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
A Compilation of Scottish Justiciary Records Annotated by Lord Alloway Cathcart, David, Lord Alloway [1763-1829]. List of Cases for Trial at the Glasgow Spring Circuit, May, 1827. Right Honourable Lord Gillies and Lord Alloway. A. Wood, Esq. Advocate Depute [Drop-Head Title]. [Glasgow]: Printed by John Graham and Co., [1827]. [788]..... More
A Working Lawyer's List of Leading Cases [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. [Commonplace Book of Leading Cases]. [England], c.1750. [86] pp., followed by a number of blank leaves. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, rebacked and recornered in period style with gilt title ("MS on Law") to spine, fragments of ties and..... More
Signed by the "Thief-Taker General" [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. Wild, Jonathan [c.1682-1725]. [Reward for Apprehending Thieves with Autograph Signature of Jonathan Wild, London, March 7, 1718]. Single 7" x 8-1/2" vellum sheet, text to both sides. Moderate soiling, horizontal and vertical fold lines, faint dampstaining to top edge, left and right..... More
A Supreme Court Justice Asks for Privacy [Manuscript]. Souter, David [b.2009]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, On Supreme Court Letterhead, From David Souter. Washington, DC, July 8, 1991]. 11" x 8-1/2" sheet, text to recto. Two horizontal fold lines, slight creasing to corners. $350. * Souter served as Associate Justice of the..... More
Lord John Somers on Heriot [Manuscript]. Somers, John, Baron [1651-1716]. [Manuscript Brief on Heriot with Autograph Opinion of Lord John Somers]. [London?, c.1680]. 2 pp. Single leaf with text to both sides, docket to verso reading "John Somers opinnion about Geo. Higgons Herryatt," possibly in Somers's hand. Light toning, horizontal..... 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
"A Kind of Record of Many a Desperate Professional Struggle" [Manuscript]. Gregory, Stephen S. [1849-1920]. [Docket and Scrapbook of Stephen S. Gregory, 1879-1920]. Chicago. [lxii], 501, [1] pp. Author's table of contents to rectos of most initial pages and introductory note to lxii. Quarto (10-1/4" x 7-3/4"). Later morocco, gilt..... 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
Sir John Fenwick Betrays His Fellow Jacobites [Manuscript]. [Fenwick, Sir John (c. 1645-1697)]. [Information Given by Sir John Fenwick, London, c.1696]. 12-1/2" x 7-1/2" bifolium. Light toning, slight horizontal fold lines, negligible creasing at edges with small tears at head and fore-edge. Text in at least two hands, possibly three..... More
Documents Relating to Little, Brown & Co. [Archive]. [Legal Publishing]. [Greenleaf, Simon (1783-1753)]. Bancroft, George [1800-1891]. Curtis, Benjamin Robbins [1809-1874]. Henry, Joseph [1797-1878]. [Correspondence and Other Documents Related to Legal Publishing, 1824-1849]. Twelve manuscript, printed and part-printed documents, sizes range from 7-1/4" x 4-1/4" to 10" x 8." Light toning..... More
Legal Advice from a Prominent Jurist [Manuscript]. Thurlow, Edward, First Baron [1731-1806]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Discussing Land Law. London, Inner Temple, January 2, 1770]. 9" x 7-1/4" bifolium. Light toning, some light foxing around edges, creasing and some tearing at folds, franked on verso of second leaf: "Edward Thurlow, Esq..... 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 3/4 vellum over marbled boards, raised bands and faint early hand-lettered title to spine, ends rouged. Moderate rubbing and..... More
Manuscript Precedent Books from an English Law Office [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. [Two Manuscript Precedent Books]. [Great Britain, c.1794, 1808]. 350 pp.; 200, 33 pp. Both manuscripts indexed. Folio (12-1/4" x 8"; 12-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Vellum, blind rules and hand-lettered ink titles to boards, reading "Precedents in Conveyancing" and "Precedent Book..... More
Mid-Nineteenth-Century Docket Book of an Upstate New York Justice of the Peace [Manuscript]. Babcock, Henry H. Docket 1845. Rush, NY, March 1845-February 1850. [120] pp., content to 63 pp. Quarto (9-3/4" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt fillets and hand-lettered title (reading "HHB 1845 Docket") to spine..... More
An Unpublished Second Edition? Philipot, John [c.1588-1645]. [Griffith, William, Annotator]. [Interleaved and Heavily Annotated Copy of Philipot's The Catalogue of the Chancellors of England, the Lord Keepers of the Great Seale: And the Lord Treasurers of England. London: Tho. Coates, 1636]. [x], 78, 90-92, (2), 56, 67-85 pp., pagination irregular..... 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
"When Occasion Serves, And My Head Will Bear It, I Like to Look Into a Book" [Manuscript]. Houston, William Churchill [c. 1746-1788]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, to Robert Morris, Trenton, January 27, 1787]. Single leaf folded to form 9-1/2" x 7" bifolium with integral address leaf, docketed in Morris's hand to..... More
An Eminent Admiralty Lawyer Offers Legal Advice in Hope of Regaining Royal Favor [Manuscript]. Godolphin, John [1617-1678]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To the Earl of Lauderdale, London, Doctors Commons, February 23, 1664]. Single leaf folded to form bifolium (12" x 8") with integral address leaf and red wax seal. Light toning..... 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
Early Nineteenth-Century Course Notes on Abstracts of Title [Manuscript]. Twemlow, Francis. [Preston, Richard (1768-1850)]. Manuscript on Abstracts of Title. [London], 1807. 343, [1] pp. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt fillets and title "M.S. On Abstracts" to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards and..... More
Class Notes from the Future Attorney General of Kentucky [Manuscript]. Ferguson, Jo McCown [1915-2015]. [Class Notes, University of Kentucky]. [Lexington, KY], September-October, 1936. 300 pp. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary cloth, gilt rules to boards and spine. A few small scratches and light soiling to boards, light rubbing to extremities..... 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 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 Epitome of Sir Thomas Craig's Jus Feudale [Manuscript]. [Craig, Sir Thomas (c.1548-1608)]. Ane Epitome or Abridgement off the Most Substantiall Thinges Conteined in the Books off that Famous and Learned Jurisconsult Mr. Thomas Craiges off Riccartown, Advocat before the Lords of Counsell and Session, Treating upon the Feudal Law..... More
Rare Manuscript Treatise on the Laws of Guernsey [Manuscript]. [Guernsey]. [Carey, Laurent (1723-1769)]. [Renouf, Thomas W., Transcriber]. [Loix, Coutumes et Usages de Cette Ile]. [Guernsey, c.1846]. 399, [8] pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, blind tooling..... More