John Aleyn (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Folio measuring approx. 12x8 inches, paginated: t.p., [4], 95, [11]; bound in full leather of the period, boards detached and spine wasted, covers worn and marred; title page detached with chipping all around, previous owner names, light soil and age toning [photo]; the rest of the text block has light age toning and or spotting, some occasional ink notations, but is complete and binding secure; sold "as is" for study / reference / rebinding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [4], 95p, [11]. 19th century quarter tan calf over marbled boards. "These reports consist of loose notes of cases taken during the last years of Charles I., when judicial proceedings were greatly interrupted by the troubles of the time". Wallace 289.Some rubbing to the board extremities. Lacking the leather along two corner tips. Institutional bookplate on the inside front board. Foxing to the title page and the first two leaves and some fraying to the paper along corners of the margins. A few contemporary marginal annotations.

[8] 95 [11] pp. Folio, later, but old, half morocco and cloth sides. First edition. Two bookplates on front endsheet; old ink ownership signatures on title page; text block age-toned; underlining in red to two pages; a couple of old ink notes; binding a little scuffed; tight and sound.

paperback. Condition: very good. First. With Tables of the Names of the Cafes and of the Matters Therein Contained: Also Of the Names of the Learned Councel who Argued the Same. 95 pages +11 page table, text block printed in black letter. Occasional early ink notes mainly in the margins, folio, modern wrappers. London: Robert Pawlet, 1681. First Edition. Very Good.

First Edition. Includes a Landmark Contract Case Aleyn, John. Select Cases In B.R. 22, 23, & 24. Car. I. Regis, Reported by John Aleyn Late of Greys Inn Esq; With Tables of the Names of the Cases and of the Matters Therein Contained: Also of the Names of the Learned Councel Who Argued the Same. London: Printed for Robert Pawlet, 1681. [viii], 95, [13] pp. Title page preceded by license leaf. Folio (11-3/4" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining spine, blind rules to boards, lettering piece to spine, neat early repair to head of spine. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks and scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped and somewhat worn, early armorial bookplate to front pastedown, hinges partially cracked. Moderate toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, brief early annotations to several leaves, early owner signatures to head of title page. $350. * First edition. Covers the Upper Bench 1646-1649. Wallace says this is a good set of reports and notes that it includes the landmark contract case of Paradine v. Jane, which established the principle of holding a contractor to a non-conditional obligation. A second edition of this reporter was published in 1688. Wallace, The Reporters 292f.