Emden’s Construction Law buyer
Sell Emden’s Construction Law
The Butterworths looseleaf on building and engineering contracts.
We buy the binders complete or in part, filed up to date or years behind.
Part of the wider looseleaf services we buy.
About the set
The practitioner reference for building disputes.
Emden’s Construction Law is the practitioner work on building and engineering contracts in England and Wales, published by Butterworths, now LexisNexis. It is maintained as a looseleaf service across several binders rather than as numbered editions, which is why a set on a shelf is usually a row of matching binders with service issues filed into them.
A complete run of binders
The full set together is worth most, and is the form the next practitioner actually wants to buy.
How current the filing is
Recent service issues add value, since a looseleaf dates faster than a bound text. Most sets we see are behind, and we buy them anyway.
Part sets and odd binders
Gaps in the run are normal. We value what is in front of us rather than marking down against a set you do not have.
Condition
Sound binders and clean pages matter more than perfection. Ordinary office wear is expected, and priced in.
If the filing has slipped
Don’t file the backlog before you sell.
Service issues pile up in a drawer the moment nobody in the office is responsible for them. Putting a year of loose material into the binders before you call us costs you an afternoon and adds nothing to the valuation — bring it along loose and we will deal with it.
Who this is usually for
Most construction sets reach us one of three ways.
Firms clearing shelf space
A construction or property practice moving office, or turning a library room back into desks. Selling a solicitor’s library →
Practitioners retiring
A specialist library built over a career, cleared from a home study or an office room. Retiring from practice →
Executors and families
A library inherited with an estate, where nobody is certain what is worth keeping. Executors and probate →
While you're here
We buy the rest of the shelf too.
Emden’s rarely sits alone. If you’re clearing a construction or commercial practice’s library, we’re also interested in the titles that usually sit alongside it.
Practitioner texts
Law reports
Encyclopaedias & statutes
Common questions
About selling your Emden’s set
Do you buy it without the current service issues?
Yes. A looseleaf dates quickly and most sets we see are behind. We buy it with whatever level of updating it has.
Some binders have filing that was never put in. Does that matter?
No. Leave the loose material in the binder or the box it came in and we will sort it. Filing a backlog before you sell does not add to what it is worth.
Do you buy odd binders rather than the whole run?
Yes. Part sets are worth an enquiry, and we price on the binders actually present.
How quickly can this happen?
Most enquiries get a valuation within 24 hours, with free collection arranged after.
Ready when you are
Submit an enquiry and get a valuation for your Emden’s set.
Four details and we’ll come back with a valuation, usually within 24 hours. Nothing to catalogue or sort first, and no obligation either way.
We’ve got your enquiry.
Your reference is your enquiry. Worth a note — quoting it saves you explaining everything again if you call.
We’ll review what you’ve sent and come back with a valuation, normally within 24 hours. If anything’s unclear we’ll ask — usually just one question.
Got photographs? Send them to info@SellLawBooks.co.uk quoting your reference and we’ll add them to the file.