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A New Law-Dictionary, Containing the Interpretation and Definition...
"An Entirely New Departure in Legal Literature" Jacob, Giles [1686-1744]. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing the Interpretation and Definition of Words and Terms Used in the Law; As also the Whole Law and Practice Thereof, Under All the Heads and Titles. Together With Such Informations Relating Thereto, As Explain the History..... More
The Laws and Acts of Parliament Made by King James the First, Second..
An Important Collection of Scottish Laws and Acts with Eleven Copperplate Leaves and a Dictionary Murray, Sir Thomas, Lord Glendoick [1630?-1684]. [Skene, John (1543?-1617)]. The Laws and Acts of Parliament Made by King James the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Queen Mary, King James the Sixth, King Charles the First..... More
A Seasonable, Legall, and Historicall Vindication and Chronologicall
The "Good, Old, Fundamentall, Liberties, Franchises, Rights, Laws of All English Freemen" Prynne, William [1600-1669]. A Seasonable, Legall, And Historicall Vindication and Chronologicall Collection of the Good, Old, Fundamentall, Liberties, Franchises, Rights, Laws of All English Freemen (Their Best Inheritance, Birthright, Security, Against Arbitrary, Tyrannicall, And Egyptian Burdens). And of..... More
Memoire Concernant la Taxe Imposee en 1727 par le Senat de Savoye...
With Interesting Commentary About Law and Society [Manuscript]. [Savoy, France]. Memoire Concernant la Taxe Imposee en 1727 par le Senat de Savoye sur le Clerge du Pais pour la Garde de les Frontieres Contre la Peste. [France: 18th Century]. 28 pp. Folio (8-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary quarter vellum over marbled..... More
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, With Some...
"Their General Accuracy, I Believe, Has not Been Questioned" Salkeld, William [1671-1715]. Reporter. Reports of Cases Adjudg'd in the Court of King's Bench: With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, And Exchequer, Alphabetically Arranged and Digested Under Proper Heads; From the First Year of K. William..... More
The Reports Of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt, Late One of the Justices of...
Final Edition of Ventris's Reports Ventris, Sir Peyton [1645-1691]. The Reports of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt. Late One of the Justices of the Common-Pleas. In Two Parts. The First Part Containing Select Cases Adjudged in the King's Bench, In the Reign of K. Charles II. With Three Learned Arguments, One..... More
The Comic Blackstone, London, 1887, 10 Color Plates.
The Most Lavish Edition of The Comic Blackstone A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. A'Beckett, Arthur William [1844-1909], Editor. Furniss, Harry [1854-1925], Illustrator. The Comic Blackstone. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. xxviii, 324 pp. Complete set of parts, as issued. Ten color lithographed plates (one a frontispiece), numerous engravings. Octavo (8-1/2"..... More
Reports of Cases in Equity, Argued and Decreed in the Courts of...
Gilbert's Cases in Equity [Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey (1674-1726)]. Reports of Cases in Equity, Argued and Decreed in the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer, Chiefly in the Reign of King George I. By a Late Learned Judge. To Which are Added Some Select Cases in Equity, Heard and Determined in the..... More
Journal of Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of Delegates...
Record of the Important Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820-1821 [Massachusetts]. [Constitution]. Journal of Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of Delegates, Chosen to Revise the Constitution of Massachusetts, Begun and Holden at Boston, November 15, 1820, And Continued by Adjournment to January 9, 1821. Reported for the Boston Daily Advertiser..... More
Axis Rule in Occupied Europe, 2nd Ed. - PAPERBACK
With Introductory Essays by Samantha Power and William A. Schabas Lemkin, Raphael. Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress. Originally published: Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Division of International Law, 1944. xxxviii, 674 pp. Second Edition by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Introduction..... More
Conference de la Coutume de Sens, Avec le Droit Romain
A Comparative Study of the Coutumes of Sens Pelee de Chenouteau, [Blaise-Louis]. Conference de la Coutume de Sens, Avec le Droit Romain, Les Ordonnances du Royaume, Et les Autres Coutumes. Ouvrage, Dans Lequel on a Rassemble, Sur Chaque Texte, Les Questions qui Peuvent y Avoir Rapport, Le Sentiment des plus..... More
El Ciudadano Melchor Muzquiz, Coronel de Ejercito, Y Gobernador del...
1826 Mexican Broadside Announcing the Assignments of the Earliest Circuit Judges for Texas, California and New Mexico [Mexico]. [Judges]. Muzquiz, Melchor [1790-1844]. El Ciudadano Melchor Muzquiz, Coronel de Ejercito, Y Gobernador del Estado Libre de Mexico. [Mexico City]: September 6, 1826. 12" x 8-1/2" broadside, text in single column below..... More
Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LLD, Boston, 1816.
Story Eulogizes An Exemplary Lawyer-Statesman Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LL.D. By the Hon. Joseph Story, LL.D. Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, And Presiding Judge of the Circ. Court of the U.S. for the First Circuit, As Delivered to the Grand..... More
Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting...
[Trial]. Kennon, Beverly, Defendant. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of the Navy, Accompanied with the Proceedings of a Court Martial Lately Held at Norfolk, For the Trial of Lieut. Beverly Kennon, (Rendered in Obedience to a Resolution of the House of..... More
The Layman's Criticism of the Lawyer, Address by Elihu Root, Before...
Root, Elihu [1845-1937]. The Layman's Criticism of the Lawyer: Address by Elihu Root, Before the American Bar Association, At the Annual Meeting in Washington, October 20, 1914. [Chicago: American Bar Association, 1914]. 27 pp. Stapled pamphlet in printed stiff wrapper. Light soiling and few chips to covers, owner stamp (of..... More
The Trent Affair: An Aftermath, Cambridge, 1912.
Dana, Richard Henry [1815-1882]. The Trent Affair: An Aftermath. Cambridge: [Massachusetts Historical Society], 1912. 19 pp. Sewn pamphlet in stiff wrappers, untrimmed edges. Some shelfwear and soiling to exterior, wrappers detached, internally clean. $30. More
Law Books, Recently Published by Little, Brown and Company, Law and...
1856 Little, Brown Circular of Recent Publications [Legal Publishing]. Little, Brown and Company. Law Books, Recently Published by Little, Brown and Company, Law and Foreign Bookseller. Boston: [Little, Brown and Company], May 1, 1856. 8 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light rubbing and minor tears to extremities..... More
Reminiscences of an Old Lawyer, Boston, 1897
Wheeler, A[lexander] S[trong] [1820-1907]. Reminiscences of an Old Lawyer: An Address by Our Fellow-Member, Mr. A.S. Wheeler, Delivered Before the Commercial Club of Boston, December, 18, 1897. Printed by Request of the Club. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill Press, 1898. 20 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6"). Sewn pamphlet in stiff wrappers..... More
Reports in the Court of Exchequer, Beginning in the Third...
Annotated Throughout in a Contemporary Hand Lane, Richard [1584-1650]. Reports in the Court of Exchequer, Beginning in the Third, And Ending in the Ninth Year of the Raign of the Late King James. Being the First Collection in that Court Hitherto Extant. Containing Severall Cases of Informations Upon Intrusions, Touching..... More
Murder of Joseph White. The Following Lines Were Written on the Death
Rare Verse Account of One of the Most Famous American Crimes of the 1830s [Broadside]. [Murder]. [White, Joseph (1747 or 1748-1830)]. Murder of Joseph White. The Following Lines Were Written on the Death of Mr. Joseph White, Of Salem, Who was Found Murdered in his Bed, April 7, 1830. [Boston?..... More
Speeches, Reviews, Reports, &c. New York, 1843. First edition
Collected Pieces of a Distinguished Nineteenth-Century New York City Lawyer Blunt, Joseph [1792-1860]. Speeches, Reviews, Reports, &c. New York: James Van Norden, 1843. [iv], 274 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Original cloth, gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to boards, heavier rubbing to estremities with some wear to spine ends..... More
Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Court of Common Pleas
Perhaps the Most Authoritative Reports from the Reign of George III Willes, Sir John [1685-1761]. Durnford, Charles, Editor. Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Court of Common Pleas. During the Time Lord Chief Justice Willes Presided in that Court; Together with Some Few Cases of the Same Period Determined in..... More
An Elementary Compendium of the Law of Real Property, 2nd ed, 1830.
A Standard English Treatise on Real Property During the First Half of the Nineteenth Century Burton, Walter Henry [d. 1828]. An Elementary Compendium of the Law of Real Property. London: J. & W.T. Clarke, 1830. xxii, 544, [42], [2] pp. Included 2 pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporay..... More
Memoir of Theophilius Parsons, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial..
Parsons, Theophilus [1797-1882]. Memoir of Theophilus Parsons, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; With Notices of Some of His Contemporaries. By His Son, Theophilus Parsons. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1859. viii, 476, [11] pp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue overlay. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Nineteenth-century three-quarter morocco over..... More
Cases Determined at Nisi Prius, In the Court of King's Bench...
Civil Cases Tried Before a Jury Peake, Thomas [1771-1838]. Cases Determined at Nisi Prius, In the Court of King's Bench. From the Sittings After Easter Term 30 George III. To the Sittings After Michaelmas Term 35 George III. Both Inclusive. Dublin: Printed for P. Byrne, 1795. xii, 243, [5] pp..... More