Fitz Gibbons John (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. frontispiece, [4], 321p, [13]. Contemporary calf. Old rebacking preserving the original spine. John Fitzgibbon, (1708?-1780) was a barrister and politician born in Limerick, Ireland. At 16, he went to Paris to study medicine. For reasons unclear, he gave up medicine for law and was called to the bar in 1731. He quickly established himself in Ireland as a highly competent lawyer. See DIB. From the Library of John Duke Coleridge (1820-1894) with his signature on the front blank. Duke Coleridge was an English lawyer, judge and Liberal politician.Also from Maine State Library with bookplate. Boards worn and rubbed but otherwise internally clean.

Hardcover. Quarto, [4], 321 pages, [15]; G-; Fully bound in calf leather with banded spine; Boards have moderate cracking along hinges (both covers detached), light+ edgewear and bumping to corners, moderate rubbing to covers (portions of leather worn off), and moderate cracking and wear to spine with chipping to head/tail; Textblock shows light age toning to edges and interior, light to moderate toning with occasional light foxing after p.261, and 19th-century ownership markings penned to ffep (loose) and title page with consistent marginalia throughout interior. RWO. 1364900. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Edition Unstated. Size: 4to. Text contains minor marks/notes in ink. Front and back boards both detached. Previous owners' names on title page, previous owner's book-plate laid in on front paste down. Brown leather over boards, 336 pages, Index section called "The Table". Both boards detached, leather worn and cracked, end papers stained around edges, corners worn, text block stained/toned, some foxing scattered throughout, pages all firmly attached to spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 lbs 1 oz. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 011986.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library. Ex-library copy with faint "star " ink stamp on spine. Blind stamp and ink stamp on title page. Newer cloth library binding (not buckram). Title page, following leaf, and last few leaves are foxed. Pages have browned edges and a few marginal notes. Spine labels are foxed.

1st edition. Poor copy in the original full aniline calf leather with raised bands. Front board detached, back board lacking. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 321 pp. Subjects; Law reports, digests, etc. Great Britain ; Early works to 1800. Courts. Criminal justice system. Legal history. 3 Kg.

1st edition. Poor copy in the original full aniline calf leather with raised bands. Front board detached, back board lacking. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 321 pp. Subjects; Law reports, digests, etc. Great Britain ; Early works to 1800. Courts. Criminal justice system. Legal history. 1 Kg.

"The Sense of the Court Truly Delivered" Fitz-Gibbons, John [d. 1780]. The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer. In the I, II, III, IV, And V Years of His Present Majesty King George II. With Two Tables; The One of the Names of the Cases, The Other of the Principal Matters Therein Contained. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, And R. Gosling, 1732. [iv], 321, [15] pp. Folio (12-1/4" x 7-3/4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, lettering piece and raised bands to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning, slightly heavier in places, occasional crinkling and faint dampspotting to head of text block, light foxing in a few places. $350. * Only edition. Covering the years 1728 to 1733, this set of reports appears to have enjoyed equal amounts of approval and disapproval. A note by John Burrow, cited in Wallace, offers a moderate (and more accurate) assessment: "There are, indeed, errors in it; but upon the whole the cases seem to be clearly stated, the argument of different counsel at different times clearly, forcibly, and yet briefly represented, and the sense of the court truly delivered.": Wallace, The Reporters 428. English Short-Title Catalogue T44780.