[Rarebooks] fs-A Selection from Stock

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock, with images of them;
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1.  [IMPEACHMENT IN CALIFORNIA].  In the Matter of the Impeachment
of Carlos S. Hardy, a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of
California, in and for the County of Los Angeles. Held at the
Capitol, Sacramento, California [etc.].  California State Printing
Office [etc.], Sacramento, 1930.  Original tan cloth, contrasting
crimson and morocco labels, gilt, some wear and a small tear to the
title, else quite a good copy. [71349 L79] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71349     $ 150.00

The sensational impeachment trial arising from Judge Hardy's
alleged association with the flamboyant, young female evangelist,
Aimee Semple McPherson, resulting in his acquittal and, indirectly,
in the formation of the California Judges Association.

2.  NOY, William.  The Compleat Lawyer: Or, A Treatise Concerning
Tenures & Estates in Lands of Inheritance for Life, and Chattels
Real and Personal. And How any of them may be Conveyed in a Legal
Form, By Fine, Recovery, Deed or Word [etc.]. Wing N1446.  Printed
For S.S. and are to be sold by W. Jacob [etc.], London, 1670. Early calf, 
extensively restored and very worn, ex-library, some
browning and early underlining, yet a crisp, usable copy; without
the portrait. [71467 BLS377L79] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71467     $ 650.00

An unusually cast work by Noy, attorney general and one of the
finest lawyers of his day, numbering Hale and Maynard among his
pupils, with a first part in question and answer format, and a
second expository; with a prefatory account of Noy's life.

3.  PHILIPPS, Fabian.  The Reforming Registry, Or A Representation
of The very many Mischeifs and Inconveniences which will
unavoidably happen by the Needless, Chargeable, and Destructive way
of Registries Proposed to be erected in every County [etc.]. Wing
P2015. 4to.  Printed for Christopher Wilkinson . . . in
Fleet-street, London, 1671.  Contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked,
quite worn, the binding somewhat strained, ex-library, considerable
browning and some edges chipped; just usable. [71509 BLS396] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71509     $ 450.00

Part of the centuries' long debate on land registration in England,
reaching an apogee in 17th century England, written by "the sturdy
loyalist and student of records" (in Holdsworth's words), with much
on Dutch, Scots and Spanish practice.

4.  [PIOUS FUND].  John T. Doyle.  In the International Arbitral
Court of the Hague. The Case of the Pious Fund of California.  Geo.
Spaulding & Co., Printers, San Francisco, 1906.  Original 3/4
sheep, unevenly faded and a trifle rubbed, but a good copy. [71482
L79] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71482
                                                          $ 450.00

One of the most unusual works to arise from the decades-long
litigation between the Church and Mexico, written by the lawyer
largely responsible for the Church's victory at The Hague in 1902,
and sought to be suppressed by his heirs after his death.

5.  POLLOCK, Frederick and F.W. Maitland.  The History of English
Law, Before the Time of Edward I. Second Edition. Two Volumes.  At
the University Press, Cambridge, 1898.  Original cloth, gilt, some
wear, a bit of pencilling, but a good set, awarded as the Mary Ward
Essay Prize to Ellen S. Hodgkin. [71380 L78EL79] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71380     $ 450.00

The first issuance of the second (and best) edition of a classic,
the 'opus mirabile' which remains the starting point in the study
of medieval English law, written largely by Maitland in his
luminous style.

6.  RICHMOND, James C.  The Conspiracy against the Late Bishop of
New-York, Unravelled by One of the Conspirators.  James C.
Richmond, New-York, 1845.  Original brown sewn printed wraps,
showing wear and somewhat spotted, else a good, clean copy; 16
pages. [71439 L79] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71439     $ 125.00

The effective contribution of Richmond, "an eccentric but credible
clergyman", to the downfall of the powerful New York bishop
Benjamin T. Onderdonk, tried and suspended for "immorality and
impurity" (including drunkeness and familiarity with women).

7.  SCOTT, Austin Wakeman.  The Law of Trusts. Third Edition. In
Six Volumes.  Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1967.  Original
reddish-orange cloth, a bit rubbed and marked, private owner's
stamps, else a good set; with the 1981 pocket parts. [71508 L79]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71508
                                                          $ 350.00

First edition of one of the pre-eminent treatises of 20th century
Anglo-American law, called by Holdsworth "a very learned and a very
important book" and enlarging upon the Restatement on Trusts for
which Professor Scott had served as reporter.

8.  SMITH, Thomas.  De Republica Anglorum. Edited by Mary Dewar. Cambridge 
University Press, Cambridge, 1982.  Original cloth, a
very good copy, in an unevenly faded dustjacket. [71471 L79] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71471     $ 125.00

The received edition of the first English treatise on comparative
constitutional law, highly regarded by Maitland, who adjudged that
the work "will be quoted and transcribed so long as men take any
interest in the history of the English constitution".

9.  WARREN, Samuel.  Ten Thousand A-Year. A New Edition, Carefully
Revised, With Notes and Illustrations. Two Volumes in One.  William
Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1854.  Contemporary 3/4 blue morocco
over marbled boards, somewhat rubbed, the spine extra gilt, marbled
endpapers, a pretty copy. [71409 L79] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71409     $ 250.00

Called "the most famous novel about the law" and hugely popular,
its author, Samuel Warren, the 19th century Inner Temple barrister
whose literary capacities have found him compared with Boswell,
Trollope and (by Holdsworth) with Dickens.

10.  WITKIN, B.E.  California Crimes. Two Volumes.  Bender-Moss
Company, San Francisco, 1964.  Original green buckram, gilt,
showing some wear, but a sound set. [71486 L79] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71486     $ 125.00

The first reissue of Witkin's first foray into California's
criminal law, appearing at the height of the Warren Court
revolution and followed soon after its appearance by Witkin's work
on criminal procedure; no copy of this 1964 edition in OCLC.

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