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1853. Toronto: Published by Donogh & Brother, 1853. Rare. Toronto: Published by Donogh & Brother, 1853. Rare. Rare Canadian Edition of a Notable Example of Nineteenth-Century Anti-Catholic Propaganda W.L.S.G. (Gregory, William). Gavazzi, Alessandro [1809-1889]. The Trial of Antichrist, Otherwise, The Man of Sin, For High Treason Against the Son of God: Tried at the Sessions House of Truth, Before the Right Hon. Divine Revelation, Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of Equity; The Hon. Justice Reason of Said Court, And the Hon. Justice History, One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Information. Taken in Short Hand by the Reverened W.L.S.G., A Friend to St. Peter. Toronto: Published by Donogh & Brother, 1853. 240 pp. Two parts with continuous pagination. Second part, beginning on p. 175, has title page reading Six Lectures Delivered in the Round Room of the Rotunda, Dublin, By Father Gavazzi: With a Biographical Sketch of the Author. 12mo. (7" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary cloth, printed paper… Read More

1992. Waddams, S.M. Law, Politics, and the Church of England: The Career of Stephen Lushington, 1782-1873. Cambridge: Cambridge Univeristy Press, 1992. xxii, 370 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $35.

2004. ISBN 9781584773627; ISBN-10: 1584773626. Wade, John, [Compiler and Editor]. The Extraordinary Black Book: An Exposition of Abuses in Church and State, Courts of Law, Representation, Municipal and Corporate Bodies; With a Precis of the House of Commons, Past, Present, and to Come. A New Edition, Greatly Enlarged and Corrected to the Present Time, by the Original Editor. Originally published: London: Published by Effingham Wilson, 1832. xxxii, 683 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 9781584773627; ISBN-10: 1584773626. Hardcover. New. $35. * Reprint of the final revised and expanded edition. Especially significant because it had a direct influence on legislation, this "Bible of the Reformers" is a model of investigatory pamphleteering in the cause of representative democracy. The long struggle to transform Great Britain into a modern state was effected primarily through the gradual expansion of the electorate, which was accomplished though the Reform Acts of the nineteenth and… Read More

1829. Includes a "Dictionary of Law-Terms, Maxims, Acts of Parliament, And Judicial Antiquities" Wade, John [1788-1875]. The Cabinet Lawyer; Or, A Popular Digest of the Laws of England... With the Criminal Law of England: Also a Dictionary of Law Terms, Maxims, Acts of Parliament, And Judicial Antiquities; Correct Tables of Assessed Taxes, Stamp Duties, Excise Licenses, And Post-Horse Duties; Post-Office Regulations, Rates of Porterage and Hackney-Coaches, Turnpike Laws, Corn Laws, And Prison Regulations. Fifth Edition, Including the Acts of the 10 Geo. IV. And Legal Decisions to the End of the Summer Assizes of the Present Year. London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1829. xxviii, 676, [2] pp. Publisher advertisements to last 2 pp. 12mo. (6" x 3-1/2"). Original paper-covered publisher's boards, paper label to spine, edges untrimmed. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, front joint starting at head, rear joint starting at ends, light creasing to spine, which has a small… Read More

2004. ISBN-13: 9781584773627; ISBN-10: 1584773626. Wade, John, [Compiler and Editor]. The Extraordinary Black Book: An Exposition of Abuses in Church and State, Courts of Law, Representation, Municipal and Corporate Bodies; With a Precis of the House of Commons, Past, Present, and to Come. A New Edition, Greatly Enlarged and Corrected to the Present Time, by the Original Editor. London: Published by Effingham Wilson, 1832. xxxii, 683 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2003052768. ISBN 1-58477-362-6. Cloth. A slightly bumped copy. $35. * Reprint of the final revised and expanded edition. Especially significant because it had a direct influence on legislation, this "Bible of the Reformers" is a model of investigatory pamphleteering in the cause of representative democracy. The long struggle to transform Great Britain into a modern state was effected primarily through the gradual expansion of the electorate, which was accomplished though the Reform Acts of the nineteenth and twentieth… Read More

1829. With a Chapter on Female Crime [Wade, John (1788-1875)]. A Treatise on the Police and Crimes of the Metropolis; Especially Juvenile Delinquency, Female Prostitution, Mendicity, Gambling, Forgery, Street-Robberies, Burglary and House-Breaking, Receiving of Stolen Goods, Counterfeiting the Coin, Exhumation, Cheating and Swindling, Adulteration of Food, &c. Also an Account of the Courts of Justice and Prisons of London; And an Inquiry into the Causes of the Increase of Crime; The Tendency of the Debtor Laws; And into the Present State of the Licensed Victualler's Trade: With Suggestions for the Improvement of the Protective Institutions of the Metropolis, And the Prevention of Offences. By the Editor of the "Cabinet Lawyer;" Of "A Digest of Facts and Principles on Banking and Commerce;" Of "An Account of Public Charities," &c. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829. xx, 389, [2] pp. Publisher's advertisement to last 2 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Later buckram, blind fillets, gilt… Read More

2001. [U.S. Supreme Court]. Wagner, Frank D, Reporter. Preliminary Print. Official Reports of the Supreme Court. Volume 533. June 11 through September 25, 2001, Together with Opinion of Individual Justice in Chambers. End of Term. Preliminary Print. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, [2001]. Two parts. Softbound. Owner stamp to front cover of Part One, otherwise fine. $15.

1967. Wagner, Sir Anthony and J. C. Sainty. The Origin of the Introduction of Peers in the House of Lords. Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries. Oxford: Printed by Vivian Ridler for the Society of Antiquaries of London, 1967. Illustrations. [119-150pp.]. Printed wrappers. Very good. $65. * From Archaeologia. Vol. CI.

2001. Wagstaff, Graham F. An Integrated Psychological and Philosophical Approach to Justice: Equity and Desert. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, [2001]. xv, 494 pp. Cloth. New. $140. * Problems in Contemporary Philosophy Volume 50. Contents include: Defining Justice; Justice in Modern Philosophy; The Psychology of Justice; The Origins and Nature of Equity and Desert; The Historical Development of Equity and Desert; Towards an Integrated Perspective on Justice. Contains a bibliography, author index and subject index.

1701. How Diligent Our Wise Ancestors Were to Keep Out the French" [Wagstaffe, Thomas (1645-1712)]. The Rights and Liberties of Englishmen Asserted. With a Collection of Statutes and Records of Parliament Against Foreigners. Shewing, That by the Constitution of England, No Outlandish Man, Whether Naturaliz'd or Not, Is Capable of Any Office in England or Ireland. That No Man Ought to be Made a Bishop, But he that is English Born. That No Outlandish Man Ought to Work or Trade, But Under the Governance of English Men. That No Outlandish Broker Ought to be Imployed Here. With Other Useful Observations. Humbly Offered to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons. London: Printed for A. Baldwin, 1701. 26, [2] pp. Publisher's advertisements to final leaf. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet housed in plain folder with the embossed library stamp of John Fowles. Light toning, foxing and soiling to folder, which has a small tear to its back. Moderate toning to pamphlet, a few… Read More

1998. Wahl, Jenny B. Law and Economics. A Collection of Essays and Cases. - Volume 1: Overview and Economic Analysis of Property and Criminal Law. xvii, 358 pp. - Volume 2: Economic Analysis of Contract Law, Antitrust Law, and Safety Regulations. xv, 384 pp. - Volume 3: Economic Analysis of Tort and Products Liability Law. xv, 356 pp. New York: London: Garland Pub., 1998. Together 3 volumes. Publisher's black cloth, with gilt stamped spines. Residue of label at lower front covers, else very good. $50.

1998. Wahl, Jenny Bourne. The Bondsman's Burden: An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1998]. xii, 277 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $45.

1897. Fraudulent Conveyances at the End of the Nineteenth Century Wait, Frederick S. [1851-1910]. A Treatise on Fraudulent Conveyances and Creditors' Bills. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1897. lxvii, 834 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands, blind fillets and red and black lettering pieces to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Light rubbing to boards, some staining to edges of front board and spine, which has a few shallow scuffs, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped, rear hinge starting, light toning to text, offsetting to margins of endleaves. $250. * Third edition. This work addresses contemporary innovations in civil procedure that affected changes in creditor's practice and procedure in such matters as consideration and indicia of fraud, possession, marital relationships, the law of notice, fraudulent chattel mortgages and the doctrine of spendthrift trusts. First published in 1884, it went through three editions, the last in 1897.… Read More

1696. London, 1696. Only edition. London, 1696. Only edition. A Treatise on Oaths by a Prominent Anglican Priest, Later Archbishop of Canterbury Wake, William [1657-1737]. A Practical Discourse Concerning Swearing: Especially in the Two Great Points of Perjury and Common-Swearing. London: Printed for Richard Sare, 1696. [ii], xxix [i.e. xlv], [15], 144 pp. Lacking blank leaf preceding title page, text complete. Octavo (5-3/4" x 3-1/2"). Later three-quarter calf over marbled boards, rebacked, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to extremities, corners bumped and somewhat worn. Very light browning to text, faint dampstaining to head of text block, light soiling, tiny hole, and some edgewear to title page, brief early annotations in a few places. $500. * Only edition. This curious treatise discusses the laws concerning oaths from the perspectives of ecclesiastical law, common law and theology. Wake, an Anglican Priest and a prolific author, was Archbishop of… Read More

1820. Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1820.. Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1820. President Monroe Tours the Northern and Eastern United States Waldo, Samuel Putnam [1780-1826]. The Tour Of James Monroe, President Of The United States, Through The Northern And Eastern States, In 1817; His Tour in the Year 1818; Together with a Sketch of His Life; With Descriptive and Historical Notices of the Principal Places Through Which He Passed. Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus, 1820. xii, 348 pp. Stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece. 12mo. (7-1/4" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary sheep, rebacked in period style, gilt title and fillets to spine, hinges mended. Light gatoring and rubbing to boards with some loss to edges and corners. Moderate toning, light foxing in places, faint dampstains to a few leaves. Item housed in lightly rubbed cloth slipcase. $150. * Second and final edition. President Monroe's tours in 1817 and 1818 included stops in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,… Read More

2001. Waldrep, Christopher. Nieman, Donald G. Local Matters: Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South. Athens: University of Georgia Press, [2001]. xix, 259 pp. Softbound. Like new. $30.

2010. Waldrep, Christopher. Jury Discrimination: The Supreme Court, Public Opinion, and a Grassroots Fight for Racial Equality in Mississippi. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2010. ix, 325 pp., illustrations. Softcover, new. $16. * "In 1906 a white lawyer named Dabney Marshall argued a case before the Mississippi Supreme Court demanding the racial integration of juries. He carried out a plan devised by Mississippi's foremost black lawyer of the time: Willis Mollison. Against staggering odds, and with the help of a friendly newspaper editor, he won. How Marshall and his allies were able to force the court to overturn state law and precedent, if only for a brief period, at the behest of the U.S. Supreme Court is the subject of Jury Discrimination, a book that explores the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on America's civil rights history" (Publisher's description).

1924. 1924-1959, 11 bound vols. & 1960-1970 unbound. 1924-1959, 11 bound vols. & 1960-1970 unbound. Cases on the Docket of the Old Bailey, 1924-1970 Central Criminal Court of England and Wales. Calendar of Prisoners, For the Session Commencing on Tuesday, The 8th of January, 1924 [complete through December 1970]. London: Printed by Merser & Sons, 1924-1970. Calendars through 1959 bound into 11 books in pebbled cloth, gilt titles to spines. Moderate shelfwear, some fading to bindings of first 6 books, remaining calendars unbound, as issued. Moderate toning to most calendars, some have light browning. Ex-library. Stamps and other library marks to title page, bookplates to pastedowns of bound volumes. $2,500. * A rare, continuous, almost half-century run of Old Bailey session calendars, each with an index of names, listing nearly 50,000 accused persons. The entries include names, ages, occupations and charges, most described in detail. It is a remarkable record of criminal activity. Theft, Bigamy,… Read More

1730. Notable Eighteenth-Century Compilation of Welsh Civil and Ecclesiastical Law [Wales]. [Howel, Welsh King (d. 950CE)]. Clark, William [1696-1771], Editor. Wotton, William [1666-1727], Compiler of Appendices. William, Moses [1686-1742], Compiler of Appendices. Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac Eraill, Seu Leges Wallicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles Hoeli Boni et Aliorum Walliae Principum, Quas Ex Variis Codicibus Manuscriptis Eruit, Interpretatione Latina, Notis & Glossario Illustravit Guilielmus Wottonus, S.T.P. Adjuvante Mose Guilielmio, A.M.R.S. Soc. Qui & Appendicem Adjecit. London: Typis Gulielmi Bowyer, 1730. [xlii], 586, [20] pp. Lacking half-title. Parallel Welsh and Latin texts. Folio (18-1/4" x 11-1/2"). Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining existing gilt spine with lettering piece, gilt tooling to board edges, corners mended, endpapers renewed, hinges reinforced with cloth. Light rubbing and some nicks and scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, wear to board edges in a few places,… Read More

1991. Waley-Cohen, Joanna. Exile in Mid-Qing China: Banishment to Xinjiang, 1758-1820. New Haven: Yale University Press, [1991]. xv, 267 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $20.