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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1989. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, has tiny piece missing at front bottom edge of spine. 264pp. Illustrated. Lord Rawlinson recalls his life in law and politics with frankness and wit. . First Edition. Hard Cover. ... more information

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George G. Harrap, London. 1968.. 232pp. With 13 illustrations. Mervyn Phippen Pugh was Prosecuting Solicitor to the City of Birmingham, U.K. from 1924 to 1958. As the only permanent local Agent for the Director of Public Prosecutions, he directed the handling among his 110,000 cases, of 100 prosecutions for murder, from the preliminary hearing to the Assize judgement. Previous owner's inscription written in ink on front endpaper. Price clipped. Hardcover. Book in very good condition. Dustjacket in very ... more information

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London: Dorling Kindersley, 1988. Book in fine condition. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Dustjacket in very good condition, very slightly rubbed at spine ends. 192pp. With line drawings at the start of each chapter and in text by Eric Thomas. From d/j flap - " The author's mission is to compare what he finds today with what he remembers, sometimes of places where he was once himself a part of the community, and try to refute his First Law, "All change is for ... more information

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Singapore: Butterworth-Heinmann , 1997. Book in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped. Dustjacket in good condition, 1½" closed tear by top front edge, light creases by tear, top front edge and outer corner edges very slightly rubbed. xxi, 328pp, including Notes and Index. With 2 maps. From d/j flap - " The book tracks the progress of China's hard-nosed takeover strategy since the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in December 1984. It examines the ... more information

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London: Little, Brown, 2000. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. 305pp. With 16 pages of illustrations. From the d/j flap - "The author was studying law in Vienna when the Gestapo forced Edith and her mother into a ghetto, issuing them papers branded with 'J'. She was then taken to a labour camp, and when she returned home, her mother had been deported. Edith took off her yellow star and went underground, and then she fled to Munich, were she met a Nazi party member who... more information

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Frederick Muller, London. 1964.. First edition. 272pp. With 16 illustrations. High Treason ranks above murder as the blackest crime in English law. It is a law which many people consider to have been misapplied in the cases of such men as Roger Casement and William Joyce. These and other trials are dealt with which reveal collective Man's inhumanity to individual Man as well as justice. Small blank white label on front endpaper. Price clipped. Hardcover. Book in excellent condition. Dustjacket in very g... more information

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New York: Wm. Morrow, 1997. First edition. 342pp, including index . With 32 illustrations. Hardcover in excellent condition. Dustjacket in excellent condition. The author was Hillary Clinton's law partner at Little Rock's Rose Law Firm, and he knew the Clinton's before they moved to the White House. He was mayor of Little Rock and followed the Clintons to the White House as associate attorney general.. ... more information

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Cambridge, U.K: Granta Editions, 1989. Book in very good condirion, very light 3" long line mark on front board, otherwise in fine condition. Pictorial endpapers. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Dustjacket in very good condition, bottom spine edge very slioghtly bumped. xi, 97pp. With 91 illustrations, list of partners at back of book, and index. The year of 1989 was the centenary of the City law firm of Slaughter and May. Included are many interviews and anecdotes collected from ... more information

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London: Phaidon - Christie, 1984. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, back bottom corner slightly rubbed. 224pp, including index. With frontispiece and 118 illustrations. (9½"h x 6¾"). The first part deals with becoming a collector. The second part with looking after a collection, conservation, handling, display, insurance and valuation. Part three, on buying and selling, how auctioneers and dealers operate, plus chapters on shipping and the law.. First Editio... more information

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London: Century, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover in fine condition. Dustjacket in near fine condition, just very slightly bumped at spine ends. 366pp. Novel. From d/j flap - 'Three former judges, calling themselves 'The Brethren' at Trumble, a minimum security federal prison, meet every day in the library to handle cases for other inmates or practise law without a licence. They are fine-tuning a mail scam, and the money is pouring in. Then their scam ensnares the wrong victim, a powerful man on t... more information

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London: Victor Gollancz, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover in fine condition. Dustjacket in near fine condition, top of spine slightly bumped, ½" closed tear at back top side edge of spine. 528pp, including bibliography and index. With 40 black-and-white photographs. The not-so-perfect world of Hoover. The creator of the modern FBI, he used the banner of Law and Order to turn his FBI into a feared political police force. He used the smear material in his Offical and Confidential files against many ... more information

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U.K.: Manchester United Football Club/Virgin, 1994. Book in very good plus condition, only fault a1½" narrow light mark at front edge of back free endpaper. Dustjacket in very good plus condition, just very slightly rubbed at spine ends. vii, 232pp, including Sir Matt's career record. With 14 colour and 27 black-and-white photographs. Foreword by George Best. From memories of the 'Busby Babes' who dominated the 1950s until their tragic destruction in the Munich air disaster, ... more information

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Barlaston, U.K: Malthouse Press, 2005. Book and dustjacket in fine condition. viii, 364pp. With an illustration at the start of each parish chapter. From d/j flap - "Each chapter focuses on an ancient parish, its townships, its evolution to the current civil parish, its shredded territory; and if supplanted by an unparished municipal or unitary authority, its ward boundaries. Its settlements are shown on an accompanying map. The work also shows the tiers of government higher than the civil parish,... more information

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London: Blanford Press, 1951. Hardcover in very good condition, bottom spine edge slightly bumped. Previous owner's inscription in ink on front endpaper. Dustjacket in good condition, small mark on front cover where label has been removed, small pieces missing one at bottom back and one at top front edge, and at bottom of spine, three closed tears, and tiny black mark on back cover, corners are rubbed. Overall the d/jacket is quite good for its age. 136pp, including index. With numerous illustrations o... more information

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Cambridge, U.K: University Press, 1946. Book in good condition, slightly bumped at spine ends and bottom outer corner edges, a few light marks on front board (see picture). The pages have tiny marks on them (not foxing) they look like very minute pieces of pale woodchip, due to some books being printed on poorer quality paper during and just after the war. Pages are clean and bright. A really good tight copy. Previous owner's name and date inside front board. x, 346pp, including bibliograph... more information

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Chichester, U.K: Barry Rose and the Justice of the Peace, 1991. The three volumes are in a slip-case and are in very good condition, the only fault is vols. I and II have faded slightly on the spine but lettering is still bright (see picture), otherwise all three volumes are fine tight copies. The slip-case is slightly rubbed at the top outer corner edge. Vol. One: England to 1689. xxxiv, 303pp, plus Index. Vol.Two: England 1689-1989. xiv, 424pp, plus Index. Vol. Three: Territories Beyond Eng... more information

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