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An Abridgment of Penal Statutes [With] An Appendix to Addington's...
A Tabular Guide to Crime and Punishment from Eighteenth-Century England Addington, Sir William [d.1811]. An Abridgment of Penal Statutes, Which Exhibits at One View The Offences, And the Punishment or Penalties, In Consequence of Those Offences, The Mode of Recovering, And Application of the Penalties, The Number of Witnesses, And..... More
Francis Bacon: A Bibliography of His Works and of Baconiana to...1750.
Gibson, R.W. Francis Bacon: A Bibliography of His Works and of Baconiana to the Year 1750. Oxford: At the Scrivener Press, 1950. xvii, 369 pp. Illustrated. Original quarter cloth over paper boards. Small bookplate of the legendary Boston antiquarian bookseller, Goodspeed's Book Shop, to front pastedown. Light soiling, spine ends..... More
Memorandum and Account Book, London, January-March 1771.
A Charming Slice of London Legal Life [Manuscript]. [Memorandum and Account Book]. [London], January 1-March 23, 1771. [28] pp. 5" x 4" untrimmed, unsewn bifolia, text in single neat hand. Light toning, light soiling to exterior, small holes or tears to a few leaves affecting text on final leaf only..... More
Property, Piracy and Punishment: Hugo Grotius on War and Booty in...
Blom, H.W. Property, Piracy and Punishment: Hugo Grotius on War and Booty in De Iure Praedae: Concepts and Contexts. Leiden, [Neth.]: Brill, 2009. vi, 422 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. Internally clean and bright. $150. * Contents: Hugo Grotius's political and scholarly activities in the light of his correspondence, Henk J.M. Nellen;..... More
The Trials of Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace, And Michael Shaw...
Transportation for Life [Trials]. Wallace, Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Defendant. Wallace, Michael Shaw Stewart, Defendant. The Trials of Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace, And Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace, For Wilfully Destroying the Brig Dryad, Off Cuba, With Intent to Defraud the Marine Assurance Companies and Underwriters. London: Printed and Published by Williams..... More
The Institutes of English Private Law: Embracing an Outline of the...
Nasmith, David. The Institutes of English Private Law: Embracing an Outline of the Substantive Branch of the Law of Persons and Things. London: Butterworths, 1875. 2 volumes. Contents: Book 1. Persons; Book 2. Things. Cloth bound hardcovers. Moderate shelfwear. Bookplate to front pastedown, library stamp to title Page, otherwise internally..... More
The Green Bag. An Entertaining Magazine of the Law. 1911. Vol XXIII
Spencer, Arthur W., Editor. The Green Bag. Brookline, Boston: The Riverdale Press, Publishers. Volume XXIII Covering the Year 1911. In one book. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7"). 666, viii pp. Illustrated throughout with plates, photographs and engravings. Contemporary three quarter green morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, spine sunned, with gilt..... More
De la Justice et du Droit: Explication de la Definition...
Owned by an Important Scholar of Roman Law Senn, Felix [1879-1968]. De la Justice et du Droit: Explication de la Definition Traditionelle de la Justice, Suivie d'une Etude sur la Distinction du Ius Naturale et du Ius Gentium. Paris: Societe Anonyme du Recueil Sirey, 1927. 96 pp. Pamphlet in stiff..... More
Les Origines de la Notion de Jurisprudence, 1926.
Owned by an Important Scholar of Roman Law Senn, Felix [1879-1968]. Les Origines de la Notion de Jurisprudence. Paris: Societe Anonyme du Recueil Sirey, 1926. 54 pp. Pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers, publisher advertisements to rear wrapper, bound in later quarter cloth over marbled boards, hand-lettered title label to spine..... More
The Lives Of The Chief Justices of England. From the Norman Conquest.
Campbell, Sir John [1779-1801]. The Lives Of The Chief Justices of England. From the Norman Conquest Till the Death of Lord Mansfield. Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lee, 1851. 2 volumes. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2"). Contemporary sheep, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spines, gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, or Contracts... 1826. 2 vols.
First American Edition of Evans's Pothier on Obligations Pothier, Robert Joseph [1699-1722]. [Evans, William David (1767-1821), Translator and Editor]. A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, or Contracts. Translated From the French, With an Introduction, Appendix, and Notes, Illustrative of the English Law on the Subject. Philadelphia: Published by Robert..... More
Plusieurs Tres-Bons Cases, Come ils Estoyent Adjudgees es Trois...
Reports from the Reign of Charles I Latch, John [1588 or 9-1655]. Walpole, Edward. Plusieurs Tres-Bons Cases, Come Ils Estoyent Adjudgees es Trois Premiers Ans du Raign du Feu Roy Charles le Premier en La Court de Bank le Roy, Non Encore Publiees per Aucun Autre: Avec Deux Tables Parfaits..... More
Transactions of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan. 6 vols
Blume, William Wirt. Transactions of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 1935-1940. 6 volumes. Illustrations, maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher's cloth hardcover, moderate shelfwear and soiling. $350. * "Compiled, edited and published upon the William W. Cook Endowment Fund"..... More
The New Vade Mecum, Or Young Clerk's Magazine Digested and Improved...
1794 New York Legal Manual [Spencer, Thomas (1752-1840)]. The New Vade Mecum; or Young Clerk's Magazine: Digested and Improved to Correspond with the Laws of the State of New-York in Particular, and the United States in General: Containing a Variety of the Most Useful Precedents, Adapted to Almost Every Transaction..... More
Fragmenta Libri Singularis Regularum, Et Incerti Auctoris Collatio...
Attractive 1768 Edition of Ulpian's Fragmenta Ulpian [c.170-228]. Cannegieter, Johannes [1731-1804], Commentary. Fragmenta Libri Singularis Regularum, Et Incerti Auctoris Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum, Quibus Notas Adjecit Joannes Cannegieter, Advocatus in Curia Gelrica. Accedunt Ejusdem Disquisitio de Notis, Et Siglis Veterum, Et Observationum Miscellanearum Liber Singularis. Utrecht: Apud Guilielmum Henricum..... More
A History of The Courts and Lawyers of Ohio. 4 vols.
Marshall, Carrington T., Editor. A History of The Courts and Lawyers of Ohio. New York: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1934. 4 volumes. Portrait frontispieces. Illustrated. Original cloth, moderate soiling and shelfwear, internally clean. $200. * "Although some of the chapters are just a gathering together of almanac information, such..... More
Penal Reform: a Comparative Study.
Grunhut, Max. Penal Reform: a Comparative Study. Oxford, [UK]: Clarendon Press, 1948. xv, 486 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's signature to front pastedown, otherwise internally clean. $25. More
The Detection of Secret Homicide: A Study of the Medico-Legal...
Havard, J.D.J. The Detection of Secret Homicide: A Study of the Medico-Legal System of Investigation of Sudden and Unexplained Deaths. London: Macmillan & Co., 1960. xv, 253 pp. Cloth in lightly worn and soiled jacket with price clip. Internally clean. $30. * A title in the series Cambridge Studies in..... More
A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in...
First Edition of the Most Famous Collection of Scots Trials Arnot, Hugo [1749-1786]. A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials In Scotland, From A.D. 1536, To 1784. With Historical and Critical Remarks. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author; by William Smellie, 1785. xxiii, [1], 400 pp. Without the additional leaf..... More
Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons, Under Separate...
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's Copy of an Important Work on Parliamentary Procedure Hatsell, John [1743-1820]. [Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)]. Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons, Under Separate Titles; With Observations. London: Printed by H. Hughs, 1781. xi, 247, [32] pp. Quarto (8" x 10-1/2"). Nineteenth-century calf with later rebacking..... More
An Account of the Whole Proceedings at the Sessions, Holden at the...
"Tryals of Divers High-way-men, Clippers, Fellons" and the Conspirators in the Rye House Plot [Trials]. [Rye House Plot]. An Account of the Whole Proceedings at the Sessions, Holden at the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily, For the City of London, County of Middlesex, &c. Which Began on the Twelfth of this..... More
The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason, At the Sessions House...
The Most Extensive Account of an Important Trial Inspired by Fear of the French Revolution [Trial]. Hardy, Thomas [1752-1832], Defendant. Gurney, Joseph [1744-1815], Reporter. The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason, At the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, On Tuesday the Twenty-Eighth, Wednesday the Twenty-Ninth, Thursday the Thirtieth..... More
Un-American Activities in California. 1943-1961. 8 volumes.
[California Legislature]. Joint Fact Finding Committee on Un-American Activities in California. Report, Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities to California Legislature. Sacramento: The Senate, [1943-1961]. 8 volumes: Second Report (1943); Second Report (1945); Third Report (1947); Fourth Report (1948); Fifth Report (1949); Sixth Report (1951); Seventh Report (1953); Eleventh Report..... More
Old and New Ways in Judicial Review.
Black, Charles L. Old and New Ways in Judicial Review. Brunswick, [ME.]: Bowdoin College, 1957. 20 pp. Stapled pamphlet. Light shelfwear with staining to front cover. Internally clean. $20. More
The Forme of Governement of the Kingdome of England: Collected...
The King Must Consult with Parliament [Cotton, Sir Robert (1571-1631)]. The Forme of Governement of the Kingdome of England: Collected Our of the Fundamental Lawes and Statutes of this Kingdome. Wherin is Manifested the Customary Uses of the Kings of England Upon All Occasions, Either of Marriage, Peace or Warre..... More