A Choice Signed Limited First Edition of Darrow's Story of My Life Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. The Story of My Life. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. viii, [iv], 465 pp. Color portrait frontispiece with tissue overlay. Seventeen plates (with 2- illustrations), text illustrations to pp. 283 and 429. Publisher's quarter..... More
Presentation Copy Inscribed by Story Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. A Discourse Pronounced at the Request of the Essex Historical Society, on the 18th of September, 1828, in Commemoration of the First Settlement of Salem, in the State of Massachusetts. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1828. 90 pp. Octavo (9" x...... More
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Cardozo Can't Recall Any Memories Worth Sharing [Manuscript]. Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Shapiro, Harold Roland]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Shapiro On Supreme Court Letterhead, March 26, 1937]. Single 7-3/4" x 5" sheet. Horizontal fold line though center, tiny inkspot above letterhead, otherwise fine. [With] Cardozo, Benjamin N. [6-1/2" x 8-1/2"..... More
Signed By Benjamin Cardozo Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. What Medicine Can Do For Law. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. Original three-quarter cloth over paper boards, deckle edges. Negligible light shelfwear, corners and spine ends lightly bumped, faint residue from small label to front board near foot of spine. "Benjamin..... More
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Cardozo ALS on U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead with Photo [Manuscript]. Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Shapiro, Harold]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Harold Shapiro on U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, October 8, 1934]. Two 5" x 7-3/4" leaves. Light soiling, horizontal fold lines, otherwise fine. [With] Cardozo, Benjamin N. [7" x 9" Black-and-White..... More
Inscribed by Mason Mason, Alpheus T. [1899-1989]. "The Legal Justification for Injunctions in Labor Disputes." Offprint from the South Atlantic Quarterly, Volume XXIII, Number 1 (January, 1924) 40-49 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff wrappers. Lightly soiled, minor wear to spine ends, author inscription to head of front wrappers, internally clean..... More
The Essence of the Law... Cheesebrough, G.R. [1936-1993]. Obedientia Est Legis Essentia (Obedience is the Essence of the Law). N.p.: Circa, 1980. 18" x 24" color lithograph, glazed and matted in a handsome 20" x 26" frame. Signed and numbered by artist. A few minor scratches and nicks to frame..... More
The Nature of Equity Cheesebrough, G.R. [1936-1993]. Equitas Sequitur Legem (Equity Follows the Law). N.p.: Circa, 1980. 18" x 24" color lithograph, glazed and matted in a handsome 20" x 26" frame. Signed and numbered by artist. A few minor nicks to frame, otherwise fine. $200. * From a series..... More
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A Warm Thank-You Note from Cardozo to the Wife of a Notable New York Judge Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Seabury, Mrs. Samuel (Richey, Maude) (d. 1952)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Seabury On Personal Letterhead, March 1, 1928]. Single sheet folded to form two 6-1/2" x 4-1/2" leaves and 5" x...... More
McCarry, Charles. Citizen Nader. New York: Saturday Review Press, 1972. 335 pp. Hardcover in moderately edgeworn dust jacket, inscribed: "For justice/ Ralph Nader" on half-title. $50. * First edition, first printing of the author's first book. More
McCarry, Charles. Citizen Nader. New York: Saturday Review Press, 1972. 335 pp. Hardcover in moderately edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket, inscribed: "For justice/ Ralph Nader" on half-title. $25. * First edition, first printing, of McCarry's first book. More
Pan American Peace Plans, Signed by Hughes Hughes, Charles Evans [1862-1948]. Pan American Peace Plans. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1929. [iv], 68 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. Light edgewear to dust jacket, some fading to spine, chipping to ends. "Charles E. Hughes" in bold hand to front free endpaper..... More
[Manuscript]. Lewis, Edwin O. [1879-1974]. [Here Lies an Honest Lawyer]. [Philadelphia, c.1969] 125 pp. [And] The Papers of Judge Edwin O. Lewis: Table of Contents. [Philadelphia, n.d.] 21 pp. Photocopied typescripts in bound in calf-stamped cloth dissertation binder, light shelfwear. "Here Lies an Honest Lawyer/ Edwin O Lewis retired/ former..... More
Cardozo Does Not Use Bookplates [Manuscript]. Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Typewritten Letter, Signed, on Supreme Court Stationary]. Washington, DC: April 2, 1936. Single 8" x 10-1/2" sheet. Light toning to letter, faint vertical and horizontal fold lines, minor short tear near center of right-hand margin along fold. An interesting letter..... More
Inscribed by Darrow to British Actress Rosalinde Fuller 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, some wear to..... More
Frankfurter Quotes Holmes [Manuscript]. Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. [Typed Letter, Signed, On Harvard Law School Letterhead, November 5, 1932]. Single 8" x 5-1/2" sheet and 6" x 3-1/2" envelope. Some toning, two horizontal fold lines to letter, which has a full signature. Items housed in handsome recent cloth solander case with..... More
A Comical Courtroom Scene Cheesebrough, G.R. [1936-1993]. Res Ipsa Loquitur. N.p.: Circa, 1980. 18" x 24" color lithograph. Fine. $200. * From a series limited to 500, this number 210. Cheesebrough was highly regarded for his whimsical caricatures of celebrities, professionals and amateur sportsmen. More
Rosenne, Shabtai. The Law and Practice of the International Court. Leyden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1965. Vol. I: xxiii, 506 pp. Vol. II: Original cloth, slightly worn with gilt lettered spines. Inscribed by author on the front free endpaper of volume one. Volume two bumped on the foredge of the front board..... More
Stein, Jacob A. (1925-2019). Legal Spectator and More. Washington: The Magazine Group, [2003]. xii, 320 pp. Softbound. Signed by the author on the title page. New. $35. * A compilation of the notable Washington, D.C., attorney's essays about lawyers, judges, clients, literature and popular culture. It is a long-awaited sequel..... More
Military Land Bounty for a Veteran of the War of 1812. [United States]. [Land Bounty]. [Signed Document Reassigning Bounty Land Originally Granted for Military Service]. Washington: General Land Office, April 1, 1854. Single folded 9-3/4" x 15-3/4" vellum leaf with red wax seal, annotations to verso. Very good. $150. *..... More
Burdick, William L. The Bench and Bar of Other Lands. Brooklyn: Metropolitan Law Book Company, [1939]. xii, 652pp. Original blue gilt stamped cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. $5. More
Nizer, Louis. Recent Radio Law in Review. [n.p., n.d.]. 24pp. Reprint from the 1940 radio annual. Stiff wrap. Inscribed by author on front cover. Excellent condition. $35. More
Dershowitz, Alan M. Just Revenge. [New York]: Warner Books, [1999]. viii, 322 pp. Paper boards over gilt stamped cloth. Dust jacket. Fine. $10. * Author's signature on title page. More
Hinsdale, Elizur Brace. Autobiography with Reports and Documents. New York: J.J. Little & Co., 1901. Frontispiece. 313, [11] pp. Original burgundy, gilt stamped decorative cloth. Gilt top edge. Moderate shelf wear. Spine sunned, slightly frayed at head and tail. Very good. $85. * First edition. Author's signature on front free..... More
Morison, Samuel Eliot. Edward Channing: A Memoir. Boston: [Massachusetts Historical Society], 1931. 37 pp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue paper overlay. 6" x 9-1/2" pamphlet. Wrappers detached and chipped, text clean and secure. Presentation inscription by Morison to front cover, corrections in his hand to text. $50. * An offprint from..... More