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Author:      Fearne, Charles
Title:       An Essay on the Learning of Contingent Remainders and Executory
             Devises [etc.]. The Fourth Edition. Two Volumes [complete] [bound
             with] Copies of Opinions Ascribed to Eminent Council . . .
             Addressed to the . . . Earl of Mansfield. A New Edition
Publisher:   Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall [imprint varies] [etc.],
             London, 1791-95.
Description: A valuable edition of a "classic [written by] one of the great
             real property lawyers of [the 18th] century", in Holdsworth's
             words, the first volume Fearne's last, and the second John Joseph
             Powell's first; with the rare 'Copies', two copies in ESTC
Condition:   Contemporary calf, the spine ends of volume one a bit chipped,
             some marginal staining, else a superior set; with upwards of 14
             cancels not noted in ESTC
Book No.:    W-72838                Price: $     850.00
Category:    Real Property, Wills

Author:      Fearne, Charles]
Title:       The Posthumous Works of Charles Fearne . . . Consisting of A
             Reading on the Statute of Inrolments, Arguments in the singular
             Case of General Stanwix, and A Collection of Cases and Opinions.
             Selected from the Author's Manuscripts by Thomas Mitchell Shadwell
Publisher:   Printed by A. Strahan . . . for J. Butterworth, Fleet-Street,
             London, 1797.
Description: A work vividly disclosing the logical power of Fearne's mind,
             particularly the Cases and Opinions which make up the work's bulk,
             dealing with (in Holdsworth's words in a related context) "the
             most difficult topics in the old law of real property"
Condition:   Contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, the original spine laid down
Book No.:    W-43073                Price: $     450.00
Category:    Real Property

Author:      Cruise, William
Title:       A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property. Fourth
             American, from the Third and Last London Edition, Revised and
             Corrected by the Author. With the Addition of Notes; By Thomas
             Huntington [etc.]. Six Volumes in Three. Cohen 9464
Publisher:   Published by Collins and Hannay--Pearl Street, New York, 1834.
Description: Cruise's monumental effort successfully extending the method of
             Charles Fearne's 'Essay on Contingent Remainders' to all of real
             property, combining abstract principles with decided cases; this
             edition adds his Preliminary Dissertation on Tenures
Condition:   Original sheep, very worn and quite stained, one label lacking and
             one spine defective; a working set
Book No.:    W-71393                Price: $     450.00
Category:    digests, Real Property

Author:      Powell, John Joseph
Title:       A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages. The Second Edition, Revised
             and Corrected by the Author
Publisher:   Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers; for P. Uriel [etc.],
             London, 1787.
Description: The rare, first revision of the first substantial treatise on the
             law of mortgages, dedicated to Charles Fearne, and in Holdsworth's
             view "systematic and well-arranged . . . attain[ing] a high
             standard of learning"; one copy in North America in ESTC
Condition:   Original sheep, crimson morocco label, gilt, quite rubbed, joints
             cracked, definite foxing and embrowning; a fragile but usable copy
Book No.:    W-74024                Price: $     450.00
Category:    mortgages

Author:
Title:       The Trial Of the Honourable Admiral John Byng, at a Court Martial,
             As taken by Mr. Charles Fearne [with] Trial of Lawrence Earl
             Ferrers, for the Murder of John Johnson [with] Trial of Mary
             Blandy, Spinster; for The Murder of her Father. Folio
Publisher:   [1] Printed for R. Manby [2] Samuel Billingsley [3] J Rivington,
             London, 1760-57-52.
Description: Three of the most famous 18th century English trials, a
             miscarriage of justice [Admiral Byng's court martial], the last
             murder trial in the House of Lords of a fellow peer [Lord
             Ferrers], and a parricide of daughter-administered poison [Miss
             Blandy]
Condition:   Modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, an attractive copy, but with
             two leaves lacking from the Byng trial and repairs to the Blandy
             title and last leaf
Book No.:    W-72453                Price: $     650.00
Category:    trials, criminal law, courts martial

Author:      Fearne, Charles]
Title:       The Posthumous Works of Charles Fearne . . . Consisting of A
             Reading on the Statute of Inrolments, Arguments in the singular
             Case of General Stanwix, and A Collection of Cases and Opinions.
             Selected from the Author's Manuscripts by Thomas Mitchell Shadwell
Publisher:   Printed by A. Strahan . . . for J. Butterworth, Fleet-Street,
             London, 1797.
Description: A work vividly disclosing the logical power of Fearne's mind,
             particularly the Cases and Opinions which make up the work's bulk,
             dealing with (in Holdsworth's words in a related context) "the
             most difficult topics in the old law of real property"
Condition:   Modern cloth, ex-library, very light browning, a good crisp copy;
             without the half-title but with the extensive subscriber list
Book No.:    W-73418                Price: $     450.00
Category:    Real Property

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