Owned by Stephen S. Gregory The Sunset Club. The Sunset Club Chicago. Organized, March, 1889. The Meetings of 1891-92 and a List of the Members to January, 1893. [Chicago: The Sunset Club, 1893]? [ii], 256 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Original cloth, gilt title to spine, colored endpapers. Light rubbing..... More
The First Record of the Constitutional Convention Yates, Robert [1738-1801]. Lansing, John [1754-1829] Martin, Luther [1748-1826]. Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, In the Year 1787, For the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America. From the Notes Taken by the Late..... More
Class Notes Compiled by a Student at Albany Law School in 1878-1879 [Manuscript]. [Albany Law School]. [Class Notes on Equity Jurisprudence and Evidence]. Albany, New York, 1878-1879. 238 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 6-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards. Worn, spine perished, light rubbing, soiling and faint dampstaining to boards..... More
A True Philadelphia Lawyer Brown, David Paul [1795-1872]. The Forum; or Forty Year Full Practice at the Philadelphia Bar. Philadelphia: Robert H. Small, 1856. Two volumes. Illustrated. Octavo (9" x 6"). Original pebbled cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt titles and ornaments and a negligible bit of shelf-label residue to..... More
1857 California Session Laws in Spanish [California]. Eldredge, Thomas R., Translator. Leyes de California, Aprobadas en la Octava Sesion de la Legislatura, Que Comenzo en la Ciudad de Sacramento el dia Cinco de enero, En el Ano de Mil Ocho Cientos Cincuenta y Siete, Y Concluyo el Dia Treinta de..... More
The Law is Not Uncertain Pickering, John [1777-1846]. A Lecture on the Alleged Uncertainty of the Law; Delivered Before the Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, March 5, 1830. Boston: Lilly, Wait, and Company, 1834. 28 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning and light..... More
Unrecorded London Edition 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. Published at the Request of the Society. London: R.J. Kennett, 59, Great Queen Street;..... More
A Lethal Barroom Brawl in Pennsylvania [Manuscript]. [Pennsylvania]. [Witness Testimony in Commonwealth v. Hartman et al.]. Berks County, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1874. [30] ff. 12-1/2" x 7-3/4" ruled sheets held together with brass tabs at top-edge, text in single neat hand to rectos. Light toning, slight creasing near top-edge, occasional..... More
An Enterprising Female Criminal: McDade 889 [Trial]. Smith, Richard [d.1816], Defendant. Carson, Ann, Defendant. The Trials of Richard Smith, Late Lieutenant in the 23d Regiment U. States Infantry, As Principal, And Ann Carson, Alias Ann Smith, As Accessary [sic], For the Murder of Captain John Carson, On the 20th Day..... More
Inscribed by Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Speeches. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1891. [v], 55 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Original paper-covered boards, title in frame to front board, deckle edges. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with light wear to corners, calf bookplate of Alfred..... More
The Scandal that Led to the First U.S. Law Governing Abortion Rogers, Ammi [1770-1852]. Memoirs of the Rev. Ammi Rogers, A.M. A Clergyman of the Episcopal Church, Educated at Yale College in Connecticut, Ordained in Trinity Church in the City of New-York,- Persecuted in the State of Connecticut, On Account..... More
First Edition of a Scarce Maryland Formbook [Formbook]. [Maryland]. The New American Clerk's Magazine, And Complete Practical Conveyancer. Containing the Most Useful and Necessary Precedents in Conveyancing, As Settled and Approved by the Most Eminent Conveyancers; With Observations and References to the Laws, &c. With a Variety of Other Useful..... More
A Legal Manual for Local Government in Vermont Kinsman, J[osiah] Burnham [1824-1912]. The Vermont Townsman: A Compilation of the Laws of Vermont in Relation to the Powers, Duties, And Liabilities of Town Officers and Towns, With Forms, Directions, And Legal Decisions Adapted to the Statutes of the State. Boston: Brown..... More
Images of James Fisk, His Murderer, And the Woman Who Inspired the Murder [Murder]. Fisk, James, Jr. [1835-1872] Stokes, Edward [1841-1901]. Mansfield, Helen Josephine, "Josie" [1847-1931]. [3-1/2" x 2-1/4" Cartes-de-Visite of Fisk, Stokes and Mansfield Mounted on 4" x 2-1/2" Cards]. [New York?, c.1870]. Light toning and soiling to edges..... More
Livingston's Influential Code of Reform and Prison Discipline Livingston, Edward [1764-1836]. A Code of Reform and Prison Discipline: To Which is Prefixed, An Introductory Report to the Same. With an Introduction by Salmon P. Chase, LL.D., Chief Justice of the United States. New York: Published under the Auspices of the..... More
The Scandal that Led to the First U.S. Law Governing Abortion Rogers, Ammi [1770-1852]. Memoirs of the Rev. Ammi Rogers, A.M. A Clergyman of the Episcopal Church, Educated at Yale College in Connecticut, Ordained in Trinity Church in the City of New-York,- Persecuted in the State of Connecticut, On Account..... More
"One of the Great Pleasures of the Legal Bibliophile" Jacobsen, Frederick J. [1774-1822]. Frick, William [1790-1855], Translator. Laws of the Sea, With Reference to Maritime Commerce, During Peace and War. From the German by William Frick. Baltimore: Published by Edward J. Coale, 1818. xxxv, 636 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4")..... More
First Edition of Reeve's Baron and Femme, The First American Treatise on Family Law Reeve, Tapping [1744-1823]. The Law of Baron and Femme; Of Parent and Child; Of Guardian and Ward; Of Master and Servant; And of the Powers of Courts of Chancery. With an Essay on the Terms, Heir..... More
Every Pennsylvanian His Own Lawyer A Gentleman of the Bar. The Pocket Companion; Or, Every Man His Own Lawyer: Containing a Variety of Precedents, Laid Down in So Plain a Manner, That the Farmer, Mechanic, Apprentice, Or School Boy, Can Draw Any Instrument of Writing Without the Assistance of an..... More
Freeman's Probate Directory Freeman, Samuel. The Probate Directory; Or, An Assistant to Probate Courts, Executors, Administrators, And Guardians. Being the Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Respecting the Estates of Testators, Intestates, And Wards. To Which are Added, A Variety of Forms, For the Use of Probate Courts, And Such..... More
New York City in 1817 [New York City]. Laws and Ordinances Ordained and Established by the Mayor, Aldermen, And Commonalty of the City of New-York, By Common Council Convened, During the Mayoralty of Jacob Radcliff. To Which is Added, The Law of the State of New-York Relative to the Transportation..... More
A Court Document in Taney's Hand, Signed by Taney [Manuscript]. Taney, Roger B. [1777-1864]. [Court Document in Taney's Hand, Signed by Taney, Frederick County, MD, February 1, 1817]. 2 pp. 13-1/4" x 8" leaf, docketed on verso. Moderate toning, untrimmed edges, three horizontal fold lines with short tears at ends..... More
The Law of Carriers, Hotels, Bars and Warehouses Jeremy, Henry. The Law of Carriers, Inn-Keepers, Warehousemen, And Other Depositories of Goods for Hire. London, Printed: New York: Reprinted and Published by I. Riley, 1816. vii, 163 [i.e. 139], [5] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards..... More
Only American Edition of Burn's Marine Insurances Burn, John Ilderton [1774?-1848]. A Practical Treatise or Compendium of the Law of Marine Insurances. London, Printed: New-York, Re-Printed, for H. Caritat by G. & R. Waite, 1801. xiv, [2], 235 pp. 12mo. (6-1/4" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, lettering piece, blind fillets and..... More
First Separate Printing of Brackenridge's Eloquent Defense of Religious Liberty for Maryland Jews [Brackenridge, Henry Marie (1786-1871)]. Niles' Weekly Register. New Series. No. 14-Vol. IV. Baltimore, May 29, 1819. [Baltimore]: Printed and Published by H. Niles, [1819]. 225-240 pp. Octavo (9-3/4" x 6-1/4"). Disbound, leaves starting to separate at ends..... More