Kyd, Stewart [d. 1811].A Treatise on the Law of Awards.London: Printed for J. Johnson..., 1799. With a new introduction by Derek Roebuck, Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. Reprint available July 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-960-5. ISBN-10: 1-58477-960-8. Cloth. $150.* Second edition. "The best book on [awards] was published by Stewart Kyd in 1791. It is a learned book, which describes historically the growth of the rules on this topic from the Year Books downwards, and discusses intelligently the modern cases both legal and equitable. The author knows a good deal of Roman law, and makes an effective use of some of its rules, which, he thinks, may have influenced the growth of the parallel English Rules." the Whole. This copy is from a South Carolina plantation that belonged to the Colcock family. R.W. and C.J. Colcock were prominent attorneys who practiced in Charleston. The son of R.W., W.F. Colcock [1804-1889] was an important figure in South Carolina politics. Also an attorney, he was a member of the state House of Representatives from 1831 to 1848, its Speaker from 1841 to 1848, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1849-1853 and Collector of the Port of Charleston from 1853-1865. He returned to his law practice after the Civil War. Holdsworth, History of English Law XII:399. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:545.