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First edition. [2], 126pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece and two final advertisement leaves. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly marked, head of spine worn, slight splitting to upper joint. Internally clean and crisp. The supplement to Lincoln's Inn lawyer Joseph Bateman's (1797- 1863) The General Turnpike Road Act (London, 1822), comprising the three amended acts issued under the reign of George IV with additional material on the correct maintenance and repair of roads. Turnpike roads were those highways on which tollgates were placed to charge road-users in order to defray maintenance expenses. The collection of these tolls was overseen by numerous 'turnpike trusts', each established by an individual act of parliament. Universally despised, and frequently corrupt, the turnpike system was eventually rendered obsolete by the rise of the railways. Size: 8vo.…

First Edition. First edition, 12mo, pp. [2], 126, [4] Associated Law Booksellers ads; engraved frontispiece ("Tools for Making and Repairing Roads"); original cream paper shelfback over blue paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; very good. Early ownership signature of "Poulett" on upper cover and pastedown. This is likely the 5th Earl Poulet (1783-1864).…