VG.

Madison, Wi: Wisconsin Women's Council, 1989. Wraps. Trade paper, 8vo., 151 pp. including references. "Loan Copy" written on top front cover, University of Wisconsin Extension stamped on top of title page, notation, in pencil, rear end paper. No marks in text, binding solid. 4th edition. Book condition VG.