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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
Deliberations of the International Penal and Penitentiary Congresses;.
Teeters, Negley K. Deliberations of the International Penal and Penitentiary Congresses; Questions and Answers, 1872-1935.... Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Book Store, [1949]. 198 pp. Softcover. Moderate shelfwear and staining. Author's inscription to front free endpaper, else good. $45. More
What Was the Object of the Reform Bill?
A Moderate Take on the Reform Act of 1832 [Gore, Montague (1800-1864)]. What Was the Object of the Reform Bill? London: Saunders and Otley, 1837. 51, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning, occasional faint staining to title page and margins of text, (illegible) owner signature..... More
Friends of the Chief Justice: the Osgoode correspondence in the...
Osgoode, William. Hay, Douglas, Editor. Ruth Paley, Editor. Friends of the Chief Justice: the Osgoode Correspondence in the Archives of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Toronto: Law Society of Upper Canada, 1990. xvi, 323 pp. Softcover. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's inscriptions to title page, verso Table of Contents, rear..... More
Crime and Justice. 3 Volumes.
Radzinowicz, Leon, Editor. Wolfgang, Marvin E., Editor. Crime and Justice. New York: Basic Books, [1971]. 3 volumes. Softcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $30. * Contents: Volume 1. The Criminal in Society; Volume 2. The Criminal in the Arms of the Law; Volume 3. The Criminal in Confinement. More
The Manner and Method of Proceeding Against Bishops, For High-Treason.
Published in Response to the Atterbury Plot [Great Britain]. The Manner and Method of Proceeding Against Bishops, For High-Treason, And Other Capital Offences. With An Impartial Enquiry into their Rights and Privileges, As to Peerage; And their Judicature in Parliament, In Cases of Tryals. And Also A Brief History of..... More
The Letters of Junius. London, 1796.
Letters (and Polemics) from Junius Junius. The Letters of Junius. London: Printed for J. Mundell & Co. Edinburgh, 1796. viii, 316 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary speckled calf, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, gilt ornaments to compartments, gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing to boards, moderate..... More
The Way to Justice, a Primer of Legal Reform.
Hart, Heber L. The Way to Justice, a Primer of Legal Reform. London: G. Allen & Unwin, [1941]. 146 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Bookplate to front pastedown, pencil inscription to rear pastedown, some foxing, otherwise clean. $65. More
Professional Thieves and the Detectives; Containing numerous...
Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. Professional Thieves and the Detectives; Containing Numerous Detective Sketches collected from Private Records ... with a Sketch of the Author, how he became a Detective, etc. Toronto: Rose Pub. Co., [1880]. 441 pp. Hardcover embossed with gilt lettering. Spine slightly cocked with moderate shelfwear. Pencil inscritpion to..... More
Scenes and Sketches in Legal Life.
Spink, William. Scenes and Sketches in Legal Life. London: W.P. Nimmo, 1876. iv, 355 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. Pencil inscription to title page, otherwise clean. $50. * Contents: The last spuilzie at Battleknowe.; The last claimants of the R peerage.; The founders of Adullam.; The heir of Tailzie.; Late seniors..... More
Rex v. Charles Clement Abbott: in the High Court of Justice, King's...
Abbott, C. C., Defendant. Rex v. Charles Clement Abbott: in the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, Manchester Winter Assizes, Wednesday, March 29th, 1933: Transcript of Shorthand Note. Great Britain: High Court of Justice; King's Bench Division, 1933. 185 pp. Hardcover. Worn. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and..... More
An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Brattleboro, VT, 1813.
Attractive Brattleboro Imprint of Jones on Bailments Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. Balmanno, John, Introduction, Notes. An Essay on the Law of Bailments. With Introductory Remarks, and Notes, Comprising the Most Modern Authorities. Brattleboro, VT: Printed by William Fessenden, 1813. [12], 144, xxi pp. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, lettering..... More
An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Boston, 1796.
The First American Edition of Jones on Bailments Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Boston: From the Press of Samuel Etheridge, For John West, 1796. 178, [1] pp. 12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to board edges, lettering piece and blind fillets to..... More
The Constitution; Together with the Session Laws of Oregon, 1860.
First Post-Statehood Printing of Oregon's Constitution [Oregon]. The Constitution; Together with the Session Laws of Oregon, Enacted During the First Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon, Begun, Sept. 10, 1860. Salem, OR: Asahel Bush, State Printer, 1860. 111, [1], 9, [1], 5, [1], 6, [2] pp. Octavo (8-1/2"..... More
The Young Clerk's Magazine, Or, English Law-Repository, Containing...
An Early American Formbook, Philadelphia 1792 [Formbook]. The Young Clerk's Magazine: Or, English Law-Repository: Containing a Variety of the Most Useful Precedents of Articles of Agreement, Bonds, Bills, Recognizances, Releases, Letters and Warrants of Attorney, Awards, Bills of Sale, Gifts, Grants, Leases, Assignments, Mortgages, Surrenders, Jointures, Covenants, Copartnerships, Charterparties, Letters..... More
Digest of the Militia Laws of Massachusetts [with] Supplements 1 & 3.
Militia Laws of Massachusetts, 1851-1854 [Massachusetts]. Stone, Ebenezer W., Compiler. Digest of the Militia Laws of Massachusetts, And Extracts Relating to the Militia from the United States and State Constitutions and the Laws of the United States. Compiled and Published for the Use of the Militia, In Conformity to a...... More
The Conductor Generalis: Or the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices
"Revised and Adapted to the United States of America" Parker, James [1714-1770]. The Conductor Generalis: Or, the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, Jury-Men, and Overseers of the Poor. As Also the Office of Clerks of Assize, And of the Peace, &c..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes.
First American Edition of a Notable Treatise on the Law of Negotiable Paper Kyd, Stewart [d.1811]. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. With Considerable Additions. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, For S. Hall [et al.], 1798. xii, 288 pp. 12mo. (7" x 4")..... More