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A Letter Concerning Libels, Warrants, The Seizure of Papers, And...
An Important Argument for Freedom of the Press Inspired by the Wilkes Libel Case [Father of Candor]. [Almon, John (1735-1773), Attributed]. A Letter Concerning Libels, Warrants, The Seizure of Papers, And Sureties for the Peace of Behaviour; With a View to Some Late Proceedings, And the Defence of Them by..... More
Englands Wants: Or Several Proposals Probably Beneficial for England.
A Seventeenth-Century Plan to Reform English Law [Chamberlayne, Edward (1616-1703)]. Englands Wants: Or, Several Proposals Probably Beneficial for England, Humbly Offered to the Consideration of All Good Patriots in Both Houses of Parliament. By the Author of The Present State of England. London: Printed for, And Are to be Sold..... More
Imperatoris Iustiniani Sacratissimi Principis, Volumen Legum, Quod...
A Handsome Collection of Texts from the Corpus Juris Civilis Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. [Mameranus, Nicolaus (1500-1567)], Editor. [Ubaldi, Angelo Degli (d.1492?)], Commentary. [Ubaldi, Baldus degli (1327?-1400)], Commentary. [Bartolo of Sassoferrato (1313-1357)], Commentary. Imperatoris Iustiniani Sacratissimi Principis, Volumen Legum, Quod Vocant, Totius Iuris Civilis, Velut Colophon..... More
Justinian Institutiones, France, c.1700.
Annotated Manuscript Copy of the Institutes of Justinian [Manuscript]. [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Justinian Institutiones. [France, c.1700]. 144, [142], 63, [322] ff. Folio (11-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary reversed calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and blind fillets to spine, fragments of thong ties. A few..... More
Legal Bibliography, Or a Thesaurus of American English, Irish and...
The First American Legal Bibliography Marvin, J[ohn] G[age] [d. 1855]. Legal Bibliography, Or a Thesaurus of American English, Irish & Scotch Law Books. Together with Some Continental Treatises. Interspersed with Critical Observations Upon Their Various Editions and Authority. To Which is Prefixed a Copious List of Abbreviations. Philadelphia: J.W. Johnson..... More
Pictorial Souvenir of the Great Tichborne Case, Being a Read
Lavishly Illustrated Contemporary Account of a Case that Captivated Victorian England [Tichborne Case]. Orton, Arthur [1834-1898], Defendant. Pictorial Souvenir of the Great Tichborne Case, Being a Readable Narrative of the Remarkable Lives of Roger Tichborne & The Claimant, with a Clear and Succinct Account of the Two Great Trials from..... More
Les Coustumes Generales des Pays et Duche de Bretagne, 3 Parts, 1651.
A Rare Three-Part Pocket-Sized Breton Coutumier [Brittany]. Les Coustumes Generales des Pays et Duche de Bretaigne: Nagueres Reformees, Et Publiees aux Estats Tenus a Ploermel. Rennes: Et se Vendent, Chez Iean Vatar Marchand Libraire, 1651. 303, [2]; 111, [1]; 122, [6] pp. Three parts each with title page and individual..... More
A Visit to the Philadelphia Prison, Being an Accurate and Particular..
The "Wise and Humane Administration" of Philadelphia's Walnut Street Prison Turnbull, Robert J. [1775-1833]. A Visit to the Philadelphia Prison; Being an Accurate and Particular Account of the Wise and Humane Administration Adopted in Every Part of That Building; Containing Also an Account of the Gradual Reformation and Present Improved..... More
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Korematsu v United States [and] Ex Parte Endo, US Reports Vol 323...
The Internment of Japanese-Americans [United States Supreme Court]. [Korematsu v. United States]. [Ex Parte (Mitsuye) Endo]. United States Reports, Volume 323: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1944, From October 2, 1944, To and Including (In Part) January 29, 1945. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1945..... More
Compiled Laws of the State of California, Containing all the Acts...
The First California Law Compilation [California]. Garfielde, S., Compiler. Snyder, F.A., Compiler. Compiled Laws of the State of California: Containing all the Acts of the Legislature of a Public and General Nature, Now in Force, Passed at the Sessions of 1850-51-52-53. To Which are Prefixed the Declaration of Independence, The..... More
The Law of Bankruptcy and the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898, 1st ed.
First Edition of One of America's "Great Textbooks" on Bankruptcy Collier, W[illia]m. Miller [1867-1956]. The Law of Bankruptcy and the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of the Law of Bankruptcy as Embodied in the New National Bankruptcy Act. With Citations to All Applicable..... More
Mes Prisons, First Edition, Inscribed by Verlaine.
Inscribed by Verlaine Verlaine, Paul [1844-1896]. Mes Prisons. Paris: Leon Vanier, 1893. [iv], 81, [1] pp. Octavo (7" x 4-1/2"). Sewn pamphlet in printed wrappers bound into contemporary (or near-contemporary) three quarter morocco over marbled boards by (P. Hauttecoeur), gilt rules and title to spine, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Light..... More
Speeches, Inscribed by Holmes.
Inscribed by Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Speeches. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1900. [vi], 86 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Original printed paper-covered boards, deckle edges. Moderate rubbing with some wear to joints, spine ends and corners, which are bumped, tiny stain to front board, rear free endpaper..... More
A Practical Treatise of Powers, First American Edition.
"It is Held in the Highest Estimation" Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw [1781-1875]. Ingraham, Edward D. [1793-1854], Editor. A Practical Treatise on Powers. With Notes and References to American Decisions. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Abraham Small, 1823. xxxii, 703 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Recent period-style calf, blind fillets to boards..... More
A Discourse Pronounced at the Inauguration of the Author as Royall...
Signed by Greenleaf Greenleaf, Simon [1783-1853]. A Discourse Pronounced at the Inauguration of the Author as Royall Professor of Law in Harvard University, August 26, 1834. Cambridge: James Munroe and Co., 1834. 28 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet sumptuously bound into recent period-style calf, gilt and blind panels..... More
The Public and Its Government, Signed by Frankfurter.
Signed by Frankfurter Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The Public and Its Government. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1931. [viii], 170 pp. Cloth in lightly rubbed and moderately edgeworn dust jacket, bookplate of John Forrest Flobert to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, faint dampstaining to head of text block near gutter..... More
The Labor Injunction, Inscribed by Frankfurter to Grace Abbott.
Inscribed by Frankfurter to a Distinguished Female Social Worker Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Green, Nathan [c.1902-1964]. The Labor Injunction. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. [xii], 343 pp. 11 folding tables. Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, corners and spine ends bumped, tiny..... More
Essay on the Forms of Writings, Or of Securities and Conveyances...
A Rare Scottish Guide with a Dictionary for Students and Laymen [Mitchell, I.]. Essay on the Forms of Writings, Or of Securities and Conveyances, Both of Heritable and Moveable Subjects, As They are Used in Scotland; And the Law Itself as Applicable to Their Nature, And the Use of Them..... More
Heil Hebrew! A Gentile Salute, Louisville, KY, 1938.
A Copy Inscribed to Louis D. Brandeis Dunne, James E. [1891-1961]. [Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)]. Heil Hebrew! A Gentile Salute. Louisville, KY: Alliance Press, 1938. [vii], [i], 99 pp. Flexible felt-covered stiff wrappers with deckle edges, gilt title to front cover, ribbon marker. Light rubbing and a few minor spots..... More
Commentaries on the Laws of England, De Luxe ed, 4 vols in 2 books...
"Edition De Luxe" of Jones's Blackstone Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Jones, William Carey [1854-1923], Editor. Commentaries on the Laws of England. San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1916. Four volumes in two books. cxxiv, 1486; lxxxii, 1487-2770 pp. Morocco-stamped flexible cloth, gilt titles to front covers and spines. Negligible light rubbing to..... More
The Lawyer's Reference Manual of Law Books and Citations.
A Classic American Legal Bibliography Soule, Charles C. [1842-1913]. The Lawyer's Reference Manual of Law Books and Citations. Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1883. x, 497 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter pebbled morocco over pebbled cloth, institutional name (Birmingham Law Society) to front board and foot of spine, institution..... More
A Brief Display of the Origin and History of Ordeals, Trials by...
With Vivid Descriptions of 173 Duels in an Exceptional Binding Gilchrist, James. A Brief Display of the Origin and History of Ordeals; Trials by Battle; Courts of Chivalry or Honour; And the Decision of Private Quarrels by Single Combat: Also, A Chronological Register of the Principal Duels Fought from the..... More
The Bench and Bar of Philadelphia, An Illustrated Chronological...
Fascinating Philadelphia Legal Directory from 1893 Campbell, William J., Law Bookseller, Compiler. The Bench and Bar of Philadelphia. An Illustrated Chronological and Alphabetical Legal Directory. Philadelphia: [William J. Campbell, Edw. Stern & Co., Printers], 1009 Walnut Street, 1893. 108 pp. Half-tone photographic portraits. Advertisements. Octavo (9" x 6"). Stiff pictorial..... More
Arcana Clericalia, Or the Mysteries of Clarkship, Being a Sure Way...
"The Mysteries of Clarkship" Billinghurst, George. Arcana Clericalia, Or the Mysteries of Clarkship: Being a Sure Way of Setling Estates by Deeds, Fines, And Recoveries. With the Forms of All Manner of Charter-Parties in Maritime Cities, Towns and Corporations. With a Table of All the Principal Matters Therein Contained. London..... More
A Persian Pearl and Other Essays, Signed Limited First edition.
Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. A Persian Pearl And Other Essays. East Aurora, NY: the Roycrofters, 1899. [viii], 9-175 pp. Original quarter reversed calf over paper boards, gilt title to front board, calf lettering piece to spine. Light soiling and a few minor stains, moderate rubbing to extremities, hinges cracked, fading to..... More