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GREAT BRITAIN. COLONIAL OFFICE.
Slavery (Ceylon). Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 7 August 1843; - for, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence relative to the Abolition of Slavery in the Island of Ceylon, since the Date of the last Despatches laid be
[London: 1843]..
folio. pp. 10, [1 leaf]. disbound. Cundall 2854 (p. 146).
$173 USD Book Number: LEAavGRE6 Order / Enquire
GREAT BRITAIN. FOREIGN OFFICE.
Class C. Correspondence On Slave Trade, With Foreign Powers Parties To Conventions Under Which Vessels Are To Be Tried By The Tribunals Of The Nation To Which They Belong. From January 1, to December 31, 1841, inclusive. Presented to both Houses of Parlia
London: Printed By William Clowes And Sons, 1842..
folio. pp. ix, 162; 1 p.l., [v]-xiii, 325, [1]. first half-title present; the second lacking. contemporary half roan (rubbed, joints partly cracked but solid, spine faded & chipped at ends, library label on lower spine). The first paper contains correspondence with Austria, Denmark, France, Hanse Towns, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, Tuscany, Two Sicilies, Hayti, and Venezuela, the second correspondence with Belgium, Hanover, Saxony, Switzerland, Albania, Algiers, Egypt, Greece, Morocco, Palestine, Persia, Syria, Turkey, Tripoli, Tunis, Bolivia, Central America, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Montevideo, New Grenada, Peru, Texas, and the United States. Cundall 2854 (p. 146)
$980 USD Book Number: LEAasGRE78 Order / Enquire
GREAT BRITAIN. STATE TRIALS.
A Complete Collection OF State-Trials, And Proceedings For High-Treason, And Other Crimes and Misdemeanours; The Fourth Edition; Commencing With The Eleventh Year of the Reign of King Richard II. And Ending With The Sixteenth Year of the Reign of King George III. With Two Alphabetical Tables To The Whole. To Which Is Prefixed, A New Preface, By Francis Hargrave, Esquire.
London: Printed by T.Wright And Sold by G.Kearsly, 1776-81..
11 Volumes. folio. text in double columns. contemporary calf (worn, 2 covers detached, joints cracked, chipping to joints & spine ends). the Richard Heber [1773-1833] copy. Sweet & Maxwell I.369.8. Marke 1030-31. Marvin 660-61.
$1998 USD Book Number: elala1674 Order / Enquire
GREAT BRITAIN. STATE TRIALS.
Cobbett's Complete Collection Of State Trials And Proceedings For High Treason And Other Crimes And Misdemeanors From the Earliest Period To The Present Time. [Edited by Thomas Bayly Howell & Thomas Jones Howell].
London: Printed By T.C.Hansard.Published By R.Bagshaw., 1809-28..
34 Volumes (incl. Index by David Jardine). 8vo. later 19th century half calf (extremities worn, spines partly darkened, rear joint of Vol. 23 partly split). Arthur Club copy. "This edition, besides containing many more Trials during the same period embraced by that of Mr. Hargrave, and bringing the Trials down to 1820, is enriched by numerous references and explanatory notes, embodying a great variety of legal and historical information, which greatly contributes to a correct understanding of this immense repository of Criminal Law." (Marvin) "An invaluable collection of nearly all the important criminal trials and constitutional cases, and of some important civil cases, which have some bearing upon public law.": (Holdsworth, A History of English Law, XII:130). Including accounts of notorious cases not found elsewhere, the collection begins with with the proceedings against Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury for High Treason in 1163 and ends with the trial of William Davidson and Richard Tidd for High Treason in 1820. Sweet & Maxwell II.174. Marvin pp. 660-61. See Marke p. 1030.
$4496 USD Book Number: elala2539 Order / Enquire
GREAT BRITAIN. TREATIES, &c.
Treaty Between Her Majesty And The Mexican Republick, For The Abolition Of The Traffick In Slaves, Signed at Mexico, February 24, 1841. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by Command of Her Majesty, 1842.
London: Printed By T.R.Harrison, [1842]..
folio. pp. 22. text in English & Spanish in double columns. disbound. Cundall 2854 (p. 146).
$346 USD Book Number: LEAeaGRE36 Order / Enquire
GREAT BRITAIN. TREATIES, &c.
Treaty Between Her Majesty And The Oriental Republick Of The Uruguay, For The Abolition Of The Traffick In Slaves, Signed at Monte-Video, July 13, 1839. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by Command of Her Majesty, 1842.
London: Printed By T.R.Harrison, [1842]..
folio. pp. 38. text in English & Spanish in double columns. disbound. Cundall 2854 (p. 146).
$346 USD Book Number: LEAeaGRE53 Order / Enquire
GREAT BRITAIN. TREATIES, &c.
Treaty Between Her Majesty And The Queen Of Portugal, For The Suppression Of The Traffick In Slaves Signed at Lisbon, July 3, 1842. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by Command of Her Majesty, 1842. [WITH:] . Additional Article To The Treaty Concl
London: Printed By T.R.Harrison, [1842]..
folio. pp. 41; 1 p.l., 2. text in English & Portuguese in double columns. disbound. Cundall 2854 (pp. 146-47)
$519 USD Book Number: LEAeaGRE42 Order / Enquire
GREAT BRITAIN. TREATIES, &c.
Treaty Between Her Majesty And The Republick Of Bolivia For The Abolition Of The Traffick In Slaves, Signed at Sucre, September 25, 1840. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by Command of Her Majesty, 1842.
London: Printed By T.R.Harrison, [1842]..
folio. pp. 25. text in English & Spanish in double columns. disbound. Cundall 2854 (p. 146).
$350 USD Book Number: elala2479 Order / Enquire
GREAT BRITAIN. TREATIES, &c.
Treaty Between Her Majesty And The Republick Of Chile, For The Abolition Of The Traffick In Slaves. Signed at Santiago, January 19, 1839. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by Command of Her Majesty, 1843. [WITH:] .Additional And Explanatory Conven
London: Printed By T.R.Harrison, [1843]..
folio. pp. 1 p.l., 27; [1], 3. text in English & Spanish in double columns. disbound. Cundall 2854 (p. 147).
$378 USD Book Number: LEAeaGRE19 Order / Enquire
GREAT BRITAIN. TREATIES, &c.
Treaty Of Amity, Commerce, And Navigation, Between Her Majesty And The Oriental Republick Of Uruguay, Signed at London, August 26, 1842. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by Command of Her Majesty, 1843.
London: Printed By T.R.Harrison, [1843]..
folio. pp. 15. text in English & Spanish in double columns. disbound. Cundall 2854 (p. 147).
$288 USD Book Number: LEAeaGRE38 Order / Enquire
GREAT BRITAIN. TREATIES.
The Treaty Of Peace Between The Allied And Associated Powers And Germany, The Protocol annexed thereto, the Agreement respecting the military occupation of the territories of the Rhine, And The Treaty Between France And Great Britain Respecting Assistance to France in the event of unprovoked aggression by Germany. Signed at Versailles, June 28th, 1919 [Cover Title].
London: Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1919..
folio. pp. xv, [1], 453. text in French & English on opposite pages. 16 plates of facsimile seals & signatures. 5 large folding maps in rear pocket. original cloth-backed printed bds. (some corner & edge wear, light foxing to verso of a few parts of maps). First Edition.
$500 USD Book Number: elala5804 Order / Enquire
GRIFFITHS, Arthur [George Frederick] [1838-1908].
Memorials Of Millbank And Chapters In Prison History.With Illustrations By R.Goff And The Author. New Edition.
London: Chapman And Hall, Limited, 1884..
8vo. pp. 5 p.l., 468 + 32(ads). 23 text illus. rebound with original black & gilt cloth sides & spine mounted. Second Edition (first: 1875). Chapters XIII-XVII, pp. 241-326, and XXI-XXIV, pp. 391-466, deal with transportation and convict life in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. The author was inspector of prisons in England from 1878 to 1896.
$173 USD Book Number: LIFmoGRI61 Order / Enquire
HALE, Sir Matthew [1609-1676].
Historiae Placitorum Coronae. The History Of The Pleas of the Crown.Now first published from his Lordship's Original Manuscript, and the several References to the Records examined by the Originals, with large Notes. By Sollom Emlyn.
[London]: Printed by E. and R.Nutt, and R.Gosling., 1736..
2 Volumes. folio. pp. 2 p.l., xix, [1]errata, [8], 710; 3 p.l., 414, [198]index & errata. folded engraved frontis. portrait by George Vertue after Michael Wright. contemporary calf (worn but solid, covers scarred, joints cracked, some scattered light foxing & browning, a few leaves more heavily foxed, dampstaining to upper margin of several gatherings in Vol. II). First Edition of this important work by "one of the greatest men who have adorned the English bench." (Winfield) The Historiae was the first attempt at a history of the English criminal law, and is considered Hale's most important work from the point of view of legal doctrine. The first volume begins with matters of excuse, like infancy and madness, and proceeds to more important crimes and statutory felonies, while the second deals with criminal procedure in capital cases. Sweet & Maxwell I 362.36. Marke p. 450. Marvin p. 358. Winfield pp. 326-27.
$1922 USD Book Number: LLEstHAL66 Order / Enquire
HALL, J. W. (Editor).
Trial of William Joyce.
London, Edinburgh & Glasgow: William Hodge & Company, Limited, [1946]..
8vo. pp. xii, 312. 8 illus. cloth (minor stans on front cover). First Edition. Notable British Trials Series.
$75 USD Book Number: kdla26 Order / Enquire
HALL, Sir John (Editor).
Trial of Abraham Thornton.
Edinburgh & London: William Hodge & Company, Limited, [1926]..
8vo. pp. x, [1 leaf], 183 + [20]ads. 9 illus. (1 folding). cloth (spine faded, extremedies bit worn). First Edition. Notable British Trials Series.
$79 USD Book Number: kdla27 Order / Enquire
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