Crompton, Charles; R. Meeson & H. Roscoe. Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber [1834-36]. With American Cases by Hare & Wallace. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson, 1865-73. Contemporary calf. Worn, covers detached. Internally sound.$75. *Wallace 534. More

Denison, Stephen Charles. Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration & Decided by the Judges of England [1844-52.] Volume II Continued by R.R. Pearce, American Cases by G. Shearswood. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson, 1853. Two volumes. Contemporary calf. Ex-library. One volume rebacked, covers detached, rehinged with tape. Internally sound.$100. *Wallace 538. More

De Gex, J.P.; H. Cadman Jones & R. Horton Smith. Reports of Cases...in Chancery [1862-65]. Edited by J.C. Perkins. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1873-74. Four volumes. Contemporary law calf. Ex-library. Worn, covers detached. Internally sound.$150. *Wallace 527. More

Foster, T. Campbell and W.F. Finlason. Reports of Cases Decided at Nisi Prius and at the Crown Side on Circuit...[1856-67]. London: Sweet & Norton [et al.], 1860-67. Four volumes. Contemporary law calf. Ex-library. Worn, covers detached, reattached with tape. Internally sound. $100. *First edition. Maxwell and Brown, Checklist of British..... More

Manning, James; T.C. Granger and John Scott. Common Bench Reports. Cases Argued & Determined in the Court of Common Pleas [1845-1856]. Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, 1852-62. Eighteen volumes. Contemporary calf, one volume in cloth. Ex-library. Worn, spines chipped, most covers detached, crudely repaired. Lacks Index volume. Internally sound. $200..... More

Vesey, Francis Jr. Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery [1789-1817]. Edited with Notes & References to American Law and Subsequent English Decisions by Charles Sumner. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1894-95. Twenty volumes. Star-paged. Contemporary calf. Ex-library. Spines rubbed, some spines chipped, several joints cracked, several..... More

Welsby, W.N.; E.T. Hurlstone & J. Gordon. Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber [1847-56]. With References to Decisions in the American Courts by J.I. Clark Hare and H.B. Wallace. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson & Co., 1864-74. Eleven volumes. Contemporary law calf, worn. Ex-library. Rear covers of..... More

First Separate Printing of Brackenridge's Eloquent Defense of Religious Liberty for Maryland Jews [Brackenridge, Henry Marie (1786-1871)]. Niles' Weekly Register. New Series. No. 14-Vol. IV. Baltimore, May 29, 1819. [Baltimore]: Printed and Published by H. Niles, [1819]. 225-240 pp. Octavo (9-3/4" x 6-1/4"). Disbound, leaves starting to separate at ends..... More

Cresswell, Stephen. Mormons & Cowboys, Moonshiners & Klansmen. Federal Law Enforcement in the South & West, 1870-1893. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, [1991]. viii, 323 pp. Black & white illustrations. Publisher's black cloth hardcover, with stamped spine. A very good copy. $10. * The author draws on contemporary accounts..... More

Miller, Mary Catherine. Flooding the Courtrooms. Law and Water in the Far West. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993. 255 pp., maps. Publisher's green cloth hardcover, with stamped spine and front cover. A very good copy. $65. * This legal biography of the California cattle company Miller & Lux illuminates..... More

Was the Governor an Accessory to Murder? Birkeland, Harold. Floyd B. Olson in the First Kidnapping Murder in "Gangster Ridden Minnesota." [Minneapolis?]: Published by Harold Birkeland, [1934]. 32 pp. Stampled pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light toning, light soiling to exterior. A well-preserved copy. $125. * Birkeland claims that Olson, the..... More

Root, Elihu [1845-1937].Experiments in Government and the Essentials of the Constitution. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1913. iv, [1], 83 pp. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Top edges gilt. Light wear, internally clean. A very good copy. $35. More

Hotchkiss, Henry G. A Treatise on Aviation Law. Giving Authorities with Complete Citations of Federal and State Decisions and Including Texts in Full of the International Covention of 1919, The Havana Convention, Air Commerce Act of 1926, Air Commerce Regulations, Air Commerce Forms for Pilots' Licenses, Etc., Other Federal Statutes..... More

Rhyne, Charles S. Aviation Accident Law. A Complete collection and Analysis of all Reported Court Decisions involving Aircraft Accidents together with a reference to Legislation and International Conventions which have Application in this field. Washington, DC: Columbia Law Book Company, 1947. x, 315 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt stamped spine..... More

Eulogy of John Marshall by an Eminent Pennsylvania Jurist Binney, Horace [1780-1875]. An Eulogy on the Life and Character of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Delivered at the Request of the Councils of Philadelphia, On the 24th September, 1835. Philadelphia: Printed by J...... More

New Jersey's Last Colonial-Era Compilation [New Jersey]. Allinson, Samuel [1739-1791], Compiler. Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, from the Surrender of the Government to Queen Anne, on the 17th Day of April, in the Year of Our Lord 1702, to the 14th Day of January 1776..... More

A Notable Reformer Reports On Quarantine Conditions Howard, John [1726-1790]. An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; With Various Papers Relative to the Plague: Together with Further Observations on Some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals; And Additional Remarks on the Present State of Those in Great Britain and Ireland. Warrington..... More

Smith, J. Clay Jr. Emancipation. The Making of the Black Lawyer 1844-1944. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993. xix, 703 pp., 32 pages of unnumbered plates: illustrations, portraits. Publisher's black cloth hardcover, very good, in a very good dust jacket. $35. * "Emancipation is the first truly comprehensive social and..... More

Przybyszewski, Linda. The Republic According to John Marshall Harlan. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. xii, 286 pp., illustrations. Publisher's softcover, internally clean, a very good copy. $20. * "Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) is best known for condemning racial segregation in his dissent from Plessy..... More

Printed by Isaiah Thomas Freeman, Samuel [1743-1831]. A Valuable Assistant to Every Man: Or, The American Clerk's Magazine. Containing the Most Useful and Necessary Forms of Writings, Which Commonly Occur Between Man and Man, Under the Names of Acquittances, Agreements, Assignments, Awards, Bargains, Bills, Bonds, Complaints, Conveyances, Covenants, Deeds, Feoffments..... More

Belli, Pierino [1502-1575]. De Re Militari et Bello Tractatus. Introduction by Arrigo Cavaglieri. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1936. Volume 1: Carnegie reprint of the 1563 Latin text. 29a, [15] pp., 150 fols., [28] pp. [with] Belli, Pierino. A Treatise on Military Matters and Warfare. Translated by Herbert C. Nutting. Oxford: Clarendon..... More

PMM 224: A Landmark Study of Prisons Howard, John [1726-1790]. The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, With Preliminary Observations, And an Account of Some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals. Warrington: Printed by William Eyres; And Sold by T. Cadell, 1780. [viii], 449, [19] pp. 11 copperplates, 9 folding..... More

Jack Kemp's Copy Ogletree, Charles J. All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half Century of Brown v. Board of Education. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. xv, 365 pp., Plates. Illustrations. Cloth in very lightly rubbed dust jacket, presentation inscription to Jack Kemp to front free endpaper, Kemp's..... More

Von Holst, H. Translated by Alfred Bishop Mason. The Constitutional Law of the United States of America. Chicago, IL: Callaghan, Authorized edition, 1887. v, 369 pp. Contemporary pebbled cloth, with gilt stamped spine, internally clean. A very good copy. $40. More

Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames [1829-1894]. A General View of the Criminal Law of England. London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. ix, 399 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary pebbled cloth, black-stamped frames to boards, gilt title and black-stamped fillets to spines. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with wear..... More

Del Vecchio, Giorgio. The Formal Bases of Law. Translated by John Lisle. With an editorial preface by Joseph H. Drake and with introductions by Sir John Macdonell and Shepard Barclay. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1921. lvii, 412 pp. Original blue cloth hardcover, with light shelfwear, internally clean. Ex-library with..... More

A Presentation Copy From The Author Taylor, Hannis. The Science of Jurisprudence. A Treatise in Which the Growth of the Positive Law is Unfolded by the Historical Method, and Its Elements Classified and Defined by the Analytical. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908. lxv, 676 pp. Original blue cloth hardcover..... More

Guy, William A. John Howard's Winter's Journey. London: Thos. de la Rue, 1882. viii, 78, [10] pp. Printed slip inserted before title "From the Author". Original cloth, with gilt stamped spine, moderate shelf wear, internally clean. $20. * A history of the remarkable man, John Howard, the Philanthropist. More

Bruncken, Ernest, translator. Register, Layton B., translator. Sheldon, Henry N., introduction. Salmond, John W., introduction. Science of Legal Method. Select Essays by Various Authors. Translated by Ernest Bruncken and Layton B. Register. With Introductions by Henry N. Sheldon and John W. Salmond. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1921. lxxxvi, 593..... More

Zimmerman, Mary H. 75 Year History of National Association of Women Lawyers. 1899-1974. (The First Seventy-Five years). Lansing, MI: Printed by Wellman Press, 1975. 472 pp., illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth with title stamped to front cover and spine. Discreet ex-library stamp to front free endpaper, with presentation inscription from the..... More

Complete Set of MacDonnell's "Excellently Edited" Reports [Trials]. Macdonell, Sir John, Editor. Wallis, John E.P., Editor. Reports of State Trials: New Series, 1820-[1858]. Published Under the Direction of The State Trials Committee. London: Printed for H.M.S.O., by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen, 1888-1898. Eight volumes. Complete set. Main..... More

Williams, William Retlaw. The History of the Great Sessions in Wales, 1542-1830, Together with the Lives of the Welsh Judges, And Annotated Lists of the Chamberlains and Chancellors, Attorney Generals, And Prothonotaries of the Four Circuits of Chester and Wales; The Lord President of Wales, And the Attorney Generals and..... More

A Copy Presented to the Notable Female Abolitionist, Maria Weston Chapman, by the Defendant [Trial]. Williamson, Passmore [1822-1895], Defendant. Cannon, Arthur, Reporter. Case of Passmore Williamson: Report of the Proceedings on the Writ of Habeas Corpus, Issued by the Hon. John K. Kane, Judge of the District Court of the..... More

Courtroom Speeches of Lord Erskine, A Georgetown, DC Imprint Erskine, Thomas Henry, Lord [1750-1823]. [Ridgway, James, Editor]. Speeches of Lord Erskine, When at the Bar, On Miscellaneous Subjects. Georgetown, DC: Published by Joseph Milligan, 1813. 266 pp. 12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and..... More

Campbell, John Lord. Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements Considered. London: John Murray, 1859. vi, 117, [32] pp. Ex-library, with property stamps, bookplate on front pastedown. Publisher's maroon cloth boards rebacked preserving original spine. $20. * First edition. Originally composed as a letter to J. Payne Collier, Campbell analyzes legal allusions in a...... More

"So Much for the Game Laws!" [Trial]. Birkett, Thomas B, Defendant. Full Particulars of the Trial and Sentence of T.B. Birkett (Farmer) For the Murder of William Watmore at Barnby-in-the-Willows. With a Copy of Verses and an Account of the Dreadful Murder of Will- Stevenson, At Sibsey, In Lincolnshire. [(London)..... More

A Chastity Belt and a Breach of Promise Freydier, M[onsier]. [Brunet, Gustave (1807-1896)]. Plaidoyer de Mr. Freydier, Avocat a Nismes, Contre l'Introduction de Cadenas, Ou Ceintures de Chastete. Reimpression Textuelle Faite sur l'Edition Originale de 1750 et Augmentee d'un Avant-Propos, Par Philomneste, Junior. Avec des Explications Nouvelles Edifantes et Curieuses..... More

Andenas, M. and D. Fairgrieve (Editors). Tom Bingham and the Transformation of the Law. A Liber Amicorum. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Reprinted 2009. lxxii, 892 pp. Publisher's laminate hardcover, very good. $45. * Tom Bingham is among the most influential judges of the 20th century. This volume collects..... More

One of the Very First Treatises on Laws Concerning Women [Women]. [Great Britain]. A Treatise of Feme Coverts: Or, The Lady's Law. Containing All the Laws and Statutes Relating to Women, and Several Heads: I. Of Dissents of Lands to Females, Coparceners, Etc. II. Of Consummation of Marriage, Stealing of..... More

1769 Compilation of Connecticut Laws [Connecticut]. Acts and Laws of His Majesty's English Colony of Connecticut, In New-England, In America. [New Haven and New London]: Re-printed and sold by Thomas and Samuel Green and Timothy Green, 1769. 8, 10, 371, [1] pp. 21 ff. of blank leaves and contemporary blue..... More

First Edition of the First Record of the Constitutional Convention Yates, Robert [1738-1801]. Martin, Luther [1748-1826]. Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the Year 1787, for the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America. From the Notes Taken by the Late..... More

Notably Handsome First Edition of a Rare and Important Translation of De Consolatione Boethius [c.480-524 AD]. Colville, George, Translator. Boetius de Consolationae Philosophiae. The Boke of Boecius, Called the Comforte of Philosophye, Or Wysedome, Moche Necessary for All Men to Read and Know, Wherein Suche as be in Adversitie, Shall..... More

Owned by a Former U.S. Attorney General [Virginia]. A Collection of All such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, Of a Public and Permanent Nature, As are Now in Force; With a Table of the Principal Matters. To Which are Prefixed the Declaration of Rights, And Constitution, Or Form..... More

Handsome First Edition of Hamilton's "Reynolds Pamphlet" Hamilton, Alexander [1757-1804]. Observations on Certain Documents Contained in No. V & VI of "The History of the United States for the Year 1796,": In Which the Charge of Speculation Against Alexander Hamilton, Late Secretary of the Treasury, Is Fully Refuted. Philadelphia: Printed..... More

"A Free Parliament for the Preservation of the Protestant Religion" [Broadside]. William III [1650-1702], King of England. A Letter from His Highness the Prince of Orange, For the Summoning of a Convention, To be Held at Westminster, The 22th of January, 1688/9. London: Printed by J. Starkey, and A. and..... More

1771 Compilation of New Hampshire Laws [New Hampshire]. Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New-England. With Sundry Acts of Parliament. By Order of the General Assembly. To Which is Prefixed the Commissions of President John Cuttss, Esq.; and His Excellency John Wentworth, Esq. Portsmouth: Printed by..... More

A Notable Early-Modern Handbook of Comparative Law Vigelius, Nikolaus (Nicolaus) [1529-1600]. Husan, Bernhard Melchior, Editor. Gerichtsbuchlein: Sampt dem Zusatz von ungewissen Rechten: Dann dem Gesprach des Oratoris und Juristen uber solch Buchlein. Darzu Jetzo auffs Newe zu Mehrer Ubung, Gebrauch und Rutz Desselben Dreyhundert Auserlesene Casus oder Rechtsfalle, So Theils..... More

Guide to Notaries in the Holy Roman Empire With a Handsome Title Page Volckmann, Adam [1612-1664]. Beyer, Georg [1665-1714], Editor. Volckmannus Emendatus, Sive, Manuale Advocatorum et Notariorum: Hand-Buch vor Advocaten und Notarien, So Bisshero unter dem Titul: Adam Volckmanns Notariat-Kunst zu Vielen Mahlen Edirt und Gebessert, Nunmehr aber Durch und..... More

Stanford Law Review. Stanford, Calif.: School of Law, Stanford University. Bound volumes 1 to 12 (1948-1960) red buckram with black spine labels [with] 105 miscellaneous original softbound issues: volume 13 (1960) no. 1-3; 14-1; 14-3-4; 15-1 to 26-6; 27-3; 32-1 to 36-5 (1984). Eight (8) linear feet shelf space. Ex-private..... More

Buno's Emblematic Teaching Method For Law Students, A Book With 18 Copperplate Etchings Buno, Johannes [1617-1697]. [Justinian I (482-565), Emperor of the East]. Memoriale Juris Civilis Romani, Quo Tituli Omnes et Praecipuae Leges quae in Quinquaginta Digestorum seu Pandectarum Libris sunt, Emblematibus et Imaginibus ita Efficta Exhibentur... Hamburg: Typis Exscripsit..... More