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ref. 1601561652.Gspiral_bound. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1809ref. 783081809. A Shilling for His Reputation": An Ironic Libel Suit Brought by a Convicted Libeler - Exceptionally Rare Trial. Tipper Samuel Defendant. Finnerty Peter c.1766-1822 Plaintiff. Finnerty v. Tipper. A Full and Accurate Report of the Trial of the Action Brought by Peter Finnerty Against Samuel Tipper Publisher of "The Satirist" For a Libel. Tried in the Court of Common Pleas Before Sir James Mansfield And a Special Jury On Saturday The 18th of February Last. Taken in Shorthand by an Eminent Reporter; With Some Prefatory Observations and Notes by the Editor. London: Printed for J.M. Richardson 1809. vii 80 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2"; 22.2 x 14 cm. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet retaining its original untrimmed edges. Moderate toning light intermittent foxing and minor soiling in a few places. Leaves starting at the head but remaining firmly secure. A well-preserved survival of a fragile production. $1500. THIS DESCRIPTION IS TRUNCATED DUE TO CHARACTER LIMITS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A COMPLETE VERSION. First and only edition. This exceptionally rare verbatim report captures a deeply ironic moment in British legal history: a notorious libeler bringing a civil suit for libel to protect a reputation he barely possessed. The plaintiff Peter Finnerty was a fiery Irish radical publisher and journalist whose career was defined by legal battles against the British establishment. In 1797 he was convicted of seditious libel for publishing works sympathetic to the United Irishmen rebellion. Finnerty's relentless anti-establishment crusade made him a celebrated figure among Romantic radicals; the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley famously wrote and published A Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things 1811 specifically to raise funds for Finnerty's mounting legal fees and support him during his imprisonment. By 1809 Finnerty was once again in the government's crosshairs facing new libel charges after publishing a pamphlet exposing the Duke of York's scandalous sale of military promotions the infamous Mary Anne Clarke affair. While Finnerty awaited trial for this offense Samuel Tipper publisher of the fiercely Tory and pro-establishment magazine The Satirist launched a vicious print attack on him. Refusing to take the insult lying down Finnerty swiftly brought a civil libel suit against Tipper i. unknown
1976ref. 2090502128900137play guide journal company 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 116p Size: 21cm Number of books: 2 play guide journal company paperback
2010ref. DADAX1442201886Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2010-10-16. paperback. New. 6.00x0.45x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers paperback
2010ref. DADAX1442201878Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2010-10-16. hardcover. New. 6.35x0.64x9.43. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers hardcover
1976ref. 2090502113718221Not Available 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1984ref. 2090502113715193Not Available 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1977ref. 2090502113716562Not Available 1977. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1986ref. 2090502113717063Not Available 1986. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1983ref. 2090502113702225Not Available 1983. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1982ref. 2090502113707569Not Available 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1980ref. 217732Beijing.: No publication details. 1980. One photograph with two images on it showing very clearly "The Ten Main Defendants in the Dock" during the Gang of Four trials. The upper photo shows Yao Wenyuan Jiang Tengjiao Qiu Huizao Wu Faxian and Jiangqing the lower photo shows Huang Yongsheng Chen Boda Wang Hongwen Li Zuoteng and Zhang Chunqiao. The number 18 at lower right of photo indicates that this is part of a series of photographs illegible red stamp on reverse. Slightly creased in places else in good condition. Page measures 23 x 30.7 cm upper photo measures 9.5 x 26.8cm lower measures 10.8 x 26.8cm. . No publication details. unknown
ref. 0365497258.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1396335846.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1857ref. 839041857. 4 titles in 1 book. 4 titles in 1 book. Account of a Famous Glasgow Murder Trial Bound with Three Other Diverting Books Trial. Smith Madeleine 1835-1928 Defendant. Glasgow Poisoning Case. Unabridged Report of the Evidence in this Extraordinary Trial With All the Passionate Love Letters Written by the Prisoner to the Deceased And Numerous Illustrations Including Portrait of Madeleine Smith. London: George Vickers Angel Court Strand 1857. 77 pp. 7 woodcut plates 3 folding. Only edition. Bound After Ward Artemus Pseud. of Charles Farrar Browne 1834-1867. Artemus Ward His Book: Being the Confessions & Experiences of a Showman. London: S.O. Beeton 248 Strand W.C. 1865. viii 168 pp. Half-title lacking. Later edition; first published in 1862. And Barnum P.T. 1810-1891. The Life of P.T. Barnum Written by Himself. Author's Edition. London: Sampson Low Son & Co. 47 Ludgate Hill 1855. viii 372 pp. Woodcut frontispiece. Woodcut text illustrations. First London edition published the same year as the first edition New York 1855. And Hawthorne Nathaniel. Pansie: A Fragment. The Last Literary Effort of Nathaniel Hawthorne. London: John Camden Hotten Piccadilly 1864. 48 pp. Only edition. Octavo 6-1/4" x 4"; 15.9 x 10.2 cm. Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Some bubbling and rubbing to boards heavier rubbing to extremities with wear to fore-edges of boards front joints just starting at ends corners bumped and moderately worn hinges cracked some bubbling to pastedowns bookplate residue to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior wear and clean tears to folding frontispiece of Glasgow Poisoning Case one tear mended with cellotape. A very good volume overall. $450. These unrelated small-format titles may have been assembled to provide diversion to a traveler. It includes a book of humorous sketches by Ward Barnum's entertaining and inspiring autobiography the first part of Hawthorne's novel The Dolliver Romance and an account of a famous murder trial. In 1855 Smith a Glasgow socialite began a passionate affair with Pierre Emile L'Angelier. When her parents found a more suitable match she attempted to break the relationship but he threatened to use their love letters to expose her if she did not marry him. He died from arsenic poisoning. unknown
1983ref. 769724PN. New. 1983. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1985ref. 2091202133209954Hizen Hasami Sake Promotion Association 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Hizen Hasami Sake Promotion Association paperback
ref. 22164'C. B. Fields i.e. Cold Bath Fields Prison London October 14th 1824'. See Fauntleroy's entry in the Oxford DNB. Although accounts of his depravity are exaggerated Fauntleroy led a dissolute life and appropriated securities worth around £360000. During his trial at the Old Bailey he called seventeen merchants and bankers to testify to his integrity but his defence was unsuccessful and he was hanged outside Newgate before a crowd of 100000. The present item is 1p 4to. Bifolium addressed on reverse of second leaf to 'Sir Cuthbert Sharp &c &c' with endorsement. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with slight damage to inner edge of second leaf caused by removal from mount. With several folds. Written in a clear hand with a good bold signature. Reads: 'My Dear Sir Cuthbert I have heard from you with every attention what you have proposed from the Assignees to me – I will give it every consideration & shall hope in a few days to communicate with you upon the subject I remain Most faithfully Yrs H Fauntleroy'. Sharp was presumably an assignee of an estate which had suffered as a result of Fauntleroy's forgeries. 'C. B. Fields [i.e. Cold Bath Fields Prison, London] October 14th 1824'. unknown
ref. #[17804]8º: 2 23 A-I 8 -I8 blanco gepag.: 6 142 pp. Kartonnen omslag. Knuttel 19362 Van Woensel Amurath-Effendi Hekim-Bachi ingeleid en geannoteerd door drs. J.J. Wesselo Zutphen 1974 l Satirisch pamflet over de Amerikaanse Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog. De "Hanoversche Knoopen-draaijer" is koning George III van Groot-Brittannië die uit het Huis van Hanover stamde; knopendraaierij is volgens het WNT misleiding door mooie praatjes. De afloop unknown
1795ref. 683871795. London 1795. First edition. London 1795. First edition. The Pop-Gun Plot Trial. Lemaitre Paul Thomas Defendant. High Treason!! Narrative of the Arrest Examinations Before the Privy Council And Imprisonment of P.T Lemaitre Accused of Being a Party in the Pop-Gun Plot or A Pretended Plot to Kill the King! In Which is Introduced the Correspondence with the Privy Council. London: Printed for P.T. Lemaitre 1795. ii 60 pp. Lacking half-title. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet untrimmed edges. Light soiling to exterior "12." in early hand to upper corner of title page. Moderate toning to text final leaf which has two clean tears with no loss to text partially detached and lightly edgeworn. $750. First edition. The Popgun Plot was an alleged 1794 conspiracy by three members of the London Corresponding Society a British Radical organization to assassinate King George III with a poison dart fired from a pop-gun airgun. Lemaitre was one of four men indicted as conspirators and charged with treason. All four were acquitted in May 1796 because the chief witness against them died. Our pamphlet is the primary account of this case. A second edition was published in 1795. Both editions are rare. OCLC locates 16 copies of both editions 1 in a North American law library Social Law which has a first edition. English Short-Title Catalogue T81543. unknown
1817ref. 657281817. With a Duplicate Colored Frontispiece Annotated by George Cruikshank Trial. Thistlewood Arthur 1770-1820 Defendant. Watson James Defendant. Preston Thomas Defendant. Hooper John Defendant. Cruikshank Isaac 1764-1811 Illustrator. Cruikshank George 1792-1878 Annotation. High Treason!! The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of Arthur Thistlewood Gent. James Watson The Elder Surgeon Thomas Preston Cordwainer And John Hooper Labourer: Upon an Indictment Found Against Them for High Treason. Fairburn's Edition. London: Printed by W. Marchant; Published by John Fairburn 1817. 23 parts comprising 360 numbered columns. Folding frontispiece two plates. Complete. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4"; 22.86 x 14.60 cm. Original plain paper-covered publisher boards with contrasting spine untrimmed edges. Some soiling and staining moderate edgewear spine abraded and worn front board detached early owner signature L. Palmer and later owner bookplate of William Hartmann Woodin 1868-1934 to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text minor oil stains and dampstains to a few leaves. Brief annotations in pencil to front pastedown and verso folding plates both entry references to Douglas's Works of George Cruikshank interior otherwise clean. Duplicate of folding frontispiece hand-colored and with an annotation by George Cruikshank laid in. It is lightly soiled lightly edgeworn and beginning to tear along fold lines later reference annotation to Douglas bibliography to top margin. Items housed in a quarter-morocco over cloth slipcase with raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities. A unique copy of a rare title. $950. First and only edition. A "Fairburn's Edition" which provides the "whole proceedings" of the trials. It includes verbatim accounts of the evidence presented arguments from defense attorneys and the cross-examination of witnesses. The trials occurred during a period of significant post-Napoleonic War economic hardship and political repression in Britain. The defendants were part of a movement advocating for radical reforms like universal suffrage and land redistribution. The men organized two mass meetings at Spa Fields to protest and petition the Prince Regent. While the first meeting was largely peaceful the second on December 2 1816 devolved into a riot. unknown
1863ref. 830711863. Trial. Bailey John Crawshay Primary Defendant. Somerset Henry Charles FitzRoy 8th Duke of Beaufort 1824-1899 Plaintiff. In the Common Pleas. His Grace the Duke of Beaufort Against John Crawshay Bailey and Others. For Trespass on Cwmdu Hill In the Parish of St. Michael Cwmdu Breconshire. Report of the Trial Before Mr. Justice Mellor and a Special Jury At Brecon On the 21st 23d And 24th of March 1863. Watkins Hooper Baylis And Baker 11 Sackville Street London Solicitors for His Grace. London: Printed by Strangeways & Walden 1863. iv 284 2 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6-1/4"; 24.5 x 15.5 cm. Later green pebbled cloth printed paper label to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and minor shelfwear moderate toning to interior negligible light foxing and soiling to a few leaves presentation inscription "C. Lloyd Esq./ With Mr. Baker's Compliments/ 30 March 1868" to front endleaf. $300. Somerset the 8th Duke of Beaufort was a British peer military officer and Conservative politician. This case centered on trespassing by members of the public on some of his vast property holdings totalling some 51000 acres in all in Wales. The defendants nearby farmers alleged that the portions of the land in question were part of their estates but the court found for the Duke. This copy was presented by Charles Baker one of the Duke's attorneys in the case. This is a scarce title. OCLC locates 3 copies in North American law libraries Columbia Harvard Jenkins Law Library. unknown
1863ref. 831271863. Don't Trespass on My Land! Trial. Bailey John Crawshay Primary Defendant. Somerset Henry Charles FitzRoy 8th Duke of Beaufort 1824-1899 Plaintiff. In the Common Pleas. His Grace the Duke of Beaufort Against John Crawshay Bailey and Others. For Trespass on Cwmdu Hill In the Parish of St. Michael Cwmdu Breconshire. Report of the Trial Before Mr. Justice Mellor and a Special Jury At Brecon On the 21st 23d And 24th of March 1863. Watkins Hooper Baylis And Baker 11 Sackville Street London Solicitors for His Grace. London: Printed by Strangeways & Walden 1863. iv 284 2 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6-1/4"; 24.5 x 15.5 cm. Textured cloth with later cloth rebacking printed paper label to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and minor shelfwear faint dampstaining to boards minor bubbling of cloth in places moderate toning to interior mostly negligible light foxing and soiling to a few leaves inscription "To be kept with His Grace's Breconshire Muniments/ C. Baker/ 29 Apl. 1863" to head of title page. $300. Somerset the 8th Duke of Beaufort was a British peer military officer and Conservative politician. This case centered on trespassing by members of the public on some of his vast property holdings about 51000 acres in Wales. The defendants nearby farmers alleged that the portions of the land in question were part of their estates but the court found for the Duke. This copy was apparently retained and filed by Charles Baker one of the Duke's attorneys in the case who was also an antiquarian and the duke's "steward of seignories of Gower and Kilvey." This is a scarce title. OCLC locates 3 copies in North American law libraries Columbia Harvard Jenkins Law Library. Powys-Land Club Collections Historical and Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire 5:407. unknown
ref. 95800Very Good. Single leaf folded to form four pages with list of 83 names on first two pages. Three later horizontal folds probably for filing. Has some pencil markings beside most names -- either a red "x" or an black line. Ink note at top of one of the narrow folded section on last page:Jury of 80 Men for trial of Jorden on Tuesday 28th Inst. Waterstain -- name still quite readable -- a bit wavy but covers about the right third of both leaves as folded. No information as to date or location. Looks like it probably dates sometime in first two-thirds of 19th century. Someone might be able to narrow it down -- most juror names seem common but Plesant W. Ponder probably is not. Later pencil note in unknown hand on last page: possibly Lawrence County Alabama. unknown
1817ref. 619331817. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. "Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit" Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford A Beautiful Young Virgin Who was Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence Charge to the Jury &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes Before Mr. Justice Holroyd On the 8th of August 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn 1817. ii 60 columns 34 pp 64 1 pp. Several newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear spine and fold-lines of table reinforced fore-edge mended some toning to text. Early owner inscriptions to front wrapper "Bright" and "St John Crookes" and verso of map "St John Crookes/ Sunderland/ 1856". $950. "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton a bricklayer was accused of the rape and murder of Mary Ashford when she was found dead the morning after a dance where the two had been seen together. Thornton admitted that the two had been consensually intimate but denied the charges of rape and murder. Eyewitness accounts backed up his story and in the absence of other evidence he was acquitted of both charges. Public outcry around his acquittal led to Mary's brother William invoking an "appeal of murder." This uncommon legal practice allowed a retrial of a defendant acquitted for murder but crucially gave the defendant the right to trial by battle. Thornton invoked that right and was released after William Ashford declined the challenge. The case resulted in the abolition of appeals by murder and thus the end of trial by battle. Despite his protestations of innocence the public was thoroughly convinced of his guilt. Unable to lead a normal life Thornton moved to the United States and settled in Baltimore Maryland. One of the former owners of our copy may have been John Bright 1811-1889 a r. unknown
