Convict Discipline, 1833. A facsimile of the rare Colonial Circular No. 33-48 and other related documents
Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1977. Number 475 of 750 numbered copies. More
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Knox and Hargrave. A Legal Heritage. 150 Years of Practice in Law
Adelaide, Knox and Hargrave, 1988. More
New South Wales General Standing Orders. Selected from the General Orders issued by Former Governors, from the 16th of February 1791 to the 6th of September, 1800. Also, General Orders issued by Governor King, from the 28th of September 1800 to the 30th of September 1802
Black Rock, History Books Australia, 1983 (facsimile edition)/ 1802. Number 38 of 150 numbered copies. A facsimile of the first book printed in Australia. More
A Treatise of the Law relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen. In Four Parts ..
London, printed for Brooke, Clarke and J. Butterworth, 1804 [second edition, with additions]. With the ownership stamp of Howard Zelling, sometime Supreme Court Judge of South Australia (and an earlier ownership stamp on the front pastedown and title-page). More
Select Cases from the Ecclesiastical Courts of the Province of Canterbury c. 1200 - 1301
London, Selden Society, 1981. More
The Makers of British India
London, John Hogg, [1888, first edition]. Australian legal and medical provenance; gift inscription to Helen Mayo from 'Father and Mother, 1st October 1890', and further inscribed 'the scroll of History is the curtain that hides the future'; a later hand has added in pencil 'reveals' above 'hides'. Dr Helen Mayo..... More
The Practice of the New County Courts ..
London, Shaw, 1852 [fifth edition]/ 1847. With the ownership signature of George Fife Angas ('G.F. Angas') in pencil at the head of the title page. The book has the (later) inkstamp of 'Herbert Angas Parsons, Solicitor, Adelaide' on the front endpaper. George Fife Angas (1789-1879), South Australian pioneer: although his..... More
Commentaries on the Constitution and Laws of England, incorporated with the Political Text of the late J.L. De Lolme ..
London, John Richards & Co., 1841 ('Third edition, revised and corrected to the present time'). Western's apparent aim was to demonstrate the superiority of the English constitution over all other forms of government. In that context, the parochial provenance of this copy is hard to beat. The ownership signature of..... More
Commonwealth Hansard. Its Establishment and Development
Canberra, Government Printer, July 1940 (second edition). Inscribed and signed by the author (July 1948). More
Policing and Punishment in Nineteenth Century Britain
London, Croom Helm, 1981. With the ownership signature of Susan Magarey. More
The Justice of Peace. A Treatise containing the Power and Duty of that Magistrate, compiled from the Statutes at large, the best and latest Reports, and other Books of Authority in the Law with many new Cases never before printed ..
London, printed by Henry Lintot for John and Paul Knapton and John Nourse, 1745. More
Native Title in Australia
Sydney, Butterworths, 2000. More
The Convict Ships, 1787-1868
Glasgow, Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1959 (first edition). More
Art and Artists of South Australia
Adelaide, Lidums Family, 1969. With the ownership signature of sometime Chief Stipendiary Magistrate of South Australia Victor Matison. More
Low Company. Describing the Evolution of a Burglar
London, Peter Davies, 1938 (sixth impression)/ 1936. Rare with the dustwrapper (which states 'First Cheap Edition'; front flyleaf stamped 'Overseas Edition'. Benney was a London street urchin (cum-petty crim) during the Great War who graduated to be a fully-fledge career criminal'. More
New Police Manual. A Store of Useful Information for Police Officers and Others interested in the Operation of the Criminal Law, conveying Directions on Points of Duty and Practice; with Digest of Statutes in Plain Terms
London, Shaw and Sons, 1877 (third edition, revised and enlarged). The author was the Chief Constable of Lincolnshire. More
A Voyage to the South Sea
Honolulu, Rare Books Ltd, [1960s]. More
A Law-Dictionary and Glossary, interpreting such Difficult and Obscure Words and Terms, as are found either in Our Common or Statute, Ancient or Modern, Laws. With references to the several statutes, records, registers, law-books, charters, ancient deeds and manuscripts, wherein the words and terms are used ... The third edition, to which are added above two thousand two hundred words ... Likewise an explanation of all the ancient names of the inhabitants, cities, towns, villages and rivers of Great Britain ... by W. Nelson ..
'In the Savoy' [London], printed for D. Browne, J. Walthoe (and numerous others), 1717 (third edition, first issue)/ 1670. Blount's Law Dictionary was first published in 1670 under the title 'Nomo-Lexicon'. '[This] work quickly superseded its predecessors. In addition to providing the explanation of common law terms, Blount was the..... More
Frew Bonnin. The Speeches of Murray Frew Bonnin. (The Lighter Side of a Lawyer's Life.) Compiled by his wife Sue (Heysen)
Norwood, Sue Heysen and Peacock Publications, 1999 (first edition). Presentation copy inscribed, dated (4 March 1999) signed by the compiler to Lady Mary Downer. More
A Treatise on Convictions on Penal Statutes
London, Brooke, 1792. More
The Brief Case. A Collection of Papers on Tasmanian Legal Memorabilia and Tasmanian Places associated with the 21st Australian Legal Convention
Hobart, The Law Council of Australia/ Melanie Publications, 1981. 'A souvenir of the 21st Australian Legal Convention held in Hobart, Tasmania 4-11 July, 1981'. More
Liber Famelicus of Sir James Whitelocke, a Judge of the Court of King's Bench in the Reigns of James I and Charles I
London, Camden Society, 1858. Camden Society book No. 70. More
Romantic Cities of Provence
London, Fisher Unwin, 1906. With the bookplate of Sir Richard Baker (1841-1911). 'Barrister, pastoralist and politician ... [Baker was] the first South Australian-born member of the colonial legislature ... [and] one of the founding fathers of Federation' (ADBonline). More