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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
Niles' Weekly Register, New Series No 14 Vol IV, May 29, 1819 Jew Bill
First Separate Printing of Brackenridge's Eloquent Defense of Religious Liberty for Maryland Jews [Brackenridge, Henry Marie (1786-1871)]. Niles' Weekly Register. New Series. No. 14-Vol. IV. Baltimore, May 29, 1819. [Baltimore]: Printed and Published by H. Niles, [1819]. 225-240 pp. Octavo (9-3/4" x 6-1/4"). Disbound, leaves starting to separate at ends..... More
Civitas, Glouc: Ordinances, Statutes and Rules, Made and Ordained...
An Unrecorded Account of Gloucester's Poor Laws [Poor Laws]. [Gloucester]. Civitas, Glouc. Ordinances, Statutes and Rules, Made and Ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of this City of Gloucester, At a Council Holden in the Council Chamber the Three and Twentieth Day of February, In the Eleventh Year..... More
The Late Excise Scheme Dissected, Or, An Exact Copy of the Late Bill..
"Designed as a New Year's Gift" [Taxation]. [Great Britain]. [Erskine, James, Lord Grange (1679-1754), Attributed]. The Late Excise Scheme Dissected, Or, An Exact Copy of the Late Bill for Repealing Several subsidies, And an Impost, Now payable on Tobacco, &c. With All the Blanks Filled Up, As They Probably Would..... More
The Founders' Constitution. 5 vols. Paperback
Kurland, Philip B. and Ralph Lerner, Editors. The Founders' Constitution. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, [1987]. 5 volumes. Paperback. 11" x 8-1/2". Printed wrappers, negligible shelfwear. Internally clean. Very good. $40. * An invaluable compilation of the primary texts that influenced the Constitution and the first twelve amendments. Each article and amendment..... More
Mormons & Cowboys, Moonshiners & Klansmen. Federal Law Enforcement...
Cresswell, Stephen. Mormons & Cowboys, Moonshiners & Klansmen. Federal Law Enforcement in the South & West, 1870-1893. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, [1991]. viii, 323 pp. Black & white illustrations. Publisher's black cloth hardcover, with stamped spine. A very good copy. $10. * The author draws on contemporary accounts..... More
Justice in the Wilderness: A Study of Frontier Courts in Canada...
Bakken, Larry A. Justice in the Wilderness: A Study of Frontier Courts in Canada and the United States 1670-1870. Littleton, Colorado: Fred B. Rothman & Co., 1986. Illustrations. xii, 266 pp. Publisher's red cloth hardcover, with stamped spine and front cover. A very good copy. $35. More
An Arrangement, Under Distinct Titles [with] Methodical Arrangement...
Rare English Treatise on Taxation Kyd, Stewart [d. 1811]. An Arrangement, Under Distinct Titles, Of All the Provisions of the Several Acts of Parliament Relating to the Assessed Taxes. London: Printed for, and sold by, Butterworth, Hurst, and Pheney [et al.], 1799. [ii], 4, 9, [1], 288 pp. [Bound with]..... More
Typed Letter on Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter Letterhead, Boston, 1909.
The Brandeis Firm Seeks Information from a Judge [Manuscript]. [Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)]. [Typed Letter on Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter Letterhead, Boston, December 24, 1909]. Single-sided letter on 10-1/4" x 8" sheet. Moderate toning, fold lines, some with browning. Letter signed, most likely by a secretary or clerk, "Brandeis, Dunbar..... More
Floyd B Olson in the First Kidnapping Murder in "Gangster Ridden...
Was the Governor an Accessory to Murder? Birkeland, Harold. Floyd B. Olson in the First Kidnapping Murder in "Gangster Ridden Minnesota." [Minneapolis?]: Published by Harold Birkeland, [1934]. 32 pp. Stampled pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light toning, light soiling to exterior. A well-preserved copy. $125. * Birkeland claims that Olson, the..... More
An Abstract of the Lawes of New England as They are Now Established.
Cotton, John. An Abstract of the Lawes of New England as They are Now Established. On verso of title page: Force's Collection of Historical Tracts. Vol. III.-No. 9. [Washington, DC: W.Q. Force, 1844]. 17, [2] pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent wrappers. Light fading and a few..... More
Liability for Animals. An Account of the Development and Present...
Williams, Glanville L. Liability for Animals. An Account of the Development and Present Law of Tortious Liability for Animals, Distress Damage Feasant And the Duty to Fence, In Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Common-Law Dominions. Cambridge: University Press, 1939. lxvi, 409 pp. Ex-library with property stamps to title page..... More
Experiments in Government and the Essentials of the Constitution.
Root, Elihu [1845-1937].Experiments in Government and the Essentials of the Constitution. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1913. iv, [1], 83 pp. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Top edges gilt. Light wear, internally clean. A very good copy. $35. More