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Hartford Attorney's Account Book, 1801-1837.
Account Book of a Connecticut Attorney with Many Eminent and Wealthy Clients [Manuscript]. [Connecticut]. [Account Book]. [Hartford, CT, 1801-1837]. 25-60; [2], [191], [32 blank], [2], [1 blank] pp. Lacking pp. 1-24. Account book entries numbered 1-100. Octavo (7-3/4" x 6-1/2"). Main text in single neat hand (two different neat hands..... More
To the Hon[ora]ble Governor, Deputy Governor... May 24th 1666...
Anne Shapely, A Widow, Signs With Her Mark [Manuscript]. [Massachusetts Bay Colony]. [Rawson, Edward [1615-1693]. To the Hon[ora]ble Governor, Deputy Governor Majestrates & Deputyes of the Hon[ora]ble Court Now Assembled at Boston May 24th 1666. 7-1/4" x 12" sheet, untrimmed edges. Moderate toning, faint vertical and horizontal folds, text in..... More
Oil and Gas Rights on the public domain and on private lands,....
Morrison, R.S. and Emilio D. De Soto. Oil and Gas Rights on the Public Domain and on Private Lands, Discovery and Location of Oil Placer Claims. The Withdrawal Acts, Leases and other Contracts Between the Owner and the Operator Including Forfeiture and Protection Against Drainage. The Sinking, Pumping and Shooting..... More
Authorship and Copyright.
Saunders, David. Authorship and Copyright. London: Routledge, [1992]. ix, 269 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $65. * Contents: Preliminaries: Positivities and Polemics; Early Modern Law of Copyright in England: Statutes, Courts and Book Cultures; France: From Royal Privilege to the Droit Moral; German Theory: Rights of Personality;..... More
Memorials of the Essex Bar Association: and Brief Biographical...
Northend, William Dummer, Editor. George, Edward B, Editor. Memorials of the Essex Bar Association: and Brief Biographical Notices of Some of the Distinguished Members of the Essex Bar Prior to the Formation of the Association. Salem, [Mass.]: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1900. vi, 253 pp. Original cloth. Light shelfwear. Fading..... More
Roger B. Taney.
Swisher, Carl Brent. Roger B. Taney. New York: Macmillan Co., 1936. x, 608 pp. Original buckram. Light shelfwear and soiling. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper, otherwise clean. $40. * Published October, 1935. Reprinted June, 1936. More
Cops and Bobbies: Police Authority in New York and London, 1830-1870.
Miller, Wilbur R. Cops and Bobbies: Police Authority in New York and London, 1830-1870. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1977]. xii, 233 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Police and Society; Shaping the Man on the Beat; Police and the Rule of Law: From..... More
The History of Indiana Law.
Bodenhamer, David J., Editor. Shepard, Randall T, Editor. The History of Indiana Law. Athens, [Ohio]: Ohio University Press, [2006]. xi, 391 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $50. * Contents: The Narratives and Counternarratives of Indiana Legal History, David J. Bodenhamer and Randall T. Shepard; Indiana's Constitution in..... More
Equal Justice Under Law, The Supreme Court in American Life.
Signed by the Nine Justices of the Warren Court Harrell, Mary Ann. Equal Justice Under Law: The Supreme Court in American Life. Washington D.C.: Foundation of the Federal Bar Association with the Cooperation of the National Geographic Society, [1965]. 143 pp. Illustrations, most in color. Cloth in lightly edgeworn dust..... More
Temples of Justice: County Courthouses of Nevada.
James, Ronald M. Temples of Justice: County Courthouses of Nevada. Reno: University of Nevada Press, [1994]. xiii, 199 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $20. * From Storey County's High Victorian Italianate-styled courthouse to Lander County's former schoolhouse, now a Neo-classical courthouse, Temples of Justice provides..... More
Equal Justice Under Law, The Supreme Court in American Life.
Signed by The Nine Justices of the Warren Court Harrell, Mary Ann. Equal Justice Under Law: The Supreme Court in American Life. Washington D.C.: Foundation of the Federal Bar Association with the Cooperation of the National Geographic Society, [1965]. 143 pp. Illustrations, most in color. Softbound, some shelfwear, title page..... More
Felix Frankfurter Reminisces, Signed Presentation Copy.
Inscribed by Frankfurter to The Duchess of Buccleuch Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: An Intimate Portrait as Recorded in Talks with Dr. Harlan B. Phillips. New York: Reynal & Company, [1960]. [ix], 310 pp. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover, very good, in a worn and chipped dust jacket, light edgewear..... More
The Medieval Coroner.
Hunnisett, R.F. The Medieval Coroner. Cambridge, [Eng.]: University Press, 1961. 217 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket with price clip. Internally clean. $95. * Contents: The Early Years; The Coroner's Inquest; Abjurations of the Realm; Appeals and Outlawries; Miscellaneous Duties; The Coroners' Rolls; Character and Efficiency; Coroners' Districts; Elections..... More
The Proceedings of the Lords Commissioners Appointed by His Ma'tye...
Reports of Trials Concerning the Stuart Kings, One a Manuscript Version that Differs from the Printed Account [Trials]. [Manuscript]. Compton, Henry [c.1632-1712], Defendant. The Proceedings of the Lords Commissioners Appointed by His Ma'tye to Inspect All Ecc'tiall Affyrs and Persons &c Against Henry Lord Bishop of London [caption title]. [London..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, to Frank T. Benner, Jr, June 25, 1920.
"I Believe in Panaceas As Little As You Do" [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Autograph Letter, Signed "O W Holmes," on Personal Beverly Farms Letterhead, to Frank T. Benner, Jr., Washington, DC, June 25, 1920]. 2 pp. With transmittal envelope and portrait of Holmes. Light toning, horizontal fold line..... More
Typed Letter Signed to William R. McVay, June 27, 1969, Framed w/Photo
Large Photograph of General Douglas MacArthur with Earl Warren and Elmer Robinson, Signed By All Three MacArthur, Douglas [1880-1964]. Warren, Earl [1891-1974]. Robinson, Elmer [1894-1982]. [8" x 10" Black-and-White Photograph of Douglas MacArthur, Elmer Robinson and Earl Warren]. [San Francisco, 1951]. With autograph signatures of MacArthur, Robinson and Warren. [With]..... More
Modern Theories of Criminality.
Bernaldo de Quiro's, Constancio. Salvio, Alfonso de, Translator. Modern Theories of Criminality. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1912. xxvii, 249 pp. Cloth. Ex-library. Moderate shelfwear. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Library card pouch to rear pastedown. $35. * Translated from the Spanish by Alfonso de Salvio, with an introduction..... More
The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. History and Biography, with Portrait..
Reed, Parker McCobb. The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. History and Biography, with Portrait Illustrations. Milwaukee: P.M. Reed, 1882. 542 pp. Cloth. Previous owner's signature to endpapers, otherwise clean. $30. More
Bench and Bar of West Virginia.
Atkinson, George W. Bench and Bar of West Virginia. Charleston, [W.Va.]: Virginia Law Book Co., 1919. xxvii, 543 pp. Cloth. Lightly worn. Internally clean. Includes portraits. $75. * First edition. Bar histories are a valuable compendia of information that is often impossible to find in any other source. Atkinson says..... More
Five Letters from Louis D Brandeis to Max Lowenthal, Framed, 1929.
An Interesting Collection of Brandeis Letters Brandeis, Louis D. [1856-1941]. [Lowenthal, Max (1888-1971)]. [Letters from Louis D. Brandeis to Max Lowenthal, 1929, Washington, DC and Chatham, MA, January 17, June 1, September 2, December 12 and December 26]. Five letters, three on 5" x 8" U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, one..... More
The Acquisitive Society.
Tawney, R.H. The Acquisitive Society. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, [1920]. 188 pp. Cloth. Moderately worn. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and rear free endpaper. Some underling and annotations. $20. More
The Honor & Dignity of the Profession: a History of the Mississippi...
Landon, Michael. The Honor & Dignity of the Profession: a History of the Mississippi State Bar, 1906-1976. Jackson, [MS]: University Press of Mississippi, 1979. xi, 195 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. More
Prison Reform in Lancashire, 1700-1850: a Study in Local...
DeLacy, Margaret. Prison Reform in Lancashire, 1700-1850: a Study in Local Administration. Stanford, [Calif.]: Stanford University Press, 1986. viii, 272 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn and rubbed dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Remains historical and literary connected with the Palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester; 3rd series. More
Bad Habits: Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual...
Burnham, John C. Bad Habits: Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual Misbehavior, and Swearing in American History. New York: New York University Press, [1993]. xviii, 385 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, lightly soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $15. * Contents: The Turning Point: Repealing Prohibition; Drinking; Smoking; Taking Drugs; Gambling; Sexual..... More
The Marihuana Conviction: a History of Marihuana Prohibition in the...
Bonnie, Richard J. Whitebread, C.H. The Marihuana Conviction: a History of Marihuana Prohibition in the United States. Charlottesville, [VA]: University of Virginia Press, 1975. xiv, 368 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. $20. * 3rd printing. More