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2004374512004. 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. $195. 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
20026190Portland ME: Ascensius Press/Ornaflat Publishing 2002. Limited Edition Fascimile Reproduction. Stiff Wraps. Fine in Fine DJ. Tight bright and unmarrd. DJ bright and clean. White cardstock stiff wraps. 12mo. 38pp plus np plates. Illus. b/w plates. Numbered limited edition. <br/><br/>Explores a curious lawsuit regarding the buried treasure of renowned Pirate Captain Kidd and a cast of characters from Cotton Mather Fredrick Law Olmsted Lady Dunmore John Jacob Astor. Photographic illustrations reproduce several paintings frontispiece shows John Jacob Astor dressed in the regalia of a Fur Trapper of 1813 and there is also a reproduction of a letter from F.L. Olmsted. A new issue of the minor classic story by Franklin H. Head founder of the Chicago Liars Club telling the tale of Frederick Law Olmsted"s $5000000 lawsuit against John Jacob Astor in 1898 for his theft of the Pirate Captain Kidd's treasure. A hoax that has at various times been taken as true. The colophon is inaccurate: the 400 "trade edition" copies were never printed and only 50 of the 100 listed hand-bound copies on hand-made paper were printed. Ascensius Press/Ornaflat Publishing paperback books
2007UWERTWE00CZCDeseret Book Company 2007. Very Good. Werrett Jacob editor. A Twenty-Something's Guide to Spirituality: Questions You Hesitate to Ask Answers You Rarely Hear. Read David editor. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company 2007. 262pp. Indexed. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with Smudged covers and rubbed edges. Abrasion to end of spine. Deseret Book Company paperback books
200474005São Paulo Belo Horizonte: São Paulo Pinakotheke de 6 de Agosto a 5 de Outubro/ Belo Horizonte Palacio das Artes de 21 de Outubro a 5 de Dezembro de 2004 2004. 22.5x27cm. Homengem aos 450 anos da cidade de São Paulo e comemorativa dos 40 anos do Banco do Brasil. Apresentação de Max Perlingeiro. Ensaios de Jayme Mauricio e Lisbeth Rebolo Gonçalves. 112p frontis b/w and color plates ports. facs. chron. appen. bio/chrons. cat. bibl. color pict. fldg. wrps Exhibition catalogue of the abstract art pieces from artists that participate with their work in the collection and are actively involved in the organization of the International Biennial of São Paulo: Antonio Bandeira Iberê Camargo Yolanda Mohalyi Manabou Mabe Tomie Ohtake Flávio-Shiró Kazuo Wakabayashi Bruno Giorgi and Frans Kracberg. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXTS. Exposição apresentando trabalhos dos artistas: Antonio Bandeira 1922-1967 Iberê Camargo 1914-1994 Yolanda Mohalyi 1909-1978 informal abstracts and Manabou Mabe 1924-1997 Tomie Ohtake 1913 Flávio-Shiró 1928 e Kazuo Wakabayashi 1931 que integram o importante núcleo dos nipo-brasileiros e os escultores Bruno Giorgi 1905-1993 e Frans Kracberg 1921. São Paulo, Pinakotheke, de 6 de Agosto a 5 de Outubro/ Belo Horizonte, Palacio das Artes, de 21 de Outubro a 5 de Dezembr unknown books
2005147807Milano Milan Italy: Charta 2005. Softcover. VG. Black & color wraps French flaps 152 pp. 321 color illus. Considers the life and work of Chilean-born artist and architect Alfredo Jaar b. 1956. "An architect interested in ephemeral structures a photographer who has grown increasingly suspicious of pictures Alfredo Jaar's most telling gesture is to relinquish the camera by placing it figuratively and sometimes literally in the public's hands. In other words Jaar is a master of indirection. And no wonder. His work was shaped at the outset by the need to speak clearly and forcefully against murderous injustice using language of the most lucid obliquity. Jaar's work declares that daring to connect and participate is our last best hope." back cover. Charta paperback books
200461975NY:: Norton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0393058484 . Translated from the German by Maria Tatar. Introduction by A. S. Byatt. Illustrated. Third printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Norton, hardcover books
200240076Edison: Castle Books 2002. Hardcover. Very good. 256pp index. Very good hardback bound in publisher's decorated blue cloth and issued without a jacket. <br/><br/> Castle Books hardcover books
200374078New Castle: Oak Knoll Press 2003. cloth. small 4to. cloth. liv 474 pages. Reprint of volume one with a new introduction by Michael Winship. A necessary reference set for any student of American literature. This set is being brought back in print with the permission of the Bibliographical Society of America. Oak Knoll Press unknown books
200374080New Castle: Oak Knoll Press 2003. cloth. small 4to. cloth. xix 534 pages. Reprint of volume two. A necessary reference set for any student of American literature. This set is being brought back in print with the permission of the Bibliographical Society of America. Oak Knoll Press unknown books
200374082New Castle: Oak Knoll Press 2003. cloth. small 4to. cloth. xix 534 pages. Reprint of volume three. A necessary reference set for any student of American literature. This set is being brought back in print with the permission of the Bibliographical Society of America. Oak Knoll Press unknown books
200374083New Castle: Oak Knoll Press 2003. cloth. small 4to. cloth. xxvi 495 pages. Reprint of volume four. A necessary reference set for any student of American literature. This set is being brought back in print with the permission of the Bibliographical Society of America. Oak Knoll Press unknown books
200374085New Castle: Oak Knoll Press 2003. cloth. small 4to. cloth. xxvi 643 pages. Reprint of volume five. A necessary reference set for any student of American literature. This set is being brought back in print with the permission of the Bibliographical Society of America. Oak Knoll Press unknown books
200374087New Castle: Oak Knoll Press 2003. cloth. small 4to. cloth. xxvi 594 pages. Reprint of volume six. A necessary reference set for any student of American literature. This set is being brought back in print with the permission of the Bibliographical Society of America. Oak Knoll Press unknown books
200374088New Castle: Oak Knoll Press 2003. cloth. 4to. cloth. xxxii 685 pages. Edited and Completed by Virginia L. Smyers and Michael Winship. Reprint of volume seven. A necessary reference set for any student of American literature. This set is being brought back in print with the permission of the Bibliographical Society of America. Oak Knoll Press unknown books
200374089New Castle: Oak Knoll Press 2003. cloth. 4to. cloth. xxii iv 519 pages. Edited and Completed by Michael Winship. Reprint of volume eight. A necessary reference set for any student of American literature. This set is being brought back in print with the permission of the Bibliographical Society of America. Oak Knoll Press unknown books
201421988Brooklyn: Long Island University 2014. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Thick paperbound quarto. The Spring 2014 issue of this poetry journal edited by Jessica Hagedorn. 130 pp. Very good clean copy in bound hand illustrated wrappers. <br/><br/> Long Island University paperback books
201226408N.p.: Zine of the Month 2012. Fine in illustrated wrapppers. First Edition. Octavo. Limited edition of 250 copies. Collaborative zine drawn by Barry McGee under his moniker Lydia Fong and a number of others. Printed on paper in various colors with photocopied pages bound in; covers screenprinted in 2 colors on yellow. Zine of the Month bookmark and Philadelphia nightclub flyer laid in. N.p.: Zine of the Month unknown books
200145705Washington: The World Bank. Very Good. 2001. Softcover. Washington: The World Bank 2001. 100 pages softbound. A NF copy in crisp paper wrappers. . The World Bank paperback books
2011119729Raleigh NC & New York: The Gregg Museum of Art & Design distributed by D.A.P. 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Monograph for a show that ran September 15 through December 17 2011. A very fine copy in cloth binding without dust jacket as issued. Still in the original shrinkwrap. The Gregg Museum of Art & Design distributed by D.A.P. unknown books
2007026572Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press 2007. 220p. original stiff wrappers. University of Alabama Press unknown books
2005139567Oakville Ontario: Oakville Galleries 2005. Hardcover. VG but for gallery library sticker on lower front cover. Spiral-bound plain cardboard with maroon and orange lettering; 11" x 4"; 44 pp. with color images on 11 pages. With a foreword and prologue and artist's acknowledgements. Essays include Disordered Painging: Impure Abstraction and Blank Expression in the Work of Eric Glavin and Eric Glavin: The Comforts of Geometry. Each work described. Catalogue from the exhibition held Jan. 15 - Mar. 13 2005. Oakville Galleries hardcover books
2010547392010. 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. $29.95 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 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
2010604132010. ISBN-13: 9781584779704; ISBN-10: 1584779705. Stein Jacob A. Eulogy of Lawyers: Written by a Lawyer. Clark: The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2010. xix 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. Corners bumped page edges soiled. Else very good. $19.95 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
2010547402010. 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
2009045532Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company 2009. vii 362p. original stiff printed boards Studies in language companion series 112. John Benjamins Publishing Company unknown books
