Search Results: Titles starting with B from The Lawbook Exchange Ltd

1675. A Classic Guide to Coroners and Sheriffs Greenwood, William. BOULEUTERION. Or, A Practical Demonstration of County-Judicatures. Wherein is Amply Explained the Judicial and Ministerial Authority of Sheriffs and Coroners. Together with the Original, Jurisdiction, And Method of Keeping All Countrey-Courts. London: Printed for William Place and John Place, 1675. [xvi], 266; 151, 1; [36] pp. Octavo (7" x 4-1/4"). Near-contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, central blind armorial stamp to front board, raised bands, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, gilt tooling to board edges, early hand-lettered title to fore-edge of text block. Light rubbing and a few small scuffs and stains to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, chipping to spine ends, joints starting at head, corners bumped and worn, pastedowns detached. Light toning, very light foxing and soiling to a few pages, a few leaves uncut. $300. * Fifth edition. First published in 1659, the year before the Restoration, Greenwood's… Read More

1680. Rare Edition of a Classic Guide to Coroners and Sheriffs Greenwood, William. BOULEUTERION, Or, A Practical Demonstration of County-Judicatures. Wherein is Amply Explained the Judicial and Ministerial Authority of Sheriffs and Coroners. Together with the Original, Jurisdiction, And Method of Keeping All Countrey Courts. London: Printed for John Place, and sold by William Jacob at Bernards-Inn Gate in Holborn, 1680. [xvi], 266; 151, 1; [36] pp. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4"). Recent quarter calf over marbled boards, blind fillets to calf edges, gilt-edged raised bands, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to extremities, a few spots of white residue to spine and front board. Light toning to interior, occasional light soiling, faint fold lines in several places, light foxing and faint dampstaining in a few places, tear to bottom-edge of leaf M2 (pp. 163-164) not affecting text, clean tears to last two leaves mended with cellotape affecting text without loss, upper… Read More

2000. ISBN-13: 9781584770220; ISBN-10: 1584770228. Johns, C.H.W. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1904. xxii, 424 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770220; ISBN-10: 1584770228. Hardcover. New. $80. * Translation of ancient legal sources such as the Code of Hammurabi, laws relating to contracts, marriage, inheritance, slavery, property, sales, land tenure, and more will show the reader the law and the law-courts, the rights of the State, the family and the individual, and property matters as they existed, and their similarity to today's legal system.

1992. Shore, W. Teignmouth (Editor). The Baccarat Case. Gordon-Cumming v. Wilson and Others. William Hodge & Company, Limited, [1932]. Reprinted 1992 with a new introduction by Alan Dershowitz for the members of The Notable Trials Library. Birmingham: The Notable Trials Library, 1992. xii. 294 pp. gilt decorated half leather with raised spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Fine. $20.

1946. Rankin, George Claus. Background to Indian Law. Cambridge [England]: At the University Press, 1946. 223 pp. Hardcover, fading to spine. $45.

1993. Burnham, John C. Bad Habits: Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual Misbehavior, and Swearing in American History. New York: New York University Press, [1993]. xviii, 385 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, lightly soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $15. * Contents: The Turning Point: Repealing Prohibition; Drinking; Smoking; Taking Drugs; Gambling; Sexual Misbehavior; Swearing; The Coopting Process; Patterns of Convergence in a Complex Society.

1996. Kaplan, William. Bad Judgment: the Case of Mr. Justice Leo A. Landreville. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [1996]. xii, 232 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $20.

1798. A New York Bail Bond from 1798 [New York]. Know All Men by These Presents, That We [John P. Bortle and David Ingersoll] are Held and Firmly Bound Unto [Benjamin Allen] Esquire, Marshal of the City of Hudson.... Hudson, New York, March 5, 1798. 2 pp. 12" x 7-1/4" part-printed document with two forms on recto and verso, form on recto completed in manuscript with autograph signatures and seals of John P. Bortle and David Ingersoll, docket to verso. Moderate toning, horizontal fold lines, very small tears along fold lines not affecting text. $250. * This document sets out a bail bond for John P. Bortle and David Ingersoll, residents of Hudson, New York and subjects of a plea of trespass brought by David Tod and Zachariah Seymour. The bond was $150, a considerable sum equal to the damages Tod and Seymour sought. An interesting feature of this document is the presence of an additional related form on the verso, which is not completed in our example. The document is also dated for the 1780s, but was… Read More

1928. Baltimore City Reports. Comprising Opinions of the Various Courts of Baltimore City Since August 1888. Bar Association of Baltimore City. Baltimore: 1932-1940. Vols. 1-4 (1888-1928). Tan buckram with contrasting red and black spine gilt lettering pieces. Ex-library with stamps to page edges and bar code label on inside front cover, internally fine. $300. * Reprinted from opinions reported in the Daily Record.

1967. Hunter, Wilbur Harvey. A Baltimore Law Firm: A Brief History of Hinkley and Singley and Its Predecessors, 1817-1967. Baltimore: Press of Schneidereith, 1967. 38 pp. Illustrations. Hardbound, light shelfwear. $65.

1978. Ahmed, Moudud. Bangladesh: Constitutional Quest for Autonomy: 1950-1971. Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1978. xvi, 373 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. $50.

1980. Eight (8) linear feet shelf space.. Eight (8) linear feet shelf space. West's Bankruptcy Reporter. St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson Reuters West. Volumes 150 to 152; 154 to 165; 167; 169 to 191; 203; 300 to 307 (1993-2004). Together 48 books. Hardcover. Eight (8) linear feet shelf space. Ex-private law firm library with property stamps to top edges, else very good. Publisher's Price per volume USD 3,973 each. Special $595. * West Key Number System organizes the law and helps you identify additional on-point cases fast; Headnotes describe each holding of a judicial opinion, incorporating key facts and reasoning: Synopses summarize the procedure and most significant holdings of a judicial opinion; Codenotes indicate an opinion held a statute or federal regulation unconstitutional, preempted, or invalid; Key Number Digest section catalogs headnotes and Key Numbers for all judicial opinions included in that volume (Publisher's description).

2021. Vol. 1 June 2021; Vol. 2 Dec. 2021. Vol. 1 June 2021; Vol. 2 Dec. 2021. Bankruptcy Law Manual, Fifth Edition. 2021-1 edition. 2 volumes. Honorable Joan N. Feeney; Honorable Michael G. Williamson; Michael J. Stepan. Thomson Reuters, 2021. 2 Volumes. Softbound. Volume 1 June 2021; Volume 2 December 2021. Ex-library with property stamps on title pages and top page edges, shelf location label at foot of spine, residue of small barcode labels on front covers, else very good. Publisher's Price USD 1,074. Special $125. * Provides timely information regarding statutory changes and judicial decisions affecting bankruptcy issues. It offers consumer and business liquidation cases under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, business reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, Chapter 13 debt adjustments for individuals with regular income, alternative insolvency proceedings under state law, Bankruptcy Court jurisdiction and the right to a jury trial, the trustee's power to avoid fraudulent… Read More

1918. Signed limited edition No. 54 of 250 copies. Signed limited edition No. 54 of 250 copies. Inscribed and Signed by the Author Wilcox, Arthur Russell. The Bar of Rye Township, Westchester County New York: An Historical and Biographical Record 1660-1918. [New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1918]. xv, 347 pp. Frontispiece. Plates. From an edition limited to 250 copies, this number 54. Author presentation inscription to front free endpaper. "Hon. Graham Witschief with sincere regard from Arthur Wilcox 28 May 1934." Publisher's green cloth, top edge gilt, deckle fore and bottom edges. Light shelfwear. A very good copy. $65. * This compilation of biographies of attorneys in Mamaroneck, Port Chester and Rye contains a great deal of information that is difficult or impossible to find elsewhere.

1918. with abrasion to lower spine. with abrasion to lower spine. Wilcox, Arthur Russell. The Bar of Rye Township. An Historical and Biographical Record 1660-1918. Westchester, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, [1918]. Illustrated [with 33 plates]. From an edition limited to 250 copies, this copy unnumbered. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover, gilt lettered spine soiled with abrasion to lower spine, top edge gilt. Bookplate of Frank M. Mills on front pastedown and newspaper clippings attached on front free endpaper. Internally clean. $20. * This compilation of biographies of attorneys in Mamaroneck, Port Chester and Rye contains a great deal of information that is difficult or impossible to find elsewhere.

1833. One of Several Different Accounts of a "Barbarous and Awful Murder" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Wood, John Henry [d.1833]. Barbarous and Awful Murder, Committed Upon the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, Near the City of Chester, By Her Own Son, John Wood Who Cut Her Throat from Ear to Ear; How the Murder was Found Out, For Which he Was Tried, Executed, on Friday Last, And Hung in Chains Near the Spot. [Carlisle?]: Keys, Printer, [1833]. 14" x 6-1/2" broadside mounted on 15-1/4" x 7-1/2" sheet, summary of case and 26-verse text in two columns below headline, columns and headline separated by rules. Light browning and soiling, light edgewear to broadside, a minor tear and a small inkspot near its lower-right corner. $950. * There are several contemporary broadside accounts of this case with several inconsistencies. One held by Harvard Law School has an almost identical text under the same printer's name, Keys, who, in Harvard's version, is designated "Keys, Printer, Carlisle." In that version, the… Read More

2010. ISBN-13: 9781616190453; ISBN-10:1616190450. [Dickens, Charles]. Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings, on April 1, 1828, Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. London: Elliot Stock, 1902. [vii], 116 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2005, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190453. Paperback. Very light wear. $10. * One of the most famous legal cases in English literature, Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode from The Pickwick Papers (1836-1837) by Charles Dickens [1812-1870] in which the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in the novel, it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. It also inspired several legal analyses, most notably Frank Lockwood's The Law and… Read More

2005. ISBN 9781584774204; ISBN-10: 1584774207. Bardell v. Pickwick [Dickens, Charles]. Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings, on April 1, 1828, Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. Originally published: London: Elliot Stock, 1902. [vii], 116 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 9781584774204; ISBN-10: 1584774207. Hardcover. New. $25.95 * One of the most famous legal cases in English literature, Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode from The Pickwick Papers (1836-1837) by Charles Dickens [1812-1870] in which the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in the novel, it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. It also inspired several legal analyses, most… Read More

2010. ISBN-13: 9781616190453; ISBN-10:1616190450. [Dickens, Charles]. Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings, on April 1, 1828, Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. London: Elliot Stock, 1902. [vii], 116 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2005, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190453. Paperback. Very light wear. $10. * One of the most famous legal cases in English literature, Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode from The Pickwick Papers (1836-1837) by Charles Dickens [1812-1870] in which the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in the novel, it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. It also inspired several legal analyses, most notably Frank Lockwood's The Law and… Read More

2010. ISBN-13: 9781616190453; ISBN-10: 1616190450. Bardell v. Pickwick [Dickens, Charles]. Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings, on April 1, 1828, Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. Originally published: London: Elliot Stock, 1902. [vii], 116 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2005, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190453; ISBN-10: 1616190450. Paperback. New. $10.95 * One of the most famous legal cases in English literature, Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode from The Pickwick Papers (1836-1837) by Charles Dickens [1812-1870] in which the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in the novel, it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. It also inspired several legal… Read More