Early South Carolina Appellate Reports [South Carolina]. Reports of Judicial Decisions in the Constitutional Court, Of the State of South-Carolina; Held at Charleston and Columbia, During the Years 1812, 13, 14, 15, And 16. To Which is Added, Two Cases Determined in the Court of Equity in the Year Eighteen..... More
Early American Edition of a Classic Treatise on Evidence Phillips, S[amuel] March [1780-1862]. Dunlap, John A. [1793?-1858?], Notes. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence. With Notes and References to American Authorities, By John A. Dunlap, And Additional Notes and References by a Gentleman of the New-York Bar. New York..... More
Nicholas St. John Green's Edition of Story on Agency Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Green, Nicholas St. John [1830-1876], Editor. Commentaries on the Law of Agency as a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Law. With Occasional Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1874. xl, 706 pp..... More
A Conspiracy to Prevent Services in English in Two Lutheran Churches in Philadelphia [Trials]. Eberle, Frederick, Primary Defendant. Carson, James, Reporter. Trial of Frederick Eberle and Others, At a Nisi Prius Court, Held at Philadelphia, July 1816, Before the Honorable Jasper Yeates, Justice, For Illegally Conspiring Together by All Means..... More
A Bizarre Case Involving Murder and Fraudulent Claims of Marriage and Parenthood [Trial]. Edwards, Charles [1797-1868]. Cunningham, Emma, Claiment. The Burdell Case, Closing Argument of Mr. Charles Edwards, Advocate for Infant Next of Kin of Harvey Burdell: And in Opposition to the Claim of Emma Augusta Cunningham, For Letters of..... More
"Killed by a Party of Men Disguised as Indians": McDade 641 [Trials]. Lynn, David, Primary Defendant. Merrick, John [1766-1861], Reporter. Trial of David Lynn, Jabez Meigs, Elijah Barton, Prince Cain, Nathaniel Lynn, Ansel Meigs, And Adam Pitts, For the Murder of Paul Chadwick, At Malta, In Maine, On September 8th..... More
Considers Presidential War Powers, Codification and the Status of Married Women Pomeroy, John Norton [1828-1885]. An Introduction to Municipal Law: Designed for General Readers and for Students in Colleges and Higher Schools. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1864. xxxviii, 544 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Original textured cloth, blind..... More
Letter From a Former Student to Story With Extensive Notes by Story [Manuscript]. Fox, Edward [1815-1881]. [Story, Joseph (1779-1845)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Portland, ME, August 3, 1837]. Single leaf folded to form 10" x 8" bifolium, franked and docketed on verso of second page, which has a bit of sealing..... More
Story Discusses the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson and the Aftermath of a Landmark Case [Manuscript Archive]. Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. [White, Stephen]. [Five Autograph Letters, Signed, From Story to his Brother-in-Law, Washington, DC, 1814-1826]. Five autograph letters on 10" x 8" bifolia with integral address leaves and wax seals or..... More
Story Praises a Colleague's Essay on Usury [Manuscript]. Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. [Whipple, John (1784-1866)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Cambridge, MA, April 22, 1837]. Single leaf folded to form 9-3/4" x 8" bifolium, franked and docketed on verso of second page, which has a bit of sealing wax. Vertical and horizontal fold..... More
Gallatin and Webster Discuss the Establishment of the U.S.-Canadian Border Gallatin, Albert [1761-1849]. Webster, Daniel [1782-1852]. A Memoir of the North-Eastern Boundary, In Connexion with Mr. Jay's Map. Together With a Speech on the Same Subject, By the Hon. Daniel Webster; Delivered at a Special Meeting of the New-York Historical..... More
The First Federal Bankruptcy Act [Bankruptcy]. [United States]. A Bill to Establish an Uniform System of Bankruptcy, Throughout the United States. Philadelphia: Printed by T.L. Plowman, 1801. 28 pp. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning, light soiling to exterior, a few minor spots to title page. Rare..... More
A Pennsylvania Court Summons from 1830 [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Pennsylvania]. [Summons to Appear as a Witness]. Lycoming County, PA, September 1, 1830. 4 pp. 6-3/4" x 8," docketed on verso, embossed seal near upper-left corner. Light browning and edgewear, a few ink spots, vertical and horizontal fold lines, a few minor..... More
A Scarce Treatise on Insolvency in California Cowdery, Jabez F. [1834-1914]. The Law of Insolvency. Being the Voluntary Insolvency Law of California and Nevada, And the Involuntary Insolvency Law of California; With Full Annotations and References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court of California, And of Other Decisions Applicable..... More
A Portrait of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices in 1882 [Supreme Court, United States]. Bell, C[harles] M[ilton] [1848-1893], Photographer. [Group Portrait of the Waite Court (1874-1888)]. Washington, DC: C.M. Bell, 1882. 15" x 20-1/2" albumen silver print mounted on illustration board with border and printed caption, tipped onto 27-1/2" x...... More
Holmes Warmly Congratulates His Successor on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Knowlton, Marcus Perrin (1839-1918)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Marcus P. Knowlton, Washington, DC, January 22, 1903]. Content to first 2 pp. of 7-3/4" x 5" U.S. Supreme Court bifolium letterhead. Moderate toning, single..... More
How to Become a Proper Attorney [Raithby, John (1766-1826)]. The Study and Practice of the Law, Considered in Their Various Relations to Society. In a Series of Letters. By a Member of Lincoln's Inn. Portland, ME: Thomas B. Wait, 1806. xiii, 364, [3] pp. Includes three-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (8"..... More
First Printings of the First Volumes of Harvard Law Review Harvard Law Review Association. Harvard Law Review. Cambridge: Published by the Harvard Law Review Publishing Association. Volumes 1 to 17 (1887-1904). 17 books. Octavo (9-3/4" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary three quarter pigskin over cloth, raised bands and red and black lettering..... More
Antebellum Edition of Story on the Conflict of Laws Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Bennett, Edmund Hastings [1824-1898], Editor. Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws, Foreign and Domestic, in Regard to Contracts, Rights, and Remedies, and Especially in Regard to Marriages, Divorces, Wills, Successions, and Judgments. Revised, Corrected and Greatly Enlarged. Boston..... More
A Well-Preserved Copy of Kent's Commentaries Kent, James [1763-1847]. Comstock, George [1811-1892], Editor. Commentaries on American Law. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1867. Four volumes. 8 pp. publisher catalogue bound before title page of Volume I. Octavo (9-1/2" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands, red and..... More
Three Famous Murders of the Early 1890s [Murder]. Graves, Thomas Thatcher [1841-1893]. Sawtell, Isaac [d.1891]. Almy, Frank C. [1857-1892]. Three of a Kind: Dr. Graves, Isaac Sawtell, Frank C. Almy. Laconia, NH: John J. Lane, c.1893. 48 pp. Woodcut text illustrations. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers..... More
"One of the Notable Early American Law Books" Stearns, Asahel [1774-1839]. A Summary of the Law and Practice of Real Actions with an Appendix of Practical Forms. With Additions. Hallowell: Glazier, Masters & Co. 1831. 5, [vii]-xxxiv, 495 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, calf..... More
Antebellum Edition of Story on the Conflict of Laws Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Bennett, Edmund Hastings [1824-1898], Editor. Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws, Foreign and Domestic, in Regard to Contracts, Rights, and Remedies, and Especially in Regard to Marriages, Divorces, Wills, Successions, and Judgments. Revised, Corrected and Greatly Enlarged. Boston..... More
Probably the Single Most Important Interpretation of American Law Kent, James [1763-1847]. [Kent, William (1802-1861), Editor]. [Eaton, Dorman Bridgeman (1823-1899), Editor]. Commentaries on American Law. New York: Published by William Kent, 1851. Four volumes. Star-paged to the second edition (1832). Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards..... More
A Leading Authority on Commercial and Maritime Law Parsons, Theophilus [1797-1882]. A Treatise on the Law of Shipping and the Law and Practice of Admiralty. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1869. Two volumes. lxv, [1], 647; xii, 931 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Later cloth, raised bands, gilt titles, publication..... More