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1955Best.-Nr. SKU1015732APOSTOLATE OF THE PRESS 1955. Leather. Very Good. 0x0x0. Apostolate of the Press; Alexandria 1955. Pebbled cloth flexi-binding. First thus. Book clean and unmarked except for the "death page" filled in at family record section else Near Fine condition. 8vooctavo or aprx 6 x 9 inches 1280382pp. maps. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. APOSTOLATE OF THE PRESS hardcover
1872Best.-Nr. 510240Barri-Ducis / Ludovicus Guerin 1872. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. xxiv 1484pp. Rebound in black cloth with gilt spine lettering. From the non-circulating collection of Golden Gate Baptist Seminary with their bookplate noting donation from the library of Edward R. Dalgish as the only paraphernalia. Text entirely clean and fresh - a nice copy. Barri-Ducis / Ludovicus Guerin hardcover
Best.-Nr. 2N4369Verlag der Goldenen Klassiker-Bibel Max Herzig Wien und Leipzig 1894. Zusammen 76 2328 708 Spalten mit 31 chromolithographirten und 61 Tondruck-Vollbildern nach klassischen Gemälden alter und neuer Meister der deutschen italienischen spanischen holländischen und französischen Schule und Entwürfen der Wandsbeker Kunstanstalt Haus- und Familien-Chronik nach Konkurrenz-Entwürfen deutscher Ornamentiker und Kalligraphen blind- und goldgeprägte Original-Ledereinbände mit Goldschnitt folio Band 1 gering fleckig und berieben/Band 2 Rücken eingerissen die letzten 10 Blatt gering fleckig/hinterer Deckelleder abgelöst durch Feuchtigkeit. - Prachtvolle Bibelausgabe in dekorativen Einbänden / Enthaltend den vom apostolischen Stuhle approbirten vollständigen Text und eine aus den von höchster Autorität ebenfalls gebilligte Anmerkung des größeren Allioli'schen Bibelwerks von dem Verfasser selbst besorgte abgekürzte Erläuterung jenes Textes. Mit Approbation des hochwürdigsten bischöflichen Ordinariats Augsburg - unknown
2013Best.-Nr. 519932013. ISBN-13: 9781584777823. ISBN-10: 1584777826. Great Britain. Vulgate Edition. The Year Books. Originally published: London: by George Sawbridge etc. 1678 1679-80. With New Introductory Notes and Tables in Each Volume Naming all Justices and Serjeants and Listing Calendar Years of Law Terms by David J. Seipp Professor of Law Boston University with Carol F. Lee of the District of Columbia Bar. xii vii-xii new introduction 2 685 70 pp. Reprinted 2007 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. VOLUME I: ISBN-13: 9781584777823. ISBN-10: 1584777826. Hardcover folio 9" x 14". VOLUME I ONLY. New. $250. Reprint of Vol. I of the Vulgate edition with a new detailed introduction that addresses the history content and significance of The Year Books and tables that list all justices and sergeants as well as calendar years of law terms. The new material includes references to Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 which is based on the Vulgate edition reprinted here. A powerful research tool Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 is a free online database of all printed Year Book reports that indexes and summarizes almost all of the cases in this edition. It also guides the reader to later and prior proceedings of individual cases and to all case references in abridgments and other sources. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of The Year Books. As Marvin put it in his Legal Bibliography 1847 these were the "venerable books" from which Littleton Hobart Hale and Coke drew "so much valuable ore melting it into ingots and refining and sending it abroad as the correct coin of the common law" 756. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings they are primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. The origin of The Year Books is unknown. Maitland believed that the earliest volumes were notes taken by law students in court copied for the use of pleaders in later cases. Holdsworth maintained that The Year Books like other law reports were records of cases made by lawyers for their own private use with no thought toward subsequent publication. Though it is not known when the first volumes were compiled it is clear that the earliest cases date from 1268; the printed series continues to. unknown
2013Best.-Nr. 519962013. ISBN-13: 9781584777830. ISBN-10: 1584777834. Great Britain. Vulgate Edition. The Year Books. Originally published: London: by George Sawbridge etc. 1678 1679-80. With New Introductory Notes and Tables in Each Volume Naming all Justices and Serjeants and Listing Calendar Years of Law Terms by David J. Seipp Professor of Law Boston University with Carol F. Lee of the District of Columbia Bar. xii vii-xii new introduction various paginations total 586 pp. Reprinted 2007 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. VOLUME II: ISBN-13: 9781584777830. ISBN-10: 1584777834. Hardcover folio 9" x 14". VOLUME II ONLY. New. $250. Reprint of Volume II of the Vulgate edition with a new detailed introduction that addresses the history content and significance of The Year Books and tables that list all justices and sergeants as well as calendar years of law terms. The new material includes references to Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 which is based on the Vulgate edition reprinted here. A powerful research tool Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 is a free online database of all printed Year Book reports that indexes and summarizes almost all of the cases in this edition. It also guides the reader to later and prior proceedings of individual cases and to all case references in abridgments and other sources. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of The Year Books. As Marvin put it in his Legal Bibliography 1847 these were the "venerable books" from which Littleton Hobart Hale and Coke drew "so much valuable ore melting it into ingots and refining and sending it abroad as the correct coin of the common law" 756. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings they are primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. The origin of The Year Books is unknown. Maitland believed that the earliest volumes were notes taken by law students in court copied for the use of pleaders in later cases. Holdsworth maintained that The Year Books like other law reports were records of cases made by lawyers for their own private use with no thought toward subsequent publication. Though it is not known when the first volumes were compiled it is clear that the earliest cases date from 1268; the. unknown
2013Best.-Nr. 519992013. ISBN-13: 9781584777861. ISBN-10: 1584777869. Great Britain. Vulgate Edition. The Year Books. Originally published: London: by George Sawbridge etc. 1678 1679-80. With New Introductory Notes and Tables in Each Volume Naming all Justices and Serjeants and Listing Calendar Years of Law Terms by David J. Seipp Professor of Law Boston University with Carol F. Lee of the District of Columbia Bar. xi vii-xi new introduction various paginations 374 pp. Reprinted 2007 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. VOLUME V: ISBN-13: 9781584777861. ISBN-10: 1584777869. Hardcover folio 9" x 14". VOLUME V ONLY. New. $250. Reprint of Vol. V of the Vulgate edition with a new detailed introduction that addresses the history content and significance of The Year Books and tables that list all justices and sergeants as well as calendar years of law terms. The new material includes references to Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 which is based on the Vulgate edition reprinted here. A powerful research tool Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 is a free online database of all printed Year Book reports that indexes and summarizes almost all of the cases in this edition. It also guides the reader to later and prior proceedings of individual cases and to all case references in abridgments and other sources. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of The Year Books. As Marvin put it in his Legal Bibliography 1847 these were the "venerable books" from which Littleton Hobart Hale and Coke drew "so much valuable ore melting it into ingots and refining and sending it abroad as the correct coin of the common law" 756. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings they are primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. The origin of The Year Books is unknown. Maitland believed that the earliest volumes were notes taken by law students in court copied for the use of pleaders in later cases. Holdsworth maintained that The Year Books like other law reports were records of cases made by lawyers for their own private use with no thought toward subsequent publication. Though it is not known when the first volumes were compiled it is clear that the earliest cases date from 1268; the printed seri. unknown
2013Best.-Nr. 520052013. ISBN-13: 9781584777922. ISBN-10: 1584777923. Great Britain. Vulgate Edition. The Year Books. Originally published: London: by George Sawbridge etc. 1678 1679-80. With New Introductory Notes and Tables in Each Volume Naming all Justices and Serjeants and Listing Calendar Years of Law Terms by David J. Seipp Professor of Law Boston University with Carol F. Lee of the District of Columbia Bar. xiv vii-xiv new introduction various paginations 630 pp. Reprinted 2007 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. VOLUME XI: ISBN-13: 9781584777922. ISBN-10: 1584777923. Hardcover folio 9" x 14". VOLUME XI ONLY. New. $250. Reprint of Vol. XI of the Vulgate edition with a new detailed introduction that addresses the history content and significance of The Year Books and tables that list all justices and sergeants as well as calendar years of law terms. The new material includes references to Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 which is based on the Vulgate edition reprinted here. A powerful research tool Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 is a free online database of all printed Year Book reports that indexes and summarizes almost all of the cases in this edition. It also guides the reader to later and prior proceedings of individual cases and to all case references in abridgments and other sources. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of The Year Books. As Marvin put it in his Legal Bibliography these were the "venerable books" from which Littleton Hobart Hale and Coke drew "so much valuable ore melting it into ingots and refining and sending it abroad as the correct coin of the common law" 756. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings they are primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. The origin of The Year Books is unknown. Maitland believed that the earliest volumes were notes taken by law students in court copied for the use of pleaders in later cases. Holdsworth maintained that The Year Books like other law reports were records of cases made by lawyers for their own private use with no thought toward subsequent publication. Though it is not known when the first volumes were compiled it is clear that the earliest cases date from 1268; the printed series. unknown
2013Best.-Nr. 520032013. Great Britain. Vulgate Edition. The Year Books. Originally published: London: by George Sawbridge etc. 1678 1679-80. With New Introductory Notes and Tables in Each Volume Naming all Justices and Serjeants and Listing Calendar Years of Law Terms by David J. Seipp Professor of Law Boston University with Carol F. Lee of the District of Columbia Bar. xii vii-xii new introduction various paginations 642 pp. Reprinted 2007 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. VOLUME IX: ISBN-13: 9781584777908. ISBN-10: 1584777907. Hardcover folio 9" x 14". VOLUME IX ONLY. New. $250. Reprint of Vol. IX of the Vulgate edition with a new detailed introduction that addresses the history content and significance of The Year Books and tables that list all justices and sergeants as well as calendar years of law terms. The new material includes references to Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 which is based on the Vulgate edition reprinted here. A powerful research tool Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 is a free online database of all printed Year Book reports that indexes and summarizes almost all of the cases in this edition. It also guides the reader to later and prior proceedings of individual cases and to all case references in abridgments and other sources. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of The Year Books. As Marvin put it in his Legal Bibliography 1847 these were the "venerable books" from which Littleton Hobart Hale and Coke drew "so much valuable ore melting it into ingots and refining and sending it abroad as the correct coin of the common law" 756. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings they are primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. The origin of The Year Books is unknown. Maitland believed that the earliest volumes were notes taken by law students in court copied for the use of pleaders in later cases. Holdsworth maintained that The Year Books like other law reports were records of cases made by lawyers for their own private use with no thought toward subsequent publication. Though it is not known when the first volumes were compiled it is clear that the earliest cases date from 1268; the printed. unknown
2013Best.-Nr. 520012013. ISBN-13: 9781584777885. ISBN-10: 1584777885. Great Britain. Vulgate Edition. The Year Books. Originally published: London: by George Sawbridge etc. 1678 1679-80. With New Introductory Notes and Tables in Each Volume Naming all Justices and Serjeants and Listing Calendar Years of Law Terms by David J. Seipp Professor of Law Boston University with Carol F. Lee of the District of Columbia Bar. xii vii-xii new introduction various paginations 580 pp. Reprinted 2007 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. VOLUME VII: ISBN-13: 9781584777885. ISBN-10: 1584777885. Hardcover folio 9" x 14". VOLUME VII ONLY. New. $250. Reprint of Vol. VII of the Vulgate edition with a new detailed introduction that addresses the history content and significance of The Year Books and tables that list all justices and sergeants as well as calendar years of law terms. The new material includes references to Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 which is based on the Vulgate edition reprinted here. A powerful research tool Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 is a free online database of all printed Year Book reports that indexes and summarizes almost all of the cases in this edition. It also guides the reader to later and prior proceedings of individual cases and to all case references in abridgments and other sources. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of The Year Books. As Marvin put it in his Legal Bibliography 1847 these were the "venerable books" from which Littleton Hobart Hale and Coke drew "so much valuable ore melting it into ingots and refining and sending it abroad as the correct coin of the common law" 756. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings they are primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. The origin of The Year Books is unknown. Maitland believed that the earliest volumes were notes taken by law students in court copied for the use of pleaders in later cases. Holdsworth maintained that The Year Books like other law reports were records of cases made by lawyers for their own private use with no thought toward subsequent publication. Though it is not known when the first volumes were compiled it is clear that the earliest cases date from 1268; the prin. unknown
2013Best.-Nr. 519972013. ISBN-13: 9781584777847. ISBN-10: 1584777842. Great Britain. Vulgate Edition. The Year Books. Originally published: London: by George Sawbridge etc. 1678 1679-80. With New Introductory Notes and Tables in Each Volume Naming all Justices and Serjeants and Listing Calendar Years of Law Terms by David J. Seipp Professor of Law Boston University with Carol F. Lee of the District of Columbia Bar. xii vii-xii new introduction various paginations 558 pp. Reprinted 2007 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. VOLUME III: ISBN-13: 9781584777847. ISBN-10: 1584777842. Hardcover folio 9" x 14". VOLUME III ONLY. New. $250. Reprint of Volume III of the Vulgate edition with a new detailed introduction that addresses the history content and significance of The Year Books and tables that list all justices and sergeants as well as calendar years of law terms. The new material includes references to Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 which is based on the Vulgate edition reprinted here. A powerful research tool Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 is a free online database of all printed Year Book reports that indexes and summarizes almost all of the cases in this edition. It also guides the reader to later and prior proceedings of individual cases and to all case references in abridgments and other sources. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of The Year Books. As Marvin put it in his Legal Bibliography 1847 these were the "venerable books" from which Littleton Hobart Hale and Coke drew "so much valuable ore melting it into ingots and refining and sending it abroad as the correct coin of the common law" 756. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings they are primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. The origin of The Year Books is unknown. Maitland believed that the earliest volumes were notes taken by law students in court copied for the use of pleaders in later cases. Holdsworth maintained that The Year Books like other law reports were records of cases made by lawyers for their own private use with no thought toward subsequent publication. Though it is not known when the first volumes were compiled it is clear that the earliest cases date from 1268; the pr. unknown
2013Best.-Nr. 519982013. ISBN-13: 9781584777854. ISBN-10: 158477785. Great Britain. Vulgate Edition. The Year Books. Originally published: London: by George Sawbridge etc. 1678 1679-80. With New Introductory Notes and Tables in Each Volume Naming all Justices and Serjeants and Listing Calendar Years of Law Terms by David J. Seipp Professor of Law Boston University with Carol F. Lee of the District of Columbia Bar. xi vii-xi new introduction various paginations 402 pp. Reprinted 2007 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. VOLUME IV: ISBN-13: 9781584777854. ISBN-10: 1584777850. Hardcover folio 9" x 14". VOLUME IV ONLY. New. $250. Reprint of Vol. IV of the Vulgate edition with a new detailed introduction that addresses the history content and significance of The Year Books and tables that list all justices and sergeants as well as calendar years of law terms. The new material includes references to Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 which is based on the Vulgate edition reprinted here. A powerful research tool Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 is a free online database of all printed Year Book reports that indexes and summarizes almost all of the cases in this edition. It also guides the reader to later and prior proceedings of individual cases and to all case references in abridgments and other sources. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of The Year Books. As Marvin put it in his Legal Bibliography 1847 these were the "venerable books" from which Littleton Hobart Hale and Coke drew "so much valuable ore melting it into ingots and refining and sending it abroad as the correct coin of the common law" 756. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings they are primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. The origin of The Year Books is unknown. Maitland believed that the earliest volumes were notes taken by law students in court copied for the use of pleaders in later cases. Holdsworth maintained that The Year Books like other law reports were records of cases made by lawyers for their own private use with no thought toward subsequent publication. Though it is not known when the first volumes were compiled it is clear that the earliest cases date from 1268; the printed s. unknown
2013Best.-Nr. 520042013. ISBN-13: 9781584777915. ISBN-10: 1584777915. Great Britain. Vulgate Edition. The Year Books. Originally published: London: by George Sawbridge etc. 1678 1679-80. With New Introductory Notes and Tables in Each Volume Naming all Justices and Serjeants and Listing Calendar Years of Law Terms by David J. Seipp Professor of Law Boston University with Carol F. Lee of the District of Columbia Bar. x vii-x new introduction various paginations 160 pp. Reprinted 2007 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. VOLUME X: ISBN-13: 9781584777915. ISBN-10: 1584777915. Hardcover folio 9" x 14". VOLUME X ONLY. New. $250. Reprint of Vol. X of the Vulgate edition with a new detailed introduction that addresses the history content and significance of The Year Books and tables that list all justices and sergeants as well as calendar years of law terms. The new material includes references to Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 which is based on the Vulgate edition reprinted here. A powerful research tool Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 is a free online database of all printed Year Book reports that indexes and summarizes almost all of the cases in this edition. It also guides the reader to later and prior proceedings of individual cases and to all case references in abridgments and other sources. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of The Year Books. As Marvin put it in his Legal Bibliography 1847 these were the "venerable books" from which Littleton Hobart Hale and Coke drew "so much valuable ore melting it into ingots and refining and sending it abroad as the correct coin of the common law" 756. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings they are primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. The origin of The Year Books is unknown. Maitland believed that the earliest volumes were notes taken by law students in court copied for the use of pleaders in later cases. Holdsworth maintained that The Year Books like other law reports were records of cases made by lawyers for their own private use with no thought toward subsequent publication. Though it is not known when the first volumes were compiled it is clear that the earliest cases date from 1268; the printed series. unknown
2013Best.-Nr. 520022013. ISBN-13: 9781584777892. ISBN-10: 1584777893. Great Britain. Vulgate Edition. The Year Books. Originally published: London: by George Sawbridge etc. 1678 1679-80. With New Introductory Notes and Tables in Each Volume Naming all Justices and Serjeants and Listing Calendar Years of Law Terms by David J. Seipp Professor of Law Boston University with Carol F. Lee of the District of Columbia Bar. xii vii-xii new introduction various paginations 644 pp. Reprinted 2007 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. VOLUME VIII: ISBN-13: 9781584777892. ISBN-10: 1584777893. Hardcover folio 9" x 14". VOLUME VIII ONLY. New. $250. Reprint of Vol. VIII of the Vulgate edition with a new detailed introduction that addresses the history content and significance of The Year Books and tables that list all justices and sergeants as well as calendar years of law terms. The new material includes references to Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 which is based on the Vulgate edition reprinted here. A powerful research tool Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 is a free online database of all printed Year Book reports that indexes and summarizes almost all of the cases in this edition. It also guides the reader to later and prior proceedings of individual cases and to all case references in abridgments and other sources. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of The Year Books. As Marvin put it in his Legal Bibliography 1847 these were the "venerable books" from which Littleton Hobart Hale and Coke drew "so much valuable ore melting it into ingots and refining and sending it abroad as the correct coin of the common law" 756. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings they are primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. The origin of The Year Books is unknown. Maitland believed that the earliest volumes were notes taken by law students in court copied for the use of pleaders in later cases. Holdsworth maintained that The Year Books like other law reports were records of cases made by lawyers for their own private use with no thought toward subsequent publication. Though it is not known when the first volumes were compiled it is clear that the earliest cases date from 1268; the p. unknown
2013Best.-Nr. 520002013. ISBN-13: 9781584777878. ISBN-10: 1584777877. Great Britain. Vulgate Edition. The Year Books. Originally published: London: by George Sawbridge etc. 1678 1679-80. With New Introductory Notes and Tables in Each Volume Naming all Justices and Serjeants and Listing Calendar Years of Law Terms by David J. Seipp Professor of Law Boston University with Carol F. Lee of the District of Columbia Bar. xii vii-xii new introduction various paginations 434 pp. Reprinted 2007 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. VOLUME VI: ISBN-13: 9781584777878. ISBN-10: 1584777877. Hardcover folio 9" x 14". VOLUME VI ONLY. New. $250. Reprint of Vol. VI of the Vulgate edition with a new detailed introduction that addresses the history content and significance of The Year Books and tables that list all justices and sergeants as well as calendar years of law terms. The new material includes references to Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 which is based on the Vulgate edition reprinted here. A powerful research tool Seipp's Index and Paraphrase of Printed Year Book Reports 1268-1535 is a free online database of all printed Year Book reports that indexes and summarizes almost all of the cases in this edition. It also guides the reader to later and prior proceedings of individual cases and to all case references in abridgments and other sources. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of The Year Books. As Marvin put it in his Legal Bibliography 1847 these were the "venerable books" from which Littleton Hobart Hale and Coke drew "so much valuable ore melting it into ingots and refining and sending it abroad as the correct coin of the common law" 756. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings they are primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. The origin of The Year Books is unknown. Maitland believed that the earliest volumes were notes taken by law students in court copied for the use of pleaders in later cases. Holdsworth maintained that The Year Books like other law reports were records of cases made by lawyers for their own private use with no thought toward subsequent publication. Though it is not known when the first volumes were compiled it is clear that the earliest cases date from 1268; the printed. unknown