An Intellectual Father of the South's Secession Taylor, John. New Views of the Constitution of the United States. Washington City: Printed for the Author, by Way and Gideon, 1823. [4], 316 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190279; ISBN-10: 1616190272. Paperback. Spine bumped with small tears. Page..... More
An Interesting Victorian-Era Police Manual Vincent, Charles Edward Howard [1849-1908]. The Police Code, And General Manual of the Criminal Law for the British Empire. Preceded by an Address to Constables on Their Duties, And Prefaces. London: Francis Edwards, and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1895. IV, [2], 204, V-VII..... More
Radcliffe, Cyril John. The Problem of Power: The Reith Memorial Lectures, 1951. London: Secker and Warburg, 1952. 110 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket, gift inscription "To Ruth and John/ with my love/ Cyril Radcliffe" to front free endpaper. Light foxing to edges of text block, internally clean. $50..... More
"To Confirme to His Subiects Their Defective Estates" [Broadside]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of England. By the King. A Proclamation Declaring His Maiesties Royall Grace and Pleasure, To Confirme to His Subiects Their Defective Estates in Their Lands and Possessions, By His Commission Lately Renewed and Enlarged to That Purpose..... More
Acts of James II [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. James II and VI [1633-1701], King of England and Scotland. Anno Regni Jacobi II. Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Primo. At the Parliament Begun at Westminster the Nineteenth Day of May, Anno Dom. 1685. In the First Year of the Reign of..... More
Parliament's Right to Participate in the Succession [Somers, John Somers, Baron (1651-1716), Attributed]. A Brief History of the Succession, Collected Out of the Records, And the Most Authentick Historians. Written for the Satisfaction of the Earl of H. [Caption Title]. [London?: S.n., 1680?]. 19, [1] pp. Folio (11-3/4" x 7")..... More
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Legislation from the Third Year of the Reign of Henry VIII [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. Henry VIII [1491-1547], King of England. Anno Tertio Henrici VIII. The Kynge Our Soueraygne Lorde Henrye the viij. After the Conquest, By the Grace of God King of England and of Fraunce and Lorde of Irelande..... More
The Most Important American Treatise on Mining Law Lindley, Curtis H. [1850-1920]. A Treatise on the American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands Within the Public Land States and Territories and Governing the Acquisition and Enjoyment of Mining Rights in Lands of Public Domain. San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney, 1914. Three..... More
An Early Treatise on Mining Claims in California Yale, Gregory [1816-1871]. Legal Titles to Mining Claims and Water Rights, In California, Under the Mining Law of Congress, Of July, 1866. San Francisco: A. Roman & Company, 1867. xxiii, [2], 10-452, [2] pp. With 2 pp. of publisher advertisements. Octavo (8-3/4"..... More
Indexed Manuscript 1872 Diary of an English Law Student [Manuscript]. Tutin, George [d. 1888]. Diary 1872. [Howgrave Hall, Kirklington, Yorks, England, 1872]. 35 pp. of printed front matter, 112, [15] pp. of manuscript. Indexed. Octavo (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"). Original pebbled cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to center of..... More
Morgan, Shepard Ashman. The History of Parliamentary Taxation in England. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1911. xvii, 317 pp. Hardcover, moderate shelfwear, hinges cracked. $30. More
Notable English Treatise on Game Law Nelson, William [b.1653]. The Laws Concerning Game. Of Hunting, Hawking, Fishing and Fowling, &c. And of Forests, Chases, Parks, Warrens, Deer, Doves, Dove-Cotes and Conies: And Also of Setting-Dogs, Grey-hounds, Lurchers, Nets, Tunnels, Lowbels, Guns, and All Manner of Engines and Instruments Mentioned in..... More
Convicted for Poaching Trout [Game Law]. [Great Britain]. [Notice of Conviction for Poaching, Leek, Staffordshire, England, June 8, 1874]. 13-1/4" x 8-3/4" single sheet, part-printed document on blue paper completed in manuscript, wax seals at foot next to signatures. Horizontal fold line to center, two minor creases to lower right..... More
Morenoff, Jerome. World Peace Through Space Law. Charlottesville, V.A: Michie Company, 1967. xviii, 329 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover, light shelfwear. $65. More
The Workhouse System Does Not Reduce Crime Hill, Frederic [1803-1896]. The Administration of the English Poor Law. (Read at the Meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science at Sheffield, October 6, 1865.) London: [The Social Science Association], 1865. 13 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched..... More
Justice Powell Declines an Invitation [Manuscript]. Powell, Lewis F. [1907-1998]. [Typed Letter, Signed, To Conrad Valanos, On U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead]. Washington, DC, May 14, 1980. Single-sided letter on 9-3/4" x 8" sheet, signed "Lewis Powell." Moderate toning, two faint horizontal fold lines. $100. * In this warm letter, Powell..... More
A Rare Hungarian Layman's Guide Vojdisek, Joseph (Jozsef). Der Ungarische Hausadvocat. Ein Theoretisch-Practisches Handbuch zur Abfassung Verschiedener im Burgerlichen Leben Vorkommender Geschaftsaufsatze. Budapest: Verlag Von C.A. Hartleben, 1831. [vi], 207, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Original printed wrappers, untrimmed edges. Moderate soiling and a few minor stains, light wear..... More
Model Penal Code: Sentencing. Reporter: Kevin R. Reitz, University of Minnesota Law School; Associate Reporter: Cecelia Klingele, University of Wisconsin Law School. Philadelphia, Pa.: The American Law Institute, 2023. xix, 1071 pages. 1 volume. Hardcover. New. $165. * This work revisits the sentencing provisions of the Model Penal Code in..... More
"Deliver and Yield Up to Me" [Manuscript]. [Real Property]. [Great Britain]. [Eviction Order and Notice to Quit, Cornwall, England, September 27, 1830]. 8-3/4" x 7-1/4" sheet. Light toning, horizontal fold lines. Content in neat hand, docketed on verso. $250. * A fine example of of an early eighteenth-century eviction order..... More
Leading Citizens of a Midland Town Establish a Fund to Fight Crime [Manuscript]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. List Of Subscribers To The Association Established in the Town And Neighbourhood Of Stourbridge For The Prosecution Of Felons. [Stourbridge, Warwickshire, England, c.1811]. 15-3/4" x 12-1/2" sheet, written on both sides, with a watermark..... More
Rare 1656 Proclamation of Taxes to Support Piacenza's Army [Broadside]. [Taxation]. [Italy]. Grida Sopra le Ultime Impositioni Fatte per Pagare la Soldatesca. Piacenza: Per li Stampatori Camerali, 1656. 20-1/2" x 15" broadside, printed on one side, text in two columns separated by vertical rule below headline and woodcut arms of..... More
A Virginian Peer to Kent and Story Tucker, Henry St. George [1780-1848]. Commentaries on the Laws of Virginia, Comprising the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered to the Winchester Law School. Winchester, Printed at the Office of the Winchester Virginian for the author, 1831. Two volumes. [ii], iii, [3]..... More
Restatement of the Law Second. Contracts 2d, Volume 4, Appendix December 1977. 1 book. with 1990 pocket part. Reporters: Robert Braucher, Harvard Law School [to 1971]. E. Allan Farnsworth, Columbia University School of Law [from 1971]. American Law Institute Publishers, 1982. 670 pp. Hardcover. Property stamp on front free front..... More
Restatement of the Law Second. Conflict of Laws 2d Vol 3, Appendix. Reporter: Willis L. M. Reese, Columbia University School of Law. Associate Reporter: Austin W. Scott, Harvard Law School. American Law Institute Publishers, 1971. 784 pp. Publisher's Price USD 63.50 Special $10. * Topics covered are Domicile; Judicial Jurisdiction;..... More
Martial Law in the Aftermath of the American Civil War [Trials]. [Civil War]. Andrews, Edward W., Primary Defendant. Letter of the Secretary of War, Communicating, In Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1865, Copies of the Records and Proceedings, With the Review of the Same by..... More