1. Academy, Royal Irish.

Conspiracy – Irish Political Trials.

Portland, Royal Irish Academy, 2009. Octavo. 357 pages. Original Softcover. Edges with foxing. Otherwise in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

2. Anonymous.

The Court of Justice of the European Community.

Fourth edition. Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1986. 16 cm x 23 cm. 91 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3. Anonymus.

Les Mille et un Tyrans.

No mentioning of place of print, no printer, no year [ca.1791]. 8°. 54 pages. Softcover / Unbound ! Bon etat. No wrappers (the book was part of a collection of pamphlets which were bound together (Benjamin Constant / Comte Antoine François de Nantes etc.)

4. 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.

5. [Bathurst, Henry (3rd Earl Bathurst)] Whately, Richard / Murray, Daniel / Vignoles, Charles / More O’Ferrall, Richard / Carlile, James / Hort, Fenton / Corrie, John / Naper, James / Battie-Wrightson, William.

Selection of Parochial Examinations Relative to the Destitute Classes in Ireland. From the Evidence Received by his Majesty’s Commissioners for Enquiring into the Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ireland. By Authority.

Original First Edition. Dublin, Milliken and Son [and B.Fellowes, London], 1835. Octavo. 430 pages [plus a four-page catalogue of “Important Works Relating to Ireland, printed for or sold by Milliken and Son”, bound before the publication] / [plus a four-page “Appeal in [sic] Behalf of the Association Incorporated for Discountenancing Vice &c.”]. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s rare, printed spine-binding. In protective Mylar. Unusually excellent, actually stunning interior condition, with some minor signs of external wear only. Extremely rare publication.

6. Beta, Ottomar (d.i. Ottokar H. Bettziech).

Deutschlands Verjüngung – Zur Theorie und Geschichte der Reform des Boden- und Creditrechts.

Berlin, J.Harrwitz, 1900. 8°. 512, XX Seiten. Mit einer Falttafel: “Tableau der Bodenrechtsreform – Entworfen fuer den Kongress der Deutsch-Sozialen 1898 von . Beta Hardcover / Originaler, dekorativer Ganzleinenband mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Zwei kleine Stempel verso Titel (ehemaliges Exemplar der Wirtschaftshochschule Mannheim). Bindung etwas staerker berieben aber sehr dekorativ und firm ! 7 Hefte in einem Band (vollständig). Sehr seltene Sammlung von Aufsätzen des linksliberalen antisemiten Ottokar H. Bettziech.

7. Bielfeld, Baron [Jakob Friedrich von] / W[illiam] Hooper.

The Elements of Universal Erudition – Containing An Analytical Abridgment of the Sciences, Polite Arts, and Belles Lettres. Translated from the last Edition printed at Berlin by W[illiam] Hooper. [With the printed Dedication “To His Royal Highness, George, Prince of Wales”].

Three Volumes (complete set). London, Printed by G.Scott for J.Robson Bookseller in New-Bond Street and B. Law in Ave-Mary Lane, 1770. Octavo. Volume I: XV, 445 pages / Volume II: II, 433 pages plus two pages of an advertising of Books printed for J.Robson plus a large Fold-out- Illustration of musical scores / Volume III: II, 444 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full-leather with original spine-labels and gilt elemnts on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

8. Binder, Julius.

Zur Lehre vom Rechtsbegriff.

Unveränderter fotomechanicher Nachdruck. Darmstadt, Wissenschaftl. Buchgesellschaft, 1963. 8°. 35 Seiten. Hardcover / Leinen. Sehr guter, nahezu neuwertiger Zustand. [Libelli ; Bd. 67]

9. Bolton, Sir Richard / Travers, Michael [Richard Meade’s copy].

A Justice of Peace for Ireland: Consisting of Two Books. The First, declaring the Exercise of that Office by one or more Justices of Peace out of Sessions; The Second, setting forth the Form of Proceeding in Sessions and the Matter to be enquired of and handled therein. Composed by Sir Richard Bolton, Knt. – Chief Baron of His Majesty’s Court of Exchequer in Ireland. To which are now added, In an Alphabetical Order, All the Statutes now in Force in England and Ireland, (since Sir Richard Bolton published his said Treatise) which concern the Office of a Justice of Peace for Ireland, both in and out of Sessions. Here are likewise added, three Tables: The First shews the several Titles in Sir Richard Bolton’s Treatise to which additions have been made. The Second shews the several New Titles added; and the Third is designed for the more easy finding several Particular Matters contained under the General Titles. With a compleat Index to the whole. Also some Precedents of Committals, Convictions, Summonses and Warrants, are added, as a Help to Justices of the Peace in the Execution of their Office. With a Table of the Precedents. By Michael Travers, Esq.; Barrister at Law.

Two Volumes in one (complete). Dublin, Printed for J.Leathley and T.Moore in Dame-street and O.Nelson in Skinner-row, Booksellers, 1750. Quarto (23 cm x 27.5 cm). XIV, 586, XII, 292 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century full leather with gilt lettering on spine with replaced spine-label. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and a minor crack to upper spine. Faded dampstain. Interior and binding firm and overall in very good condition. Bookplate of Richard Meade of Ballymartle to pastedown. Richard Meade’s full name in ink to endpaper.

10. Borgnini, S.E. [Corte di Cassazione, Turin].

Il Regime Matrimoniale Italiano e Il Divorzio. 1. Ricorso presentato dal Procuratore generale (S.E.Borgnini) nell’interesse della legge alla Corte di CAssazione di Torino, in opposizione alle Sentenze: Corte d’Appello sez. Modena, 12 aprile 1898; Corte d’Appello Brescia, 25 aprile 1898; Corte d’Appello Milano, 6 dicembre 1898. / 2. Motivazioni a corredo del Ricorso, svolte nell’udienza del 14 novembre 1900. / 3. Sentenza pronunziata dalla Corte di Cassazione di Torino pubblicata il 21 novembre 1900.

Torino, Unione Tipografico-Editrice, 1900. 4°. 110 pp. Hardcover / Original brochure in later cloth-binding Primera Editione (Italiano). Stamped on title-page [Former copy of “Bibliothek des Reichsgerichts”] Early italian edition on matrimonial regimes and Divorce. Frühe Publikation über Güterrecht und Scheidung im italienischen Rechtssystem.

11. [Bradford, Lewis (Plympton, Mass.] / Thomas, Benjamin F.

The Town Officer [With Manuscript annotations, inserted annotations, a handwritten “Table, Exhibiting the Area of the Several States in Square Miles – “Free States” vs. “Slave States” and listing the difference in size of these two distinctions. The book also includes bound-in Ephemera: An Original Printed “Act Relating to the Banns for Marriage …for the people called Friends or Quaker”]. A Digest of the Laws of Massachusetts in Relation to the Powers, Duties and Liabilities of Towns, and the Town Officers; With the Necessary Forms [Former copy of Lewis Bradford, Town Clerk of Plympton, Mass. (″Cost one dollar – January 29th, 1846”)].

Worcester, Published by Warren Lazell, 1845. Octavo. IV, 392 pages. Original Hardcover with Collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Original annotations in ink and pencil by Lewis Bradford.

12. 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.

13. Brownlow, Richard / John Goldesborough [Esquires].

Reports of Diverse Choice Cases in Law, Taken by those late and most judicious Prothonotaries of the Common Pleas. Richard Brownlow & John Goldesborough, Esquires. With Directions how to proceed in many Intricate Actions, both Real and Personal, shewing the Nature of those Actions and the Practice in them; excellently usefull [sic] for the avoiding of many Errours [sic] heretofore committed in the like Proceedings ; fit for all Lawyers, Attorneys and Practisers of the Law. Also a most Perfect and exact Table, shewing Appositely the Contents of the whole Book.

The Second Edition. London, Printed by F.L. for Matthew Walbancke at Grays-Inne, Gate and Henry Twyford in Vine Court in the Middle Temple, 1654. Quarto. [II], 241, [6] pages. Hardcover / Modern, stunning half-leather with marbled-paper-covered-boards. The Volume beautifully restored and now in protective Mylar. New endpapers. Faded dampstain. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Rare !

14. Brunn, Dr. jur.

Die Japanische Verfassungsurkunde [Japanese Law]. Aus dem Japanischen in das Deutsche übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen.

Leipzig, Reclam, ca.1890. Kl.-8°. 39 Seiten. Softcover. Originale, dekorative Broschur. Guter bis sehr guter Zustand. Einige Anstreichungen mit Bleistift. Sehr selten. [Universal-Bibliothek 3796. 20 Pfennig].

15. [Burke, Edmund] / [Dodsley, James / Dodsley, Robert (The Dodsley Brothers)].

Collection of a run of 22 Volumes from the library of Richard Meade of: “The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature” and “The New or General Repository of History, Politics, Arts, Sciences, and Literature – To Which is Prefixed, the History of Knowledge, Learning, Taste and Science in Britain [….].

22 Volumes. London, J.Dodsley, 1781 [1782] – 1810 [1811]. 14,7 cm x 22 cm. c. 5000 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century full leather with gilt lettering on spine with replaced and / or repaired spine-labels. Very good condition after the Volumes experienced some repair and new spine-labels from a professional bookbinder. With some signs of external wear and a minor cracks and rubbing to bindings. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle to pastedown or loosely inserted to some Volumes (missing in others). Important periodical, also dealing with irish History in detail and often the Volumes include folded vintage maps of the late 18th and early 19th century.

16. Burton, Walter Henry.

An Elementary Compendium of the Law of Real Property.

First Edition. London, J. & W.T. Clarke, 1828. Octavo. XVI, 548 pages plus 42 pages of Index and 2 pages of an “Digest of Reports”. Hardcover / Original full calf with gilt lettering on original spinelabel. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

17. Celtic Society, Kingship and Customary Law – Dillon, Myles.

Celts & Aryans. / Survivals of Indo-European Speech and Society.

First Edition. Calcutta, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1975. 15 cm x 21,5 cm. XXIII, 153 pages [24] plates. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Private gift inscription on front free endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear to the dustjacket. Extremely Rare !

18. [Clarendon, Henry Hyde Earl of] Powney, Richard.

The State Letters of Henry, Earl of Clarendon – Lord Lieutenant of Ireland During the Reign of K. James the Second: and His Lordship’s Diary for the Years 1687,1688, 1689 and 1690. From the Originals in the Possession of Richard Powney, Esq. with an Appendix from Archbishop Sancroft’s Manuscript in the Bodleian Library.

Oxford / Dublin, The Clarendon Press / Elizabeth Watts in Skinner-Row, 1765. Octavo. Volume I: XXXII, 407 pages [including a list of subscribers which also mentions Richard Meade, Esq. [Richard Mead] / Volume II: 480 pages plus 20 unnumbered pages of a thorough Index. Original Hardcover / 18th century full calf with gilt lettering on spinne. Both Volumes in protective collector’s mylar. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown of Volume One and the name of John Meade to the titlepage of Volume II. Faded dampstain only to the endpapers of Volume I / Minor wormhole-damage to the endpaper and titlepage of Volume II. Otherwise in very good and firm condition. A very rare and significant publication.

19. Clarke, Thomas J.

Glimpses of an Irish Felon’s Prison Life. With an Introduction by P.S. O’Hegarty.

Cork, The National Publications Committee, 1970. 14 cm x 22 cm. 63 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

20. 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”.

21. Constant, Benjamin.

Des Motifs Qui Ont Dicte Le Nouveau Projet De Loi Sur Les Elections.

Paris, Chez Béchet, 1820. 8°. IV, (2), 74, (2) pp. Softcover / Broche. Bon etat. / Unbound ! This is the original edition. It was part of a collection of pamphlets bound together with publications by Antoine Français de Nantes etc.

22. Cramer, Andreas Wilhelm.

Haus-Chronik meinen Anverwandten und Freunden zum Andenken gewidmet.

Erste Ausgabe. Hamburg, bei Perthes und Besser, 1822. Octavo. 279 Seiten. Oreiginale Broschur. Bindung staerker berieben und beschaedigt. Mit zahlreichen Annotationen. Namen eines Vorbesitzers im Inneneckel [Ludwig Kruse, November 1902] und Hinweise auf Textstellen in der Goethe und die Kantische Philosophie erwaehnt wird.

23. [Curran, John Philpot] / [Harraden, Richard] / [Seeley, John] / [West, Thomas].

Sammelband of four (4) late 18th century / early 19th-century-publications in one Volume. The Volume includes the very rare first edition of a trial with participation of John Philpot Curran and in which he held one of his most famous speeches. The four Volumes included are: Volume I: [Thomas West] – “A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire. By the Author of The Antiquities of Furness”. (London, 1799) / Volume II: [John Seeley] – “Stowe : A Description of the House and Gardens of the Most Noble and Puissant Prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple, Marquis of Buckingham”. (Buckingham, 1798) / Volume III: [Richard Harraden] – “Description of Cambridge, illustrated by thirty picturesque views of the university and town (these are not included), (with a frontispiece [this is included]) from original drawings, by Richard Harraden, Sole Proprietor and Publisher of the Views of Cambridge and Oxford; and the print from the statue of Sir Isaac Newton, Dedicated to his Majesty”. (Cambridge, 1800) / Volume IV: [John Philpot Curran and George Ponsonby and other “Ennis Assizes”] – “By Authority. £. 10,000 Damages. Summer Assizes. Trial at Ennis, County of Clare, on 27th July, 1804, before the Hon. Baron Smith, and a Special Jury.” – “A REPORT of the TRIAL on an Action for Damages brought by The Reverend Charles Massy against the Most Noble The Marquis of Headfort, for Criminal Conversation with Plaintiff’s Wife. Damages laid at £40,000. Taken in Short-Hand by an eminent Barrister. [With a Motto: “Thoughts that breathe, and words “That burn” – Gray.] – FIRST EDITION – (Dublin, 1804) //

London, Printed for W.J. and J. Richardson, Cornhill, etc., 1799. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I – [A Guide to the Lakes]: Folded Frontispiece-Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, X, 311 pages with an additional illustration bound to page 91 [View of “Lowdore”] and a text-illustration of “The Gateway-Tower of Lancaster”, plus 3 unnumbered pages of advertising Views of the Lakes by the publisher / Volume II: [″Stowe : A Description of the House and Garden”]: VI, 65 pages [No Illustrations] / Volume III: [″Description of Cambridge”]: Frontispiece [″King’s College Chapel” by Richard Harraden], II, 40 pages with no plates besides the Frontipiece / Volume IV: (John Philpot Curran) – “A Report of the Trial”: VIII, 95 pages. Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering to spine and new marbled-paper covering to boards.. Besides very minor defects to the binding and some rubbing, in very good condition with some signs of external wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown and his name in ink on titlepages.

24. 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.

25. Deinse, Johannes Jacobus van.

De Cura Romanorum Erga Postumos Nascituros.

Leiden, Herdingh, 1811. 8°. VIII, 40 Seiten. Softcover / Originale Titelbroschur. Nur minimale Gebrauchsspuren. Ehemaliges Exemplar der Bibliothek des Instituut Noortheii / Noorthey.

26. Demos, Raphael / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

The State and the Law [inscribed by Raphael Demos: “With the author’s compliments”].

New York, The Journal of Philosophy, 1944. Octavo. pages 589 – 598. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of rust to the staples. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

27. Doolan, Brian.

Principles of Irish law.

Third Edition. Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1991. 24 cm. xxxiv,478 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

28. [Doyle, James Warren] J.K.L. [acronym for “James / Kildare / Leighlin”] / [James Charles Coffey (1815-1880)].

Letters on the State of Ireland – Addresses by J.K.L. to a friend in England [With a section: “Administration of Justice and Spirit of the Penal Laws”].

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by Richard Coyne [Printer and Bookseller to the Royal College of St.Patrick, Maynooth, and Publisher to the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland], 1825. Octavo (15 cm x 21 cm). VIII, 364 pages. Hardcover / Recently restored and rebacked original binding. Excellent condition after the restoration. From the library of Judge James Charles Coffey, with his name signed on the titlepage and dated May, 1860. Some mild foxing to first 10 pages, otherwise very good. Extremely rare publication !

29. Durkheim, Emile.

Two Laws of Penal Evolution [I. The Law of Quantitative Variations / II. The Law of Qualitative Variations]. Translated by William Jeffrey, Jr.

Cincinnati, The University of Cincinnati Law review, 1969. 8°. 28 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition. Stamped: “With the Compliments of the Translator”. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff, given to him by the TranslatorWilliam Jeffrey, Jr. Original offprint from “The University of Cincinnati Law Review”.

30. [Dworkin, Ronald] Guest, Stephen.

Ronald Dworkin.

Stanford, Calif, Stanford University Press, 1991. 13.5 cm x 21 cm. 320 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Jurists. Profiles in legal theory].

31. Dymond, Jonathan.

An Enquiry into the Accordancy of War with the Principles of Christianity and an Examination of the Philosophical Reasoning by which it is Defended: with Observations on some of the Causes of War, and on Some of its Effects. Contempt prior to examination, however comfortable to the mind which entertains it, or however natural to great parts, is extremely dangerous; and more apt than almost any other disposition, to produce erroneous judgments both of persons and opinions.

Third Edition. London, Longman, Hurst & Co., 1824. 19.5cm x 11.5cm. xii, 227 (3) pages. Original Hardcover (blue publisher’s boards with spinelabel). Spinlabel and boards a little rubbed. Overall very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very scarce. One of few 19th century writings on pacifism.

32. Ebel, Wilhelm.

Sammelband mit 7 Aufsätzen und Sonderdrucken des Rechtshistorikers Wilhelm Ebel. Der Sammelband enthält: 1. Die alte und die neue Soester Schrae. (23 Seiten) / 2. Zum Ursprung des Arbeitsvertrages. (17 Seiten) / 3. Die Hanse in der deutschen Staatsrechtsliteratur des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts. (24 Seiten) / 4. Friedrich Esaias Pufendorf’s Entwurf eines Hannoverschen Landrechts. (24 Seiten) / 5. Das lübische Varrecht. (15 Seiten) / 6. Ein Jahrtausend Gerichtswesen im Lande Göttingen. (10 Seiten) / 7. Die Rostocker Holzsetzer. (7 Seiten) / 8. Die Kriegsartikel der Rostocker Soldaten im 30jährigen Kriege. (7 Seiten) //

Weimar (u.a.), Hermann Boehlaus Nachfolger (u.a.), 1941 – 1953. 8°. 127 Seiten Privater, neuwertiger Leinenband. Sehr guter Zustand / Aus der Bibliothek des Rechtshistorikers Wilhelm Wegener. Mit Widmungen des Rechtshistorikers Wilhelm Ebel an Wilhelm Wegener und die beiden letzten Sonderdrucke im Sammelband signiert mit Widmungen von Wilhelm Ebel an seinen Kollegen v. Gierke.

33. Eichhorn, Karl Friedrich.

Grundsätze des Kirchenrechts der Katholischen und der Evangelischen Religionspartei in Deutschland [inclusive Umriss-Kupferstich-Portrait Eichhorn’s / the book comes with a portrait of Eichhorn].

Erste Ausgabe. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1831 – 1833. Oktav. XXII, 801, (1 Errata), XX, 886 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Halbleder der Zeit. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Ehemaliges Exemplar der Stockholmer Universitaets-Bibliothek.

34. Eyffinger, Arthur.

The Peace Palace – Residence for Justice – Domicile of Learning. [Including some essays like: The International Court of Justice / The Hague Academy of International Law / The Peace Palace Library etc.]

Second Impression. The Hague, The peace Palace / Carnegie Foundation, 1992. Folio. 192 pages with an Index and a List of Subscribers. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

35. [Farresley, Thomas].

Modern Cases, Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Queen’s Bench at Westminster, in The Second and Third Years of Queen Anne, in the Time when Sir John Holt sate Chief Justice there. With two Tables: The First, of the Names of the Case: And the other, of the special matter therein contained. By a careful Hand. The Second Edition. Review’d and Corrected, and many Thousand New and Proper References added. By W.B. Esq.

[London] in the Savoy, Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq.) for D. Browne, J. Walthoe, B. Lintot, W. Pears, C. Woodward, F. Clay and J. Peele, 1719. Small Folio (21 cm x 32,5 cm). (8), 314, 22 nn. pages. Hardcover / Wonderful recent half-leather with marbled-paper-covered-boards on five raised bands with new spine-label. The beautiful new binding in excellent condition. Some pages professionally restored. Name of preowner (Andrew Spon) on titlepage. A very rare book on early cases of english law.

36. Fell, Walter William.

A Treatise on the Law of Mercantile Guaranties, and Engagements in the Nature of Guarantie.

First Edition. London / Dublin, J.Butterworth / J.Cooke, 1811. Octavo. XXX, (2), 311 pages. Hardcover / Original full leather. The binding stronger rubbed but firm after being professionally repaired and with new spine-label. Still with minor loss to leather (see images). Name in ink on endpaper of Solicitor David Hall (probably of Rockmahon, Cork – his son was Frederick Hall of Blackrock, Cork). Extremely scarce !

37. Fisk, Milton.

The State and Justice – An essay in political theory.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1989. Octavo. X, 391 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Decent name-stamp of preowner to endpaper.

38. [Fletcher, Calvin / William Baldwin Fletcher (Indiana)] Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de.

The Spirit of Laws. [Personal copy of Senator and physician, William Baldwin Fletcher and his father Calvin Fletcher]. Translated from the French of M. De Secondat Baron de Montesquieu. By Thomas Nugent, L.L.D. The Sixth Edition, carefully revised and improved with considerable Additions by the Author.

Two Volumes in One (complete set). Dublin, Printed for W. McKenzie, 1792. Octavo (14 cm x 20 cm). Volume I: [8], 325 pages / Volume II: [7], 371, [21] pages. Hardcover / Professionally restored and decoratively rebound in full leather with new endpapers and spinelabels. This important publication comes from the eminent libraries of Indiana State Senator Calvin Fletcher and subsequently his son, educationalist, senator and Civil War Surgeon, William Baldwin Fletcher. With some annotations in the Index, highlighting for example the chapter referring to Montesquieu’s view on “Corruption” [″Of the corruption of the principles of the three governments”]. William Baldwin Fletcher, who inherited the book from his father, subsequently gifted it to a close friend of his: “Presented to Chas M O’Brien by his friend W.B.Fletcher”. Some professional paper-restoration and otherwise a very good condition with some minor signs of wear only.

39. [Foster, Sir Michael] / [Sarah Cotter – Dublin Printing History].

A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Goal Delivery for the Trial of the Rebels in the Year 1746 in the County of Surry, and of other Crown Cases. To which are added Discourses upon a Few Branches of the Crown Law.

First Dublin Edition. Dublin, Printed for Sarah Cotter, in Skinner-Row, 1763. Octavo. XI, 412 pages plus 16 pages of Index and “Table of the Principal Matters”. Original Hardcover / Full 18th century calf with new spine-label. The binding firm and in excellent condition. Important: Several strong puncture – wounds to the first 54 and last 60 pages (without loss of text). Some occasional staining but text overall clean. A very rare Sarah Cotter print from 18th century Dublin. Although no sign of it, the book came from the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House).

40. Gewirth, Alan.

Human Rights, Essays on Justifications and Applications.

Chicago, London, University of Chicago Press, 1982. 22.7cm x 15.1cm. XI, 366 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

41. [Grierson, George and John]

[Sabbath – Servants – Burning Land – Impounding – Cattle Trespassing – Replevin] Sammelband / Collection of six Acts: 1. An Act for The better Observation of the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday [Sabbath]. Dublin, 1803. 22 pages / 2. An Act relating to Servants and Apprentices, Artificers and Day-Labourers. Dublin, 1831. 55 pages / 3. An Act to Repeal the several Laws for Recovery of small Sums due for Wages, in Ireland; and to make other Provisions for Recovery of such Wages. Dublin, 1830. 96 pages / 4. An Act to amend the 10° Charles I. for Impounding of Distresses in Ireland. Dublin, 1829. 22 pages / 5. An Act for preventing the Vexatious Impounding of Cattle for Trespass or Damage Feasant [Pheasant]. Dublin, 1829. 25 pages. / 6. An Act to provide for the Relief of Persons aggrieved by unlawful or excessive Distresses in Ireland. [An Act to show cause why Replevin should not be made] Dublin, 1830. 28 pages.

Dublin, G. and J. Grierson & His Majesty’s Printers, 1803-1831. Duodecimo. 22, 55, 96, 22, 25, 28 pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative full 19th century calf with gilt lettering on original, red spinelabel. Binding and interior in unusually excellent condition. Only a very small lesion (fraying) to the outer margins of three pages.

42. Griffin, Gerald.

Talis Qualis; or Tales of the Jury Room.

First Edition, published posthumously. Dublin, James Duffy & Sons, no year [c. 1842]. 8°. Frontispiece and titlepage are original steel engravings, followed by 463 pages. Original publisher’s binding. Green cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Beautifully tooled boards with irish harp embossed on frontcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper (W. Collins).

43. Grist, Berna.

An Introduction to Irish Planning Law.

Second edition. Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 2012. 24 cm. xvi, 207 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare, out-of-print publication !

44. Grossman, Henryk / Grossman, Henryk / Meyer, Gerhard.

Originales, hektagrophiertes Typoskript mit Manuskript – Eintraegen und handschriftlichen Ergaenzungen von Henryk Grossmann: “Marx und die Klassische Oekonomie oder Die Lehre vom Kapitalfetisch” – Von Henryk Grossmann signiert und an seinen Exil – Kollegen, den Ökonom Gerhard Meyer gesendet. [Beiliegend: 11-seitige Kritik von Meyer an Grossman’s Arbeit / Meyer (dokumentiert wurde der Erhalt der Kritik mit einem handschriftlichen Vermerk “received July 3, 1937) / Auf dem Typoskript der Kritik befinden sich bereits auf der ersten Seite handschriftliche Anmerkungen z.B. zu Grossmann’s Buch “Akkumulations- und Zusammenbruchsgesetz des kapitalistischen Systems” nimmt] /

[New York], [1937]. A 4. Paginierung: Das Typoskript hat 192 Seiten, die Arbeit von Gerhard Meyer 11 Seiten, ausserdem beiliegende handschriftliche Aufgabenstellung (3 Seiten). Original Softcover. Sehr selten ! Es handelt sich hier wahrscheinlich um einen Vorlaeufer des hektographierten Typoskripts “Marx, die klassische Nationalökonomie und das Problem der Dynamik” (New York: Institut für Sozialforschung, 1941).

45. Grotius, Hugo / [and Clerici, Joannis (that is Jean Le Clerc)].

De Veritate Religionis Christianæ [Christianae]. Cum Notulis Joannis Clerici ; Accesserunt Ejusdem de Eligenda inter Christianos Dissentientes Sententia, et Contra Indifferentiam Religionum Libri Duo.

Editio Novissima, ex Collatione Optimorum Exemplarium Emendata. London, F. Wingrave, 1804. Small Octavo. XVI, 315 pages. Hardcover / Modern half leather with marbled-paper-covered boards and new endpapers. Recently rebound by our favourite bookbindery in Germany. The Volume is now in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

46. Haensel, Carl / [Bundesverfassungsgericht Richterin Dr. Erna Scheffler / Haßlacher, geb. Friedenthal]

Das Gericht vertagt sich: Aus dem Tagebuch eines Nürnberger Verteidigers [From a diary of a german defender at the Nuremberg Trials].

Erste Auflage. Hamburg, Claassen Verlag, 1950. 14 x 21,5cm. 347 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Leinen in Mylar. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Aus der Bibliothek von Dr.Erna Scheffler. Handschriftliche Widmung, signiert vom Autor Carl Haensel: “Frau Bundesverfassungsrichterin Dr. Erna Scheffler erg[ebenst] ueberreicht. Baden-Baden, 18.VI.53. Carl Haensel”.

47. Hale, Matthew.

Contemplations Moral and Divine [Bound with “Meditations upon the Lord’s Prayer”].

True First Edition. The Second Part. London, Printed for William Shrowsbury at the Bible in Duke-lane and John Leigh at the Blew-Bell in Fleet-Street, 1676. Octavo (13 cm x 18 cm). Pagination: The Second Part: Titlepage [1], Preface [5], Conten-page [1], 243 pages with several Treatises / Pagination of: “Meditations upon the Lord’s Prayer”: 222 pages. Original first edition in a modern, recently designed half-leather – binding with new spine-label and marbled-paper-covered boards and new endpapers. The Volume in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition.

48. Hannon, Patrick.

Church, State, Morality and Law.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1992. 22 cm. 159 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including a newspaper-clipping: “How should a Catholic Vote ?”

49. [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.

50. [Healy, Francis J. (Cobh)].

The Constitution, Rules & Regulations of the General Council of the Bar of Ireland [Francis J, Healy’s personal copy with his name and date in ink on titlepage: “Francis J.Healy, Munster, Cork, 1915”].

[Cork], no year [c.1915]. Duodecimo. 16 pages. Original Softcover. Binding stained. Rusty staples. Very Rare, rather ephemeral pamphlet which usually had perished. The Constitution was adopted in February 1914. Significant provenance of this publication by Terence MacSwiney’s Defense Solicitor.

51. Heffter, August Wilhelm.

Gaii Iurisconsulti Institutionum commentarius quartus sive de Actionibus. Recensuit, restituere conatus est, adnotationem perpetuam librumque observationum adiecit August Wilhelm Heffter.

Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1827. 4°. LXXIV, 118, 3 nn. Seiten. Softcover. Originale Interimsbroschur. Unaufgeschnittenes Verlagsexemplar. Etwas stockfleckig. / Original edition in plain editors – brochure. Uncut/Unopened. Slightly foxed. RARE.

52. [Heineccius] Piaget, Eduard / Édouard Piaget / Uylenbroek, Petri Johannis.

De Curia Civitatum Imperii Romani Universe et de Vicissitudinibus instituti curiarum in Gallia Saeculis Quarto et Quinto quam annente summo numine ex auctoritate rectoris magnifici Petri Johannis Uylenbroek.

Dissertatio Juridica Inauguralis. Leiden, Zitman, 1837. 8°. 58 Seiten. Softcover / Bedruckte Papierbroschur des 19.Jahrhunderts. Unbeschnittene, sehr dekorative Originaldissertation des bedeutenden Entomologen Édouard Piaget auf gutem Papier in illustriertem Originalpappband. Stempel des Instituut ‘Noortheij’ auf dem Titelblatt. Wahrscheinlich das Referenz-Exemplar von Piaget’s Internat / ‘Boarding School’.

53. Hennessy, R.M. / [Molloy, Constantine] / [Wolfe, Jasper Travers].

The Justice of the Peace for Ireland. – A Treatise on the Powers and Duties of Magistrates in Ireland. In Cases of Summary Jurisdiction and in other Matters founded partly on Molloy’s Justice of the Peace. With an Appendix of Statutes.

Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1910. Large Octavo. XXXVII, 989 pages. Stunning Original Hardcover Wallet Binding (beautiful full calf binding with original spinelabel and original leather flap). Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Excellent Provenance: From the library of irish independent politician and solicitor Jasper Travers Wolfe of Skibbereen. With Jasper Wolfe’s name in ink on the endpaper. The price for this Volume includes the 1890-edition of Molloy’s “Justice of Peace (see images – Titlepage of this Volume is missing / The Volume belonged to William Boyle, Solicitor in Coote Hill).

54. 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”).

55. [Hobbes, Thomas] Member of the Athenian Society [attributed to John Dunton].

The Athenian Oracle [Including: “An Elegy on the Death of the Honourable Robert Doyle” / “What think you of the Milky Way in Heaven ?” / “Who was the first Founder of Atheism ?” / “Whether Hobbs [sic] [Thomas Hobbes] or Lestrange [Roger Lestrange] is the better Christian ?” / “A Voluntary on the Nativity of our Blessed Lord: Christmas-Day 1692”]. Being an entire collection of all the valuable questions and answers in the old Athenian Mercuries : Intermix’d with many Cases in Divinity, History, Philosophy, Mathematicks [sic] [Mathematics], Love, Poetry, never before published : to which is added, an alphabetical table for the speedy finding of any questions.

The Third Edition Corrected. Volume I (of three Volumes). London, Printed for Andrew Bell, at the Cross Keys and Bible in Cornhill, near Stocks-market, 1706. 12.7 cm x 20 cm. 568 pages, inlcuding two leaves of advertising for “Books printed for Andrew Bell”. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with ornament to boards and recently rebacked spine. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Moderate foxing to front and rear pastedown and endpapers.

56. Howard, John / [Daniel Conner Library]

An account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the Plague: Together with further Observations on some foreign Prisons and Hospitals; and additional remarks on The Present State of those in Great Britain and Ireland. [Including chapters on English Prisons and Hospitals, Hulks [Prison-Ships] on the Thames, Remarks on the Gaol-Fever, Remarks on Penitentiary Houses, Scottish Prisons and Hospitals, Irish Prisons and Hospitals, Charter Schools in Ireland etc.]

First Edition. Warrington, Printed by William Eyres; And sold by T. Cadell, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, and J. Taylor in London, 1789. Quarto (24,5 cm x 30,5 cm). VIII, 259 pages plus 13 unnumbered pages of Index and 1 page “Directions to the Book-Binder”. Collation complete with 22 plates of which 20 are large fold-out-engravings. Hardcover / Contemporary 18th century calf with gilt lettering on spine. Stunning Volume, recently restored and rebacked by two english master-binders. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. After the restoration now a highly-desirable collectable. One of the first sociological studies of conditions within the penal system of England and Ireland compared to other 18th-century practices within European Jails / Gaols. The partly romantic engravings seem sinister when one imagines what inmates and children endured within these settings. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

57. Hoyle, Edmond.

Hoyle’s Games Improved : Being practical Treatises on the following fashionable Games, viz.: Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess, Back-Gammon, Billiards, Cricket, Tennis, Quinze, Hazard, and Lansquenet. In Which Are Also Contained The Method of Betting at those Games upon equal or advantageous Terms. Including The Laws of the several Games, as settled and agreed to at Whites and Stapleton’s Chocolate Houses. Revised and corrected by Thomas Jones, Esq.

London, Printed for W. Wood in Fleet-Street, 1778. Small Octavo (9.5 cm x 15 cm). XI, 216 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Spine professionally repaired, original endpapers preserved. Name of preowner “Desproz” on titlepage. A little dusty but overall very desirable and very rare publication.

58. Hughes, Ian / TASC (Organization).

Power to the people ? – Assessing democracy in Ireland. Written and edited by Ian Hughes with John Baker and others.

Dublin, TASC at New Island, 2007. 24 cm. 654 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [TASC report].

59. Ihering, Rudolph von.

Der Kampf um’s Recht.

Erste Ausgabe. Wien, Verlag der G.J.Manz’schen Buchhandlung, 1872. Octavo. VI, 100 Seiten. Hardcover / Private Ganzleinenbindung des fruehen 20.Jahrhunderts. Sehr guter Zustand mit einigen staerkeren Stockflecken auf dem Titelblatt aber nur wenige Stockfleckchen im Text. Mit der gedruckten Widmung an Auguste von Littrow. Extrem selten ! / Extremely rare, first edition of Ihering’s most important publication.

60. Ihering, Rudolph von.

Geist des römischen Rechts auf den verschiedenen Stufen seiner Entwicklung.

Dritte, revidirte Auflage. Vier Bände (komplett). Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel, 1873. Octavo. XIV, 361, X, 308, XXIII, 676, X, 354 Seiten. Hardcover / Sehr dekorative, rote Hablederbindungen des 19.Jahrhunderts mit reicher Rueckenvergoldung. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz wenigen Stockfleckchen. Exemplar des Juristen Otto Gauss, mit seinem Namenszug und Datierung auf 1875 auf dem Vorsatzblatt. Mit der gedruckten Widmung: “Dem Andenken des grossen Meisters Georg Friedrich Puchta”.

61. Institute of Comparative Law in Japan.

Conflict and Integration – Comparative law in the world today – The 40th anniversary of the Institute of Comparative Law in Japan.

Tokyo, Chuo University Press, 1989. Octavo. XV, 1017 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

62. Ireland.

The accession of Ireland to the European Communities. Laid by the Government before each House of the Oireachtas.

Dublin, Stationery Office, 1972. 21 cm. vi, 214 pages. Softcover. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear. Former library copy (discarded).

63. Joyce, P.W.

A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland. [with special chapters on Irish Learning and Education / Language and Literature / Learning in Pagan Times (Ogham) / Lay Schools / Irish Language and Literature: The Men of Learning / Ancient Libraries / Existing Books / Annals / How the Annals were compiled / Principal Books of Annals / etc. etc.].

London, Longmans, 1906. Octavo. XXIII, 574 pages. Beautifully illustrated. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine and front board. Good condition but with some stronger signs of wear. Inner hinges cracked. The small map of Ireland damaged (upper part missing).

64. 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.

65. Keane, Hon. Mr. Justice Ronan.

Planning and Development Law.

Second Edition. Naas (Kildare), The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, 1984. Octavo. XXI, 209 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

66. Keogh, Dermot.

Irish democracy and the Right to Freedom of Information [Including an essay by Fintan O’Toole: Questions and answers: Secrecy in Dáil Éireann (including a newspaper-clipping with an article by Fintan O’Toole on the topic of secrecy in the Dáil)].

Cork, UCC, 1995. Octavo. 161 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Ireland – A Journal of History and Society – Volume I, Number 1].

67. 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.

68. Kisch, Guido.

Die Kulmer Handfeste. Text, rechtshistorische und textkritische Untersuchung nebst Studien zur Kulmer Handfeste, dem Elbinger Privilegium von 1246 und einem Beitrag zur Geschichte des Begriffes “ius teutonicum”, “Deutsches Recht” im Deutschordensgebiet.

Sigmaringen, Thorbecke, 1978. 8°. X, 243 Seiten. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Originaler Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. [Forschungen und Quellen zur Rechts- und Sozialgeschichte des Deutschordenslandes / Guido Kisch ; Bd. 2 Schriften des Kopernikuskreises, Freiburg im Breisgau ; Bd. 9].

69. Knittermeyer, Hinrich.

Grenzen des Staates.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Runge, 1932. 8°. 64 Seiten. Softcover / Broschiert. Sehr guter Zustand. KEINE Anstreichungen. [Gegenwart ; 3].

70. [Knox, William] / [McNally, Leonard / United Irishmen] / [Warner William Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore].

Extra Official State Papers. Addressed to The Right Hon. Lord Rawdon and the Other Members of the Two House of Parliament, Associated for the Preservation of the Constitution and Promoting the Prosperity of the British Empire. By a Late Under Secretary of State [William Knox].

London, J.Debrett, 1789. 8°. 49, [1], 14, [2], 174 [2] pages plus Errata-leaf. Original Hardcover. Contemporary Irish calf with gilt lettering and ornament on spine / edges in light green. Neatly rebacked. Gilt ornaments on spine with beautiful original spinelabel. In overall excellent condition. This thoughtful work on Irish politics and history was written by an Irish-born government official, and subsequently owned by two significant figures in Irish history, both of whom have left their mark on it. The first was the spy and co-founder of the United Irishmen, Leonard Macnally who has signed and annotated the text, followed by Warner William Westenra second Baron Rossmore who has left his notes and jottings on the Act of Union.

71. Krueger, Paul / Mommsen, Theodor / [Aus der Bibliothek: Graf Erwin Ferdinand Karl Rochus von Schönborn-Buchheim].

Corpus Iuris Civilis, Editio Stereotypa Sexta, Volumen Primum. Institutiones recognovit Paulus Krueger / Digesta recognovit Theodorus Mommsen.

Volumen Primum. Berlin, Weidmann, MDCCCCXIII (1893). 19.5 cm x 27.5 cm. XVI, XXXII, 882 pages. Original Hardcover. Half-binding in leather, marbled front cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight foxing of front free endpaper, front index pages, front page and back free endpaper and back index pages. From the library of Graf Erwin Ferdinand Karl Rochus von Schönborn-Buchheim.

72. Kumagai, Kaisaku / Nakano, Teiichiro / Ishikawa, Akira.

Collection on Japanese Law / Sammelband mit 8 Aufsätzen / Sonderdrucken von japanischen Rechtsprofessoren. Der Sammelband enthält: 1. Gerhard Lüke – Laudatio auf Teiichiro Nakano. (3 Seiten) / 2. Teiichiro Nakano – Rationalisierung der Justiz. (5 Seiten) / 3. Gerhard Lüke – Laudatio auf Akira Ishikawa. (6 Seiten) / 4. Akira Ishikawa – Die Rolle der Rechstanwaltskammer in der Reform des japanischen Justizwesens. (9 Seiten) / 5. Kaisaku Kumagai – Establishment of Theory of Japanese Law History. (20 Seiten) / 6. Kaisaku Kumagai – Le Nom de la Femme Mariée das l’Histoire Légale du Japon. (11 Seiten) / 7. Ichiro Kobashi – Japanische Rechtssprechung und Wechseltheorien. (11 Seiten) / 8. Kaisaku Kumagai – On historical conditions of the Japanese Civil Codification. (10 Seiten – Widmungsexemplar mit handschriftlicher Widmung (signiert) von Kaisaku Kumagai an Professor Wilhelm Wegener) //

Osaka / Stuttgart, Osaka University Law Review / Schaeffer Verlag, 1953-1990. 8°. Privater, neuwertiger Leinenband. Sehr guter Zustand. Aus der Bibliothek des Rechtshistorikers Wilhelm Wegener.

73. Lange, Richard.

Sammlung mit 8 Aufsätzen / Sonderdrucken / Einzelpublikationen von Richard Lange: 1.Die moderne Anthropologie und das Strafrecht / 2. L’Immagine dell’uomo del Positivismo e L’antropologia Filosofica del Nostro Tempo / 3. Die Todesstrafe im deutschen Strafrecht / 4. La reforma del derecho penal y las ciencias del hombre / 5. Die Strafrechtsreform und die Wissenschaften vom Menschen / 6. Grundfragen der Deutschen Strafrechtsreform / 7. Das Problem der Objektivität im Recht / 8. Die Krise des Strafrechts und seiner Wissenschaften/

Zuerich und andere Orte, Verlag Schulthess & Co. (und andere Verlage), 1955 – 1965. 8°. c. 200 Seiten. Softcover / Broschuren. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. [Einige der Sonderdrucke sind auch einzeln erhaeltlich da doppelt vorhanden].

74. [Lawyers Committee for Human Rights].

Islam & Justice, Debating the Future of Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa.

New York, The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 1997. 23cm x 15.2cm. VI, 178 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [Lawyers Committee for Human Rights].

75. Leidigkeit, Karl-Heinz.

Der Leipziger Hochverratsprozess vom Jahre 1872.

Berlin, Rütten & Loening, 1960. 8°. 536 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

76. Leonhardi, Philipp Friedrich Wilhelm von.

Das Austrägalverfahren Des Deutschen Bundes – Eine Historisch = publicistische Monographie.

Erste Ausgabe. Frankfurt am Main, in der Andraeischen Buchhandlung, 1838. Gross-Oktav (15 cm x 22,5 cm). XVI, 936 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Pappband der Zeit mit dekorativem Rückenschild. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur wenigen Gebrauchsspuren. Kleiner, historischer Bibliotheksstempel auf dem Titelblatt. Von grosser Seltenheit !

77. Lerner, Melvin J./ Lerner, Sally C.

The Justice Motive in Social Behavior – Adapting to Times of Scarcity and Change.

New York, Plenum Press, 1981. 17 x 23 cm. 494 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of wear to the dustjacket. Minor stain to edge. [Critical Issues in Social Justice].

78. Levy, Arthur Joseph / Zangwill, Israel.

Archive / Collection of more than 350 items, letters, documents, ephemera, pamphlets, manuscript notes, receipts , manuscript letters from the private library of Providence (Rhode Island) lawyer, Arthur (Art) Joseph Levy. The collection includes an important, controversial typescript-essay (8 pages) on Israel Zangwill’s address before the American Jewish Congress at Carnegie Hall on October 14th, 1923 (″Watchmen, what of the Night ?”); with manuscript annotations and remarks on Israel Zangwill’s position “the hopes of Jewry for the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine are doomed to disappointment”. The collection includes a plethora of interesting letterheads of jewish organizations and also important documentation of Levy’s contribution to and support for the “Palestine Foundation Fund”, (receipt from Boston, Mass. June 1923). Levy, who was a graduate of Brown and Boston University Law School, practiced law in Providence, Rhode Island and led an active life as a member and leader of several Jewish civic organizations, such as the Jewish Family and Children’s Service, which he established and led for twenty years, Rhode Island Jewish Historical Society, the Temple Beth-El Brotherhood, the Miriam Hospital, the Touro Fraternal Association and the Jewish Home for the Aged of Rhode Island. He was also a prominent member of the American Bar Association, the Brown University Alumni Association and the Brown Club of Rhode Island. Highly regarded as a jurist, he was a member of the Commission to Consolidate State Laws, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Federal Tax Institute of New England and an editor of the Rhode Island Bar Journal. Included in this archive are a group of letters written during World War I discussing his role in the Jewish Welfare Board of the United States Army and Navy, an invitation to a fund-raising dinner for the Jewish Orphanage of Rhode Island, a group of documents and letters discussing the establishment of a Jewish country club in Providence, several documents from the early 1920s concerning the mostly Jewish fraternity Phi Epsilon Pi and several items relating to Levy’s personal life, such as personal letters, bills from clothiers and invitations to social events. (Main source of the description of this archive is the research of our colleague Greg Talbot from The Lawbook Exchange).

Providence (Rhode Island), Cambridge (Massachusetts), New York, 1917 – 1931. Octavo and A4. Two heavy folders with original documents. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

79. Lipsius, Justus.

De Cruce Libri Tres – Ad Sacram profanamque historiam utiles. Una cum Notis.

Secunda editio correctior. Antverpiae, Ex Officina Plantiniana [Christophe Plantin], 1595. Octavo. [14 unnumbered pages], 15 – 137, [6 unnumbered] pages. Original, 16th century Vellum. Binding cleanly loosened at the rear endpaper. Front endpaper intact and connected. Interior excellent with a tiny sign of a faded dampstain to the outer margins only. Otherwise all pages and woodcut-illustrations in Fine condition. Manuscript entry of a preowner (possibly “Henricus Smackers”).

80. [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)

81. Longfield, Robert.

The Game Laws of Ireland [With a Table of Cases and a chapter on ‘Remedies against Trespassers and Poachers’].

Second Edition – Revised and Enlarged. Dublin, E. Ponsonby, 1868. 8°. XI, 238 pages. Ephemera / Original advertising for the book loosely inserted. Original 19th century Hardcover. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Faded dampstain to inner boards and endpapers.

82. MacBride, Seán; Amnesty International. Irish Section; Association of Irish Jurists; Prisoners’ Rights Organization (Ireland):

Crime and punishment. [The Irish Penal System Commission Report / Police Custody: The Barra O Briain Report / Fr.Austin Flannery O.P. on the Death Penalty / Kevin White on the O Briain Report]. Edited by Seán Mac Bride.

Dublin, Ireland, Ward River Press in association with Amnesty International Irish Section, the Association of the Irish Jurists, the Prisoners Rights Organisation, 1982. 18 cm. 184 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper. [Paperfacts ; 2].

83. Mackenzie, Julie.

Horse Law. Julie Mackenzie of Lincoln’s Inn, Barrister.

Third Edition. London, J.A. Allen, 2012. 24cm x 16cm. xxi, 258 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. As New.

84. Maine, Henry Sumner.

Lectures on the Early History of Institutions [Including a chapter on ‘The Ancient Irish Law’].

Sixth Edition. London, John Murray, 1893. 15 cm x 23 cm. 412 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Some stronger discoloration to cover. Some pencil markings and underlinings. Slightly frayed at boundary between cover and endpaper.

85. Marsh, Henry.

Documents of Liberty – From earliest times to universal suffrage.

Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1971. 23 cm. 224 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Including a very interesting newspaper-clipping on the opening of the first parliament in Ireland (a mockup newspaper from September 22, 1279).

86. [Martin, Richard] Lynam, Shevawn.

Humanity Dick – A Biography of Richard Martin, M.P., 1754-1834.

London, Hamilton, 1975. 23 cm. xvii, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

87. McBride, Lawrence W.

The Greening of Dublin Castle – The Transformation of Bureaucratic and Judicial Personnel in Ireland, 1892-1922.

Washington, D.C., Catholic University of America Press, 1991. 23 cm. xii, 337 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

88. McWhinney, Edward.

The World Court and the Contemporary International Law-Making Process.

Alphen aan den Rijn, Sijthoff & Noordhoff, 1979. 24 cm. VII, 219 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition. Some clean markings in pencil.

89. Meyer, Johannes.

Das soziale Naturrecht in der christlichen Kirche.

Leipzig, A. Deichert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Deichert), 1913. 8°. 51 Seiten. Softcover / Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

90. Morgan, David Gwynn.

Administrative Law. By David Gwynn Morgan and Gerard Hogan.

London, Sweet & Maxwell, 1986. 22cm (pbk). LI,422 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Irish law texts].

91. Mühlbrecht, Otto.

Wegweiser durch die neuere Literatur der Staats- und Rechtswissenschaften (abgeschlossen am 1.Juli 1885).

Berlin, Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1886. 8°. XVI, 446 Seiten. Hardcover. Sensationelle, blindgeprägte Ganzleinenbindung (Verlagsbindung) mit juristischem Motto “Pro Rege Lege GreGe”. Ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar des Fachbereichs “Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt”; mit kleinem Signaturschildchen am Einband. Stempel auf und verso Titel. Nur ganz minimal stockfleckig und mit einigen Anstreichungen. Selten in diesem sehr guten Zustand.

92. Müller, Curt.

Hals oder Peinliche Gerichtsordnung Kaiser Karls V. und des H[eiligen] Röm[ischen] Reichs nach der Originalausgabe vom Jahre 1533.

Leipzig, Reclam, ca.1900. Kl.-8°. 112 Seiten. Softcover. Originale, sehr dekorative Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz wenigen Stockfleckchen. [Reclams Universal-Bibliothek 2990. 20 Pfennig].

93. Müller, Peter.

Disputatio Iuridica De Bonis Parochialibus. Von Pfarr-Gütern / Quam in illustri Academia Salana.

Jena, Georg Heinrich Müller, 1690. 8°. 30 nn. Seiten. Softcover / Titelbroschur. Vollständig erhaltene Originalausgabe. Durchgehender Knick. Etwas angestaubt. Durchgehender, kleiner Braunfleck im Rand. Sehr seltene Publikation des bedeutenden Juristen und Mitglieds der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft, Peter Müller (Jena / 17.Jahrhundert). Der Erstdruck des Werks erfolgte in Jena in 1687. Es handelt sich hier um die zweite Ausgabe. Eine dritte Auflage erschien in Wittenberg, 1743.

94. Müller, Peter / Mueller, Peter.

De Jure Praegnantium – Vom Rechte Schwangerer Weiber [On the Rights of Pregnant Women – Abortion / Adultery / Marriage Fraud in the 18th century].

First Edition. Jena, Literis Ac Sumtibus Joh.Christ. Croeker, 1744. Octavo (17 cm x 21,5 cm). 160 pages plus 8 pages of an Index. Modern Hardcover with 18th-century bookblock bound in. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Faded dampstain to lower margins of some pages. An immensely important, early publication on women’s rights and pregnant women and their rights in particular.

95. Mullan, Don:

Speaking truth to power – The Dónal de Róiste affair. [With an interesting newspaper-clipping on the murder of pacifist Sheehy-Skeffington by Dara Redmond] With the assistance of Barry Whyte. Foreword by Jane Winter.

Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Currach Press, 2006. 22 cm. 368 pages. With 16 pages of plates with portraits and facsimiles. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

96. [Newenham, Sir Edward (Provenance)] Molyneux, William.

The Case of Ireland’s Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, stated. To Which is Added “The Case of Tenures Upon the Commission of Defective Titles, Argued by all the Judges of Ireland, With Their Resolutions, And the Reasons of Their Resolutions” [this work has its own titlepage].

Dublin, Pressick Rider and Thomas Harbin for Pat. Dugan, Bookseller on Cork-Hill,. 1725. Small-Octavo (9.8 cm x 15.8 cm). VI, [4], 186, [1] pages [including the final leaf “The Order of the Councel-Board, upon this Resolution of the Judges”]. Original Hardcover / 18th century full calf / Recently professionally rebacked and restored with original endpapers intact. Excellent condition. Provenance: From the library of Sir Edward Newenham, friend of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. With Newenham’s name in ink on titlepage.

97. [O’Connell, Daniel] / Armstrong, John Simpson / Trevor, Edward Shirley.

A Report of The Proceedings on an Indictment for a Conspiracy, in the Case of The Queen v. Daniel O’Connell, John O’Connell, Thomas Steele, Charles Gavan Duffy, Rev. Thomas Tierney, Rev. Peter James Tyrrell, Richard Barrett, John Gray and Thomas Matthew Ray in Michaelmas Term, 1843, and Hilary Term, 1844. By John Simpson Armstrong and Edward Shirley Trevor.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, 1844. Octavo. VIII, 891 pages. Original Hardcover / Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Very good, firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

98. [O’Connell, Daniel / Butt, Sir Isaac / Conner, Henry Longfield] Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet.

Sir Isaac Butt’s personal copy [with Trinity College Dublin-Reference on his armorial bookplate] of the famous Report of the Select Committee into the case of Daniel O’Connell’s motion against Judge Cusack-Smith upon him feeling offended by the Judge. The title is: “Charges of Baron Smith [Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet] also Addresses, Presented to him; and his Answers; Together with a Report of the Two Debates in the House of Commons, upon his Case; and An Appendix”.

Dublin, Richard Milliken and Son, 1834. Octavo. XVI, 544, CLXXXIV pages. Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Bookplate / ExLibris of Sir Isaac Butt to pastedown and the name of Henry Longfield Conner above it (while the book came from the library of Sir Isaac Butt, it subsequently ended up in the library of Henry Longfield Conner, Manch). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

99. [O’Connell, Daniel / Grattan Prosecution] Anonymous.

The Law Recorder [Defaced with satirical alteration of the Frontispiece]: Containing Reports of Cases and Proceedings in the Courts of Law and Equity, &c. &c. &c. at Dublin and elsewhere, from Michaelmas Term, 1827 to Trinity Term, 1828, (both inclusive) with Essays, Communications &c. &c. on Legal Subjects.

Original First Edition. Volume I only. Dublin, Printed for the Proprietor, 1828. Large Quarto. Engraved portrait-frontispiece of Sir Anthony Hart, Knight, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland [with a few caricatural corrections in contemporary ink (see image)], XXIV, 586 pages. Hardcover / Original half leather of the early 19th century with original spinelabel. Slightly dusty and and the binding a little stronger rubbed. Interior still very good with some browning to corners of the bookblock and some occasional foxing. Very rare, original edition with several appearances of Daniel O’Connell as defender and speaker !

100. [O’Connell, Daniel] Levy, John / [John O’Connell].

A Full and Revised Report of the Three Days’ Discussion in the Corporation of Dublin on the Repeal of the Union, With Dedication to Cornelius Mac Loghlin, Esq., and an Address to the People of Ireland – By Daniel O’Connell, M.P. To which are added, A Valuable Appendix, and the Petition from the Corporation to the Imperial Parliament, for the Restoration of Ireland’s Domestic Legislature. Edited by John Levy, Esq. [Bound with a relevant publication by Daniel O’Connell’s son, John O’Connell (1810 – 1858): “John O’Connell – An Argument for Ireland” – Dublin, 1844. III, 391 pages].

First Edition. Dublin, Published by James Duffy, 1843. Octavo. VIII, 391 pages. Hardcover / Original half leather of the 19th century. This is NOT an ex-library-copy how so often is the case for this book, but an excellent condition First Edition. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.