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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

"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

A Conspiracy to Prevent Services in English in Two Lutheran Churches in Philadelphia [Trials]. Eberle, Frederick, Primary Defendant. Carson, James, Reporter. Trial of Frederick Eberle and Others, At a Nisi Prius Court, Held at Philadelphia, July 1816, Before the Honorable Jasper Yeates, Justice, For Illegally Conspiring Together by All Means..... More

A Bizarre Case Involving Murder and Fraudulent Claims of Marriage and Parenthood [Trial]. Edwards, Charles [1797-1868]. Cunningham, Emma, Claiment. The Burdell Case, Closing Argument of Mr. Charles Edwards, Advocate for Infant Next of Kin of Harvey Burdell: And in Opposition to the Claim of Emma Augusta Cunningham, For Letters of..... More

The First American Printing of a Work by Blackstone Parker, James [1714-1770]. Conductor Generalis: Or, The Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, jury-Men, and Overseers of the Poor. As Also the Office of Clerks of Assize, and of the Peace, &c. Compiled..... More

A Unique Collection of Items Relating to the Unsolved Murder of "Joe the Quilter" [Manuscript]. Bell, John [1783-1864], Compiler. [Hedley, Joseph (1749/50-1826)]. Account of the Murder of Joseph Hedley Commonly Called Joe the Quilter at Homers Lane Near Warden in the County of Northumberland 3d. January 1826. [6] ff. Disassembled..... More

Letter From a Former Student to Story With Extensive Notes by Story [Manuscript]. Fox, Edward [1815-1881]. [Story, Joseph (1779-1845)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Portland, ME, August 3, 1837]. Single leaf folded to form 10" x 8" bifolium, franked and docketed on verso of second page, which has a bit of sealing..... More

Story Praises a Colleague's Essay on Usury [Manuscript]. Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. [Whipple, John (1784-1866)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Cambridge, MA, April 22, 1837]. Single leaf folded to form 9-3/4" x 8" bifolium, franked and docketed on verso of second page, which has a bit of sealing wax. Vertical and horizontal fold..... More

A Copy Owned by Joseph Story, Benjamin Butler and Henry Fowle Durant Shower, Bartholomew. Leach, Thomas, Editor. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, During the Reigns of Charles the Second; James the Second; And William the Third. By Sir Bartholomew Shower, Knt. In Two Volumes. Volume..... More

Gallatin and Webster Discuss the Establishment of the U.S.-Canadian Border Gallatin, Albert [1761-1849]. Webster, Daniel [1782-1852]. A Memoir of the North-Eastern Boundary, In Connexion with Mr. Jay's Map. Together With a Speech on the Same Subject, By the Hon. Daniel Webster; Delivered at a Special Meeting of the New-York Historical..... More

Wigmore Advises a Young Lawyer [Manuscript]. Wigmore, John Henry [1863-1943]. [Watkins, Samuel C.G. (1853-1942)]. [Typed Letter, Signed, On Preparing for Law School, Chicago, October 2, 1930]. 1 pp. typed letter, lightly corrected in pencil, on 11" x 8-1/2" Northwestern University School of Law letterhead. Light toning and soiling, faint horizontal..... More

"Revolutionary Ends" in Communist Vietnam Taylor, Paul S. [1895-1984]. U.S. House Committee on Government Operations. Communist Strategy and Tactics of Employing Peasant Dissatisfaction Over Conditions of Land Tenure for Revolutionary Ends in Vietnam. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970. vi, 28 pp. Stapled pamphlet in self-wrappers. Moderate toning, faint..... More

The Union of Scotland and England [Nicolson, William], Lord Bishop of Carlisle [1665-1727]. Leges Marchiarum, or Border-Laws: Containing Several Original Articles and Treaties, Made and Agreed upon by the Commissioners of the Respective Kings of England and Scotland, for the Better Preservation of Peace and Commerce upon the Marches of..... More

Rare Calf-Bound Presentation Copy [Trial]. Pritchard, Edward William [1825-1865], Defendant. Roughead, William, [1870-1952], Editor. Trial of Dr. Pritchard. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1906]. 343 pp. Portrait frontispiece. 14 plates. Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering piece to spine, gilt-stamped company name to..... More

A Compilation of Scottish Justiciary Records with an Interesting Letter about an Estate Case Alison, Sir Archibald [1792-1867]. List of Cases for Trial at the Glasgow Autumn Circuit, September 1829. The Right Hon. Lord Justice-Clerk and Lord Moncreiff. Archibald Alison, Esq. Advocate Depute. [Glasgow: S.n., 1829]. [16], 9-307, [1] pp..... More

1807 Portland Edition of Blackstone [C] Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Christian, Edward [1758-1823], Editor. Commentaries on the Laws of England, In Four Books. From the Last London Edition. With the Last Corrections of the Author; And With Notes and Additions By Edward Christian, Esquire, Chief Justice of the Isle of..... More