Gill, John G. Tide Without Turning: Elijah P. Lovejoy and Freedom of the Press. Boston: Starr King Press, [1958]. ix, 256 pp. Illustrations. Hardbound, light shelfwear, author presentation inscription and owner stamp to front free endpaper. $20. More
Feaver, George. From Status to Contract: A Biography of Sir Henry Maine. [London]: Longmans, [1969]. xx, 366 pp. Plates. Illustrations. Hardcover in worn dust jacket. $30. More
McDevitt, Matthew. Joseph McKenna, Associate Justice of the United States. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1946. x, 250 pp. Table. Softbound, light shelfwear with wear to spine ends, bookplate to inside front cover, author presentation inscription to half-title. $100. More
Morris, Norval. Howard, Colin. Studies in Criminal Law. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1964. xxxiv, 270 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket with large chip to top-edge of front flap, internally clean. Author's presentation inscription to front free endpaper dated April 2, 1965: "Gilbert Geis In appreciation of an..... More
Jadhav, U.K. Is Capital Punishment Necessary? Bombay: Anand Publications, [1975]. xviii, 209 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn and lightly faded dust jacket. Author's presentation inscription to front free endpaper: "Presented with Compliments to Hon'ble Mr. Gilbert Geis, President, American Society of Criminology, in token of jubillation of the 200th Anniversary..... More
Berman, Harold J. The Nature and Functions of Law: An Introduction for Students of the Arts and Sciences. Brooklyn: The Foundation Press, 1958. xviii, 662 pp. Hardcover, light shelfwear, some fading to spine. Author's presentation inscription "To Gil Geis with warmest regards Hal Bruman" dated March 22, 1965 to front..... More
Kyer, C. Ian. Lawyers, Families, and Businesses: The Shaping of a Bay Street Law Firm, Faskens 1863-1963. Toronto: Irwin Law, [2013]. xvi, 319 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $50. More
Kaplan, William. Canadian Maverick: the Life and Times of Ivan C. Rand. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [2009]. xvi, 510 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $30. More
Friedland, Martin L. My Life in Crime and Other Academic Adventures. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [2007]. xii, 513 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20. More
Upton, L.F.S. The Loyal Whig: William Smith of New York & Quebec. [Toronto]: University of Toronto Press, [1969]. ix, 250 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $20. More
Joshel, Sandra R. Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1992]. xvi, 239 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine. $35. More
Inscribed to Clarence Darrow by a Notable Chicago Journalist Bennett, James O'Donnell [1870-1940]. "Private Joe" Fifer: Memories of War and Peace Imparted in His Ninety-Sixth Year by Joseph W. Fifer at the Request of The Chicago Tribune and Recorded by James O'Donnell Bennett. Bloomington: Pantagraph Printing & Stationery Co., 1936..... More
Inscribed to Clarence Darrow by the Co-Founder of Universal Pictures Drinkwater, John. The Life and Adventures of Carl Laemmle. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. xii, 288 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Publisher's cloth, very good with minor shelfwear in worn and lightly faded dust jacket, jacket split into two pieces along..... More
Baker, G. Blaine, Editor. Phillips, Jim, Editor. Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume VIII: In Honour of R.C.B. Risk. Toronto: Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by the University of Toronto Press, [1999]. 606 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine. $35. More
Backhouse, Constance. Petticoats and Prejudice: Women and Law in Nineteenth-Century Canada. [Toronto]: Published for the Osgoode Society by Women's Press, [1991]. xiv, 467 pp. Publisher's cloth in near-fine dust jacket. $20. More
Thomas M. McDade's Copy of the Most Famous Collection of Scots Trials Arnot, Hugo [1749-1786]. A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials In Scotland. From A.D. 1536, To 1784. With Historical and Critical Remarks. Glasgow: Printed by A. Napier, 1812. x, 440 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary mottled..... More
A Rare Pamphlet Relating to a Famous Salem Murder: McDade 573 [Trial]. Knapp, John Francis, Defendant. Webster, Daniel [1782-1852]. Webster's Argument-Confession and Sentence. Trials of Capt. Joseph J. Knapp, Jr. And George Crowninshield, Esq. For the Murder of Capt. Joseph White, of Salem, On the Night of the Sixth of..... More
Inscribed to Paul Darrow and his Family Stone, Irving [1903-1989]. Men to Match My Mountains: The Opening of the Far West, 1840-1900. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1956. [vi], 459, [9] pp. Cloth, very good with light shelfwear in moderately worn and lightly faded dust jacket, maps on front..... More
Clarkson, Paul S. Jett, R. Samuel. Luther Martin of Maryland. Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1970. ix, 336 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket, price clipped. $25. More
With a Warm Inscription to Paul Darrow and his Wife Stone, Irving [1903-1989]. Sailor on Horseback: The Biography of Jack London. [Boston]: Houghton Mifflin Co. [Cambridge: The Riverside Press], 1938. [x], 338 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's cloth, red-stamped title to front board, blind fillets, author name and title to spine. Light..... More
Fraser, Robert L., Editor. Provincial Justice: Upper Canadian Legal Portraits from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. [Toronto]: The Osgoode Society, [1992]. xcii, 470 pp. Illustrations. Sfotbound, light shelfwear, spine faded. $20. More
Phillips, Jim, Editor. McMurtry, Roy, Editor. Saywell, John T., Editor Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume X: A Tribute to Peter N. Olover. Toronto and London: Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by the University of Toronto Press, [2008]. xii, 471 pp. Illustrations. Portraits. Maps..... More
Foster, Hamar, Editor. McLaren, John, Editor. Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume VI: British Columbia and the Yukon. [Toronto]: The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, [1995]. xvi, 583 pp. Illustrations. Softbound, light shelfwear, light soiling to top and bottom edges of text block. $25. More
English, Christopher, Editor. Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume IX: Two Islands: Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island. Toronto and London: Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by the University of Toronto Press, [2005]. xii, 419 pp. Illustrations. Maps. Cloth in dust jacket. Fine. $75. More
Ikeda, Sadao Otonashi, Michihiro Shigemori, Tamihiro. A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Works of Jeremy Bentham. Tokyo: Chuo University Library, [1989]. 187 pp. In English; preface also in Japanese. Includes bibliographical references (pages vii-viii). Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $35. More