Le Court Leete et Court Baron by KITCHIN, John - 1623

1607. An Important Contribution to the Development of Modern Legal Theory Kitchin, John [c.1520-c.1590]. Le Court Leete et Court Baron Collect per Iohn Kitchin de Graies Inne un Apprentice in Ley. Et les Cases & Matters Necessaries pur Seneschals de Ceux Courts a Scier, & Pur les Students de les Measons del Chauncerie. Ore Novelment Imprimee, & Per le Author Mesme Corrigee, Ouesque Divers Novel Additions, Come Court de Marshalsey, Auncient Demesne, Court de Pipowders, Essoines, Imparlance, View, Actions, Contracts, Pleadings, Maintenance, & Divers Auter Matters. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1607. [xii], 289, [3] ff. Octavo (6-1/4" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary calf, rebakced in period style, blind rules to boards, small gilt initials (I S) to centers of boards, raised bands to spine. Light rubbing and a few minor stains to boards, illegible faint markings to front board in small early hand, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped and moderately worn, pastedowns loose and lightly… Read More

1623. An Important Contribution to the Development of Modern Legal Theory Kitchin, John [c.1520-c.1590]. Le Court Leete et Court Baron Collect per Iohn Kitchin de Graies Inne un Apprentice in Ley. Et les Cases & Matters Necessaries pur Seneschals de Ceux Courts Ascier, & Pur les Students de les Measons del Chauncerie. London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1623. [xii], 289, [3] ff. Octavo (6-1/8" x 3-3/4"). Recent period-style calf, raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt title and publication date to spine, pastedowns and free endpapers renewed. "Kitchin" in early hand to fore-edge of text block, "Kitchin's Courts" to foot. Moderate toning to interior, inkstains to edges of a few leaves, faint offsetting and light edgewear to preliminaries and final two leaves, brief eighteenth-century annotations, dated 1717, and an owner name date 1710 (M. Foster) to front endleaf. An attractive copy. $750. * Later edition. By outlining the differences between the previously undivided court, Kitchin, along… Read More

1598. London, 1598. Enlarged ed. Beale T374. London, 1598. Enlarged ed. Beale T374. Copy of Kitchin's Court Leete, Et Court Baron from Library of Thomas Parker, First Earl of Macclesfield Kitchin, John [c.1520-c.1590]. Le Court Leete et Court Baron Collect per Iohn Kitchin de Greies Inne un Apprentice in Ley. Et les Cases & Matters Necessaries pur Seneschals de Ceux Courts a Scier, & Pur les Students de les Measons del Chauncerie. Ore Novelment Imprimee, & Per le Author Mesme Corrigee, Ouesque Divers Novel Additions, Come Court de Marshalsey; Auncient Demesne, Court de Pipowders, Essoines, Imparlance, View, Actions, Contracts, Pleadings, Maintenance, & Divers Auter Matters. [London]: In Aedibius Thomae Wight, & Bonhami Norton, 1598. [xii], 289, [3] pp. Octavo (6" x 4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules and small blind-stamped initials "GW" to boards, raised bands and later lettering piece and small hand-lettered shelf labels to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, a few minor scuffs to boards, corners… Read More

1592. An Important Contribution to the Development of Modern Legal Theory Kitchin, John [c.1520-c.1590]. Le Court Leete & Court Baron Collect per Iohn Kitchin de Graies Inne un Apprentice en Ley. Et les Cases & Matters Necessarie pur Seneschals de Ceux Courts a Scier, & Pur les Students de les Measons de Chauncerie. Ore Novelment Imprimee, & Per le Author Mesme Corrige, Ovesq[ue] Divers Novel Additions, Come Court de Marshalsey, Auncient Demesne, Court de Pipowders, Essoines, Imparlance, View, Actions, Contracts, Pleadings, Maintenance, & Divers Auter Matters. [London]: In Aedibus Richardi Totelli, 1592. [xii], 1-254; [255]-289, [3] ff. Two parts, each with title page, that of the second has title beginning Retorna Brevium Novelment Corrigee. Octavo (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules and large arabesques to boards, skillfully rebacked and recornered with raised bands, blind fillets and blind frames to spine, hinges mended. Light rubbing and a few small scuffs, nicks and stains to… Read More

1580. An Important Contribution to the Development of Modern Legal Theory Kitchin, John [c.1520-c.1590]. Le Court Leete, Et Court Baron, Collect per Iohn Kytchin de Grays Inne un Apprentice en le Ley, Et les Cases et Matters Necessarie pur Seneschals de Ceux Courts a Scier, Pur les Students de les Measons de Chauncerie. [London]: In Aedibus Richardi Tottelli, Octobris Quarto, 1580. [vi], 216 ff. Lacking two preliminary blank leaves counted in collation. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules and large arabesques to boards, raised bands, blind fillets and later lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Negligible light rubbing to boards and extremities, corners lightly bumped, rear hinge starting at head. Moderate toning, slightly heavier in places, brief early annotations to a few leaves, early owner inscription (by Henry Gifford) to foot of title page. A fine copy in its original state. $1,850. * First edition as a separate publication, one of three issues. Ours has a preface… Read More

Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with bold, black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.

C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.

Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line starts with 1. (AKA THE MOUSETRAP). Used. As New condition. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and will celebrate 70 years in London in 2022."

Mercier Press, 1985. Used-Good. Paperback

703 ChristieBrownSuit The Man In The Brown Suit. By Agatha Christie. Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1958, Stated Fourth Impression Thus,1970. ISBN 0370006720. Please see our stock photos. EXLIB. Good Condition/Good Original Shakel & Ryder Dust Jacket with Yellow spine, black titling, woman and ship cover art. Protected in mylar wrap. "States new and redesigned Edition, Fourth Impression, 80p. Blue boards with black titling. Has the usual labeling and stamping. Our book spine has skinned spot at the word "brown" from removal of scotch tape. Plot Summary: Who is he, the man in the brown suit? He says he is a doctor; but Anne Beddingfield, who witnesses the fatal accident at a London tube station, is quick to notice some curious features about him when he comes to the scene. Her investigation of the accident leads her into the thick of mystery. This novel is more than an ingenious puzzle: It is a gripping suspense story."

Poirot's Early Cases. By Agatha Christie. Ulverscroft December 1990 First Large-Print Edition. Short story Anthology. Complete and unabridged. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. 5 ½ X 8 ¾. 470 pages. Summary: In this collection of eighteen stories Hercule Poirot begins his celebrated career in crime. Includes The Double Clue, The Adventure of Johnnie Waverley, and How Does Your Garden Grow, 15 others. A HARD TO FIND ITEM IN THE UNITED STATES.

Viking, 1995. Hardcover. Condition:As New Very . Dust Jacket Condition: As New and unclipped. First American Edition, All pages clean and unmarked

The With-Drawing Room (1980, Doubleday 1st Ed. SIGNED W/DJ) THE WITH-DRAWING ROOM, A MYSTERY BY FAMED CANADIAN AUTHOR CHARLOTTE MACLEOD. Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1980.Used. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. First or early printing thus. Good Condition/ Includes good condition unclipped $8.95 dust jacket. Features young Sarah Kelling. Will ship from United States.

Agatha Christie. The Clocks, A Hercule Poirot Mystery. 2013, Center Point Pub. Thorndike, Maine. LARGE PRINT EDITION.SCARCE THUS. ISBN 9781611737127. 5 7/8 X 8 ¾. 350 pages. EXLIB. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original price $34.95. Synopsis: "A hired stenographer lets herself into her client's home only to realize that the body of a dead man is sprawled across the living room floor. When recounting the scene to Detective Poirot, She distinctly remembers a cuckoo clock striking three but all the living room clocks showed 4:13. Poirot determines that, even more strangely, only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house."

Signed 1st Ed. w/DJ) WRACK AND RUNE: A PETER SHANDY MYSTERY BY FAMED CANADIAN AUTHOR CHARLOTTE MACLEOD. Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1982. Used First printing SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author on title page. Good Condition/ Good condition unclipped Dust Jacket, $10.95 original price. Will ship from United States.