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

He Fatally Shot His Father's Servant [Broadside]. Davis, George [d.1833]. The Trial of Geo: Davis, For the Wilful Murder of Thomas Cooper. [London]: Smeeton, Printer, [1833]. 10" x 7-1/4" broadside, text in single column below headline. Light toning, light foxing, soiling and very light creasing in places, a few small..... More

An Interesting Mutiny, Murder, and Piracy Trial, Joseph Story Presided: McDade 1103 [Trial]. Williams, John, Primary Defendant. The Trial of John Williams, Francis Frederick, John P. Rog, Nils Peterson and Nathaniel White, On an Indictment for Murder on the High Seas: Before the Circuit Court of the United States, Holden..... More

An Elaborate Prison Variety Show [Prisons]. Show of 1930: Vanities of the Passing Show. Washington's Birthday, February Twenty-Second, 1930. United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta, Georgia, 1930. [4] pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/2"). Bifolium pamphlet, text printed in black on pink paper within green and red borders. Light toning and..... More

Essays on Law Reform by a Jurist Respected by Maitland and Holdsworth Williams, Joshua [1813-1881]. Letters to John Bull, Esq., On Lawyers and Law Reform. London: Henry Sweet, 1857. [viii], 87 pp. Octavo (6-1/4" x 4"). Original flexible textured cloth, blind farmes to boards, gilt title to center of front..... More

A Charming Appreciation of Darrow Crandall, Allen [1896-1973]. [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. The Man From Kinsman. Sterling, Colorado: Published by the author, 1933. 86 pp. With a portrait frontispiece of Clarence Darrow and a fascimile letter from him. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers, main title page and chapter title pages printed..... More

Five Interleaved 1644 Volumes of Antwerp Laws With Contemporary Annotations [Antwerp]. [Gabri, Karel, Editor]. Rechten Ende Costumen van Antwerpen. Cologne (Amsterdam?): S.n., 1644. [xvi], 232, pp. Interleaved. [Bound with] Ordonnantie Ende Verhael vanden Stijl ende Maniere van Procederen voor Amptmen, Burghemeester ende Schepenen der Stadt van Antwerpen. N.p.: S.n., 1644..... More

A Treaty Ended the War of the Spanish Succession [Treaties]. [War of the Spanish Succession]. Treaty of Navigation and Commerce Between the Most Serene and Most Potent Princess Anne, By the Grace of God, Queen of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. And the Most Serene..... More

Compiled by an Important Jurist and Social Reformer [Manuscript]. Highmore, Anthony [1758-1829]. [Commonplace Book]. [London?: c.1794-1797. [iv], 229, [25] pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary vellum (colored green), blind rules to boards, gilt-edged calf lettering pieces to spine reading: "Common Place Book" and "A.H. Jr.," edges rouged, marbled endpapers. A...... More

The Best Eighteenth-Century Treatise on Awards According to Holdsworth Kyd, Stewart [d. 1811]. A Treatise on the Law of Awards. London: Printed for S. Crowder, Paternoster-Row, And B. C. Collins, Salisbury, 1791. vii, [1], 251, [9] pp. Octavo (9" x 5"). Origianl publisher boards with recent contrasting paper spine and..... More

A Plea for Reform of the "Arbitrary" Chancery Courts Faldo, Thomas. Reformation of Proceedings at Law. By Way of Petition, Dedicated to the Honourable Committee of Parliament, For Reformation of Courts of Justice, And Proceedings at Law. [London]: Printed by Hen: Hils, 1649. [ii], 25, [1] pp. Quarto (6-3/4" x...... More

Proposals for Undergraduate Legal Education That Anticipated Blackstone Wood, Thomas [1661-1722]. Some Thoughts Concerning the Study of the Laws of England. Particularly in the Two Universities. In a letter to the Reverend ----- Head of ----- College in Oxford. London: Printed for J. Stagg, In Westminster-Hall; And D. Browne, At..... More

Final Edition of an Important Eighteenth-Century Treatise on English Bankruptcy Law Green, Edward. The Spirit of the Bankrupt Laws. Wherein are Principally Considered, The 1. Declaring the Party Bankrupt. 2. Seizing His Estate, And Summoning Him to Surrender. 3. Receiving Proof of the Debts of His Creditors. 4. Appointing, Chusing..... More

An Important Statistical Analysis of Laborers Under the Poor Laws Davies, David [1742-1819]. The Case of Labourers in Husbandry Stated and Considered, In Three Parts. Part I. A View of their Distressed Condition. Part II. The Principal Causes of their Growing Distress and Number, And of the Consequent Increase of..... More

A "Father" of Leading Cases Jenkins, [David] [1582-1663]. Eight Centuries of Reports: Or, Eight Hundred Cases Solemnly Adjudged in the Exchequer-Chamber, Or, Upon Writs of Error. Publish'd Originally in French and Latin by Judge Jenkins. Now Carefully Translated, With the Addition of Many Thousand References: Particularly to Such Statutes as..... More

A Useful Reference for Commenwealth-Era Justices of the Peace [W]ingate, E[dmund] [1596-1656]. Statuta Pacis: Or a Perfect Table of All the Statutes (Now in Force) Which any Way Concerne the Office of a Justice of Peace. Cleerly also Setting down the Severall Duties of Sheriffes, Head-Officers of Corporations, Stewards in..... More

Reforming the Registration of Land [Real Property]. [Great Britain]. The Office of Generall Remembrance. Of Matters of Record, Created by His Maiesties Letters Pattents for Ease of His Subiects in Their Searches, And Auoyding the Inconueniences Heretofore Incident for Want of Meanes Speedily to Finde Out All Incumbrances upon Record..... More

Charmingly Decorated Manuscript Commentary on the Customary Law of Artois [Manuscript]. [Artois]. Hebert, Guillaume-Francois. Remarques Faites sur Plusieurs Articles de la Coustume d'Artois, Et sur Quelques Questions de Droit et de Pratique, Par Hebert, Conseiller du Conseil Provincial d'Artois. [Artois?, 1741?]. 608, [8 blank], [9] pp. With a 9 pp..... More

First Edition of a Notable Early Digest of Coke's Reports Ashe, Thomas [c 1556-1618]. [Coke, Sir Edward (1552-1634)]. Un Perfect Table a Touts les Severall Livers del Reportes de Sir Edward Coke Chivalier, Attorney General le Iades Roigne Elizabeth, & le Roy que Ore Est: Per quel Facilment Troveres Touts..... More

A Scarce Collection of Precedents From a Well-Regarded Author Bird, James Barry. Original Precedents of Settlements, Drawn by the Most Distinguished Conveyancers of the Present Day, And Now First Published Under the Direction and Inspection of James Barry Bird, Esq. Author of the Conveyancer's Assistant, &c. London: Printed by and..... More

Protestants Can Keep Their Offices After the Glorious Revolution [Broadside]. William III and Mary II, King and Queen. By the King and Queen. A Proclamation. William R. London: Printed by John Starkey and Awnsham Churchill, 1688 [i.e. 1689]. 10-1/2" x 8-1/4" broadside, large woodcut initial. Disbound, moderate toning, single vertical..... More

A Poetic Satire of Legal Pleading [Brome, Alexander (1620-1666)]. The Record of a Famous Action Upon the Case. In Rythme. Wherein Priscilla Morecrave, Widow, Was the Plaintiff, And Roger Pricklove Was the Defendant. Being an Essay Towards the Reformation of the Law. Offered to the Consideration of the Committee Appointed..... More

"A Short Vindication of the University from Popery" [Wood, Thomas (1661-1722)]. A Dialogue Between Mr. Prejudice, A Dissenting Country Gentleman, And Mr. Reason, A Student in the University: Being a Short Vindication of the University from Popery, And an Answer to Some Objections Concerning the D. of Y. London: Printed..... More

A Treatise on Usury Critical of Bentham Plowden, Francis [1749-1829]. A Treatise Upon the Law of Usury and Annuities. London: Printed for J. Butterworth, Fleet-Street, 1797. [ii], xx, 570 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, blind fillets, retained contemporary letting piece and gilt publication date..... More

A Legal and Spiritual Condemnation of Simony Banner, Richard [1679 or 1680-1750]. A Treatise of Simony. Wherein is Enquired, How Far the Practice of Buying and Selling of Presentations, So Common in this Kingdom, May Come Under the Notion of It. London: Printed for John Watts, 1716. [iv], 42, [2]..... More

Guidance for Land Stewards Jacob, Giles [1686-1744]. The Compleat Court-Keeper: Or, Land Steward's Assistant. Containing, First, The Nature of Courts-Leets and Courts-Baron; With a General Introduction to Every Thing Incident to Them, According to Law and Custom. Secondly, The Manner of Holding Courts-Leet, Courts-Baron, And Courts of Survey, With the..... More

"The Most Important Description of the Constitution and Government Of England Written During the Tudor Age" Smith, Sir Thomas [1513-1577]. The Common-Wealth of England, And the Maner of Governement Thereof. Compiled by the Honourable Sir Thomas Smith, Knight, Doctor of Both Lawes, And One of the Principall Secretaries Unto Two..... More

A Notable Abridgment of the Parliament Rolls Cotton, Sir Robert [1570/1-1631]. Prynne, William [1600-1669], Editor. An Exact Abridgment of the Records in the Tower of London, From the Reign of King Edward the Second, Unto King Richard the Third, Of All the Parliaments Holden in Each Kings Reign, And the..... More

Sheppard's Plan to Reform Conveyancing Sheppard, William [fl. 1660]. [Browne, William, Editor]. The President of Presidents. Or, One General President for All Common Assurances by Deeds: Being a Perfect Abstract of the General Learning and Forms of Presidents, Touching or Any Ways Relating to All Conveyances Now in Use. Illustrated..... More

An Important Contribution to the Literature on Capital Punishment [Madan, Martin (1726-1790)]. Thoughts on Executive Justice, With Respect to Our Criminal Laws, Particularly on the Circuits. Dedicated to the Judges of Assize; And Recommended to the Perusal of All Magistrates; And to All Persons Who are Liable to Serve on..... More

First Edition of Selden's First Major Work Selden, John [1584-1654]. Titles of Honor. London: By William Stansby for John Helme, 1614. [xxxviii], 391, [43] pp. As in most copies, lacking blank leaves (**1-**2) between first and second dedications (a4, b1). Quarto (7-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary limp vellum with lapped edges..... More

Hunter, Robert S. Trial Handbook for Illinois Lawyers, Homicide. First edition. Thomson West, 2002. xxix, 977 pp. Tables, Index. 1 volume. As new. $50. * Includes include: Homicide and Related Crimes; The Criminal Act and the Requested Mental State; First Degree Murder; The Burden of Proof in First Degree Murder..... More

22 Henry VIII [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. [Henry VIII (1491-1547), King of England]. Anno Vicesimo Secvndo Henrici Octavi. Statvta Bonvm Pvblicvm Concernentia, Edita In Perliamento Tento Apud Westm[n]. XVI. Die Ianuarii, Anno Regni Praepotentissimi et Metuendissimi Anglie et Francie Regis, Fidei Defensoris, Et Domini Hibernie, Henrici Octaui. XXII. Post Diuersas Prorogationes..... More

The Leading Elizabethan-Era Authority on Criminal Law Pulton, Ferdinand(o) [1536-1618], Compiler. An Abstract of All the Penall Statutes Which be Generall, In Force and Use: Wherein is Conteined the Effect of All Those Statutes, Which Doe Threaten to the Offenders Thereof, The Losse of Life, Member, Lands, Goods, Or Other..... More

Comprehensive (and Scarce) Eighteenth-Century Treatise on Insurance Weskett, John. A Complete Digest of the Theory, Laws, And Practice of Insurance; Compiled from the Best Authorities in Different Languages, Which are Quoted and Referred to Throughout the Work; And Arranged in Alphabetical Order, Under Many Select Heads, With Ample References, And..... More

Blackstone's Remarks on the Wilkes Cause [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780), Attributed]. The Case of the Late Election for the County of Middlesex, Considered on the Principles of the Constitution and the Authorities of Law. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1769. [ii], 44 pp. Lacking half-title. Quarto (9" x 6"). Stab-stitched..... More

The Creation of Baronets Under James I [Great Britain]. His Majesties Commission to All the Lords, And Others of the Privie Counsell, Touching the Creation of Baronets, Whereunto are Annexed Divers Instructions, And His Majesties Letters Patents Containing the Forme of the Said Creation. Also the Forme of an Oath..... More

William of Orange Decides to Summon the Convention Parliament [Parliament]. [William III, King of England (1650-1702)]. Divers of the Members of the Parliaments in the Reign of King Charles the Second, And the Aldermen and Common-Council of the City of London, Pursuant to His Highness the Prince of Orange's Desire..... More

Interleaved and Annotated First Italian Edition of the Code Penal [Kingdom of Italy]. [Code Napoleon]. [Piantanida, Luigi (b.1770)]. Codice dei Delitti e Delle Pene pel Regno D'Italia. Edizione Ufficiale. Milan: Dalla Reale Stamperia, 1810. 176 pp. Interleaved. Octavo (8-3/4" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary paper boards, inked title to spine, ownership signatures..... More

A Satirical Take on Legal History Featuring a Three-Page "Dictionary" [Bramston, James (1694?-1744)]. Ignorami Lamentatio Super Legis Communis Translationem ex Latino in Anglicum, Una cum Dedicatione ad Dulmannum & Praefatione ad Curtesium Lectorem. Cui Adjicitur, Index Expositorius Iocupletissimus Voces Communis Legis Angliae in hoc Opere Usitatas Exponens & Explanans. London..... More

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A Gentleman's Guide to the Old Corruption Hayes, Richard. An Estimate of Places for Life: Shewing How Many Years Purchase a Place for Life is Worth. How Long a Man Must Hold His Place to Have the Value, Principal and Interest of the Purchase Money. How Much He Has Coming..... More

The First Work on the Law of the King's Forest Manwood, John [d.1610]. A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest, Wherein is Declared Not Only Those Laws, As They are Now in Force, But Also the Original and Beginning of Forests; And What a Forest is in its Own..... More

Blackstone's Analysis: The Outline of His Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. An Analysis of the Laws of England. To Which Is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse on the Study of the Law. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. lxx, [6], 189, [15] pp. Copperplate Table of Descents. Folding Table of..... More