Law from Chapter 1 Books

J C Juta & Co, Cape Town, 1898. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Three volumes (complete). A much owned set of books. The spines of all three were repaired with green cloth (to march the boards). Volume I: 'Sale and Lease' - Second Edition. The boards are worn, scuffed, marked all about. They are tight… Read more about this item

Stevens and Haynes, Temple Bar, London, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1048 pages (complete). A rare copy of the first edition of the English translation of Salkowski's 'Roman Private Law'. The boards have wear from shelving and handling. They have some scuffing, marks. The spine has wear to the head and foot,… Read more about this item

J C Juta & Co, Cape Town, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 378 pages (complete). A placid copy. Half leather. Tan boards. Ex-library with consequent debris, labels, annotations, use. The leather corners and spine have wear, scuffing, marks from shelving and handling. The boards are scuffed, worn about… Read more about this item

A en J Honkoop, Leyden, 1801. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 231 pages (complete). In Dutch throughout. An antique copy. The boards are much worn all about. The edges are worn from handling, shelving, age. The boards are scuffed, marked. The spine is much worn: the body-cover is missing. Nonetheless,… Read more about this item

Saunders and Benning, London, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 758 pages plus index (complete). A benign copy. Full leather. The front board has a printed and stamped gilt previous owner names. The spine has gilt titling. The boards have scuffing, wear, marks all about. The corners have shallow knocks. They… Read more about this item

Butterworth & Co., London, 1896. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 570 pages (complete). A benign copy. The boards have some fading, wear, scuffing, storage marks. Blind stamped decoration on the front board, gilt titling on the spine. The spine is sunned with wear to the head and foot and seams. The boards and… Read more about this item

Henricum Plon, Bibliopolam, Parisiis , 1870. 5th edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4004 pages plus index (complete). In Latin throughout. A hardy copy. Pocket sized. Quarter leather. The boards are scuffed, worn, scuffed all about. The leather spine has pulling wear to the head and foot, label debris on the body. The spine… Read more about this item

J C Juta & Co, Cape Town and Johannesburg, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 414 pages (complete). Previous owner stamps about: for Louis Miller, a skilful and formidable Johannesburg defence advocate (he was not only an anarchist at heart and personal belief, but he was a collector of stamps, law reports and anything else that caught… Read more about this item

J C Juta & Co, Cape Town and Johannesburg, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 414 pages (complete). Two previous owner signatures of these the most notable is that of Walter Pollak. Pollack was a teacher of law, an author of textbooks and a lawyer of repute, but it was his association with Nelson Mandela… Read more about this item

J C Juta, Cape Town, 1880-3. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Complete. Various Pandect translations in a stiff binder. Each extract has moiré covers. The boards - with blind stamped decoration - are scuffed, worn, marked by handling and storage all about. There is a label from a previous owner at the head of the spine.… Read more about this item

William Maxwell & Son, London; Hodges, Foster & Co and E Ponsonby, Dublin; Thacker, Spink, & Co., Calcutta; Charles F Maxwell, Melbourne, 1872. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1198 pages (complete). A stout copy. Previous owner signatures (Leigh Hoskyns, Lincoln's Inn; Shepstone Giddy, Pretoria July 1915) on the half-title page. Half leather. The… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press American Branch, New York / Henry Frowde, London, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Two volumes (complete). A gratifying set. The books have a previous owner pressed stamp. The boards have mild scuffing, shelving wear about the edges and corners, some light marks. Stamped gilt tilting (bold) on the spine.… Read more about this item

Carl Focke, Leipzig, 1839. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Seven volumes (complete). In German throughout. Each volume has the ex-libris plate of the famous, bon vivant and silk, W O Danckwerts. Also previous owner signatures and stamps. All are quarter leather. Marbled boards. The boards and spines have wear, scuffing, marks and scuffing.… Read more about this item

Stevens and Sons, London / J C Juta, Cape Town; John N Eagle, Philippolis, 1878 etc. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Complete. A number of Voets' Commentaries and Pandects bound in one volume. A much owned copy. Various owner signatures on frontis and title pages (A Mendelow, W Gregorowsky, DD Hope). The boards are… Read more about this item

Stevens & Hayes, London, 1902. New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 557 pages (complete). A mild-mannered copy. Previous owner signature and stamps (Edwin van Reenen Schlemmer). The boards are benign. They have some scuffing, marks, wear all about. The spine has been burnished, wear to the head and foot. The boards are… Read more about this item

Stevens and Sons, London / J C Juta, Cape Town, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Various Commentaries of the Pandects by Voet combined (complete). Previous owner signature throughout from MORRIS ALEXANDER (one of the first Jews to sit in the South African Volksraad after Union; as member for Cape Town Castle constituency he was… Read more about this item

De Gebroeders Van Cleef, Gravenhage , 1914. 7th Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1121 pages (complete). In Dutch throughout. Of most interest is the former owner signature: R P CLEVERINGA. Cleveringa was not only a Professor of Law at Leiden University, but he was also a Dutch Resistance hero during the Nazi Occupation. When… Read more about this item

C C van der Hoek, Leiden, 1828. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 39 pages (complete). In Latin throughout. A pleasing, smart copy. Full leather, gilt decorated borders. The boards are clubbable, handsome. The papertrims are gilt edged. The pages are very healthy and agreeable - especially taking the age of the book into… Read more about this item

William Clowes and Sons, London / Incorportated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 870 pages (complete). A passive copy. The boards and spine have been crudely repaired with leather patches - otherwise half leather (as intended). The leather corners, spine are worn. The boards are… Read more about this item

Johannes Mynsert, s'Gravenhage, 1777. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. 159 pages (complete). In High Dutch throughout. A much owned copy of this RARELY encountered book. Laid rag-paper. The boards are much worn and aged all about. The spine has, at some stage, been repaired with brown paper tape. The boards are bubbled, marked,… Read more about this item