Sleeman Editor (25 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2005). (1993) 2005 12th edition. 8vo paperback (147 x 210mm). Pp208, adverts throughout. Colour photographs and illustrations, maps. A very good second-hand paperback. A guide to fishing in the south west covering Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Glourcestershire. Information and contact details for hundreds of fisheries, tackle shops, bed and breakfasts and other useful services plus some good short articles by several well-known names. Published annually in association with the Environment Agency. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex-university but only indication university stamps on edges and a small line of numbers in ink along the inner margin of one page, else Near Fine. No Dust Jacket.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dj. First Edition. xii. + 180pp. Illustrated in b&w: vintage reproductions + 3 maps. xii. + 180pp. Index. Full terra cotta cloth covers, silver lettered spine. NOT a remainder. First Edition. Ten selections by various authors from 18th-19th Century. Facsimiles of title pages. Compiled and Edited by G. Martin Sleeman from written accounts before 1851. Fine/Near Fine dj. Book editor's estate acquisition. Book appears unread: no writings. Jacket faintly scuffed else complete/clean/crisp; no tears.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Printing. 180 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 180pp Illus.

ISBN-13: 9781616190897; ISBN-10: 1616190892. A Pioneer in American Legal Education Sleeman, Bill, Editor. David Hoffman: Life, Letters and Lectures at the University of Maryland 1821-1837. Clark: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2010. x, [11]-487 pp. ISBN-13:9781616190897 ISBN-10:1616190892. Paperback. Page edges lightly soiled, bottom bumped. Else very good. $30. * In 1817 David Hoffman published A Course of Legal Study, an ambitious, systematically organized program of readings for aspiring attorneys. It was widely acclaimed upon publication; Joseph Story said it offered "by far the most perfect system for the study of the law which has ever been offered to the public." Hoffman published this book while helping to establish the Law Institute of the newly founded University of Maryland. He expounded the principles of the Course in his lectures. A few were published as pamphlets to promote Hoffman's ideas and attract students. In 1837 he re-published them, along with a few related texts, in a book entitled Introductory Lectures, and Syllabus of a Course of Lectures, Delivered in the University of Maryland. The Law Library of the Library of Congress holds the only known copy. Sleeman returns this rare volume to print and adds an illuminating biographical sketch of Hoffman and a consideration of his library that reprints an auction catalogue of his books prepared for his estate by Henry Wheaton. DAVID HOFFMAN [1784-1854] was a prominent pioneer in the establishment of university-based legal education. He helped to found the University of Maryland Law School in 1816 and was its first professor. His A Course of Legal Study (1817) and Legal Outlines (1829) played a critical role in the development of law school curricula and provided guidance to hundreds of antebellum law students and attorneys. BILL SLEEMAN is the Assistant Director for Technical Services and Special Collections, Supreme Court Library. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A souvenir publication for postal distribution to 183, 000 New Zealand homes. Paper covers, monochrome illstns.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Front hinge is loosing. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket as Issued. Sealed in original shrink wrap; full dark maroon leather; gilt spine titles and front and rear decorations; 3 raised ribs to spine; all edges gilt; bound-in tan satin ribbon; a new copy.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Stewart, Robert (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 276 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

ISBN-13: 9781616190897; ISBN-10: 1616190892. A Pioneer in American Legal Education Sleeman, Bill, Editor. David Hoffman: Life, Letters and Lectures at the University of Maryland 1821-1837. Clark: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2011. x, [11]-487 pp. ISBN-13:9781616190897 ISBN-10:1616190892. Paperback. New. $39.95 * In 1817 David Hoffman published A Course of Legal Study, an ambitious, systematically organized program of readings for aspiring attorneys. It was widely acclaimed upon publication; Joseph Story said it offered "by far the most perfect system for the study of the law which has ever been offered to the public." Hoffman published this book while helping to establish the Law Institute of the newly founded University of Maryland. He expounded the principles of the Course in his lectures. A few were published as pamphlets to promote Hoffman's ideas and attract students. In 1837 he re-published them, along with a few related texts, in a book entitled Introductory Lectures, and Syllabus of a Course of Lectures, Delivered in the University of Maryland. The Law Library of the Library of Congress holds the only known copy. Sleeman returns this rare volume to print and adds an illuminating biographical sketch of Hoffman and a consideration of his library that reprints an auction catalogue of his books prepared for his estate by Henry Wheaton. DAVID HOFFMAN [1784-1854] was a prominent pioneer in the establishment of university-based legal education. He helped to found the University of Maryland Law School in 1816 and was its first professor. His A Course of Legal Study (1817) and Legal Outlines (1829) played a critical role in the development of law school curricula and provided guidance to hundreds of antebellum law students and attorneys. BILL SLEEMAN is the Assistant Director for Technical Services and Special Collections, Supreme Court Library. …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 286 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 296 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 280 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.55 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 340 pages. 9.06x6.10x9.21 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Abridged Edition. 329 pages. Index, glossary, black and white photographic plates include frontis of author. ". Has two main purposes. The first is to provide a clearer and more manageable text than has hitherto been available of one of the most important of the published documents that we have relating to the history of Oudh. The second is to point up the significance, as I see it, of Sleeman's approach to the study of Indian society." - from Editor's Preface. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket. A lovely copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 286 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.75 inches. In Stock.

ISBN-13: 9781584779834; ISBN-10: 1584779837. A Pioneer in American Legal Education Sleeman, Bill, Editor. David Hoffman: Life, Letters and Lectures at the University of Maryland 1821-1837. Clark, New Jersey: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2011. x, [11]-487 pp. ISBN-13: 9781584779834; ISBN-10: 1584779837. Hardcover. New. $49.95 * In 1817 David Hoffman published A Course of Legal Study, an ambitious, systematically organized program of readings for aspiring attorneys. It was widely acclaimed upon publication; Joseph Story said it offered "by far the most perfect system for the study of the law which has ever been offered to the public." Hoffman published this book while helping to establish the Law Institute of the newly founded University of Maryland. He expounded the principles of the Course in his lectures. A few were published as pamphlets to promote Hoffman's ideas and attract students. In 1837 he re-published them, along with a few related texts, in a book entitled Introductory Lectures, and Syllabus of a Course of Lectures, Delivered in the University of Maryland. The Law Library of the Library of Congress holds the only known copy. Sleeman returns this rare volume to print and adds an illuminating biographical sketch of Hoffman and a consideration of his library that reprints an auction catalogue of his books prepared for his estate by Henry Wheaton. DAVID HOFFMAN [1784-1854] was a prominent pioneer in the establishment of university-based legal education. He helped to found the University of Maryland Law School in 1816 and was its first professor. His A Course of Legal Study (1817) and Legal Outlines (1829) played a critical role in the development of law school curricula and provided guidance to hundreds of antebellum law students and attorneys. BILL SLEEMAN is the Assistant Director for Technical Services and Special Collections, Supreme Court Library. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 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, endpapers cracked at front hinge. The third volume of the 'War Crimes Trials' series, also including the Peleus Trial and the Belsen Trial. The Gozawa Trial records the trial of 10 members of the Imperial Japanese Army for breaches of international law in the Sino-Japanese War, set in a British Court in Singapore. With 22 b/w illustrations. 8vo. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 384 pages. Greek language. 7.00x4.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

First Edition. With a Foreword by Rear-Admiral The Rt. Hon. Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Pp. lxxii+246(last blank), 13 plates, appendices; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, publisher's device in blind at centre of upper board, the boards slightly faded, edges lightly rubbed and fore-corners slightly bruised, the spine slightly faded and rubbed, gilt dulled; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers slightly offset, occasional minor marginal pencilling, a little light foxing; William Hodge and Company, London, 1948. First edition. War Crimes Trials series.…

First Edition. The Trial that Inspired The Bridge Over the River Kwai [Trials]. Sleeman, Colin, Editor. Trial of Gozawa Sadaichi and Nine Others. With a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Earl of Mountbatten of Burma. London: William Hodge and Company, [1948]. lxxii, 245 pp. Illustrations. Map. Cloth in lightly toned dust jacket with a few minor smudges and a tiny tear near , negligible light toning to interior. A very good copy. $95. * First edition. Volume 3 of the War Crimes Trials Series. In 1946 the British government tried Capt. Sadaichi and nine of his officers and men in Singapore for their maltreatment of British, American, Dutch and Indian POWs, some of whom were captured after the fall of Singapore in 1942. Most of the abuses were connected with their forced labor in the construction of the Burma-Siam Railway, which earned the nickname "Railway of Death." (The story of the British POWs who were forced to build another section of this railway inspired The Bridge Over the River Kwai.).…