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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

Clark, C. and W. Finnelly. Reports of Cases...in the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error [1831-46]. Edited with Notes & References to American & subsequent English Cases by J.C. Perkins. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1873-74. Twelve volumes. 10 volumes contemporary calf, 2 volumes cloth. Ex-library. Worn..... More

Hall, Frederick James & Philip Twells. Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery [1848-50]. London: W. Maxwell, 1850-51. Two volumes. Contemporary law calf. Ex-library. Exterior scuffed, worn. Covers detached, one volume repaired with tape. Internally sound.$75. *Wallace 527. More

Hare, Thomas. Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery [1841-1853]. With Notes & References to both English & American Decisions by E. Fitch Smith [et al.]. New York: Banks, Gould & Co., 1851-1871. Eleven volumes. Complete set of all volumes published. Contemporary law calf. Ex-library. Worn. Most covers detached..... More

[British Ruling Cases]. British Ruling Cases from Courts of Great Britain, Canada, Ireland, Australia and Other Divisions of the British Empire. Rochester: The Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1900-1911. Eight volumes (of sixteen published). Original cloth, leather labels. Ex-library. Some soiling to binding and some spine labels chipped, else a very..... More

Mews, John. A Digest of the Reported Decisions of the Courts of Common Law, Bankruptcy, Probate, Admiralty, and Divorce...[1756-1883]. London: H. Sweet; Stevens & Sons and W. Maxwell & Son, 1884. Seven volumes. Contemporary three-quarter calf. Worn, covers of four volumes detached (some repaired with tape). Internally sound. $250. *First..... 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

Chinese Punishment in the British Imagination [Mason, George H. (1770-1851)]. The Punishments of China, Illustrated by Twenty-Two Engravings: With Explanations in English and French. London: Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer and Co., 1801. [94] pp. With 22 hand-colored stipple engravings, first plate bound as frontispiece. Folio (14-1/2" x...... More

A Pastor Defends His Congregant Clark, Benjamin Franklin [1809-1879]. The Perjury Case! Further Developments. Mr. Clark's Replies to the Letters of George F. Farley, And Ashael Huntington, Esq's. Boston: Printed for the Publisher, 1848. 16 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 5-3/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, bottom edge untrimmed, last signature unopened. Moderate..... More

Blaming the Parish Priest [Trial]. Brady, Thomas, Defendant. Cavan Sessions, Monday January 15, 1828. Mary Reilly, v. The Rev. Thomas Brady, Of Cavan [Caption Title]. [Ireland: s.n., 1828]. 14, [2] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet recently resewn in plain wrappers. Small fold line to lower corner of front..... More

Parliament Attempts "A Pacification" [Parliament]. The Humble Petition of the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled, To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty. For a Pacification Between His Majesty and Both Houses. Veneris Julii 15. 1642. Ordered by the Lords in Parliament, That this Petition be Forthwith Printed and Published. Jo..... More

The "Monstrous" Heretic Whose Case Established Criminal Blasphemy [Taylor, John]. Articles Taken Upon Oath (Before Several of His Majesties Justices of Peace) Against the Most Monstrous Quaker the World Ever Yet Knew, Called John Taylor. Wherein Such Blasphemie is Contained, As Before Was Never Heard in Any Christian Government. For..... More

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United States Reports [Official Edition]. Volume 544. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term, 2004. March 2 Through May 31, 2005 Together with Opinions of Individual Justices in Chambers. Frank D. Wagner Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007. xcv, 1317 pp. Publisher's tan cloth hardcover..... More

"A Brow-Beater Badger'd" [Williams, Charles (d. 1830)]. Counsellor Nodee, Or, A Brow-Beater Badger'd. [London]: [Thomas Tegg], No. 111 Cheapside, [c.1812]. 9-1/2" x 13" hand-colored etching backed onto 10" x 13" sheet. Light soiling to margins of sheet, margins of etching trimmed to edges of image, colors vivid. $750. * "A..... More

Examination Time! Barrere, Adrien [1877-1931]. [Daumier, Honore (1808-1879)]. Passing the Bar. [Paris and New York: Sidney Z. Lucas, c.1930]. 11-1/2" x 23-1/4" color etching on upper half of 19-3/4" x 25-1/2" sheet, small line-drawing and four 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" black-and-white reproductions of lithographs below, matted and glazed in 24-1/4" x...... More

First English-Language Edition of A Profitable Booke Perkins, John [d. 1545]. A Profitable Booke of Mr. Iohn Perkins, Sometimes Fellow of the Inner Temple. Treating of the Lawes of England. And Now Translated Out of French into English for the Benefit of Young Students, And Others. London: Printed by R.B...... More

Vernon Harcourt, Leveson William [1871-1909]. His Grace the Steward and Trial of Peers: A Novel Inquiry Into a Special Branch of Constitutional Government Founded Entirely upon Original Sources of Information, And Extensively upon Hitherto Unprinted Materials. London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1907. xii, 500 pp..... More

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United States Reports [Official Edition]. Volume 549. Cases Adjudged in The Supreme Court at October Term, 2006. Beginning of Term October 2, 2006, Through April 16, 2007. Frank D. Wagner Reporter of Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2010. cclxxiv, 1510 pp. Publisher's tan cloth hardcover with upper red and..... More

First American Edition of Hale's Pleas on the Crown Hale, Sir Matthew [1609-1676]. Emlyn, Sollem [1697-1754], Editor. Stokes, W[illiam] A. [1814?-1877], Notes. Ingersoll, E[dward] [1817-1893], Notes. Historia Placitorum Coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown. Edited With Notes and References to Later Cases by W.A. Stokes and E...... More

Unrecorded Account of a Notably Brutal London Murder in 1822 [Broadside]. [Execution]. Abbott, William. An Account of the Trial, Behaviour, And Execution of Willm. Abbott for the Wilful Murder of Mary Lees, Alias Duggan, Or Long Poll. Who Was Executed at the Old Bailey, On Monday Last. [Hythe, Kent]: W...... More

"Not a Soul We Believe Can Lament his Fate" [Trial]. Patch, Richard, Defendant [c.1770-1806]. Trial of R. Patch, For the Murder of Isaac Blight, Ship-Breaker of Rotherhithe, In the County of Surry. Tried at Horsemonger-Lane, In the Borough of Southwark, Before the Lord Chief Baron Sir Archibald Mac Donald, And..... More

The Best Edition of Britton Wingate, Edm[und] [1596-1656], Editor. Britton. The Second Edition. Faithfully Corrected According to Divers Ancient Manuscripts of the Same Booke. London: Printed by the Assignes of John Moore, 1640. [xxxii] pp., 287 ff., [41] pp. Octavo (5-3/4" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind..... More

An Eminent Local as Guarantor and a "Negro Woman Named Tiggy" as Collateral [Virginia]. [Bond Agreement to Settle a Debt]. Henry and Patrick Counties, [Virginia], December 7, 1804. 12-1/2" x 8" part-printed document inscribed in neat hand, signed by William Banks, Jr. and docketed on verso. Moderate toning, light soiling..... More

First Edition of a Highly Respected Reporter Raymond, Sir Thomas [1627-1683], Reporter. The Reports Of Divers Special Cases Adjudged In The Courts Of Kings Bench, Common Pleas, & Exchequer, In the Reign of King Charles II. Printed from the Original Manuscript, Written in His Own Hand. With Two Tables, One..... More

Classic Sixteenth-Century Treatise on Criminal Law Illustrated with 55 Large Woodcuts Damhouder, Josse (Joost) de [1507-1581]. Praxis Rerum Criminalium, Elegantissimis Iconibus ad Materiam Accommodis Illustrata, Praetoribus, Propraetoribus, Consulibus, Proconsulibus, Magistratibus, Reliquisque id Genus Iustitiariis ac Officiariis, Non Modo Utilis Sed & Necessaria. Antwerp: Apud Ioannem Bellerum, 1556. [x], 567, [98]..... More

Wharton on Homicide Wharton, Francis [1820-1889]. A Treatise on the Law of Homicide in the United States: To Which is Appended a Series of Leading Cases. Philadelphia: Kay and Brother, 1875. xli, [1], 794 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands and lettering piece..... More

Sir John Holt's Opinion Regarding a Disputed Estate [Manuscript]. [Holt, Sir John (1642-1710)]. [Manuscript Brief on a Copyhold Case with the Opinion of Sir John Holt]. [London?, c.1700]. 12" x 7-1/2" bifolium, text in a single neat hand to recto of first leaf and docket to verso of final leaf..... More

Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832] O'Sullivan, Luke, Editor. Fuller, Catherine, Editor. The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 12, July 1824 to June 1828. Oxford: Clarendon Press, [2012]. xxxii, 495 pp. Cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. Preliminary leaves, i-xxxii, bound upside-down in reverse order. $30. * A volume in the authoritative Collected Works..... More

Oxford's Critical Edition of Bentham's Works Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832]. The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983-2012. 14 volumes. Original cloth, light to moderate shelfwear, two volumes ex-library with markings to preliminaries, one with shelf-label residue to spine and small stamp to top edge of text block. $1,000..... More

Ordinances of Fiji, 1956 [Fiji]. Bryce, William Gordon, Editor. The Laws of Fiji Containing the Ordinances of Fiji and Subsidiary Legislation Thereunder Enacted on or Before the 16th day of April, 1955, Together with Letters Patent, Royal Instructions, And Certain Orders of Her Majesty in Council Relating to Fiji. Revised..... More

One of Early Hollywood's Greatest Scandals [Trial]. Arbuckle, Roscoe [1887-1933]. Rappe, Virginia [1895-1921]. Transcript of Testimony, Taken at the Coroner's Inquest, On September 12th., 13th., And 14th., 1921, Into the Death of Miss Virginia Rappe. [San Francisco, 1921]. 232 ff. Octavo (11" x 8"). Contemporary cloth, gilt title to front..... More

Decisions of the Court of Session, 1735-1796 [Scotland]. [Court of Session]. Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Month of November M,DCC,XXXV. Edinburgh: Printed by G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, 1757. [ii], 2, 216 pp. Lacking second part, pp. 217-460, covering decisions from 1739-1744. [With] Davidson, Robert, Compiler. Douglas..... More

Kames's "Select Decisions" [Kames, Henry Home, Lord (1696-1782)]. Select Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1752 to the Year 1768. Collected by a Member of the Court. Edinburgh: Printed by Neill and Company, For John Bell, 1780. xvii, [1], 251 [i.e.351], [1] pp. Folio (12" x 7-1/2")..... More

"Advancing Law to a Vigorous Maturity" [Kames, Henry Home, Lord (1696-1782)]. Remarkable Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1730 to the Year 1752. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1766. Folio (12" x 7-1/2"). Recent library buckram, gilt institution name to boards, red and black..... More

Decisions of the Court of Session, 1735-1744 [Scotland]. [Court of Session]. Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Month of November M,DCC,XXXV, To The Month of July M,DCC,XLIV. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell and Bradfute, James Simpson [et al.], 1791. 464 pp. Folio (12" x 7-1/2"). Recent library buckram, gilt..... More

Hew Dalrymple's Collection of Decisions of the Court of Session, 1698-1718 Dalrymple, Sir Hew, Lord North Berwick [1652-1737]. Decisions of the Court of Session, From M,DC,XCVIII, to M,DCC,XVIII. Collected by The Right Honourable Sir Hew Dalrymple of North-Berwick, President of that Court. Edinburgh: Printed for Gavin Hamilton & John Balfour..... More

An Authority on the U.S. Constitution Corwin, Edward S. Loss, Richard, Editor. Corwin on the Constitution. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, [1981-1988]. 3 volumes. Hardbound volumes in lightly worn and soiled dust jackets. $100. * The volumes are sub-titled: The Foundations of American Constitutional and Political Thought, The Powers..... More

Only Known Copy of an Unrecorded Broadside Account of a Sussex Murder [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Great Britain]. Murder of a Wife, At Ashburham, Near Hastings. London: Disley, Printer, [1869]. 10" x 7-1/4" broadside, two double-column texts below headline separated by horizontal rule, lower text in verse. Moderate toning, a few minor..... More

The Dangers of Popery and the Stuarts [Great Britain]. [Restoration Era]. State Tracts: Being A Collection Of Several Treatises Relating To The Government. Privately Printed in the Reign of K. Charles II. London: S.n., 1689. [iv], 36, 41-71, [1], 69-240, 367-379, [1], 383-391, 396-468 pp. Text continuous (and complete) despite..... More

Reports from an "Able and Laborious Lawyer" Shower, Sir Bartholomew [1658-1701]. The Reports of Sir Bartholomew Shower, Knt. Of Cases Adjudg'd in the Court of King's-Bench, In the Reign of His Late Majesty King William III. With Several Learned Arguments. With Two Tables: The First, Of the Names of the..... More

"A Bad Character" [Broadside]. [Execution]. [Great Britain]. Full Particulars of the Life, And Dying Moments of William Longland, Executed on the New Drop, Lincoln, For Aiding, Counselling, And Being an Accessory to, A Burglary at Grantham. Lincoln: Printed by Drury & Sons, [1817]. c.14" x c.6" broadside, text in two..... More

Whitney, Henry Clay. Angle, Paul M., Introduction, Notes. Life on the Circuit with Lincoln. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1940. 530 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. 530 pp. Cloth in moderately edgeworn dust jacket, two small tears repaired with cellotape, some soiling to spine, internally clean. $35. * Whitney was one..... More

Prosser, William L. The Judicial Humorist: A Collection of Judicial Opinions and other Frivolities. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1952. ix, 284 pp. Original red cloth with light wear, in a worn dust jacket. $45. * First edition. An anthology of wit and humor about the law. More

The Play that Ended Fielding's Dramatic Career [Fielding, Henry (1704-1754)]. The Historical Register, For the Year 1736. As it is Acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market. To Which is Added a Very Merry Tragedy, Called Eurydice Hiss'd, Or, A Word to the Wise. Both Written by the Author..... More

"Is There a Punishment Too Severe for Such Depravity?" Phillips, Charles [1787?-1859]. Seduction!!! The Eloquent Speech of Mr. Phillips, Of the Irish Bar, In the Case of Creighton v. Townsend, For Seduction. London: Published by J. Johnston, [1817?]. 20 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning, slight..... More

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