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2016412762016. ISBN-13: 9781584775249; ISBN-10: 1584775246. Hurd John Codman. The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown & Company 1858. 2 vols. ii iii-v new introduction xlvii 617; xliii 800 pp. With a New Introduction by Paul Finkelman President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy and Senior Fellow Government Law Center Albany Law School. Reprinted 2006 2016 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775249; ISBN-10: 1584775246. Hardcover. New. $95. This treatise "on the most exciting topic of the age has never been excelled" due to its "thorough research exhaustive discussion and impartial treatment." Dictionary of American Biography VI:423. It begins with an early history of bondage and its construction in natural and positive law then traces the effect of international law on freedom and bondage. Turning to the United States he outlines the evolution of slavery under English law and the United States Constitution. One of the book's most striking features is its neutral tone. Though written on the eve of the American Civil War it remains loyal to the tenets of legal positivism and avoids any overt ethical or political judgments. John Codman Hurd 1816-1892 a scholar of independent means studied for a year at Yale Law School and spent two years in a law office before he was admitted to the New York Bar. An expert on civil liberties he is the author of A Treatise on the Right of Personal Liberty 1858 which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint. unknown books
2008595712008. ISBN-13: 9781584778967; ISBN-10: 1584778962. Copinger Walter. Deazley Ronan New Introduction. The Law of Copyright in Works of Literature and Art: Including that of Drama Music Engraving Sculpture Painting Photography and Ornamental and Useful Designs; Together with International and Foreign Copyright With the Statutes Relating Thereto and Reference to the English and American Decisions. London: Stevens and Haynes 1870. xxiii xxii 266 cl pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. With a New Introduction by Ronan Deazley Professor of Law University of Edinburgh. ISBN-13: 9781584778967; ISBN-10: 1584778962. Hardcover. New. $39.95. Reprint of the first edition. "A standard book on the law of copyright was published by W.A. Copinger 1847-1910 in 1870. It deals very fully with the history and the statute law as to literary copyright; as to Crown and university and college copyright; as to musical dramatic and artistic copyright and copyright in designs; as to international copyright and copyright in foreign countries; and as to agreements between authors and publishers. The merits of the book are proved by the fact that is reached a ninth edition in 1958." --William S. Holdsworth History of English Law XV 299-300 WALTER ARTHUR COPINGER 1847-1910 was a barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple. unknown books
2012589342012. ISBN-13: 9781616192488; ISBN-10: 1-61619-248-8. First Edition of "A Standard Book on the Law of Copyright" Copinger Walter. Deazley Ronan New Introduction. The Law of Copyright In Works of Literature and Art: Including that of Drama Music Engraving Sculpture Painting Photography and Ornamental and Useful Designs; Together with International and Foreign Copyright With the Statutes Relating Thereto and Reference to the English and American Decisions. Originally published: London: Stevens and Haynes 1870. xix iii-xix new introduction xxii 266 cxlix pp. Reprinted 2008 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. With a New introduction by Ronan Deazley Professor of Law University of Glasgow. ISBN-13: 9781616192488; ISBN-10: 1616192488. Paperback. New. $29.95 Reprint of the first edition. "A standard book on the law of copyright was published by W.A. Copinger 1847-1910 in 1870. It deals very fully with the history and the statute law as to literary copyright; as to Crown and university and college copyright; as to musical dramatic and artistic copyright and copyright in designs; as to international copyright and copyright in foreign countries; and as to agreements between authors and publishers. The merits of the book are proved by the fact that it reached a ninth edition in 1958." --William S. Holdsworth History of English Law XV 299-300 WALTER ARTHUR COPINGER 1847-1910 was a barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple. unknown books
2012532452012. ISBN-13: 9781584778967; ISBN-10: 1584778962. First Edition of "A Standard Book on the Law of Copyright" Copinger Walter. Deazley Ronan New Introduction. The Law of Copyright in Works of Literature and Art: Including that of Drama Music Engraving Sculpture Painting Photography and Ornamental and Useful Designs; Together with International and Foreign Copyright With the Statutes Relating Thereto and Reference to the English and American Decisions. Originally published: London: Stevens and Haynes 1870. xix iii-xix new introduction xxii 266 cxlix pp. Reprinted 2008 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. With a New Introduction by Ronan Deazley Professor of Law University of Edinburgh. ISBN-13: 9781584778967; ISBN-10: 1584778962. Hardcover. New. $39.95 Reprint of the first edition. "A standard book on the law of copyright was published by W.A. Copinger 1847-1910 in 1870. It deals very fully with the history and the statute law as to literary copyright; as to Crown and university and college copyright; as to musical dramatic and artistic copyright and copyright in designs; as to international copyright and copyright in foreign countries; and as to agreements between authors and publishers. The merits of the book are proved by the fact that it reached a ninth edition in 1958." --William S. Holdsworth History of English Law XV 299-300 WALTER ARTHUR COPINGER 1847-1910 was a barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple. unknown books
2008535552008. ISBN-13: 9781584779148; ISBN-10: 1584779144. The First English Treatise on Copyright Montefiore Joshua. The Law of Copyright Being a Compendium of Acts of Parliament and Adjudged Cases Relative to authors publishers printers artists musical composers print-sellers. Originally published: London: James Wallis 1802. ix 59 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779148; ISBN-10: 1584779144. Hardcover. New. $39.95 Reprint of the only edition of the first English treatise devoted exclusively to the law of copyright. It was published one year after the passage of the landmark Copyright Act which extended the effect of the Statute of Anne 1710 to Ireland and introduced the first statutory provision to use the term 'copyright'. A Jewish solicitor from London who moved to the United States after the War of 1812 Montefiore 1762-1843 published several works on commercial law such as the Commercial Dictionary 1803 which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint. unknown books
2007439152007. ISBN-13: 9781584776390; ISBN-10: 1584776390. Important English Treatise on Copyright Law Scrutton Thomas Edward Sir. The Law of Copyright. Originally published: London: W. Clowes 1903. xxv 331 pp. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776390. ISBN-10: 1584776390. Hardcover. New. $49.95 Reprint of the fourth and final edition. Written in a clear and engaging manner this is both a treatise on copyright law in the British Commonwealth as it stood in 1903 and a sharp analysis of its shortcomings. It was the standard treatise of the day. Beginning with a history of English copyright law Scrutton considers the author's rights at common law lectures oral and printed communications such as plays musical copyright literary copyright in books artistic copyright colonial copyright and international copyright. unknown books
2003365232003. ISBN-13: 9781584773115; ISBN-10: 1584773111. Hare John Innes Clark. The Law of Contracts. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown and Company 1887. xxxiv 679 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773115; ISBN-10: 1584773111. Hardcover. New. $125. Hare's objective was to trace the doctrine of consideration and to show its influence on contracts in common law. Beginning with Roman law where the doctrine of consideration was unknown he proceeds to an examination of the practical importance of the law of sales. This treatise was taken from a course of lectures given by the author in the law school of the University of Pennsylvania where he also served as a trustee. Hare 1816-1905 edited a number of selections and reports of cases and ".was one of the half-dozen greatest judges that Pennsylvania has produced. He ascended the bench just after equity was introduced as a general system into Pennsylvania and his contribution to its establishment was of great importance." Dictionary of American Biography IV:262. unknown books
1998232261998. ISBN-13: 9781886363588; ISBN-10: 1886363587. The First American Treatise on Domestic Relations Reeve Tapping. The Law of Baron and Femme of Parent and Child Guardian and Ward Master and Servant and of the Powers of the Courts of Chancery; with an Essay on the Terms Heir Heirs Heirs of the Body. Third Edition With Notes and References to English and American Cases by Amasa J. Parker and Charles E. Baldwin Counselors-At-Law. Originally published: Albany: William Gould 1862. xlvi 677 pp. Reprinted 1998 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363588; ISBN-10: 1886363587. Hardcover. New. $39.95 Third and final edition of the first American work devoted to the law of women is chiefly valued for its description of the legal character of domestic relations. This treatise delineates the marital parental guardian master and chancery authority and rights of property debts wills contracts and settlements. "American text writing as a significant force in our legal development begins in 1816 with Reeve's Baron and Femme.": Pound The Formative Era. 140. In 1782 Reeve 1744-1823 founded the first American law school Litchfield Law School where he was the only teacher until 1798 when he was appointed to the superior court bench. Amasa J. Parker was one of the founders of Albany Law School. unknown books
2003365602003. ISBN-13: 9781584772965; ISBN-10: 1584772964. Collier Wm. Miller. The Law of Bankruptcy and the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898. A Treatise of the Principles and Practice of the Law of Bankruptcy as Embodies in the New National Bankruptcy Act. Originally published: Albany N.Y.: Matthew Bender 1899. xxx 695 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772965; ISBN-10: 1584772964. Hardcover. New. $110. Reprint of the second enlarged edition of perhaps the most authoritative and comprehensive treatise on the subject. Vanderbilt considers this book to be one of America's "great textbooks" in which the "history of American law might well be traced." Now in its revised fifteenth edition Collier on Bankruptcy remains a highly-respected standard authority. Vanderbilt Men and Measures in the Law 21 cited in Marke A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University 1953 442. unknown books
2003365712003. ISBN-13: 9781584773245 ISBN-10: 1584773243. The First Treatise on Animal Law Ingham John H. The Law of Animals: A Treatise on Property in Animals Wild and Domestic and the Rights and Responsibilities Arising Therefrom. Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson & Co. 1900. xiii 800 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773245 ISBN-10: 1584773243. Hardcover. New. $125. Reprint of the sole edition. According to the author this was the first treatise devoted to the subject of animal law. It discusses the rights and liabilities of animal owners cruelty to animals game laws and injuries inflicted by railroads. Other chapters consider animals in relation to the law of property and the law of bailments. The thorough index includes words and phrases utilized in animal law cases. Contents include: Property in Animals: Wild and Domestic Animals; Transfer of Property: Sale and Mortgage Estrays; Rights of Owners of Animals: Injuring Killing Theft and Removal of Animals; Injuries to Animals on Highways; Liabilities of Owners: Animals Trespassing and Running at Large Impounding Diseased Animals Nuisances Racing Vicious and Ferocious Animals; Bailment and Carriage; Cruelty-Game Laws; Injuries to Animals by Railway; and more. unknown books
2003366042003. ISBN-13: 9781584773443; ISBN-10: 1584773448. American Adoption Law During the Nineteenth Century Whitmore William H. The Law of Adoption in the United States and Especially in Massachusetts. Originally published: Albany: Joel Munsell 1876. vii 111 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773443; ISBN-10: 1584773448. Hardcover. New. $29.95 Reprint of first and only edition. In 1875 the Massachusetts legislature considered a proposal to revise the state's adoption laws. Before it proceeded however it commissioned this study from Whitmore to serve as a reference for the legislators. Written in two parts the first contains the texts of laws and related cases from twenty-two states. He also includes a brief summary of relevant European statutes. Organized by topic the second part describes how these laws compare and differ. Though written for a specific purpose this study remains a valuable guide for the scholar of the history of adoption law or family law to all aspects of American adoption law during the nineteenth century. unknown books
2010565412010. ISBN-13: 9781616190507; ISBN-10: 1616190507. The Law Merchant in Colonial New York Johnson Herbert Alan. The Law Merchant and Negotiable Instruments in Colonial New York 1664 to 1730. Originally published: Chicago: Loyola University Press 1963. x 85 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190507; ISBN-10: 1616190507. Paperback. New. $24.95 Examines an important and complex period in the history of the laws and customs devised by merchants to regulate their relations with each other and the changes in the law merchant and in negotiable instruments in colonial New York during the years 1664 to 1730 in the context of New York's commercial place in the British Empire. "Economic influences and legal theory combined to form the New York law of negotiable instruments during the colonial period. That the legal theory was an amalgam of Dutch civil law and elementary English common law serves to complicate the situation. Furthermore the unsettled nature of the judicial system during the seventeenth century made consistent legal development fortuitous at best and haphazard at its worst. This fluid state of economic and legal development is as fascinating in its complexity as it is baffling in its inconsistency." Introduction 3. "This brief study of the law of merchant and bills of exchange has as its background a fascinating era of legal history. Changing legal institutions and patterns of trade were typical of these early years. For the student of history as well as the legal scholar these developments are of great significance for they are the basis for the future growth of the law and the commercial supremacy of the province of New York." Preface vii. Herbert A. Johnson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law University of South Carolina School of Law. He is the author of numerous books including History of Criminal Justice Fourth Edition 2010. unknown books
2010336122010. ISBN-13: 9781584772439; ISBN-10: 1584772433. Johnson Herbert Alan. The Law Merchant and Negotiable Instruments in Colonial New York 1664 to 1730. Originally published: Chicago: Loyola University Press 1963. x 85 pp. Reprinted 2002 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772439; ISBN-10: 1584772433. Hardcover. New. $34.95 Examines an important and complex period in the history of the laws and customs devised by merchants to regulate their relations with each other and the changes in the law merchant and in negotiable instruments in colonial New York during the years 1664 to 1730 in the context of New York's commercial place in the British Empire. "Economic influences and legal theory combined to form the New York law of negotiable instruments during the colonial period. That the legal theory was an amalgam of Dutch civil law and elementary English common law serves to complicate the situation. Furthermore the unsettled nature of the judicial system during the seventeenth century made consistent legal development fortuitous at best and haphazard at its worst. This fluid state of economic and legal development is as fascinating in its complexity as it is baffling in its inconsistency." Introduction 3. "This brief study of the law of merchant and bills of exchange has as its background a fascinating era of legal history. Changing legal institutions and patterns of trade were typical of these early years. For the student of history as well as the legal scholar these developments are of great significance for they are the basis for the future growth of the law and the commercial supremacy of the province of New York." Preface vii. Herbert A. Johnson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law University of South Carolina School of Law. He is the author of numerous books including History of Criminal Justice Fourth Edition 2010. unknown books
2000269952000. ISBN-13: 9781584770763; ISBN-10: 1584770767. White Edw. J. The Law in the Scriptures: With Explanations of the Law Terms and Legal References in Both the Old and the New Testaments. Originally published: St. Louis: Thomas Law Book Company 1935. xxiv 422 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770763; ISBN-10: 1584770767. Hardcover. New. $39.95 Takes the books of the Bible in order each chapter corresponding to a Book. "No lawyer can read this book without having impressed upon him more firmly than ever before the conviction that in a world of changes and turmoil the fundamental principles of justice have remained unaltered down through the ages.The great mass of scholarly and useful information that has been collected in this work is a credit to its author. Any lawyer will find the book of great assistance in tracing the origin of our law.": Kansas City Law Review 3:94 cited in Marke A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University 1953 110. unknown books
1999240241999. ISBN-13: 9781886363755; ISBN-10: 1886363757. Davis Cushman. Kellogg. The Law in Shakespeare. Originally published: Washington D.C.: Washington Law Book Co. 1883. 303 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363755; ISBN-10: 1886363757. Hardcover. New. $24.95 Definitions obtained from existing law dictionaries illustrated with annotations and most important by hundreds of quotations from Shakespeare's 37 plays poems & sonnets. "According to this writer's estimation Shakespeare was as shown by his plays nothing less than an accomplished and complete lawyer familiar not only with legal nomenclature but profoundly versed in legal principles and doctrines." 3 West Coast Reporter 582 1884. "A fascinating course in Common Law." Marke A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University 1953 1141. unknown books
2012600952012. ISBN-13: 9781616193218; ISBN-10: 1616193212. Fuller Lon L. The Law in Quest of Itself. Originally published: Boston: Beacon Press 1966. Beacon Series in Classics of the Law. vi 150 pp. Reprinted 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616193218. ISBN-10: 1616193212. Paperback. New. $30. Three lectures by the Harvard Law School professor examine legal positivism and natural law. In the course of his analysis Fuller discusses Kelsen's theory as a reactionary theory and Hobbes' theory of sovereignty. He defines legal positivism as the viewpoint that draws a distinction "between the law that is and the law that ought to be" and interprets natural law as that which tolerates a combination of the two. He looks at the effects of positivism's continued influence on American legal thinking and concludes that law is necessary in a democracy as a principle of order. LON L. FULLER 1902-1978 was a professor at Harvard Law School and is remembered for his contributions to the law of contracts. His debate with H.L.A. Hart in the 1958 Harvard Law Review Vol. 71 is noteworthy because it provided the framework for subsequent debates about legal positivism and natural law. unknown books
2012259072012. ISBN-13: 9781584770169; ISBN-10: 1584770163. Fuller Lon L. The Law in Quest of Itself. Originally published: Boston: Beacon Press 1966. Beacon Series in Classics of the Law. vi 150 pp. Reprinted 1999 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770169; ISBN-10: 1584770163. Hardcover. New. $40. Three lectures by the Harvard Law School professor examine legal positivism and natural law. In the course of his analysis Fuller discusses Kelsen's theory as a reactionary theory and Hobbes' theory of sovereignty. He defines legal positivism as the viewpoint that draws a distinction "between the law that is and the law that ought to be" and interprets natural law as that which tolerates a combination of the two. He looks at the effects of positivism's continued influence on American legal thinking and concludes that law is necessary in a democracy as a principle of order. LON L. FULLER 1902-1978 was a professor at Harvard Law School and is remembered for his contributions to the law of contracts. His debate with H.L.A. Hart in the 1958 Harvard Law Review Vol. 71 is noteworthy because it provided the framework for subsequent debates about legal positivism and natural law. unknown books
2012606322012. ISBN-13: 9781616193430. ISBN-10: 1616193433. Hoeflich Michael H. The Law in Postcards & Ephemera 1890-1962. Clark New Jersey: The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2012. xi 102 pp. Color illustrations. ISBN-13: 9781616193430. ISBN-10: 1616193433. Hardcover. New. $45.95 "Professor Michael H. Hoeflich of the University of Kansas School of Law may well be the leading living historian of American legal publishing. Law publishing is and always has been a serious business a reality reflected in much of Hoeflich's work. . Or at least it used to be serious most of the time. On that last point see Hoeflich's latest book The Law in Postcards & Ephemera 1890-1962 2012. It is filled with law-themed and generally not-serious greeting cards -- an interesting mix to the modern eye of the still-entertaining and the now perplexing." Green Bag vol. 16 no. 2 winter 2013. The prominence of law and lawyers in popular culture is shown in this full-color collection of late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century postcards and ephemera. From humorous cards depicting love divorce drinking cute animals and children in legal garb to serious depictions of women lawyers courthouses and law firm libraries they are a rich source for understanding popular opinions of lawyers the courts and the law. Contents: Introduction; Animal Lawyers; Child Lawyers; Dickensian Lawyers; Drinking Lawyers; Holidays; Ethnic Lawyers; Legal Humor; Law Buildings; Lawyers & Love; Lawyers & Money; Legal Advertising; Real Photo Cards; Women Lawyers; References to M. Galanter Lowering the Bar. Michael H. Hoeflich is the John H. & John M. Kane Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law. He is the author of numerous books including Roman and Civil Law and the Development of Anglo-American Jurisprudence 1997 Sources of the History of the American Law of Lawyering published by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2007 and Legal Publishing in Antebellum America 2010. unknown books
2004365872004. ISBN-13: 9781584773542; ISBN-10: 1584773545. Parry Edward Abbott. The Law and the Poor. Originally published: London: Smith Elder & Co. 1914. xxi 316 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773542; ISBN-10: 1584773545. Hardcover. New. $70. Reprint of first edition. Parry 1863-1953 was an English municipal judge for over twenty years. His book a guide for "the man in the street" which began as a series of newspaper articles outlines the laws concerning insolvency debt and poverty. It is distinguished by its emphasis on cultural attitudes toward the poor and its readability and humanity. Parry's was among the strong voices to speak in sympathy to the poor in response to the Poor Law Amendment Act which had been enacted in 1834. "Judge Parry is particularly gifted with that rare imagination which enables him to see mortal men and women where others see cases litigants and parties before the courts. Hence his volume is a rare document especially useful as a corrective to the tendency to lose sight of actual living conditions in the logical pursuit of abstract legal doctrines." Cohen Law and Social Order cited in Marke A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University 1953 810. unknown books
2007484872007. ISBN-13: 9781584778172; ISBN-10: 1584778172. "The Author Seems to Have Exhausted the Whole Learning on the Subject": James Kent Duer John. The Law and Practice of Marine Insurance Deduced From a Critical Examination of the Adjudged Cases the Nature and Analogies of the Subject and the General Usage of Commercial Nations. Originally published: New York: J.S. Voorhies 1845-1846. 2 Vols. xxxiv 775; xxiii 808 pp. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778172. ISBN-10: 1584778172. Hardcover. New. $150. Reprint of the only edition. "So far as the work is published the author seems to have exhausted the whole learning on the subject. He has resorted to the best foreign sources of information and his varied illustration of principles proves that he has left no department of the law of insurance unexplored. His treatise is replete with the soundest views expressed in a logical manner and in a glowing perspicuous and eloquent style.": James Kent Commentaries on American Law III:287. unknown books
2017336862017. ISBN-13: 9781584772316; ISBN-10: 158477231X. Lockwood Frank. The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick: A Lecture. Originally published: London: The Roxburghe Press 1910 108 pp. Reprinted 2002 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772316; ISBN-10: 158477231X. Hardcover. New. $19.95 With a frontispiece of Serjeant Buzfuz by the author. A pleasant Dickensian diversion spiced with a wry sense of humor The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick offers an account of one of the most famous legal cases in English literature: Bardell v. Pickwick. Lockwood 1847-1897 observes that Mr. Pickwick would have fared even worse under the modern law of evidence which would have given Buzfuz an opportunity to prepare a devastating cross-examination. This volume originated as a lecture delivered at Morley Hall Hackney in 1893 that was attended by Henry Fielding Dickens the author's son and an attorney. His reply which is included here indicates his warm approval of Lockwood's thesis. unknown books
2006485152006. ISBN: 9781584777618. Purves J.A. The Law and Lawyers Laid Open In Twelve Visions To Which Is Added Plain Truth In Three Dialogues Between Truman Skinall Dryboots Three Attorneys and Season a Bencher. Originally published: London: T. Woodman and J. Chrichley 1737. xlviii 269 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777618. ISBN-10: 1584777613. Hardcover. New. $36.95 Reprint of the second edition. First published in 1736 this satirical allegory takes aim at the excesses and abuses of the legal profession. Episodes in the twelve visions include "The Trial of Peter Puzzle Cause" "A Comical Trial of a Piece of a Lawyer" "The Leather Strap Lawyer; His Plea and Sentence" "On Benevolence" "The Executioners or Sworn Appraisers" and "An Offer at a Reason Why Impressions in Sleep are Stronger Than Those Waking." Taken together these vignettes show why there is "no greater nusance" than a lawyer and nothing more difficult than finding one who is honest. unknown books
1823152081823. Journal. The Law Advertiser. London: J.W. Paget 1823-1831. Reprint edition. No publisher. No date. 9 volumes. Hardcover. Cloth. 1-1/2 linear feet of shelf space. Very good. $150. Includes bankruptcy proceedings parliamentary proceedings as well as notices on the national debt charities stocks patents etc. unknown books
1946120085.1Washington DC: Phillips Memorial Gallery 1946. First. Softcover. VG some foxing spoyts. Off-white illus. wraps with a mylar sheet over the front cover; Spiralbound; 176 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw plates and figures. A book about "the linear elements of emotional design in painting"; Focuses on the technique of not only painting but the drawing that occurs before any paint touches the canvas; Includes an introduction by Duncan Phillips "Some of the plates accompanied by a transparent leaf upon which has been traced the dominant motif./ "An extension and elaboration of the catalogue for an educational exhibition. Emotional design in painting which C. Law Watkins . presented at the Phillips Memorial Gallery in 1940"--Preface." Phillips Memorial Gallery paperback books
1946120085Washington DC: Phillips Memorial Gallery 1946. First. Softcover. Good. Wraps slightly discolored; art museum ex-lib. with usual marks. Off-white illus. wraps with a mylar sheet over the front cover; Spiralbound; 176 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw plates and figures. A book about "the linear elements of emotional design in painting"; Focuses on the technique of not only painting but the drawing that occurs before any paint touches the canvas; Includes an introduction by art collector and critic Duncan Phillips. Law originally wrote this in 1940 for an exhibition at The Phillips Collection. Phillips Memorial Gallery unknown books
