"Those Damned Scotch Pebbles" [Trials]. Blandy, Mary [1720-1751], Defendant. The Genuine Tryal at Large of Mary Blandy, Spinster, For Poisoning Her Own Father Francis Blandy, Gent. Town-Clerk of Henley upon Thames, Oxfordshire, At the Assizes Held at Oxford, For the County of Oxford, On Tuesday the Third of March, 1752..... More

An Early American Custody Battle A Member of the Boston Bar. [Chandler, Peleg Whitman (1816-1889)]. Review of the D'Hauteville Case: Recently Argued and Determined in the Court of General Sessions, For the City and County of Philadelphia. Reprinted from the January Number of the Law Reporter. Boston: Weeks, Jordan and..... More

Two Titles Related to the Murder of Thomas Thynne [Trial]. [Great Britain]. [Thynne, Thomas (1648-1682)]. The Tryal and Condemnation of George Borosky Alias Boratzi, Christopher Vratz, and John Stern; For the Barbarous Murder of Thomas Thynn, Esq; Together with the Tryal of Charles John Count Coningsmark, As Accessary before the..... More

The Trial of the Eighteenth Century Satirized in Verse [Broome, Ralph (d. 1805)]. [Hastings, Warren (1732-1818)]. Letters from Simkin the Second to his Dear Brother in Wales, For the Year 1792; Giving a Full and Circumstantial Account of All the Most Material Points Both in the Speeches of the Honourable..... More

"The Consequences of Town Gallantry Are Always Fatal" [Trial]. Noble, Richard, Defendant [1684-1713]. A Full Account of the Case of John Sayer, Esq; From the Time of His Unhappy Marriage with his Wife, To His Death. Including the Whole Intrigue Between Mrs. Sayer and Mr. Noble; With Several Diverting Incidents..... More

The Aftermath of a British Naval Failure [Trial]. Mordaunt, Sir John, Defendant [1697-1780]. The Proceedings of a General Court-Martial Held in the Council-Chamber at Whitehall, On Wednesday the 14th, And Continued by Several Adjournments to Tuesday the 20th of December 1757, Upon the Trial of Lieutenant General Sir John Mordaunt..... More

The Trial and Confession of a Scottish Traitor [Trials]. [Scotland]. Watt, Robert, Defendant [c.1761-1794]. Trials of Robert Watt and David Downie for High Treason, Before the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Held at Edinburgh Aug. 14. 15. 22. 27.-Sept. 3. 5. 6. 1794. With an Engraving of the Pikes Found..... More

An Ungrateful Murderer [Trial]. [Great Britain]. Patch, Richard, Defendant [c.1770-1806]. The Trial of Richard Patch, For the Wilful Murder of Mr. Isaac Blight, September 23, 1805, At Rotherhithe, In the County of Surry; Before the Right Hon. Sir A. Macdonald, Knt. Lord Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer;..... More

Accused of Poisoning Her Elderly Paramour [Trial]. Butterfield, Jane, Defendant. The Trial of Jane Butterfield for the Wilful Murder of William Scawen, Esq; At the Assizes Held at Croydon for the County of Surry on Saturday the 19th of August, 1775, Before the Right Honourable Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe, Knt..... More

Two Notable British Executions [Trials]. Lovat, Simon, Lord [1675?-1747], Defendant. The Whole Proceedings in the House of Peers, Upon the Impeachment Exhibited by the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, in Parliament Assembled, in the Names of Themselves and of All the Commons of Great Britain; Against Simon Lord Lovat, for High..... More

First Edition of the Most Famous Collection of Scots Trials Arnot, Hugo [1749-1786]. A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials In Scotland, From A.D. 1536, to 1784. With Historical and Critical Remarks. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author; by William Smellie, 1785. xxiii, [1], 400 pp. Additional leaf of "Subscribers..... More

On Trial for "Criminal Conversation" [Trial]. Liddell, Richard, Defendant [c.1694-1746]. An Account of the Tryal of Richard Lyddel, Esq; At His Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas, Before the Right Honourable Lord-Chief-Justice Eyre, For Carrying on a Criminal Conversation with the Late Lady Abergavenny; On Monday the 16th of February, 1729/30. London..... More

"That Extraordinary and Unparallel'd Jesuitical Affair" [Trials]. [Witchcraft]. Cadiere, Marie-Catherine, Defendant [b.1709]. Thirty Two Pieces, Never Before Translated, Of the Proceedings Upon the Trial, of M. Cadiere, and F. Girard. Which, With the 3 Vols. Intituled, The Compleat Translations, Is a Full Account of that Extraordinary and Unparallel'd Jesuitical Affair..... More

"A Faithful Picture of All the Fashionable 'Modern Hells' and 'Black-Legs' of the Metropolis" [Trials]. Thurtell, John (1794-1824). Probert, William (d.1825). Hunt, Joseph. A Complete History and Development of all the Extraordinary Circumstances and Events Connected with the Murder of Mr. Weare, Together with the Trial at Large, Including the..... More

Perceptive Satirical Commentary on the Popish Plot of 1678 [Popish Plot]. [Smith, Francis (fl. 1657-1689)]. Some Observations Upon the Late Tryals of Sir George Wakeman, Corker and Marshall, &c. By Tom Tickle-Foot the Taborer, Late Clerk to Justice Clodpate. London: Printed for A. Brewster, 1679. 8, 7-9, [1] pp. Pagination..... More

A Pastor Defends His Congregant Clark, Benjamin Franklin [1808-1879]. Alarming Developments Connected With Our Courts. The Wrong Member of Middlesex Bar, Convicted of Perjury, And the Means By Which it was Accomplished Exposed! By B.F. Clark, Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in North Chelmsford, Ms. Boston: Printed by..... More

American Prize Cases From the War of 1812 [Trials]. [Fisher's Prize Cases]. United States, Circuit Court (Third District). Cases Decided in the District and Circuit Court of the United States for the Pennsylvania District, And Also a Case Decided in the District Court of Massachusetts, Relative to the Employment of..... More

A Victim of The Popish Plot [Trial]. [Popish Plot]. Coleman, Edward, Defendant [1636-1678]. The Tryal of Edward Coleman, Gent. For Conspiring the Death of the King, And the Subversion of the Government of England, And the Protestant Religion: Who upon Full Evidence was Found Guilty of High Treason, And Received..... More

Tried for Killing Boswell's Son in a Duel [Trial]. Stuart, James [1775-1849], Defendant. The Trial of James Stuart, Esq., Younger of Dunearn, Before the High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, On Monday, June 10, 1822. With an Appendix of Documents. Taken in Short Hand. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and..... More

The "Popish Midwife" On Trial for Libel [Trial]. [Cellier, Elizabeth (fl.1668-1688), Defendant]. The Tryal and Sentence of Elizabeth Cellier, for Writing, Printing, and Publishing, a Scandalous Libel, Called Malice Defeated, &c. At the Sessions in the Old-Bailey, Held Saturday the 11th. and Monday the 13th. of Sept. 1680. Whereunto is..... More

Only Known Copy of a New York Imprint of an Account of One of the Last People Executed for Forgery in Great Britain [Trial]. Fauntleroy, Henry [1785-1824], Defendant. Trial of Henry Fauntleroy for Forgery, Together with His Execution &c. From a London Copy. New York: Printed and Published at 121..... More

Nunis Jr., Doyce B. Graham, Isaac (1800-1863). The Trials of Isaac Graham. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1967. 129 pp. Seven full page illustrations. Octavo. 9-1/2" x 6". Green cloth over patterned boards, gilt lettered spine, fine. Famous California Trials 7. Colophon 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman California..... More

Johnson, Kenneth M. [Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890)]. The Freemont Court Martial. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1968. 85 pp. portrait frontispiece, four additional portraits, two halftone views. Famous California Trials 8. Colophon 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman, California State College at Los Angeles, 1968. Cream cloth backed boards..... More

Godwin Denounces the Dangerous Precedent Set by a Recent Sedition Trial [Godwin, William (1756-1836)]. Cursory Strictures on The Charge Delivered by Lord Chief Justice Eyre to the Grand Jury, October 2, 1794. First published in the Morning Chronicle October 21. London: Printed for and Sold by D.I. Eaton, 1794. 31..... More

Roughead, William. Trial of Katharine Nairn. Edinburgh and London: William Hodge & Company, Ltd. 1926. xiii, 257 pp. Illustrated. Original red cloth, ex-library with location label at foot of spine. Spine lightly sunned. Internally clean. $20. * Notable British Trials. Nairn, in 1765, poisoned her husband of four months. More

[Trial]. Young, Filson, Editor. Trial of Frederick Bywaters and Edith Thompson. Edinburgh and London: William Hodge & Company, Ltd. [1951]. xxxii, 261 pp. Nine illustrated plates. Original red cloth, ex-library with location label at foot of spine. Title page printed in red and black. Light shelfwear. Internally very good. $15..... More

[Trial]. Carswell, Donald, Editor. Trial of Ronald True. Edinburgh and London: William Hodge and Company, Ltd, [1925]. 295 pp. Frontispiece and four additional illustrated plates. Original red cloth with gilt lettered spine. Ex-library with property stamps and shelf location label at foot of spine. Title page and verso. Spine faded..... More

[Trials]. [War Crimes]. Kintner, Earl W., Editor. Trial of Alfons Klein, Adolf Wahlmann, Heinrich Ruoff, Karl Willig, Adolf Merkle, Irmgard Huber, and Philipp Blum (The Hadamar Trial). London: William Hodge and Company, Limited, [1949]. xxxvii, 250 pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettered spine, ex-library with shelf location label at..... More

Eberle, Paul and Shirley. The Abuse of Innocence: the McMartin Preschool Trial. Prometheus Books, 1993. Reprint edition. New York, N.Y.: Notable Trials Library, 1997. With New Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. 416 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine..... More

Westin, Alan F. The Anatomy of a Constitutional Law Case: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer. The Steel Seizure Decision. The Macmillan Company, 1958. Reprint New York: Notable Trials Library, 1995. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. [2], viii, 183 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands..... More

Invasion at Harper's Ferry Mason, J.M. Report of the Select Committee of the Senate Appointed to Inquire into the Late Invasion and Seizure of the Public Property at Harper's Ferry. New York: Gryphon Editions, 1993. Notable Trials Library. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. 71, 255 pp. Quarter calf over cloth..... More

Grover, David H. Debaters and Dynamiters: The Story of the Haywood Trial. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 1964. Reprint Notable Trials Library, 1994. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. viii, 310 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $30. More

Jordan, David P. The King's Trial: The French Revolution vs. Louis XVI. University of California Press, 1979. Reprint New York, N.Y.: Notable Trials Library, 1993. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xx, 275 pp. Illustrations. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker..... More

[Dreyfus, Alfred]. Bredin, Jean-Denis. The Affair. The Case of Alfred Dreyfus. George Braziller, Inc., 1986. Reprint Birmingham: The Notable Trials Library, 1989. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xii, 628 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Previous owner's bookplate on..... More

Perry, Hamilton Darby. A Chair for Wayne Lonergan. The Macmillan Company, 1972. Reprint, Delanco, N.J.: Notable Trials Library, 2000. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz with an Afterword by the Author. xii, 294 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine..... More

Carter, Dan T. Scottsboro: A Tradegy of the American South. Louisiana State University Press, 1969. Reprint edition. New York: Notable Trials Library, 2000. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xiii, 431 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $40. More

Archer, William. The Life, Trial, and Death of Francisco Ferrer. London Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1911. Reprint New York: Notable Trials Library, 2000. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. ix, 332 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $40. More

Curtis, Charles P. The Oppenheimer Case. The Trial of a Security System. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. Reprint. The Notable Trials Library, 1992. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xi, 281 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $40..... More

Stone, I.F. The Trial of Socrates. Little, Brown and Company, 1988. Reprint The Notable Trials Library, 1994. xi, 282 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $30. More

Schwartz, Bernard. Behind Bakke: Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court. New York University Press, 1988. Reprint The Notable Trials Library, 1995. With New Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. x, 266 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $40. More

Riel, Louis. The Queen v Louis Riel. With an Introduction by Desmond Morton. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [1974]. Illustrations. Reprint. [New York]: The Notable Trials Library, 1992. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xxxv, 383 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers..... More

Watkins, Alan. A Slight Case of Libel: Meacher v Trelford and Others. Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd, 1990. Reprint The Notable Trials Library, 1993. With New Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. 241 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine..... More

[Zenger, John Peter]. Alexander, James. A Brief Narrative of the Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger, Printer of The New York Weekly Journal. Edited by Sidney Nider Katz. Cambridge: The Belknap Press, 1963. Reprint edition. Birmingham: Notable Trials Library, 1989. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. 238 pp. Quarter red..... More

Murders of Newborn Children [War Crimes Trials]. Brand, George, Editor. Trial of Heinrich Gerike, Georg Hessling, Werner Noth, Hermann Muller, Gustav Claus, Richard Demmerich, Fritz Flint, Valentina Bilien (Velpke Baby Home Trial). With a Foreword by H. Lauterpacht. London: William Hodge and Company, [1950]. liv, 356 pp. Plates. Original red..... More

Jesse, F. Tennyson, Editor. Trial of Sidney Harry Fox. Edinburgh and London: William Hodge and Company, Limited, [1934]. xii, 299 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Original red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Light shelf wear. Ex-library with property stamps and shelf location label at foot of spine. $25. * First edition. A...... More

Fraenkel, Osmond K. The Sacco-Vanzetti Case. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Reprint. [Birmingham, [Ala.]: The Notable Trials Library, 1990]. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xv, 550, xv pp. Illustration. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. * "As..... More

Shore, W. Teignmouth (Editor). The Baccarat Case. Gordon-Cumming v. Wilson and Others. William Hodge & Company, Limited, [1932]. Reprinted 1992 with a new introduction by Alan Dershowitz for the members of The Notable Trials Library. Birmingham: The Notable Trials Library, 1992. xii. 294 pp. gilt decorated half leather with raised..... More

Tusa, Ann, and John Tusa. The Nuremberg Trial. New York: Atheneum, 1986. Reprint. [Birmingham: The Notable Trials Library, 1990]. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. [vi], 519, [2] pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. More

Freeman, Kathleen. The Murder of Herodes and Other Trials from the Athenian Law-Courts. London: MacDonald and Company, [1946]. Reprint. The Legal Classics Library, [1995]. vii, 239 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $45. More

Hall, J.W., Editor. The Trial of William Joyce. London: William Hodge, [1946]. Reprint. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, 1987. Frontis., xii, 312 pp. Title printed in red and black. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $45. * Reprint of first Notable British Trials..... More