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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 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
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
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 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
Things that I Do in the Dark, Selected Poems. Inscribed to William...
With a Warm Presentation Inscription to William Kunstler Jordan, June [1936-2002]. Things that I Do in the Dark, Selected Poems. New York: Random House, [1977]. xvii, [1], 203, [2] pp. Hardcover in lightly edgeworn dust jacket, negligible faint stain to fore-edge of dust jacket, presentation inscription to William Kunstler to..... More
The Suffrage Franchise in the Thirteen English Colonies in America.
McKinley, Albert Edward. The Suffrage Franchise in the Thirteen English Colonies in America. Philadelphia: Published for the University; Boston: Ginn & Co., agents, 1905. v, 518 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778936; ISBN-10: 1584778938. Paperback. Pages slightly ruffled. Good. $10. * Reprint of the sole edition..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, New Haven, March 29, 1860.
A Connecticut Jurist-Politician Known for his Role in the Amistad Case Discusses His State's Voter Literacy Test [Manuscript]. Baldwin, Roger Sherman [1793-1863]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, New Haven, March 29, 1860]. 10" x 8" bifolium, content to recto and verso of first leaf. Light toning, vertical and horizontal fold lines, a...... More
A Selection of Legal Maxims, Classified and Illustrated.
Broom's Legal Maxims Broom, Herbert [1815-1882]. A Selection of Legal Maxims, Classified and Illustrated. Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson & Co., 1874. lxxviii, 993 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary starched buckram, chipped lettering piece to spine. Light shelfwear and soiling, some toning to text, Private law firm property stamp..... More
Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of...
Set of Final Proof Sheets for the Warren Commission Report. [C] [Warren Commission]. Report of The President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964. xxiv, 888 pp. on 1,824 single-sided leaves, 2 copies of cover sheet (indicating release date). Complete. Light toning..... More
Leaf from an Autograph Book that Belonged to Alfred Eisenstaedt.
Greetings to Alfred Eisenstaedt from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brennan and Reinhold Niebuhr [Manuscript]. Brennan, William J, Jr. [1906-1997]. Niebuhr, Reinhold [1892-1971]. [Eisenstaedt, Alfred (1898-1995)]. [Leaf from an Autograph Book that Belonged to Alfred Eisenstaedt, Dated October 10 and May 14, 1956]. 5" x 6-1/4" removed leaf, untrimmed edges, stab..... More
Martin's Bench and Bar of Philadelphia; Together with Other Lists...
From the Library of John Griffith McCullough Martin, John Hill. Martin's Bench and Bar of Philadelphia; Together With Other Lists of Persons Appointed to Administer the Laws in the City and County of Philadelphia, and the Province and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: R. Welsh & Co., 1883. xvi, [5]-326 pp..... More
Virginia Colonial Decisions: The Reports of Decisions of the... 2 vols
Randolph, Sir John [c.1693-1737], Reporter. Barradall, Edward [1704-1743], Reporter. Barton, R.T., Editor. Virginia Colonial Decisions: The Reports of Decisions of the General Court of Virginia 1728-1741. Edited, with Historical Introduction. Boston: the Boston Book Company, 1909. 2 Volumes. xxviii, 250, 118; 394 pp. Frontispiece. A married set, tan buckram, red..... More
The Bench and Bar of New York. Containing Biographical Sketches of...
Proctor, L[ucien] B[rock]. The Bench and Bar of New-York. Containing Biographical Sketches of Eminent Judges, and Lawyers of the New-York Bar, incidents of the important trials in which they were engaged, and anecdotes connected with their professional, political and judicial career. New York: Diossy & Co., 1870. viii, 779 p...... More
Memoire Pour les Officiers de la Maitrise des Eaux et Forets de...
An Unrecorded Memorandum on Forestry with Interesting, Detailed Annotations by a Contemporary Reader [France]. Memoire Pour les Officiers de la Maitrise des Eaux et Forets de Sarguemines, Defendeurs & Demandeurs: Contre les Maire, Syndic, Habitans & Communaute de Rhaling, Defendeurs & Demandeurs. [Nancy: Chez Pierre Barbier, 1786]. 51, [3] pp..... More
Ordonnance de Louis XIV roy de France et de Navarre donnee a Saint...
An Interleaved and Heavily Annotated Copy of an Important Ordonnance of Louis XIV [France]. [Louis XIV [1638-1715], King of France]. Ordonnance de Louis XIV. Roy de France et de Navarre Donnee a Saint-Germain en Laye au Mois d'Avril 1667. Paris: Chez les Associes Choisis par Ordre de sa Maieste pour..... More
Gereformeerde Willekeuren Ende Stadt-Rechten van Harderwyck.
Interleaved and Extensively Annotated by Two Early Readers [Harderwijk (Netherlands)]. Gereformeerde Willekeuren Ende Stadt-Rechten van Harderwyck. Harderwyck: By de Erv. van Jan Rampen, 1734. [10], 227 pp. Interleaved. Quarto (10-1/2" x 8-1/4"). Contemporary quarter vellum over formerly paper-covered boards, edges untrimmed. Paper covering boards abraded, creasing and light wear to..... More
History of the Bench and Bar of New York. 2 volumes
Owned by a Distinguished New York Attorney McAdam, David, Editor. Bischoff, Henry, Jr., Editor. History of the Bench and Bar of New York. [New York]: New York History Company, 1897. Engraved frontispiece (Alexander Hamilton), illustrated throughout with full-page engraved portraits. 2 volumes. [iv], 598; [ii], 404 pp. Quarto (10-1/4" x...... More
Historic Opinions of the United States Supreme Court. Inscribed author
Inscribed to Felix Frankfurter? Doskow, Ambrose. Editor. Historic Opinions of the United States Supreme Court. With a Preface and introductory Notes. New York, NY: The Vanguard Press, [1935]. xvii, 537 pp. Cloth in worn dust jacket. Faint dampspotting to endleaves, "To Felix/ the ever helpful critic/ Ambrose Doskow" to front..... More
The Code of Procedure of the State of New York, As Amended April 16...
Owned by a Congressman, California Legislator and Correspondent of Lincoln [Field Codes]. [Voorhies, John Stevens (1809-1865), Publisher]. [Campbell, Thompson (1811-1868)]. The Code of Procedure of the State of New York, As Amended April 16, 1852, With Copius Notes and References, And An Appendix, Containing the Recent Rules of the Court..... More
Praxis Rerum Civilium [Bound With] Enchiridion Partium, aut Similium
A Classic Illustrated Treatise on Civil Law Damhouder, Josse (Joost) de [1507-1581]. Praxis Rerum Civilium: Praetoribus, Propraetoribus, Consulibus, Proconsulibus, Magistratibus, Reliquisque id Genus Iustitiariis ac Officiaiis, In Quacunque Republica Forensem Administrationem Assumentibus Apprime Utilis & Necessaria, Cum Nonnullis Iconibus Materiae Subiectae Conuenientibus. Antwerp: Apud Ioannem Bellerum, 1567. [lxiv], 575 [i.e...... More
Super Feudis [and] Consilia [and] Rubrica de Differentiis Inter...
Handsome 1498 Printing of an Important Commentary on Feudal Law Alvarotus, Jacobus [1385-1453]. [Corbinellus, Matthaeus de, Additions]. [Mascarellus, Montorius, Additions]. [Baptista de Sancto Blasio, Johannes]. [Super Feudis (and) Consilia (and, by Baptista de Sancto Blasio,) Rubrica de Differentiis Inter Decisiones Feudales et Decisiones Civilis. Consilium ad Materiam l.i (sec) Praeterea..... More
De Jure Augusti Et Romani Imperii, In Parmae & Placentiae Ducatibus...
A Handsome Collection of Essays on the Reception of Roman Law [Holy Roman Empire]. De Jure Augusti et Romani Imperii, In Parmae & Placentiae Ducatibus, Dissertationes X. Amsterdam: Sumptibus Auctoris, 1729. [viii], 128, [1] pp. Quarto (9-1/2" x 6-3/4"). Contemporary mottled calf, elaborate gilt frames to boards, gilt spine with..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes.
First American Edition With Six Pages of Contemporary Notes Kyd, Stewart [d.1811]. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, 1798. xii, 288 pp. 12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets to..... More
An Account of the Trial of Thomas Cooper of Northumberland on a Charge
"Is This A Fair Specimen of the Freedom You Expected To Derive, From the Adoption of the Federal Constitution?" [Trial]. Cooper, Thomas [1759-1839], Defendant. An Account of the Trial of Thomas Cooper, Of Northumberland; On a Charge of Libel Against the President of the United States; Taken in Short Hand..... More
Murder of Joseph White. The Following Lines Were Written on the Death
A Murder Broadside Mounted to a Scrapbook Leaf with Images and Other Texts [Broadside]. [Murder]. [White, Joseph (1747 or 1748-1830)]. Murder of Joseph White. The Following Lines Were Written on the Death of Mr. Joseph White, Of Salem, Who was Found Murdered in His Bed on the Morning of the..... More
Arms of Liberty and Slavery: To the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders
"Always Ready in a Good Cause" [Broadside]. Wilkes, John [1725-1797]. Arms of Liberty and Slavery. To the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of Middlesex. [Signed in type: John Wilkes, King's-Bench Prison, Saturday, June 18, 1768]. [London: S.n.], 1768. 13" x 8" broadside, text in two columns with ornamental..... More
Anarchism on Trial: Speeches of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman...
The Trial of America's Most Famous Anarchists [Trial]. Goldman, Emma [1869-1940], Defendant. Berkman, Alexander [1870-1936], Defendant. Anarchism on Trial: Speeches of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman Before the United States District Court in the City of New York, July, 1917. New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1917. 87, [9] pp..... More
Der Amerikanische Burger. Handbuch de Deutschredenden Burgers der...
A Civic Guide for German-Speaking Americans Peters, Anton, Publisher. Der Amerikanische Burger. Handbuch des Deutschredenden Burgers der Vereinigten Staten, Enthaltend in Einfacher und Verstandlicher Sprache Einen Umriss Unserer Regierungsform, Und die Gesetze, Wissenswerth Fur Jeden Burger Als Mitglied des Einzel- Und Gesammtstaates, Sowie Als Farmer, Handwerks- Und Geschaftsmann, Nebst den..... More
Mucio Barquere, Presidente de la Exma, Asamblea Departamental de...
Unrecorded Broadside Establishing the Election of Judges in the Republic of Mexico [Broadside]. Barquera, Mucio. Inclan, Jose Maria de. Mucio Barquere, Presidente de la Exma. Asamblea Departamental de Mexico, Y Por La Ley Gobernador Interino del Departamento [Caption Title]. [Mexico: S.n.], December 15, 1845. 13" x 9-1/4" broadside, text in..... More
Mucio Barquera, Presidente de la Exma, Asamblea De Mexico, Y Por La...
Unrecorded Broadside Establishing a New Senatorial Body [Broadside]. Barquera, Mucio. Inclan, Jose Maria de. Mucio Barquera, Presidente de la Exma. Asamblea De Mexico, Y Por La Ley Gobernador Interino de Su Departmento [Caption Title]. [Mexico: S.n.], September 29, 1845. 17-1/4" x 12-1/2" broadside, text in two columns below headline, signed..... More
Portraits of United States Senators With A Biographical Sketch of Each
[United States]. [Congress]. Portraits of United States Senators, With A Biographical Sketch of Each. Claremont, NH: Tracy, Kenney & Company, 1856. 119, [1] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4-1/4"). Original publisher's blindstamped cloth, gilt title to front board. Light rubbing, a few tiny holes to rear joint, spine ends and corners..... More
Typed Correspondence and Testimonials on Behalf of Tom Mooney, 1918-29
Testimonials on Behalf of a Wrongfully Convicted Bomber [Manuscript]. [Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. [Typed Correspondence and Testimonials on Behalf of Tom Mooney]. California, c.1929? [10] ff. 11" x 8-1/2" typed sheets stapled together at upper left corner (5 copies of letters from Franklin A. Griffin, signed in type, 2 quotations from..... More
Fundraising Materials for Thomas Mooney and Warren Billings, 1935-38.
"Without Your Aid I Am Not Only Helpless But Hopeless" [Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. [Billings, Warren K. (1893-1972)]. [Fundraising Materials for Thomas Mooney and Warren K. Billings]. New York and San Francisco, 1935-1938. 2 leaflets, 4 letters and press releases, 3 in transmittal envelopes with small donation cards or receipts, sizes..... More
Justice and Labor in the Mooney Case.
"An Issue Not Unworthy to be Ranked With The Other Great Problems Arising Out of the War" [Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. Justice and Labor in the Mooney Case. [San Francisco: Published and Copyrighted by International Workers' Defense League], 1919. 31, [1] pp. Illustrated. Pamphlet in self-wrappers, previously stapled and recently resewn..... More
Mother Mooney In Life and in Death.
"Finish Mother Mooney's Fight to Free Her Son" Mooney, Thomas [1882-1942]. [Mooney, Mary Hefferon (d.1934)]. Mother Mooney In Life and in Death. [S.l.: S.n.], 1934. 4 pp. 10-3/4" x 8-1/2" bifolium leaflet, portrait of Mary Mooney to front. Moderate toning, horizontal fold line, small stain to gutter. $250. * Mooney..... More
The Trial of Charles I.
Wedgwood, C.V. The Trial of Charles I. London: Collins, 1964. 253 pp. Hardcover in priced clipped, lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Grand Delinquent; Grandees, Presbyterians & Levellers; Right & Might Well Met; Great Business; King on Trial; King Condemed; King Charles, the Martyr; Freedom, by God's..... More
A Case of Witchcraft: The Trial of Urbain Grandier.
Rapley, Robert. A Case of Witchcraft: The Trial of Urbain Grandier. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, [1998]. 277 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Twelve Good Years; Disaster; Grandier and His Bishop; Destruction and Plague; Possession; Grandier the Accused; Bishop Versus Archbishop; Arrest; Appeal of Innocence;..... More
Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates.
Johns, Adrian. Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [2009]. 626 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket with small bar code label on back cover. Internally clean. $35. * Contents: A General History of the Pirates; The Invention of Piracy;..... More
Somerset, 1625-1640, A County's Government During the "Personal Rule."
Barnes, Thomas G. Somerset, 1625-1640, A County's Government During the "Personal Rule." Cambridge, [MA]: Harvard University Press, 1961. xiii, 369 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket with price clip. Internally celan. $25. * Contents: The County; The Local Governors; Magistracy; Lieutenancy; Shrievalty; Other Tasks; The Book of Orders; Ship..... More
A Century of Legal Education.
Wettach, Robert Hasley, Editor. A Century of Legal Education. Chapel Hill, [N.C.]: University of North Carolina Press, 1947. ix, 146 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: A Century of Legal Education [by] Albert Coates. History of the Law Library [by] Lucile Elliott.; Early days..... More
Justice is Waiting.
[Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. Justice is Waiting. [Los Angeles]: Mooney Defense of Southern California, 1930. 31 pp. Pictorial front wrapper with cartoon of Lady Justice. Stapled pamphlet in self-wrappers. Light toning, light soiling to exterior, very light edgewear to wrappers, "Tom Mooney Molders' Defense Committee" inkstamp to foot of rear wrapper..... More
Tom Mooney Betrayed by Labor Leaders.
"One of the Foulest Conspiracies Ever Perpetrated in This Country" [Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. Tom Mooney A Member of the International Molder's Union for 29 Years Betrayed by Labor Leaders. [San Francisco: Tom Mooney Molders Defense Committee], 1931. 65, [3] pp. Stapled pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light toning and moderate edgewear..... More
The Scandal of Mooney and Billings: The Decisions of The California...
The Story of Two Wrongfully Convicted Labor Activists [Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. [Billings, Warren (1893-1972)]. The Scandal of Mooney and Billings: The Decisions of The California Supreme Court, The Advisory Pardon Board, Governor Young Denying Pardons to Mooney and Billings. New York: Published by the National Mooney-Billings Committee (Organized by the..... More
A Study of Homosexuality Among Women Inmates At Two State Prisons.
An Interesting Dissertation on Homosexuality in Women's Prisons Nelson, Catherine I. [b.1944]. A Study Of Homsexuality [sic] Among Women Inmates At Two State Prisons. Philadelphia, January 1974. [vii], 171, [45] ff. Photocopied typescript in textured-paper binder, plastic label to spine. Light soiling and shelfwear, spine ends and corners bumped and..... More
Autograph Letter, Washington, January 14, 1952.
Hugo Black Mentions His Recently Deceased Wife [Manuscript]. Black, Hugo L. [1886-1971]. [Kogan, Herman (1914-1989)]. [Kogan, Merilew (1919-2007)]. [Autograph Letter, Washington, January 14, 1952]. 9" x 5-3/4" United States Supreme Court letterhead, content to recto. Light toning, two light horizontal fold lines. With transmittal envelope postmarked January 15, 1952, small..... More
Justice Hugo L Black: A Symposium, Southwestern University Law Review.
Southwestern University Law Review. "Justice Hugo L. Black: A Symposium" in Southwestern University Law Review, Volume 9, Number 4. Los Angeles: Southwestern University School of Law, 1977. [iv], iv, 845-1285, i pp. Softbound, moderate shelfwear, lower outside corner bumped, internally clean. $50. * Contents: - "Foreword: Mr. Justice Black as..... More
Fear, New York, Distributed by Sacco-Vanzetti National League, 1927.
[Sacco-Vanzetti Case]. Millay, Edna St. Vincent. [1892-1950]. Fear. New York: Distributed by Sacco-Vanzetti National League, [1927]. 4 pp. Double-column text. Folded sheet, negligible light soiling to exterior, leaves separated at fold line, a few small tears and chips to edges. $50. * Only separate edition of a piece first published..... More
Limitation of Appellate Jurisdiction of the United States Supreme....
[Warren, Earl (1891-1974)]. Senate, United States, Internal Security Subcommittee. Limitation of Appellate Jurisdiction of the United States Supreme Court--The "Suppressed" Report--Hearing Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration on the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, 85th Congress. Belmont, MA: American Opinion/[The Movement to Impeach Earl Warren], [1958]..... More
Variations on a Liberal Theme, Mr Justice Brandeis.
Mason, Alpheus Thomas [1899-1989]. Variations on a Liberal Theme: Mr. Justice Brandeis. [Philadelphia: Brandeis Lawyers' Society, 1947]. 14 pp. Stapled pamphlet, spine reinforced with cloth. Light soiling and a few light finge smudges to exterior, internally clean. $95. * Published version of a presentation to the Brandeis Lawyers' Society. More
Henry Lambert: A Plea for Humanity and an Argument for Justice...
"A More Powerful, Eloquent and Convincing Address Was Never Made" Hichborn, Charles S. [1856-1941]. Henry Lambert: A Plea for Humanity and an Argument for Justice Before the Governor and Council. Augusta, ME: [S.n.], 1923. [iv], 43, [5] pp. Softbound in stiff printed wrappers. Light toning, soiling and shelfwear to exterior..... More
An die Stimmgeber von Libanon Caunty.
Unrecorded Broadside Mobilizing the Pennsylvania-Germans of Lebanon County to Vote For Polk [Broadside]. [Pennsylvania Germans]. [Presidential Election of 1844]. An die Stimmgeber von Libanon Caunty. [Lebanon County, PA?: S.n., 1844]. 14-1/2" x 11" Broadside, text in two columns below headline. Light toning, light soiling and wear to edges, a few..... More
An die Unabhangigen Wahler vom Staate Pennsylvania.
Unrecorded Broadside Urging Pennsylvania Germans to Reject a Prohibition Law [Broadside]. [Pennsylvania Germans]. Miller, Andrew [1811-1880]. An die Unabahngigen Whaler vom Staate Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Andrew Miller, September 2, 1854. 22-1/2" x 13-1/4" broadside, text in four columns below headline, untrimmed edges. Light toning, light foxing in a few places, vertical..... More
Why Prepaid Medical Insurance! An Analysis of Governor Earl Warren's..
Pre-Paid Medical Insurance for Californians [Swackhamer, Gladys V (1893-1988)]. Why Prepaid Medical Insurance! An Analysis of Governor Earl Warren's Recommendations for California. [S.n.: c.1945]. 16 pp. Stapled pamphlet in self-wrappers. Moderate toning, a few faint creases. $125. * Swackhamer was a social worker and left-wing political activist. More
Thomas Walter Swan, Reprinted from the Yale law Journal Issue...
Hand, Learned [1872-1961]. Thomas Walter Swan. Reprinted from the Yale Law Journal Issue of December 1947. [Volume 57:167]. pp. [167]-172. Portrait frontispiece. Stapled pamphlet in stiff wrappers. A few faint creases, light rubbing to extremities, discoloration to sections of wrappers, internally clean. $75. * Swan [1877-1975] was a circuit judge..... More
Holmes and the Common Law, A Century Later, Three Lectures.
Kaplan, Benjamin. Atiyah, Patrick. Vetter, Jan. Holmes and the Common Law: A Century Later. Three Lectures. Occasional Pamphlet Number 10. Cambridge: Harvard Law School, 1965. 101 pp. Softbound, light shelfwear and soiling, internally clean. $10. More
Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama, Savery Library [And]...
Two Scarce Pamphlets About the Amistad Case in a Handsome Case [Amistad Case]. Talladega College. [Woodruff, Hale (1900-1980)]. Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama, Savery Library. [Talladega, AL, c.1990]. 8 pp. Color illustrations. Negligible light shelfwear. [And] [United Church of Christ]. The Amistad Event. [Cleveland, OH?: United Church of Christ, c.1990]. 8..... More
Interpretations of Legal History [and] The Phytogeology of Nebraska.
The Two Phases of Pound's Professional Life Pound, Roscoe [1870-1964]. Interpretations of Legal History. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. xvii, 171 pp. Cloth, negligible light shelfwear, underlining and marks in pencil to a few leaves. "With my best regards,/ Roscoe Pound/ October 17, 1927" to front free endpaper, embossed..... More
Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, Series I, Phase I, 1801-1815
Jolliffe, John W. Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, Series I, Phase I, 1801-1815. Extracted from the catalogues of the Bodleian Library, the British Library, the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, the National Library of Scotland, and the University Libraries of Cambridge and Newcastle. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Avero, 1984-1986. 6 volumes. 11-1/2" x...... More
A Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Legal Literature...
Adams, J.N. and G. Averley. A Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Legal Literature. A Subject and Author Catalogue of Law Treatises and All Law Related Literature Held in the Main Legal Collections in England. Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Avero (Eighteenth-Century) Publications Ltd., 1982. xvi, 900 pp.; with 6 microfiches in pocket..... More
Year, The Annual Picture-History, 1954.
Ward, Baldwin H. Editor. Warren, Earl, Foreword. Year: The Annual Picture-History, The Complete Exciting Record of the Year's News [1954]. [Los Angeles and New York: Year Incorporated/Simon and Shuster, 1954]. 192 pp. "1,000 photographs, 75,000 words, 3,000 subjects. Fully indexed." Folio (14" x 10-1/2"). Moderately edgeworn hardcover in moderately edgeworn..... More
The Later Court Hands in England from the Fifteenth to 17th Century
Jenkinson, Hilary. The Later Court Hands in England from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Century. Illustrated from the Common Paper of the Scriveners' Company of London, the English Writing Masters & the Public Records. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Printed by W. Lewis, M.A., at the University Press, 1927. Part I...... More
The Charities Act, 1960.
Nathan, Harry Louis. Lidderdale, Jane H. Nugee, Edward George. The Charities Act, 1960. London: Butterworths, 1962. xxiv, 273 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine, some scuffs to back board. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. $65. * Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Enoch Powell during his brief period in office as..... More
Coverage of Gibbons v Ogden in Niles' Weekly Register, March 27, 1824.
Contemporary Coverage of a Landmark Supreme Court Decision [United States Supreme Court]. [Gibbons v. Odgen]. Niles' Weekly Register. Third Series, No. 4, Vol. II. March 27, 1824. Baltimore: Edited and Published by H. Niles, 1824. 49-64 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6-1/4"). Disbound, leaves separating but secure, moderate toning, light foxing..... More
"Justice Brandeis and The University of Louisville School of Law."
Miller, Neville. "Justice Brandeis and The University of Louisville School of Law." In The Filson Club History Quarterly, Vol. 34 No. 2, April, 1960. Louisville, KY: The Filson Club Incorporated, 1960. 200 pp. Softbound, light shelfwear, front hinge cracked, internally clean. $25. * Includes Dean Miller's address delivered upon the..... More
The Port Books of Southampton, or (Anglo-French) Accounts of Robert...
Florys, Robert, (Active 1426-1443). Studer, Paul, Editor. The Port Books of Southampton, or (Anglo-French) Accounts of Robert, Water-Bailiff and Receiver of Petty-Customs, A.D. 1427-1430. Southampton, Cox & Sharland, 1913. xxxv, 179 pp. Cloth. Ex-library. Light shelfwear. Ink shelf location label to foot of spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Library stamps..... More
National Galaxy, or, Portraits and Biographies of all the Presidents..
"Engraved on Steel, In the Highest Style of the Art" [Broadside]. Dearborn, Nathaniel [1786-1852], Engraver. National Galaxy, Or, Portraits and Biographies of all the Presidents of the United States, Engraved on Steel, In the Highest Style of the Art. Boston: Printed by J. Howe, No. 39, Merchants Row, Boston....Engraved by..... More
Felix Frankfurter Reminisces, Signed Presentation Copy.
Inscribed by Frankfurter to Edith Benham Helm Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: An Intimate Portrait as Recorded in Talks with Dr. Harlan B. Phillips. New York: Reynal & Company, [1960]. [ix], 310 pp. Cloth in lightly soiled and edgeworn Secker & Warburg dust jacket, 7" x 5" black-and-white promotional..... More
A History of English Law. 17 vols. Complete set.
An Indispensable Work of Great Authority Holdsworth, Sir William S. A History of English Law. Edited by A.L. Goodhart and H.G. Hanbury. With an Introductory Essay and Additions by S.B. Chrimes. Index volume prepared by John Burke. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., and Sweet & Maxwell, 1966-1997. 17 Volumes, complete..... More
Account Book, Stephentown, NY, 1813-1857.
Nineteenth-Century Account Book of a Hudson Valley Justice of the Peace [Manuscript]. [Sweet, Rufus (1774-1860)]. [Account Book]. [Stephenville, NY, 1813-1857]. [288] pp. Quarto (7-1/2" x 6-1/4"). Three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Considerable wear, lower section of spine lacking, front board and first two signatures detached. Main text in neat hand..... More
The Murders of Mer Rouge, 1923.
Two Victims of the Louisiana Klan Rogers, John. The Murders of Mer Rouge. St. Louis: Security Publishing Co., 1923. 64 pp. Illustrated. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Moderate toning, small tear to pp. 61-62 affecting text without loss, ink owner signature (of Edgar [illegible]) to title page. $250. *..... More
Felix Frankfurter in New Masses, Volume 30, Number 4, January...
[Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. "Felix Frankfurter." Unsigned article in New Masses, Volume 30, Number 4 (January 17, 1939). P. 13. Front cover features a woodcut portrait of Frankfurter. Softbound, moderate edgewear and toning. Item housed in custom cloth folder, printed paper title label to spine. $50. More
Typed Letter, Signed, To Fanny Holtzmann, Jerusalem, July 19, 1968.
Abba Eban Discusses Hamilton Fish's Forthcoming Visit to Israel [Manuscript]. Eban, Abba [1915-2002]. [Typed Letter, Signed, To Fanny Holtzmann, Jerusalem, July 19, 1968]. Single-sided letter on 10-3/4" x 8-1/2" letterhead ("Minister for Foreign Affairs), signed "Abba Eban." Moderate toning, two horizontal fold lines, small abrasion to verso from adhesive removal..... More
Record of Public Hearing Before Joint Committee on the Judiciary...
[Sacco-Vanzetti Case]. Record of Public Hearing Before Joint Committee on the Judiciary of the Massachusetts Legislature Committee for the Vindication of Sacco and Vanzetti, 1959. On the Resolution of Representative Alexander J. Cella recommending a Posthumous Pardon for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Gardner Auditorium, Massachusetts State House, Boston, April..... More
"Felix Frankfurter at Oxford" in Quest, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1965...
Berlin, Isaiah [1809-1997]. "Felix Frankfurter at Oxford" in Quest, Volume 1, Number 1 (September 1965). Pp. 20-22. Hardcover in dust jacket. Moderate shelfwear and foxing to dust jacket, internally clean. Item housed in custom cloth folder, printed paper title label to spine. $50. More
Medieval Crime and Social Control.
Hanawalt, Barbara, Editor. Wallace, David, Editor. Medieval Crime and Social Control. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, [1999]. xvi, 259 pp. Softcover. Near-fine. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Fear of Crime in Late Medieval France, Claude Gauvard; Needful Things, Louise O. Fradenburg; In Defense of Revenge, William Ian Miller; "The Doom..... More
Friends of the Chief Justice: The Osgoode correspondence in the...
Osgoode, William. Hay, Douglas, Editor. Ruth Paley, Editor. Friends of the Chief Justice: the Osgoode Correspondence in the Archives of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Toronto: Law Society of Upper Canada, 1990. xvi, 323 pp. Softcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $20. More
The Future of Wisdom in America, In Panorama Vol 1 No 4, 1952.
With an Article by Learned Hand [Hand, Learned (1872-1961)]. "The Future of Wisdom in America." In Panorama: Inter-American Cultural Review, Vol. 1 Num. 4, 1952. Washington, DC: Pan American Union, [1952]. 96 pp. Softbound, light shelfwear, else fine. $75. * With eight articles in English and Spanish. "Judge Learned Hand..... More
A Tribute to Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, In Contemporary Jewish Record.
Includes the First Appearance in Print of Hand's Tribute to Cardozo Upon His Death Hand, Learned [1872-1961]. "A Tribute to Benjamin Nathan Cardozo." In Contemporary Jewish Record, Volume 1 Number 1, September 1938. New York: Published Bi-Monthly by the American Jewish Committee, 1938. 96 pp. Softbound, moderate toning, light foxing..... More
Justice Holmes to Doctor Wu, An Intimate Correspondence, 1921-1932.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. [Wu, Jingxiong (1899-1986)]. Justice Holmes to Doctor Wu: An Intimate Correspondence, 1921-1932. New York: Central Book Company, [1947]. 58 pp. Frontispiece with tissue overlay. Stampled pamphlet in stiff wrappers. Light wear to spine ends and corners, light fading along spine and fore-edges of wrappers. $35. *..... More
"The Justice Holmes I Knew" in Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine...
Sandburg, Carl [1878-1967]. "The Justice Holmes I Knew" in Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine, May 11, 1958. P.12. Softbound, light shelfwear and soiling to exterior, internally clean. Item housed in custom cloth folder, printed paper title label to spine. $75. More
"Judge Learned Hand" in The University of Chicago Round Table Jan 1949
University of Chicago. Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The University of Chicago Round Table. Civil Rights, Monopoly, Labor, Justice: You and the Federal Courts. An NBC Radio Discussion by Charles Bunn, Bernard Gavit and Malcolm Sharp. Including Judge Learned Hand by Felix Frankfurter. Number 563. January 2, 1949. [Chicago: The University of..... More
Inside Justice Hugo L Black: The Letters.
Frank, John P. Black, Hugo L., Jr., Foreword. Inside Justice Hugo L. Black: The Letters. Austin: Joseph D. Jamail Center for Legal Research, 2000. ix, 91 pp. Illustrated. Softbound, fine. Housed in custom 10-3/4" x 7" cloth folding case. $50. * Tarlton Law Library Legal History Series Number 2. More
"The Social Thought of Justice Brandeis" in Yale Law Journal... ,
Lerner, Max [1902-1992]. "The Social Thought of Justice Brandeis" in Yale Law Journal, Volume 41, Number 1 (November, 1931). Pp. 1-32. Softbound, light shelfwear and soiling to exterior, internally clean. Item housed in custom, cloth folder, reproduction on paper of magazine's front cover to folder's front cover, printed paper title..... More
Address to Harvard Law Society of Illinois, Annual Meeting, 1955.
Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Address to Harvard Law Society of Illinois. Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 28, 1955. [Chicago: Harvard Law Society of Illinois, 1955]. 16 pp. Stiff printed wrappers (formerly stapled and recently resewn). Moderate toning, small slip with brief item tipped on to first page. Item housed in custom..... More
"Justice Holmes Dissents" in Scribner's, January, 1929.
Pollard, Joseph Percival. "Justice Holmes Dissents" in Scribner's, Volume 85, Number 1 (January, 1929). Pp. 22-29. Softbound, light shelfwear and soiling to exterior, internally clean. Item housed in custom cloth folder, reproduction on paper of magazine's front cover to folder's front cover, printed paper title label to spine. $75. More
Felix Frankfurter: Reminiscences and Reflections.
A Tribute to Frankfurter Freund, Paul A. [1908-1992]. Felix Frankfurter: Reminiscences and Reflections. [Cambridge: Harvard Law School, 1982]. 13 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers, fine. Item housed in custom 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" cloth folding case, printed label to spine. $150. * This "informal, appreciative and immensely enjoyable" address..... More
Jonas S Friedenwald, In Memoriam, Alan C Woods, Personal...
[Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965)]. Jonas S Friedenwald: In Memoriam, Alan C Woods, Personal Recollections of Jonas S. Friedenwald, Felix Frankfurter, Jonas S. Friedenwald - His Contribution to Medical Education in Israel, Abel Wolman. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Volume 99, Number 1, July 1956. Cambridge: The Harvard..... More
A John F Kennedy Memorial Miniature, four books in slipcase.
[Kennedy, John F. (1917-1963)]. A John F. Kennedy Memorial Miniature. New York: Random House, 1966. Four clothbound volumes, 3-3/4" x 2-1/2," in paper-covered slipcase. Light fading to spines, moderate rubbing to edges of slipcase. $35. * Volume titles: Inaugural Address, Eulogies, Wit, Wisdom. More
Felix Frankfurter, Talks in Tribute February 26, 1965.
Scott, Austin W. Freund, Paul A. Mansfield, John H. Griswold, Erwin N. Felix Frankfurter: Talks in Tribute February 26, 1965. Occasional Pamphlet Number 8. Cambridge: Harvard Law School, 1965. 19 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Stapled pamphlet in stiff wrappers. Light fading to edges of wrappers, otherwise fine. Item housed in custom..... More
Eugene Meyer [with] Eugene and Agnes E Meyer Memorial Exhibition
Pusey, Merlo J. Eugene Meyer. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. xiii, 397, xiii pp. Illustrations. Cloth in lightly worn dust jacket. [Book housed in recent custom cloth slipcase with] Freer Gallery of Art. Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Memorial Exhibition. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1971. 77 pp. Illustrations. Portraits..... More
The Early Records of Medieval Coventry. With The Hundred Rolls of...
Coss, Peter R., Editor. John, Trevor, Editor. The Early Records of Medieval Coventry. With The Hundred Rolls of 1280. London: Oxford University Press, [1986]. xlii, 450 pp. Illustrations, maps. English and Latin. Hardcover in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $125. * Records of Social and Economic History..... More