1920 Edition of Argentina's Civil Code Owned by a Distinguished Argentinian Lawyer and Professor [Argentina]. Codigo Civil de la Republica Argentina Sancionado por el Honorable Congreso el 29 de Septiembre de 1869 y Corregido por Ley de 9 Septiembre de 1882. Nueva Edicion Conforme al Texto Oficial Arreglada con la..... More
Owned by a U.S. Secretary of State Chitty, Joseph [1776-1841]. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Nations, Relative to the Legal Effect of War on the Commerce of Belligerents and Neutrals; And on Orders in Council and Licences. To Which Are Added, Extracts from Grotius, Bynkershoek, And Vattel: Also..... More
Cooper, P.J. The Schmitz Case: Full Text of Decision of District Court of Appeal of California for First Appellate District. [n.p.], [1908?]. 24 pp. Detached printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers stained, with tears around spine, small clean tear to top margin of front wrapper. Signature of G.M. Pittman to front wrapper..... More
Inscribed by the Author to an Important Irish Politician and Book Collector [C] Cruise, William [1751/2-1824]. An Essay on the Law of Dignities, Or Titles of Honour. [London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1804]. 109 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining existing spine with lettering piece, hinges reinforced..... More
The Infamous Droit du Seigneur Foras, Amedee de [1830-1899]. Le Droit du Seigneur au Moyen-Age: Etude Critique et Historique. Chambery: Andre Perrin, 1886. xix, 281, [1] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Stiff printed wrappers bound in later three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, blind fillets and gilt title and..... More
Signed Felix Frankfurter: A Premier Legal Association Copy from the Library of John Forrest Floberg Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The Public and Its Government. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1931. [viii], 170 pp. Cloth in lightly rubbed and moderately edgeworn dust jacket, bookplate of John Forrest Floberg to front pastedown. Moderate..... More
The Blueprint of the New Republic: An 1805 Legal Manual for the Federal Era Citizen Freeman, Samuel [1743-1831]. A Valuable Assistant to Every Man: Or the American Clerk's Magazine. Containing the Most Useful and Necessary Forms of Writings, Which Commonly Occur Between Man and Man, Under the Names of Acquittances..... More
An Extraordinarily Rare Volume from Alexander Hamilton's Law Library, Signed by Him and Two of His Sons [Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804), Former Owner]. [Hamilton, James Alexander (1788-1878), Former Owner]. [Hamilton, Philip (II) (1802-1884), Former Owner]. Williams, William Peere [1164-1736], Reporter. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of..... More
American Edition of One of The First Books on the Law of "Idiocy and Lunacy" Highmore, A[nthony] [1758-1829]. A Treatise on the Law of Idiocy and Lunacy. To Which is Subjoined an Appendix, Comprising a Selection of American Cases; In Which Some Important Subjects of This Treatise Have Been Investigated..... More
Copy of Kitchin's Court Leete, Et Court Baron from the Library of Thomas Parker, First Earl of Macclesfield Kitchin, John [c.1520-c.1590]. Le Court Leete et Court Baron Collect per Iohn Kitchin de Greies Inne un Apprentice in Ley. Et les Cases & Matters Necessaries pur Seneschals de Ceux Courts a...... More
Knott, George H., Editor. Trial of Sir Roger Casement. Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1917]. First Edition. Notable Trials Series. Octavo. xl, 304 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt-stamped spine, blind-stamped front board. Moderate shelfwear; light foxing and offsetting to endpapers. Bookplate of noted collector John M. Cameron to front pastedown..... More
From the Library of the Eminent British jurist Edward Jenks [Lawrence, Philip Henry]. Extracts from the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wimbledon, Extending from I. Edward IV. to A.D. 1864. Selected from the original rolls for the use of the Wimbledon Common Committee. London, Wyman & Sons, Printers, 1866..... More
Cases Temp. Macclesfield Lucas, Robert [d. 1776]. Cases in Law and Equity, Chiefly During the Time the Late Earl of Macclesfield Presided in the Courts of King's Bench and Chancery. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot for Francis Gosling, MDCCXLI [1741]. [ii], ii, [8], 538, [94] pp. Folio (12" x 8")..... More
1897 Study of Modifications to the Mexican Civil Code From the Library of the American Lawyer William A. McLaren Pallares, Jacinto [1845-1904], Primary Author. McLaren, William Augustus (1870-1944) Legislacion Federal Complementaria del Derecho Civil Mexicano: Coleccion Formada por los Alumnos de la Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia de Mexico. Mexico City..... More
A Highly Influential and Distinctly American Treatise on Contracts Parsons, Theophilus [1797-1882]. The Law of Contracts. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860. 2 volumes. Pagination irregular; star-paged to the first edition. 8-pp. publisher's catalogue at beginning of Vol. I. Complete. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"; 24 x 14.5 cm). Contemporary sheep..... More
![Item #79708 Interpretations of Legal History [and] The Phytogeology of Nebraska. Roscoe Pound,...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/79708.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1712278329)
The Two Phases of Pound's Professional Life From the Library of Edward Dumbauld (1905-1997) Pound, Roscoe [1870-1964]. Interpretations of Legal History. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. xvii, 171 pp. Cloth, negligible light shelfwear, underlining and marks in pencil to a few leaves. "With my best regards,/ Roscoe Pound/ October..... More
A Dublin Edition of a Popular Legal Manual Owned by Two Irish "Young Gentlemen of the Law" [Practitioner in the Law]. The Clerk's Magazine, Or Law-Repository. Containing: A Variety of the Most Useful Precedents [...] With Necessary Directions for Making Distresses for Rent, &c. As the Law Between Landlord and..... More
First Edition of Story's Final Treatise Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on the Law of Promissory Notes, And Guaranties of Notes, And Checks on Banks and Bankers. With Occasional Illustrations from the Commercial Law of the Nations of Continental Europe. Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1845. xxviii, 675 pp..... More
Rare Dublin Edition that Belonged to Two Attorneys General of North Carolina Toller, Sir Samuel [1764-1821]. The Law of Executors and Administrators. Dublin: Printed by John Exshaw, 98, Grafton-Street, 1800. xvi, 444 [i.e. 414] pp. Plate (a table of descents). Octavo (8" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets and fragment..... More
Tried for Killing Boswell's Son in a Duel [Trial]. Stuart, James [1775-1849], Defendant. The Trial of James Stuart, Esq., Younger of Dunearn, Before the High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, On Monday, June 10, 1822. With an Appendix of Documents. Taken in Short Hand. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and..... More
Trumbull's 1788 Attack on Connecticut Divorce Law, An Author Presentation Copy Trumbull, Benjamin [1735-1820]. An Appeal to the Public, Especially to the Learned, With Respect to the Unlawfulness of Divorces, In All Cases, Excepting Those of Incontinency. The Substance of the Argument Was Pleaded Before the Consociation of the County..... More
Various European Authors. A General Survey of Events, Sources, Persons and Movements in Continental Legal History. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1912. liii, 754 pp. Original blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Light shelfwear. Maps, fold-out map. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Previous owner's signature (George D. Ayers)..... More
Watt, Francis. The Law's Lumber Room. London: John Lane, 1896. 139 pp. Octavo (4-1/2" x 7"). Cloth, uncut edges. Moderate shelfwear, some fading to spines. Owner bookplate Ben A. Maslan to front pastedown. Internally clean. A good copy. $50. * From the library of Benjamin Abraham Maslan (1901-1979) the great..... More
From the Library of the Notable American lawyer and Legal Scholar David Joseph Danelski Woolfolk, William. Opinion of the Court. Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1966. vi, 496 pp. Hardcover. Original cloth very good in worn price clipped dust jacket. Author's presentation inscription "For Daniel Danelski/ Who shares my/ interest..... More
The First English Annotated Legal Bibliography with an Interesting Provenance Worrall, John [d. 1771], Compiler. Bibliotheca Legum: Or, A New and Compleat List of All the Common and Statute Law Books of this Realm, and Some Others Relating thereunto, from Their First Publication, To the Year 1746; Giving an Account..... More