Compiled by an Important Jurist and Social Reformer [Manuscript]. Highmore, Anthony [1758-1829]. [Commonplace Book]. [London?: c.1794-1797. [iv], 229, [25] pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary vellum (colored green), blind rules to boards, gilt-edged calf lettering pieces to spine reading: "Common Place Book" and "A.H. Jr.," edges rouged, marbled endpapers. A...... More

Charmingly Decorated Manuscript Commentary on the Customary Law of Artois [Manuscript]. [Artois]. Hebert, Guillaume-Francois. Remarques Faites sur Plusieurs Articles de la Coustume d'Artois, Et sur Quelques Questions de Droit et de Pratique, Par Hebert, Conseiller du Conseil Provincial d'Artois. [Artois?, 1741?]. 608, [8 blank], [9] pp. With a 9 pp..... More

Rare Manuscript Report of a Historic Case Concerning Original Jurisdiction [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Skinner's Case]. [Report of Thomas Skinner v East India Company]. [London, 1668]. 11-3/4" x 7-3/4" disbound bifolium, text in a single neat hand to rectos and versos of both leaves. Moderate toning and light soiling, horizontal and vertical..... More

A Unique Copy of St. John's Speech in Favor of Strafford's Attainder [Manuscript]. St. John, Oliver [c.1598-1673]. [Strafford, Thomas Wentworth (1593-1641), 1st Earl of]. Mr. Snt. John the Kings Solliciter His Speech, And Argumente Before the Lords, And Commons Assembled Togither in the High Court of Parliamente, Against Thomas Earle..... More

A Bold Blackstone Signature [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Walker, Thomas (1724-1804)]. [Franked Docketed Address Leaf Addressed to Walker, Signed, In Blackstone's Hand, Oxford, October 14, (1766?)]. 9" x 7" leaf from a bifolium letter, Moderate toning, moderate soiling, vertical and horizontal fold lines, chips along fold lines, minor loss..... More

A Yorkshire Sheriff's Record of Expenses [Manuscript]. Boynton, Sir Griffith, 6th Baronet [1745-1778]. [Sheriff's Accounting for Sir Griffith Boynton]. [Yorkshire, 1772?]. [2 blank], [5], [1 blank] pp. Text in one (possibly two?) neat hands to unsewn 12-1/2" x 8" bifolia. Light toning, horizontal fold lines, light soiling in places, a...... More

Twentieth-Century Docket Book from Hardeman County, Texas [Manuscript]. [Texas]. [Justice's Civil Docket (spine title)]. Hardeman County, Texas, 1905-1910. [xxviii], 290 pp. Final leaf possibly removed. Folio (15-3/4" x 10-1/2"). Three-quarter dark red cloth over light red pebbled cloth, gilt fillets and title to spine, marbled edges, hinges and endleaves reinforced..... More

Phillimore Discusses an "Extraordinary Trial" [Manuscript]. Phillimore, Sir Walter [1845-1929]. [Brainerd, Cephas (1831-1910)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Cephas Brainerd, London, December 28, 1905]. 4 pp. letter on 7" x 4-1/2" bifolium stationery ("The Coppice, Henley on Thames"). Light toning, single horizontal fold line. $250. * Phillimore was an eminent British..... More

Early Manuscript Notes on Elizabethan Poor Laws [Manuscript]. [Poor Laws]. Expositions upon the Statute of 43 Eliz. for the Poare. N.p., c.1633. [13] pp. ms text on 8" x 6" sheets interleaved and bound into [27] ff. 11" x 7-1/2" blank book. Later three-quarter vellum over marbled boards, gilt title..... More

Account Book of a Nineteenth-Century JP and Selectman from A Small Town in Maine [Manuscript]. [Hopkins, Robert]. [Account Book]. Surry, ME, 1837-1865. [160] pp. Quarto (7-1/2" x 6-1/4"). Quarter sheep over marbled boards, blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, hinges cracked, free endpapers lacking..... More

A Compilation of Scottish Justiciary Records with an Interesting Letter about an Estate Case Alison, Sir Archibald [1792-1867]. List of Cases for Trial at the Glasgow Autumn Circuit, September 1829. The Right Hon. Lord Justice-Clerk and Lord Moncreiff. Archibald Alison, Esq. Advocate Depute. [Glasgow: S.n., 1829]. [xvi], 9-307, [1] pp..... More

"Of Course it is Pleasant to Have Folks Gather and Tell You That You are a Hot Potato..." [Manuscript]. Hand, Learned [1872-1961]. [Ely, Gertrude Sumner (1876-1970)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed "L.H.", On Hand's U.S. Court House Letterhead, New York, NY, April 16, 1959]. 6-3/4" x 5-3/4" bifolium, text to recto of..... More

"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

Peace Cannot be Secured by Force [Manuscript Archive]. Bower, Sir Graham John [1848-1933]. [Two Pre-Publication Manuscript Copies of "Treaties of Peace," Read Before the Grotius Society]. [London, c.1917]. 31, 10 ff. on 10" x 8" loose-leaf ruled sheets; 29 ff. in 10" x 8" ruled "Empire" notebook. Text to rectos..... More

Pre-Publication Manuscript of a Treatise on Marriage [Manuscript]. [Dens, Peter (1690-1775)]. [Tractatus de Sponsalibus et Matrimonio and Tractatus de Quatuor Novissimis]. [Louvain?]: 15 July 1767-14 October 1768. 381, [1]; 59, [1] pp. Text in Latin in single neat hand with chapter headings, side notes and indices. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2")..... More

Unpublished History of Litchfield County [Manuscript]. [Litchfield County]. [Unpublished History of Litchfield County, Connecticut and the Litchfield Law School]. [Litchfield, CT?: c.1929]. [43] ff. With a partial table of contents. Text in ink and pencil in a single hand to rectos of 8" x 5" sheets of ruled notepaper with..... More

From the Library of the Earls of Macclesfield [Manuscript]. [House of Lords]. [Standing Orders for the House of Lords, 1660-1726]. [London]: c.1726. [91] pp., [20] blank, [7] pp. index, [3] blank pp. Octavo (7" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary gilt-paneled morocco, gilt royal arms to boards, raised bands and gilt decoration to..... More

Du Ponceau Advises a Fellow Philadelphia Attorney [Manuscript]. Du Ponceau, Peter S. [1760-1844]. [Copy of Letter to Robert E. Griffith, Philadelphia, December 10, 1822]. Single leaf folded to form 10" x 8" bifolium, "Copy" to head of recto of first leaf, franked and docketed (and marked "Copy") on verso of..... More

An Interesting Piece of California Legal History [Manuscript]. Freeman, Abraham Clark [1843-1911]. Register of Actions and Proceedings. Sacramento County, CA, 1877-1880. 244 pp. Folio (13" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, gilt fillets to spine, marbled edges. Light rubbing to boards, dampstain to rear board, heavier rubbing to..... More

c.1783 French Manuscript on Political Science and National Character [Manuscript]. [Political Science]. [Manuscript Account of English and European History]. [France, c.1783]. Two parts. 140-219; 1-169 ff. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter vellum over marbled boards, raised bands and faint early hand-lettered title to spine, ends rouged. Moderate rubbing and..... More

Manuscript Catalogue of Books Belonging to a Nineteenth-Century Edinburgh Lawyer [Manuscript]. Cathcart, Robert Alfred [1825-1855]. Catalogue of Books Belonging to R.A. Cathcart Esq., WS. Edinburgh, c.1852. [31] pp. Text mostly to rectos, followed by 25 blank leaves. Quarto (9" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter sheep over cloth boards, blind rules to..... More

Manuscript Precedent Book, Edinburgh, 1776 [Manuscript]. [Scotland]. A Collection of the Stiles of Personal Rights and Diligence. Personal and Real. Volume I. Edinburgh, 1776. 355, [4] pp. With an index. Quarto (8" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt fillets, lettering piece reading "Stiles" and contemporary..... More

Thorough Records from a Nineteenth-Century Missouri Court [Manuscript]. [Docket Book]. [Missouri, c.1880]. 289 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, gilt fillets to boards, gilt-edged raised bands and gilt title to spine (reading "Record"), marbled edges. Light rubbing, a few scuffs and nicks, some soiling to boards, illegible signature to..... More

Manuscript Reference Dealing with Assumpsit and Family Law [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. [Legal Handbook]. [Great Britain, c.1750]. 400 pp., 357 pp. with content. Octavo (7" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary calf, gilt rules to boards, extra-gilt spine with raised bands, blind tooling to board edges, speckled edges. A few scuffs, nicks and spots..... More

Seventeenth-Century Italian Manuscript Formbook in a Wallet Binding [Manuscript]. [Italy]. [Formulary]. Italy, c. 1650. 250 ff., 18 ff. thumb-tabbed index, 25 blank leaves. Octavo (6" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary Italian tacketed wallet binding of limp vellum, remnants of thong-and-toggle fastener, untrimmed edges. Light soiling and shelfwear, "Formularium Instrorum" to front cover..... More

Annotated Manuscript Copy of the Institutes of Justinian [Manuscript]. [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Justinian Institutiones. [France, c.1700]. 144, [142], 63, [322] ff. Folio (11-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary reversed calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and blind fillets to spine, fragments of thong ties. A few..... More

A New York Lawyer Re-Establishes His Practice in Ohio [Manuscript Archive]. [Scott, Lyman, Jr.]. [Documents Concerning Scott's Application to Practice Law in Ohio]. Coshocton County, OH and Cattaraugus County, NY, 1832-1836. Six documents, one franked on verso, sizes ranging from 4-1/2" x 8" to 12-1/2" x 7-1/2." Moderate toning, fold..... More

Eighteenth-Century Account Books of a Law Firm in Rochester, Kent, England [Manuscript]. [Solicitors]. [Great Britain]. [Two Account Books]. Rochester, England, 1752-1791, 1797-1800. [xiii], 145; [xxvi], 744 pp. Main texts of both volumes preceded by thumb-tabbed indexes. Folio (14-1/4" x 9-1/2" and 14-1/2" x 9-1/2") Book 1: Contemporary green vellum, blind..... More

A Hatchet Assault in Texas [Manuscript]. [Texas]. [Cotton, James, Defendant]. [Affidavit Concerning the Case of Texas v. James Cotton]. Harris County, TX, February 19, 1852. 12" x 7-1/2"sheet. Moderate toning, light soiling, rubbing with a few small chips and clean tears to edges. $450. * This document appears to be..... More

Holmes Describes His Approach to the Law in a Letter Written in May 1898 [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Castletown, Lady Clare (1853-1927)]. [Autograph Letter Signed "H" to Lady Clare Castleton, Boston (?), May 18, 1898]. 8" x 5" bifolium, content filling rectos and versos of both leaves. Faint..... More

Holmes Writes Lady Castletown to Share Thoughts About His Recent Reading and an Anecdote Involving Richard Harding Davis and Charles Dana Gibson [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Castletown, Lady Clare (1853-1927)]. [Autograph Letter Signed "Yours, OWH" to Lady Clare Castletown, Boston, January 21, 1898]. 10" x 8" bifolium, Massachusetts..... More

Concerns Payment for a Purchase of Law Books [Manuscript]. [Law Books]. [Massachusetts]. [Document Concerning Payment for the Purchase of Law Books, Huntstown (Ashfield), MA, January 23, 1762]. 3-1/2" x 6-3/4" sheet, moderate toning, light toning and soiling, vertical and horizontal folds with cellotape reinforcements to verso. Content in neat hand..... More

Day Books of a Solicitor in Kent, England from 1794, 1803 and 1811 [Manuscript]. [Solicitors]. [Great Britain]. Day Book Commencing April 1794. [Kent, England, April 2, 1794-January 13, 1802]. [96] pp. [With] [Day Book]. [Kent, England, January 3, 1803-January 14, 1811]. [96] pp. [And] Day Book Commencing 2nd February 1811..... More

"I Am Very Proud of Your Review of My Little Book" [Manuscript]. Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Shientag, Bernard L. (1887-1952)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Bernard L. Shientag, February 20, 1931]. Single sheet folded to form a pair of 8" x 6" leaves, content to both sides of first leaf and..... More

Early Nineteenth-Century Diaries of an English Solicitor [Manuscript]. Chapman, Thomas. Memorandum Book for 1804, No. 1. [Richmond, Surrey, England]. [80] pp. [And] No.1-Memorandum Book for 1806. [Richmond, Surrey, England]. [64] pp. Three printed leaves (of interest tables and 1797 holidays) laid in. Octavo (7" x 4"). Plain wrappers with manuscript..... More

Document Appointing a Notary Public in Oklahoma Indian Territory [Manuscript]. [Oklahoma]. [Indian Territory]. [Document Appointing A Notary Public for the Central District of the Indian Territory]. Atoka, Oklahoma, October 13, 1899. Single 12-1/2" x 8" leaf, embossed seal of the United States District Court in the Central District, Indian Territory..... More

Rare Wide-Margined 1804 Edition of the Code Napoleon with Extensive Contemporary Annotations [Code Napoleon]. Code Civil des Francais, Entierement Conforme a l'Edition Originale Precede de la Table des Titres: Suivi des Lois Transitoires; Du Tableau des Distances de Paris aux Chefs-Lieux des Departements et d'une Table Alphabetique des Matieres. Paris..... More

Manuscript Commentary on the Customary Law of Artois [Manuscript]. [Artois]. Hebert, Guillaume-Francois. Remarques Faites par Guillaume Francois Hebert Ecuier Conseiller du Roy au Conseil Provincial d'Artois sur Plusieurs Articles de la Coustume d'Artois et sur Quelques Questions de Droit et de Pratique. Commence en 1695. Artois?, c.1700s. 447 pp. Folio..... More

Handsome Manuscript Copy of the Coutume de Paris [Manuscript]. [Paris]. Coutume de la Prevoste et Vicomte de Paris. [Paris?, c.1700-1750]. [ii], 389, [1] pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary tree sheep, gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece, edges rouged, ribbon marker. Light rubbing and shallow scuffing to boards..... More

A Set of Manuscript Notes on an Eighteenth-Century Textbook on French Law [Manuscript]. Deloche, Maurice Clement [d.1842]. Serres, Claude [1695-1753]. Notes sur les Institutes de Justinien Redigees dans l'Ordre des Institutes au Droit Francois de Serres par M. XXX. Grenoble, 1787. [viii], 523, [22] pp. Quarto (10-1/4" x 7"). Contemporary..... More

Determining Compensation for Madame de Corbin's Property [Manuscript]. [Case Concerning the Seizure of Property from Madame de Corbin, A Widow]. Saint-Aignon, France, 1679-1680. 160 ff. Quarto (9-3/4" x 7"). Contemporary limp vellum, ties lacking, faint hand-lettered annotation to front cover. Moderate soiling and a few stains, worming in a few..... More

1799 Document Appointed a Judge to the Kennebeck County, Maine, Court of Common Pleas [Judges]. [Maine]. [Dummer, Nathaniel (1755-1815)]. To All Unto Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting... Boston, February 28, 1799. 17" x 11" part-printed document, inscribed in neat hand, docketed on verso, large embossed Massachusetts seal to upper-left..... More

Inventory of the Estate of a Prominent Frederick County, Maryland, Landowner and Judge [Manuscript]. [Beall, William Murdock (1742-1823)]. [Inventory and Appraisal of the Estate of Judge William Beall]. Frederick County, MD, 1823-1825. 66 pp. Main text preceded by 2 pp. index. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/4"). Thick pressed-paper side-sewn ledger, untrimmed..... More

Archive Relating to an 1883-1884 Railway Case in Argentina [Manuscript Archive]. [Argentina]. [Trial]. [Legal Documents Relating to a Railway Right-of-Way Case]. Buenos Aires, 1883-1884. 6 items: 4 notebooks in stiff wrappers, 13" x 9," app. 100 pp. in all, 2 folding maps bound into a folder, 15-3/4" x 28," 12-1/2"..... More

A Group of Galveston Lawyers Attempt to Put One of their Colleagues on the Federal Bench [Manuscript]. [Galveston, Texas]. [Goddard, William H.]. [Manuscript Letters from Members of the Galveston Bar Recommending William H. Goddard for a Judgeship]. Galveston, TX, June 25 [and] June 29, 1870. 4 pp. 13-1/2" x 8-1/4."..... More

Daily Record of a Police Officer in Newark, New Jersey in the Early 1960s [Manuscript]. [Newark, New Jersey]. [Personal Logbook of a Newark, New Jersey Police Officer]. [Newark, NJ?, February 5, 1962-September 21, 1965. 500 pp. Thumb-tabbed index. Folio (13-3/4" x 8-1/2"). Three-quarter cloth over contrasting pebbled cloth, raised bands..... More

1854 Interrogatory Concerning the Mental Fitness of the Decedent in an Inheritance Case [Manuscript]. [Wills]. [Mental Fitness]. Lewis, Garrett. Skinner, Dr. W.C. [1854 Legal Interrogatory of a North Carolina Medical Doctor W.C. Skinner Concerning the Illness, Mental Fitness and Death of Garrett Lewis of Chester County, Pennsylvania]. [West Chester, Chester..... More

Interesting Letter by a Distinguished Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Lawyer-Politician [Manuscript]. Wolf, George [1777-1840]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Washington, DC, December 16, 1825]. Single 9-3/4" x 8" leaf. Four fold lines, two vertical and two horizontal, light browning. Content in small neat hand to recto and verso, fragments of paper (from an album)..... More

Cardozo ALS on U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead with Photo [Manuscript]. Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Shapiro, Harold]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Harold Shapiro on U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, October 8, 1934]. Two 5" x 7-3/4" leaves. Light soiling, horizontal fold lines, otherwise fine. [With] Cardozo, Benjamin N. [7" x 9" Black-and-White..... More

Blackstone Discusses Shakespeare [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Steevens, George (1736-1800)]. [Autograph Letter (in Third Person) to George Steevens, London, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 26 April 1779]. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" bifolium, one page of text, archival guard at inner edge. Light toning, vertical and horizontal fold lines. $6,500. * Addressed to..... More