The Pocket Companion; or, Every Man his Own Lawyer: containing a variety of precedents, laid down in so plain a manner, that the Farmer, Mechanic, Apprentice, or School Boy, can draw any Instrument of Writing without the assistance of an Attorney

Philadelphia: S. Parmele, 1818. Very Good. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by S. Parmele, 1818. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); contemporary calf over boards; 95,[1]pp.; text printed parallel with spine. Boards rather dust-soiled and ink-splattered with one stain bleeding through to first few leaves of textblock, shallow loss to top edge of title page not approaching text, lacking front free endpaper, textblock uniformly toned and a bit foxed, else Very Good and sound.

Scarce first edition of this handy, oft-reprinted law reference. The first twelve leaves provide scrip examples, including a note with interest, a notice from a landlord to his tenant, and an indenture of an apprentice (John Night "put himself apprentice of Peter Smith...Shoemaker, to learn his art, trade and mystery" (p. 29)).

Cohen 8111; Nash 711; Shaw & Shoemaker 45356.