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Bail Bond for John P. Bortle and David Ingersoll, Hudson, NY, 1798.
A New York Bail Bond from 1798 [New York]. Know All Men by These Presents, That We [John P. Bortle and David Ingersoll] are Held and Firmly Bound Unto [Benjamin Allen] Esquire, Marshal of the City of Hudson.... Hudson, New York, March 5, 1798. 2 pp. 12" x 7-1/4" part-printed..... More
Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court, Inscribed by Frankfurter.
Warmly Inscribed by Frankfurter to Ralph Baker Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965], Editor. Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1938. [viii], 139 pp. Portrait frontispiece of Holmes. Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine, in lightly worn dust jacket. Light rubbing to extremities..... More
The Law Society of Manitoba, 1877-1977.
Harvey, Cameron. The Law Society of Manitoba, 1877-1977. Winnipeg: Peguis, 1977. ix, 289 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, lightly soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Preface; Foreword; List of Illustrations; I. The Legal Profession and the Public Interest, D. Trevor Anderson; II. A Brief History of the Law Society..... More
The Nightmare of American Foreign Policy, Inscribed by Robert Jackson.
Inscribed by Robert H. Jackson to John Leo Blair Mowrer, Edgar Ansel. The Nightmare of American Foreign Policy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. viii, 283, xxii pp. Hardcover, very good with light shelfwear in lightly worn and price-clipped dust jacket, internally clean. Inscription "For John L. Blair/ with greetings/..... More
Becoming Justice Blackmun, Signed Copy.
Greenhouse, Linda. Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey. [New York: Times Books, 2006]. xiii, 268 pp. Softbound, fine. Author signature to title page. $20. More
A Bibliography of Canadian Law: Prepared for the International...
Boult, Reynald. Bibliography of Canadian Law: Prepared for the International Committee for Social Sciences Documentation under the Auspices of the International Association of Legal Science, with the Support of the Canadian Association of Comparative Law and the Canadian and Foreign Law Research Centre. Montreal: Wilson and Lafleur, 1966. xii, 393..... More
Acts Passed at the Third Congress of the United States of America.
A Consequential Congress [Congress, United States]. Acts Passed at the Third Congress of the United States of America: Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, On Monday, The Second of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Three, And of the Independence of the United..... More
Roger Brooke Taney: The Annual Address Delivered Before the American..
In Praise of Chief Justice Taney Potter, Clarkson N. [1825-1882]. [Taney, Roger B. (1777-1864)]. Roger Brooke Taney. The Annual Address Delivered Before the American Bar Association At its Fourth Annual Meeting, At Saratoga Springs, N.Y., August 18, 1881. Philadelphia: E.C. Markley & Son, Printers, 1881. 26 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x...... More
The Palestine Situation Restated, Reprinted From Foreign Affairs, 1931
Frankfurter on "The Palestine Situation" Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The Palestine Situation Restated. Reprinted from Foreign Affairs, April 1931. New York: The Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., 1931. 28 pp. Pamphlet in self-wrappers bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt fillets and title to spine, endpapers added. Light toning, light..... More
Report of the Trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, One of the Associate...
The Only Impeachment of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice [Trial]. Chase, Samuel [1741-1811], Defendant. Evans, Charles, Reporter. Report of the Trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, One of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Before the High Court of Impeachment, Composed of the Senate of..... More
The Practice and Representation of Reading in England.
Raven, James, Editor. Small, Helen, Editor. Tadmor, Naomi, Editor. The Practice and Representation of Reading in England. Cambridge, [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press, [1996]. xvii, 313 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $20. * Contents: Introduction: the Practice and Representation of Reading in England, James Raven..... More
An Answer to Father Coughlin's Critics.
Father Coughlin's Friends. [Coughlin, Charles (1891-1979)]. An Answer to Father Coughlin's Critics. Michigan: The Radio League of the Little Flower, 1940. 164 pp. Printed wrappers, light soiling to exterior, a few tiny tears to spine, internally clean. Housed in 7-3/4" x 5-1/2" x 1/2" cloth slipcase. $100. * Coughlin was..... More
Jehovah's Witnesses and the War.
Against the Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses American Civil Liberties Union. Jehovah's Witnesses and the War. New York: American Civil Liberties Union, 1943. 36 pp. Stapled pamphlet in self-wrappers. Moderate toning, pencil annotations (shelfmarks) to first leaf, which has a small clean tear to its fore-edge not affecting text, ink stamps..... More
Harvard College Class Day, June 21, 1861.
Program for Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.'s Harvard Commencement [Harvard College]. Harvard College. Class Day, June 21, 1861. 3, [1] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Bifolium leaflet, very light toning, a few negligible small stains. Housed in handsome 8" x 5" folder, three-quarter calf over paper, gilt title to spine. $350..... More
Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c. 1640-1649.
Smith, David L. Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c. 1640-1649. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1994]. xvi, 371 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, lightly soiled dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $40. * Contents: Themes, Debates, Sources; Context: the Early Stuarts and the Early Stuart Constitution; Early Careers of the..... More
Secret Rites and Secret Writing: Royalist Literature, 1641-1660.
Potter, Lois. Secret Rites and Secret Writing: Royalist Literature, 1641-1660. Cambridge, [UK]: Cambridge University Press, [1989]. xvi, 242 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. Internally clean. $55. * Contents: Machine Derived Contents Note: List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. 'Secrecy's Now Published': Royalists and the Press, 1641-60; 2. 'Our Cabbalistical Adversaries': Secret Language; 3..... More
The English Navigation Laws: a Seventeenth-Century Experiment in...
Harper, Lawrence A. The English Navigation Laws: a Seventeenth-Century Experiment in Social Engineering. New York: Columbia University Press, 1939. xiv, 503 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Pencil annotation to front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean. $95. More
The Making of English Law: King Alfred to the Twelfth Century. Vol. 1,
Wormald, Patrick. The Making of English Law: King Alfred to the Twelfth Century. Vol. 1, Legislation and its Limits. Oxford, [UK]: Blackwell Publishers, [1999]. xviii, 574 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Slight water damage to top edge of text block, otherwise good. $55. More
The House of Forgery in Eighteenth-Century Britain.
Baines, Paul. The House of Forgery in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Aldershot, [UK]: Ashgate, [1999]. viii, 195 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $45. * Contents: 1. An Age of Forgery; 2. Script and Scripture; 3. Ward, Crook and Company; 4. 'Man's First Disobedience': Lauder, Johnson, and Literary Crime; 5..... More
Legal Systems in Conflict: Property and Sovereignty in Missouri...
Banner, Stuart. Legal Systems in Conflict: Property and Sovereignty in Missouri, 1750-1860. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [2000]. xiii, 206 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $20. More
Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr, (Late Vice President...
Early Report of the Trial of Aaron Burr [Trial]. Burr, Aaron [1756-1836], et al., Defendants. Robertson, David, Reporter. Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr, (Late Vice President of the United States), for Treason, And for a Misdemeanor, In Preparing the Means of a Military Expedition Against Mexico, A...... More
Lawyers, Legislators, and Theorists: Developments in English...
Smith, K.J.M. Lawyers, Legislators, and Theorists: Developments in English Criminal Jurisprudence 1800-1957. Oxford, [UK]: Clarendon Press, 1998. xxvi, 394 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $150. * Contents: Ch. 1. Introductory Observations: Objectives and Limitations; Pt. I. 1800-1832. Ch. 2. Legal Theory and Legal Culture. Ch..... More
The Spirit of Despotism: Invasions of Privacy in the 1790s.
Barrell, John. The Spirit of Despotism: Invasions of Privacy in the 1790s. Oxford, [Eng.]: Oxford University Press, [2006]. xiii, 278 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $50. * Contents: 1.; Charing Cross and the City; 2.; Coffee-House Politicians; 3.; Weymouth Amusements; 4.; Hair Powder; 5.; Cottage..... More
Village Communities in the East and West, Signed Binding.
Maine's Village Communities in an Attractive Signed Binding Maine, Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Village Communities in the East and West. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1876. xii, 413, [3] pp. Main text followed by 2 pp. publisher catalogue.Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over cloth by Stikeman & Co...... More
The Law of Libel, In Which is Contained a General History...
First American Edition of an Important English Treatise on Slander and Libel Holt, Francis Ludlow [1780-1844]. [Bleecker, Anthony, Editor]. The Law of Libel: In Which is Contained a General History of This Law in the Ancient Codes, and of Its Introduction, and Successive Alterations, In the Law of England. Comprehending..... More