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.

[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.

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”.

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.

[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.

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.

Mückl, Wolfgang.

Die Enzyklika Quadragesimo anno und der Wandel der sozialstaatlichen Ordnung. Beitraege von J.Heinz Mueller, Alfred Klose, Franz Furger und Joachim Wiemeyer.

Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich, Schöningh, 1991. 24 cm. 88 Seiten. Kartoniert / Broschiert. Sehr guter Zustand. [Rechts- und staatswissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der Görres-Gesellschaft, N.F., H. 62.].

Robertson, A. H.

Human Rights in the World. Introduction to the Study of the International Protection of Human Rights.

Third, revised and expanded edition. Manchester / New York, Manchester University Press, 1992. Octavo. IV, 314 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes several newspaper clippings related to cases on Human Rights (Rights of Travelling People in Ireland / Ireland’s and Britain’s Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law etc.).

[Uniacke, Richard John] Cuthbertson, Brian.

Old attorney general – A biography of Richard John Uniacke 1753-1830.

Halifax, N.S., Nimbus, 1980. Octavo. VI, 150 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Several markings in the text but otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.