Presented by Parker to a Fellow Abolitionist [Trial]. Parker, Theodore [1810-1860], Defendant. The Trial of Theodore Parker, For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall Against Kidnapping, Before the Circuit Court of the United States, At Boston, April 3, 1855. With the Defence. Boston: Published for the Author, 1855..... More
Owned by John Peter Zenger's Defense Lawyer [Hamilton, Andrew (c.1646-1741)]. G[ardiner], R[obert]. Instructor Clericalis, The Third Part, Being a Collection of Choice and Usual Presidents for Pleadings Both in the Kings-Bench & Common-Pleas. London: Printed be [sic] the Assigns of R. And E. Atkyns, Esquires, 1706. [viii], 500, [36] pp..... More
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From the Library of George Dunn: Years 17 and 18, Hilary Terms, of Edward III, Beale 6 and 9 [Year Book]. Edward III [Reigned 1312-1377]. De Termino Hillarii. Anno. XVII. Edwardi Tertii. [Drop Head Title]. [London: Richard Tottell, 1561]. 80 ff. [Bound with] Edward III. De Termino Hillarii. Anno. XVIII..... More
Signed Copy of One of Cardozo's 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
Presentation Copy, Inscribed by Jaffe to His Harvard Colleague Benjamin Kaplan Jaffe, Louis L. Judicial Control of Administrative Action. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1965. xvi, 792 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, very good, in moderately worn dust jacket. Inscribed on front free endpaper: 'To my beloved friend &/ colleague Ben..... More
Early American Edition of Beccaria with Three Notable Associations [Beccaria, Cesare Bonesana, Marchese de (1738-1794)]. [Smith, George William (1762-1811), Former Owner]. [Wirt, William (1772-1834), Former Owner]. [Johnson, Reverdy (1796-1876), Former Owner]. An Essay on Crimes and Punishments. Translated from the Italian. With a Commentary, Attributed to M. de Voltaire. Translated..... More
Inscribed by John Marshall Marshall, John [1755-1835]. The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, And First President of the United States, Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, From Original Papers Bequeathed to..... 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 Floberg 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]. 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
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
Only-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
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