Old Practitioner (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Color plates. Tissued frontis. Black cloth with gilt titles and decoration on front and spine. Covers show wear, age, soiling, gilt is in very good condition. Some discoloration to text block. Interior shows limited soiling, otherwise unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 400 pp, maroon cloth, worn, front hinge cracked and tender, moderately shaken, sound reading copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: fair. 555pp; 1/2 of free front ep missing; scattered foxing/stains to pages; black cover with faced lettering front & spine; tears along gutters, spine has been glued in place; faded gilt lettering on front of worn to black cover with boards showing at edges. Hardcover.

Rare Eighteenth-Century Works on Important Aspects of the Law of Real Property Old Practitioner. The Modern Practice of Distress and Replevin: Wherein is Laid Down the Theory and Practice of that Branch of the Law, In A Plain and Explicit Manner; So as to Afford Instruction to Every Inquirer, Whether of the Profession or Not. London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, Law Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1776. [viii], 246 pp. [Bound With] The Law and Practice of Fines and Recoveries. London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, Law Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1778. [iv], 173, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary reversed calf, blind fillets to boards, raised bands, lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. A few minor scuffs and stains to boards, minor chips to spine ends, corners bumped and somewhat worn, hinges starting, later owner bookplate (Penry Williams) to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing to a few leaves, offsetting to margins of endleaves, faint dampstaining to front endleaves, minor, gradually diminishing worming at upper inside corner from front pastedown to leaf F2 (pp. 35-36) of Modern Practice. $1,250. * Only editions. Two rare anonymous works on two important early aspects of the law of real property: first those remedies associated with self help, second on aspects of conveyancing that date back to the medieval era. Modern Practice: OCLC locates 3 copies in North America (Jenkins, University of Georgia, University of Minnesota; the ESTC adds 2 (Harvard, York University). Fines and Recoveries: OCLC locates 2 copies in North American law libraries (Emory, University of Windsor); the ESTC adds 1 (Harvard). English Short-Title Catalogue N10902, N10294.