Ball, W. Valentine.

The Law of Libel as affecting Newspapers and Journalists.

London, Stevens and Sons, 1912. Octavo. XIII, 165 pages. Original Hardcover (original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Bumped corners. Slightly damaged spine. Good condition with some signs of external wear. From the library of irish independent politician and solicitor Jasper Travers Wolfe of Skibbereen. Name of Jasper Wolfe on front free endpaper.

Broom, Herbert.

A Selection of Legal Maxims, classified and Illustrated. The Ninth Edition by W.J.Byrne.

London, Sweet & Maxwell Limited, 1924. Large Octavo. LXXV, 668 pages plus a catalogue of “Books for Law Students” (July 1927 – Sweet & Maxwell Ltd.”. Hardcover / Original buckram with gilt lettering to spine. The boards of the binding heavily stained but otherwise in very good condition. Interior very clean and with only minor signs of foxing.

Coke, Sir Edward.

La Neufme Part [1613 – First Edition] / [et La Dixme Part – 1629 – ] / [et La Unzme Part – 1631] des Reports de Sr. Edw. Coke Chivalier, chiefe Justice del Banke : des divers Resolutions & Jugements donez sur solennes arguments & avec grand deliberation & conference des tresreverend Juges & Sages de la Ley, se cases en Ley queux ne fueront unques resolus ou adivges par devant : Et les raisons & causes des dits Resolutions & Jugements. Publie en la dixiesme [et unziesme / et troisiesme] an de treshaut & tresillustre Jaques Roy Dengleterre, France, & Ireland, & Escosse le 46. Le founteyne de toute Pietie & Justice, & la vie de la Ley.

Three Volumes in One. [London], [A. Islip], Printed for the Societie of Stationers [Neufme Part et Dixme Part] / Printed by the Assignes of John More, Esquire [Unzme Part], 1613 / 1629 / 1631. Quarto (19.5 cm x 27.5 cm). Collation complete: La Neufme Part: [34], 286, [1 unnumbered] pages / La Dixme Part: [54], 291 pages / La Unzme Part: [10], 100 pages. Original 17th century full leather on five raised bands with modern spinelabel and new endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor damage to upper spine and a very minor sign of a faded dampstain to small region of the upper bookblock. Interior beautiful and clean with all three titlepages intact. Extremely beautiful condition of this early set of three Volumes of Coke’s Reports. This is the french edition of Coke’s Reports with all three prefaces in English and Latin, the main text is in ‘Law-French’ and Latin. Contemporary manuscript-signature/entry of the preowner, one “Lionel Holle”.

9. Davison, John.

Considerations on The Poor Law. [Sammelband with Legal Tracts].

First Edition. Oxford, University Press for J. Parker, 1817. Octavo. IV, 122 pages. ‘Sammelband’ with title on spine reading ‘Tracts’. Original, early 19th century half leather. The very rare, first edition, bound with two more titles. Front free endpaper cleanly detached. Spine starting but binding still firm. Binding slightly rubbed. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

10. [Forrester, Alexander] / [William Spread, Esq. of Ballycannon (1738-1776) / Ballycanneen] / [Richard Draper].

Cases in Equity During the Time of the Late Lord Chancellor Talbot: With Tables of the Names of Cases and Principal Matters.

The Second Edition, with many References, and large Notes. [London], In the Savoy, Printed by Henry Lintot, Law-Printer to the King’s most Excellent Majesty; for T.Waller, 1753. Folio (21 cm x 32 cm). VI, 286, [9] pages. No front free endpaper. With an abundance of contemporary Manuscript – Annotations to pastedown and titlepage by William Spread, Esq. of Ballycannon (1738-1776). Hardcover / Full 18th century leather with new spinelabel. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. This remarkable, beautifully restored publication belonged to a native of County Cork: William Spread, Esq., (1738-1776), who was married to Elizabeth Spread (born Peard) from Carigheen. Williams signature is on the titlepage twice, (also mentioning Ballycannon) / Other entries, signed and dated are by Richard Draper (1742). Subsequently, the book came from the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House).

[Hastings, Warren] Bernstein, Jeremy.

Dawning of the Raj, the Life and Trials of Warren Hastings. The Story of the Roots of the British Empire in India and of the Man Who Planted them.

Chicago, Ivan R. Dee, 2000. 16 cm x23.5 cm. 319 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Heraldic Illustration of the 18th century – Guillim, John / [ Edward Le Davis ] / [ Michael van der Gucht].

A Display of Heraldry. By John Guillim, pursuivant at Arms. The Sixth Edition [on fine paper]. Improv’d with large Additions of many hundred Coats of Arms, under their respective Bearings, with good Authorities from the Ashmolean Library, Sir George Mackenzie, &c. With his Tract of Precedency, containing all his Rules, Observations, Arguments, and chief Instances. To which is added, “A Treatise of Honour Military and Civil”, According to the Laws and Customs of England, By Capt. John Logan. Illustrated With the Arms, Crests, Supporters, and Motto’s of the Royal Familly, and Nobility: The Arms of the Sees of the English Bishops, and several of the Gentry. Together With the proper Habits of the different Degrees of the Nobility of England, and the Emblems of the chief Orders of Knighthood in Europe; all fairly engraven on Copper Plates. Also An Exact List of the Baronets, from their first Creation to this present Time; and most of their Arms Blazon’d. With an Account of the Customs, Government, and Privileges of the City of London, the other Cities of England, and Shire-Towns of each County, and their Arms. Likewise A Supplement of Scarce tracts relating to the Office of Arms, taken from Authentick Copies. And A Dictionary, explaining the several Terms used by Heralds, in English, Latin and French. With proper Tables to the Whole. [With 17 full-page, original portraits, engraved by Edward Le Davis and flemish engraver Michael van der Gucht / With 295 engraved crests / coat of arms, displayed on 47 pages].

London, R. and J. Bonwicke and R. Wilkin in St.Paul’s Church-Yard / And J. Walthoe and Tho. Ward, in the Temple, 1724. Folio (26 cm x 39 cm). Frontispiece, [5], 20 pp. [″The Introduction”], [1], 460 pp. [″A Display of Heraldry”], [2], 275 pp. [″Observations upon the Laws and Customs of Nations”], 58 pp. [″Honour Civil of the City of London”], 24 pp. [″Dictionary used by Heralds”], [11] pp. [″Alphabetical Table of the Names of the Nobility and Gentry”]. Illustrated and complete with 17 portraits of courtyard and apparatus and 47 plates, engraved on wood, reproducing a total of hundreds of coats of arms with coats, crests, lambrequins, helmets and coins. Very many coats of arms in the 2-columned text. Hardcover / Original 18th-century binding with modern restauration (rebacked) to the highest standards. Superior example of this publication ! Unusually excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Frontispiece and last page of the work with minor crease. Two corners torn (two pages following the title), corner of page 185 torn and page 92 of the second part of the book with longer lesion within text (no loss of text). Endpapers and pastedown with some minor spotting. All these descriptions of faults sound worse than they are. Interior text, plates and portraits overall in unbelievably clean and excellent condition. Name of pre-owner in ink on title and verso frontispiece (″J.Stilwell”).

Kay, John.

Collection of three original engravings [portraits of english Judges] by scottish caricaturist and engraver John Kay.

[Edinburgh], [Hugh Paton], [c. 1838-1842]. 13 cm x 18 cm (Images) / 24 cm x 30 cm (mounts). 3 sheets, signed in the plate. All three portraits are beautifully framed. Price of this collection includes worldwide free shipping per UPS courier.

Kettle, Michael / [Maud Allan / Noel Pemberton Billing].

Salome’s Last Veil: The Libel Case of the Century.

London / Toronto / Sydney / New York, Granada Publishing, 1977. 14 cm x 22 cm. 320 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

[Littleton, Edward 1st Baron].

Les Reports des Tres Honorable Edw Seigneur Littleton, Baron de Mounslow, custos de la Grand Seale D’Angliteur, Et de ses Majesty pluis Honourable Privy Councel, en le Courts del common Banck & Exchequer, en le 2,3,4,5,6,7 ans del Reign de Roy Charles le I. [together with an original, hand-coloured, 18th century portrait engraving by Pierre Duflos le Jeune of Edward Littleton after van Dyck (″Edouard Zittleton [sic] – Premier Justicier d’Angleterre”)].

London, Printed by W. Rawlings, S. Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires for Thomas Bassett, Samuel Heyrick, William Crooke and William Hensman, 1683. Folio (21 cm x 32 cm). [12], 376, [20] pages without the original frontispiece but substituted by the hand-coloured portrait and including the copperengraving with Littleton coat of arms (facing page 1 of the text). Modern Hardcover / 20th century half leather with spinelabel. New endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of browing, some occasional, mild foxing. Some contemporary annotations (page 286)