First Edition, Inscribed by William Roughead [Trial]. M'Lachlan, Jessie [1834?-1899], Defendant. Roughead, William [1870-1952], Editor. Trial of Mrs. M'Lachlan. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1911]. Notable Scottish Trials. c, 339 pp. 9 plates, 1 folding. Frontispiece. 4 pp. publisher advertisement (for Notable British Trials). Original cloth, gilt title..... More
Inscribed by Holmes to a Former Clerk Who Became a Prominent Lawyer, Businessman and Philanthropist Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Collected Legal Papers. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. vii, 316 pp. Original cloth, printed paper title label to spine, deckle edges. Light fading to spine and joints, a...... More
A Copy Owned by Joseph Story, Benjamin Butler and Henry Fowle Durant Shower, Bartholomew. Leach, Thomas, Editor. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, During the Reigns of Charles the Second; James the Second; And William the Third. By Sir Bartholomew Shower, Knt. In Two Volumes. Volume..... More
First Title in the Notable Scottish Trials Series [Trial]. Smith, Madeleine [1835-1938], Defendant. Smith, A. Duncan, Editor. Trial of Madeleine Smith. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1905]. xi, 371, [9] pp. Frontispiece, 3 plates. Original green cloth, gilt title and series name to spine, top-edge gilt. Light rubbing..... More
Rare Calf-Bound Presentation Copy [Trial]. Pritchard, Edward William [1825-1865], Defendant. Roughead, William, [1870-1952], Editor. Trial of Dr. Pritchard. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1906]. 343 pp. Portrait frontispiece. 14 plates. Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering piece to spine, gilt-stamped company name to..... More
![Item #73456 Proceedings at the Assizes... [And] Supplementary to the Trial. Trials, William...](/pictures/thumb/73456.jpg?v=1656700052)
Scarce Perjury and Malicious Prosecution Trials [Trials]. Hurry, William, Defendant. Watson, John, Defendant. Proceedings at the Assizes at Thetford, On the 8th of March, 1786, And the 24th of March, 1787, In the Trial of William Hurry, Merchant, Of the Borough of Great Yarmouth, On an Indictment Preferred Against Him..... More
Melvin Belli's Copy Osborn, Albert S. [1858-1946]. Wigmore, John Henry [1863-1943], Introduction. The Mind of the Juror as Judge of the Facts, Or the Layman's View of the Law. A Study of the Contentious Trial. Albany: The Boyd Printing Co., 1937 [printed 1938]. xiii, 239 pp. Cloth, blind frames to..... More
Inscribed by Pound to Melvin Belli Pound, Roscoe [1870-1964]. Justice According to Law. New Haven: Published for Westminster College by Yale University Press, 1951. [viii], 98 pp. Cloth, negligible light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends, corners lightly bumped. Light toning to interior..... More
Annotated by the Defendant's Secretary [Trial]. Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey, Duchess of [1720-1788], Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy, Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, In Westminster-Hall, In Full-Parliament, On Monday the 15th, Tuesday the 16th, Friday the 19th, Saturday the 20th, and..... More
"How Diligent Our Wise Ancestors Were to Keep Out the French" [Wagstaffe, Thomas (1645-1712)]. The Rights and Liberties of Englishmen Asserted. With a Collection of Statutes and Records of Parliament Against Foreigners. Shewing, That by the Constitution of England, No Outlandish Man, Whether Naturaliz'd or Not, Is Capable of Any..... More
Annotated Copy Signed by Mary Willing Byrd, William Powell Byrd and Francis Otway Byrd Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Byrd Family of Virginia]. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. Re-Printed From the British Copy, Page for Page with the Last Edition. [Philadelphia]: Robert Bell, 1772. Volume IV [ONLY]..... More
Copy of Volume I of the First American Edition of Blackstone Owned by Thomas Leaming, A Subscriber Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Leaming, Thomas (1748-1797)]. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. Re-Printed From the British Copy, Page for Page with the Last Edition. [Philadelphia]: Robert Bell, 1771. Volume..... More
Signed by the Author [Philadelphia]. Gibbons, Charles [1814-1884]. The Charges Against the Collector and Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia. Reply of Charles Gibbons to the Argument of David Paul Brown, Esq. With an Appendix, Containing the Statement of the Hon. James Cooper, In Answer to the Narrative of William..... More
From the Library of Louis D. Brandeis [Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)]. United States Railroad Administration. Public Acts Proclamations by the President Relating to the United States Railroad Administration and General Orders and Circulars Issued by the Director General of Railroads. At head of title page: United States Railroad Administration Director..... More
"Like Veins and Arteries" [Writs]. [Great Britain]. Officina Brevium. Select and Approved Forms of Judicial Writs, And Other Process: With Their Retorns and Entries in the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster. As also Special Pleadings to Writs of Scire Facias. Collected Out of Many Choice Manuscripts by Several Eminent..... More
Signed by Learned Hand [Hand, Learned (1872-1961)]. [Annotated Copy of a Marriage Service with Witness Signature of Learned Hand]. October 21, 1896. In The Marriage Service of the Book of Common Prayer. Our Marriage Vow---The Service and Minister's Certificate. New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1877. [x], 16, [19] pp. Octavo (6-1/2"..... More
![Item #72666 De Termino Hillarii Anno XVII Edwardi Tertii [Bound with] De Termino. Year Books,...](/pictures/thumb/72666.jpg?v=1635948969)
From the Library of George Dunn: Years 17 and 18, Hilary Terms, of Edward III, Beale 6 and 9 [Year Book]. Edward III [Reigned 1312-1377]. De Termino Hillarii. Anno. XVII. Edwardi Tertii. [Drop Head Title]. [London: Richard Tottell, 1561]. 80 ff. [Bound with] Edward III. De Termino Hillarii. Anno. XVIII..... More
Signed by Frankfurter 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 toning to interior, faint dampstaining to head of text block near gutter..... More
Inscribed by Frankfurter to a Distinguished Female Social Worker Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Greene, Nathan [c.1902-1964]. The Labor Injunction. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. [xii], 343 pp. 11 folding tables. Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, corners and spine ends bumped, tiny..... More
Cardozo's Copy of One of His Most Important Books Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. The Paradoxes of Legal Science. New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. v, 142, [1] pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine, blind frames to boards, gilt Columbia University Press crest to center of front board. Light rubbing..... More
First-Edition Copy of a Report of Dred Scott v. Sandford with a Notable Association [Trial]. [Dred Scott (c.1799-1858)]. Howard, Benjamin C. [1791-1872], Reporter. A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, And the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, In the Case of Dred Scott Versus..... More
Warmly Inscribed by Frankfurter to Alfred North Whitehead and His Wife Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965], Editor. Mr. Justice Holmes. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., [1931]. [x], 241 pp. Portrait frontispiece of Holmes. Original cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine. Light rubbing to extremities with light wear to spine ends and..... More
The Only Published Volume of Reports of the Court of Wards and Liveries Ley, Sir James [1550-1629]. Reports of Divers Resolutions in Law, Arising Upon Cases in the Court of Wards, And Other Courts at Westminster, In the Reign of the Late Kings, King James and King Charles. Collected by..... More
"The Sense of the Court Truly Delivered" Fitz-Gibbons, John [d. 1780]. The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer. In the I, II, III, IV, And V Years of..... More
A Classic Treatise on English Criminal Law Hawkins, William [1673-1746]. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown; Or a System of the Principal Matters Relating to that Subject, Digested Under Proper Their Proper Heads. Corrected, With the Addition of Some References. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, 1724..... More