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Item #256054 ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA [1812, 1813, 1814]...

ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA [1812, 1813, 1814] (3 books bound as one)

Philadelphia / Harrisburg: John Bioren / Jacob Elder, 1813, 1814, 1815. Octavo. Full Leather. Three volumes bound in one, 1812 and 1814 Acts have their title pages, 1813 is lacking the title page; full bound in sheep with morocco spine.....

Price: $350.00

Item #287420 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA; AT THEIR FIRST SESSION. BEGUN AND...

JOURNAL OF THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA; AT THEIR FIRST SESSION. BEGUN AND HELD AT PUEBLA DE SAN JOSE, ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1849.

San Jose [New York]: J. Winchester, State Printer, 1850. Half Leather. First Edition. First Edition of the Journal of the Senate of the State of California. The record of the first session of the newly incorporated State of California, 1850.....

Price: $750.00

Item #270538 A LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE CLEAN AIR AMENDMENTS OF 1972; VOLUME 1 & VOLUME 2, 1974...

A LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE CLEAN AIR AMENDMENTS OF 1972; VOLUME 1 & VOLUME 2, 1974 [PARTS I AND II BOUND TOGETHER] | A LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE CLEAN AIR AMENDMENTS OF 1977; A CONTINUATION OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1970 TOGETHER WITH A SECTION BY SECTION INDEX PREPARED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY DIVISION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; PARTS 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 [BOUND TOGETHER]. 8 PARTS BOUND IN 6 VOLUMES.

Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974; 1979. Hard Cover. Eight parts, bound in 6 Volumes, altogether comprising over 9100 pages of the legislative history of the landmark Clean Air Act. These were bound up by the Government Printing Office for.....

Price: $500.00

Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley

[LAW][RELIGION] AL-MUWATTA

Granada: Madinah Press, 1992. Hard Cover. First Edition. Large octavo; in the publisher’s red cloth; with titling on the spine in gold; xxxviii, 465 pages including the Index; small stain to the top edge; pencil annotations in margins.

Price: $50.00

Item #281654 CASES IN EQUITY DURING THE TIME OF THE LATE LORD CHANCELLOR TALBOT: WITH TABLES, OF...

[Alexander Forrester]

CASES IN EQUITY DURING THE TIME OF THE LATE LORD CHANCELLOR TALBOT: WITH TABLES, OF THE NAMES OF CASES, AND PRINCIPAL MATTERS.

In the Savoy, [London]: Henry Lintot, 1753. Quarto. Full Leather. Second Edition. The Second Edition, “with many references, and large Notes”. vi, 286, [19]p. Quarto in contemporary calf; boards ruled in blind at the perimeters; raised bands and morocco label.....

Price: $250.00

Item #269721 THE OFFICE AND DUTY OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, AND A GUIDE TO CLERKS, CONSTABLES,...

Augustin S. Clayton; Lucius Q. C. Lamar

THE OFFICE AND DUTY OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, AND A GUIDE TO CLERKS, CONSTABLES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, GUARDIANS, SHERIFFS, TAX-COLLECTORS, AND RECEIVERS, AND OTHER CIVIL OFFICERS ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA

Milledgeville: S. Grantland, 1824. Full Leather. A relatively uncommon and early handbook for Justices of the Peace in Georgia. With the signature of “Jas. S. Jones, Esq. | McDonough | Henry County, Ga.” In sheep with morocco title label and.....

Price: $450.00

Item #300370 [LAW] AN ANALYSIS OF BLACKSTONE’S COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND, IN A SERIES...

Barron Field

[LAW] AN ANALYSIS OF BLACKSTONE’S COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND, IN A SERIES OF QUESTIONS, TO WHICH THE STUDENT IS TO FRAME HIS OWN ANSWERS, BY READING THAT WORK.

New York: Stephen Gould, 1822. Full Leather. First American Edition. First American Edition of Barron Field’s Analysis of Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England. A series of questions, prepared for law students, to direct their reading of Blackstone’s Commentaries.....

Price: $750.00

Item #218959 REPORTS OF CASES, Upon Appeals and Writs of Error, in the High Court of Parliament;...

Brown, Josiah, Esq. (Barrister At Law)

REPORTS OF CASES, Upon Appeals and Writs of Error, in the High Court of Parliament; From the Year 1701, to the Year 1779 with Tables, Notes, and References. (7 Volume Set); Vol I; Vol II; Vol III; Vol IV; Vol V; Vol VI; Vol VII

Dublin: E. Lynch, 1784. Hard Cover. Sold as a 7 volume set. No pencil or ink markings in text of the 7 volumes. All volumes full brown leather bindings with red and black spine labels present. NOT Ex-Library...

Price: $1,250.00

Item #244656 REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA. Volume...

Bushrod Washington

REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA. Volume I (only)

Philadelphia, PA: Abraham Small, 1823. Second Edition~. Volume I only bound in contemporary calf with spine title. Moderate wear, with toning and staining throughout. Bushrod Washington was George Washington’s nephew and a great favorite of his (in 1802, following the.....

Price: $150.00

[Charles John Darling]

[LAW] SCINTILLAE JURIS

San Francisco: S. Whitney & Co., 1877. Original Wrappers. 8vo; in cream-colored printed wrappers; 76 pages; the covers have tidelines, and the spine is mostly perished, though the binding is tight and secure.~~Though he often spoke on legal issues and.....

Price: $200.00

Item #282020 SMITH’S JUSTICES’ GUIDE. A GUIDE TO JUSTICES, COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEYS,...

Charles S. Smith

SMITH’S JUSTICES’ GUIDE. A GUIDE TO JUSTICES, COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEYS, SHERIFFS, SERGEANTS, CONSTABLES, AND ATTORNEYS, WHO PRACTICE IN JUSTICES’ COURTS.

Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company, 1929. Hard Cover. First Edition. A First Edition of the guide by the Commonwealth’s Attorney of Gloucester County, Virginia; designed for all “who practice in justices’ courts ... [and] not intended to be used as.....

Price: $95.00

Item #295407 [VIRGINIA LAW] REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF...

Daniel Call | Joseph Tate

[VIRGINIA LAW] REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA [WITH] TO WHICH ARE ADDED, NOTES REFERING TO SUBSEQUENT ADJUDICATIONS OF THE SAME COURT, AND OTHER AUTHORITIES, AND A COMPLETE TABLE OF CASES CITED. VOLS. I AND II

Richmond: Peter Cottom, 1824. Full Leather. Second Edition. Two large 8vo. volumes, in full legal calf; xxiv, [1] 2-522 including the Index, followed by [1] Addenda & Errata; xx, [1], 2-155, followed [1] Addenda & Errata.; with foxing throughout. The.....

Price: $195.00

[David Cree]

[LAW] [ENGLAND] INDENTURE BETWEEN DAVID CREE AND MARIA TICKELL, ETC. 1864

An indenture in three sheets for the partition of “messauges and land” in Paradise Terrace, Islington between a Mrs. Tickell, a Miss Horter, Capt. Arthur Evelyn Tyler and the Misses Tyler; apparently executed by David Cree, solicitor in Bush Lane.....

Price: $100.00

Item #298544 [LAW] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND...

Delegates Commonwealth of Virgnia

[LAW] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, ON MONDAY THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT

Richmond: Thoams Ritchie, Printed to the Commonwealth, 1937. Quarto; an ex-library copy in library buckram and with usual marks; the title page is supplied in facsimile; 300 pages, followed by 53 pages of Index; followed by 25 documents, beginning with.....

Price: $150.00

Edwin B. Meade

[LAW] LILE’S EQUITY PLEADING AND PRACTICE

Charlottesville Virginia: The Michie Company, Law Publishers, 1952. Hard Cover. Third Edition. Octavo; in the publisher tan cloth; with a red morocco label on the spine; xii, 424 pages; binding is a bit soiled with prominent stains to the lower.....

Price: $125.00

Item #296087 [LAW] [UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA] REPORT OF CASES DECIDED IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF...

Francis W. Gilmer

[LAW] [UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA] REPORT OF CASES DECIDED IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA, FROM APRIL 10th 1820, TO JUNE 28th, 1821

Richmond: N. Pollard --Franklin Press, 1821. Full Leather. First Edition. 8vo. (8 1/8” x 5 3/8”); in full sheep with morocco title label, and lacking the volume label; viii, [1], 2-367 pages including the Index, with Errata slip tipped in.....

Price: $95.00

Item #286883 AN ESSAY ON THE NATURE AND LAWS OF USES AND TRUSTS. INCLUDING A TREATISE ON...

Francis Williams Sanders

AN ESSAY ON THE NATURE AND LAWS OF USES AND TRUSTS. INCLUDING A TREATISE ON CONVEYANCES AT COMMON LAW; AND THOSE DERIVING THEIR EFFECT FROM THE STATUTE OF USES.

London: Printed for E. and R. Brooke, 1791. Full Leather. First Edition. First Edition of Francis Williams Sanders’ Essay on the Nature and Laws of Uses and Trusts. “A professional treatise of deservedly high repute” (DNB). Collates complete, with index.....

Price: $600.00

General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia

ACTS PASSED AT A GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND ... (5 YEARS BOUND TOGETHER, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828),

Richmond: Thomas Ritchie, 1825 et seq. Full Leather. Five years of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia bound together, comprising those acts from 1824 through 1828. There was much legislative activity at this period regarding transportation, canals, turnpike.....

Price: $300.00

General Assembly of Virginia

[LAW] A COLLECTION OF ALL SUCH ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA OF A PUBLIC AND PERMANENT NATURE AS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE SESSION OF 1801: TO WHICH ARE ADDED APPENDICES ... WITH A COMPLETE INDEX TO THE WHOLE ... [VOLUME II ONLY OF 2 VOLUMES]

Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, Junior, 1808. Full Leather. First Edition. Large 8vo.; in full sheep with a border in blind at the perimeter of the boards and with a morocco label, and with a volume number in blind to the spine;.....

Price: $150.00

General Assembly of Virginia

[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE SESSION COMMENCING 6th DECEMBER 1841, AND ENDING 26th MARCH 1842.

Richmond: Samuel Shepherd--Printer to the Commonwealth. 1842. Quarter Leather. First Edition. 8vo.; in quarter calf over marbled boards; [3], 4-194 pages, including the Index; there is a previous owner name on the pastedown, dated in the year of publication; this.....

Price: $125.00

Item #298092 [VIRGINIA] [LAW] [THREE ACTS BOUND TOGETHER] ACTS PASSED AT A GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF...

General Assembly of Virginia

[VIRGINIA] [LAW] [THREE ACTS BOUND TOGETHER] ACTS PASSED AT A GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AND THE CAPITOL IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, ON MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE; [WITH] ACTS PASSED ON MONDAY THE FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER ... [1826]; [WITH] ACTS PASSED ON MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER ... [1827]

Richmond: Thomas Ritchie, 1825, 1826, 1827. First Edition. 8vo.; quarter-calf over green paper-covered boards with a morocco label; consisting of three of the Acts of the Virginia General Assembly for the years 1825, 1826 and 1827, bound together; 125 pages.....

Price: $300.00

Item #298198 [LAW] ACTS PASSED AT A GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA; BEGUN AND...

[General Assembly of Virginia]

[LAW] ACTS PASSED AT A GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA; BEGUN AND HE[LD AT THE] CAPITOL IN THE CITY [OF] RICHMOND, ON MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH THE FORTY SECOND.

[Richmond]: [Thomas Ritchie], [1818]. Hard Cover. Large 8vo.; rebound in black cloth; 250 [251] pages including the Index.~~This copy with the title page partial; and lacking the last leaf of the Index, p. 251.~~Part I. Acts of a Public and.....

Price: $125.00

Gordon F. Rainey; John Charles Thomas; Virginia H. Hackney; Thurston R. Moore; Robert Dean Pope

[LAW] [VIRGINIA] HUNTON & WILLIAMS NOVEMBER 1901 TO DECEMBER 2002

[Richmond?]: [2002]. Hard Cover. Oblong 8vo in the publisher’s blue cloth binding with titling in gilt; 194 pages, illustrated mostly with photographs of partners and their profile; some scattered foxing to the endpapers.~~The Centennial Directory of the firm. With information.....

Price: $75.00

Item #298717 [NULLIFICATION] THE VIRGINIA REPORT OF 1799-1800, TOUCHING THE ALIEN AND SEDITION...

House of Delegates of Virginia | [James Madison] [William Arden Maury]

[NULLIFICATION] THE VIRGINIA REPORT OF 1799-1800, TOUCHING THE ALIEN AND SEDITION LAWS; TOGETHER WITH THE VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS OF DECEMBER 21, 1798, THE DEBATE AND PROCEEDINGS THERE ON IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF VIRGINIA, AND SEVERAL OTHER DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE REPORT AND RESOLUTIONS.

Richmond: J. W. Randolph, 1850. Quarter Leather. First Edition. Large 8vo.; half calf with burgundy morocco label lettered in gilt, over marbled boards; xvi, [17], 18-264 pages including the Index; the signature of W. A. Maury on the pastedown dated.....

Price: $200.00