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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
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
Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume X, A Tribute to Peter...
Phillips, Jim, Editor. McMurtry, Roy, Editor. Saywell, John T., Editor Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume X: A Tribute to Peter N. Olover. Toronto and London: Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by the University of Toronto Press, [2008]. xii, 471 pp. Illustrations. Portraits. Maps..... More
Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume VI, British Columbia...
Foster, Hamar, Editor. McLaren, John, Editor. Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume VI: British Columbia and the Yukon. [Toronto]: The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, [1995]. xvi, 583 pp. Illustrations. Softbound, light shelfwear, light soiling to top and bottom edges of text block. $25. More
Table Talk of John Selden: Newly Edited for the Selden Society.
Selden, John. Milward, Ri. Pollock, Frederick. Table Talk of John Selden: Newly Edited for the Selden Society. London: Quaritch, 11 Grafton Street, 1927. xxv, 191 pp. Hardcover, a few minor smudges, spine ends and corners bumped. $45. More
The Table Talk of John Selden, Sir Frederick Pollock's Copy.
From the Library of Sir Frederick Pollock Selden, John [1584-1654]. Reynolds, Samuel Harvey, Editor. The Table Talk of John Selden. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1892. xxxv, 220 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Publisher's green cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. Light soiling and minor shelfwear to..... More
Thomas Erskine and Trial by Jury.
Hostettler, John. Thomas Erskine and Trial by Jury. Chichester, England : Barry Rose Law Publishers, [1996]. xii, 251 pp. Frontispiece. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $50. More
The Reporters Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks 4th
Wallace, John W. The Reporters Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks. Fourth edition. Revised and enlarged. Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882. Reprint. Buffalo, NY: Dennis & Co., 1959. vi, 654 pp. Cloth, some rubbing to spine, marks in light pencil to a few leaves. $25. * First published in 1844..... More
A Bibliography of Abridgements, Digests, Dictionaries and Indexes...
Cowley, John D. A Bibliography of Abridgements, Digests, Dictionaries and Indexes of English Law to the Year 1800. London: Selden Society, 1932. Reprint. Holmes Beach, FL: Wm. W. Gaunt & Sons, 1979. [iv], xcv, 196 pp. Illustrated (tables), 39 facsimiles. Cloth, light shelfwear, underlining and check marks in faint pencil..... More
A Full History of the Eventful Life, Crimes, Confessions, Repentance.
"Wilson Blamed His Plight on Demon Rum" Wilson, John M. [1858-1887]. Leopold, W.A., Editor. A Full History of the Eventful Life, Crimes, Confessions, Repentance and Death on the Gallows of John M. Wilson, Hanged Jan. 13th, 1887, For the Murder of Anthony W. Dealy, Jan. 26th, 1884, Whose Body, Cut..... More
The Warden: A Portrait of John Sparrow.
Lowe, John. The Warden: A Portrait of John Sparrow. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. xiii, 258 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $25. More
Reports from the Notebooks of Edward Coke. 5 volumes. 2022-2023.
Baker, Sir John (Editor). Coke, Sir Edward. Reports from the Notebooks of Edward Coke. London: Selden Society, 2022-2023. 5 volumes. Color illustrations, facsimiles, portraits. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover. Law French and English on opposite pages. Introductory material includes comments on the reports. Publications of the Selden Society volumes 136-140. Volume..... More
American Legal Realism and Empirical Social Science.
Schlegel, John Henry. American Legal Realism and Empirical Social Science. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, [1995]. xii, 418 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. Fine. $25. More
Combination and Conspiracy, a Legal History of Trade Unionism.
Orth, John V. Combination and Conspiracy: A Legal History of Trade Unionism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. x, 207 pp. Cloth in near-fine dust jacket. $85. More
John Selden on Jewish Marriage Law, The Uxor Hebraica, Translated...
Selden, John. Ziskind, Jonathan R. John Selden on Jewish Marriage Law: The Uxor Hebraica. Translated with a Commentary by Jonathan R. Ziskind. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1991. xii, 537 pp. Hardcover. Fine. $250. More
Imagining the King's Death, Figurative Treason, Fantasies of Regicide.
Barrell, John. Imagining the King's Death: Figurative Treason, Fantasies of Regicide. [Oxford]: Oxford University Press, [2000]. xvii, 737 pp. Illustrations. Portraits. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket with two minor creases to inside flap, stamp reading--for reasons we cannot explain--"damaged" to title page and following leaf. $150. More
The Accidental Republic: Crippled Workingmen, Destitute Widows,...
Witt, John Fabian. The Accidental Republic: Crippled Workingmen, Destitute Widows, and the Remaking of American Law. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2004. 311 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $20. More
Military Tribunals and International Crimes.
Appleman, John Alan. Military Tribunals and International Crimes. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1954. xv, 421 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover, ownership stamp of Frederick Bernans Wiener to front pastedown. $75. More
William Paterson, Lawyer, and Statesman, 1745-1806.
O'Connor, John E. William Paterson, Lawyer and Statesman, 1745-1806. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1979. xv, 351 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $20. More
Safeguarding the Public: Historical Aspects of Medicinal Drug Control.
Blake, John Ballard. Safeguarding the Public: Historical Aspects of Medicinal Drug Control. Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1970. xi, 200 pp. HArdcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $50. More
Imperatoris Iustiniani Institutionum Libri Quattuor: With...
Moyle, John Baron. Imperatoris Iustiniani Institutionum Libri Quattuor: With Introductions, Commentary, and Excursus. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1923. vi, 682 pp. Hardcover, price clip, owner signature (of T.A. Sandquist) to front free endpaper. $25. More
New Views of the Constitution of the United States.
An Intellectual Father of the South's Secession Taylor, John. New Views of the Constitution of the United States. Washington City: Printed for the Author, by Way and Gideon, 1823. [4], 316 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190279; ISBN-10: 1616190272. Paperback. Spine bumped with small tears. Page..... More
The Problem of Power: The Reith Memorial Lectures, 1951, Inscribed.
Radcliffe, Cyril John. The Problem of Power: The Reith Memorial Lectures, 1951. London: Secker and Warburg, 1952. 110 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket, gift inscription "To Ruth and John/ with my love/ Cyril Radcliffe" to front free endpaper. Light foxing to edges of text block, internally clean. $50..... More
A Brief History of the Succession, Collected Out of the Records...
Parliament's Right to Participate in the Succession [Somers, John Somers, Baron (1651-1716), Attributed]. A Brief History of the Succession, Collected Out of the Records, And the Most Authentick Historians. Written for the Satisfaction of the Earl of H. [Caption Title]. [London?: S.n., 1680?]. 19, [1] pp. Folio (11-3/4" x 7")..... More