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Frederic Hill: An Autobiography of Fifty Years in Times of Reform.
Autobiography of a Notable Nineteenth-Century Reformer Hill, Frederic [1803-1896]. Hill, Constance [1844?-1829], Editor. Frederic Hill: An Autobiography of Fifty Years in Times of Reform. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1893. xiii, [3], 346 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Publisher's pebbled cloth, blind rules to boards, central panel with..... More
Report of the Case of Timothy Upham Against Hill & Barton...
Libel and Press Freedom in 1830 New Hampshire [Trial]. Hill, Horatio [b.1807], Defendant. Barton, Cyrus [1795-1855], Defendant. Report of the Case of Timothy Upham against Hill & Barton, Publishers of the New-Hampshire Patriot, For Alleged Libels, At the Court of Common Pleas, Rockingham County, March and October Terms....1830. Dover: Published..... More
The Administration of the English Poor Law, 1865.
The Workhouse System Does Not Reduce Crime Hill, Frederic [1803-1896]. The Administration of the English Poor Law. (Read at the Meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science at Sheffield, October 6, 1865.) London: [The Social Science Association], 1865. 13 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched..... More
Reports of Cases... in the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Hill's New York Reports Hill, Nicholas, Jr. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of New-York. New York: Banks & Brothers, Law Publishers, 1863. 7 volumes. Contemporary sheep, blind frames to boards, blind tooling to board edges, red and black calf lettering pieces and..... More
Prices Skyrocket! Has Your Rent Been Raised? Are You Paying...
"Has Your Rent Been Raised?" [Broadside]. Russian Hill Communist Club. Prices Skyrocket! Has Your Rent Been Raised? Are You Paying Russian Hill Stores 60? a Pound for Hamburger? What Can We Do About It? [San Francisco]: Russian Hill Communist Club, 1947? 11" x 8-1/2" mimeographed broadside. Moderate toning, else fine..... More
Crime, Its Amount, Causes, And Remedies. Only Edition, London 1853.
Criminality is Not an Innate Character Trait Hill, Frederic [1803-1896]. Crime: Its Amount, Causes, And Remedies. London: John Murray, 1853. xvi, 443 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Recent cloth, calf lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Light soiling, light rubbing to lettering piece. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing to..... More
Lincoln the Lawyer.
Hill, Frederick Trevor. Lincoln the Lawyer. New York: The Century Co., 1906. Reprinted Legal Classics Library, [1996]. Illustrated. xviii, 332 pp. Full decorative calf, extra gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt. Silk ribbon bookmarker. Fine. $25. * Hill's account draws on interviews with people who knew or worked with Lincoln..... More
Wanted for Burglary: Edward Hill, Hardin, Montana, March 25, 1915.
"Will Likely Steal Anything He Can Carry Away With Him" [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Montana]. [Hill, Edward]. Wanted for Burglary: Edward Hill, Hardin, Montana, March 25, 1915. 11" x 8-1/4" broadside, physical description of Hill in two columns with main text in single column below. Moderate toning, a few small tears and..... More
Charter and Ordinances of the City of Tucson.
The Last Edition of Tucson's Charter and Ordinances Published Before World War II [Tucson]. Hill, Ben C, Compiler. Charter and Ordinances of the City of Tucson. Published by Order of the Mayor and Common Council. Tucson, AZ: [City of Tucson], 1926. [vi], 3-257 pp. Cloth, some shelfwear to extremities, rear..... More
Legal London Engraved: Twelve Wood Engravings
Handsome Woodcuts Depicting Legal London Paynter, Hilary. Legal London Engraved: Twelve Wood Engravings. Introduction and Notes by William E. Butler and Brian H.W. Hill. London: Primrose Academy, 1998. Unpaginated. Quarter cloth over patterned paper boards in slipcase. New. $250. * From a limited edition of 135 copies, this number 92..... More
The Public Domain and Democracy.
Hill, Robert Tudor. The Public Domain and Democracy: A Study of Social, Economic and Political Problems in the United States in Relation to Western Development. New York: Columbia University Press, 1910. 253, [12] pp. Includes twelve pages of advertisements. Newly rebound in blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Ex-library. Perforated..... More
Liberty and Law. St. Louis, 1880.
Hill, Britton A. Liberty and Law or Outlines of a New System for the Organization and Administration of Federative Government. Revised and Greatly Expanded. St. Louis: G.I. Jones and Company, 1880. xxxix, 387, [5] pp. Includes five-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (6" x 9"). Original cloth, gilt title to front board..... More
The Rolls and Register of Bishop Oliver Sutton 1280-1299.
Hill, Rosalind M.T. [editor]. The Rolls and Register of Bishop Oliver Sutton 1280-1299. Volume III Memoranda, May 19, 1290-May 18, 1292. Printed for The Lincoln Record Society by the Hereford Times Limited, Hereford, 1954. lxxxvi, 250pp. Original cloth. Binding slightly soiled. Good. $65. * The Publications of the Lincoln Record..... More