Ritson joseph editor (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illus., 6.5 x 4", half vellum with gilt dec spine, marbled boards, page edges and endpapers, 319, 319. Covers rubbed, chipped, marbled paper lacks small pieces on the front and a larger piece of Volume 2, vellum soiled, light edgewear, bookplate (D.W. Stidolph) front inner hinge and textblock of volume 2 cracked else set is very good. Compiled (anonymously) by Charles MacFarlane. An interesting collection of sketches, anecdotes and stories. Some of the chapters: "Ducking Stool", "Secret Poisoning", "History Of Stage Costumes", "Etiquette On The Scaffold", "A Chapter On Hanging". Interesting contents. SCARCE.…

Two volumes, 12mo in sixes, pp. [ii], cxix, [i], 289; [ii], 262, [4] corrections; illustrated with wood-engraved vignettes (by Parker after Stothard) and woodcut music throughout; in contemporary calf, spines gilt (a bit rubbed, labels missing, but sound); marbled endpapers. First edition. A major collection of early Scottish poetry and music by Joseph Ritson. In this copy the title page to volume I is in the first state, reading 'Scotish Song' (later corrected to 'Songs'), and with the erroneous date of 'MDCCXIV' both are correct in volume II, and volume I's title was cancelled to effect the changes. Bronson also describes six leaves in the main text as cancels, but of those only L3 (in vol. I) and M4 (in vol. II) are definitely cancels in this copy, and the others a6 and k1 in vol. I, and E4, U2 (possibly) and Y2 in vol. II show no signs of being substitutes. Detailed comparison with other copies would show if there were any changes in the text, and whether this copy shows any early readings not seen by Bronson. Bronson I 23; Lowndes p. 2098. Provenance. Stamp on each title of the Heirlooms of John Brymer (who bought Ilsington House, Devon, in 1861); his collection seems to have been acquired by the bookseller James Stevens Cox, perhaps in the 1960s.…

London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. Scarce English Treatise on Bailiffs Ritson, J[oseph] [1752-1803]. [Frank, Joseph, Editor]. The Office of Bailiff of a Liberty. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. [xv], 80 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Recent period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Moderate toning to text, early marks in pencil to a few leaves, minor creases and light edgewear to a few other leaves, embossed owner stamps to title page and following leaf. A nice copy of a scarce title in a handsome binding. $450. * Only edition. Ritson, a former bailiff, was a member of Gray's Inn and the author of several practical and historical works on legal subjects. Holdsworth says his study of bailiffs of a liberty, that is a court officer who executes process, is a "learned antiquarian tract based mainly on the Year Books and mediaeval statutes, with notes of such later statutes as referred to these bailiffs." OCLC locates 12 copies in North American law libraries. Holdsworth, History of English Law XII:337. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:236. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. (illustrator).…

London, 1811. Only edition. Scarce English Treatise on Bailiffs Ritson, J[oseph] [1752-1803]. [Frank, Joseph, Editor]. The Office of Bailiff of a Liberty. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. [xv], 80 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, deckle edges. Moderate rubbing to extremities, joints starting at ends, hinges cracked. Some toning to text, light foxing to a few leaves. A nice copy of a scarce title. $450. * Only edition. Ritson, a former bailiff, was a member of Gray's Inn and the author of several practical and historical works on legal subjects. Holdsworth says his study of bailiffs of a liberty, that is a court officer who executes process, is a "learned antiquarian tract based mainly on the Year Books and mediaeval statutes, with notes of such later statutes as referred to these bailiffs." OCLC locates 12 copies in North American law libraries. Holdsworth, History of English Law XII:337. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:236. London, 1811. Only edition (illustrator).…

First Edition. Scarce English Treatise on Bailiffs in a Handsome Riviere Binding Ritson, J[oseph] [1752-1803]. [Frank, Joseph, Editor]. The Office of Bailiff of a Liberty. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. [xv], 80 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"; 22.9 x 14 cm). Later nineteenth-century straight-grain morocco signed binding by Riviere & Son, gilt frames to boards, gilt spine with raised bands, gilt rules to board edges, gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Negligible light rubbing and a few minor nicks to extremities, armorial bookplate of John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text, light foxing to a few leaves. A very handsome copy. $750. * First edition. Ritson, a former bailiff, was a member of Gray's Inn and the author of several practical and historical works on legal subjects. Holdsworth says his study of bailiffs of a liberty, that is, a court officer who executes process, is a "learned antiquarian tract based mainly on the Year Books and mediaeval statutes, with notes of such later statutes as referred to these bailiffs." Crichton-Smith [1847-1900], an extremely wealthy member of the landed gentry who made an additional fortune as an industrialist, was a notable antiquarian, scholar, bibliophile, philanthropist and architectural patron. Holdsworth, History of English Law XII:337. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:236.…