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Collection Of Some Principal Rules and Maximes of the Common Lawes of England [Elements of the Common Lawes] by BACON Francis

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Title: Collection Of Some Principal Rules and Maximes of the Common Lawes of England [Elements of the Common Lawes]
Author: BACON Francis
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1639. BACON, Francis. A Collection Of Some Principal Rules and Maximes of the Common Lawes of England, With Their Latitude and Extent: Explicated for the more facile Introduction of such as are studiously addicted to that noble Profession [a.k.a. Elements of the Common Lawes of England]. BOUND WITH: The Use of the Law. London: Assignes of John More, 1639. Small quarto, modern full brown calf; pp. (18), 94; (8), 72. $1800.Third edition of ""one of the earliest, if not the first, published collection of maxims of the English Law"" (Rees I: 20).As Britain's Lord Chancellor, Francis Bacon excelled as ""one of the Makers of English Law. In all the spheres that a lawyer can occupy he was preeminent"" (Reams, 105). Yet the displeasure with which James I viewed his reforms prevented any of Bacon's legal works from being published during his lifetime. Central to this conflict was Bacon's belief ""in a large, modern, centralized nation-state and in a powerful, dominant monarchy. Bacon was against medieval ideas of feudalism just as much as he was against medieval notions in metaphysics Bacon rejected Coke's theory of the supremacy of the common law, preferring to ascribe supremacy to natural law, or to what he went so far as to call reason What was needed was the vision of the statesman, and this Bacon himself volunteered to contribute. The statesman was ready to agree that the judges should be honored as lions, but the lions should be 'under the throne.' It was this opinion that recommended him to James I, [yet] Bacon did not succeed in winning James' sympathy, even when he was closest to him"" (Encyclopedia of Philosophy I: 236). Thus the Elements, part of Bacon's noble plan to systematize and reform English law, was published posthumously.Among America's Founding Fathers, Jefferson held Bacon in especially high esteem. He considered Bacon, Locke and Newton to be ""the three greatest men that have ever lived, without any exception"" (February 15, 1789 letter to John Trumbull). While only 25 of the hundreds of maxims collected by Bacon were ever published, Elements stands acclaimed as ""one of the earliest, if the not the first, published collection of Maxims of the English Law in the science of the grounds and mysteries of the law, he was exceeded by none"" (Marvin, 83-84). Bound without general title page (Elements of the Common Lawes of England, Branched into a Double Tract), as sometimes found; with the title page of the first part serving as the volume's title page. None of Bacon's legal works was published before his death in 1626; the first edition of this work appeared in 1630. Bound with a 1639 edition of The Use of the Law (probably not by Bacon), as often; this part first appeared in 1629 as the second part of another work by Sir John Doderidge entitled The Lawyer's Light (see Gibson 192). STC 1136. Sweet & Maxwell I: 167. Owner signature crudely excised from right margin of Part I title page, not quite affecting letterpress.Loss to title page, presumeably a roughly excised owner signature. Some light marginal toning and occasional spotting to text; recent calf binding fine.

The Strayed Reveller and Other Poems by Arnold, Matthew

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Title: The Strayed Reveller and Other Poems
Author: Arnold, Matthew
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: B. Fellowes, 1849. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. viii, 128 pp. Original ribbed dark green cloth elaborately block in blind with gilt spine lettering, pale yellow endpapers. Near Fine with a little wear at tips, hint of rubbing to cloth, front paste down slightly foxed, name written on front free endpaper. Lettering bright, cloth unfaded, blind designs quite distinct. A much better copy than most. The author's first book, a collection of poems published anonymously in an edition of only 500 copies. Arnold is generally regarded as the Victorian tastemaker par excellence for his cultural criticism.

Observations on Morbid Poisons, Chronic and Acute.; The first comprehending syphilis, yaws, sivvens, elephantiasis, and the anomala confounded with them. The second, the acute contagions, particularly the variolous & vaccine by ADAMS, Joseph

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Title: Observations on Morbid Poisons, Chronic and Acute.; The first comprehending syphilis, yaws, sivvens, elephantiasis, and the anomala confounded with them. The second, the acute contagions, particularly the variolous & vaccine
Author: ADAMS, Joseph
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: good
Description: London: Callow, Crown Court, 1807. Second. hardcover. good. Illustrated with 4 exquisite colored stipple engravings, & further commentaries on the doctrines of Mr. Hunter. 4to, disbound with covers lacking but still firmly sewn. London: Callow: Crown Court, 1807. Second Edition. A good only copy. Proksch I, 259. The chief work of Adams (1756-1818), a respected practitioner and physician to the Small Pox Hospital. In this work Adams defends John Hunter, of whom he was a great admirer, against various attacks by his detractors, as well as presents his own work on contagion and preventative measures, including inoculation and vaccinations. The four fine engr. plates printed in colors, which are very striking, illustrate skin lesions and other external characteristics of various diseases.

Official Army Register for 1859 by [United States Army]

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Title: Official Army Register for 1859
Author: [United States Army]
Seller: Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fair
Description: Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office, 1858. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Printed, stitched, brown wraps. 60 pages. Covers detached with light edge chips and creases. Interior contents in good condition. Army Register includes General Officers; Quartermaster's Department; Subsistence Department; Medical Department; Pay Department; Corps of Engineers; Corps of Topographical Engineers; Ordinance Department; First Regiment of Dragoons; First Regiment of Cavalry; Second Regiment of Cavalry; Regiment of Mounted Riflemen; First -Fourth Regiment of Artillery; First-Tenth Regiment of Infantry; and more. List of officers include Major General Winfield Scott, Robert E. Lee, Joseph Johnston, George Meade, John B. Hood, George Thomas, William Hardee, Albert Johnston, Marcus Reno, Randolph Marcy, Howard Stansbury, Henry H. Sibley, John Sedgwick, James E. B. Stuart, Kirby Smith, Phil Sheridan, Winfield S. Hancock, Stephen Long and more. An alphabetical register is located in back of the wraps.

Menstruation in Wartime: Two (2) WWII-era Tampax Leaflets

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Title: Menstruation in Wartime: Two (2) WWII-era Tampax Leaflets
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: Very good to near-fine.
Description: Palmer, Massachusetts: Tampax Incorporated, 1945. Very good to near-fine.. Two (2) printed leaflets promoting Tampax tampons to WWII-era American women: "Seldom has a new product achieved in a short time a success equal to that of Tampax. Club women, housewives, war workers-- by the thousands-- have welcomed Tampax as a friend and emancipator". Tampons were sold by the early 1930s, but did not gain popularity until the 1940s and beyond. "Emancipation" from belts, pins, pads, and odor was a common theme in advertising. provides an interesting look into gender roles and the day-to-day lives of women during the war. Each measures approx. 4.5" by 8.5" unfolded, 4.5" by 3" folded.

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

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Title: A Streetcar Named Desire
Author: Tennessee Williams
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. Near Fine. Al Hirschfeld. An all-but-pristine copy of this 1982 Limited Editions Club offering. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its leather-backed floral covers. #1,864 of 2,000 copies signed by the great Al Hirschfeld (who illustrated this edition) at the limitation. Tall quarto, Foreword by Jessica Tandy, Introduction by Tennessee Williams himself. Also includes a very sharp example of the publisher's printed slipcase and a laid-in copy of the monthly Limited Editions Club newletter.

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