A Handy Reference for Lawyers in Massachusetts and Maine Phillips, Willard, Primary Editor. A Digest of Pickering's Reports, From the Second to the Eighth Volume, Inclusive. Boston: Richardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1831. xxxix, 434 pp. Octavo (9-3/4" x 6"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets..... More
Beach on Contributory Negligence Beach, Charles Fisk, Jr. [1854-1934]. Counter Negligence: A Treatise on the Law of Contributory Negligence or Negligence as a Defense. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Company, 1892. cxiv, 638 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands and red and black..... More
Malloy, William M., and C.F. Redmond, Compilers. Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements Between the United States of America and Other Powers 1776-[1923]. Buffalo: Dennis, Hein, 1965-2000. Photoreprint ed. of the 1910-1938 ed. published by the U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Washington. 4 volumes in 8 books. Vols. 1-2. 1776-1909..... More
Landmark Textbook on Contracts Parsons, Theophilus [1797-1882]. Kellen, William V. [1852-1942], Editor. The Law of Contracts. With Additions by William V. Kellen. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1883. Three volumes. ccxxii, 609; xx, 945; x, 722 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary sheep, blind frames to boards, raised bands and..... More
Thompson on Negligence Thompson, Seymour D. [1842-1904]. The Law of Negligence in Relations Not Resting in Contract. Illustrated by Leading Cases and Notes. San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1886. Two volumes. clxxviii, 624; iv, [625]-1394 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands and red and..... More
An Indispensable Work for Busy Lawyers Jones, Leonard A. [1832-1909]. Forms in Conveyancing, Comprising Precedents for Ordinary Use, And Clauses Adapted to Special and Unusual Cases. With Practical Notes. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1886. v, [1], 826, [4] pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind..... More
The "Best English Treatise on the Subject" Collyer, John [1801-1870]. Collyer, John [1801-1870], Notes. Phillips, Willard [1784-1873], Notes. Pickering, Edward [d.1876], Notes. Barbour, Oliver L. [1811-1889], Notes. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Partnership. From the Last London Edition, Containing the American Notes of the Former Edition by Willard..... More
An Important English Treatise on the Law of Contracts [C] Comyn, Samuel. Huntington, Thomas, Editor. The Law of Contracts and Promises upon Various Subjects and with Various Persons as Settled in the Action of Assumpsit. In Three Parts. From the Last London Edition; With Notes, And References to American Authorities..... More
Oliver's Forms Oliver, Benjamin L. [1788-1843]. Forms in Chancery, Admiralty, And at Common Law; Adapted to the Practice of the Federal and State Courts. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1842. xvi, 503 [i.e. 519] pp. Octavo (9 x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and..... More
The Only Published Volume of Reports of the Court of Wards and Liveries Ley, Sir James [1550-1629]. Reports of Divers Resolutions in Law, Arising Upon Cases in the Court of Wards, And Other Courts at Westminster, In the Reign of the Late Kings, King James and King Charles. Collected by..... More
A Practical Handbook on Pleading Oliver, Benjamin L. [1788-1843]. Forms of Practice; or American Precedents, in Personal and Real Actions, Interspersed with Annotations. Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith & Co., 1851. xvi, 664 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets to spine..... More
Bigelow on Bills, Notes, And Checks Bigelow, Melville M. [1846-1921]. The Law of Bills, Notes, And Checks Illustrated by Leading Cases. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1880. xliii, 692 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands, red and black lettering pieces and blind fillets..... More
Fraudulent Conveyances at the End of the Nineteenth Century Wait, Frederick S. [1851-1910]. A Treatise on Fraudulent Conveyances and Creditors' Bills. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1897. lxvii, 834 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands, blind fillets and red and black lettering..... More
Reflects Changes Introduced by the New York Code of Procedure Abbott, Austin [1831-1896]. Trial Evidence: Rules of Evidence Applicable on the The Trial of Civil Actions (Including Both Causes of Action and Defenses) at Common Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes of Procedure. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co...... More
An Early Treatise on Personal Injury Buswell, Henry F. The Civil Liability for Personal Injuries Arising Out of Negligence. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1893. lxxxv, 463 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands, blind rules and red and black lettering pieces to spine..... More
A Nineteenth-Century Authority on American Criminal Law Bishop, Joel Prentiss [1814-1901]. Prosecution and Defence: Practical Directions and Forms for the Grand-Jury Room, Trial Court, And Court of Appeal in Criminal Causes, With Full Citations of Precedents from the Reports and Other Books, And a General Index to the Author's Series..... More
A Classic Treatise on Mortgages Jones, Leonard A. [1832-1909]. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages on Personal Property. Revised and Enlarged. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888. xvi, 804, [1] pp. Includes a one-page publisher advertisement. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands and..... More
"A Very Good Digest" Hilliard, Francis [1806-1878]. A Treatise on the Law of Sales of Personal Property. New York: Halstead and Voorhies, 1841. xxxii, 392 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Minor staining, spotting and a few nicks..... More
A Popular Nineteenth-Century Maine JP Manual [C] Kingsbury, Benjamin. The Justice of the Peace: Designed to be a Guide to Justices of the Peace, For the State of Maine. Portland: Published by Sanborn & Carter, 1852. viii, [9]-407 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering..... More
A "Practical" Guide to Trial Practice Reed, John C. [1836-1910]. Conduct of Lawsuits Out of and in Court: Practically Teaching, And Copiously Illustrating, The Preparation and Forensic Management of Litigated Cases of All Kinds. Being a New Edition of "Practical Suggestions," Revised and Rewritten. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1885..... More
Uncommon Nineteenth-Century Maine Guide to Civil Procedure Spaulding, Joseph Whitman. The Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings at Law in the Courts Where the Common Law Practice is in Vogue; With Amendments Thereto Necessary to Incorporate the Provisions of the Statutes of Maine. Portland: Dresser, McLellan & Company, 1881. xxxvii..... More
Wharton's Renowned Law Lexicon [Wharton, (J)ohn (J)ane S(mith) (1816 or 17-1867)]. Oppe, A.S., Editor. Wharton's Law Lexicon Forming an Epitome of the Laws of England Under Statute and Case Law, and Containing Explanations of Technical Terms and Phrases Ancient, Modern, and Commercial, with selected Titles Relating to the Civil, Scots..... More
Schouler's Law of Executors and Administrators Schouler, James. [1839-1920]. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators. Boston: The Boston Book Company, 1889. lxxi, 718 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary law calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and red and black lettering pieces to spine, blind tooling..... More
Story on Equity Pleadings Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Gould, John M. [1848-1909], Editor. Commentaries on Equity Pleadings, And the Incidents Thereof, According to the Practice of the Courts of Equity of England and America. Revised, Corrected and Enlarged. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1892. xlviii, 823 pp. Octavo (6" x 9")..... More
The First Important Work on Evidence Published in America Greenleaf, Simon [1783-1853]. Crosswell, Simon Greenleaf, Editor. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence. Revised with Large Additions. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1883. Three volumes. lxxxiv, 753; lxxxix, 683; xxix, 577 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary law calf, blind..... More
"The Sense of the Court Truly Delivered" Fitz-Gibbons, John [d. 1780]. The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer. In the I, II, III, IV, And V Years of..... More
Humorous Poems on Legal Subjects Popplestone, John. Christian, Edmund B.V., Editor. The Lays of a Limb of the Law. London: Reeves & Turner, 1889. xx, 162 pp. Frontispiece with tissue overlay. Octavo (7" x 4-3/4). Original cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities, spine ends..... More
He Poisoned His Wife with Arsenic [Trial]. Green, Henry G., Defendant. Trial of Henry G. Green, For the Murder of His Wife. New York: Printed for the Publisher, 1845. 32 pp. Text to p. 22 in parallel columns. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, woodcut portrait frontispiece of Green..... More
A Contemporary Verse Account of the Mannings and Their Crime [Broadside]. [Murder]. Manning, Frederick George [1820-1849]. Manning Marie DeRoux [d. 1849]. Execution of the Mannings. [London: S.n., 1849]. 10" x 7-1/4" broadside. eight-stanza verse text in two columns separated by typographical rule below headline and woodcut execution scene surrounded by..... More
"Escaped from the Custody of the Undersigned" [Broadside]. [Escaped Prisoner]. [New Hampshire]. $200.00 Reward! Two Hundred Dollars Will Be Paid for the Arrest and Delivery to the Subscriber of Joseph Frederick Emerson. Concord, NH: June 21, 1855. 9-3/4" x 13-1/2" broadside. Light browning, vertical and horizontal fold lines. A well-preserved..... More
Rare "Temperance" Broadside in the Style of a Court Document [Broadside]. [Temperance]. [Great Britain]. The ---- Day of 18 ----. This is to Our Sheriff of Sheriffdoms, Steward of Stewardries, Bailiffs of Regalities, & All Others, The Officers and Executors of the Law, To Interpose Their Power and Authority to..... More
Rare Account of the Cato Street Conspiracy Trial with a Folding Plate [Trials]. [Cato Street Conspiracy]. Thistlewood, Arthur [1774-1820], Primary Defendant. The Trials of Arthur Thistlewood, James Ings, John Thomas Brunt, and Others, for High Treason, before Chief Justice Abbott, Sir Robert Dallas, and Special Juries, At the Old Bailey..... More
A Notable Treatise on Contracts [C] Smith, John William [1809-1845]. Symons, Jelinger C. [18090-1860], Editor. The Law of Contracts: A Course of Lectures. With Notes and Appendix, By Jelinger C. Symons, Esq. With Additional Notes and References to Both English And American Decisions. Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, 1853. xxiv..... More
Well-Preserved Copy of Kent's Commentaries Kent, James [1763-1847]. [Kent, William (1802-1861), Editor]. [Eaton, Dorman Bridgeman, Editor]. Commentaries on American Law. New York: Published by William Kent, 1851. Four volumes. Star-paged to the second edition (1832). Octavo (9-1/2" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands and red and..... More
A Colorful Duchess [Trial]. Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey, Duchess of [1720-1788], Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy, Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, In Westminster-Hall, In Full-Parliament, On Monday the 15th, Tuesday the 16th, Friday the 19th, Saturday the 20th, and Monday the..... More
The Only Early English Collection of Mooted Cases Hughes, William, of Gray's Inn. Hughes's Queries. Or, Choice Cases for Moots, Containing Several Points of Law, Not Resolved in the Books. Being Very Useful for the Students of the Common Lawes. London: Printed for George Dawes, 1675. [xxxiv], 136, [8] pp..... More
Early American Edition of Warren's Law Studies Warren, Samuel [1807-1877]. A Popular and Practical Introduction to Law Studies. New York, Printed and Published at the Law Press, 1837. xii, 241 pp. 12mo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets to spine, blind tooling..... More
"One of the Notable Early American Law Books" Stearns, Asahel [1774-1839]. A Summary of the Law and Practice of Real Actions with an Appendix of Practical Forms. With Additions. Hallowell: Glazier, Masters & Co. 1831. 5, [vii]-xxxiv, 495 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, calf..... More
A Landmark in the History of Economic Theory Summenhart, Konrad [1465-1511]. Septipertitu[m] Opus de Contractibus Pro Foro C[on]scientie Atq[ue] Theologico P[er] Conradu[m] Su[m]menhart de Calwartiu[m] ac Sacre Theologie P[ro]fessorem in Alma Universitate Tubingensi Ordinarie Legentem Co[m]pilatu[m] et per Centum Questiones Digestum ac per Eundem Quo ad Pregnantium Questionum At[que] Difficultatem..... More
An Important Digest of Canon Law with a Tract on Jewish Moneylenders De Ausmo (Osimo), Nicolaus [d. 1453]. [Bartholomew, Of San Concordio (1262-1347)]. Astesanus of Asti (Astesano) [d.c.1330]. De Nevo (Nievo), Alexander [d. 1484]. [Supplementum Summae Pisanellae; Canones Poenitentiales; Consilia Contra Judaeos Foenerates]. [Venice: Franciscus Renner, de Heilbroonn, 1482]. [555]..... More
One of the Earliest Printings of the Liber Sextus Decretalium Bonifacius VIII, Pope [c.1235-1303] [D'Andrea, Giovanni [c.1270-1348], Glossator. [Liber Sextus Decretalium]. [Strasbourg: Heinrich Eggestein, c.1473]. 199 ff. Lacking h6 and final leaf, both blanks. Collation: [a-d10, e13, f-g10, h5, i10, k-l8, m-p10, q4, r-v10, x11]. Folio (16-1/2" x 12"; 41..... More
1481 Printing of an Important Commentary on Gratian with Handsome Penwork [Baysio, Guido de (d. 1313)]. [Moneliensis, Franciscus, Editor]. [Rosarium Decretorum]. [Venice: Johannes Herbort de Seligenstadt for Johannes de Colonia, Nicolaus Jenson, Et Socie, 3 April 1481]. [415] ff. Lacking final leaf, a blank. Collation: a10, b8, c-d10, d-l8, m-n6..... More
Collected Pleadings of a Seventeenth-Century French Lawyer Who Specialized in Matrimonial Cases [Erard, Claude (1646-1700)]. Plaidoyez de Mr.***, Avocat au Parlement. Paris: Jacques Le Febvre, 1696. [iv], 495, [1] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary calf, gilt spine, gilt tooling to board edges, marbled endpapers, edges of text block rouged..... More
"This Singular and Lamentable Amour" [Trial]. Wilmot, Fanny, Defendant. The Trial of Fanny Wilmot, Wife of John Wilmot, Esq. M.P. for Adultery with a Footman. Containing the Whole of the Curious Depositions of the Servants, And Others, Who Described this Singular and Lamentable Amour from its Rise and Progress in..... More
"No Practical Lawyer Can Dispense With this Book" Chitty, Joseph [1766-1841]. Dunlap, John A. [1793?-1858], Editor. Ingraham, Edward [1793-1854], Editor. A Treatise on the Parties to Actions, The Forms of Actions, And on Pleading, With Second and Third Volumes Containing Precedents of Pleadings. Fifth American, From the Fourth London Edition..... More
A Handsomely Bound Copy of Campbell's Lives of the Lord Chancellors Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell [1779-1861]. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV. London: John Murray, 1848-1869. Seven volumes and continuation..... More
"Their General Accuracy, I Believe, Has not Been Questioned" Salkeld, William [1671-1715]. Reporter. Reports of Cases Adjudg'd in the Court of King's Bench; With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer, from the First Year of K. William and Q. Mary, To the Tenth Year..... More
"His Reports Have a Peculiar Value" Barnardiston, Thomas [d. 1752]. Reports of Cases Determined in the High Court of Chancery, From April 25, 1740. to May 9. 1741. With Two Tables; One of the Names of the Cases, The Other of the Principal Matters. [London]: Printed by Henry Linton, 1742..... More
A Standard Textbook on Justinian's Digest Mollenbeck, Johan[n] He[i]nr[ich] [1669-1739], Editor. Lauterbach, Wolfgang Adam [1618-1678]. Schutz, Johann Jacob [1640-1690], Editor. Thesaurus Juris Civilis, Sive Succincta Explanatio Compendii Digestorum Schutzio-Lauterbachiani, Continens Non Solum Textum Lauterbachii Emendatiorem, Sed & Exquisitiones Notas Excellentissimorum Ictorum, cum Illorum, Qui Incomparabile hoc Compendium Commentariis Suis Illustrarunt..... More
Eighteenth-Century Account Books of a Law Firm in Rochester, Kent, England [Manuscript]. [Solicitors]. [Great Britain]. [Two Account Books]. Rochester, England, 1752-1791, 1797-1800. [xiii], 145; [xxvi], 744 pp. Main texts of both volumes preceded by thumb-tabbed indexes. Folio (14-1/4" x 9-1/2" and 14-1/2" x 9-1/2") Book 1: Contemporary green vellum, blind..... More
Interesting Civil War Prize Case Concerning an English Blockade Runner [Trial]. [Steamer Peterhoff]. Betts, Samuel R. [1786-1868]. Marvin, William [1808-1902]. The United States vs. The Steamer Peterhoff and Her Cargo. In Prize. Opinion of the Court, By Judge Betts. With an Appendix, Containing the Opinions of Judge Marvin, In the..... More
Includes a Landmark Contract Case Aleyn, John, Reporter. Select Cases In B.R. 22, 23, & 24. Car. I Regis, Reported by John Aleyn Late of Greys Inn Esq; With Tables of the Names of the Cases and of the Matters Therein Contained: Also of the Names of the Learned Councel..... More
A Valuable Set of Reports Pollexfen, Henry [1631-1691], Reporter. The Arguments and Reports of Sr. Hen. Pollexfen, Kt. Late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, In Some Special Cases, By Him Argued During the Time of his Practice at the Barr. Together with Divers Decrees in the..... More
Handsome Presentation Copy of an Uncommon Volume of Exchequer Reports Parker, Thomas [1695?-1784], Reporter. Reports of Cases Concerning the Revenue, Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer, From Easter Term 1743, To Hilary Term 1767. With an Appendix, Containing Cases Upon the Same Subject in Former Reigns. With Two..... More
"Valuable and Accurate" Lutwyche, Sir Edward [d. 1709]. Un Livre des Entries: Contenant Auxi un Report des Resolutions del Court sur Diverse Exceptions Prises as Pleadings, Et Sur Auters Matters en Ley; Surdant (Pur la Plupart) en le Court de Common-Bank, Enter le 34 An del Roy Charles le Second..... More
A Vermont Embezzler [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Vermont]. Mark E. Foster, Hardwick, County of Caledonia, Vermont, Wanted for Embezzlement. [Caledonia County, VT, 1908]. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" broadside, single-column text below photographic image of Foster and headline. Light toning, two horizontal fold lines, light soiling to margins. $150. * Foster embezzled funds from..... More
Trial and Execution of a Teen-Age Arsonist in Salem, Massachusetts [Trial]. Clark, Stephen Merrill [1804-1821], Defendant. Account of the Short Life and Ignominious Death of Stephen Merrill Clark, Who was Executed at Salem on Thursday the Tenth Day of May, 1821 at the Early Age of 16 Years and 9..... More
An Interesting Murder and Piracy Trial, Joseph Story Presided: McDade 1103 [Trial]. Williams, John, Primary Defendant. The Trial of John Williams, Francis Frederick, John P. Rog, Nils Peterson and Nathaniel White, On an Indictment for Murder on the High Seas: Before the Circuit Court of the United States, Holden for..... More
A Classic English Work on Equity and the Philosophy of Law that Influenced Blackstone [Saint German (Germain), Christopher]. The Dialogue in English, Betweene a Doctor of Divinitie, And a Student in the Lawes of England. Newly Corrected and Imprinted with New Additions. [London]: Printed by the Assignes of John More..... More
Coke's Reports in Verse Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. [Worrall, John (d.1771), Editor]. The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt. In Verse; Wherein the Name of Each Case and the Principal Points are Contained in Two Lines. To Which are Added, References in the Margin to All the Editions of the..... More
"Their General Accuracy, I Believe, Has not Been Questioned" Salkeld, William [1671-1715]. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer, Alphabetically Digested Under Proper Heads; From the First Year of K. William and Q. Mary..... More
The First Work Devoted to the Theory of Conveyancing Sheppard, William [fl. 1660]. Hilliard, Edward, Editor. The Touch-Stone of Common Assurances: Or, A Plain and Familiar Treatise, Opening the Learning of the Common Assurances, Or Conveyances of the Kingdom. Revised & Corrected, With Notes and Additional References by Edward Hilliard..... More
A Classic Treatise on English Criminal Law Hawkins, William [1673-1746]. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown; Or a System of the Principal Matters Relating to that Subject, Digested Under Proper Their Proper Heads. Corrected, With the Addition of Some References. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, 1724..... More
The First English Treatise on Laws Concerning Architecture Elmes, James [1782-1862]. A Practical Treatise on Ecclesiastical and Civil Dilapidations, Re-Instatements, Waste, &c. With an Appendix Containing Cases Decided, Precedents of Notices to Repair, Examples of Valuations, Surveys, Estimates, &c. Considerably Enlarged. London: Samuel Brooke, 1829. xxiv, 288, cxxi, [28] pp..... More
Lavishly Extra-Illustrated Copy of Campbell's Lives of the Lord Chancellors in a Handsome Binding Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell [1779-1861]. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV. London: John Murray, 1846-1869. Seven..... More
The "Fifth" Dublin Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England, in Four Books. Dublin: Printed for John Exshaw, Henry Saunders, John Williams, and David Hay, 1773. Four volumes. Copperplate "Table of Consanguinity" and folding "Table of Descents." Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf..... More
"Bill's Donkey Then Was Brought Into Court, Who Caused of Course a Deal of Sport" P. Mathews, Stourbridge, After. Hunt, Charles, Engraver. The Trial of "Bill Burn," Under Martin's Act. London: Ackermann & Co., [c.1829]. 20" x 23" aquatint backed onto cloth, repairs to a few chips, small holes and..... More
A Scarce Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Addams, Jesse (1786-1871)], Abridgment, Editor. Commentaries on the Laws of England: Principally in the Order, And Comprising the Whole Substance of the Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone. London: Printed by A. Strahan, Law-Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, For..... More
First American Edition of Montefiore's Fascinating Commercial Dictionary Montefiore, Joshua [1762-1843]. A Commercial Dictionary: Containing the Present State of the Mercantile Law, Practice and Custom. With Very Considerable Additions Relative to the Laws, Usages, and Practice of the United States. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, 1804. Three volumes..... More
"Matter Profound...With Convenient Brevity" Popham, Sir John [1531-1607]. Reports and Cases, Collected by the Learned, Sir John Popham, Knight, Late Lord Chief-Justice of England. Written with His Own Hand in French, And Now Faithfully Translated into English. To Which are Added Some Remarkable Cases Reported by Other Learned Pens Since..... More
A Handsome Edition of Burn's Justice Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer. London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, 1772. Four volumes. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Recent cloth, blind fillets and red and black calf lettering pieces to spines, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning, light..... More
Cobbett's State Trials [Trials]. [Cobbett, William (1763-1835)]. Howell, Thomas Bayly [1768-1815], Editor. [Howell, Thomas Jones [1793-1858], Editor. Jardine, David [1794-1860], Compiler of Index. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, With Notes and..... More
First Edition in English of the First Nominative Reporter Plowden, Edmund [1518-1585]. The Commentaries, Or Reports of Edmund Plowden, Of the Middle-Temple, Esq; An Apprentice of the Common Law, Containing Divers Cases upon Matters of Law, Argued and Adjudged in the Several Reigns of King Edward VI. Queen Mary, King..... More
Unrecorded Account of an Attempted Murder in Oxfordshire [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Great Britain]. Attempted Murder of a Wife by Her Husband, Near Banbury, Oxfordshire. Reading: Jones, Printer, [1849]. 14-1/2" x 10" broadside, triple-column text below headline and woodcut image of a man stabbing a woman flanked by six stanzas of verse..... More
An Early Example of a Clash Between Police and Protesters [Broadside]. [Coldbath Fields Riot]. An Authentic Account of the Riotous Meeting Near Gray's Inn Road; With Full Particulars of the Sad Murder of Robert Culley, A Policeman, And the Stabbing of Serj. Brookes. London: Smeeton, Printer, [1833]. 14-3/4" x 10"..... More
Unrecorded Account of Two English Infanticides [Broadside]. [Execution]. [Infanticide]. Awful Account of the Dreadful Execution of Mr Matthew Grey, And Miss Susan Smith, For Murder. [London]: Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials, [c.1830]. 14-3/4" x 10" broadside, triple-column text below headline and three woodcut images: one of a...... More
Press Statements Supporting the Cause of the Scottsboro Boys Scottsboro Defense Committee. 4 Free, 5 in Prison-On the Same Evidence: What the Nation's Press Says About the Scottsboro Case. New York: Scottsboro Defense Committee, [1937]. 16 pp. Stapled pamphlet in pictorial wrappers. Light soiling, moderate rubbing to extremities, wrappers beginning..... More
A Well-Regarded Account of the Scottsboro Trials Chalmers, Allan K. They Shall be Free. With an Introduction by Walter White. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1951. 255 pp. Cloth in worn dust jacket, light fading to spine. Early owner signature to front free endpaper, interior otherwise clean. $65. * First..... More
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Cases on the Docket of the Old Bailey, 1924-1970 Central Criminal Court of England and Wales. Calendar of Prisoners, For the Session Commencing on Tuesday, The 8th of January, 1924 [complete through December 1970]. London: Printed by Merser & Sons, 1924-1970. Calendars through 1959 bound into 11 books in pebbled..... More
Mershon, Stephen L. Shore Front Rights in the State of New York. Preface by Harry D. Slight. Montclair: Published by Stephen L. Mershon, 1929. 98 pp. with fold-out map at rear inside cover. Original blue cloth hardcover with gilt-stamped front cover, lettering faded. Good. $35. * Harry D. Sleight writes..... More
A Rare Edition of the Paris Coutume Tournet, Jean, Annotator. Coustumes de la Prevoste et Vicomte de Paris. Augmentee Outre ce qui Estoit en la Premiere de Nouvelles Observations & Arrests de la Cour sur Chaque Article. Paris: Chez Gervais Alliot, Proche la Chapelle S. Michel, 1627. [xxviii], 610, [56]..... More
An 1849 Murder in Petersburg, VA: McDade 286 [Trial]. Epes, William Dandridge [1806?-1848], Defendant. Brunet, J[ames] M[onroe].H. [d. 1856], Reporter. Trial of William Dandridge Epes, For the Murder of Francis Adolphus Muir, Dinwiddie County, Virginia: Including the Testimony Submitted in the Case, The Speeches of Counsel, &c. To Which are..... More
Archive of Offprints, Addresses and Pamphlets by Roscoe Pound [Archive]. Pound, Roscoe [1870-1964]. [Offprints, Addresses and Pamphlets, 3 of Them Signed by Pound]. Various places and publishers, 1908-1961. 27 items, comprising 19 offprints, three of them signed and dated by Pound, 6 addresses, a duplicate of a one address, and..... More
An Entertaining Book on Wills Proffatt, John. The Curiosities and Law of Wills. San Francisco: Sumner, Whitney & Co., 1876. 216 pp. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4-1/4"). Original cloth, gilt title to front board and spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners, moderate toning to..... More
Gilbert on the Court of Exchequer [Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey (1674-1726)]. An Historical View of the Court of Exchequer, And of the King's Revenues, There Answered. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, And R. Gosling, 1738. [xxiv], 151, [17] pp. Title page preceded by publisher advertisement. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4")..... More
Hayes, Arthur Garfield. City Lawyer: The Autobiography of a Law Practice. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. Third printing. xvi, 482 pp. Illustrations. Publisher's original cloth hardcover, faded spine. $10. More
Konvitz, Milton R. The Alien and The Asiatic in American Law. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1946. vii, 299 pp. Publisher's light blue cloth hardcover, slightly worn, in a worn dust jaacket. Internally clean. $65. * Series: Cornell studies in civil liberty. Contents: The right to exclude aliens; The right..... More
Documents from the Settlement of a New Hampshire Estate [Manuscript Archive]. [New Hampshire]. [Wallace Family]. [Deeds, Receipts, Estate Inventories and Other Legal Documents]. Londonderry, NH, 1766, 1782-1801. 17 documents, 7 are 12" x 7-1/2" bifolia and single sheets, 1 is a 15" x 12" sheet, others range in size from..... More
France Grants Suffrage to People of Color Born to Free Parents [France]. [Assemblee Nationale Constituante]. Loi Relative Aux Colonies, Avec l'Expose des Motifs qui en ont Determine les Dispositions. Donnee a Paris, Le 1.er Juin 1791. [Drop- Head Title]. [Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1791]. [12] pp. Quarto (9-3/4" x 7-3/4")..... More
Eighteenth-Century English Manuscript Law Dictionary [Manuscript]. [Law Dictionary]. England, c.1753. [326] pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary limp reversed calf with yapp edges, raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing, a few minor scuffs and stains, binding cocked, several leaves, presumably blank, removed from end of text block. Text in neat..... More
Shakespeare on Poker Ballard, Martha C. Shakespeare on Poker. Denver: The Ballard Publishing Company, [1906]. [ii], [12] ff. Oblong Octavo (6" x 7"). Original limp reversed calf, thong-tied along spine, black-stamped title to front cover, moire silk endpapers. Text with color illustrations on rectos of thick satin-textured paper. Some fading..... More
A Book on Games "Written For the Use of the Young Princesses" Seymour, Richard, Editor. The Compleat Gamester: In Three Parts. Viz. I. Full and Easy Instructions for Playing the Games Chiefly Used at Court and in the Assemblees, Viz. Ombre, Quadrille, Quintille, Picquet, Basset, Faro, and the Royal Game..... More
The Trial of Governor Eyre for His Brutal Suppression of a Rebellion in Jamaica [Trial]. Eyre, Edward John [1815-1901], Defendant. Finlason, W.F. [1818-1895], Reporter. Report of the Case of the Queen v. Edward John Eyre, On His Prosecution, In the Court of Queen's Bench, For High Crimes and Misdemeanours Alleged..... More
Broadside Mourning the Recent Death of the Archbishop of Dublin [Broadside]. [MacCabe (McCabe), Edward (1816-1885)]. An Elegy on the Death of the Much Lamented Very Rev Bishop McCabe. Air-"Exile of Erin". [Dublin?, S.n., c.1885]. 11" x 4-1/4" broadside, single-column text below headline and crude image of a bishop. Light toning..... More
Penultimate Edition of a Standard Early English Treatise on Maritime Law Molloy, Charles [1646-1690]. De Jure Maritimo et Navali: Or a Treatise of Affairs Maritime, And of Commerce. The Ninth Edition, With Many Valuable Additions. London: Printed for T. Waller, 1769. Two volumes. [xvi], 404; [iv], 344, [52] pp. Pages..... More
Owned by a Notable Female Lawyer Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. Collected Legal Papers. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. vii, 316 pp. Original cloth, printed paper title label to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends, spine label and corners, which are bumped, large bookplate..... More
In a Rare Original Dust Jacket Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. Collected Legal Papers. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. vii, 316 pp. Cloth in moderately toned and edgeworn dust jacket with cellotape repairs in a few places and horizontal and vertical fold lines, light toning to text. $500. *..... More
"Public Whore?" [Manuscript]. [Wisconsin]. [Acker, James, Defendant]. [Accusation of Adultery]. Walworth County, Wisconsin Territory, 1845. 12-1/2" x 7-3/4" sheet. Moderate toning, two horizontal fold lines, light edgewear. Content in neat hand, docketed on verso. $450. * The document pertains to suit filed against James Acker by Dyes Read for William..... More
A Hatchet Assault in Texas [Manuscript]. [Texas]. [Cotton, James, Defendant]. [Affidavit Concerning the Case of Texas v. James Cotton]. Harris County, TX, February 19, 1852. 12" x 7-1/2"sheet. Moderate toning, light soiling, rubbing with a few small chips and clean tears to edges. $450. * This document appears to be..... More
"Sixteen-String Jack" [Rann, Jack (1750-1774)]. The Life of Jack Rann, Otherwise Sixteen-String Jack, The Noted Highwayman, Who Was Executed at Tyburn, November 30, 1774. Durham: Printed by George Walker, Jun., Sadler Street, 1838. 24 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers. Light toning, light soiling to exterior..... More