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

Ziolkowski, Jan M. Obscenity: Social Control and Artistic Creation in the European Middle Ages. Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, 1998. x, 359 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $85. More

Bennett, J.M. Sir James Dowling: Second Chief Justice of New South Wales, 1837-1844. [Sydney]: The Federation Press, 2001. xii, 212 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20. More

Terry, Sir Roger. Bennett, J.T., Introduction. Reminiscences of Thirty Years' Residence in New South Wales and Victoria. Facsimile Edition [of the Second Edition]. Sydney: Sydney University Press [for] Royal Australian Historical Society, [1974]. [lvii], xiv, 522, [59-62] pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket, light fading to spine. $25. More

Radding, Charles M. The Origins of Medieval Jurisprudence: Pavia and Bologna, 850-1150. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, [1988]. xiii, 258 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $50. More

Martin, Frederick. The History of Lloyd's and of Marine Insurance in Great Britain. With an Appendix Containing Statistics Relating to Marine Insurance. Originally published: London: MacMillan and Co., 1876. xx, 416 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774518; ISBN-10: 1584774517. Hardcover cloth. New. $50.00 * Martin [1830-1883]..... More

Scarce Textbook on Actions in Civil Law Oldendorp, Johann [c.1486-1567]. Actionum Forensium Progymnasmata. Interpretatio Item, Complectens Universi Iuris Cognitionem: Quid Cuique vel Agendo Persequi, Vel Excipiendo Defendere Liceat; Ex Bono & Aequo. In Classes Septem Distincta. Editio Postrema Prioribus Multo Emendatior. Frankfurt: Apud Ioannem Saurium, Impensis Petri Kopffii, 1595. 2..... More

Hale Disputes the Theories of Descartes and Robert Boyle [Hale, Sir Matthew (1609-1676)]. Difficiles Nugae: Or, Observations Touching the Torricellian Experiment, And the Various Solutions of the Same, Especially Touching the Weight and Elasticity of the Air. The Second Edition, With Some Occasional Additions. London: Printed by W. Godbid, for..... More

"Collected by a Faithfull Lover of the Church" [Aston, Sir Thomas (1600-1645)]. A Collection of Sundry Petitions Presented to the Kings Most Excellent Majestie. As Also to the Two Most Honourable Houses, now Assembled in Parliament. And Others, Already Signed, by Most of the Gentry, Ministers, And Free-Holders of Severall..... More

A Privilege Witheld from a Catholic Peer [Trial]. Petre, Robert Edward, 9th Baron Petre, Complainant Dillon, John Joseph, Reporter. Report of a Case Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer, In Easter Term, 40 Geo. III., Between the Right Hon. Robert Edward Lord Petre, Plaintiff, And the Rt. Hon..... More

Financing the Church in England and Wales Ecton, John [d.1730]. Liber Valorum & Decimarum. Being an Account of Such Ecclesiastical Benefices in England and Wales, As Now Stand Charged With, Or Lately were Discharged from the Payment of First-Fruits and Tenths. London: Printed for R. Gosling in Fleetstreet [et al]..... More

A Scarce Clerk's Guide T.P. The Clerks Vade Mecum. Or, A Choice Collection of Modern Presidents, According to the Best Forms Extant, And Such As Have Not Formerly Been Printed. Containing All Sorts of Bargains and Sales, Leases, Mortgages, Grants, Covenants, Surrenders &c. Usefull for All Persons that Have Relation..... More

First Edition of Bacon's Elements of the Common Laws of England Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. The Elements of the Common Lawes of England, Branched Into a Double Tract: The One Contayning a Collection of Some Principall Rules and Maximes of the Common Law, With Their Latitude and Extent. Explicated for..... More

Class Notes Compiled by a Student at Albany Law School in 1878-1879 [Manuscript]. [Albany Law School]. [Class Notes on Equity Jurisprudence and Evidence]. Albany, New York, 1878-1879. 238 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 6-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards. Worn, spine perished, light rubbing, soiling and faint dampstaining to boards..... More

With Useful Succession Tables Bailey, Alfred. The Succession to the English Crown. A Historical Sketch. London: Macmillan and Co., 1879. xxxviii, 298, [1], 39 pp. 25 tables, 5 folding. 39 pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary pebbled cloth, black-stamped frame and gilt library name and insignia to boards..... More

The Sheriff in Victorian England Churchill, Cameron. Bruce, Sir Alexander Carmichael. The Law of the Office and Duties of the Sheriff. With the Writs and Forms Relating to the Office. London: Stevens and Sons, 1879. [vi], [v]-xlv, 406 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Contempoary pebbled cloth, blind frames, gilt library..... More

A Scarce History of Justices of the Peace Sharpe, James Birch. An Inquiry into the Origin of the Office and Title of the Justice of the Peace, With an Appendix, On Some of the Defects of Our Ancient Statute Book, &c. &c. &c. London: Shaw and Sons, 1841. xiv, 208..... More

1837 Treatise on the Power and Privileges of the House of Commons Ferrall, S[imon] A[nsley] [d.1844]. An Exposition of the Law of Parliament, As It Relates to the Power and Privileges of the Commons' House. To Which are Added, The Proceedings of the Principal Questions of Privilege Which Have Arisen..... More

Parliament and the Regulation of Public Utilities Fawcett, John Henry [1831-1898]. Littler, [Sir] R[alph] D[aniel] M[akinson] [1835-1908]. A Treatise on the Court of Referees in Parliament, Containing Chapters on the Practice and Jurisdiction of the Court, On the Locus Standi of Petitioners in the House of Commons, And Reports of..... More

History of English Law by a Popular Legal Writer Crabb, George [1778-1851]. A History of English Law; Or an Attempt to Trace the Rise, Progress, And Successive Changes, Of the Common Law; From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1829. vi, 571, [1] pp. Octavo..... More

A True Philadelphia Lawyer Brown, David Paul [1795-1872]. The Forum; or Forty Year Full Practice at the Philadelphia Bar. Philadelphia: Robert H. Small, 1856. Two volumes. Illustrated. Octavo (9" x 6"). Original pebbled cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt titles and ornaments and a negligible bit of shelf-label residue to..... More

The Law is Not Uncertain Pickering, John [1777-1846]. A Lecture on the Alleged Uncertainty of the Law; Delivered Before the Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, March 5, 1830. Boston: Lilly, Wait, and Company, 1834. 28 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning and light..... More

Rare Adultery Trial [Trial]. Carter, Joseph, Defendant. Crim. Con. The Whole Proceedings on the Trial, Between Mr. George Hayes, A Lieutenant in the Navy, And Mr. Joseph Carter, Laceman, In Lombard-Street, For Criminal Conversation with His Wife: Which was Tried, At the Court of Common Pleas, Westminster, On Tuesday, Dec..... More

Unrecorded London Edition Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. A Discourse Pronounced at the Request of the Essex Historical Society, On the 18th of September, 1828, In Commemoration of the First Settlement of Salem, In the State of Massachusetts. Published at the Request of the Society. London: R.J. Kennett, 59, Great Queen Street;..... More

The Power of Chancery Courts in Matters of Paternal Custody [Beames, John (1781?-1853)]. Observations Upon the Power Exercised by the Court of Chancery, of Depriving a Father of the Custody of His Children. London: John Miller, 1828. 48 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, untrimmed edges. Moderate toning..... More

An Important Libel Case Ferrall, S.A. [d.1844]. The Question of Privilege Raised by the Decision in the Case of Stockdale v. Hansard. The Effect of Which Decision Is, That Although the Lords Control the Proceedings of the Exchequer Chamber; the Exchequer Chamber, the Proceedings of the Queen's Bench; Yet That..... More

The Trial of a "Scottish Martyr" [Trial]. Palmer, Thomas Fyshe [1747-1802], Defendant. The Trial of the Rev. Thomas Fyshe Palmer, Before the Circuit Court of Justiciary, Held at Perth, On the 12th and 13th September, 1793, On an Indictment for Seditious Practices. Taken in Court by Mr. Ramsey, An Eminent..... More

From the Library of Albert M. Cohn Hone, William [1780-1842], Publisher. Hone's Interesting History of the Memorable Blood Conspiracy, Carried On by S. Mac Daniel, J. Berry, J. Egan, And J. Salmon, Thief-Takers, And Their Trials and Sentences, In 1756, For Procuring Two Boys to Commit a Robbery, In Order..... More

A Plan for NYU's Law School Butler, Benjamin F. [1795-1858]. Plan For the Organization of a Law Faculty and For a System of Instruction in Legal Science, In the University of the City of New York. New York: Printed at the University Press, 1835. xiii, 40 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x...... More

Brougham's Great Speech on Law Reform Brougham, Henry [1778-1868]. Present State of the Law. The Speech of Henry Brougham, Esq. M.P., In the House of Commons, On Thursday, February 7, 1828, On His Motion, That an Humble Address be Presented to His Majesty, Praying that He Will Graciously be Pleased..... More

Venerable Alphabetically Digested Handbook on Canon Law Milis, Joannes Nicolaus de [15th c.]. Ferrandat, Henri, Editor. Repertoriu[m] do. Nic. De Milis, Repertorium Admodum Solenne (Quod Merito Opus Singulariu[m] Dictorum Appellant)... [Lyon: Jacques Guinta and Jean Flajolett], 1546 [colophon date 1543]. [xvi], 396 ff. Octavo (5-1/4" x 3-1/4"). Contemporary paneled pigskin..... More

The First History of the Common Law Hale, Matthew [1609-1676]. The History of the Common Law. With Notes, References, and Some Account of the Life of the Author by Charles Runnington. Dublin: Printed for James Moore, 1792. [iv], xl, [4], 305; [13], 114, [8] pp. Includes An Analysis of the..... More

Only Known Copy: "Their Behaviour Has Been Truly Penitent" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Attel, John. Hatchman, William. Newman, Charlotte. James, Mary Ann. The Trials and Execution of John Attel for Burglary, And William Hatchman, Charlotte Newman, And Mary Ann James for Forgery, Who were Executed this Morning, Before the Debtor's Door, Old..... More

Only Known Copy: "A Very Improper Situation Upon the Body of the Deceased" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Beaumont, Joshua [d.1810]. A Narrative of the Trial, Together with the Last Dying Words, Speech, And Confession of Joshua Beaumont, Who was Executed on the Drop Behind the Castle of York, On Wednesday the 15th..... More

Rare Frankfurter Items About Harold Laski with Presentation Inscriptions to Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. [Gordon, Ruth [1896-1985]. "Foreword to Holmes-Laski Letters." Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1953. xiii-xvi pp. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4" bifolium. Light toning, two horizontal fold lines, two pinholes to upper margin, small rust..... More

The "King of Torts" Belli, Melvin M. [9-3/4" x 8" Signed Black-and-White Portrait Photograph of Melvin Belli]. N.p., c.1970. Light fading to image, small ink mark to verso, two autograph signatures of Melvin Belli in white pencil. $50. * Belli, a San Francisco attorney, was famous for his colorful personality..... More

Edward VI's Protestant Reforms [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. Edward VI [1537-1553], King of England. Anno Secundo, & Tertio, Edovardi Sexti. Actes Made in the Session of this Present Parliament, Holden Vpon Prorogation at Westminster, The Fourth Day of Nouember, In the Second Yeare of Our Most Dread Soueraign Lord Edward the..... More

An Edition of the Coutume of Burgundy with Contemporary Annotations [Bouhier, Jean (1673-1746), Compiler]. Villers, Philippe de [1545-1622], Commentary. Despringles, Jean [1550-1629], Commentary. Guillame, Jean, Commentary. La Coutume du Duche de Bourgogne, Enrichie des Remarques de Mes. Philipes de Villers, Jean de Pringles, & Jean Guillaume, Anciens Avocats au Parlement..... More

Gammel, Hans Peter Nielson, Compiler. Volume 9 (1879-1889). The Laws of Texas 1822-1897: Austin's Colonization Law and Contract; Mexican Constitution of 1824; Federal Colonization Law; Colonization Laws of Coahuila and Texas; Colonization Law of State of Tamaulipas; Fredonian Declaration of Independence; Laws and Decrees, with Constitution of Coahuila and Texas;..... More

Gammel, Hans Peter Nielson, Compiler. Volume 7 (1871-1873). The Laws of Texas 1822-1897: Austin's Colonization Law and Contract; Mexican Constitution of 1824; Federal Colonization Law; Colonization Laws of Coahuila and Texas; Colonization Law of State of Tamaulipas; Fredonian Declaration of Independence; Laws and Decrees, with Constitution of Coahuila and Texas;..... More

Gammel, Hans Peter Nielson, Compiler. Volume 5 (1861-1866). The Laws of Texas 1822-1897: Austin's Colonization Law and Contract; Mexican Constitution of 1824; Federal Colonization Law; Colonization Laws of Coahuila and Texas; Colonization Law of State of Tamaulipas; Fredonian Declaration of Independence; Laws and Decrees, with Constitution of Coahuila and Texas;..... More

Gammel, Hans Peter Nielson, Compiler. Volume 1 (1822-1838). The Laws of Texas 1822-1897: Austin's Colonization Law and Contract; Mexican Constitution of 1824; Federal Colonization Law; Colonization Laws of Coahuila and Texas; Colonization Law of State of Tamaulipas; Fredonian Declaration of Independence; Laws and Decrees, with Constitution of Coahuila and Texas;..... More

Gammel, Hans Peter Nielson, Compiler. Volume 1 (1822-1838). The Laws of Texas 1822-1897: Austin's Colonization Law and Contract; Mexican Constitution of 1824; Federal Colonization Law; Colonization Laws of Coahuila and Texas; Colonization Law of State of Tamaulipas; Fredonian Declaration of Independence; Laws and Decrees, with Constitution of Coahuila and Texas;..... More

Well-Anotated Copy of Tiraqueau's Study of French Civil Law and the Customary Law of Poitou Tiraqueau, Andre [1480?-1558]. De Utroque Retractu, Municipali, Et Conventionali, Commentarii Duo, Iam Tertio, Sed Multo Felicius, Quam Antea, Renati, & Amendis Propemodum Innumeris, Quae Insuperiori Editione Resederat, Ipsius Denuo Autoris Opera Quam Accuratissime Repurgati. Lyon..... More