James Oldham Editor (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 335 pages, with illustrations. Light wear only to dust jacket.

2nd Printing. Price-clipped. Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket. Introduction discussing manuscript case notes and their uses (61 pages), then manuscripts of Sir Soulden Lawrence, appendix, bibliography, table of statutes, table of cases, index of persons and places, index of subjects, 439 pages. Name inked on first page, small very faint stain on title page.; 7 3/4 x 10 ''.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 2013, first printing, matching dates on title and copyright pages. Published by Selden Society, London, UK. Hardcover in full cloth without DJ as issued. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no edgewear, sharp corners, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. Thick 4to, LXI + 439 pages. Large and heavy book will require additional postage for priority and international orders.…

Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Cloth, F. lxii+439pp, colour frontis, index, a fine copy, publications of the Selden Society vol CXXIII. Transcripts from the extensive manuscript notes of Lawrence's ( a Common Pleas and King's Bench judge 1794-1812 ), cases. These were for his own use, necessary because of the non-reporting or very-delayed reporting of cases in the central courts during most of the 18th century. In the introduction the editor chronicles this lack of regular and timely reporting, especially in the courts of Exchequer and Common Pleas. Hence the importance of materials such as these, drawn from the extensive collection of Lawrence manuscripts in the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn libraries. The first part has notes of cases by Lawrence when still at the bar. But the main content is his notes as a judge, from 1794. These contain not only many unreported cases, but also supply the printed reports with much fuller detail; and include the unreported intermediate stages of litigation. In the last section of the volume, the editor has selected examples from seven out of the many Paper Books among Lawrence's manuscripts. 1750 grams.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 439 pages in excellent condition. Blue hardcovers with gilt titles on the spine. Corners not bumped. No dust jacket as issued. FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. hardback/online edition. 1098 pages. 11.00x9.00x1.50 inches. In Stock.