The law library. Volumes I, II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI. July 1833 - March 1836.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia: John S. Littell. 1833-1836., 1833. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Nine of the first eleven volumes of this periodical series devoted to reprinting contemporary English legal treatises. Uniformly bound in (?publisher's) half leather over marbled boards, labelled "Law Library" with volume number; leather worn, dry and crackling; labels worn, chipped, one missing; boards soiled and fraying at edges. Light to heavy foxing throughout; some dampstaining. Each volume includes a main title-page and a table of the treatises reprinted in the volume, except the second volume (which contains only one treatise) does not have a table. The series ran from 1833-1860 and reached 104 volumes. Writing about the series in 1847, Marvin said that the "early volumes are out of print, and the publishers, from time to time, number the volumes of the series from a period when they can furnish the consecutive volumes." Legal Bibliography, p. 450. Contents: *Volume I. July-Sept. 1833: Theobald, William. A practical treatise on the law of principal and surety, particularly with relation to mercantile guaranties, bills of exchange, and bail bonds. / Blanshard, William. A treatise on the statutes of limitation. / Wilkinson, James. A treatise on the limitations of actions as affecting mercantile and other contracts [etc.] / Bradby, James; Adams, John. A treatise on the law of distresses. The second edition, with considerable additions. *Volume II. Oct.-Dec. 1833: Shelford, Leonard. A practical treatise on the law concerning lunatics, idiots, and persons of unsound mind. *Volume III. Jan.-Mar. 1834: Platt, Thomas. A practical treatise on the law of covenants. / Sugden, Edward B. A series of letters to a man of property, on sales, purchases, mortgages, leases, settlements, and devises of estates. / Hennell, Charles. Forms of declarations, &c. prepared in conformity with the new general rules of all the courts, intended principally for the use of attornies, in drawing affidavits to hold to bail, declarations, particulars of demand [etc.] / Cornish, William Floyer. An essay on uses. *Volume V. July-Sept. 1834: Leigh, J.H. & Dalzell, R. A treatise on the equitable doctrine of the conversion of property. / Allnatt, Charles Blake. A practical treatise on the law of partition; with an appendix, containing the statutes and a selection of precedents. / Cary, Henry. A practical treatise on the law partnership. / Comyn, Robert Buckley. A treatise on the law of usury. *Volume VI. Oct.-Dec. 1834: Comyn, Robert Buckley; Chilton, George. A treatise on the law of landlord and tenant [etc.] The second edition, enlarged and corrected. / Babington, Richard. A treatise on the law of set-off and mutual credit, with an appendix of precedents. / Wilkinson, James John. The practice in the action of replevin, with a collection of practical forms. *Volume VII. Jan.-Mar. 1835: Watson, William Henry. A practical treatise on the law relating to the office and duty of sheriff [etc.] / Hayes, William. Principles for expounding dispositions of real estate to ancestor and heirs in tail, parent and issue [etc.] *Volume VIII. April-June 1835: Ram, James. A practical treatise of assets, debts and incumbrances. / Ram, James. A treatise on the exposition of wills of landed property. *Volume X. Oct.-Dec. 1835: Petersdorff, Charles. A practical treatise on the law of bail in civil and criminal proceedings. / Willis, John Walpole. A practical treatise on the duties and responsibilities of trustees. / Fletcher, Charles. An essay on the estates of trustees. *Volume XI. Jan.-Mar. 1836: Watson, William Henry. A treatise on the law of arbitration and awards; including the arbitration of disputes between masters and servant [etc.] / Park, John James. A treatise on the law of dower; particularly with a view to the modern practice of conveyancing. / Wilson, John. A treatise on springing uses, and other limitations by deed, corresponding to executory devises; according to the arrangement in Mr. Fearne's Essay.