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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
Equal Justice Under Law, The Supreme Court in American Life.
Signed by the Nine Justices of the Warren Court Harrell, Mary Ann. Equal Justice Under Law: The Supreme Court in American Life. Washington D.C.: Foundation of the Federal Bar Association with the Cooperation of the National Geographic Society, [1965]. 143 pp. Illustrations, most in color. Cloth in lightly edgeworn dust..... More
Equal Justice Under Law, The Supreme Court in American Life.
Signed by The Nine Justices of the Warren Court Harrell, Mary Ann. Equal Justice Under Law: The Supreme Court in American Life. Washington D.C.: Foundation of the Federal Bar Association with the Cooperation of the National Geographic Society, [1965]. 143 pp. Illustrations, most in color. Softbound, some shelfwear, title page..... More
Rogues and Early Modern English Culture.
Dionne, Craig, Editor. Mentz, Steve, Editor. Rogues and Early Modern English Culture. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, [2004]. viii, 416 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Fashioning Outlaws: the Early Modern Rogue and Urban Culture, Craig Dionne; The Reckoning of Moll Cutpurse: a Transversal..... More
The Medieval Coroner.
Hunnisett, R.F. The Medieval Coroner. Cambridge, [Eng.]: University Press, 1961. 217 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket with price clip. Internally clean. $95. * Contents: The Early Years; The Coroner's Inquest; Abjurations of the Realm; Appeals and Outlawries; Miscellaneous Duties; The Coroners' Rolls; Character and Efficiency; Coroners' Districts; Elections..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, to Frank T. Benner, Jr, June 25, 1920.
"I Believe in Panaceas As Little As You Do" [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Autograph Letter, Signed "O W Holmes," to Frank T. Benner, Jr., Washington, DC, June 25, 1920]. 2 pp. With transmittal envelope and portrait of Holmes. Content to Holmes's personal Beverly Farms letterhead. Light toning, horizontal..... More
Typed Letter Signed to William R. McVay, June 27, 1969, Framed w/Photo
Large Photograph of General Douglas MacArthur with Earl Warren and Elmer Robinson, Signed By All Three MacArthur, Douglas [1880-1964]. Warren, Earl [1891-1974]. Robinson, Elmer [1894-1982]. [8" x 10" Black-and-White Photograph of Douglas MacArthur, Elmer Robinson and Earl Warren]. [San Francisco, 1951]. With autograph signatures of MacArthur, Robinson and Warren. [With]..... More
Modern Theories of Criminality.
Bernaldo de Quiro's, Constancio. Salvio, Alfonso de, Translator. Modern Theories of Criminality. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1912. xxvii, 249 pp. Cloth. Ex-library. Moderate shelfwear. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Library card pouch to rear pastedown. $35. * Translated from the Spanish by Alfonso de Salvio, with an introduction..... More
The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. History and Biography, with Portrait..
Reed, Parker McCobb. The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. History and Biography, with Portrait Illustrations. Milwaukee: P.M. Reed, 1882. 542 pp. Cloth. Previous owner's signature to endpapers, otherwise clean. $30. More
Bench and Bar of West Virginia.
Atkinson, George W. Bench and Bar of West Virginia. Charleston, [W.Va.]: Virginia Law Book Co., 1919. xxvii, 543 pp. Cloth. Lightly worn. Internally clean. Includes portraits. $75. * First edition. Bar histories are a valuable compendia of information that is often impossible to find in any other source. Atkinson says..... More
Five Letters from Louis D Brandeis to Max Lowenthal, Framed, 1929.
An Interesting Collection of Brandeis Letters Brandeis, Louis D. [1856-1941]. [Lowenthal, Max (1888-1971)]. [Letters from Louis D. Brandeis to Max Lowenthal, 1929, Washington, DC and Chatham, MA, January 17, June 1, September 2, December 12 and December 26]. Five letters, three on 5" x 8" U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, one..... More
The Acquisitive Society.
Tawney, R.H. The Acquisitive Society. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, [1920]. 188 pp. Cloth. Moderately worn. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and rear free endpaper. Some underling and annotations. $20. More
The English Prison Hulks.
Johnson, W. Branch. Klare, Hugh J., (Foreword). The English Prison Hulks. London: Christopher Johnson, [1957]. x, 205 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn and soiled price clipped dust jacket. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing to endleaves. $25. * Contents: A Temporary Expedient; Campbell's Academy; Aristocrats of Crime; Hardening into Permanence;..... More
The Honor & Dignity of the Profession: a History of the Mississippi...
Landon, Michael. The Honor & Dignity of the Profession: a History of the Mississippi State Bar, 1906-1976. Jackson, [MS]: University Press of Mississippi, 1979. xi, 195 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. More
Prison Reform in Lancashire, 1700-1850: a Study in Local...
DeLacy, Margaret. Prison Reform in Lancashire, 1700-1850: a Study in Local Administration. Stanford, [Calif.]: Stanford University Press, 1986. viii, 272 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn and rubbed dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Remains historical and literary connected with the Palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester; 3rd series. More
The Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Realm of England.
[Glanvill(e), Ranulph de (d.1190?)]. Hall, G.D.G., Editor and Translator. The Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Realm of England Commonly Called Glanvill. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1965]. lxx, 213 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Embossed library stamp to..... More
Bad Habits: Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual...
Burnham, John C. Bad Habits: Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual Misbehavior, and Swearing in American History. New York: New York University Press, [1993]. xviii, 385 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, lightly soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $15. * Contents: The Turning Point: Repealing Prohibition; Drinking; Smoking; Taking Drugs; Gambling; Sexual..... More
The Marihuana Conviction: a History of Marihuana Prohibition in the...
Bonnie, Richard J. Whitebread, C.H. The Marihuana Conviction: a History of Marihuana Prohibition in the United States. Charlottesville, [VA]: University of Virginia Press, 1975. xiv, 368 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. $20. * 3rd printing. More
Lives of the Lord Chancellors 1885-1940.
Heuston, R.F.V. Lives of the Lord Chancellors 1885-1940. Oxford, [UK]: Clarendon Press, 1964. xxiii, 632 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. Pencil annotations to front free endpaper, otherwise clean. $15. More
The Brooke Family Lineage With Many Related Families.
Witkay, Lucile Schreiber. The Brooke Family Lineage With Many Related Families. Decorah, IA: The Anundsen Publishing Co., 1996. 253 pp. illustrations. Cloth, Fine. $75. * Touches on the genealogy of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney [1777-1864]. More
The American Business Creed.
Sutton, Francis X. The American Business Creed. Cambridge, [MA]: Harvard University Press, 1956. 414 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Used label to foot of spine. Pencil annotations to front free endpaper, otherwise clean. $15. * Contents: The American System and its Achievements; The American Business Enterprise; The Functions and Rewards of..... More
Wharton's Law Lexicon, 14th edition, London, Sweet & Maxwell, 1949.
Wharton's Renowned Law Lexicon [Wharton, (J)ohn (J)ane S(mith) (1816 or 17-1867)]. Oppe, A[lbert] S[anvil] [1869-1953], Editor. Wharton's Law Lexicon Forming an Epitome of the Laws of England Under Statute and Case Law, and Containing Explanations of Technical Terms and Phrases Ancient, Modern, and Commercial, with selected Titles Relating to the..... More
The Magnificent Yankee, A Play in Three Acts, Signed by Author.
Lavery, Emmet. The Magnificent Yankee: A Play in Three Acts. New York: Samuel French, [1946]. 119 pp. cloth, light shelfwear, author presentation inscription to Kenneth MacKenna and later owner stamp to front free endpaper. $85. * A play about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. work and life at the time when..... More
Mr. Justice Brandeis and the University of Louisville.
In a Handsome Clamshell Box Flexner, Bernard. Mr. Justice Brandeis and the University of Louisville. Louisville: University of Louisville, 1938. 86 pp. Tipped-in portrait frontispiece. Original stiff printed wrappers with untrimmed edges, text block has deckle fore-edge. Light soiling, some darkening to spine, moderate wear to spine ends and edges..... More
Jus Gentium. Journal of International Legal History. Vol 9, No 1. 2024
Jus Gentium. Journal of International Legal History. William E. Butler, Editor. Talbot Publishing, 2024. Volume 9, No. 1. January 2024. 322 pp. Paperback. $50. * JUS GENTIUM Journal of International Legal History is the first dedicated journal in the United States addressing the history of international law. Much current scholarship..... More
Thomas Wakley: an Improbable Radical.
Hostettler, John. Thomas Wakley: an Improbable Radical. Chichester, [UK]: Barry Rose Law Publishers, [1993]. xi, 158 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $65. More
A History of Police in England and Wales, 900-1966.
Critchley, T.A. A History of Police in England and Wales, 900-1966. London: Constable, [1967]. xx, 347 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $65. More
Charles Evans Hughes, 2 Vols. In publisher's Slipcase
Pusey, Merlo J. Charles Evans Hughes. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. Two volumes. xvi, 409; vii, 829 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Illustrations. Cloth, moderate shelfwear, gift inscriptions, owner signatures and tipped-in and laid-in newspaper clippings (with light offsetting) and a few bits of cellotape to front endleaves, marks and brief..... More
The Mooney-Billings Report, Suppressed by the Wickersham Commission.
[Mooney, Thomas J]. [Billings, Warren K.]. The Mooney-Billings Report: Suppressed by the Wickersham Commission. New York: Gotham House, [1932]. [xii], ii, iv, 243 pp. Cloth in lightly soiled dust jacket with some chipping to spine ends and light waer to lower corners. $65. * First edition. Concerning labor leaders Thomas..... More
The Social and Economic Views of Mr. Justice Brandeis.
"The Work of a Great Lawyer" Brandeis, Louis D. [1856-1941]. Lief, Alfred [1901-1971], Editor. The Social and Economic Views of Mr. Justice Brandeis. With a Foreword by Charles A. Beard. New York: The Vanguard Press, [1930]. xxi, 419 pp. Cloth bound hardcover in dust jacket with some light staining to..... More
Early Canadian Court Houses.
Carter, Margaret, Compiler. Early Canadian Court Houses. Ottawa: National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Environment Canada, 1983. 258 pp. Softcover. Moderate shelfwear. Internally clean. $20. * Also published in French with title: Premiers Palais de Justice au Canada.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258). More
A Semi-Centennial Roster of the Atlanta Bench and Bar 1890-1940.
Etheridge, H. A., Compiler. A Semi-Centennial Roster of the Atlanta Bench and Bar 1890-1940. Atlanta: 1940. 84 pp. Softcover. Lightly shelfwear. Compiler's inscription to front free endpaper. $25. More
Colonizing Hawai'i: the Cultural Power of Law.
Merry, Sally Engle. Colonizing Hawai'i: the Cultural Power of Law. Princeton, [N.J.]: Princeton University Press, [2000]. xii, 371 pp. Hardcover. Lightly worn. Marker to bottom of text block, othwise internally clean. $45. * Contents: A Note on Language and Terminology; Part 1:; Encounters in a Contact Zone: New England Missionaries..... More
Studies in International Law.
Holland, Thomas Erskine. Studies in International Law. Darmstadt, [Ger.]: Scientia Verlag Aalen, 1979. viii, 314 pp. Hardcover. Fine. Internally clean. $45. * Contents: pt. I. The Law of War.; pt. II. Illustrations of the System of International Law.; pt. III. The Eastern Question.; pt. IV. Biographical Sketches. More
The Province of Legislation Determined: Legal Theory in...
Lieberman, David. The Province of Legislation Determined: Legal Theory in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge, [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press, [1989]. xiii, 312 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $35. * Contents: Machine Derived Contents Note: Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Blackstone and the Commentaries: 1. The Law of England; 2..... More
Grundsatze des Teutschen Peinlichen Rechts [Bound With] Abhandlung...
Enlightened Penology in Eighteenth-Century Germany Quistorp, Johann Christian von [1737-1795]. Grundsatze des Teutschen Peinlichen Rechts. Rostock and Leipzig: In der Koppischen Buchhandlung, 1770. [xvi], 1087 pp. [Bound with] Risi, Paolo. Abhandlungen Uber Einige Gegenstande des Peinlichen Rechts. Jelgawa and Leipzig: Bey Steideln und Compagnie, 1771. [xvi], [17]-136 pp. Octavo (6-1/2"..... More
Slipping Backward: a History of the Nebraska Supreme Court.
Hewitt, James W. Slipping Backward: a History of the Nebraska Supreme Court. Lincoln, [NE]: University of Nebraska Press, [2007]. x, 243 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: An Introduction to the Nebraska Supreme Court: the Past is Prologue; "The Judicial Mowing Machine thus Cuts a...... More
A Guide to Voet: Including the Life of Johannes Voet with Portraits,..
Roberts, A.A. A Guide to Voet: Including the Life of Johannes Voet with Portraits, Particulars of Translations, and Detailed Index to the Commentarius ad Pandectas. Pretoria, [ZA]: The Author, 1933. vii, 113 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $125. * Contents: Introductory and Explanatory; Life of Voet;..... More
A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland, 1686-1776.
Wroth, Lawrence C. A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland, 1686-1776. Baltimore: Typothetae of Baltimore, 1922. xiv, 275 pp. Later blue library buckram with gilt stamped spine. Untrimmed edges. Internally clean. $35. * "Five hundred copies have been printed for the Typothetate of Baltimore by Norman T.A. Munder & Co...... More
Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints, 1764-1864.
Jumonville, Florence M. Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints, 1764-1864. New Orleans: Historic New Orleans Collection, [1989]. xxxix, 759 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $35. * "A descriptive bibliography of books, pamphlets, and broadsides and other ephemera issued during the first 100 years of printing in New Orleans. Organized by..... More
Gender and Petty Crime in Late Medieval England: the Local Courts in..
Jones, Karen. Gender and Petty Crime in Late Medieval England: the Local Courts in Kent, 1460-1560. Woodbridge, [UK]: Boydell Press, [2006]. ix, 242 pp. Hardcover. Fine. Internally clean. $95. * Contents: Map of Kent, c. 1500; 1.; Introduction; 2.; Offences Against Property; 3.; Physical Violence; 4.; Verbal Violence; 5.; Sexual..... More
Wharton's Law Lexicon. 14th. edition. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1949.
Wharton's Renowned Law Lexicon [Wharton, (J)ohn (J)ane S(mith) (1816 or 17-1867)]. Oppe, A.S., Editor. Wharton's Law Lexicon Forming an Epitome of the Laws of England Under Statute and Case Law, and Containing Explanations of Technical Terms and Phrases Ancient, Modern, and Commercial, with selected Titles Relating to the Civil, Scots..... More
Les Reports de Edward Coke, Parts 7-11 and Un General Table, 1671-72.
1671-1672 Printings of Parts 7-11 of Coke's Reports with Contemporary Annotations Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. [Les Reports de Edward Coke]. Parts 7-11 (of 11). [London: John Streater and Henry Twyford, Parts 7, 9, 11; Elizabeth Flesher, Parts 8 and 10]. Various paginations. [And] Un General Table, A Touts les Several..... More
On the Laws and Customs of England: Essays in Honor of Samuel E....
Thorne, Samuel E. Arnold, Morris S. On the Laws and Customs of England: Essays in Honor of Samuel E. Thorne. Chapel Hill, [NC]: University of North Carolina Press, [1981]. xx, 426 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $75. * Contents: Simpson, A.W.B. The laws of 5, Ethelbert.;..... More
The Sacco-Vanzetti Case, Transcript of the Record of the Trial...2d. e
With an Introduction by William O. Douglas [C] [Trials]. Sacco, Nicola [1891-1927], Defendant. Vanzetti, Bartolomeo [1888-1927], Defendant. Douglas, William O. [1898-1980], Introductory Essay. The Sacco-Vanzetti Case: Transcript of the Record of the Trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the Courts of Massachusetts and Subsequent Proceedings 1920-1927. Mamaroneck: Paul..... More
Vernacular Bodies: the Politics of Reproduction in Early Modern...
Fissell, Mary Elizabeth. Vernacular Bodies: the Politics of Reproduction in Early Modern England. Oxford, [Eng.]: Oxford University Press, [2004]. viii, 283 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $25. * Contents: Introduction; Reforming the Body; The Womb Goes Bad; Protesting and Preaching; Henry Jessey, Sarah Wight, and..... More
The Missouri Supreme Court: from Dred Scott to Nancy Cruzan.
Dunne, Gerald T. The Missouri Supreme Court: from Dred Scott to Nancy Cruzan. Columbia, [MO]: University of Missouri Press, [1993]. xi, 222 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $20. * Contents: Beginnings. 1. Headwaters. 2. Flawed Foundations; Growing Pains. 3. Funny Money. 4. Missouri Soil. 5..... More
The Supreme Court of Florida and its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917.
Manley, Walter W. Brown, Canter. Rise, Eric W. The Supreme Court of Florida and its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917. Gainesville, [Fla.]: University Press of Florida, [1997]. xvii, 454 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. Price label on back board. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Forewords, Richard W. Ervin, Stephen C. O'Connell and Kenneth W...... More
The Christian Foundations of Criminal Responsibility: a ...
Crawford, J.M.B. Quinn, J.F. The Christian Foundations of Criminal Responsibility: a Philosophical Study of Legal Reasoning. Lewiston, [N.Y.]: Edwin Mellen Press, [1991]. vi, 504 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine with dent to corner of rear board. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. Internally clean and bright. $125. * Toronto Studies in Theology..... More
McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York 7B:CPLR in 39 bks w/2024 supp
McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York Annotated. Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR): 1-end in 39 books. Complete set, current through 2024 supplements. Thomson Reuters West, 2009-2023. 39 books. Hardcover. Complete set with all revised volumes, with 2024 supplements. 7B CPLR 1 to 212-Commentaries by V. Alexander (2024 Supplementary Pamphlet)..... More
The American Zion Commonwealth (Inc) Affiliated with the Zionist...
The Construction of "A Jewish Commonwealth" in Palestine American Zion Commonwealth. The American Zion Commonwealth (Inc.) Affiliated with the Zionist Organization of America. [New York: American Zion Commonwealth?], 1920. 15 pp. Pamphlet in printed wrappers, formerly stapled and recently resewn. Light toning, soiling and a few small chips to wrappers..... More
The Trial of Jonathan Britain Capitally Convicted of Forgery... 1772.
A Confidence Man is Sent ?to the Gallows [Trial]. Britain, Jonathan [d. 1772], Defendant. The Trial of Jonathan Britain Capitally Convicted of Forgery, May the 2d, 1772, at the Guildhall in the City of Bristol, Before the Right Worshipful Henry Bright, Esq; Mayor; The Worshipful John Dunning, Esq; Recorder; And..... More
Some Table Talk of Mr Justice Holmes and "The Mrs."
Holmes and His Wife at Table Hale, Richard Walden [1871-1943]. [Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935)]. Some Table Talk of Mr. Justice Holmes and "The Mrs." [Boston: Addison C. Getchell & Son], 1935. 17 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Light soiling to wrappers, light rubbing to extremities, small tear..... More
Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LLD, Boston, 1816.
Story Eulogizes An Exemplary Lawyer-Statesman Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LL.D. By the Hon. Joseph Story, LL.D. Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, And Presiding Judge of the Circ. Court of the U.S. for the First Circuit, As Delivered to the Grand..... More
An Historical Vignette of Oak Hill, Fauquier Country Home of John...
Russell, T. Triplett. Gott, John K. An Historical Vignette of Oak Hill, Fauquier Country Home of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States and Native Son of Fauquier County. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000. 65 pp. Illustrated. Softbound, fine in custom 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" cloth folder. $30. More
Decretales cum Summariis, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 10 March 1493.
1493 Koberger Imprint in a Contemporary English Binding [Gregory IX, Pope (c.1170-1241)]. [Bottoni, Bernardo (d.1266), Glosses]. [Clarius, Hieronymus, Additions]. [Decretales cum Summariis]. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 10 March 1493]. [iv], [2]-381 [i.e. 384] ff. Collation: [*4], a2-z8, A-Z8, AA6, BB7. First four leaves are an index. Lacking first leaf of main..... More
The Hope of the Briefless; Or, The Cradle of Crime.
"The Last Recorded Syllable of Time Shall Throb to Human Weakness, Want, And Crime" [Legal Poetry]. [Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John Eardley (1810-1892), Attributed]. The Hope of the Briefless; Or, The Cradle of Crime. [London?]: Printed for private circulation, [c.1850]. 7 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later three-quarter..... More
On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application...
Beaumont, Gustave de; Tocqueville, Alexis de. On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application in France. Carbondale, [Ill.]: Southern Illinois University Press, [1964]. xl, 222 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn, moderately soiled dust jacket with price clip. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: 1. An Historical Outline of..... More
Liberte, Egalite, Le Directoire Executif aux Citoyens de Paris...
A Turning Point of the French Revolution [Broadside]. [French Revolution]. [Coup of 18 Fructador]. Liberte, Egalite. Le Directoire Executif aux Citoyens de Paris. [Paris]: De L'Imprimerie du Directoire Executif, [1797]. 21-1/2" x 16-1/2" broadside, untrimmed edges. Light toning, vertical and horizontal fold lines, a few creases to lower-right corner, small..... More
Statutes, Treaties and Documents of the Canadian Constitution,...
Kennedy, W.P.M. Statutes, Treaties and Documents of the Canadian Constitution, 1713-1929. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1930. Second edition. xxviii, 752 pp. Original cloth. Lightly worn. Internally clean. $95. More
Brian Dickson at the Supreme Court of Canada, 1973-1990.
Guth, DeLloyd J. Brian Dickson at the Supreme Court of Canada, 1973-1990. Winnipeg: Canadian Legal History Project, 1998. xxxix, 357 pp. Hardcover. Lightly worn and soiled. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean. $35. * Contents: Preface; Foreword, Antonio Lamer; Introduction, DeLlyod J. Guth; About Brian, Bill..... More
Corrected Typescript of Constitutional Science: Being the English...
An Unpublished English Translation of an Important Spanish-Language Work on Constitutional Law [Manuscript]. Hostos, Eugenia Maria de [1839-1903]. Hunt, A[lbert]. F[rancis]., Jr. [1872-1947], Translator. Constitutional Science: Being the English Version of a Work Entitled "Lecciones De Derecho Constitucional" by Eugenio M. de Hostas. Nahant, Massachusetts and Mt. Holly Springs, Pennsylvania..... More
Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and...
Shoemaker, Robert Brink. Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and rural Middlesex, c. 1660-1725. Cambridge, [UK]: Cambridge University Press, [1991]. xviii, 351 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $50. * Contents: pt. I. Background: 1. Introduction. Misdemeanors and Society in Preindustrial England;..... More
The Commerce Clause Under Marshall, Taney and Waite.
Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The Commerce Clause Under Marshall, Taney and Waite. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1937. 114 pp. Cloth very good in lightly worn dust jacket, internally clean. $60. * First edition. "These three lucid essays are a welcome contribution to the clarity of history.": Charles..... More
Washington Bowed, Inscribed to Stanley Forman Reed.
McKeldin, Theodore. Washington Bowed. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1956. 31 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, light soiling to extremities, very good in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket, internally clean. Author inscription dated October 25th, 1956 to front free endpaper. $20. * First edition. This copy is inscribed to Stanley Forman Reed..... More
Tragedy in Dedham: The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case.
Russell, Francis. Tragedy in Dedham. The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1962]. First edition. v, 478 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, light shelfwear, good in lightly soiled, faded, moderately worn and price-clipped dust jacket, internally clean. Author inscription "With all good wishes/ Francis Russell" to front free..... More
The Defenses of Freedom, Inscribed to Al Weinstein.
Goldberg, Arthur. The Defenses of Freedom: The Public Papers of Arthur J. Goldberg. Edited by Daniel Patrick Moynihan. New York: Harper and Row, [1966]. xvii, 342 pp. Hardcover cloth, light shelfwear, very good in lightly worn dust jacket with light fading to extremities, internally clean. Author inscription to front free..... More
Bail Bond for John P. Bortle and David Ingersoll, Hudson, NY, 1798.
A New York Bail Bond from 1798 [New York]. Know All Men by These Presents, That We [John P. Bortle and David Ingersoll] are Held and Firmly Bound Unto [Benjamin Allen] Esquire, Marshal of the City of Hudson.... Hudson, New York, March 5, 1798. 2 pp. 12" x 7-1/4" part-printed..... More
Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court, Inscribed by Frankfurter.
Warmly Inscribed by Frankfurter to Ralph Baker Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965], Editor. Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1938. [viii], 139 pp. Portrait frontispiece of Holmes. Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine, in lightly worn dust jacket. Light rubbing to extremities..... More
The Law Society of Manitoba, 1877-1977.
Harvey, Cameron. The Law Society of Manitoba, 1877-1977. Winnipeg: Peguis, 1977. ix, 289 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, lightly soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Preface; Foreword; List of Illustrations; I. The Legal Profession and the Public Interest, D. Trevor Anderson; II. A Brief History of the Law Society..... More
The Nightmare of American Foreign Policy, Inscribed by Robert Jackson.
Inscribed by Robert H. Jackson to John Leo Blair Mowrer, Edgar Ansel. The Nightmare of American Foreign Policy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. viii, 283, xxii pp. Hardcover, very good with light shelfwear in lightly worn and price-clipped dust jacket, internally clean. Inscription "For John L. Blair/ with greetings/..... More
Becoming Justice Blackmun, Signed Copy.
Greenhouse, Linda. Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey. [New York: Times Books, 2006]. xiii, 268 pp. Softbound, fine. Author signature to title page. $20. More
A Bibliography of Canadian Law: Prepared for the International...
Boult, Reynald. Bibliography of Canadian Law: Prepared for the International Committee for Social Sciences Documentation under the Auspices of the International Association of Legal Science, with the Support of the Canadian Association of Comparative Law and the Canadian and Foreign Law Research Centre. Montreal: Wilson and Lafleur, 1966. xii, 393..... More
Acts Passed at the Third Congress of the United States of America.
A Consequential Congress [Congress, United States]. Acts Passed at the Third Congress of the United States of America: Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, On Monday, The Second of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Three, And of the Independence of the United..... More
Roger Brooke Taney: The Annual Address Delivered Before the American..
In Praise of Chief Justice Taney Potter, Clarkson N. [1825-1882]. [Taney, Roger B. (1777-1864)]. Roger Brooke Taney. The Annual Address Delivered Before the American Bar Association At its Fourth Annual Meeting, At Saratoga Springs, N.Y., August 18, 1881. Philadelphia: E.C. Markley & Son, Printers, 1881. 26 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x...... More
The Palestine Situation Restated, Reprinted From Foreign Affairs, 1931
Frankfurter on "The Palestine Situation" Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The Palestine Situation Restated. Reprinted from Foreign Affairs, April 1931. New York: The Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., 1931. 28 pp. Pamphlet in self-wrappers bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt fillets and title to spine, endpapers added. Light toning, light..... More
Report of the Trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, One of the Associate...
The Only Impeachment of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice [Trial]. Chase, Samuel [1741-1811], Defendant. Evans, Charles, Reporter. Report of the Trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, One of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Before the High Court of Impeachment, Composed of the Senate of..... More
Charles River Bridge... Opinion of the Supreme Court of United States
An Important Contracts Case Dealing with States' Rights [United States Supreme Court]. Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge. Opinions of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, In the Case of the Proprietors of Charles River Bridge vs. The Proprietors of Warren Bridge and Others. Delivered at..... More
The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas during the English...
Hill, Christopher. The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas during the English Revolution. London: Temple Smith, [1973]. Second impression. 353 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket with price clip. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper, otherwise clean. $25. More
The Practice and Representation of Reading in England.
Raven, James, Editor. Small, Helen, Editor. Tadmor, Naomi, Editor. The Practice and Representation of Reading in England. Cambridge, [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press, [1996]. xvii, 313 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $20. * Contents: Introduction: the Practice and Representation of Reading in England, James Raven..... More
An Answer to Father Coughlin's Critics.
Father Coughlin's Friends. [Coughlin, Charles (1891-1979)]. An Answer to Father Coughlin's Critics. Michigan: The Radio League of the Little Flower, 1940. 164 pp. Printed wrappers, light soiling to exterior, a few tiny tears to spine, internally clean. Housed in 7-3/4" x 5-1/2" x 1/2" cloth slipcase. $100. * Coughlin was..... More
Jehovah's Witnesses and the War.
Against the Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses American Civil Liberties Union. Jehovah's Witnesses and the War. New York: American Civil Liberties Union, 1943. 36 pp. Stapled pamphlet in self-wrappers. Moderate toning, pencil annotations (shelfmarks) to first leaf, which has a small clean tear to its fore-edge not affecting text, ink stamps..... More
A Valuable Assistant to Every Man, Or, The American Clerk's Magazine..
First Edition, Printed by Isaiah Thomas Freeman, Samuel [1743-1831]. A Valuable Assistant to Every Man: Or, The American Clerk's Magazine. Containing the Most Useful and Necessary Forms of Writings, Which Commonly Occur Between Man and Man, Under the Names of Acquittances, Agreements, Assignments, Awards, Bargains, Bills, Bonds, Complaints, Conveyances, Covenants..... More
Harvard College Class Day, June 21, 1861.
Program for Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.'s Harvard Commencement [Harvard College]. Harvard College. Class Day, June 21, 1861. 3, [1] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Bifolium leaflet, very light toning, a few negligible small stains. Housed in handsome 8" x 5" folder, three-quarter calf over paper, gilt title to spine. $350..... More
Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c. 1640-1649.
Smith, David L. Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c. 1640-1649. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1994]. xvi, 371 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, lightly soiled dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $40. * Contents: Themes, Debates, Sources; Context: the Early Stuarts and the Early Stuart Constitution; Early Careers of the..... More
Two Part-Printed Orders for Sheriffs, New London, CT, 1749 and 1755.
Orders for Connecticut Sheriffs, 1749 and 1755. [Connecticut]. To the Sheriff of the County of [New London] Or his Deputy, Or Either of the Constables of the Town of [Norwich] within Said County, Greeting. Norwich, CT, August 15, 1749. 1 pp. 6-3/4" x 6-3/4". [With] To the Sheriff of the..... More
Secret Rites and Secret Writing: Royalist Literature, 1641-1660.
Potter, Lois. Secret Rites and Secret Writing: Royalist Literature, 1641-1660. Cambridge, [UK]: Cambridge University Press, [1989]. xvi, 242 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. Internally clean. $55. * Contents: Machine Derived Contents Note: List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. 'Secrecy's Now Published': Royalists and the Press, 1641-60; 2. 'Our Cabbalistical Adversaries': Secret Language; 3..... More
The English Navigation Laws: a Seventeenth-Century Experiment in...
Harper, Lawrence A. The English Navigation Laws: a Seventeenth-Century Experiment in Social Engineering. New York: Columbia University Press, 1939. xiv, 503 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Pencil annotation to front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean. $95. More