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
Weston, George M. [1816-1887]. The Silver Question. New York, I.S. Homans, 1878. xii, 293 pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine. Fading, light shelf wear, very light toning, internally clean. Presentation inscription "Hon. Wm. M. Evarts With respects of The Author" to front endleaf. $100. * Weston wrote extensively on..... More
Murdered with Poisoned Sleeping Pills: McDade 444 Harris, Carlyle [1869-1893]. [Harris, Francis McCreedy], Editor. Articles, Speeches and Poems of Carlyle W. Harris. Edited by "Carl's Mother" (Hope Ledyard). New York: J.S. Ogilvie, [1893]. 205 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-3/4"). Original cloth, blind fillets to front board, gilt title..... More
A Legal Manual for Local Government in Vermont Kinsman, J[osiah] Burnham [1824-1912], Compiler. 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..... More
Eulogy of John Marshall by an Eminent Pennsylvania Jurist Binney, Horace [1780-1875]. An Eulogy on the Life and Character of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Delivered at the Request of the Councils of Philadelphia, On the 24th September, 1835. Philadelphia: Printed by J...... More
New York JP Manual Arranged According to the Code of Civil Procedure Throop, Montgomery H. [1827-1892], Editor. The New York Justice's Manual, Containing All the Laws of the State, Relating to the Official Tenure and Duties of a Justice of the Peace, And the Proceedings in Civil Cases Before Him..... More
![Item #74781 Memoir of Theophilius Parsons [with] Autograph Letter, Signed [And]. Theophilius Parsons](/pictures/thumb/74781.jpg?v=1676664329)
With Two Autograph Items and a Portrait Parsons, Theophilus [1797-1882]. Memoir of Theophilus Parsons, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; With Notices of Some of His Contemporaries. By His Son, Theophilus Parsons. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1859. viii, 476, [11] pp. With an 11 pp. published catalogue..... More
"A Major Step in the Transformation of Equity" Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence, As Administered in England and America. Revised, Corrected, And Enlarged. London: Reprinted...Under the Direction and Sanction of the Learned Author, By A. Maxwell, 1839. Two volumes. [i], xxxiii, 773; xl, 947 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x...... More
First English Edition of Story on Agency Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on the Law of Agency, As a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Jurisprudence, With Occasional Illustrations from the Civil & Foreign Law. London: Reprinted Under the Direction and Sanction of the Learned Author, By A. Maxwell, 1839. xxiv, 476..... More
A Copy Presented to the Notable Female Abolitionist, Maria Weston Chapman, by the Defendant [Trial]. Williamson, Passmore [1822-1895], Defendant. Cannon, Arthur, Reporter. Case of Passmore Williamson: Report of the Proceedings on the Writ of Habeas Corpus, Issued by the Hon. John K. Kane, Judge of the District Court of the..... More
Courtroom Speeches of Lord Erskine, A Georgetown, DC Imprint Erskine, Thomas Henry, Lord [1750-1823]. [Ridgway, James, Editor]. Speeches of Lord Erskine, When at the Bar, On Miscellaneous Subjects. Georgetown, DC: Published by Joseph Milligan, 1813. 266 pp. 12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and..... More
First Edition of the First Record of the Constitutional Convention Yates, Robert [1738-1801]. 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
With a Tipped-In Alexander Hamilton Signature Hamilton, Alexander [1757-1804]. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, [Alexander Hamilton,] On the Subject of Manufactures, Made the Fifth of December, 1791. Printed by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph R.A. Skerrett, Jan. 1, 1824. vii, [9]-143 pp. 12mo..... More
McDade 240: "How Wretched is the Man Who's Wise Too Late" Daniels, Thomas H. [d. 1819]. Some Particulars of the Life of Thomas H. Daniels, Alias Daniel H. Thomas, Who Was Apprehended in Newport on the 29th November on Suspicion of Being Concerned in the Robbery and Murder of Mr..... More
A Radical Response to the Louisiana Purchase Massachusetts Farmer. [Lowell, John, Jr. (1769-1840)]. Thoughts in a Series of Letters, In Answer to a Question Respecting the Division of the States. [Boston?]: S.n., [1813]. 24 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain blue (sugar paper) wrappers, untrimmed edges. Light..... More
"I Never Should Have Done it But for Brandy" [Temperance]. Crockett, Simeon L. [1809-1836]. A Voice from the Leverett Street Prison, Or the Life, Trial, And Confession of Simeon L. Crockett, Who was Executed for Arson, March 16, 1836. Boston: Printed for the Proprietors, [c.1836]. 24 pp. Woodcut illustrations. Octavo..... More
The Medical Establishment vs. Homeopathy [Trials]. Massachusetts Medical Society. Trial of William Bushnell, M.D., Milton Fuller, M.D., Samuel Gregg, M.D., H.L.H. Hoffendahl, M.D., George Russell, M.D., I.T. Talbot, M.D., David Thayer, M.D., And Benj. H. West, M.D., All of Boston, for Practicing Homoeopathy, While They Were Members of the Massachusetts..... More
Cruelty Against a Woman, Or a Political Hatchet Job? Marie, Jane. The Case of Jane Marie, Exhibiting the Cruelty and Barbarous Conduct of James Ross, To a Defenceless Woman. Written and Published by the Object of His Cruelty and Vengeance, And Addressed to the Public of Philadelphia and the Whole..... More
![Item #74586 Trial of John Hendrickson, Jr. For the Murder of His Wife [And]. Trial, John...](/pictures/thumb/74586.jpg?v=1670616335)
A Copy of McDade 468 with Related Contemporary Newspaper Clippings and a Daguerreotype of the Victim [Trial]. Hendrickson, John [1832-1854], Defendant. Barnes, David M., Reporter, Compiler. Hevenor, W.S. [d.1909], Reporter, Compiler. Trial of John Hendrickson, Jr. For the Murder of His Wife Maria, By Poisoning, at Bethlehem, Albany County, N.Y...... More
![Item #74577 The Sham-Robbery, Committed by Elijah Putnam Goodridge [Bound with]. Trial, Joseph...](/pictures/thumb/74577.jpg?v=1670859432)
Daniel Webster for the Defense [Trials]. Jackman, Joseph. Goodridge, Elijah Putnam [1787-1851], Defendant. The Sham-Robbery, Committed by Elijah Putnam Goodridge on His Own Person, In Newbury Near Essex Bridge, Dec. 19, 1816: With a History of His Journey to the Place Where he Robbed Himself: and His Trial with Mr..... More
The Youngest Person Ever Convicted of Murder In Massachusetts Haskell, E. Luscomb. The Life of Jesse Harding Pomeroy. The Most Remarkable Case in the History of Crime or Criminal Law. Boston: S.n., 1892. [viii], 20-90 pp. Portrait frontispiece. 4 plates. Octavo (9" x 6"). Sewn pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers..... More
"One of Those Legal Marathons Peculiar to the United States": McDade 576 [Trial]. Kring, Charles F., Defendant. [Kring, Eugene]. Love and Law, In Two Parts. Part I. The Only True History of the Killing of Mrs. Dora C.J. Broemser, by Chas. F. Kring: Together with the Autobiography of the Latter..... More