Law from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

Oxford: Clarendon Press 1963. 8vo. xii., 152 pp. Navy hardcover cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, in a dustjacket. With a colour frontis and b&w plates throughout. Jacket is edge worn and darkened at the spine and edges. With a bookshop invoice from 1980, and a newspaper clipping of a 1992 The Times article titled 'Legal chiefs present case… Ler mais sobre este item

London: William Hodge and Company 1948. 8vo. This is possibly a presentation copy from the author, Colin Sleeman; there is an ink gift inscription signed in the same year of publication to the endpapers: 'A memento to a fearless judge. Colin 1.xi.48'. lxix, 245 pp. Red cloth; blind stamped device to front board. Minor shelf wear to extremities; internally clean,… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh: Printed by T. and W. Ruddimans 1734. 8vo. First Edition. xii, 276 pp. Contemporary full calf with raised bands, red title label and gilt lettering and devices to spine. Some rubbing and minor wear to extremities. Ink ownership mark at prelims and light and infrequent foxing, though overall quite clean. 18 cms tall, 12 cms wide, though technically a… Ler mais sobre este item

Washington: Government Printing Office 1863. Large 8vo. Volume 3 only. 659 pp. Purple/cream cloth with blind stamped devices to front board and spine. Discolouration to front board and spine, rubbing to spine ends and corners. Light foxing to endpapers and prelims. Some text bleed to pages, but otherwise in good, clean condition. The third volume of the report investigating President… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1892. 8vo. xviii, 406 [2] pp. Maroon hardback. Bumping to corners and spine ends, light wear to joints. Laid paper, bottom edge uncut. Decorative endpapers. Internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. 1892.

London: John Murray 1923. 8vo. x, 146, [4 ads] pp. Dark blue hardcover in pictorial jacket. Fraying to jacket, marks and dents to boards, and small amount of loss to corner of front panel. Some foxing to edges and throughout. An account of the career and travels of the Advocate-General of Madras Presidency. . Good. Hardcover. 1923.

London: Benjamin Fisher 1630. Small 4to. [12], 88, 16, 89-230, [62] pp. Half speckled calf binding over marbled boards, with gilt stamped decoration to spine, five raised bands, and a red title label. Slight wear at extremities but in very good condition given age. Binding firm. All edges red, but the colour now only distinguishable on the tail edge as… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1885. 8vo. lxxiv, 292, 44 pp., Fourth edition. Blue gilt lettered cloth. Some darkening to the spine and wear to the ends, boards clean. Minor lean to the binding. Some scattered pencil marks and owners name in pencil to the front endpaper. Generally internally bright with slight spotting to the publisher's catalogue bound to… Ler mais sobre este item

London: P. S. King & Son 1909. 8vo.Pamphlet. [3], 157, [3] pp. Brown paper wraps with black lettering, with . A temperance pamphlet, discussing the future of "public houses" and the "evil of drink". Spine is creased but binding is still firm; faint pencil mark on front board and slight turning up of the corners, otherwise in very good condition… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Butterworth & Co. 1915. Large 8vo. viii, 356 pp. Second volume. Full terracotta cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Crinkling at edges and spine, markings and a stain to the leather. Spotting at book edge but clean internally. Bears ink inscription of Fuller Smith & Turner to first free endpaper. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. 1915.

Melbourne: Authority : Robert S. Brain 1890. Small 4to.Presentation Copy. 7 volumes. Full red morocco with gilt decoration and lettering to boards and spine, with the presentation inscription to the front boards of each volume from the Parliament of Victoria. Marbled endpapers, gilt turn ins and all edges gilt. Markings and rubbing to the bindings. Some water damage to boards… Ler mais sobre este item

[London]: [Poor Law Commission] 1910. Large 4to. vii, 123, vi pp. Cream and cloth with lettering to spine. With fold out maps. Cloth marked and grubbied. Royal Statistical society bookplate and stamp to title. Otherwise internally clean. With compliments slip. . Good. Cloth. 1910.

London: Butterworth & Co. 1902. 8vo. xv, 88 pp., Blue publisher's cloth binding. Sligh rubbing to the spine and minor mark to the rear. Internally clean with some darkening to the endpapers, which advertise futher publications regarding the law. Containing information regards the laws concerning drunkeness. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. 1902.

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1946. 8vo. 15 volumes, each around 300 pp. 15 volumes only of 23 (1-5 and 7-16), but uncommon to find bound. Usually in fragile wraps or ex library. Half green morocco bindings with green cloth boards. gilt lettering on the spine, and marbled end papers. Fading to the spines and some wear to the spines… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: Privately printed 1894. 4to. One of 250 copies privately printed. lxxv, 502 pp. Original cloth with gilt lettering to front board & spine. Mottling to cloth on front panel. Internally clean. . Good. Cloth. 1894.

London: George Routledge & Sons [c.1860s]. Small 8vo. 192 pp,. Bound in orange pubishers cloth. Some marking to binding and spotting to the spine. Part of "The Useful Library"series, series of popular legal handbooks. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. 1860.

Cape Town: Jutta and Co 1948. 4to. 662 pp, name stamp on endpapers and fading to book cloth. . Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1948.

Petersbourg: N.p. 1769. 12mo. First French edition. 286 pp. Contemporary carta rustica. Wrappers rubbed. Wear to spine with tear along joint. Occasional spotting. Binding firm. Square cut from the rear pastedown, which is made from waste, and has older type visible. The famous Nakaz translation, published shortly before the Empress's own translation. . Very Good. Wraps. 1769.

London: Effingham Wilson 1930. 8vo. xi, 134, (6) pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards clean. Minor ink underlining to two pages. Publisher's list at rear. . Very Good. Cloth. Third Edition. 1930.

London: Printed for the Society 1859. Large 8vo.Ex-Library. viii, 971 pp. Original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Ex-institutional library copy from the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society with usual markings. Minor wear to spine ends & extremities. Boards clean. Internally clean. Binding firm. A Very Good copy. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1859.