Antiquarian & Scholarly
Featured
Proceedings of the Bar and Officers of the Supreme Court of the...
The Supreme Court Honors Felix Frankfurter [Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965)]. Proceedings of the Bar and Officers of the Supreme Court of the United States. October 25, 1965. Proceedings Before the Supreme Court of the United States October 25, 1965. In Memory of Felix Frankfurter. Washington, DC: [United States Supreme Court], 1965..... More
Recollections and Sketches of Notable Lawyers and Public Men of...
Stiles, Edward H. Recollections and Sketches of Notable Lawyers and Public Men of Early Iowa Belonging to the First and Second Generations: With Anecdotes and Incidents Illustrative of the Times. Des Moines, [IA]: Homestead Pub., 1916. 988 pp. Original cloth. Previous owner's signature to front pastedown, otherwise clean. $45. More
Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965), Typescript, 1965.
A Tribute to Frankfurter by a Distinguished Former Student [Manuscript]. Wiener, Frederick Bernays [1906-1996]. Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965). [N.p., 1965]. 17 ff. Stapled typescript, light toning, folds to corners of several leaves, final leaf detached with chipping to corners. Item housed in lightly rubbed recent custom cloth folder, printed paper title..... More
Southampton Notarial Protest Books, 1756-1810.; Edited with an Intro.
Hampson, Geoffrey, Compiler. Southampton Notarial Protest Books, 1756-1810.; Edited with an Introduction by Geoffrey Hampson. Southampton, [Eng.]: University Press, 1973. xv, 133 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Southampton Records Series: Vol. 16. More
Nevada Printing History: A Bibliography of Imprints & Publications,...
Armstrong, Robert D. Nevada Printing History: A Bibliography of Imprints & Publications, 1881-1890. Reno, [Nev.]: University of Nevada Press, 1991. 403 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. More
Nevada Printing History: A Bibliography of Imprints & Publications,...
Armstrong, Robert D. Nevada Printing History: A Bibliography of Imprints & Publications, 1858-1880. Reno, [Nev.]: University of Nevada Press, 1981. 421 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. More
Louis Dembitz Brandeis of Louisville, Boston, And Washington, A Life..
Chadbourn, Erika S. Urofsky, Melvin I., Introduction. Louis Dembitz Brandeis of Louisville, Boston, And Washington: A Life Well Spent. A Commemorative Exhibition at the Harvard Law School Honoring the Late Justice Brandeis on the Fifty-Fifth Anniversary of His Retirement from the Supreme Court of the United States. Cambridge: Manuscript Division..... More
Felix Frankfurter, An Inventory of His Papers in the Harvard Law....
Chadbourn, Erika S, Compiler. Felix Frankfurter: An Inventory of His Papers in the Harvard Law School Library. Cambridge: Manuscript Division, Harvard Law School Library, 1982. xvi, 144 pp. Softbound, light shelfwear, a few minor smudges and marks to rear cover. Book housed in lightly rubbed recent cloth slipcase. $65. More
Impatient Crusader, Florence Kelley's Life Story [with] A Handbill.
With A Handbill Announcing A Lecture by Kelley Goldmark, Josephine. Impatient Crusader: Florence Kelley's Life Story. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1953. xii, 217 pp. Cloth in lightly toned, moderately edgeworn dust jacket, lightly toned c. 1913-1915 handbill announcing a lecture by Kelley in Mt. Vernon, NY titled "Why Children..... More
The National Gallery of Art, A Twenty-Five Year Report.
The National Gallery of Art. The National Gallery of Art: A Twenty-Five Year Report. Washington, DC: The National Gallery of Art, 1966. xii, 102 pp. Color illustrations. Harbound, light shelfwear, a few tiny marks to covers, faint dampspotting to endleaves. $10. More
Constable Ledger, Cumberland County, PA, 1826-1840.
An Interesting Docket Book from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania [Manuscript]. [Pennsylvania]. Lusk, Robert. [Docket Book]. Cumberland County, PA, 1826-1840. [iv], 111, [1], 66 pp. With two indexes. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards. Moderate rubbing, light wear to extremities, portion of spine abraded near foot, corners bumped..... More
Make No Law, The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment.
Housed in a Slipcase with Two Related Letters, One from Lewis. Lewis, Anthony [1927-2013]. Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment. New York: Random House, [1991]. x, 354 pp. First edition. Cloth in lightly edgeworn worn dust jacket, internally clean. Copy of letter about the book from..... More
Review of Frankfurter's Some Reflections on the Reading of Statutes.
[Wolfson, Richard F.]. "Some Reflections on the Reading of Statutes, by Felix Frankfurter." Reprinted from Indiana Law Journal Vol. 23, Issue 3, 1948. [381]-385 pp. Stapled pamphlet in self-wrappers. Moderate toning, light browning to edges of exterior, wrappers separating at ends but secure. Housed in 10-1/2" x 7" cloth folder..... More
Holmes-Pollock Letters [and] Frederick Pollock and the English...
In a Handsome Slipcase Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. Pollock, Sir Frederick [1845-1937]. Howe, Mark DeWolfe [1906-1967], Editor. Holmes-Pollock Letters: The Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Sir Frederick Pollock, 1874-1932. With an Introduction by John Gorham Palfrey. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1941. Two volumes in publisher pictorial slipcase. Plates. xxii..... More
The Judicial Philosophy of Felix Frankfurter in New Individualist Rev.
Glasser, Martin. "The Judicial Philosophy of Felix Frankfurter." In New Individualist Review, Vol. I, No. 4, Winter 1962. [Chicago: New Individualist Review, 1962.] 44 pp. Stapled, light toning, negligible shelfwear, light rust to staples, else fine. Housed in custom 10" x 6-3/4" cloth folder, printed label to spine. $50. *..... More
Mr. Justice Black and the Living Constitution from Harvard Law Review.
In Honor of Justice Black's Seventy-Seventh Birthday Reich, Charles A. Mr. Justice Black and the Living Constitution. Reprinted from Harvard Law Review Vol. 76, No. 4, February 1963. Cambridge: The Harvard Law Review Association, 1963. 673-754 pp. Stapled pamphlet in self-wrappers, annotation and ink stamps (Compliments of Emergency Civil Liberties..... More
Frame-Up, The Incredible Case of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings.
Gentry, Curt. Frame-Up: The Incredible Case of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1967]. 496 pp. Illustrations. Portraits. Lightly edgeworn cloth in lightly soiled and edgeworn dust jacket, presentation inscription from Gentry to television personality Art Linkletter to front free endpaper, typed letter, signed, to..... More
Felix Frankfurter and the Paradox of Restraint in Midstream, Nov 1970.
Braiterman, Marvin. [Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965)]. "Felix Frankfurter and the Paradox of Restraint." In Midstream: A Monthly Jewish Review, Vol. XVI, No. 9, November 1970. [New York]: The Theodor Herzl Foundation, Inc., 1970. 80 pp. Softbound, negligible shelfwear, light soiling to exterior, else fine. Housed in custom 10" x 6-3/4" cloth..... More
Prospectus for Progress of the Law in the U.S. Supreme Court
Prospectus for a Book About the Supreme Court [Legal Publishing]. Legal Research Service. [Hankin, Gregory and Charlotte A.]. [Prospectus for Progress of the Law in the U.S. Supreme Court: 1930-1931]. Washington, DC: Legal Research Service, [1932]. 4 pp. 11" x 8" bifolium leaflet. Light toning, horizontal fold lines, a few..... More
Structure Method And Meaning, Essays In Honor of Henry M Sheffer.
Henle, Paul, Editor. Kallen, Horace M., Editor. Langer, Susanne K., Editor. Structure Method And Meaning: Essays In Honor of Henry M Sheffer. New York: The Liberal Arts Press, 1951. xvi, 306 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Cloth in worn dust jacket, internally clean. $50. * With a foreword by Felix Frankfurter. More
Essays in Legal History in Honor of Felix Frankfurter.
Forkosch, Morris D., Editor. Essays in Legal History in Honor of Felix Frankfurter. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merril Company, Inc., [1966]. xix, 647 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Hardbound, light shelfwear, internally clean. $20. More
Hartford Attorney's Account Book, 1801-1837.
Account Book of a Connecticut Attorney with Many Eminent and Wealthy Clients [Manuscript]. [Connecticut]. [Account Book]. [Hartford, CT, 1801-1837]. 25-60; [2], [191], [32 blank], [2], [1 blank] pp. Lacking pp. 1-24. Account book entries numbered 1-100. Octavo (7-3/4" x 6-1/2"). Main text in single neat hand (two different neat hands..... More
Oil and Gas Rights on the public domain and on private lands,....
Morrison, R.S. and Emilio D. De Soto. Oil and Gas Rights on the Public Domain and on Private Lands, Discovery and Location of Oil Placer Claims. The Withdrawal Acts, Leases and other Contracts Between the Owner and the Operator Including Forfeiture and Protection Against Drainage. The Sinking, Pumping and Shooting..... More
Authorship and Copyright.
Saunders, David. Authorship and Copyright. London: Routledge, [1992]. ix, 269 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $65. * Contents: Preliminaries: Positivities and Polemics; Early Modern Law of Copyright in England: Statutes, Courts and Book Cultures; France: From Royal Privilege to the Droit Moral; German Theory: Rights of Personality;..... More
Memorials of the Essex Bar Association: and Brief Biographical...
Northend, William Dummer, Editor. George, Edward B, Editor. Memorials of the Essex Bar Association: and Brief Biographical Notices of Some of the Distinguished Members of the Essex Bar Prior to the Formation of the Association. Salem, [Mass.]: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1900. vi, 253 pp. Original cloth. Light shelfwear. Fading..... More
Roger B. Taney.
Swisher, Carl Brent. Roger B. Taney. New York: Macmillan Co., 1936. x, 608 pp. Original buckram. Light shelfwear and soiling. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper, otherwise clean. $40. * Published October, 1935. Reprinted June, 1936. More
Cops and Bobbies: Police Authority in New York and London, 1830-1870.
Miller, Wilbur R. Cops and Bobbies: Police Authority in New York and London, 1830-1870. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1977]. xii, 233 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Police and Society; Shaping the Man on the Beat; Police and the Rule of Law: From..... More
The History of Indiana Law.
Bodenhamer, David J., Editor. Shepard, Randall T, Editor. The History of Indiana Law. Athens, [Ohio]: Ohio University Press, [2006]. xi, 391 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $50. * Contents: The Narratives and Counternarratives of Indiana Legal History, David J. Bodenhamer and Randall T. Shepard; Indiana's Constitution in..... More
Equal Justice Under Law, The Supreme Court in American Life.
Signed by the Nine Justices of the Warren Court Harrell, Mary Ann. Equal Justice Under Law: The Supreme Court in American Life. Washington D.C.: Foundation of the Federal Bar Association with the Cooperation of the National Geographic Society, [1965]. 143 pp. Illustrations, most in color. Cloth in lightly edgeworn dust..... More
Temples of Justice: County Courthouses of Nevada.
James, Ronald M. Temples of Justice: County Courthouses of Nevada. Reno: University of Nevada Press, [1994]. xiii, 199 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $20. * From Storey County's High Victorian Italianate-styled courthouse to Lander County's former schoolhouse, now a Neo-classical courthouse, Temples of Justice provides..... More
Equal Justice Under Law, The Supreme Court in American Life.
Signed by The Nine Justices of the Warren Court Harrell, Mary Ann. Equal Justice Under Law: The Supreme Court in American Life. Washington D.C.: Foundation of the Federal Bar Association with the Cooperation of the National Geographic Society, [1965]. 143 pp. Illustrations, most in color. Softbound, some shelfwear, title page..... More
Felix Frankfurter Reminisces, Signed Presentation Copy.
Inscribed by Frankfurter to The Duchess of Buccleuch Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: An Intimate Portrait as Recorded in Talks with Dr. Harlan B. Phillips. New York: Reynal & Company, [1960]. [ix], 310 pp. Cloth in worn and chipped dust jacket, light edgewear to extremities, internally clean, presentation inscription..... More
The Medieval Coroner.
Hunnisett, R.F. The Medieval Coroner. Cambridge, [Eng.]: University Press, 1961. 217 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket with price clip. Internally clean. $95. * Contents: The Early Years; The Coroner's Inquest; Abjurations of the Realm; Appeals and Outlawries; Miscellaneous Duties; The Coroners' Rolls; Character and Efficiency; Coroners' Districts; Elections..... More
The Proceedings of the Lords Commissioners Appointed by His Ma'tye...
Reports of Trials Concerning the Stuart Kings, One a Manuscript Version that Differs from the Printed Account [Trials]. [Manuscript]. Compton, Henry [c.1632-1712], Defendant. The Proceedings of the Lords Commissioners Appointed by His Ma'tye to Inspect All Ecc'tiall Affyrs and Persons &c Against Henry Lord Bishop of London [caption title]. [London..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, to Frank T. Benner, Jr, June 25, 1920.
"I Believe in Panaceas As Little As You Do" [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Autograph Letter, Signed "O W Holmes," on Personal Beverly Farms Letterhead, to Frank T. Benner, Jr., Washington, DC, June 25, 1920]. 2 pp. With transmittal envelope and portrait of Holmes. Light toning, horizontal fold line..... More
Typed Letter Signed to William R. McVay, June 27, 1969, Framed w/Photo
Large Photograph of General Douglas MacArthur with Earl Warren and Elmer Robinson, Signed By All Three MacArthur, Douglas [1880-1964]. Warren, Earl [1891-1974]. Robinson, Elmer [1894-1982]. [8" x 10" Black-and-White Photograph of Douglas MacArthur, Elmer Robinson and Earl Warren]. [San Francisco, 1951]. With autograph signatures of MacArthur, Robinson and Warren. [With]..... More
Modern Theories of Criminality.
Bernaldo de Quiro's, Constancio. Salvio, Alfonso de, Translator. Modern Theories of Criminality. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1912. xxvii, 249 pp. Cloth. Ex-library. Moderate shelfwear. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Library card pouch to rear pastedown. $35. * Translated from the Spanish by Alfonso de Salvio, with an introduction..... More
The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. History and Biography, with Portrait..
Reed, Parker McCobb. The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. History and Biography, with Portrait Illustrations. Milwaukee: P.M. Reed, 1882. 542 pp. Cloth. Previous owner's signature to endpapers, otherwise clean. $30. More
Bench and Bar of West Virginia.
Atkinson, George W. Bench and Bar of West Virginia. Charleston, [W.Va.]: Virginia Law Book Co., 1919. xxvii, 543 pp. Cloth. Lightly worn. Internally clean. Includes portraits. $75. * First edition. Bar histories are a valuable compendia of information that is often impossible to find in any other source. Atkinson says..... More
Five Letters from Louis D Brandeis to Max Lowenthal, Framed, 1929.
An Interesting Collection of Brandeis Letters Brandeis, Louis D. [1856-1941]. [Lowenthal, Max (1888-1971)]. [Letters from Louis D. Brandeis to Max Lowenthal, 1929, Washington, DC and Chatham, MA, January 17, June 1, September 2, December 12 and December 26]. Five letters, three on 5" x 8" U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, one..... More
The Acquisitive Society.
Tawney, R.H. The Acquisitive Society. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, [1920]. 188 pp. Cloth. Moderately worn. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and rear free endpaper. Some underling and annotations. $20. More
The Honor & Dignity of the Profession: a History of the Mississippi...
Landon, Michael. The Honor & Dignity of the Profession: a History of the Mississippi State Bar, 1906-1976. Jackson, [MS]: University Press of Mississippi, 1979. xi, 195 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. More
Prison Reform in Lancashire, 1700-1850: a Study in Local...
DeLacy, Margaret. Prison Reform in Lancashire, 1700-1850: a Study in Local Administration. Stanford, [Calif.]: Stanford University Press, 1986. viii, 272 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn and rubbed dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Remains historical and literary connected with the Palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester; 3rd series. More
Bad Habits: Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual...
Burnham, John C. Bad Habits: Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual Misbehavior, and Swearing in American History. New York: New York University Press, [1993]. xviii, 385 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, lightly soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $15. * Contents: The Turning Point: Repealing Prohibition; Drinking; Smoking; Taking Drugs; Gambling; Sexual..... More
The Marihuana Conviction: a History of Marihuana Prohibition in the...
Bonnie, Richard J. Whitebread, C.H. The Marihuana Conviction: a History of Marihuana Prohibition in the United States. Charlottesville, [VA]: University of Virginia Press, 1975. xiv, 368 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Author's (inappropriate?) inscription, "To the Students of Western Albemarle High School," to front free endpaper. $20. *..... More
Lives of the Lord Chancellors 1885-1940.
Heuston, R.F.V. Lives of the Lord Chancellors 1885-1940. Oxford, [UK]: Clarendon Press, 1964. xxiii, 632 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. Pencil annotations to front free endpaper, otherwise clean. $15. More
The Brooke Family Lineage With Many Related Families.
Witkay, Lucile Schreiber. The Brooke Family Lineage With Many Related Families. Decorah, IA: The Anundsen Publishing Co., 1996. 253 pp. illustrations. Cloth, Fine. $75. * Touches on the genealogy of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney [1777-1864]. More
The American Business Creed.
Sutton, Francis X. The American Business Creed. Cambridge, [MA]: Harvard University Press, 1956. 414 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Used label to foot of spine. Pencil annotations to front free endpaper, otherwise clean. $15. * Contents: The American System and its Achievements; The American Business Enterprise; The Functions and Rewards of..... More
Wharton's Law Lexicon, 14th edition, London, Sweet & Maxwell, 1949.
Wharton's Renowned Law Lexicon [Wharton, (J)ohn (J)ane S(mith) (1816 or 17-1867)]. Oppe, A[lbert] S[anvil] [1869-1953], 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..... More
The Magnificent Yankee, A Play in Three Acts, Signed by Author.
Lavery, Emmet. The Magnificent Yankee: A Play in Three Acts. New York: Samuel French, [1946]. 119 pp. cloth, light shelfwear, author presentation inscription to Kenneth MacKenna and later owner stamp to front free endpaper. $85. * A play about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. work and life at the time when..... More
Mr. Justice Brandeis and the University of Louisville.
In a Handsome Clamshell Box Flexner, Bernard. Mr. Justice Brandeis and the University of Louisville. Louisville: University of Louisville, 1938. 86 pp. Tipped-in portrait frontispiece. Original stiff printed wrappers with untrimmed edges, text block has deckle fore-edge. Light soiling, some darkening to spine, moderate wear to spine ends and edges..... More
Jus Gentium. Journal of International Legal History. Vol 9, No 1. 2024
Jus Gentium. Journal of International Legal History. William E. Butler, Editor. Talbot Publishing, 2024. Volume 9, No. 1. January 2024. 322 pp. Paperback. $50. * JUS GENTIUM Journal of International Legal History is the first dedicated journal in the United States addressing the history of international law. Much current scholarship..... More
Thomas Wakley: an Improbable Radical.
Hostettler, John. Thomas Wakley: an Improbable Radical. Chichester, [UK]: Barry Rose Law Publishers, [1993]. xi, 158 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $65. More
A History of Police in England and Wales, 900-1966.
Critchley, T.A. A History of Police in England and Wales, 900-1966. London: Constable, [1967]. xx, 347 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $65. More
The Mooney-Billings Report, Suppressed by the Wickersham Commission.
[Mooney, Thomas J]. [Billings, Warren K.]. The Mooney-Billings Report: Suppressed by the Wickersham Commission. New York: Gotham House, [1932]. [xii], ii, iv, 243 pp. Cloth in lightly soiled dust jacket with some chipping to spine ends and light wear to lower corners. $65. * First edition. Concerning labor leaders Thomas..... More
Early Canadian Court Houses.
Carter, Margaret, Compiler. Early Canadian Court Houses. Ottawa: National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Environment Canada, 1983. 258 pp. Softcover. Moderate shelfwear. Internally clean. $20. * Also published in French with title: Premiers Palais de Justice au Canada.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258). More
Colonizing Hawai'i: the Cultural Power of Law.
Merry, Sally Engle. Colonizing Hawai'i: the Cultural Power of Law. Princeton, [N.J.]: Princeton University Press, [2000]. xii, 371 pp. Hardcover. Lightly worn. Marker to bottom of text block, othwise internally clean. $45. * Contents: A Note on Language and Terminology; Part 1:; Encounters in a Contact Zone: New England Missionaries..... More
Studies in International Law.
Holland, Thomas Erskine. Studies in International Law. Darmstadt, [Ger.]: Scientia Verlag Aalen, 1979. viii, 314 pp. Hardcover. Fine. Internally clean. $45. * Contents: pt. I. The Law of War.; pt. II. Illustrations of the System of International Law.; pt. III. The Eastern Question.; pt. IV. Biographical Sketches. More
Contested Empire: Peter Skene Ogden and the Snake River Expeditions.
Reid, John Phillip. Contested Empire: Peter Skene Ogden and the Snake River Expeditions. Norman, [OK]: University of Oklahoma Press, [2002]. xiii, 258 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $20. * Contents: List of Maps; Foreword, by Martin Ridge; Chapter 1: To Prevent Disputes and Differences; Chapter..... More
Called from Within: Early Women Lawyers of Hawai'i.
Matsuda, Mari J. Called from Within: Early Women Lawyers of Hawai'i. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, [1992]. xvi, 344 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $45. * Contents: Almeda Eliza Hitchcock (Moore), by Suzanne Espenett Case; Marguerite Kamehaokalani Ashford, by Marguerite K. Ashford-Hirano; Carrick Hume Buck..... More
Political Persecution Today.
Political Persecution in the Twentieth Century International Committee for Political Prisoners. Political Persecution Today. [New York?]: The International Committee for Political Prisoners, 1925. 48 pp. Stapled pamphlet in self-wrappers, staples lacking, recently resewn. Moderate toning, faint fold lines, light edgewear to first and final few leaves, faint pencil annotations to..... More
A Report of the Activities of the War Department in the Field of...
Labor and the U.S. Government During World War I [United States]. [War Department]. [Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965)]. A Report of the Activities of the War Department in the Field of Industrial Relations During the War. Washington [DC]: Government Printing Office, 1919. 90 pp. Stiff printed wrappers bound in three-quarter morocco over..... More
Policing and its Context, 1750-1870.
Emsley, Clive. Policing and its Context, 1750-1870. New York: Schocken Books, [1984]. 189 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $35. * Contents: Introduction; Systems and Practices Before the French Revolution; Through Revolution and War; Old Fears and a New Model; Mid-century Reforms; Alternative Developments: Prussia and the United..... More
The Province of Legislation Determined: Legal Theory in...
Lieberman, David. The Province of Legislation Determined: Legal Theory in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge, [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press, [1989]. xiii, 312 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $35. * Contents: Machine Derived Contents Note: Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Blackstone and the Commentaries: 1. The Law of England; 2..... More
Grundsatze des Teutschen Peinlichen Rechts [Bound With] Abhandlung...
Enlightened Penology in Eighteenth-Century Germany Quistorp, Johann Christian von [1737-1795]. Grundsatze des Teutschen Peinlichen Rechts. Rostock and Leipzig: In der Koppischen Buchhandlung, 1770. [xvi], 1087 pp. [Bound with] Risi, Paolo. Abhandlungen Uber Einige Gegenstande des Peinlichen Rechts. Jelgawa and Leipzig: Bey Steideln und Compagnie, 1771. [xvi], [17]-136 pp. Octavo (6-1/2"..... More
Slipping Backward: a History of the Nebraska Supreme Court.
Hewitt, James W. Slipping Backward: a History of the Nebraska Supreme Court. Lincoln, [NE]: University of Nebraska Press, [2007]. x, 243 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: An Introduction to the Nebraska Supreme Court: the Past is Prologue; "The Judicial Mowing Machine thus Cuts a...... More
A Guide to Voet: Including the Life of Johannes Voet with Portraits,..
Roberts, A.A. A Guide to Voet: Including the Life of Johannes Voet with Portraits, Particulars of Translations, and Detailed Index to the Commentarius ad Pandectas. Pretoria, [ZA]: The Author, 1933. vii, 113 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $125. * Contents: Introductory and Explanatory; Life of Voet;..... More
Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints, 1764-1864.
Jumonville, Florence M. Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints, 1764-1864. New Orleans: Historic New Orleans Collection, [1989]. xxxix, 759 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $35. * "A descriptive bibliography of books, pamphlets, and broadsides and other ephemera issued during the first 100 years of printing in New Orleans. Organized by..... More
Gender and Petty Crime in Late Medieval England: the Local Courts in..
Jones, Karen. Gender and Petty Crime in Late Medieval England: the Local Courts in Kent, 1460-1560. Woodbridge, [UK]: Boydell Press, [2006]. ix, 242 pp. Hardcover. Fine. Internally clean. $95. * Contents: Map of Kent, c. 1500; 1.; Introduction; 2.; Offences Against Property; 3.; Physical Violence; 4.; Verbal Violence; 5.; Sexual..... More
Wharton's Law Lexicon. 14th. edition. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1949.
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
On the Laws and Customs of England: Essays in Honor of Samuel E....
Thorne, Samuel E. Arnold, Morris S. On the Laws and Customs of England: Essays in Honor of Samuel E. Thorne. Chapel Hill, [NC]: University of North Carolina Press, [1981]. xx, 426 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $75. * Contents: Simpson, A.W.B. The laws of 5, Ethelbert.;..... More
The Sacco-Vanzetti Case, Transcript of the Record of the Trial...2d. e
With an Introduction by William O. Douglas [C] [Trials]. Sacco, Nicola [1891-1927], Defendant. Vanzetti, Bartolomeo [1888-1927], Defendant. Douglas, William O. [1898-1980], Introductory Essay. The Sacco-Vanzetti Case: Transcript of the Record of the Trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the Courts of Massachusetts and Subsequent Proceedings 1920-1927. Mamaroneck: Paul..... More
Vernacular Bodies: the Politics of Reproduction in Early Modern...
Fissell, Mary Elizabeth. Vernacular Bodies: the Politics of Reproduction in Early Modern England. Oxford, [Eng.]: Oxford University Press, [2004]. viii, 283 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $25. * Contents: Introduction; Reforming the Body; The Womb Goes Bad; Protesting and Preaching; Henry Jessey, Sarah Wight, and..... More
The Missouri Supreme Court: from Dred Scott to Nancy Cruzan.
Dunne, Gerald T. The Missouri Supreme Court: from Dred Scott to Nancy Cruzan. Columbia, [MO]: University of Missouri Press, [1993]. xi, 222 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $20. * Contents: Beginnings. 1. Headwaters. 2. Flawed Foundations; Growing Pains. 3. Funny Money. 4. Missouri Soil. 5..... More
The Supreme Court of Florida and its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917.
Manley, Walter W. Brown, Canter. Rise, Eric W. The Supreme Court of Florida and its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917. Gainesville, [Fla.]: University Press of Florida, [1997]. xvii, 454 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. Price label on back board. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Forewords, Richard W. Ervin, Stephen C. O'Connell and Kenneth W...... More
The Christian Foundations of Criminal Responsibility: a ...
Crawford, J.M.B. Quinn, J.F. The Christian Foundations of Criminal Responsibility: a Philosophical Study of Legal Reasoning. Lewiston, [N.Y.]: Edwin Mellen Press, [1991]. vi, 504 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine with dent to corner of rear board. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. Internally clean and bright. $125. * Toronto Studies in Theology..... More
McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York 7B:CPLR in 39 bks w/2024 supp
McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York Annotated. Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR): 1-end in 39 books. Complete set, current through 2024 supplements. Thomson Reuters West, 2009-2023. 39 books. Hardcover. Complete set with all revised volumes, with 2024 supplements. 7B CPLR 1 to 212-Commentaries by V. Alexander (2024 Supplementary Pamphlet)..... More
The American Zion Commonwealth (Inc) Affiliated with the Zionist...
The Construction of "A Jewish Commonwealth" in Palestine American Zion Commonwealth. The American Zion Commonwealth (Inc.) Affiliated with the Zionist Organization of America. [New York: American Zion Commonwealth?], 1920. 15 pp. Pamphlet in printed wrappers, formerly stapled and recently resewn. Light toning, soiling and a few small chips to wrappers..... More
The Trial of Jonathan Britain Capitally Convicted of Forgery... 1772.
A Confidence Man is Sent to the Gallows [Trial]. Britain, Jonathan [d. 1772], Defendant. The Trial of Jonathan Britain Capitally Convicted of Forgery, May the 2d, 1772, at the Guildhall in the City of Bristol, Before the Right Worshipful Henry Bright, Esq; Mayor; The Worshipful John Dunning, Esq; Recorder; And..... More
Some Table Talk of Mr Justice Holmes and "The Mrs."
Holmes and His Wife at Table Hale, Richard Walden [1871-1943]. [Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935)]. Some Table Talk of Mr. Justice Holmes and "The Mrs." [Boston: Addison C. Getchell & Son], 1935. 17 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Light soiling to wrappers, light rubbing to extremities, small tear..... More
Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LLD, Boston, 1816.
Story Eulogizes An Exemplary Lawyer-Statesman Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LL.D. By the Hon. Joseph Story, LL.D. Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, And Presiding Judge of the Circ. Court of the U.S. for the First Circuit, As Delivered to the Grand..... More
An Historical Vignette of Oak Hill, Fauquier Country Home of John...
Russell, T. Triplett. Gott, John K. An Historical Vignette of Oak Hill, Fauquier Country Home of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States and Native Son of Fauquier County. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000. 65 pp. Illustrated. Softbound, fine in custom 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" cloth folder. $30. More
The Hope of the Briefless; Or, The Cradle of Crime.
"The Last Recorded Syllable of Time Shall Throb to Human Weakness, Want, And Crime" [Legal Poetry]. [Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John Eardley (1810-1892), Attributed]. The Hope of the Briefless; Or, The Cradle of Crime. [London?]: Printed for private circulation, [c.1850]. 7 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later three-quarter..... More
On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application...
Beaumont, Gustave de; Tocqueville, Alexis de. On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application in France. Carbondale, [Ill.]: Southern Illinois University Press, [1964]. xl, 222 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn, moderately soiled dust jacket with price clip. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: 1. An Historical Outline of..... More
Liberte, Egalite, Le Directoire Executif aux Citoyens de Paris...
A Turning Point of the French Revolution [Broadside]. [French Revolution]. [Coup of 18 Fructador]. Liberte, Egalite. Le Directoire Executif aux Citoyens de Paris. [Paris]: De L'Imprimerie du Directoire Executif, [1797]. 21-1/2" x 16-1/2" broadside, untrimmed edges. Light toning, vertical and horizontal fold lines, a few creases to lower-right corner, small..... More
Statutes, Treaties and Documents of the Canadian Constitution,...
Kennedy, W.P.M. Statutes, Treaties and Documents of the Canadian Constitution, 1713-1929. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1930. Second edition. xxviii, 752 pp. Original cloth. Lightly worn. Internally clean. $95. More
Brian Dickson at the Supreme Court of Canada, 1973-1990.
Guth, DeLloyd J. Brian Dickson at the Supreme Court of Canada, 1973-1990. Winnipeg: Canadian Legal History Project, 1998. xxxix, 357 pp. Hardcover. Lightly worn and soiled. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean. $35. * Contents: Preface; Foreword, Antonio Lamer; Introduction, DeLlyod J. Guth; About Brian, Bill..... More
Corrected Typescript of Constitutional Science: Being the English...
An Unpublished English Translation of an Important Spanish-Language Work on Constitutional Law [Manuscript]. Hostos, Eugenia Maria de [1839-1903]. Hunt, A[lbert]. F[rancis]., Jr. [1872-1947], Translator. Constitutional Science: Being the English Version of a Work Entitled "Lecciones De Derecho Constitucional" by Eugenio M. de Hostas. Nahant, Massachusetts and Mt. Holly Springs, Pennsylvania..... More
Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and...
Shoemaker, Robert Brink. Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and rural Middlesex, c. 1660-1725. Cambridge, [UK]: Cambridge University Press, [1991]. xviii, 351 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $50. * Contents: pt. I. Background: 1. Introduction. Misdemeanors and Society in Preindustrial England;..... More
The Commerce Clause Under Marshall, Taney and Waite.
Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The Commerce Clause Under Marshall, Taney and Waite. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1937. 114 pp. Cloth very good in lightly worn dust jacket, internally clean. $60. * First edition. "These three lucid essays are a welcome contribution to the clarity of history.": Charles..... More
Washington Bowed, Inscribed to Stanley Forman Reed.
McKeldin, Theodore. Washington Bowed. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1956. 31 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, light soiling to extremities, very good in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket, internally clean. Author inscription dated October 25th, 1956 to front free endpaper. $20. * First edition. This copy is inscribed to Stanley Forman Reed..... More
Tragedy in Dedham: The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case.
Russell, Francis. Tragedy in Dedham. The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1962]. First edition. v, 478 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, light shelfwear, good in lightly soiled, faded, moderately worn and price-clipped dust jacket, internally clean. Author inscription "With all good wishes/ Francis Russell" to front free..... More
The Defenses of Freedom, Inscribed to Al Weinstein.
Goldberg, Arthur. The Defenses of Freedom: The Public Papers of Arthur J. Goldberg. Edited by Daniel Patrick Moynihan. New York: Harper and Row, [1966]. xvii, 342 pp. Hardcover cloth, light shelfwear, very good in lightly worn dust jacket with light fading to extremities, internally clean. Author inscription to front free..... More
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