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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
An Account of the Trial of Thomas Cooper of Northumberland on a Charge
"Is This A Fair Specimen of the Freedom You Expected To Derive, From the Adoption of the Federal Constitution?" [Trial]. Cooper, Thomas [1759-1839], Defendant. An Account of the Trial of Thomas Cooper, Of Northumberland; On a Charge of Libel Against the President of the United States; Taken in Short Hand..... More
Typed Correspondence and Testimonials on Behalf of Tom Mooney, 1918-29
Testimonials on Behalf of a Wrongfully Convicted Bomber [Manuscript]. [Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. [Typed Correspondence and Testimonials on Behalf of Tom Mooney]. California, c.1929? [10] ff. 11" x 8-1/2" typed sheets stapled together at upper left corner (5 copies of letters from Franklin A. Griffin, signed in type, 2 quotations from..... More
Fundraising Materials for Thomas Mooney and Warren Billings, 1935-38.
"Without Your Aid I Am Not Only Helpless But Hopeless" [Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. [Billings, Warren K. (1893-1972)]. [Fundraising Materials for Thomas Mooney and Warren K. Billings]. New York and San Francisco, 1935-1938. 2 leaflets, 4 letters and press releases, 3 in transmittal envelopes with small donation cards or receipts, sizes..... More
Justice and Labor in the Mooney Case.
"An Issue Not Unworthy to be Ranked With The Other Great Problems Arising Out of the War" [Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. Justice and Labor in the Mooney Case. [San Francisco: Published and Copyrighted by International Workers' Defense League], 1919. 31, [1] pp. Illustrated. Pamphlet in self-wrappers, previously stapled and recently resewn..... More
Mother Mooney In Life and in Death.
"Finish Mother Mooney's Fight to Free Her Son" Mooney, Thomas [1882-1942]. [Mooney, Mary Hefferon (d.1934)]. Mother Mooney In Life and in Death. [S.l.: S.n.], 1934. 4 pp. 10-3/4" x 8-1/2" bifolium leaflet, portrait of Mary Mooney to front. Moderate toning, horizontal fold line, small stain to gutter. $250. * Mooney..... More
Somerset, 1625-1640, A County's Government During the "Personal Rule."
Barnes, Thomas G. Somerset, 1625-1640, A County's Government During the "Personal Rule." Cambridge, [MA]: Harvard University Press, 1961. xiii, 369 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket with price clip. Internally celan. $25. * Contents: The County; The Local Governors; Magistracy; Lieutenancy; Shrievalty; Other Tasks; The Book of Orders; Ship..... More
Justice is Waiting.
[Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. Justice is Waiting. [Los Angeles]: Mooney Defense of Southern California, 1930. 31 pp. Pictorial front wrapper with cartoon of Lady Justice. Stapled pamphlet in self-wrappers. Light toning, light soiling to exterior, very light edgewear to wrappers, "Tom Mooney Molders' Defense Committee" inkstamp to foot of rear wrapper..... More
Tom Mooney Betrayed by Labor Leaders.
"One of the Foulest Conspiracies Ever Perpetrated in This Country" [Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. Tom Mooney A Member of the International Molder's Union for 29 Years Betrayed by Labor Leaders. [San Francisco: Tom Mooney Molders Defense Committee], 1931. 65, [3] pp. Stapled pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light toning and moderate edgewear..... More
The Scandal of Mooney and Billings: The Decisions of The California...
The Story of Two Wrongfully Convicted Labor Activists [Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. [Billings, Warren (1893-1972)]. The Scandal of Mooney and Billings: The Decisions of The California Supreme Court, The Advisory Pardon Board, Governor Young Denying Pardons to Mooney and Billings. New York: Published by the National Mooney-Billings Committee (Organized by the..... More
Variations on a Liberal Theme, Mr Justice Brandeis.
Mason, Alpheus Thomas [1899-1989]. Variations on a Liberal Theme: Mr. Justice Brandeis. [Philadelphia: Brandeis Lawyers' Society, 1947]. 14 pp. Stapled pamphlet, spine reinforced with cloth. Light soiling and a few light finge smudges to exterior, internally clean. $95. * Published version of a presentation to the Brandeis Lawyers' Society. More
Thomas Reed Powell, Reprinted from the Harvard Law Review, Volume 60..
[Powell, Thomas Reed (1880-1955)]. Thomas Reed Powell, Reprinted from the Harvard Law Review, Volume 69, Number 5, March 1956. Cambridge: The Harvard Law Review Association, 1956. pp. 793-805 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Stapled pamphlet, negligible light shelfwear, a few light finger smudges. Pamphlet housed in lightly rubbed recent custom cloth folder..... 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 wear to lower corners. $65. * First edition. Concerning labor leaders Thomas..... 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 New Vade Mecum, Or Young Clerk's Magazine Digested and Improved...
1794 New York Legal Manual [Spencer, Thomas (1752-1840)]. The New Vade Mecum; or Young Clerk's Magazine: Digested and Improved to Correspond with the Laws of the State of New-York in Particular, and the United States in General: Containing a Variety of the Most Useful Precedents, Adapted to Almost Every Transaction..... More
The New Vade Mecum, Or Young Clerk's Magazine Digested and Improved...
1794 New York Legal Manual [Spencer, Thomas (1752-1840)]. The New Vade Mecum; or Young Clerk's Magazine: Digested and Improved to Correspond with the Laws of the State of New-York in Particular, and the United States in General: Containing a Variety of the Most Useful Precedents, Adapted to Almost Every Transaction..... More
The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason, At the Sessions House...
The Most Extensive Account of an Important Trial Inspired by Fear of the French Revolution [Trial]. Hardy, Thomas [1752-1832], Defendant. Gurney, Joseph [1744-1815], Reporter. The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason, At the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, On Tuesday the Twenty-Eighth, Wednesday the Twenty-Ninth, Thursday the Thirtieth..... More
The Trial of Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, Richard M'Neil, James...
Labor Activism in Glasgow Cotton Mills [Trials]. Hunter, Thomas, Primary Defendant. The Trial of Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, Richard M'Neil, James Gibb, And William M'Lean, The Glasgow Cotton-Spinners, Before the High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, On Charges of Murder, Hiring to Commit Assassinations-And Committing, And Hiring to Commit, Violence..... More
The Speeches of the Hon Thomas Erskine, In the Court of King's...
Prosecuted for Publishing Paine's Age of Reason Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron [1750-1823]. Kyd, Stewart [1759-1811]. Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron [1732-1802]. The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine, In the Court of King's Bench, June 28, 1797, Before the Right Hon. Lloyd Lord Kenyon, And a Special Jury, On the Trial..... More
An Account of the Trial of Thomas Muir, Esq, Younger of Huntershill...
Highly Politicized Trial of Scottish Radical Who Promoted Thomas Paine's Rights of Man [Trial]. Muir, Thomas [1765-1798], Defendant. An Account of the Trial of Thomas Muir, Esq. Younger, Of Huntershill, Before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, On the 30th and 31st Days of August, 1793, For Sedition. New..... More
American Neutrality in 1793: A Study in Cabinet Government.
Thomas, Charles Marion. American Neutrality in 1793: A Study in Cabinet Government. New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. 294 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Publisher's bookplate to front pastedown, ex-library with property stamps to front pastedown, front free endpaper and page 5. Publisher's embossed stamp to title page. A good copy..... More
Manslaughter, Markets, and Moral Economy: Violent Disputes over...
Buoye, Thomas M. Manslaughter, Markets, and Moral Economy: Violent Disputes over Property Rights in Eighteenth Century China. Cambridge, [U.K.]: Cambridge University Press, [2000]. xvi, 283 pp. Softcover. Fine. Library stamp to verso front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean. $30. * Contents: Economic change, social conflict, and property rights; "Population increases..... More
A Compendium of the Law of Evidence, Walpole, NH, 1804.
Early American Edition of a Standard Nineteenth-Century Evidence Treatise Peake, Thomas [1771-1838]. A Compendium of the Law of Evidence. Walpole, NH: Published by Thomas & Thomas, 1804. xvi (i.e. xiv), 199 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, blind fillets and fragment of calf lettering piece..... More
Cases in Crown Law, Determined by the Twelve Judges, By the Court...
A Useful Supplement to Hawkins's Pleas of the Crown Leach, Thomas, Compiler. Cases in Crown Law, Determined by the Twelve Judges, By the Court of King's Bench, And by Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, From the Fourth Year of George the Second to the Twenty-Ninth Year..... More
Minor Practicks, Or, a Treatise of the Scottish Law...
A Handy Guide to Scots Civil Law Circa 1726 Hope, Sir Thomas [1580?-1646]. Minor Practicks, Or, a Treatise of the Scottish Law. To Which is Subjoined, A Discourse On the Rite and Progress of the Law of Scotland: And an Alphabetical Abridgment of the Acts of Sederunt, From the Restoration..... More