Blackerby Nathaniel (4 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Hardback, full-calf, front board detached. 14.5cm x 8.5cm. Pp. [4], [20], 508. Binding is slightly rubbed and worn. Contents clean. Private ownership. (r18).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Not stated. Full title: The First Part of the Justice of Peace his Companion Or, a Summary of all the Acts of Parliament, whereby One, Two, or more Justices of the Peace, are authorized to act, not only in, but out of the Sessions of Peace. Begun by Samuel Blackerby. Alphabetically digested, and continued to the End of the last Session of Parliament, 1734. With an exact Table by Nathaniel Blackerby. Leather bound pocket-sized volume with raised bands on spine, simple decoration on front and rear covers. Front cover is almost detached and front end-paper is detached. Covers are worn. Bound text comprises: title-page; Preface (2); A Table (19); Errata(1); 508. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 12014090008. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

RARE handsome pocket volume from the early 18th century, containing abstracts of laws, mostly regarding commerce, the enforcement of which was in the powers of a Justice of Peace. 137x85mm. 540 pages [+24 unpaginated title and preface pages]. Half-leather Hardcover with marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decoration on cover and spine. Cover rubbed, stained and curved. Cover corners slightly bumped. Cover edges and rear cover upper corner worn/peeling. Spine gilt label rubbed. Text block edges browning. Few pages slightly age stained. Preface page edges cut-out. Spine visible between pages 480-481 and 504-505. Pages yellowing and slightly wavy. [SUMMARY]: This 18th century book is otherwise in good condition. The book is in : English.

2 vols. London, 1730 & 1734. (illustrator). First Edition. 2 vols. London, 1730 & 1734. A Primary Source for Many Subsequent Manuals Blackerby, Samuel [fl. 1720-1738]. Blackerby, Nathaniel. The First Part of the Justice of Peace His Companion; Or, A Summary of All the Acts of Parliament.Begun by Samuel Blackerby, Alphabetically Digested, And Continued to the End of the Last Session of Parliament, 1729. With an Exact Table, By Nathaniel Blackerby, Esq. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, 1730. [xxiv], 508 pp. [And] Blackerby, Samuel. Blackerby, Nathaniel. The Second Part of the Justice of Peace His Companion. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and Richard Gosling, 1734. [iv], vii-xxiv, 360 pp. Includes one-page publisher list. 12mo. (5" x 3"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, gilt tooling to board edges, lettering pieces, gilt-edged raised bands and gilt volume numbers to spine. Light rubbing and a few nicks and scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped and somewhat worn, joints just starting at ends, early armorial bookplates (of Joseph Pickford, Esq.) to front pastedowns. Light toning to text, a few faint dampstains and early owner inscriptions (of Thomas Percival, Royton, Lancashire) to endleaves. Appealing copies, uniformly and attractively bound. $750. * Fifth editions. The first edition of Blackerby's Justice of the Peace, His Companion appeared in 1711. A companion volume, Cases in Law, which carries the subtitle "The Second Part of the Justice of Peace's Companion," followed in 1717. Both were held in high esteem, went through several editions and served as primary sources for many subsequent manuals. Justice of the Peace is arranged alphabetically by topic. Such entries as Apprentices, Bastardy, Gaming Houses, Overseers of the Poor, Papists and Popish Recusants and Witchcraft offer a unique perspective on rural English society during the early 1700s. Our copies, bound as a uniform set, are from the library of Thomas Percival [1719-1762], a Lancashire landowner and antiquary. On his death, his papers (and presumably his library) passed to his son-in-law, Joseph Pickford [1744-1819] (ODNB). Pickford, who later adopted the surname Radcliffe, was a magistrate and justice of the peace best known for the prolonged and brutal campaign against the Luddites which won him a knigh.