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Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer [1834-36]
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
Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer
Crompton, Charles & John Jervis. Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber [1830-32]. American Decisions by Hare & Wallace. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson, 1865-66. Two volumes. Contemporary calf. Worn, covers detached, portions of spines lacking. Internally sound.$75. *Wallace 534. More
Crown Cases Reserved...
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
Reports of Cases...in the Court of Exchequer [1814-24]
Price, George. Reports of Cases...in the Court of Exchequer [1814-24]. London: Various publishers, 1816-32. Ten of thirteen volumes. Contemporary calf. Ex-library. Worn, covers detached, rehinged with tape. Internally sound. $300. * Wallace 534. More
Reports of Cases...in the House of Lords [1831-46
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
Reports of Cases...in Chancery
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
Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery [1848-50]
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
Reports of Cases Decided at Nisi Prius
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
Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery
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
A Digest of the Reported Decisions. 1884. 7 Vols. [Mews Digest]
Mews, John. A Digest of the Reported Decisions of the Courts of Common Law, Bankruptcy, Probate. Admiralty, and Divorce [1756-1883]. London: H. Sweet [et al.], 1884. Seven volumes. Contemporary three-quarter calf. Ex-library. Worn, most covers detached, some crudely repaired. Internally sound. $250. *First edition. Marke 33. More
British Ruling Cases. 8 vols. 1900-1911. of 16 published.
[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
Common Bench Reports
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
A Digest of the Reported Decisions
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
Ruling Cases. (1307-1908) 27 vols. with 2 supplement vols. Complete.
Campbell, Robert [Editor]. Ruling Cases. Arranged, Annotated, and Edited... With American Notes by Irving Browne. London: Steven and Sons, Ltd., 1894-1908. Twenty-seven volumes. [with]: Extra Annotations to English Ruling Cases: Tracing the History and Present Authority of Every Decision in the English Cases... Rochester: The Lawyer's Co-operative Publishing Co., 1916..... More
Reports...in the High Court of Chancery
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
Reports of Cases...in the Court of King's Bench... 12 vols.
Adolphus, John Leycester & Thomas Flower Ellis. Reports of Cases...in the Court of King's [and Queen's] Bench [1834-1840]. London: Printed for Saunders and Benning, 1835-42. 12 Volumes. Contemporary half calf, two volumes in cloth. Ex-library. Worn, most volumes have one of their covers detached, several volumes repaired with tape. An..... More
Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer
Meeson, R. and W.N. Welsby. Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer and Exchequer Chamber [1836-47]. With References to Decisions in the American Courts. Edited by J.I. Clark Hare & H.B. Wallace. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson & Co., 1864-70. Sixteen volumes. Contemporary calf, two volumes clothbound. Ex-library. Extremely worn. Covers..... More
Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber
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
Expositions upon the Statute of 43 Eliz for the Poare, c 1655.
Early Manuscript Notes on Elizabethan Poor Laws [Manuscript]. [Dalton, Michael (1564-1644)]. Expositions upon the Statute of 43 Eliz. for the Poare. N.p., c.1655. [13] pp. ms text on 8" x 6" sheets interleaved and bound into [27] ff. 11" x 7-1/2" blank book. Later three-quarter vellum over marbled boards, gilt..... More
The Third Part of the Institutes [Bound with] The Fourth Part of the..
The Macclesfield Copy of Coke's Third and Fourth Institutes Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1643]. The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning High Treason, And Other Pleas of the Crown, And Criminal Causes. London: Printed for A. Crooke, W. Leake [et al.], 1669. [viii], 243, [19] pp..... More
The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England
The Macclesfield Copy of Coke's Landmark Commentary on Magna Carta Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Containing the Exposition of Many Ancient, And Other Statutes; Whereof You May See the Particulars in a Table Following. London: Printed for A. Crooke, W...... More
The Oxford History of the Laws of England. Volume VI. 1483-1558
Baker, Sir John. The Oxford History of the Laws of England. Volume VI. 1483-1558. Oxford University Press, 2003, reprinted 2013. Hardcover. ISBN 0198258178, ISBN-13 9780198258179. As new. $250. * "This volume covers the years 1483-1558. It first considers constitutional developments, and addresses the question of whether there was a rule..... More
A Legal History of Scotland. 7 Volumes. 1988-2004. Complete set.
Walker, David M. A Legal History of Scotland. Edinburgh: W. Green, T. & T. Clark, Butterworth, LexisNexis, 1988-2004. 7 volumes. Complete set. As new, excellent condition. $950. * Walker's seven volumes of A Legal History of Scotland is so far the only attempt made to compile a chronological exploration of..... More
Journal of the Federal Convention Kept by James Madison. Special...
[Madison, James]. Journal of the Federal Convention Kept by James Madison. Special Edition. Edited by E.H. Scott. Originally published: Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1898. 805 pp. Reprinted 2003, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772569; ISBN- 10:1584772565. Hardcover. Some pages dog-eared. Else fine. $20. * The MADISON PAPERS..... More
A Concise History of the Common Law. Fifth Edition.
A Standard History of the Common Law Plucknett, Theodore F.T. A Concise History of the Common Law. Fifth Edition. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956. xxvi, 746, 56 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191245 ISBN-10: 1616191244. Paperback. Light shelfwear, else very good. $10. *..... More
Journal of the Federal Convention Kept by James Madison. Special...
[Madison, James]. Journal of the Federal Convention Kept by James Madison. Special Edition. Edited by E.H. Scott. Originally published: Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1898. 805 pp. Reprinted 2003, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772569; ISBN- 10:1584772565. Hardcover. Cover lightly bumped. Else fine. $20. * The MADISON PAPERS..... More
The Legal Status of the Negro.
Mangum, Charles. The Legal Status of the Negro. Originally published: Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1940. viii, [iv], 436 pp. Reprinted 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616194017; ISBN-10: 1616194014. Paperback. Small tear to front cover, else very good. $15. * Originally published in 1940, this..... More
Lex Aquilia (Digest IX,2, Ad Legum Aquiliam): Text, Translation and...
Thayer, James Bradley. Lex Aquilia (Digest IX,2, Ad Legum Aquiliam): Text, Translation and Commentary. On Gifts Between Husband and Wife (Digest XXIV, 1, De Donationibus Inter Virum et Uxorem) Text and Commentary. Originally published: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1929. vi, 3-226 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13..... More
Magistrates and Pioneers: Essays in the History of American Law
Billings, Warren M. Magistrates and Pioneers: Essays in the History of American Law. Foreword by Mark F. Fernandez. Clark: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2011. xix, 460 pp. ISBN-13: 9781616191283; ISBN-10: 1616191287. Paperback. Light shelfwear, else very good. $25. * Magistrates and Pioneers collects eighteen essays (five of which are new)..... More
Nuremberg and Vietnam. PAPERBACK
With a New introductory Essay by Benjamin Ferencz Taylor, Telford. Nuremberg and Vietnam. An American Tragedy. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, [1970]. xxvii, 224 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. With a New Introductory Essay entitled "Will We Finally Apply Nuremberg's Lessons?" by Benjamin Ferencz, Chief Prosecutor for the United..... More
Legal Foundations of Capitalism.
Commons, John R. Legal Foundations of Capitalism. Originally published: The Macmillan Company, 1924. x, [ii], 394 pp. Reprinted 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775973; ISBN-10: 1584775971. Hardcover. Cover lightly bumped, several pages dog-eared. Internally very good. $31.95 * One of his most important American studies of labor economics..... More
The Experienced Solicitor, In Proceedings Under the Appellant...
A Scarce Guide to Pleading Before the House of Lords Urquhart, George. The Experienced Solicitor, In Proceedings Under the Appellant Jurisdiction of the Right Honourable the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error, And the Jurisdiction Exercised by the House in Matters of Peerage. London: Printed by W...... More
The Plea of Clarence Darrow, August 22nd, 23rd & 25th 1924 In Defense.
Inscribed by Clarence Darrow to his Son Paul [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. The Plea of Clarence Darrow, August 22nd, 23rd & 25th 1924, In Defense of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. On Trial for Murder. Authorized and Revised Edition Together with a Brief Summary of the Facts. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher..... More
Arguments of State's Attorney Robert E Crowe In Behalf of the People..
Signed by the Prosecutor of Leopold and Loeb [Loeb-Leopold Case]. Crowe, Robert E. [1879-1958]. Arguments of State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe In Behalf of the People In the Case of The People of the State of Illinois vs. Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., And Richard A. Loeb. [Chicago?: s.n., 1924?]. 90..... More
The Crime and Trial of Leopold and Loeb, Owned by Leopold's Brother.
Owned by Nathan Leopold's Brother McKernan, Maureen. The Crime and Trial of Leopold and Loeb. Introduction by Clarence Darrow and Walter Bachrach. London: George Allen & Unwin, [1925]. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Original publisher's cloth, red rules to boards, red-stamped decoration to front board and title to spine, bookplate of Foreman M...... More
The Trial of the Honourable Admiral John Byng [With 2 Other Trials].
Three Notable Eighteenth-Century British Trials [Trials]. Byng, John [1704-1757], Defendant. The Trial of the Honourable Admiral John Byng, At a Court-Martial, As Taken by Mr. Charles Fearne, Judge-Advocate of his Majesty's Fleet. London: Printed for R. Manby near Ludgate-Hill [et al.], 1757. 130 [i.e. 134]; 19 [i.e. 21], [1] pp..... More
Francis, Lord Bacon: Or, The Case of Private and National Corruption..
A Prolific Pamphleteer Attacks the South Sea Company An Englishman. [Gordon, Thomas (d.1750)]. Francis, Lord Bacon: Or, The Case of Private and National Corruption, And Bribery, Impartially Consider'd. Addressed to all South-Sea Directors, Members of Parliament, Members of State, And Church-Dignitaries. London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1721. xvi, 62, [2]..... More
An Eye for an Eye, New York, 1905. First edition, Paul Darrow's copy.
Paul Darrow's Copy Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. An Eye for an Eye. New York: Fox, Duffield & Company, 1905. 213 pp. Original cream publisher's cloth, black-stamped title and author name to front board and spine. Light rubbing and soiling to boards and extremities, light fading to spine, front hinge cracked, faint..... More
The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, Or, A...
Attractive Early Edition of Coke on Littleton Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1643]. The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Or, A Commentarie Upon Littleton, Not the Name of a Lawyer Onely, But of the Law It Selfe. Corrected: With an Alphabeticall Table Thereunto Added. London: Printed by..... More
The Proceedings and Tryal [With] The Several Proceedings...
The Trial of the Seven Bishops and the Impeachment of Lord John Somers [Trials]. [Sancroft, William (1617-1693), Et Al. Defendants]. The Proceedings and Tryal in the Case of The Most Reverend Father in God William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, And the Right Reverend Fathers in God, William Lord Bishop of..... More
General Principles of Criminal Law. Second Edition.
"The Most Important Treatise on Criminal Law Produced by American Legal Scholarship" Hall, Jerome. General Principles of Criminal Law. Second Edition. Originally published: Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, [1960]. xii, 642 pp. Reprinted 2005, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774983; ISBN-10: 1584774983. Hardcover. 2" tear to front cover..... More
The Legal Status of the Negro
Mangum, Charles. The Legal Status of the Negro. Originally published: Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1940. viii, [iv], 436 pp. Reprinted 2000, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770817; ISBN-10: 1584770813. Hardcover. Top of spine bumped. Else fine. $20. * Originally published in 1940, this was..... More
Remarks Upon the Tryals of Edward Fitzharris [With] A Reply to...
Extra-Illustrated with Portraits of the Defendants [Trials]. Hawles, Sir John [1645-1716]. Remarks Upon the Tryals of Edward Fitzharris, Stephen Colledge, Count Coningsmark, The Lord Russel, Collonel Sidney, Henry Cornish, And Charles Bateman. As Also on the Earl of Shaftsbury's Grand Jury, Wilmore's Homine Replegiando, And the Award of Execution Against..... More
Master Worsley's Book on the History and Constitution of the...
A Handsomely Illustrated History of the Middle Temple Worsley, Charles [d. 1739]. Ingpen, Arthur Robert [1857-1917], Editor. Master Worsley's Book on the History and Constitution of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. London: Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1910. x, 340 pp. Frontispiece and 22 plates, all with tissue..... More
The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A...
Handsome 1719 Edition of Coke on Littleton Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1643]. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary Upon Littleton, Not the Name of the Author Only, But of the Law It Self (...) Also Three Learned Tracts of the Same Author: The..... More
A Collection of All the Statutes Now in Force, Relating to the Duties
1764 Compilation of English Excise Taxes [Taxation]. [Great Britain]. A Collection of All the Statutes Now in Force, Relating to the Duties of Excise in England. London: Printed by Mark Baskett, 1764. iv, 662, [8], [110] pp. Folio (12" x 7-1/2"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, raised bands, lettering..... More
A Lecture on Heads [With] Songs Comic and Satyrical, 1788.
"I Love Fun! Keep It Up!" Stevens, George Alexander [1710-1784]. A Lecture on Heads, Written by George Alexander Stevens, With Additions by Mr. Pilon; As Delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewis, At the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, The Royalty-Theatre, Well-Close-Square, And in Various Parts of the Kingdom; Also in the East-Indies. To..... More
Resist Not Evil, Second Edition. Inscribed by Darrow to His Son.
Presented by Darrow to His Son Darrow, Clarence [1854-1938]. Resist Not Evil. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, 1903. 179 pp. Original green textured cloth, white-stamped title and ornaments to front board, white-stamped title to spine. Very light rubbing to extremities, interior clean. Inscription "Paul E. Darrow/ from his father" in Darrow's..... More
A Persian Pearl and Other Essays. Inscribed to Jessie Ohl Darrow.
Limited Edition of A Persian Pearl Inscribed by Darrow "To My Best Friend" Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. A Persian Pearl And Other Essays. East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1899. 175 pp. Limp suede, handsome large blind-stamped cartouche to front cover surrounding gilt-stamped title, ribbon marker, moire silk to pastedowns, deckle edges..... More
Reports of Judicial Decisions in the Constitutional Court...
Early South Carolina Appellate Reports [South Carolina]. Reports of Judicial Decisions in the Constitutional Court, Of the State of South-Carolina; Held at Charleston and Columbia, During the Years 1812, 13, 14, 15, And 16. To Which is Added, Two Cases Determined in the Court of Equity in the Year Eighteen..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Evidence. 2 vols. 3rd American ed.
Early American Edition of a Classic Treatise on Evidence Phillips, S[amuel] March [1780-1862]. Dunlap, John A. [1793?-1858?], Notes. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence. With Notes and References to American Authorities, By John A. Dunlap, And Additional Notes and References by a Gentleman of the New-York Bar. New York..... More
Decretus Gratiani Cu[m] Glossis D[omi]ni Joannis Theutonici...
Handsome Illustrated Giunta Edition of the Decretum Gratiani Gratian the Canonist [c. 1090-c.1160]. Johannes Teutonicus (or Zeneka) [d.1253], Glossator. Bartolomeo da Brescia (d.1258), Glossator. Martinus, Polonus [d. 1279], Margariti Decreti. Joannes, Diaconus Hispanus, Flos Decreti. Decretus Gratiani Cu[m] Glossis D[omi]ni Joannis Theutonici Prepositi Alberstatensis [et] Annotationibus Bartholomei Brixiensis, Divisionibus Archidiaconi..... More
Questions Notables du Droit. Grenoble, 1668.
Heavily Annotated Work on Inheritance and Family Law Du Perier, Scipion [1588-1667]. Questions Notables du Droit. Grenoble: Chez Jean Nicolas, 1668. [xxxvi], 352, 355-413, [1] pp. Collates complete. Quarto (8-3/4" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary mottled sheep, raised bands and gilt title to spine, gilt decoration to compartments, edges speckled red. Light..... More
Ordonnances et Reglemens Relatifs a l'Etablissement des Titres...
Rare 1818 Collection of French Laws Concerning Nobles [Nobility]. [France]. Ordonnances et Reglemens Relatifs a l'Etablissement des Titres Hereditaires, Aux Lettres de nobless, &c. &c. Arretes et Avis de la Commission du Sceau. Deuxieme Recueil. [Paris]: S.n., 1818. [ii], 240 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Stab-stitched, plain wrappers, front wrapper..... More
Decretales Epistolae Gregorii Noni [With] Sextus Decretalium Liber...
Milestones in the Codification of Canon Law Gregory IX, Pope [1227-1241]. Raymond of Penaforte, Saint [1175?-1275], Compiler. [Bottoni, Bernardo (d.1266), Glosses]. [D'Andrea, Giovanni (c.1270-1348), Glosses]. Decretales Epistolae Gregorii Noni Pontificis Maximi, Quas Summa Fide & Accurata Diligentia: Iam Recens ad Veterum Codicum Fidem Repurgavimus & Contulimus. Cum Additionibus Doctiss. Virorum..... More
Ordonnance de Louis XIV, Roy de France et de Navarre. Donnee a Saint
With Annotations by a Contemporary Law Professor [France]. [Civil Procedure]. [Colbert, Jean-Baptiste (1619-1683)]. Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre[1643-1715]. Ordonnance de Louis XIV. Roy de France et de Navarre. Donnee a Saint Germain en Laye au Mois d'Avril 1667. Paris: Chez les Associez Choisis par Ordre de Sa Maieste..... More
A System of the Laws of the State of Connecticut, In Six Books. 2 vols
The First American Legal Text Swift, Zephaniah [1759-1823]. A System of the Laws of the State of Connecticut. In Six Books. Windham, CT: Printed by John Byrne for the Author, 1795-1796. Two volumes. vii [i.e. iv], 452; v, [1], 479, [12] pp. With a folding copperplate table of descents and..... More
The Lawyer, His Character and Rule of Holy Life After the Manner...
A Lawyer of "Ideal Holiness" O'Brien, Edward [1808-1840]. The Lawyer, His Character and Rule of Holy Life, After the Manner of George Herbert's Country Parson. London: William Pickering, 1842. xx, 284, [4] pp. Includes four-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary cloth, printed paper title label to spine. Light..... More
Coustumes du Haut et Bas Pays d'Auvergne, Avec la Paraphrase de...
1667 Auvergne Coutumier, Heavily Annotated by a Deputy of the Third Estate Basmaison-Pougnet, Jean de [1535?-1600?]. Du Moulin, Charles [1500-1566], Annotator. Consul, Guillame, Editor. Grenier, Jean-Baptiste [1753-1838], Former Owner. Coustumes du Haut et Bas Pays d'Auvergne, Avec la Paraphrase de M. Jean de Basmaison Pougnet, Advocat en la Senechaussee d'Auvergne..... More
Trial of James Stewart. Notable Scottish Trials. First edition. 1907.
A Trial that Inspired Stevenson [Trial]. Stewart, James [c.1698-1752], Defendant. Trial of James Stewart. The Appin Murder. Ed. by David N. Mackay. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1907]. Notable Scottish Trials. Title page printed in red and black. xvi, 369 pp. Frontispiece and illustration depicting the site of..... More
Trial of the City of Glasgow Bank Directors. Notable Scottish Trials.
One of the Greatest Commercial Scandals in Scotland's History [Trial]. Wallace, William, Editor. Trial of the City of Glasgow Bank Directors. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1905]. [x], 472 pp. Frontispiece, and 11 full page illustrations. Original green cloth, lightly rubbed, top-edge gilt, deckle fore and bottom-edges, gilt..... More
Trial of Mrs. M'Lachlan. First edition. Notable Scottish Trials
First Edition, Inscribed by William Roughead [Trial]. M'Lachlan, Jessie [1834?-1899], Defendant. Roughead, William [1870-1952], Editor. Trial of Mrs. M'Lachlan. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1911]. Notable Scottish Trials. c, 339 pp. 9 plates, 1 folding. Frontispiece. 4 pp. publisher advertisement (for Notable British Trials). Original cloth, gilt title..... More
Ordonnance de Son Altesse Royale, Pour l'Administration de la Justice.
A Scarce Volume of Laws of Lorraine Enriched with Contemporary Annotations [Lorraine]. Ordonnance de Son Altesse Royale, Pour l'Administration de la Justice. Donnee a Luneville au Mois de Novembre 1707. Nouvelle Edition. Revue, Corrigee & Augmentee. Nancy: Chez Jean-Baptiste Cusson, 1725. Two volumes with continuous pagination. [xvi], 204, 367-390; 205-334..... More
Code Civil Annote des Dispositions et Decisions Ulterieures de la...
Extensively Annotated, Wide-Margined Edition of the Code Napoleon [Code Napoleon]. Sirey, J[ean]-B[aptiste] [1762-1845]. Code Civil Annote: Des Dispositions et Decisions Ulterieures de la Legislation & De la Jurisprudence, Avec Renvoi, Pour l'Indication des Matieres, Aux Quatre Principaux Recueils de Jurisprudence, Qui ont ete Publies, Depuis Treize Ans, Dans la Capitale..... More
Leggi, E Costituzioni di Sua Maesta/Loix et Constitutions... 2 vols.
Scarce 1770 Digest of Sardinian Laws with Extensive Early Manuscript Annotations [Sardinia, Kingdom of]. Leggi, E Costituzioni di Sua Maesta/Loix et Constitutions de sa Majeste. Turin: Nella Stamperia Reale, 1770. Turin: Nella Stamperia Reale, 1770. Two volumes. xii, 504; 574, [2] pp. Two-column text, Italian with parallel French translation. Interleaved..... More
Trial of Oscar Slater. First edition, 1910. Notable Scottish Trials.
Inscribed by William Roughead [Trial]. Slater, Oscar [1872-1948], Defendant. Roughead, William [1870-1952], Editor. Trial of Oscar Slater. Edinburgh and Glasgow: William Hodge & Company, [1910]. Frontispiece and 14 additional illustrations, including two folding maps. lxxx, 321 pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine, top edge gilt. Light shelf wear. "George..... More
Commentaries on the Law of Agency as a Branch of Commercial and..
Nicholas St. John Green's Edition of Story on Agency Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Green, Nicholas St. John [1830-1876], Editor. Commentaries on the Law of Agency as a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Law. With Occasional Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1874. xl, 706 pp..... More
A Summary of Colonial Law, The Practice of the Court of Appeals...
An Important Work for the Study of Britain's Colonial System Clark, Charles [d. 1881]. A Summary of Colonial Law, The Practice of the Court of Appeals from the Plantations, And of the Laws and Their Administration in All the Colonies: With Charters of Justice, Orders in Council, &c. &c. &c..... More
Horrible Murder Committed in the Parish of Kilbarchan, On the 20th...
"With an Account of the Apprehension of the Unnatural Mother" [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Wood, Isabella (d.1823)]. Horrible Murder Committed in the Parish of Kilbarchan, On the 20th Day of September Last, on the Body of Isabella Wood, A Girl About 10 Years of Age, By Her Own Mother.... Glasgow: John Muir..... More
The Life, Trial, And Execution of Jane Robinson, Who Was Executed...
"Brought to an Ignominious Death by Keeping Bad Company and Giving Way to Bad Advice" [Broadside]. [Execution]. [Robinson, Jane (1798 or 1799-1821)]. The Life, Trial, And Execution of Jane Robinson Who was Executed at the New Drop, London, On Saturday, June 9, 1821, For Being Concerned in Robbing and Murdering..... More
The Malefactor's Register; Or,The Newgate and Tyburn Calendar, 6 vols
"A General Display of the Progress and Consequence of Vice," Illustrated with 55 Copperplates [C][Criminals]. [Great Britain]. The Malefactor's Register; Or, The Newgate and Tyburn Calendar. Containing the Authentic Lives, Trials, Accounts of Executions, And Dying Speeches, Of the Most Notorious Violators of the Laws of Their Country; Who have..... More
Studi in Onore di Edoardo Volterra, Milan, 1971.
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