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1878rif. 019037Columbus OH: Jacob H. Studer & Co. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents fresh one long closed tear to a text page in the second volume. Rubbing with some splitting to the leather along the spine edge of the front cover of the first volume but covers firm. Some loss of cloth to the second volume. Very Good with clean bright plates. Theodore Jasper. Two folio 11-3/4" x 15" volumes bound in publisher's half morocco leather with matching morocco corners. The first volume illustrated with 119 lovely chromolithographs drawn and colored from nature by Theodore Jasper; the second volume with 37 tinted lithographs. One of the best as well as one of the last great color-illustrated ornithologies. Later editions especially the 1903 edition have noticeably inferior quality plates. Jacob H. Studer & Co. hardcover books
1721rif. 673061721. Scarce Treatise by Jacob on Common Civil and Canon Law Jacob Giles 1686-1744. A Treatise of Laws: Or A General Introduction to the Common Civil and Canon Law. In Three Parts. I. The Common Law of England: Illustrated in Great Variety of Maxims &c. Also the Use of this Law; With References to Statutes in All Cases. II. Of the Civil Law Intermix'd With the Law of Nations and Its Use Here in England; and a Parallell Between Civil Law and Common Law. III. The Canon Law and Laws Ecclesiastical; Containing the Authority and Rights of the English Clergy; Of Patrons and Churches; Courts Ecclesiastical Trials &c. The Whole Adapted to the Use of Students and Practicers of the Law; Students of the Universities; Civilians Proctors Ecclesiasticks and All Young Gentlemen. London: Printed for T. Woodward and J. Peele 1721. ii vi 6 533 15 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Contemporary calf rebacked retaining existing spine with raised bands and lettering piece blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints front hinge mended. A few minor nicks and scuffs to boards some rubbing to extremities corners bumped joints just starting at ends rear hinge cracked. Moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places brief early annotations to a few passages. A nice copy of a scarce title. $950. First edition one of two issues from 1721. This title is unique in Jacob's prolific output because it discusses civil and canon law at length. The mention of "civilians proctors clergy and gentlemen" in the subtitle is significant. Jacob though certainly interested in boosting sales by attracting the widest audience possible was an idealist who believed that widespread knowledge of the law would help create a more just society. Counting both issues OCLC locates 9 copies in North American law libraries. Jefferson owned a copy of this edition: Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 1804. English Short-Title Catalogue N13977. unknown books
1732rif. 653631732. A Handbook for the Freemen of London Jacob Giles 1686-1744. City-Liberties: Or The Rights and Privileges of Freemen. Being a Concise Abridgment of All the Laws Charters By-Laws And Customs of London Down to this Time: Containing The Liberties and Advantages of the Citizens Their Wives Widows Orphans And Others; And the Laws Concerning Wills Administration and Distribution of Estates Actions Attachments and Sequestrations. Also Of Binding Forth Apprentices Taking out Freedoms Election of Officers and Courts in the City; Companies of Trade &c. As Regulated by Late Statures. Very Useful To all Citizens and Other Inhabitants of the City of London. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling 1732. viii 168 8 pp. Two leaves at rear of text both publisher advertisements lacking. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Later three-quarter morocco over textured cloth gilt fillets and title to spine title page re-hinged. Some rubbing to extremities moderate toning and occasional faint dampstaining to text light soiling to a few leaves upper corner lacking from leaf I6 pp. 123-124 with loss to a few words of text. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown stamps to front endleaf verso of title page and head of preface. $350. Only edition. Contents arranged alphabetically by topic. Jacob addressed this handbook to the "Freemen of London" even "the most common Readers" viii. This distinction is significant. Jacob though certainly interested in boosting sales by attracting the widest audience possible was an idealist who believed that widespread knowledge of the law would help create a more just society. This is also evident in his other publications such as the Treatise of Laws 1721 The Common Law Common-Placed 1726 and Every Man His Own Lawyer 1736. OCLC locates 10 copies in North American law libraries. English Short-Title Catalogue T137004. unknown books
1720rif. 607721720. London 1720. third & final edition. London 1720. third & final edition. Best Edition of Jacob's JP Manual Jacob Giles 1686-1744. The Modern Justice: Containing the Business of a Justice of Peace In All its Parts. As an Abridgment of the Common Law And of All the Acts of Parliament Relating to Justices of Peace Constables and Other Parish Officers Under Them Compleat Down to this Time; And Some Special Law-Cases to Illustrate the Same. With Great Variety of the Most Authentick Precedents of Precepts Summons Warrants Examinations Commitments Indictments &c. Regularly Interspersed Fitting all Occasions for Putting of the Laws in Force. Also the Chairman's Charge in the Quarter-Sessions; Proceedings in Trying of Criminals Motions and Trials of Causes Relating to Settlements &c. And the Particular Power of Mayors Given by Statute with Precedents of Warrants &c. in all Cases. To Which are Added A Concise Account of the Constitution and Government of a Considerable Workhouse for Employing of the Poor Within the City of Bristol. An Alphabetical Table Shewing what Acts of Parliament do Concern the Business of a Justice. And a Compleat Table to the Whole. Corrected Improv'd and Continued to this Present Year 1720. London: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling 1720. viii 502 42 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Contemporary paneled calf rebacked in period style raised bands and lettering piece to spine hinges mended. Some rubbing to extremities with some wear to corners light toning to text. Later owner signature to front free endpaper brief annotation to rear pastedown internally clean. $500. Third edition. This is the final and most complete edition. The first edition appeared in 1717. It was reissued in 1718 with new preliminaries. In the third edition Jacob has "continued the statutes to the present year; added many new entire heads and precedents never before printed; a very great number of references and variety of cases and resolutions in the superior courts" preface. He also added about 100 pages of new material. One of the most interesting features is the detailed six-page description of the workhouse at Bristol. It forms part of a full chapter devoted to the Poor Law pp.324-348. OCLC locates 11 copies of this edition in North American law libraries. English Short-Title Catalogue T136996. unknown books
1768rif. 598411768. The Dawn of the "Self-Help" Legal Genre in the New World Jacob Giles 1686-1744. Every Man His Own Lawyer: Or A Summary of the Laws of England In a New and Instructive Method Under the Following Heads Viz. I. Of Actions and Remedies Writs Process Arrests and Bail. II. Of Courts Attornies and Solicitors Therein Juries Witnesses Trials Executions &c. III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods And How Acquired Ancestors Heirs Executors and Administrators. IV. Of the Laws Relating to Marriage Bastardy Infants Ideots Lunaticks. V. Of the Liberty of the Subject Magna Charta the Habeas Corpus Act and other Statutes. VI. Of the King and his Prerogative the Queen and Prince Peers Judges Sheriffs Coroners Justices of Peace Constables &c. VII. Of Publick Offences Treason Murder Felony Burglary Robbery Rape Sodomy Forgery Perjury &c. and Their Punishment. All of Them so Plainly Treated of That All Manner of Persons May be Particularly Acquainted With Our Laws and Statutes Concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs And Know How to Defend Themselves and Their Estates and Fortunes An All Cases Whatsoever. Corrected and Improved With Many Additions from Lord Raymond Comyn Strange Foster And with the Statute Law Down to 4 Geo. 3. Inclusive. New-York: Printed by Hugh Gaine 1768. iv 289 13 pp. Octavo 7-1/4" x 4-1/2". Contemporary sheep blind fillets and decorative blind tooling to boards. Moderate rubbing to extremities some chipping to spine ends corners bumped and lightly worn a few minor scuffs to boards hinges cracked light browning to text. Early owner signature to rear pastedown interior otherwise clean. $2000. First American edition designated the seventh on the title page in reference to the prior six editions published in London. Before the Revolution access to legal knowledge was often guarded by the elite. Giles Jacob one of the 18th century's most prolific legal minds sought to change that. While his peers wrote for the bench and bar Jacob wrote for "All Manner of Persons." He was a legal idealist who believed that a society is only as just as its citizens are informed-a philosophy clearly reflected in this landmark publication. While the work saw ten successful editions in London between 1736 and 1788 this 1768 New York printing marks a pivotal. unknown books
1953rif. 601731953. Jacob Ernest Fraser. Essays in the Conciliar Epoch. 2nd ed. Manchester: Manchester University Press 1953. viii 264 pp. With index. Cloth Good. $5. Second edition with two further chapters and critical comments first published in 1943. Contents: Conciliar thought. Dietrich of Niem. Englishmen and the general councils of the fifteenth century. English conciliar activity 1395-1418. Ockham as a political thinker. Sir John Fortescue and the law of nature. The Brethren of the Common Life. The De imitatione Christi. Cusanus the Theologian. "Middle Ages" and "Renaissance." Verborum florida venustas. English university clerks in the later Middle Ages. unknown books
1932rif. 368276Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1932. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine and bright dustwrapper. A beautiful copy of this analysis of the Depression and an indictment of installment selling competitive banking and stock manipulation that helped prevent future recurrences and is credited with bringing about today's economic utopia. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1758rif. 016251Philadelphia: William Bradford 1758. First Edition. Hardcover. Title page with a few repaired tears hinged with following Preface page; two adjoining leaves pages 441-444 of text lacking and supplied with facsimiles. Contents Very Good binding about Fine. Folio 7-1/4" x 11-1/2" bound in contemporary calf leather with a decorative blindstamped border recently rebacked with a new gilt-lettered and decorated spine preserving original paste-downs and free endpapers; 4 763 pages. Title within rule border decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces. An important compilation of the fundamental New Jersey charters and session laws of the proprietary period 1664 to 1702 up to Lord Cornbury's commission and instructions as Royal Governor when New Jersey became a crown colony under Queen Anne. Publication was ordered by the New Jersey Assembly in 1752 but two years were required to collect the documents to be included while the typesetting and printing took Bradford an additional three. By the date of publication some 170 copies had been subscribed. This title was the largest volume issued from Bradford's press and one of the largest from any eighteenth-century American press. Evans 8205; Sabin 39527. Early owner name on the title page and early twentieth century names on the front pastedown. W[illiam] Bradford hardcover books
2010rif. 547402010. ISBN-13: 9781584779704; ISBN-10: 1584779705. A Tribute to Calamandrei Stein Jacob A. Eulogy of Lawyers: Written by a Lawyer. Clark: The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2010. xix xi-xiii new introduction 317 pp. Preface by Bryan A. Garner President Law Prose Inc.; Distinguished Research Professor of Law Southern Methodist University Dallas Texas; Editor current editions of Black's Law Dictionary. ISBN-13: 9781584779704; ISBN-10: 1584779705. Paperback. New. $24.95 In 1936 Piero Calamandrei an Italian lawyer and law professor published Elogio dei Giudici Scritto da un Avvocato a wry collection of maxims anecdotes and observations on the nature of the legal process. Translated in 1946 as Eulogy of Judges Written by a Lawyer it gradually acquired a reputation among sophisticated legal circles as the best lawyer's book ever written. Written by a self-described member of the "Piero Calamandrei Freemasonry Society" Eulogy of Lawyers revives the spirit of its great predecessor while shifting the focus to the other side of the bench. "Stein is a rare breed: a superb noted advocate - one of the finest of his day - who is also a literary essayist. I can think of only two comparable predecessors: Lord Brougham and Clarence Darrow." Bryan A. Garner Preface xii-xiii. Jacob A. Stein has for over 60 years conducted a trial practice. He has been an adjunct professor at American University Law School George Washington University Law School and Georgetown University Law School where he has taught for the last 21 years. He has been president of the District of Columbia Bar. He has served on various judicial committees connected with the Federal Judiciary. He was appointed in 1985 to serve as the United States Independent Counsel to inquire as to the suitability of the President's choice as Attorney General of the United States. His articles have appeared in The American Scholar Times Literary Supplement The Washington Post The Wilson Quarterly the Washington Lawyer the Green Bag Litigation and other publications. His books include Legal Spectator & More 2003 The Law of Law Firms 1994 Closing Argument: The Art and the Law 1969 and other titles. unknown books
2010rif. 547392010. ISBN-13: 9781584779698; ISBN-10: 1584779691. A Tribute to Calamandrei Stein Jacob A. Eulogy of Lawyers: Written by a Lawyer. Clark: The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2010. xix xi-xiii new introduction 317 pp. Preface by Bryan A. Garner President LawProse Inc.; Distinguished Research Professor of Law Southern Methodist University Dallas Texas; Editor current editions of Black's Law Dictionary. ISBN-13: 9781584779698; ISBN-10: 1584779691. Hardcover with dust jacket. New. $39.95 In 1936 Piero Calamandrei an Italian lawyer and law professor published Elogio dei Giudici Scritto da un Avvocato a wry collection of maxims anecdotes and observations on the nature of the legal process. Translated in 1946 as Eulogy of Judges Written by a Lawyer it gradually acquired a reputation among sophisticated legal circles as the best lawyer's book ever written. Written by a self-described member of the "Piero Calamandrei Freemasonry Society" Eulogy of Lawyers revives the spirit of its great predecessor while shifting the focus to the other side of the bench. "Stein is a rare breed: a superb noted advocate - one of the finest of his day - who is also a literary essayist. I can think of only two comparable predecessors: Lord Brougham and Clarence Darrow." Bryan A. Garner Preface xii-xiii. Jacob A. Stein conducted a trial practice for over 60 years and was an adjunct professor at American University Law School George Washington University Law School and Georgetown University Law School where he has taught for over 20 years. He has been president of the District of Columbia Bar. He has served on various judicial committees connected with the Federal Judiciary. He was appointed in 1985 to serve as the United States Independent Counsel to inquire as to the suitability of the President's choice as Attorney General of the United States. His articles have appeared in The American Scholar the Times Literary Supplement The Washington Post The Wilson Quarterly the Washington Lawyer The Green Bag Litigation and other publications. His books include Legal Spectator & More 2003 The Law of Law Firms 1994 Closing Argument: The Art and the Law 1969 and other titles. unknown books
1959rif. 6376Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very fine/Near Fine. First English translation. Translated from the German and Edited by Thomas N. Bonner. 114pp. Drawings and maps by Joe Beeler. A very fine copy with dust jacket. Schiel served with the Gunnison Expedition sent out in 1853 to explore the possibilities of a railroad route to the Pacific. Fate allowed him to escape the massacre of Gunnison's command and he continued the remainder of the expedition under the command of Lieutenant Beckwith wintering with the Mormons at Salt Lake City and reaching the coast the following year. University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
1967rif. 1772Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne 1967. Hardcover. Fine. First book edition first published serially in the Overland Monthly. Limited to 2350 copies. Foreword by John Barr Tompkins. 109pp. Illustrations from early prints endpaper maps. Turquoise cloth gilt anchor device stamped on front cover. A very fine copy. Stillman's narrative of his extraordinary trip back home to Baltimore from San Francisco in 1850. He traveled on the ship Plymouth from San Francisco to Realejo port in Nicaragua followed by a canoe trip up-river to the town of Realejo. Then came a long overland trek by horse to the shark infested waters of Lake Nicaragua two abortive attempts to run the length of Lake Nicaragua by native canoe a successful crossing of the lake in a small overloaded schooner another canoe trip down to the sea a trip on the brig Mechanic and finally home on the Polly Hinds. Stillman returned to California in 1856 to live the rest of his life because "There is more intelligence and generous good feeling than in any country I ever saw." Kurutz: 605-c. Lewis Osborne hardcover books
1961rif. 014609Providence RI 1961-62. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor foxing to preliminaries. Near Fine. Ilse Buchert. Small thin folio 9-1/2" x 12-3/4" in decorated boards; 12 pages. Illustrated with a number of small black and red woodcuts scattered throughout the text. This version of Grimm's tale "The Kingbird and the Bear" a story of a humorous battle between the land animals and the flying creatures of the world was printed and illustrated by Ilse Buchert in obviously small numbers though no statement of limitation is included in the book. hardcover books
1904rif. 014375New York: The Outlook Company 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Hinges cracked and neatly repaired. Still Near Fine. Second Printing in publisher's original decorated cloth. Illustrated with plates. This copy virtually unique as it is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by both the author and the subject as President. Riis's inscription is dated 5 August 1908. Roosevelt writes: "with the best wishes of/Theodore Roosevelt/The White House/Jan. 18th 1909." The addition of "The White House" by Roosevelt is notable as prior to his administration the residence was known as the "President's Palace" the "President's House" and the "Executive Mansion." It was Roosevelt who officially named it "The White House" in 1901. Of the many books signed by Roosevelt we have both handled and seen we have never before encountered one in which he has noted his official residence along with his signature. Jacob Riis among the most dedicated advocates for America's oppressed and downtrodden arrived in New York from his native Denmark at the age of 21 in 1870. A pioneer in photojournalism Riis photographed and wrote about the slums and tenements of a New York in the dawn of a new century. Riis came to Roosevelt's attention through his 1890 book HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. As Commissioner of the New York City Police Department Roosevelt accompanied Riis on his evening travels through the slums and witnessed firsthand the inhumane conditions endured by many of New York's inhabitants. In his 1901 book MAKING OF AN AMERICAN Riis wrote of Roosevelt: "It could not have been long after I wrote HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES that he came to the Evening Sun office one day looking for me. I was out and he left his card merely writing on the back of it that he had read my book and had 'come to help.' That was all and it tells the whole story of the man. I loved him from the day I first saw him; nor ever in all the years that have passed has he failed of the promise made then. No one ever helped as he did. For two years we were brothers on Mulberry Street." Roosevelt in turn wrote of Riis after his death: "It is difficult for me to write of Jacob Riis only from the public standpoint. He was one of my truest and closest friends. I have ever prized the fact that once in speaking of me he said 'since I met him he has been my brother.' I have not only admired and respected him beyond measure but I have loved him dearly . and I mourn him as if he were one of my own family." The Outlook Company hardcover books
1921rif. 110122New York: The Macmillan Company 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. Later edition. Very good with tidemarks on the boards. Lacking the dust jacket. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
2007rif. 520282007. ISBN-13: 9781584778516; ISBN-10: 1584778512. Principles that Moved the Leaders of the American Revolution Jacob Giles. The Laws of Liberty and Property. Or A Concise Treatise of All the Laws Statutes and Ordinances Made for the Benefit and Protection of the Subjects of England: And the Preservation of their Lives Estates Lands and Tenements Goods Chattels Rights Privileges &c. The Second Edition. London: John Cooper 1734. xii 118 pp. Reprint The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2007. ISBN-13: 9781584778516. Hardcover. New. $49.95 Second edition first published in 1724. The Laws of Liberty and Property acts as a concise historical outline of individual rights spanning from the Magna Carta to the Habeas Corpus Act. It serves as a foundational expression of the radical Whig principles that would later animate the intellectual framework of the American Revolution. Jacob breaks the text down into vital legal themes including "crimes against the King and the Subject" "Civil Rights and Liberties" "Forfeitures" and "Pardons." Crucially the volume concludes with an analysis of six distinct parliamentary acts "infringing upon Public Liberty." Giles Jacob 1686-1744 was the preeminent and most prolific British legal writer of the early eighteenth century. Greatly influenced by the political philosophy of John Locke Jacob operated under the idealist conviction that clarifying and simplifying the language of law would safeguard the rights of everyday citizens against tyranny. Jacob's texts were widely exported to the American colonies heavily read by early American lawyers and directly informed the colonial legal arguments regarding the "rights of Englishmen" during the imperial crises of the 1760s and 1770s. unknown books
2003rif. 365912003. 2 Vols.ISBN-13: 9781584773351; ISBN-10: 1584773359. Seidman Jacob S. Seidman's Legislative History of Federal Income and Excess Profits Tax Laws 1953-1939. New York: Prentice-Hall Inc. 1954. 2 Volumes. xvi 1167-2119; ii 2117-3012 pp. 1884 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773351; ISBN-10: 1584773359. Hardcover. New. $295. Covering the years 1939-1954 in inverse chronology a collection of the texts of United States Congressional committee reports Congressional Records reports of hearings and laws passed or rejected relating to all of the income tax provisions of the Revenue Acts that are of interpretive significance this legislative history will be of interest to those arguing or ruling on tax cases. A continuation of Seidman's Legislative History of Federal Income Tax Laws 1938-1861 also published by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. with the addition of extensive material relating to excess profit tax laws. unknown books
2005rif. 413612005. ISBN-13: 9781584775539; ISBN-10: 158477553X. Holyoake George Jacob. The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy. Originally published: London: James Watson 1851. vi 100 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775539; ISBN-10: 158477553X. Hardcover. New. $24.95 Holyoake 1817-1906 a notable free-thinking socialist lecturer and self-described "agitator" was the last person in England indicted for blasphemy based on remarks during a debate after one of his speaking engagements. Though convicted he emerged the moral victor. As his account of the trial indicates he defended his position eloquently. And his stirring critique of the blasphemy laws did much to undermine their validity in the popular mind. unknown books
2002rif. 336282002. ISBN-13: 9781584772194; ISBN-10: 1584772190. Leaming Aaron and Jacob Spicer. The Grants Concessions and Original Constitutions of the Province of New Jersey: The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments and Other Material Transactions Before the Surrender Thereof to Queen Anne The Instrument of Surrender and Her Formal Acceptance Thereof Lord Cornbury's Commission and Instructions Consequent Thereon Collected by Some Gentlemen Employed By the General Assembly. And Afterwards Published by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the said Province With Proper Tables Alphabetically Digested Containing the Principal Matters in the Book. Philadelphia: W. Bradford 1881. vi 763 pp. Reprint The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2002. ISBN-13: 9781584772194. Hardcover. New. $135. Reprint of the 1881 second edition. Originally printed by William Bradford at Philadelphia in 1758. The work covers the years 1664-1702 and contains the deeds and agreements of the proprietary period and Lord Cornbury's commission and instructions as royal governor together with the laws passed before the surrender of the province to Queen Anne. Includes laws regarding trade regulation roads militia livestock courts appointment of governors Indians negroes civil and religious freedom Quakers taxes war land grants liquor sales freeholders legislature privileges and rights and individuals and more. The capital laws covered state that adultery rape witchcraft and conspiracy all were punishable by death. With an index for East Jersey and an index for West Jersey. unknown books
2003rif. 365922003. ISBN-13: 9781584773368; ISBN-10: 1584773367. Seidman Jacob S. Seidman's Legislative History of Federal Income Tax Laws 1938-1861. Originally published: New York: Prentice-Hall Inc. 1938. xviii 1166 pp. Reprinted 2003 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773368; ISBN-10: 1584773367. Hardcover. New. $225. This legislative history of the federal income tax laws from 1861 to 1938 will be useful to those arguing or ruling on tax cases. Arranged act by act in inverse chronology it contains the texts of the committee reports and discussions of all provisions that have interpretive significance. "The principal contribution made by Mr. Seidman's book is that it gathers together in compact and organized form these essential materials which are otherwise scattered through many volumes of the Congressional Record committee reports and elsewhere. Many of these reports particularly in the case of the earlier acts are either unavailable or are extremely difficult or expensive to obtain. The work has been carefully and thoroughly done.": A. H. Kent American Bar Association Journal 25:479. Seidman's Legislative History of Federal Income and Excess Profits Tax Laws 1953-1939 is a two volume continuation also published by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. unknown books
2004rif. 374512004. ISBN-13: 9781584773764; ISBN-10: 1584773766. Jacob Giles. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing The Interpretation and Definition of Words and Terms used in the Law; and Also the Whole Law and the Practice Thereof Under All the Heads and Titles of the Same. Together With Such Informations Relating Thereto as Explain the History and Antiquity of the Law and Our Manners Customs and Original Government. Collected and Abstracted From All Dictionaries Abridgments Institutes Reports Year-Books Charters Registers Chronicles and Histories Published to This Time. And Fitted for the Use of Barristers Students and Practicioners of the Law Members of Parliament and Other Gentlemen Justices of Peace Clergymen &c. The Fifth Edition with Great Additions and Improvements and the Law-Proceedings Done Into English. 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. London: Printed by Henry Lintot 1744. Unpaginated 828 pp. Printed in double columns. Folio 9" x 12". Reprinted 2004 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773764. ISBN-10: 1584773766. Hardcover. New. $295. Reprint of the fifth edition which was the last published during the author's lifetime. As Cowley pointed out the New Law-Dictionary first edition 1729 was both Jacob's masterpiece and "an entirely new departure in legal literature" that provided a model for several subsequent efforts. In contrast to earlier works each entry summarizes all of the laws relating to the subject and offers extensive interpretive commentary. Jacob 1686-1744 was also careful to omit obsolete terms. It was recognized almost immediately that Jacob had created a highly useful legal encyclopedia that was both more detailed and concise than any other abridgment of the period. An extremely popular work that went through twelve editions by 1800 it offers unparalleled insights into Anglo-American law during the eighteenth century. Cowley A Bibliography of Abridgements Digests Dictionaries and Indexes to the Year 1800 xc-xci 244. unknown books
2017rif. 237632017. ISBN-13: 9781886363687; ISBN-10: 1886363684. Jacob Giles. Tomlins Thomas Edlyne Editor. The Law-Dictionary: Explaining the Rise Progress and Present State of the English Law; Defining and Interpreting the Terms or Words of Art; and Comprising Copious Information on the Subjects of Law Trade and Government. Corrected and Greatly Enlarged by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins. New York: Printed for and Published by I. Riley 1811. 6 volumes. viii 531; 2 543; 2 618; 2 472; 2 553; 2 472 pp. Reprinted 2000 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363687. Hardcover. New. $295. Reprint of the first American edition from the second Tomlins edition 1809. The New Law-Dictionary was first published in 1729 and is "Jacob's masterpiece and constituted an entirely new departure in legal literature the dictionary which is also an abridgment." Cowley p. xci. In contrast to earlier works each entry summarizes all of the laws relating to the subject and offers extensive interpretive commentary. Jacob 1686-1744 was also careful to omit obsolete terms. It was recognized almost immediately that Jacob had created a highly useful legal encyclopedia that was both more detailed and concise than any other abridgment of the period. An extremely popular work that went through twelve editions by 1800 it offers unparalleled insights into Anglo-American law during the eighteenth century. T.E. Tomlin's 1762-1841 edition first published in 1797 is in effect an enlargement and improvement of Jacob's dictionary. Tomlins who in 1797 "remodeled the work and published several more editions in his own name. In this form Jacob's dictionary reached America.": Cowley A Bibliography of Abridgements Digests Dictionaries and Indexes of English Law to the Year 1800 xci. unknown books
1981rif. 245131981. Stein Jacob A. The Legal Spectator: Revised and Expanded. Washington D.C.: Jacob A. Stein/George Psalmanazer Press 1981. ix 351 pp. Cloth hardcover. Fine. $10. Second printing. A delightful book of anecdotes and legal humor in essay form. Praised by lawyers and judges it has a considerable following among the bench and bar. In a beautiful literary style the essays cover a wide range of subjects including: the peculiarities of clients judges who snooze form interrogatories and deposition macho. unknown books
1909rif. 398711909. Schapiro Jacob Salwyn. Social Reform and the Reformation. New York: Columbia University Press 1909. 160 12 pp. Includes twelve pages of advertisements. Hardcover. Newly rebound in blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Ex-library with perforated stamp to title page. $25. A title in the Studies in History Economics and Public Law series edited by the Political Science Faculty of Columbia University. unknown books
2003rif. 365302003. ISBN-13: 9781584773290; ISBN-10: 1584773294. Larwood Jacob. Humour of the Law: Forensic Anecdotes. Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus 1903. Octavo. 9" x 6". vi 304 pp. Reprint The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2003. ISBN-13: 9781584773290. Attractive Smythe sewn blue cloth with gilt stamped front cover and spine. New. $49.95 This wonderful collection preserves over 200 charming anecdotes of timeless appeal including "Court of Sessions and the Butchers" "No Spiders in Westminster Hall" "Our Old Draconian Laws" "A Learned Judge" and "Curran's Sarcasm." Moving beyond mere courtroom humor the text features comical passages about the legal system found in literature and sharp satirical observations on classic law book texts. Larwood's collection is highly significant as a primary source for the social history of the British legal profession capturing the vibrant oral culture regional court quirks and human eccentricities of judges and lawyers that formal law reports omit. Published at the turn of the twentieth century it stands as an important cultural artifact of late Victorian and Edwardian institutional satire utilizing legal folklore and literature to critique archaic judicial structures while mapping the intersection of law daily life and public entertainment. Includes a comprehensive index. unknown books
