First Edition of the First Standard American Treatise on Railway Law, Inscribed by the Author Redfield, Isaac F. [1804-1876]. A Practical Treatise Upon the Law of Railways. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1858. 8, lxxxviii, 736 pp. Main text preceded by 8 pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo (9-1/2" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary..... More
Signed by Frankfurter Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The Public and Its Government. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1931. [viii], 170 pp. Cloth in lightly rubbed and moderately edgeworn dust jacket, bookplate of John Forrest Flobert to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, faint dampstaining to head of text block near gutter..... More
Inscribed by Frankfurter to a Distinguished Female Social Worker Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Green, 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
Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. A Persian Pearl And Other Essays. East Aurora, NY: the Roycrofters, 1899. [viii], 9-175 pp. Original quarter reversed calf over paper boards, gilt title to front board, calf lettering piece to spine. Light soiling and a few minor stains, moderate rubbing to extremities, hinges cracked, fading to..... More
Cardozo's Copy of One of His Most Important Books Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. The Paradoxes of Legal Science. New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. v, 142, [1] pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine, blind frames to boards, gilt Columbia University Press crest to center of front board. Light rubbing..... More
First-Edition Copy of a Report of Dred Scott v. Sandford with a Notable Association [Trial]. [Dred Scott]. Howard, Benjamin C. [1791-1872], Reporter. A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, And the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, In the Case of Dred Scott Versus John..... More
Sir Christopher Yelverton's Heavily Annotated Copy Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony [1470-1538]. Rastell, William [1508-1565], Editor. La Nouvelle Natura Brevium du Iuge Tresreverend Monsieur Anthoine Fitzherbert Dernierement Renevve [sic] et Corrigee per Laucteur avecques Une Table Parfaicte des Choses Notables Contenues en Ycelle Nouvelleme[n]t Composee par Guilliaulme Rastell et Iammais par cy..... More
Presentation Copy of an Edition of Fortescue's Notes on Monarchy and the English Constitution Fortescue, Sir John [1394?-1496?]. Fortescue-Aland, Sir John [1670-1746], Editor. The Difference Between an Absolute and Limited Monarchy; As It More Particularly Regards the English Constitution. Being a Treatise Written by Sir John Fortescue, Kt. Lord Chief..... More
Presentation Copy of a Section of Scott's Landmark Translation of Las Siete Partidas [Manuscript]. [Alfonso X (1221-1284), King of Castile and Leon]. [Scott, Samuel Parsons (1846-1929), Translator]. "Las Siete Partidas," Translation of Titles I, II, III and IV of the "First Partida." [Hillsboro, OH?, c.1913]. 101 ff. Carbon-copy typescript with..... 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 Only Published Volume of Reports of the Court of Wards and Liveries Ley, Sir James [1550-1629]. Reports of Divers Resolutions in Law, Arising Upon Cases in the Court of Wards, And Other Courts at Westminster, In the Reign of the Late Kings, King James and King Charles. Collected by..... 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
"Cases Tempore Talbot" [Forrester, Alexander]. Cases in Equity During the Time of the Late Lord Chancellor Talbot: With Tables of the Names of Cases, And Principal Matters. [London]: Printed by H. Lintot for T Waller, 1741. [ii], vi, 286, [18] pp. Includes one-page publisher advertisement. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary..... More
A Classic Treatise on English Criminal Law Hawkins, William [1673-1746]. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown; Or a System of the Principal Matters Relating to that Subject, Digested Under Proper Their Proper Heads. Corrected, With the Addition of Some References. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, 1724..... More
Owned by a Notable Female Lawyer Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. Collected Legal Papers. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. vii, 316 pp. Original cloth, printed paper title label to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends, spine label and corners, which are bumped, large bookplate..... More
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First Edition of Crompton's Survey of the Courts with an Interesting Association [Crompton, Richard (d. 1599)]. L'Authoritie et Iurisdiction des Courts de la Maiestie de la Roygne: Nouelment Collect & Compose, Per R. Crompton del Milieu Temple Esquire, Apprentice del Ley. Si Seuris Index, Mitisis Corde Memento, Dicito, quae Possunt..... More
Prynne Reviews the History of Parliamentary Writs and Practice, A Copy in an English Royal Binding Prynne, William [1600-1669]. Brevia Parliamentaria Rediviva. In XIII Sections Conteining Several Catalogues of the Numbers, Dates of All Bundles of Original Writs of Summons and Elections Newly Found, Or Formerly Extant in the Tower..... 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
Cases Temp. Macclesfield Lucas, Robert [d. 1776]. Cases in Law and Equity, Chiefly During the Time the Late Earl of Macclesfield Presided in the Courts of King's Bench and Chancery. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot for Francis Gosling, MDCCXLI [1741]. [ii], ii, [8], 538, [94] pp. Folio (12" x 8")..... 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
Copy of a Nineteenth-Century Study of the English Constitution Owned by a Notable Pennsylvania Jurist Bowyer, Sir George [1811-1883]. Commentaries on the Constitutional Law of England. London: V.R. Stevens and G.S. Norton, 1846. viii, 530 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Recent library buckram, raised bands and red and black lettering..... More
A Set of Coke's Reports Owned by John Bouvier and Six Other Prominent American Lawyers Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. The Reports of Sir Edward Coke Kt. Of Divers Resolutions and Judgments Given with Great Deliberation, By the Reverend Judges and Sages of the Law, Of Cases and Matters in Law..... More
Copy of a Classic Treatise on Criminal Law with an Interesting Association Hawkins, William [1673-1746]. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown; Or a System of the Principal Matters Relating to that Subject, Digested Under Proper Their Proper Heads. Corrected, With the Addition of Some References. [London]: Printed by..... More
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A Constitutional Defense of the Glorious Revolution Acherley, Roger [c.1665-1740]. The Britannic Constitution: Or, The Fundamental Form of Government in Britain. Demonstrating, The Original Contract Entred into by King and People, According to the Primary Institutions Thereof, In this Nation. Wherein is Proved, That the Placing on the Throne King..... 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