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Nineteenth Century Legal Treatises General Studies Author Index Nineteenth Century Legal Treatises General Studies Author Index Á Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856. Á Beckett, Thomas Turner, 1808-1892. The comic Blackstone. Law-reforming difficulties : exemplified in a letter Chicago : Callaghan & Cockcroft. 1869 to Lord Brougham and Vaux : accompanied by an General Studies analysis of a bill for the improvement of the law 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.; UK-03-261; with illustrations relating to the administration of deceased persons' by George Cruikshank. estates, and a statement showing its existing evils, Fiche: 3420-3424 first submitted to the government, Dec. 24, 1843. London : H. Butterworth. 1849 Á Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856. General Studies The comic Blackstone. 79 p. ; 21 cm.; UK-03-446. London : Bradbury and Evans. 1856 Fiche: 8039 General Studies xii, 252 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.; UK-03-262; with Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan, 1830-1890. illustrations by George Cruikshank.--New ed. Judge and jury : a popular explanation of leading Fiche: 3425-3427 topics in the law of the land. New York : Harper & Brothers. 1880 Á Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856. General Studies The comic Blackstone. vi, 432 p. ; 19 cm.; US-03-139. London : Bradbury and Evans. 1857 Fiche: 998-1002 General Studies xii, 252 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.; UK-03-321; with Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan, 1830-1890. illustrations by George Cruikshank.--New ed. The progress of the revision of the statutes of the Fiche: 4310-4312 United States. Washington, D.C. : Gibson Bros. 1871 Á Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856. General Studies The comic Blackstone. 9 p. ; 22 cm.; US-03-8. London : Bradbury and Evans. 1864 Fiche: 12 General Studies xii, 252 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.; UK-03-233; with Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915. illustrations by George Cruikshank.--New ed. Chapters of Erie : and other essays. Fiche: 2844-2846 New York : H. Holt. 1886 Collected Essays Á Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856. 429 p. ; 20 cm.; US-04-50; by Charles F. Adams, Jr. The comic Blackstone. and Henry Adams. London : Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 1876 Fiche: 1565-1569 General Studies xii, 252 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.; UK-03-263; with Adams, George Huntington, d. 1900. illustrations by George Cruikshank.--New ed. The "trusts" and the civil code : an examination of Fiche: 3428-3430 the provisions of the proposed civil code as affecting "trusts" or trust combinations in business. Á Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856. New York : [s.n.]. [1888] The comic Blackstone. General Studies London : Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 1887 8 p. ; 23 cm.; US-03-97. General Studies Fiche: 791 xxviii, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.; UK-03-255; new and rev. ed., rev. and extended by Arthur Wm. à Beckett. Adams, Herbert Baxter, 1850-1901. Fiche: 3147-3150 Notes on the literature of charities. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University. 1887 Á Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856. Collected Essays The comic Blackstone of "Punch". 48 p. ; 25 cm.; US-04-141. Detroit : Collector Pub. Co. 1897 Fiche: 2262 General Studies 3 v. in 1 (76, 38, 84 p.) : ill. ; 20 cm.; US-03-664; Adams, Herbert Baxter, 1850-1901. with illustrations by Cruikshank. Seminary libraries and university extension. Fiche: 75953-75955 Baltimore : N. Murray. 1887 Collected Essays Á Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856. 33 p. ; 25 cm.; US-04-144. The comic Blackstone of "Punch". Fiche: 2265 Philadelphia : Carey and Hart. 1846 General Studies 244 p. in various pagings ; 21 cm.; UK-03-232; ; with illustrations by Cruikshank. Fiche: 2841-2843 1 Nineteenth Century Legal Treatises General Studies Author Index Adams, John, 1735-1826. Allinson, Edward P. (Edward Pease), 1852-1901. The works of John Adams, second president of the The city government of Philadelphia. United States : with a life of the author, notes and Baltimore : N. Murray. 1887 illustrations. Collected Essays Boston : Little, Brown. 1850-1856 72 p. ; 25 cm.; US-04-136; by Edward P. Allinson Collected Essays and Boies Penrose. 10 v. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.; US-04-87. Fiche: 2257 Fiche: 2006-2074 Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902. Addams, J. (Jesse), 1786-1871. Live questions. A reply to the strictures of The British critic on a Chicago : Geo. S. Bowen & Son. 1899 work entitled Commentaries on the laws of England. Collected Essays London : Printed for George Wilson. 1820 1009 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.; US-04-48. General Studies Fiche: 1550-1560 32 p. ; 22 cm.; UK-03-236. Fiche: 2866 Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902. Live questions : including Our penal machinery Addresses at the inauguration of the Hon. Edward and its victims. Everett, LL.D., as President of the University at Chicago : Donohue and Henneberry. 1890 Cambridge, Thursday, April 30, 1846. Collected Essays Boston : C.C. Little and J. Brown. 1846 320 p. ; 22 cm.; US-04-49. Collected Essays Fiche: 1561-1564 66 p. ; 21 cm.; US-04-64. Fiche: 1705 American eloquence : studies in American political history. Adlington, John Henry. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1896-1897 The cyclopaedia of law, or, The correct British Collected Essays lawyer : forming a complete and concise digest of the 4 v. : ports. ; 22 cm.; US-04-75; edited, with various laws and statutes comprehended in the introductions, by Alexander Johnston; re-edited, with constitution of England ... in which are included an historical and textual notes, by James Albert epitome of the acts of Parliament passed in the last Woodburn. session, relative to the most important subjects, Fiche: 1826-1845 connected with the trade, commerce, manufactures, and agriculture of the United Kingdom, and a Ames, Fisher, 1758-1808. glossary of the technical law terms. Speeches of Fisher Ames in Congress, 1789-1796. London : W. Emans. 1820 Boston : Little, Brown. 1871 General Studies Collected Essays viii, xxiv, [9]-688 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.; UK-03-701. 166 p. ; 25 cm.; US-04-40; edited by Pelham W. Fiche: 80931-80938 Ames. Fiche: 1517-1518 Agnew, William Fischer, 1847-1903. A treatise on the statute of frauds. Ames, Fisher, 1758-1808. London : Wildy and Sons. 1876 Works of Fisher Ames. Legal Liability Boston : T.B. Wait. 1809 xxxi, 572 p. ; 23 cm.; UK-11-30. Collected Essays Fiche: 18520-18526 xxxi, 519 p. : port. ; 24 cm.; US-04-222; compiled by a number of his friends; to which are prefixed Alexander, William, 1794-1859. notices of his life and character. An abridgement of the acts of the parliaments of Fiche: 62064-62070 Scotland : from the reign of James the first in 1424 to the union with England in 1707, including verbatim Ames, Fisher, 1758-1808. all the acts now in force and use : with notes and Works of Fisher Ames : with a selection from his references, and an appendix containing a speeches and correspondence. chronological table of the titles of the whole acts and Boston : Little, Brown. 1854 statutes passed by the Scottish parliaments. Collected Essays Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. 1841 2 v. : port. ; 24 cm.; US-04-39; edited by Seth General Studies Ames. [2nd ed.]. xl, 20, 436, 112 p. ; 25 cm.; UK-03-716. Fiche: 1507-1516 Fiche: 84967-84973 2 Nineteenth Century Legal Treatises General Studies Author Index Amos, Sheldon, 1835-1886. Angell, Joseph Kinnicut, 1794-1857. Codification in England and the state of New A treatise on the limitations of actions at law and York. suits in equity and admiralty : with an appendix London : W. Ridgway. 1867 containing the American and English statutes of General Studies limitations. 37 p. ; 22 cm.; UK-03-444. Boston : Little, Brown. 1861 Fiche: 8037 Legal Liability xliv, 667 p. ; 25 cm.; US-11-10; 4th ed., rev. and Anderson, Charles Henry. greatly enl., by John Wilder May. A digest of the principles and practice of common Fiche: 7369-7376 law, conveyancing, equity, bankruptcy and criminal law. Angell, Joseph Kinnicut, 1794-1857. London : Stevens and Sons. 1867 A treatise on the limitations of actions at law and General Studies suits in equity and admiralty : with an appendix 2 v. ; 22 cm.; UK-03-227. containing the American and English statutes of Fiche: 2728-2734 limitations. Boston : Little, Brown. 1869 Anderson, Charles Henry. Legal Liability A new digest of the principles and practice of xivii, 691 p. ; 24 cm.; US-11-16; 5th ed., rev. and common law, conveyancing and equity : consisting greatly enl., by John Wilder May. of all the questions asked at the final examination of Fiche: 7065-7072 articled clerks, up to and including Trinity Term, 1865 : with complete answers arranged for the use of Angell, Joseph Kinnicut, 1794-1857. students. A treatise on the limitations of actions at law and London : Stevens and Haynes. 1865 suits in equity and admiralty : with an appendix General Studies containing the American and English statutes of vii, 430 p. ; 23 cm.; UK-03-228. limitations. Fiche: 2735-2739 Boston : Little, Brown. 1876 Legal Liability Andrews, Horace, of the New York Bar. xlix, 710 p. ; 25 cm.; US-11-4; 6th ed., rev. and Manual of the laws and courts of the United States greatly enl., by John Wilder May. : and of the several States and Territories, with a Fiche: 6944-6951 directory of reliable practising lawyers. New York : Andrews, Gibson and Bateman. 1873 Angell, Joseph Kinnicut, 1794-1857. General Studies A treatise on the limitations of actions at law and 443 p. ; 23 cm.; US-03-654; edited by Horace suits in equity and admiralty : with an appendix Andrews. containing the American and English statutes of Fiche: 74816-74820 limitations and embracing the latest acts on the subject. Andrews, James De Witt, 1856-1928. Boston : Little, Brown. 1846 American law : a treatise on the jurisprudence, Legal Liability constitution, and laws of the United States. xxxiv, 707 p. ; 25 cm.; US-11-13; 2nd ed., rev., Chicago : Callaghan.
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