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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
Twelve Bad Women: Illustrations and Reviews of Feminine Turpitude...
Vincent, Arthur, Editor. Twelve Bad Women: Illustrations and Reviews of Feminine Turpitude set forth by Impartial Hands. London: T.F. Unwin, [1911]. xiii, 324 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear, light fading to spine, slightly cocked. Internally clean. $15. * Contents: Alice Perrers, favourite of King Edward III. (d. 1400), by A. Vincent.;..... 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