Author: Batten, Edmund.; Bell, Sydney Smith
Title: A Practical Treatise on the Law Relating to the Specific Performance of Contracts. By Edmund Batten, Esq. , Barrister-at-Law. [Bound Together with]: The Law of Property As Arising from the Relation of Husband and Wife. By Sydney Smith Bell, Esq. Of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law. (2 Volumes in 1)
Description: Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, 1850. 1850. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, 1850. 1850. Good. - Octavo, contemporary tan calf with gilt-lettered leather labels on the spine. The spine & extremities are darkened & the leather of the spine is dried out & cracking. There are 3 tiny holes in the front joint. xxviii & pages[29]-227; and xxviii & pages [29]-364. The edges of the pastedowns, endpapers, flyleaf & rear blank are darkened with an owner's ink name & date on the front endpaper. There is staining & foxing to the fore-edge, prelims & the last few leaves of the 2nd index, with occasional foxing & staining in the text. There are some light stains to the top edge. Good.

The first American edition of each work, both originally published in London in 1849.

This is the "January, February, and March, 1850" volume of "The Law Library" series. Good .

Keywords: LAW; THE LAW LIBRARY; EDMUND BATTEN; SYDNEY SMITH BALL; A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE LAW Relating to the Specific Performance of Contracts; THE LAW OF PROPERTY as Arising from the Relation of Husband and Wife; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST AMERIC

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