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On the Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Liquors, In Health and Disease.
Carpenter, William B. On the Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Liquors, In Health and Disease. London: Charles Gilpin, 1850. xxiv, 283 pp. Publisher's original cloth, with gilt stamping on faded spine, light shelfwear. Good. $65. More
California Corporation Laws. 1949 Edition.
Ballantine, Henry Winthrop; Sterling, Graham L; Buhler, Harriett R. California Corporation Laws. Los Angeles: Parker, 1949. 1949 edition. With 1950 supplement. xxi, 970 pp. Publisher's original blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Front hinge loose but secure. $30. More
Surgical Experiences in South Africa 1899-1900: Being Mainly...
Makins, George Henry. Surgical Experiences in South Africa 1899-1900: Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre. London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, Oxford University Press, 1913. Second edition. xvi, 504 pp., illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, with gilt stamped spine..... More
The Law of Nations: Or Principles of the Law of Nature; Applied...
"First" American Edition of Vattel's Classic Treatise Vattel, [Emmerich] de [1714-1767]. The Law of Nations: Or Principles of the Law of Nature; Applied to the Conduct and Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns. A Work Tending to Display the True Interest of Powers. First American Edition, Corrected and Revised From the..... More
The Trial of Joseph Gerrald, Delegate from the London Corresponding...
A "Martyr" to an Anti-Radical Crackdown [Trial]. Gerrald, Joseph [1763-1796]. The Trial of Joseph Gerrald, Delegate from the London Corresponding Society, To the British Convention. Before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, On the 3d, 10th, 13th, And 14th of March, 1794. For Sedition. Taken in Short-Hand by Mr..... More
The Corrupt Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of California...
Philbrook, Horace W[iley]. The Corrupt Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of California: Memorial to the Legislature of the State of California; to Remove From Office W.H. Beatty, T.B. McFarland, W.C. Van Fleet, Ralph C. Harrison, C.H. Garoutte, Jackson Temple, F.W. Henshaw, Justices of the Supreme Court, for..... More
The Role of Art in Life and Law.
Maurois, Andre. Cowan, Arthur Wyndham Allan, Trans. The Role of Art in Life and Law. Philadelphia: Brandeis Lawyers' Society, [1945]. 23 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrapper. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $65. * Series: Publications of Brandeis Lawyers' Society; Variation: Publications of Brandeis Lawyers' Society. More
Peace through International Adjudication?
Basdevant, Jules. Peace through International Adjudication? Philadelphia: Brandeis Lawyers Society, [1949]. 29 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrapper. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $65. More
A Judicial Odyssey: Federal Court in Santa Clara, San Benito...
Fritz, Christian G.; Griffith, Michael; Hunter, J[anet] M (editors). A Judicial Odyssey: Federal Court in Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties. San Jose: Advisory Committee--San Jose Federal Court, 1985. xv, 333 pp., illustrations. Softbound, very good. $25. More
Stability in Law.
Radin, Max. Stability in Law. Philadelphia: Brandeis Lawyers' Society, [1944]. 39 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrapper. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $85. More
The Meaning of Human Rights.
Maritain, Jacques. The Meaning of Human Rights. Philadelphia: The Brandeis Lawyers Society, [1949]. 27 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrapper. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $125. * Series: Publication of Brandeis Lawyers Society; Variation: Brandeis Lawyers' Society.; Publications. More
The Speeches of the Hon Thomas Erskine, In the Court of King's...
Prosecuted for Publishing Paine's Age of Reason Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron [1750-1823]. Kyd, Stewart [1759-1811]. Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron [1732-1802]. The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine, In the Court of King's Bench, June 28, 1797, Before the Right Hon. Lloyd Lord Kenyon, And a Special Jury, On the Trial..... More
The Law of Nations in Court: (January 3, 1946).
Hudson, Manley O. The Law of Nations in Court: (January 3, 1946). Philadelphia: Brandeis Lawyers' Society, [1949]. 33 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrapper. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $65. * Series: Publication of Brandeis Lawyers Society; Variation: Brandeis Lawyers' Society.; Publications. More
How Appellate Courts Decide Cases.
Llewellyn, Karl N. How Appellate Courts Decide Cases. Philadelphia: Brandeis Lawyers Society, [1951]. 63 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrapper. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $125. * Series: Publications of Brandeis Lawyers Society. More
Presumptions, their Nature, Purpose and Reason.
Morgan, Edmund M. Presumptions, their Nature, Purpose and Reason. Philadelphia: Brandeis Lawyers Society, [1949]. 27 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrapper. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $65. * Series: Publications of Brandeis Lawyers Society; Variation: Brandeis Lawyers' Society.; Publications. More
A Continental Distinction in the Common Law: A Historical...
Allison, J[ohn]. W.F. A Continental Distinction in the Common Law: A Historical and Comparative Perspective on English Public Law. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. xvi, 270 pp. Publisher's original black cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Very good, in a very good dust jacket. $70. * Jacket..... More
Legal Scholarship and Doctrines of Private Law, 13th-18th Centuries.
Feenstra, Robert. Legal Scholarship and Doctrines of Private Law, 13th-18th Centuries. Aldershot; Brookfield, Vt.: Variorum, 1996. Various paging. Publisher's blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Fine. $40. More
Lexicon Iuridicum: Hoc Est, Iuris Civilis et Canonici, Geneva, 1607.
Notable Dictionary of Roman and Canon Law [Stoer, Jacob, Attributed]. Lexicon Iuridicum: Hoc Est, Iuris Civilis et Canonici in Schola Atque Soro Vsitatarum Vocum Penus. Ex Antiquis & Recentioribus Iurisconsultis ac Lexicographis, Praecipue ex Brissonii, Hotmani, & Prateii Lexicis, Item ex Cviacii Observationibvs & Commentariis ita Constructum, Vi ei Nehil..... More
The Trial of Antichrist, Otherwise, The Man of Sin, For High Treason..
Rare Canadian Edition of a Notable Example of Nineteenth-Century Anti-Catholic Propaganda W.L.S.G. (Gregory, William). Gavazzi, Alessandro [1809-1889]. The Trial of Antichrist, Otherwise, The Man of Sin, For High Treason Against the Son of God: Tried at the Sessions House of Truth, Before the Right Hon. Divine Revelation, Lord Chief Justice..... More
Can our Civilization be Saved?
Maurois, Andre. Can our Civilization be Saved? Philadelphia: Brandeis Lawyers Society, [1949]. 24 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrapper. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $65. * Series: Publication of Brandeis Lawyers Society.; Variation: E'mile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog.; Brandeis Lawyers' Society Publications. More
In Queer Street, First Edition, In Very Good Dust Jacket.
With the Scarce Dust Jacket Roughead, William [1870-1952]. In Queer Street. Edinburgh, W. Green & Son, 1932. xiii, 259 pp., 8 black-and-white illustrations. Cloth in lightly worn pictorial dust jacket. $500. * First edition, first printing. In addition to his work as the editor of the Notable Scottish Trials series..... More
The Constables' Accounts of the Manor of Manchester From...3 Volumes.
Earwaker, J[ohn] P[arsons]. The Constables' Accounts of the Manor of Manchester From the Year 1612 to the Year 1647, and From the Year 1743 to the Year 1776: Printed Under the Superintendence of a Committee Appointed by the Municipal Council of the City of Manchester, From the Original Books of..... More
Outlines of Historical Jurisprudence. 2 volumes.
Vinogradoff, Paul. Outlines of Historical Jurisprudence. London: Oxford University Press, 1920. 2 volumes. Ex-Library with institutional gilt stamped front covers and spines, property stamp on title pages, moderate shelfwear. $75. * A complex description and analytical perspective of the growth of jurisprudence from tribal to modern law, beginning with the..... More
A Digest of the Statutes Relating to Urban Sanitary Authorities:...
Lambert, John. A Digest of the Statutes Relating to Urban Sanitary Authorities: Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1875. xx, 270 pp. Hardcover. Fine. Small library stamp to title page, otherwise internally clean. $150. * Second edition. More
The Liverpool Tractate: an Eighteenth Century Manual on the...
Strateman, Catherine, Editor. The Liverpool Tractate: an Eighteenth Century Manual on the Procedure of the House of Commons. New York: Columbia University Press, 1937. xcii, 105 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear with reference number inscription to foot of spine. Library stamps to front pastedown, front free endpaper and Acknowledgments page, publisher's..... More
Report of the Committee of Commerce & Manufactures, To Whom Was...
Imprisonment for Debt [United States Congress]. Bell, William, Petitioner. Report of the Committee of Commerce & Manufactures, To Whom was Referred, On the 21st of November Last, The Petition of William Bell. 4th January, 1798, Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, On Monday Next. [Philadelphia?]: Published by order..... More
Delitti di Libidine [bound with] Gli Odori ed i Profumi.
Two Nineteenth-Century Studies of Sexuality Tardieu, Auguste Ambroise [1818-1879]. Delitti di Libidine: Oltraggi Pubblici al Pudore, Stupri ed Attentati al Pudore, Pederastia e Sodomia. Studio Medico-Legale con 136 Osservazioni. Rome: Fratelli Capaccini, Editori, 1898. [ii], 31, [1], 377, [1], 5 pp. Main text followed by 5 pp. publisher catalogue. [Bound..... More
Legalism: Law, Morals, and Political Trials.
Shklar, Judith N. Legalism: Law, Morals, and Political Trials. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1986. xiv, 246 pp. Softbound, a very good copy. $25. * Contents. Introduction: Law and ideology: Definitions and ideologies: The differential characteristics: sin, immorality, and crime: Natural law and legal ideology: The ideology of agreement: Law..... More
Law Codes in Dynastic China: A Synopsis of Chinese Legal History...
Head, John Warren; Wang, Yanping. Law Codes in Dynastic China: A Synopsis of Chinese Legal History in the thirty centuries from Zhou to Qing. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2005. xvi, 261 pp. Publisher's original green cloth, with gilt stamped spine and decorative gilt stamping to front cover. A very..... More
Bench and Bar in California.
Shuck, Oscar T. Bench and Bar in California. San Francisco: The Occident printing House, 1889. xvi, 543, xiv, v pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear and soiling. Internally clean. $20. More
A Selection from the Addresses, Lectures and Papers, with a Biographic
Putnam, Arthur A. A Selection from the Addresses, Lectures and Papers, with a Biographic Sketch, of Arthur A. Putnam of Uxbridge, Mass. Cambridge, [MA]: Riverside Press, 1910. vii, 183 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear and soiling. Internally clean. $15. * Contents: Biographic sketch; Myles Standish, a lecture; Authorship of Shakespeare, a...... More
Discurso Leido en el Solemne Aniversario del 15 de Mayo de 1867.
An Unrecorded Commemoration of Mexican Independence Palomares, Crispin S. [1834-1897]. Discurso Leido por El C. Gral. Crispin S. Palomares, En El Salon Principal del Instituto de Ciencias del Estado, En el Solemne Aniversario del 15 de Mayo de 1867. Guadalajara: Tip. de Sinforoso, 1874. 26 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/4")..... More
The Seamy Side.
Roughead, William. The Seamy Side. London: Cassell, 1938. xi, 291 pp. Frontispiece. Publisher's original green cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Small stain to front cover. Very good. $125. More
Reprobates Reviewed.
Roughead, William. Reprobates Reviewed. London Cassell and Co., 1941. Frontispiece. vii, 307 pp. Publisher's original black cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Good, in a torn dust jacket. $40. * Contents. The German princess; or, The wonder of women.: Lucretia carries on: a transatlantic idyll.: Nicol Muschet: his crime and cairn...... More
Glengarry's Way and Other Studies.
Roughead, William. Glengarry's Way and Other Studies. Edinburgh: W. Green & Son, 1922. xv, 307, [1] pp. Frontispiece. Plates. Publisher's original blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Moderate shelfwear, internally clean. $25. * Contents: "Glengarry's Way: A Footnote to 'Waverley.'" "Plagium: A Footnote to 'Guy Mannering,' "Locusta in Scotland: A...... More
Rogues and Scoundrels.
Sergeant, Philip Walsingham. Rogues and Scoundrels. London, Hutchinson, 1924. Frontispiece, 328 pp., illustrations. Publisher's original cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper. Rubbing to corners, moderate shelfwear to spine. $25. More
The Destruction of Mephisto's Greatest Web; or, All Grafts Laid...
Keate, James Henry. The Destruction of Mephisto's Greatest Web; or, All Grafts Laid Bare; being a Complete Exposure of all Gambling, Graft and Confidence Games, with Stories Illustrating the Methods Employed by the Different "Operators,". Salt Lake City: Raleigh Pub. Co., 1914. 313 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine with light soiling. Internally..... More
ProcŠs-Verbal De L'Assembl‚e Des Dames De La Mis‚ricorde, le 13...
Articles of an Association of French Revolution-Era Female Prison Reformers [Prison Reform]. Association des Dames de La Misericorde, A Valence, (Department de la Drome) Pour le Soulagement des Prisonniers. Proces-Verbal De L'Assemblee Des Dames de La Misericorde, Le 13 Pluviose An 12, Pour Proceder A L'Organisation Des Dames De La..... More
Indian Statutory Commission, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. in 2 books.
The Controversial Simon Commission [India]. [Simon Commission]. Report of the Indian Statutory Commission. Volume I-Survey. [With] Volume II. Recommendations. [And] Volume III: Reports of the Committees Appointed by the Provincial Legislative Councils to Co-Operate with the Indian Statutory Commission. London: Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1930. Three..... More
Obligation and Condition Binding Henry P Stewart and James...
An Interesting Judgement Concerning Multiple Financial Claims [Maryland]. [Obligation and Condition Binding Henry P. Stewart and James Warren For Twenty-Three Dollars]. Allegheny County, Maryland, October 29, 1854. 8-3/4" x 7-1/2" part-printed document completed in manuscript and signed by Stewart, Warren and Anthony Barrett, before justice of the peace (?) Anthony..... More
Before and At Trial: What Should Be Done by Counsel, Solicitor and...
Richard, Harris. Kerr, James M. Before and At Trial: What Should Be Done by Counsel, Solicitor, and Client. Northport, Long Island, NY: Edward Thompson Company, Law Publishers, 1890. 399 pp. Hardbound, light shelfwear, hinges frayed but secure. $25. More
Max D. Steuer: Trial Lawyer.
Steuer, Aron. Max D. Steuer: Trial Lawyer. New York: Random House, 1950. 301 pp., frontispiece. Publisher's original cloth, with gilt stamped front cover and decorative gilt stamped spine. Presentation inscription from author on free front endpaper. Very good, in a chipped dust jacket. $250. * Contents. Once in a lifetime..... More
Estratto Degli Inquisizionali Contro Baldassare Zotto Detta Morte...
He Killed Him With a Billhook [Murder]. [Italy]. Estratto Degli Inquisizionali Contro Baldassare Zotta Detto Morte, Colpevole del Delitto di Omicidio Proditorio Consumato Nella Persona di Giammaria Zotta Bellotto il Dopo Panzo del 10 Luglio 1822, Redatto a Termini del ?.450 del Codice Penale. [(Padua): Tip. Molinori, (1823)]. 4 pp..... More
Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution.
Dicey, A[lbert] V[enn]; Hon, K.C. Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution. London: Macmillan and Co, 1956. With introduction and appendix by E[mlyn] C[apel] S[tewart] Wade. 9th edition. clvi, 681 pp. Original maroon cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Previous owners name on front free endpaper. Front hinge..... More
Year Books of Richard II: 11 Richard II.
Thornley, Isobel D. Year Books of Richard II: 11 Richard II. With a Commentary Upon the Cases by Theodore F.T. Plucknett. Year Book Series Vol. V. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., Ltd., 1937. lxii, 288, 351 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover with gilt stamped spine. Very good. $50. More
Crime, Crooks & Cops.
Vollmer, August. Parker, Alfred E. Crime, Crooks & Cops. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1937. v, 260 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $150. More
The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, With Preliminary...
A Landmark Study of Prisons Howard, John [1726-1790]. The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, With Preliminary Observations, And an Account of Some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals. Warrington: Printed by William Eyres; And Sold by T. Cadell, 1780. [viii], 449, [19] pp. With 11 copperplates (one a double..... More
The Case Stated of the Jurisdiction of the House of Lords in the...
The House of Lords Is Allowed to Initiate Tax Legislation [Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron (1599-1680)]. The Case Stated of the Jurisdiction of the House of Lords in the Point of Impositions. London: S.n., 1676. [ii], 114 pp. Octavo (6" x 3-3/4"). Original plain stab-stitched wrappers, which are worn away at..... More
The Maine Justice, Hallowell, 1823, First Edition.
First Edition of First Maine Justice of the Peace Manual [C] Perley, Jeremiah [1784-1834]. The Maine Justice; Containing the Laws Relative to the Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace, With the Necessary Forms. Hallowell: Goodale, Glazier & Co. and C. Spaulding, 1823. vii, 304 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x...... More
Trial of Lizzie Borden.
Pearson, Edmund Lester. Trial of Lizzie Borden. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1937. xii, 433 pp., illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, top edge red, hinges cracked. $25. * The trial of Lizzie Andrew Borden of Fall River, Massachusetts, charging her with the murders on August 4th, 1892, of..... More
Trial of Buck Ruxton.
Blundell, R.H. and G. Haswell Wilson (Editors). Trial of Buck Ruxton. London: William Hodge and Company, Limited. [1937]. lxxxvii, 457 pp. Frontispiece with fifteen additional illustrated plates. Original red cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Good. $50. * Notable British Trials Series. First edition. A case renowned for its achievements in..... More
Mr Justice Holmes and The Supreme Court, Inscribed by Frankfurter.
Inscribed by Frankfurter to Arthur Meier Schlesinger and Elizabeth Schlesinger Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Mr. Justice Holmes and The Supreme Court. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1938. [viii], 137 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. Spine ends bumped and lightly worn, spine lettering dulled. Light..... More
A History of Technology. 5 Vols.
Singer, Charles; Holmyard, Eric John; Hall, A[lfred] R[upert]; Williams, Trevor I (editors); Jaffe, E.; Thomson, R. H. G.; Donaldson, J. M.; Clow, Nan L.; Peel, Y.; Petty, J. R.; Reeve, M (assistants). A History of Technology. 5 volumes in five books. New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1954-1958. Illustrations..... More
An Account of the Trial of Thomas Muir, Esq, Younger of Huntershill...
Highly Politicized Trial of Scottish Radical Who Promoted Thomas Paine's Rights of Man [Trial]. Muir, Thomas [1765-1798], Defendant. An Account of the Trial of Thomas Muir, Esq. Younger, Of Huntershill, Before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, On the 30th and 31st Days of August, 1793, For Sedition. New..... More
Narratives of State Trials in the Nineteenth Century... 2 Vols.
Browne, George Lathom. Narratives of State Trials in the Nineteenth Century: First Period. From the union with Ireland to the death of George the Fourth, 1801-1830. Two Volumes. Illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped spine. Ex-Library, foxing at end of volume 1. Top of volume 1 spine taped. $75..... More
Ecclesiastical Law, 1st edition, London, 1763, 2 Vols.
"It Has Always Been Deemed a Book of Authority" Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. Ecclesiastical Law. London: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan, 1763. Two volumes. [vi], xxii, [16], [2], 685; [ii], 784 pp. Quarto (11" x 9"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, raised bands, lettering..... More
Some Observations Upon the Late Tryals of Sir George Wakeman Corker...
Perceptive Satirical Commentary on the Popish Plot of 1678 [Popish Plot]. [Smith, Francis (fl. 1657-1689)]. Some Observations Upon the Late Tryals of Sir George Wakeman, Corker and Marshall, &c. By Tom Tickle-Foot the Taborer, Late Clerk to Justice Clodpate. London: Printed for A. Brewster, 1679. 8, 7-9, [1] pp. Pagination..... More
Coleccion de los Decretos y Ordenes de las Cortes de Espana...
Record of the Spanish Cortes in Mexico, 1811-1821 [Mexico]. Coleccion de los Decretos y Ordenes de las Cortes de Espana, Que se Reputan Vigentes en la Republica de los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos. Mexico: Imprenta de Galvan a Cargo de M. Arevalo, 1829. xvi, 216 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary mottled..... More
Trial of Robert Watt, For High Treason, Before the Court, Under the...
The Trial of a Would-be Revolutionary [Trial]. Watt, Robert [c.1761-1794], Defendant. Trial of Robert Watt, For High Treason, Before the Court, Under the Special Commission of Oyer and Terminer Held at Edinburgh. Taken in Short Hand by Mr. Blanchard, Revised by the Counsel on Both Sides, And Published with the..... More
The Constitution of England; Or, An Account of the English Government.
A Classic Study of the English Constitution De Lolme, J[ean] L[ouis] [1740-1806]. The Constitution of England; Or, An Account of The English Government: In Which it is Compared, Both With the Republican Form of Government, And the Other Monarchies in Europe. A New Edition, Corrected. London: Printed for G.G. and..... More
The Green Bag, An Entertaining Magazine of the Law. 1889-1898, 10 vols
Fuller, Horace W., Editor, Volumes I-X. The Green Bag. Boston: The Boston Book Company. Vol. 1 No. 1. January, 1889 to Vol. 10 No. 12. December, 1898. Ten volumes. Quarto (10-1/2" x 8"), in 10 books. All volumes illustrated throughout with plates, photographs and engravings. Bound at rear of volume..... More
Verdict!: The Adventures of the Young Lawyer in the Brown Suit.
Musmanno, Michael Angelo. Verdict!: The Adventures of the Young Lawyer in the Brown Suit. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1958. 384 pp. Publisher's tan cloth, very good, in a price clipped dust jacket, chipped at head and foot of spine as well as top edge. $25. More
The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England.
First Critical Edition of Coke on Littleton, With Notes by Hargrave and Butler [C]Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. Hargrave, Francis [1741?-1821], Editor. Butler, Charles [1750-1832], Editor. Hale, Sir Matthew [1609-1676]. [Finch, Heneage, Earl of Nottingham (1621-1682)]. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England or, A Commentary upon..... More
A Digested Index to the Decisions of the Superior Courts of the...
Digest of New Jersey Reports, 1789-1829 Halstead, William [1794-1878]. A Digested Index to the Decisions of the Superior Courts of the State of New-Jersey. Trenton: Printed by Joseph Justice, 1830. 392 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine. Moderate..... More
The Amazing Crime and Trial of Leopold and Loeb.
McKernan, Maureen. The Amazing Crime and Trial of Leopold and Loeb. With an Introduction by Clarence Darrow and Walter Bachrach. Chicago: The Plymouth Court Press, 1924. 380 pp., illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, light shelf wear, hinges slightly cracked. Inscription on front free endpaper. $35. More
Lives of Eminent Serjeants-at-Law of the English Bar. 2 Vols.
Woolrych, Humphry W[illiam] [1795-1871]. Lives of Eminent Serjeants-at-Law of the English Bar. London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1869. Two volumes. xxviii, 452; [iv], 453-900, [23], 1 pp. Publisher catalogue after index of Volume II. Publisher's original cloth. A nice set. $150. * A useful collection of legal biographies from..... More
Encyclopedia of World Crime. Criminal Justice, Criminology...Six Vols.
Nash, Jay Robert. Encyclopedia of World Crime. Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Law Enforcement. Wilmette, Il: Crimebooks, Inc., 1989-1990. 6 volumes. Original maroon gilt stamped cloth. Very good. $300. * Contents: Vols. 1. A-C: Vols. 2. D-J: Vols. 3. K-R: Vols. 4. S-Z: Supplements: Vols. 5. Dictionary: Vols. 6. Index. The..... More
Famous Cases of Circumstantial Evidence. With an Introduction...
Phillips, S. Famous Cases of Circumstantial Evidence With an Introduction on the Theory of Presumptive Proof. New York, J. Cockcroft, 1873. xxxix, 153 pp. Cloth with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Good. $25. * In case after case, actual situations are presented in which presumed malefactors were convicted on..... More
A Treatise on the Police of London: Containing a Detail of the...
Only American Edition of an Important Work on Crime [Colquhoun, Patrick (1745-1820)]. A Treatise on the Police of London; Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors By Which Public and Private Property and Security Are, At Present, Injured and Endangered: And Suggesting Remedies for Their Prevention. Philadelphia: Printed..... More
The Trial of Maurice Margarot, Before the High Court of Justiciary...
A Member of the "Scottish Martyrs to Liberty" [Trial]. Margarot, Maurice, Defendant [1745-1815]. The Trial of Maurice Margarot, Before the High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, On the 13th and 14th of January, 1794, On an Indictment for Seditious Practices. Taken in Shorthand by Mr. Ramsey. New York: London: Printed.New-York..... More
The Bloody Assize.
Parry, Sir Edward. The Bloody Assize. New York, Dodd, Mead and Co., 1929. Illustrations, frontispiece, 301 pp. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt stamped spine and front cover, spine lightly faded. $25. * Contents: Book I. Sowing the wind: Lucy Walter. Monmouth. Titus Oates. George Jeffreys. The Popish plot. Trial of..... More
The Trial of Maurice Margarot, Before the High Court of Justiciary...
A Member of the "Scottish Martyrs to Liberty" [Trial]. Margarot, Maurice, Defendant [1745-1815]. The Trial of Maurice Margarot, Before the High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, On the 13th and 14th of January, 1794, On an Indictment for Seditious Practices. Taken in Shorthand by Mr. Ramsey. New York: London: Printed..... More
Political Corruption: Power, Money, and Sex.
Bollens, John C.; Schmandt, Henry J. Political Corruption: Power, Money, and Sex. Pacific Palisades, CA: Palisades Publishers, 1979. 282 pp. Publisher's original cloth with stamped spine and front cover. Very good, in a dust jacket with shelf wear to top edge. $25. More
Hasty Recognition of Rebel Belligerency, And Our Right to Complain...
"The Most Gigantic and Immoral Sedition in History" Bemis, George [1816-1878]. Hasty Recognition of Rebel Belligerency, And Our Right to Complain of It. Boston: Published by A. Williams and Co., 1865. viii, [2], 57 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Disbound pamphlet, leaves separating at head. Moderate toning, faint vertical fold..... More
A Letter to the Honorable Judge Story, LLD, Discovering...
A Mathematical Correction of Blackstone Lee, John. [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. A Letter to the Honorable Judge Story, LL.D., Discovering and Correcting the Errors of Blackstone and His Editors, On the Theory of Human Genealogy and Kindred, And Destroying the Concomitant Fallacious Inductions of Eternal Pre-Existing Population, And the Physical..... More
Justice Denoted: The Legal Thriller in American, British, and...
White, Terry. Justice Denoted: The Legal Thriller in American, British, and Continental Courtroom Literature. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003. xxv, 560 pp. Publisher's original cloth, stamped spine and front cover. Clean and tight, a very good copy with no dust jacket. $40. * Epigraphs -- Foreword: Legal Thrillers: True Facts versus..... More
Dramas of the Dock: True Stories of Crime.
Logan, Guy. Dramas of the Dock: True Stories of Crime. London: S. Paul, 1928. Portraits, xv, 286 pp. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Shelf wear to covers. $30. More
The Judges and the Judged.
Lustgarten, Edgar. The Judges and the Judged. London: Odhams Press Limited, [1961]. 319 pp. Publisher's black cloth, hinges slightly cracked. Dust jacket with brodart. $25. More
Report of the Commissioners Appointed to View Certain Rivers Within...
Inland Transportation in Virginia [Virginia]. [Marshall, John (1755-1835)]. Report of the Commissioners Appointed to View Certain Rivers Within the Commonwealth of Virginia, Conformable to an Act of Said Commonwealth, Passed the Fourteenth Day of February, 1814. Printed According to a Joint Resolution of Both Houses of the General Assembly, And..... More
Wilful Murder: Studies of Notable Crimes.
Logan, Guy. Wilful Murder: Studies of Notable Crimes. London, Eldon Press, 1935. 280 pp. Publisher's red cloth, hinges slightly cracking in middle, light foxing to fore edge. $25. * The "man with a scar".--Was Steinie Morrison guilty?--Murder by poison.--The case of the Swiss valet.--Kate Webster and Mrs. Thomas.--Murder or accient--which?--New..... More
Brevis Delineatio Impotentiae Conjugalis, Jena, 1682.
Marital Impotence (And Other Topics) in Roman and Canon Law Simon, Johann Georg [1636-1696]. Brevis Delineatio Impotentiae Conjugalis. Diu Hactenus Desiderate Nunc Vero Denuo Revisa et Opposita Spuriis Exemplaribus Quae Vulgo Circumferuntur. Cum Indice Locupleto. Jena: Impensis Joh. Theodori Fleischeri, 1682. 209 [i.e. 208], [40] pp. Without the portrait frontispiece..... More
Both Sides of the Dock.
Kingston, Charles. Both Sides of the Dock. London, A. Melrose Ltd., 1936. 286 pp., frontispiece, plates, portraits. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt stamped spine, light shelf wear. Internally clean. $50. More
Echoes of Causes Celebres.
Lambton, Arthur. Echoes of Causes Celebres. London: Hurst & Blacklett, 1931. 17 Illustrations, 277 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt stamped spine. Cocked spine with shelf wear. $30. More
Society Sensations.
Kingston, Charles. Society Sensations. New York: Dutton, 1922. 253 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt stamped spine and front cover. Light shelf wear, with dust jacket, chipped at top of spine and front right corner. $30. More
Letter in Relation to the Trinity Church Property in the City of...
A Rare Component of a Lengthy Property Dispute [Miller, Rutger Bleecker (1805-1877)]. Letter in Relation to the Trinity Church Property in the City of New York. Albany: H.H. Van Dyck, Printer, 1855. 13 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Moderate toning, horizontal fold line, light soiling..... More
Criminal Conversations: Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal...
Korobkin, Laura Hanft. Criminal Conversations: Sentimentality and Nineteenth-Century Legal Stories of Adultery. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. 247 pp. Publisher's red cloth, stamped spine and covers. A very good copy. $45. * Telling Stories in the Courtroom -- Criminal Conversation and the Conversational Process of the Law -- The..... More
Prospectus for John A Rockwell's Compilation of Spanish and Mexican...
Prospectus for Rockwell's Spanish and Mexican Law [Legal Publishing]. John S. Voorhies & Co. [Prospectus for John A. Rockwell's Compilation of Spanish and Mexican Law, in Relation to Mines, And Titles to Real Estate]. New York, 1852. 10" x 8" bifolium. Prospectus to rectos, versos blank. A few tiny faint..... More
Domestic and International Trials, 1700-2000. The Trial in History...
Melikan, R[ose] A. Domestic and International Trials, 1700-2000. The Trial in History, Volume II. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003. Illustrations, x, 196 pp. Publisher's original cloth, gilt stamped spine, very good, in a very good dust jacket. $35. * How does the trial function? What are the tools, in terms..... More
Judicial Control of Administrative Action in India and Pakistan...
Fazal, M.A. Judicial Control of Administrative Action in India and Pakistan: A Comparative Study of Principles and Remedies. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1969. xxxv, 345 pp. Publisher's original cloth, gilt stamped spine, ex library. Internally clean and bright. $20. * Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-342). More
Mr. C. van Vollenhoven's Verspreide Geschriften. 3 vols.
Vollenhoven, C Van. Asbeck, Frederik Mari, Editor. Mr. C. van Vollenhoven's Verspreide Geschriften. 's-Gravenhage, [NL]: M. Nijhoff, 1935. 3 volumes. Hardcover. Moderately worn. Internally clean. $150. * Contents: Outline and method of legal science. To lead. "Historical Sketches." Grotius. Thorbecke, International law, The Indies. Commemorations. Other writings. Registers. (Trans. from..... More
The Mainspring of Murder.
Lindsay, Philip. The Mainspring of Murder. London, J. Long, 1958. 208 pp. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Very good, in a good price clipped dust jacket. $20. More
More Than a Crime: Studies in Murder by Legal Process
Milton, Frank. More Than a Crime: Studies in Murder by Legal Process. London: Pall Mall Press, 1962. 252 pp. Publisher's black cloth, very good, in a price clipped dust jacket in a brodart covering. $20. More
The Black Kalendar of Scotland: Records of Notable Scottish Trials.
Millar, A[lexander] H[astie]. The Black Kalendar of Scotland: Records of Notable Scottish Trials. Dundee and London, J. Leng, 1884. 138 pp. Illustrations. Publisher's advertisements to final page and rear wrapper. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Pamphlet in printed wrappers bound in contemporary blue cloth, gilt title to spine, marbled (added) endpapers..... More
Middlesex County Records: Indictments, Coroners' Inquests... 3 Vols
Jeaffreson, John Cordy, Editor. Middlesex County Records: Indictments, Coroners' Inquests; Post-Mortem and Recognizances from 3 Edward VI [to] 4 James II. With an Index by A.T. Watson. London: Greater London Council, [1972]. 3 volumes. Volume 1. Indictments, coroners' inquests; post-mortem and recognizances from 3 Edward VI to the end of..... More
American Neutrality in 1793: A Study in Cabinet Government.
Thomas, Charles Marion. American Neutrality in 1793: A Study in Cabinet Government. New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. 294 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Publisher's bookplate to front pastedown, ex-library with property stamps to front pastedown, front free endpaper and page 5. Publisher's embossed stamp to title page. A good copy..... More
Famous Crimes.
Roughead, William. Famous Crimes. London, Faber and Faber Ltd., [1931], 1935. ix, 11-318 pp. Publisher's yellow cloth, light soiling and wear. Internally clean and bright. $25. * Essays reprinted from the author's "Twelve Scots trials", "The riddle of the Ruthvens", "The fatal countess", "The rebel earl", and "Malice domestic". cf..... More
Some Famous Medical Trials.
Parry, Leonard Arthur. Some Famous Medical Trials. Introduction by Willard Huntington Wright. London: F. & A. Churchill, 7 Great Marlborough Street, 1927. x, 326 pp. Publishers red cloth, very good, in a very good dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $20. * "In some of the instances selected medical men..... More
Catalogue of Pamphlets, Journals and Reports in the Public Archives...
Fee, Norman. Catalogue of Pamphlets, Journals and Reports in the Public Archives of Canada 1611-1867, with Index, prepared by Norman Fee. Ottawa: J. de L. Tache, 1916. Second edition. 471 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfware. $25. More
Perspectives in Criminal Law: Essays in Honour of John Ll. J. Edwards.
Doob, Anthony N, Editor. Greenspan, Edward L, Editor. Edwards, Ll. J., Honouree. Perspectives in Criminal Law: Essays in Honour of John Ll. J. Edwards. Aurora, [Can.]: Canada Law Book, 1985. xviii, 349 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $75. * Contents: Directing the development of a university centre of..... More
The Practice of the Parliament of Canada upon Bills of Divorce:...
Gemmill, John Alexander. The Practice of the Parliament of Canada upon Bills of Divorce: including an Historical Sketch of Parliamentary Divorce and Summaries of all the Bills of Divorce presented to Parliament from 1867 to 1888, also Notes on the Provincial Divorce Courts, &c.,. Toronto: Carswell & Co., 1889. xxii..... More