William J Blackstone (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Nice copy. Covered with blue paper wraps. Copy of engraved portrait frontis of Sir William Blackstone. 18 Pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Second printing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Highlighting throughout the pages. Binding is secure. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 143 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 339. . 1988. Hardback. . . . .

Full Calf. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Published. Nineteenth Edition. VOLUME 2 ONLY "The Rights of Things" Nineteenth edition with the last corrections of the author and copious notes by J E Hovenden, xxiv, 520 commentariesillustrated with black & white plates, one of them folding, some spotting to plates and opposite pages a little tanned, one or two pencil notations in margins, otherwise pages appear clean, marbled edges, paper of front hinge starting to crack but binding is firm, full calf, banded spine with gilt lettering on black, some rubbing and scuffing to boards and spine, upper spine joint has split. Size: 8.75 X 5.5 Inches. English Law.…

Full Calf. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Published. Nineteenth Edition. VOLUME 3 ONLY "Of Private Wrongs" Nineteenth edition with the last corrections of the author and copious notes by J E Hovenden, xx, 455 commentaries, xxvi appendix, one or two pencil notations in margins, otherwise pages appear clean, marbled edges, paper of front hinge starting to crack but binding is firm, full calf, banded spine with gilt lettering on black, some rubbing and scuffing to boards and spine, lower part of upper spine joint starting to split. Size: 8.75 X 5.5 Inches. English Law.…

Condition: New. Num Pages: 143 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 339. . 1988. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Gilt decorated hard cover. Facsimile edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 4 Volumes. Bound in leather. Volumes I and IV have both boards detached. Vol. II has only the rear board, detached. Volume III has no boards. Blindstamp to title pages. Bindings poor, leather chipping and loss to spine. Pencil notation to margins. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.…

Leather. Condition: Good. A complete set of Sir William Blackstone's descriptions of the doctrines of the English common law. The nineteenth editions.In half green calf, with marbled boards.With the last of the corrections of the author, and copious notes by J.E. Hovenden.Sir William Blackstone was an Englishjurist,justice, andTory politician most noted for these works of his Commentaries on the Laws of England, which became the best-known description of the doctrines of the English common law.This four-volume set of Commentaries were designed to provide a complete overview of English law.Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece. In half calf. Externally, generally smart. Fading to spines, with rubbing to joints and spines. Odd rubbing to boards. Small loss to spine of Vol IV. Lacking spine label to volume I and III, with the labels loosely inserted to volume III. Calf lifting to head of spine of Vol III, with slight loss to corners. Age toning and spotting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages 256-259 to volume II loosening. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd age toning and light spotting. Title page of Vol I, Vol II, and Vol IV are clipped at head. Ink inscription to title page of Vol I, with offsetting. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1875. Sharswood's American Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries Revised for the Late Nineteenth Century [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. Field, Barron, (1786-1846). Sharswood, George, (1810-1883), Editor. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1875. 4 volumes in 2 books. Octavo (9-3/4" x 6-1/2"; 24.8 x 15.9 cm). xxxix, 811; xx, [739] pp. Complete with Table of Consanguinity and a fold-out Table of Descent. Contemporary buckram, red and black gilt lettering pieces to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing and soiling to boards, extremities and lettering pieces. Bookseller's ticket "Geo. H. Dixon/ Philadelphia" and previous owner's inscription "Wm. N. Bower/ 6/16/41" to front pastedowns, otherwise internally clean, and tight. A very good, sound set. $750. * First published between 1765 and 1769, Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England became one of the most influential expositions of English common law and a foundational text in American legal education and jurisprudence. George Sharswood, a prominent Pennsylvania jurist, legal educator, and later chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, adapted the work for nineteenth-century American readers by incorporating annotations and supplementary commentary from earlier legal authorities. This Philadelphia edition reflects the enduring influence of Blackstone's work in the United States, where its synthesis of common-law principles shaped generations of lawyers, judges, and legal scholars. Its historical interest lies particularly in the continued adaptation and transmission of English legal thought within the developing American legal tradition. This specific printing also features the analytical tools and contributions of Barron Field, an English judge and scholar notable for establishing some of the earliest judicial frameworks in colonial Australia. Field's precise summaries were integrated to help students digest the dense, systemic layers of English common law. Furthermore, this copy retains a distinct regional provenance with the inclusion of a nineteenth-century bookseller ticket from George H. Dixon that anchors the physical history of these volumes directly to Philadelphia's historic legal and publishing district, the very city where Sharswood lived, taught, and compiled t. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1875. (illustrator). …