The Law's Lumber Room

by Francis Watt

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First edition

Watt, Francis. The Law's Lumber Room. London: John Lane, 1895. x , 139, 16 pp. Includes sixteen-page publisher catalogue. Octavo 4-1/2 x 7 . Cloth, uncut edges. Moderate shelfwear, rear hinge starting, internally clean. 15. * First edition. From an edition of 600 copies. A study of outmoded English laws and legal practices, such as benefit of clergy, wager of battle and deodands. A companion volume, The Law's Lumber Room, Second Series, was issued in 1898.

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