London the Savoy - E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling et al. 1732 Book. FAIR due to bein. Hardcover. A scarce reference text defining and interpreting all wordsphrases manners and customs used within law at the time of publication. Second edition. Together with such informations relating thereto as explained the history and antiquity of the law and our manners customs and original government. To which is annexed A Table of References to all the Arguments and Resolutions of the Lord Chief Justice Holt; in the Several Volumes of the Reports. Although Giles Jacob was the author of over two dozen legal publications his law dictionary was by far the most successful. First published in 1729 it reached a tenth edition by 1782; revised editions continued to be published well into the nineteenth century. Its success according to was due to the fact that it combined a law dictionary with an abridgement. This fifth edition was the last to be published during Jacob's lifetime. Jacob collected and abstracted from many references including dictionaries institutes reports chronicles and year-books. Condition: Disbound although with original calf boards. Boards are a trifle rubbed with wear and slight loss. Binding is tender in places with many leaves working loose although the work is complete with both the text and table listing up to Z. Bright throughout with the occasional spot and handling mark. Small ink inscription to the title page. Overall: FAIR due to being disbound although a nice bright copy once rebound. London, the Savoy - E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling et al. hardcover
USA: Munn & Company. Paperback. 56 pages. Features: Dr. John D. Strong; The Appalachian Trail; Detailed drawing of a newly designed lightship which will replace the ill-fated Nantucket; Surprising discoveries in the near east show that iron glass the arch and bathrooms were in use far earlier than formerly supposed; Telepathy and Clairvoyance in a Trance Medium - an intensive series of tests conducted with a medium Mrs. Eileen J. Garrett and her spirit control showed the spirit to be no better as a telepathist than the medium; How bright is a lightning bug; Various types of photographic exposure meters; Planets much larger than Jupiter are impossible; Copper and copper alloys are resisting corrosion; Back on the Land - The Subsistence Homestead movement is slowly reversing the urbanization trend - an experiment at Reedsville West Virginia - article with photos; All-Wave Reception; Power from the Boulder Dam - two-pages of exceptional photos; Disordered glands can produce giants and dwarfs fanatics and loafers; Rotating Wing Aircraft helicopters - intriguing possibilities; The Amateur Astronomer; photo of salvage bathysphere; Progress in Science - by Kermit Roosevelt; and more. Above-average external wear. Front cover nearly detached. Tape along backstrip. Not pretty but an informative vintage issue. . Fair. 1935. First Edition. Munn & Company paperback
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1949. 1st ed. thus. hardback with dust jacket. Nice copy. octavo. 400pp. ep maps index Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover
London - Arthur Hall and Co. 1847 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A scarce edition of this devotional work by Jacob Abbott. New edition. With a preface and corrections by the Rev. J. W. Cunningham. Including an engraved frontispiece. Condition: In a full calf binding. Externally sound though with some marks and rubbing to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Ink inscription to recto of front free-endpaper. Pages are generally bright and clean with just a few patches of foxing. Overall: VERY GOOD. London - Arthur Hall and Co. hardcover
1986. reli�. D'OccasionTr�sBon�tat. Ouest-France 1986. In-8 couverture cartonn� illustr�e en couleur 217 pages. Les diff�rents modes de chasse du grand gibier sont d�crits ainsi que l�armement et l��quipement n�cessaires au chasseur. De nombreux croquis et tableaux viennent renforcer le texte illustr� de plus de 60 photographies couleur d�animaux sc�nes de chasse. Kaps p. 110 unknown
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