Inscribed to an Influential American Legal Scholar Levy, Leonard W. Treason Against God: A History of the Offense of Blasphemy. New York: Schocken Books, [1981]. xviii, 414 pp. Cloth, fine in moderately worn dust jacket. Author's presentation inscription "To Yale Kamisar with admiration" to front free endpaper, owner name (Kamisar)..... More

Paul Darrow's Copy Roosevelt, Theodore. Lodge, Henry Cabot. Hero Tales from American History. New York: The Century Co., 1895. xiv, [2], 335 pp. Illustrated. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Publisher's cloth, gilt title and central vignette to front board, gilt title to spine. Light soiling, moderate rubbing and shelfwear to extremities..... More

Inscribed to Clarence Darrow's Niece Bradley, Omar N. A Soldier's Story. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1951. xix, 618 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Publisher's cloth, near-fine in worn dust jacket with light foxing and soiling, several chips and clean tears and large tear to back panel, illustrated endpapers (maps), internally..... More

Inscribed by Clarence Darrow to His Son Paul Gomme, George Laurence [1853-1916]. Robinson, W[illiam]. H[eath]. [1872-1944]. The Queen's Story Book: Being Historical Stories Collected out of English Romantic Literature in Illustration of the Reigns of English Monarchs from the Conquest to Queen Victoria. New York: Longmans Green and Co., 1898..... More

A Gift for Darrow's Son Paul From a Feminist Writer and Suffragette Harraden, Beatrice [1864-1936]. In Varying Moods: Short Stories. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1895. [x], 274, [2], 32 pp. With 34 pp. of publisher advertisements at rear. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-3/4"). Publisher's green cloth, black-stamped title to front..... More

Presented to Clarence Darrow by W.W. Denslow Stoddard, Charles Warren [1843-1909]. Denslow, W.W. [1856-1915], Illustrator. A Cruise Under the Crescent. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, [1898]. [iv], 358 pp. With black-and-white illustrations. Octavo (8" x 5-1/4"). Publisher's pictorial cloth, top-edge gilt, deckle fore and bottom edges, black-and-white illustration to front..... More

With Darrow's Personal Book Label Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. A Persian Pearl and Other Essays. Boston: The Stratford Company, [1931]. 160 pp. Original textured blue cloth, gilt title to front board and spine, deckle fore and bottom edges. Light rubbing to extremities, faint offsetting to front free endpaper, internally clean. Leather..... More

Inscribed by Clarence Darrow to His Son Paul Kipling, Rudyard [1865-1936]. The Day's Work. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898. [viii], 431 pp. Illustrations and tissue-guarded frontispiece. Octavo (8" x 5-1/4"). Publisher's black and gilt-stamped green cloth, top-edge gilt, deckle fore and bottom edges. Minor bubbling to head of..... More

Thomas McDade's Copy [Trial]. Manning, Frederick George [1820-1849], Defendant. Manning, Maria [1821-1849], Defendant. The Bermondsey Murder. A Full Report of the Trial of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning, For the Murder of Patrick O'Connor, At Minver-Place, Bermondsey, On the 9th of August, 1849. Including Memoirs of Patrick O'Connor, Frederick..... More

1812 Laws of New York City [New York City]. Laws and Ordinances Ordained and Established by the Mayor, Aldermen, And Commonalty of the City of New-York, In Common Council Convened, For the Good Rule and Government of the Inhabitants and Residents of the Said City, Passed During the Mayoralty of..... More

Inscribed to Fred M. Vinson Stimpson, George [1896-1952]. A Book About American Politics. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1952. xi, 554 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, very good in worn and lightly foxed and soiled dustjacket, light foxing to edges of text block, internally clean. Author inscription "To My Friend..... More

New Jersey's Last Colonial-Era Compilation [New Jersey]. Allinson, Samuel [1739-1791], Compiler. Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, from the Surrender of the Government to Queen Anne, on the 17th Day of April, in the Year of Our Lord 1702, to the 14th Day of January 1776..... More

Presentation Copy from Earl Warren to Robert Young, Jr. Warren, Earl [1891-1974]. A Republic, If You Can Keep It. New York: Quadrangle Books, 1972. xiii, 203 pp. Cloth in lightly edgeworn dust jacket, presentation inscription from Warren to front free endpaper. $750. * First edition. The inscription reads: "For Robert..... More

Rare Frankfurter Items About Harold Laski with Presentation Inscriptions to Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. [Gordon, Ruth [1896-1985]. "Foreword to Holmes-Laski Letters." Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1953. xiii-xvi pp. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4" bifolium. Light toning, two horizontal fold lines, two pinholes to upper margin, small rust..... More

Rare Frankfurter Item About Harold Laski with a Presentation Inscription to Garson Kanin Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. [Kanin, Garson (1912-1999)]. "Justice Felix Frankfurter's Contribution to the BBC's Harold Laski Programme, [London], November 15, 1961." 7 ff. 10-1/2" x 8" single-sided printed sheets. Light toning, two horizontal fold lines, traces of removed..... More

From the Library of John Fowles Seymour, M[ichael] Hobart [1800-1874]. The Talbot Case. An Authoritative and Succinct Account from 1839, To the Lord Chancellor's Judgment. With Notes and Observations: And a Preface. London: Seeleys, 1851. [iii]-xliv, 119 pp. Lacking half-title. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary blind-paneled cloth, rebacked retaining existing..... More

Owned by Nathan Leopold's Brother McKernan, Maureen. The Crime and Trial of Leopold and Loeb. Introduction by Clarence Darrow and Walter Bachrach. Chicago: The Plymouth Court Press, 1924. Publisher's black-stamped cloth, bookplate of Foreman M. Lebold [1895-1953] to front free endpaper. Light rubbing to extremities, spine ends and corners bumped..... More

Inscribed by Darrow to Mrs. May S. Forrester Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. A Persian Pearl and Other Essays. Chicago: C.L. Ricketts (Lakeside Press colophon), 1902. 160, [1] pp. Quarter cloth over patterned paper boards, gilt title to spine, top edge gilt, deckle fore and bottom edges. Light soiling, spine ends and..... More

First Edition, Inscribed by Frankfurter to a Protege Brandeis, Louis D. [1856-1941]. Other People's Money And How the Bankers Use It. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1914]. xiv, [2], 223 pp. Original cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine. Small stain to front board, light wear to spine..... More

An Influential Figure in American Politics, Diplomacy and Law Strauss, Robert S. [1918-2014]. Strauss, Staci, Editor. McCord, Craig, Editor. What Do You Think, Bob: Wisdom, Humor and Gumption from Robert S. Strauss. [New York: Brand New Shoes, 2004]. 31 pp. Illustrations. Cloth in lightly worn dust jacket, contents printed on..... More

Stein, Jacob A. Legal Spectator. Revised and Expanded. Washington, DC: George Psalmanazer Press, 1981. ix, 351 pp. Cloth, light shelfwear, bookplate of Caspar Weinberger to front pastedown. $20. * Second and final printing. A delightful book of anecdotes and legal humor. Weinberger [1917-2006], a prominent Republican statesman, was secretary of..... More

With Two Notable UC-Berkeley Law School Associations Daube, David [1909-1999]. Studies in Biblical Law. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1947. viii, 328 pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities, light toning to interior, light browning to front free endpaper, which has pencilled signatures of Max Radin..... More

Inscribed to Jack Kemp Hooks, Benjamin L. [1925-2010]. Guess, Jerry. Archer, Dennis W., Foreword. The March for Civil Rights: The Benjamin Hooks Story. Chicago: American Bar Association, 2004. xi, 387 pp. Plates. Illustrations, portraits. Cloth in near-fine dust jacket, presentation inscription to Jack Kemp to front free endpaper, folds to..... More

With a Warm Inscription from the Author Archer, Gleason L. [1880-1966]. History of the Law. Boston: Suffolk Law School Press, 1928. 442 pp. Original textured cloth, gilt fillets and title to spine. Light rubbing and shelfwear, faint dampstaining to front board, moderate toning to interior, small tears to bottom-edges of..... More

William W. Story's Copy of the Harvard Law Library Catalogue [Harvard Law School]. [Sumner, Charles (1811-1874), Compiler]. [Woodward, William R., Compiler]. A Catalogue of the Law Library of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge: Folsom, Wells, And Thurston, 1841. xii, 228 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Recent period-style three-quarter calf..... More

From The Library of Louis D. Brandeis [Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)]. United States Railroad Administration. Proclamations by the President Relating to the United States Railroad Administration and General Orders and Circulars Issued by the Director General of Railroads. At head of title page: United States Railroad Administration Director General of..... More

Cummings, Homer [1870-1956]. McFarland, Carl [1904-1979]. Federal Justice: Chapters in the History of Justice and the Federal Executive. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. ix, 576 pp. Cloth bound hardcover, moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners, owner stamp of Carl McFarland to head of text..... More

New Jersey's Last Colonial-Era Compilation, A Copy With Two Interesting Associations [New Jersey]. Allinson, Samuel [1739-1791], Compiler. Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, from the Surrender of the Government to Queen Anne, on the 17th Day of April, in the Year of Our Lord 1702, to..... More

First Edition, Inscribed by William Roughead [Trial]. M'Lachlan, Jessie [1834?-1899], Defendant. Roughead, William [1870-1952], Editor. Trial of Mrs. M'Lachlan. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1911]. Notable Scottish Trials. c, 339 pp. 9 plates, 1 folding. Frontispiece. 4 pp. publisher advertisement (for Notable British Trials). Original cloth, gilt title..... More

A Copy Owned by Joseph Story, Benjamin Butler and Henry Fowle Durant Shower, Bartholomew. Leach, Thomas, Editor. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, During the Reigns of Charles the Second; James the Second; And William the Third. By Sir Bartholomew Shower, Knt. In Two Volumes. Volume..... More

Rare Calf-Bound Presentation Copy [Trial]. Pritchard, Edward William [1825-1865], Defendant. Roughead, William, [1870-1952], Editor. Trial of Dr. Pritchard. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1906]. 343 pp. Portrait frontispiece. 14 plates. Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering piece to spine, gilt-stamped company name to..... More

Melvin Belli's Copy Osborn, Albert S. [1858-1946]. Wigmore, John Henry [1863-1943], Introduction. The Mind of the Juror as Judge of the Facts, Or the Layman's View of the Law. A Study of the Contentious Trial. Albany: The Boyd Printing Co., 1937 [printed 1938]. xiii, 239 pp. Cloth, blind frames to..... More

Annotated by the Defendant's Secretary [Trial]. Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey, Duchess of [1720-1788], Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy, Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, In Westminster-Hall, In Full-Parliament, On Monday the 15th, Tuesday the 16th, Friday the 19th, Saturday the 20th, and..... More

Copy of Volume I of the First American Edition of Blackstone Owned by Thomas Leaming, A Subscriber Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Leaming, Thomas (1748-1797)]. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. Re-Printed From the British Copy, Page for Page with the Last Edition. [Philadelphia]: Robert Bell, 1771. Volume..... More

From the Library of Louis D. Brandeis [Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)]. United States Railroad Administration. Public Acts Proclamations by the President Relating to the United States Railroad Administration and General Orders and Circulars Issued by the Director General of Railroads. At head of title page: United States Railroad Administration Director..... More

Signed by Learned Hand [Hand, Learned (1872-1961)]. [Annotated Copy of a Marriage Service with Witness Signature of Learned Hand]. October 21, 1896. In The Marriage Service of the Book of Common Prayer. Our Marriage Vow---The Service and Minister's Certificate. New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1877. [x], 16, [19] pp. Octavo (6-1/2"..... More

Inscribed by Frankfurter to a Distinguished Female Social Worker Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Greene, Nathan [c.1902-1964]. The Labor Injunction. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. [xii], 343 pp. 11 folding tables. Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, corners and spine ends bumped, tiny..... More

Warmly Inscribed by Frankfurter to Alfred North Whitehead and His Wife Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965], Editor. Mr. Justice Holmes. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., [1931]. [x], 241 pp. Portrait frontispiece of Holmes. Original cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine. Light rubbing to extremities with light wear to spine ends and..... More

"The Sense of the Court Truly Delivered" Fitz-Gibbons, John [d. 1780]. The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer. In the I, II, III, IV, And V Years of..... More

Treatise on Courts Martial Owned by Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart [Stuart, J.E.B. (1833-1864)]. Simmons, Thomas Frederick. Remarks on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial; With a Summary of the Law of Evidence, As Connected with Such Courts; Also Some Notice of the Criminal Law of England, With Reference to..... More

Rights, Liberties and Privileges of London [London]. The Laws and Customs, Rights, Liberties, And Privileges, Of the City of London: Containing: The Several Charters Granted to the Said City, From William the Conqueror to the Present Time; The Magistrates and Officers Thereof, And Their Respective Creations, Elections, Rights, Duties and..... More

A "Father" of Leading Cases Jenkins, [David] [1582-1663]. Eight Centuries of Reports: Or, Eight Hundred Cases Solemnly Adjudged in the Exchequer-Chamber, Or, Upon Writs of Error. Publish'd Originally in French and Latin by Judge Jenkins. Now Carefully Translated, With the Addition of Many Thousand References: Particularly to Such Statutes as..... More

A Historical Review and Defense of the King's Right to Tax His Subjects in Order to Support the Queen Prynne, William [1600-1669]. Aurum Reginae; Or a Compendious Tractate, And Chronological Collection of Records in the Tower, And Court of Exchequer Concerning Queen-Gold: Evidencing the Quiddity, Quantity, Quality, Antiquity, Legality of..... More

1810 Handbook on the Poor Laws of Massachusetts Presented to a Notable Jurist Leavitt, Jonathan [1764-1821]. [Sedgewick, Theodore (1746-1813)]. A Summary of the Laws of Massachusetts, Relative to the Settlement, Support, Employment and Removal of Paupers. Greenfield: Printed by John Denio, 1810. 64 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary quarter..... More

Copy of the First American Treatise on Wills that Belonged to an Important Early Illinois Statesman Vallette, Elie. [Sparrow, Thomas (1746?-1780?), Engraver]. The Deputy Commissary's Guide Within the Province of Maryland, Together with Plain and Sufficient Directions for Testators to Form, and Executors to Form Their Wills and Testaments, For..... More

An Examination of the Labor Injunction from the Early 1920s-- A Presentation Copy from a Group of Notable Chicago Union Leaders Frey, John P. [1871-1957]. The Labor Injunction: An Exposition of Government by Judicial Conscience and Its Menace. [Cincinnati, OH: Equity Publishing Company, 1923]. ix, [4], 197 pp. Cloth, gilt..... More