Healy, Nicholas J.; Joseph C. Sweeney. The Law of Marine Collision. Centreville, Md.: Cornell Maritime Press, 1998. First edition. xlviii, 624 pp.; four pages color illustrations, forms. Hardcover. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamped red label on front cover and spine. Internally clean and unmarked. Very good. $65. * First..... More

Parks, Alex L. and Edward V. Cattell, Jr. Law of Tug, Tow and Pilotage Third edition. Centreville, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press, [1994]. clxxx, 1230 pp. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover with gilt stamped red label to front cover and spine. Fine, as new condition. $50. * This edition has been completely..... More

A Pennsylvania Court Summons from 1830 [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Pennsylvania]. [Summons to Appear as a Witness]. Lycoming County, PA, September 1, 1830. 4 pp. 6-3/4" x 8," docketed on verso, embossed seal near upper-left corner. Light browning and edgewear, a few ink spots, vertical and horizontal fold lines, a few minor..... More

1883 Catalogue of Stevens & Sons [Bookseller Catalogue] Stevens & Haynes. A Catalogue of Modern Law Works, Published During the Years 1865-1882. Being a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Legum of Henry G. Stevens and Robert W. Haynes, Law Publishers, Booksellers and Exporters of Law and Miscellaneous Literature. London: Stevens &..... More

Village Communities in an Oriel College Binding Maine, Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Village Communities in the East and West. London: John Murray, 1890. xii, 413 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind frames and gilt ornaments to boards, gilt armorial stamp of Oriel College, Oxford to front board, raised bands..... More

Inventory of Estates in Roman Law Della Valle, Rolando [fl. 1561]. Tractatus Non Minus Utilissimus Quam Necessarius de Inventarii Confectione. Nunc Primum ad Communem Omnium Utilitatem cum Summarijs et Locupletissimo Omnium Rerum Notabilium Repertorio in Lucem Editus. Venice: Ex Officina Ioan. Bapt. Somaschi, 1573 (Colophon date 1572). [xl], 235, [1]..... More

Scarce Perjury and Malicious Prosecution Trials [Trials]. Hurry, William, Defendant. Watson, John, Defendant. Proceedings at the Assizes at Thetford, On the 8th of March, 1786, And the 24th of March, 1787, In the Trial of William Hurry, Merchant, Of the Borough of Great Yarmouth, On an Indictment Preferred Against Him..... More

Stille, Charles J. The Life and Times of John Dickinson, 1732-1808. Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1891. 3 preliminary leaves, [iii]-xi, 9-437 pp. frontispiece (portrait) facsimile. Publisher's green cloth with moderate wear, yellowed and worn paper spine label. Many leaves uncut. Internally clean and bright. $40. * Series: Memoirs of..... More

Westerman, Gayl S. The Juridical Bay. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. vii, 290 pp. Illustrated with black and white drawings. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover with gilt stamped spine, fine, in a very good dust jacket. $15. * "This first work in the new Oxford Monographs in International Law Series..... More

"An Exceedingly Convenient Book for Hasty Reference" Roscoe, Henry [1800-1836]. Smirke, Edward [1795-1875], Editor. A Digest of the Law of Evidence on the Trial of Actions at Nisi Prius. With Notes; And References to the English Common Law and Ecclesiastical Reports. London: William Benning and Co., 1844. lxxi, 832 pp..... More

Fletcher, George P. Rethinking Criminal Law. Little, Brown and Company, [1978]. xxviii, 898 pp. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover with gilt stamped front cover and spine. Previous owner's signature on front inside cover. Underlining on two pages, else very good. $65. * First edition. Still perhaps the most influential and frequently..... More

"Of Course it is Pleasant to Have Folks Gather and Tell You That You are a Hot Potato..." [Manuscript]. Hand, Learned [1872-1961]. [Ely, Gertrude Sumner (1876-1970)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed "L.H.", On Hand's U.S. Court House Letterhead, New York, NY, April 16, 1959]. 6-3/4" x 5-3/4" bifolium, text to recto of..... More

Scarce First Edition of the First Systematic Account of the Court of Common Pleas Impey, John [d. 1829]. The New Instructor Clericalis, Stating the Authority, Jurisdiction, And Modern Practice of the Court of Common Pleas. With Directions for Commencing and Defending Actions, Entring up Judgments, Suing Out Executions, And Proceeding..... More

"By Reason of Some Natural Imperfection"? [Trial]. Weld v. Weld. The Proceedings in the Arches-Court of Canterbury in a Cause Between the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Weld, Daughter to the Lord Aston; And Edward Weld, Esq; Her Husband. Containing, I. Her Libel Exhibited Against Him for Impotency. II. Her Answer and..... More

How to Become a Proper Attorney [Raithby, John (1766-1826)]. The Study and Practice of the Law, Considered in Their Various Relations to Society. In a Series of Letters. By a Member of Lincoln's Inn. Portland, ME: Thomas B. Wait, 1806. xiii, 364, [3] pp. Includes three-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (8"..... More

Taken From the First Edition of English State Trials Salmon, Thomas [1679-1767]. A New Abridgement and Critical Review of the State Trials, And of the State Trials, And Impeachments for High-Treason; From the Reign of King Richard II, Down to the Remarkable Trial of Captain Porteous in the Tenth Year..... More

Alecto's Herefordshire Domesday [Great Domesday Book]. [County Edition]. The Herefordshire Domesday. London: Alecto Historical Editions, 1987-1988. Three 16" x 11" books, one with two folding color maps, in slipcase. Quarter cloth over textured paper, gilt titles to spines, slipcase covered in matching textured paper. Light edgewear to slipcase, some fading..... More

Antebellum Edition of Story on the Conflict of Laws Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Bennett, Edmund Hastings [1824-1898], Editor. Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws, Foreign and Domestic, in Regard to Contracts, Rights, and Remedies, and Especially in Regard to Marriages, Divorces, Wills, Successions, and Judgments. Revised, Corrected and Greatly Enlarged. Boston..... More

A Comprehensive Nineteenth-Century Treatise on British Military Law Samuel, E. An Historical Account of the British Army, And of Law Military, As Declared by the Ancient and Modern Statutes, And Articles of War for Its Government With a Free Commentary on the Mutiny Act, And the Rules and Articles of..... More

Trying Cases to Win: Voire Dire & Opening Argument. Herbert Stern. Wiley Law Publications, 1991. 686 pp. cloth [with] Trying Cases to Win: Direct Examination. 1992, 457 pp. cloth [with] Trying Cases to Win: Cross Examination. 1993, 450 pp. cloth [with] Trying Cases to Win: Summation. 1995, 448 pp. Black..... More

The First Annotated Edition of the First U.S. Penal Code Tucker, George F., Annotator. Blood, Charles W., Annotator. The Federal Penal Code in Force January 1, 1910 Together with Other Statutes Having Penal Provisions in Force December 1, 1908. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1910. lii, 507 pp. Contemporary buckram..... More

Antebellum Edition of Story on the Conflict of Laws Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Bennett, Edmund Hastings [1824-1898], Editor. Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws, Foreign and Domestic, in Regard to Contracts, Rights, and Remedies, and Especially in Regard to Marriages, Divorces, Wills, Successions, and Judgments. Revised, Corrected and Greatly Enlarged. Boston..... More

A Leading Authority on Commercial and Maritime Law Parsons, Theophilus [1797-1882]. A Treatise on the Law of Shipping and the Law and Practice of Admiralty. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1869. Two volumes. lxv, [1], 647; xii, 931 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Later cloth, raised bands, gilt titles, publication..... More

Mittlebeeler, Emmet V. African Custom and Western Law: The Development of the Rhodesian Law for Africans. New York and London: Africana Publishing Company, [1976]. [viii], 248 pp. Cloth in lightly soiled dust jacket. $20. More

Woods, G.D. A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales: The Colonial Period, 1788-1900. Annandale, New South Wales: Federation Press, 2002. xx, 460 pp. Cloth in near-fine dust jacket. $35. More

Westerman, Pauline C. The Disintegration of Natural Law Theory: Aquinus to Finnis. Leiden, New York and Cologne: Brill, 1998. xii, 313 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. Fine. $85. More

Martin, Julian. Francis Bacon, The State and the Reform of Natural Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1992]. xiii, 236 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. Fine. $35. More

Linebaugh, Peter. The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century. [Cambridge]: Cambridge University Press, [1992]. xxvii, 484 pp. Illustrations. Maps. Cloth in dust jacket. Fine. $35. More

Highway Robbery, Tomkins County, New York, 1879 [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [New York (State)]. $100.00 Reward!! Dated Oct. 8, 1879. Tomkins County, NY, October 8, 1879. 9-1/2" x 9" broadside, text in single column below headline. Light browning, horizontal fold line through center, a few chips and clean short tears to left-hand..... More

Fulton, Thomas Wemyss [1855-1929]. The Sovereignty of the Sea. An Historical Account of the Claims of England to the Dominion of the British Seas, and of the Evolution of the Territorial Waters: With Special Reference to the Rights of Fishing and the Naval Salute. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1911..... More

"Reliable and Responsible Practising Lawyers" Merchants' Protective Union. [Solicitation for Membership]. New York, 1868. 10-3/4" x 8-1/4" bifolium, text to rectos and versos of both leaves. Light toning, vertical and horizontal fold lines, a few minor stains, a few short tears along folds, "August 15th" to date-line at head of..... More

Inscribed by Pound to Melvin Belli Pound, Roscoe [1870-1964]. Justice According to Law. New Haven: Published for Westminster College by Yale University Press, 1951. [viii], 98 pp. Cloth, negligible light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends, corners lightly bumped. Light toning to interior..... More

Kurland, Philip B.; Gerhard Casper; Dennis J. Hutchinson. (editors). The Supreme Court Review. 1960 to 1983. in 24 books. University of Chicago Press, [1960-1984]. Original publisher's cloth hardcover. Light soiling, interiors very good. Three linear feet of shelf space. $250. * Published under the auspices of The Law School of..... More

A Complete Set of Volumes Published by the Stair Society [The Stair Society]. Stair Society (Series). Edinburgh: Printed for the Stair Society by [Various Printers], 1936-2020. 67 volumes. Complete set of all volumes published to date. Original blue cloth hardcover. Light to moderate dampstaining to bindings of about one third..... More

In a Handsome Pickering Binding Spilsbury, William Holden [1803-1877]. Lincoln's Inn: Its Ancient and Modern Buildings with an Account of the Library. London: William Pickering, 1850. xvi, 324 pp. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards by B.M. Pickering, gilt spine with raised bands, gilt rules to boards, top-edge..... More

First Edition Presentation Copy of Calhoun's Most Important Contributions to Political Theory Calhoun, John C. [1782-1850]. Cralle, Richard [1798-1864], Editor. A Disquisition on Government and a Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States. Charleston: Printed by A.S. Johnston, 1851. vi [i.e. viii], 406 pp. Octavo (9" x...... More

"Contains Much That is Valuable" Mackenzie, Sir George [1636-1691]. The Institutions of the Law of Scotland. Revised, Corrected and Augmented. With an Appendix of Notes. Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson, for John Vallange, 1706. [viii], 253, [3] pp. Octavo (6-1/4" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands..... More

Schmidgen, Wolfram. Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Law of Property. Cambridge University Press, 2002. viii, 266 pp. Publisher's black cloth with gilt stamped spine, fine, in dustjacket, fine. $25. * First edition. "In Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Law of Property, Wolfram Schmidgen draws on legal and economic writings to analyze the..... More

Beattie, J.M. The First English Detectives: The Bow Street Runners and the Policing of London, 1750-1840. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. x, 272 pp. illustrations. Publisher's black cloth with gilt stamped spine, fine, as new, in a fine dust jacket. $65. * First edition. "This is the first scholarly study..... More

The Execution of Benedict Arnold's Handler [Smith, Horace W. (1825-1891), Editor]. Andre, John [1751-1780]. Andreana. Containing the Trial, Execution and Various Matter Connected with the History of Major John Andre, Adjutant General of the British Army in America, A.D. 1780. Philadelphia: Published by Horace W. Smith, 1865. [iv], 67, [4]..... More

A Response to a Recently Enacted Parliamentary Privilege [Parliament]. [Great Britain]. Precedents on Privilege: A Review of the Prerogative of the People Parliament. London: Henry Kent Causton, 1840. iv, 120 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, untrimmed edges, signatures unopened. Moderate toning, light soiling to exterior, creasing to..... More

Inspired by the Wilkes Libel Case [Townsend, Charles (1725-1767), Attributed]. A Defence of the Minority in the House of Commons, On the Question Relating to General Warrants. London: Printed for J. Almon, 1764. [iv] 38, [2] pp. With half-title and publisher advertisement. Octavo (8" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light..... More

Includes the First Printing of the Molasses Act of 1733 [Great Britain]. George II [1683-1760], King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii II Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Sexto. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster, The Twenty Third Day of January, Anno Dom. 1727. In the First..... More

Written to Instruct a Son Who Was Planning to Become an Advocate Russell, John [1710-1796]. Theory of Conveyancing. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author; And Sold by C. Elliot, 1791. xxix, [1], 536, 11, [1] pp. Lacking errata leaf. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary tree calf, lettering piece and gilt-edged raised..... More

Designed to Accompany the Crown Circuit Companion Dogherty, Thomas. The Crown Circuit Assistant, Being a Collection of Precedents of Indictments, Informations, Convictions by Justices, Inquisitions, Pleas, And Other Entries in Criminal and Penal Proceedings, Together With an Alphabetical Table to the Statutes Relating to Felony, Brought Down to the Twenty-Sixth..... More

Civil Cases Tried Before a Jury Peake, Thomas [1771-1838]. Cases Determined at Nisi Prius, In the Court of King's Bench. From the Sittings After Easter Term 30 George III. To the Sittings After Michaelmas Term 35 George III. Both Inclusive. Dublin: Printed for P. Byrne, 1795. xii, 243, [5] pp..... More

"You Are the Most Faithful of Friends" [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Benjamin, Robert M. (1896-1966)]. [Autograph Note, Signed, Washington, DC, December 8, 1929]. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2" Supreme Court bifolium letterhead, content to recto of first leaf. Light toning, horizontal fold line. $850. * This note was probably addressed..... More

Four Certificates Appointing a Distinguished Litchfield Judge [Manuscript Archive]. [Woodruff, Morris (1777-1840)]. [4 Judicial Appointment Certificates]. Litchfield, CT, 1829-1839. 12-1/2" x 7-3/4" part-printed bifolia, text running parallel to fold line, blind-embossed seal to 3 certificates and residue from removed seal to 1 certificate. Light toning, negligible light soiling, a few..... More

First Edition of a Classic Pennsylvania Legislative Manual Sutherland, Joel B[arlow] [1792-1861]. A Manual of Legislative Practice and Order of Business in Deliberative Bodies. Philadelphia: Printed by Jacob Frick & Co., 1827. [viii], 227 pp. 12mo (5-3/4" x 3-1/4"). Recent imitation calf, gilt title and author name to spine, edges..... More

"You Defrauded Mrs. Ruff, Out of Considerable Sums of Money, And Endeavored to Cheat and Defraud Her Out of Greater Sums" [Broadside]. [Indiana]. Elderkin, L. Read and Judge. New Albany, IN: Printed by T.H. Roberts, July 16, 1825. 11-3/4" x 7-1/4" broadside, text in two columns below headline. Light browning..... More