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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," on Personal Beverly Farms Letterhead, to Frank T. Benner, Jr., Washington, DC, June 25, 1920]. 2 pp. With transmittal envelope and portrait of Holmes. Light toning, horizontal fold line..... 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An Unpublished English Translation of an Important Spanish-Language Work on Constitutional Law [Manuscript].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
Jefferson's Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and...
Bear, James A. Jr. Stanton, Lucia C. Jefferson's Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767-1826. Princeton: Princeton University Press, [1997]. Two volumes. Hardcover cloth, fine in lightly worn dust jackets with fading to spines. $50. * Part of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series. More
Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, And the Struggle...
James, Rawn, Jr. Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, And the Struggle to End segregation. New York: Bloomsbury Press, [2010]. [ix], 276 pp. 8 unnumbered pages of plates. Illustrations. Photographs. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket, small mark to foot of text block. $40. More
The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court...
The Macclesfield Copy of Comberbach's Reports Comberbach, Roger. Comberbach, Roger, [Jr.], Editor. The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; From the First Year of King James the Second, To the Tenth Year of King William the Third. Collected by Roger Comberbach..... More
Introduction to Turkish Law, Second Edition.
Ansay, Tugrul, Editor. Wallace, Don, Jr., Editor. Introduction to Turkish Law, Second Edition. Ankara: Society of Comparative Law, 1978. xii, 255 pp. Cloth in moderately worn dust jacket with light fading to spine, pencil markings, annotations and faint offsetting from laid-in newspaper clippings to a few leaves. $30. More
Texts and Contexts in Legal History: Essays in Honor of Charles...
Witte, John Jr. McDougall, Sara. Robilant, Anna Di. Texts and Contexts in Legal History: Essays in Honor of Charles Donahue. Berkeley: The Robbins Collection, 2016. xli, 448 pp. Hardcover, light shelfwear. $45. More
The Future of Democratic Capitalism.
Arnold, Thurman W. Berle, Jr., Adolf A. Ernst, Morris L. Patterson, S. Howard. Zimmern, Sir Alfred. The Future of Democratic Capitalism. Philadelphia, Pa: University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]. x, 112 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn, lightly soiled dust jacket. $50. More
Writers, Books, and Trade: An Eighteenth-Century Englsish...
Brack, O M Jr. Writers, Books, And Trade: An Eighteenth-Century English Miscellany for William B. Todd. New York: AMS Press, 1994. x, 412 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover. Fine. $40. More
Legal Papers of Andrew Jackson.
Ely, James W. Jr. Brown, Theodore Jr. Legal Papers of Andrew Jackson. Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press, [1987]. lxvi, 420 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $35. More
Henrik Brenkman: Jurist and Classicist.
Stolte, Bernard H. JR. Henrik Brenkman: Jurist and Classicist. Groningen: Bouma's Boekhuis, 1981. viii, 141 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $25. More
Arthur Berriedale Keither, 1879-1944: The Chief Ornament of Scottish..
Shinn, Ridgway F Jr. Arthur Berriedale Keither, 1879-1944: The Chief Ornament of Scottish Learning. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, [1990]. xv, 386 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket with light fading to spine. $20. More
Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America.
Skeel, David A. Jr. Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, [2001]. xi, 281 pp. Hardcover. Fine. $25. More
Speeches, Presentation Copy Inscribed by Holmes.
Inscribed by Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Speeches. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1896. [v], 55 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Original paper-covered boards, title in frame to front board, deckle edges. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with light wear to corners, calf bookplate of Alfred..... More
4" x 2-1/2" Cartes-de-Visite of Fisk, Stokes and Mansfield.
Images of James Fisk, His Murderer, And the Woman Who Inspired the Murder [Murder]. Fisk, James, Jr. [1835-1872] Stokes, Edward [1841-1901]. Mansfield, Helen Josephine, "Josie" [1847-1931]. [3-1/2" x 2-1/4" Cartes-de-Visite of Fisk, Stokes and Mansfield Mounted on 4" x 2-1/2" Cards]. [New York?, c.1870]. Light toning and soiling to edges..... More
Billings Trial, Beach's Argument, Ballston Spa, NY, 1890.
Manuscript Relating to a Sensational Murder Case in Ballston Spa, NY [Manuscript]. [Billings, Jesse, Jr.] [Beach, William A.]. Billings Trial, Beach's Argument [Spine Title]. [Ballston Spa, NY, 1880]. [v], 252 ff. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title and fillets to spine..... More
The Common Law, First Edition, Boston, 1881, Law-Calf Binding.
First Edition of The Common Law in the Scarce Law-Calf Binding Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. The Common Law. Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1881. [i]-xvi, 422 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Original law calf, rebacked retaining existing spine with raised bands and lettering piece, blind frames to boards, hinges..... More
Speech of Mr Justice Holmes at Commencement, Harvard University...
Inscribed by Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Speech of Mr. Justice Holmes at Commencement, Harvard University, June 28, 1911. [Cambridge?: s.n., 1911?]. [3] pp. 8-1/2" x 6-1/4" bifolium pamphlet. Moderate toning, horizontal and vertical fold lines, clean tear starting along horizontal fold line, light chipping, wear and small clean..... More
An Essay on the Learning of Contingent Remainders and Executory...
Kent Admired Its "Ability and Perspicuity" Fearne, Charles [1742-1794]. Powell, John Joseph [1755?-1801], Editor [Vol. II Only]. An Essay on the Learning of Contingent Remainders and Executory Devises. Vol. I. Of Contingent Remainders, With Tables and Index. [...] Vol. II. Of Executory Devises. Dublin: By H. Watts, Law Bookseller, 1794;..... More
Thoughts in a Series of Letters, In Answer to a Question Respecting...
A Radical Response to the Louisiana Purchase Massachusetts Farmer. [Lowell, John, Jr. (1769-1840)]. Thoughts in a Series of Letters, In Answer to a Question Respecting the Division of the States. [Boston?]: S.n., [1813]. 24 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain blue (sugar paper) wrappers, untrimmed edges. Light..... More
A Discovery of the True Causes why Ireland was Never Entirely Subdued.
Davies, Sir John [1569-1626]. Myers, James P., Jr., Editor. A Discovery of the True Causes Why Ireland was Never Entirely Subdued and Brought Under Obedience of the Crown of England Until the Beginning of His Majesty's Happy Reign (1612). Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, [1988]. xi, 242 pp..... More
Collected Legal Papers. First edition, Inscribed by Holmes.
Inscribed by Holmes to a Former Clerk Who Became a Prominent Lawyer, Businessman and Philanthropist Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Collected Legal Papers. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. vii, 316 pp. Original cloth, printed paper title label to spine, deckle edges. Light fading to spine and joints, a...... More
Autograph Note, Signed, Washington, DC, December 8, 1929.
"You Are the Most Faithful of Friends" [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Benjamin, Robert M. (1896-1966)]. [Autograph Note, Signed, Washington, DC, December 8, 1929]. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2" Supreme Court bifolium letterhead, content to recto of first leaf. Light toning, horizontal fold line. $850. * This note was probably addressed..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed "O W Holmes," Washington, October 18, 1907.
Holmes Praises a US Senator [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. [1841-1935]. [Rugg, Arthur Prentice (1862-1938)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed "O W Holmes," Washington, D.C., October 18, 1907]. 8" x 5" bifolium, United States Supreme Court letterhead, content to recto and verso of first leaf. Light toning, two slight horizontal fold lines..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed "O W Holmes," Boston (?), July 4, 1880.
Holmes Thanks an Editor [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [King, Moses (1853-1909)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed "O W Holmes," Boston (?), July 4, 1880]. 6-3/4" x 4-1/2" sheet, content to recto. Faint horizontal fold line, negligible offsetting to upper-right corner. Letter accompanied by typed transcription. $950. * Holmes's letter dates..... More