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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
The True Story of the Hart-Meservey Murder Trial in Which Light...
Dunton, Alvin. [Hart, Nathan F., Defendant]. The True Story of the Hart-Meservey Murder Trial: in Which Light is Thrown Upon Dark Deeds, Incompetency and Perfidy; And Crime Fastened Upon Those Whose Position, If Not Manhood, Should Have Commanded Honest Dealing. Boston: By the Author, 1882. 309 pp. Two portrait frontispieces..... More
An Appeal to the Public, Especially to the Learned, With Respect to...
A 1788 Attack on Connecticut Divorce Law 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 of New-Haven, December 9th..... More
The Trial of Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, Richard M'Neil, James...
Labor Activism in Glasgow Cotton Mills [Trials]. Hunter, Thomas, Primary Defendant. The Trial of Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, Richard M'Neil, James Gibb, And William M'Lean, The Glasgow Cotton-Spinners, Before the High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, On Charges of Murder, Hiring to Commit Assassinations-And Committing, And Hiring to Commit, Violence..... More
The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder Held at the Central...
Bartlett, Adelaide, Defendant. Beal, Edward, Editor. Clarke, Edward, Preface. The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder. Held at the Central Criminal Court, Monday April 12 to Saturday, April 17th, 1886. London: Stevens and Haynes, 1886. x, 313 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 6"). Original cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some shelfwear..... More
The Years of my Pilgrimage: Random Reminiscences.
Ross, John. The Years of my Pilgrimage: Random Reminiscences. London: E. Arnold & Co., 1924. viii, 304 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Some foxing to text block, otherwise internally clean. $20. More
Arrest: The Decision to Take a Suspect into Custody.
LaFave, Wayne R. Arrest: The Decision to Take a Suspect into Custody. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1965. xxxiv, 540 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $20. More
Year Books of Richard II: 2 Richard II, 1378-1379.
Ames Foundation Edition Arnold, Morris S., Editor. Richard II, King of England (1367-c.1400). Year Books of Richard II: 2 Richard II, 1378-1379. [Cambridge, MA]: The Ames Foundation, 1975. xl, 124, 151 pp. English and Law French. Hardcover original cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. $50. * Ames Foundation Year Book Series..... More
Proceedings Before the Justices of the Peace in the Fourteenth and...
Putnam, Bertha Haven. Proceedings Before the Justices of the Peace in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., Ltd., 1938. clxi, 590 pp. Hardcover cloth. Very good. $125. * Ames Foundation Publications Series, Book 5. More
Year Books of Richard II: 13 Richard II, 1389-1390.
Issued by the Ames Foundation Plucknett, Theodore F.T., Editor. Richard II, King of England (1367-1400). Year Books of Richard II: 13 Richard II, 1389-1390. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., Ltd. [for the Ames Foundation], 1929. xlix, 166, 205 pp. English and Law French. Original cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. $25..... More