Beach on Contributory Negligence Beach, Charles Fisk, Jr. [1854-1934]. Counter Negligence: A Treatise on the Law of Contributory Negligence or Negligence as a Defense. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Company, 1892. cxiv, 638 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands and red and black..... More
Berle, Adolf A., and Gardiner C. Means. The Modern Corporation and Private Property. Commerce Clearing House, 1932. Reprint The Legal Classics Library, 1993. xiii, 396 pp. Reprint The Legal Classics Library, 1996. Full calf, extra gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon page marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine..... More
"Why Another 'Noble Experiment' Proved so Disappointing" Blaisdell Jr., Thomas C. The Federal Trade Commission. An Experiment in the Control of Business. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, [1932]. viii, 323 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778653; ISBN-10: 1584778652. Hardcover. New. $80. * "This volume..... More
Chafee, Zechariah. Free Speech in the United States. Originally published: Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1967. xviii, 634 pp. Reprinted 2001, 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770855; ISBN-10: 1584770856. Hardcover. New. $64.95 * A rewritten and expanded version of his Freedom of Speech (1920), the seminal work that..... More
Comberbach's Reports Comberbach, Roger. Comberbach, Roger, [Jr.], Editor. The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; From the First Year of King James the Second, To the Tenth Year of King William the Third. Collected by Roger Comberbach Esq; Late Recorder of..... More
Davies, Sir John [1569-1626]. Myers, James P., Jr., Editor. A Discovery of the True Causes Why Ireland was Never Entirely Subdued and Brought Under Obedience of the Crown of England Until the Beginning of His Majesty's Happy Reign (1612). Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, [1988]. xi, 242 pp..... More
Ely, James W., Jr. Railroads and American Law. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, [2001]. xii, 376 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. New. $39.95. * At its peak, the railroad was the Internet of its day. A harbinger and promoter of economic empire, it accelerated national expansion and transformed our legal..... More
Kent Admired Its "Ability and Perspicuity" Fearne, Charles [1742-1794]. Powell, John Joseph [1755?-1801], Editor [Vol. II Only]. An Essay on the Learning of Contingent Remainders and Executory Devises. Vol. I. Of Contingent Remainders, With Tables and Index. [...] Vol. II. Of Executory Devises. Dublin: By H. Watts, Law Bookseller, 1794;..... More
[Japan]. Preparatory Draft For the Revised Penal Code of Japan 1961. Edited by B.J. George Jr. South Hackensack, NJ: Fred B. Rothman & Co., 1964. 1 vol. xiv; 104 pp. Cloth. New. $20. * Volume 8 of the American Series of Foreign Penal Codes. More
Goebel, Julius, Jr. Constitutional History and Constitutional Law. [New York]: Columbia Law Review, 1938. Reprinted from Columbia Law Review. Pages 555-577. Original wrappers. $5. More
Goebel, Julius, Jr. Felony and Misdemeanor: A Study in The History of English Criminal Procedure. Volume I [all published]. Originally published: New York: The Commonwealth Fund, 1937. xxix, 455, [1] pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776031; ISBN-10: 158477603X. Smyth-sewn cloth hardcover. New. $39.95 * Immediately acclaimed..... More
Hazard, Geoffrey C. Jr. and Michele Taruffo. American Civil Procedure. An Introduction. New Haven: Yale University Press, [1993]. x, 230 pp. Cloth. Dust jacket. New. $40. More
"The Life of the Law Has Not Been Logic..." Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. The Common Law. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1881. xvi, 422 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778462 ISBN-10: 1584778466. Paperback. New. $18.95 * This landmark work, which, according to Winfield, "blew..... 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
First Edition of The Common Law in the Scarce Law-Calf Binding Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. The Common Law. Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1881. [i]-xvi, 422 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Original law calf, rebacked retaining existing spine with raised bands and lettering piece, blind frames to boards, hinges..... More
Inscribed by Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Speech of Mr. Justice Holmes at Commencement, Harvard University, June 28, 1911. [Cambridge?: s.n., 1911?]. [3] pp. 8-1/2" x 6-1/4" bifolium pamphlet. Moderate toning, horizontal and vertical fold lines, clean tear starting along horizontal fold line, light chipping, wear and small clean..... More
Inscribed by Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Speeches. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1891. [v], 55 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Original paper-covered boards, title in frame to front board, deckle edges. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with light wear to corners, calf bookplate of Alfred..... More
Inscribed by Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Speeches. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1900. [vi], 86 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Original printed paper-covered boards, deckle edges. Moderate rubbing with some wear to joints, spine ends and corners, which are bumped, tiny stain to front board, rear free endpaper..... More
Presentation Copy Inscribed by Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Speeches. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1891. [v], 55 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Original cloth, title in gilt to front board, top-edge gilt, deckle fore and bottom-edges. Light soiling and some discoloration to boards, spine darkened, rubbing to extremities..... More
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. Speeches. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1934. vi, 103 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777052; ISBN-10: 1584777052. Hardcover. New. $24.95 * Reprint of the last edition compiled by Holmes [1841-1935]. Contents: "Memorial Day" (1884), "Harvard College in the War" (1885)..... More
Inscribed, Signed and Marked by Holmes [Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935)]. [Whitman, Sarah Wyman (1842-1904)]. Sarah Whitman. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1904. [vi], 27, [2] pp. Specked paper boards with contrasting spine, title and image of wreath to front board, gilt title to spine, deckle edges. Light wear to spine..... More
Kohlmeier, Louis M., Jr. God Save This Honorable Court!: The Supreme Court Crisis. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1972]. x, 309 pp. Hardcover. Cloth very good in moderately worn dust jacket with small stain to spine. Author inscription to front free endpaper, internally clean. $30. More
Lansing, John, Jr. The Delegate from New York or Proceedings of the Federal Convention of 1787 from the Notes of John Lansing, Jr. Edited by Joseph Reese Strayer. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1939. x, 125 pp. Reprinted 2002, 2018 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772187; ISBN-10: 1584772182. Hardcover. New..... More
Prosecutorial Misconduct: Law, Procedure, Forms, Fourth Edition. Joseph F. Lawless. Foreword by: Alan M. Dershowitz, Harvard Law School. LexisNexis, 2008. 1 Volume. Hardbound [with] 2022 Supplementary pamphlet. New. $295. * Considered the definitive treatise on the subject, Prosecutorial Misconduct - Fourth Edition, provides a comprehensive and scholarly analysis of every..... More
A New York Lawyer Re-Establishes His Practice in Ohio [Manuscript Archive]. [Scott, Lyman, Jr.]. [Documents Concerning Scott's Application to Practice Law in Ohio]. Coshocton County, OH and Cattaraugus County, NY, 1832-1836. Six documents, one franked on verso, sizes ranging from 4-1/2" x 8" to 12-1/2" x 7-1/2." Moderate toning, fold..... More