West Chester Books

The Farmer and Mechanic's Pocket Assistant. In Two Parts.

Easton, Pennsylvania: George W. Deshler, 1819. Second Edition, Revised & corrected, with many additions, by an Attorney at Law. 16mo, iii, 93 pages, bound in period leather over marbled boards. Second edition revised and corrected, of this scarce early Pennsylvania imprint, printed and published in Easton by George W. Deshler.....

Price: $150.00

Item #232 The Laws of The United States of America. In Three Volumes. Published by Authority....

The Laws of The United States of America. In Three Volumes. Published by Authority. [Vol. I & II Only]

Philadelphia: Richard Folwell, 1796. First Edition. Two octavos, 7-494, [1] p.; 576 pages, bound in full leather with gilt lettered red spine labels. The Laws of the United States of America is an important early American legal and governmental publication, comprising the first authorized collected printing of the laws enacted.....

Price: $1,750.00

Item #225 The Civil Law in its Natural Order: Together with the Publick Law. Written in French by...

Domat, Jean; William Strahan, (Translator)

The Civil Law in its Natural Order: Together with the Publick Law. Written in French by Monsieur Domat, The late French King's Advocate in the Presidial Court of Clermont in France: and Translated into English by William Strahan, LL. D. Advocate in Doctors Commons. With Additional Remarks on some Material Differences between the Civil Law and the Law of England. In Two Volumes [Vol. I Only]

London: J. Bettenham, for E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, G. Strahan, F. Fayram, J. Pemberton, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, and E. Symon, 1722. First Edition. Folio, [36], lxxi, 696 pages, bound in period full leather with raised bands and a gilt-lettered label to spine. Boards.....

Price: $3,250.00

Item #325 The Law's Disposal of a Person's Estate Who Dies Without Will or Testament: Shewing, in...

Lovelass, Peter

The Law's Disposal of a Person's Estate Who Dies Without Will or Testament: Shewing, in a clear, plain, easy, and familiar Manner, How a Man's Family or Relations will be entitled to his Real and Personal Estate, by the Laws of England, and the Customs of the City of London and Province of York. To which is added The Disposal of a Person's Estate by Will and Testament; Containing An Explanation of the Mortmain Act, with Instructions and necessary Forms for every Person to make, alter, and republish his own Will: Likewise Directions for Executors how to act after the Testator's Death, with respect to proving his Will, taking upon them the Executorship, getting in the Effects, and paying Debts and Legacies.

Dublin: Peter Hoey, and John Jones, 1789. The Fifth Edition, With Large Additions and Improvements, and A Copious Alphabetical Index. Octavo, xvi, 255, [10] pages, bound in period full leather with spine label and gilt bands. Peter Lovelass’s The Law’s Disposal of a Person’s Estate Who Dies Without Will or.....

Price: $200.00