Humorous Legal Poetry Croke, J. Greenbag. Poems of the Law. San Francisco: Sumner, Whitney & Co., 1885. [vi], 311 pp. Illustrations. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4-1/4"). Original cloth, gilt title to front board and spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners,front hinge cracked, moderate toning..... More
An Entertaining Book on Wills Proffatt, John. The Curiosities and Law of Wills. San Francisco: Sumner, Whitney & Co., 1876. 216 pp. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4-1/4"). Original cloth, gilt title to front board and spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners, moderate toning to..... More
Documents from the Settlement of a New Hampshire Estate [Manuscript Archive]. [New Hampshire]. [Wallace Family]. [Deeds, Receipts, Estate Inventories and Other Legal Documents]. Londonderry, NH, 1766, 1782-1801. 17 documents, 7 are 12" x 7-1/2" bifolia and single sheets, 1 is a 15" x 12" sheet, others range in size from..... More
An Important Event in the History of Freedom of the Press and Abolition [Trial]. Lincoln, William S., Reporter. Trow, John Fowler, Editor. Alton Trials: Of Winthrop S. Gilman, Who Was Indicted with Enoch Long, Amos B. Roff, George H. Walworth, George H. Whitney, William Harned, John S. Noble, James Morss..... More
Beware of Traveling Salesmen and Agents! [Harrington, Bates]. How 'Tis Done: A Thorough Ventilation of the Numerous Schemes Conducted by Wandering Canvassers, Together with the Various Advertising Dodges for the Swindling of the Public. Syracuse, NY: W.I. Pattison, 1890. 283 pp. 9 Woodcut plates, 3 large woodcut text illustrations. Octavo..... More
1857 Rules of the Probate Court of Lincoln County, Maine [Broadside]. Fales, Bader, Judge. Courts of Probate. State of Maine. Lincoln. N.p.: S.n, 1857. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" broadside with two-part text, first part in a single column, second in parallel columns, both parts below headlines, and enclosed in enclosed in..... More
"Military Jurisprudence Has, of Late Years, Undergone Considerable Changes, And Been Much Improved" Macomb, Alexander [1782-1841]. The Practice of Courts Martial. New York: Published by Samuel Colman, 1840. [iii]-x, [1], 13-154 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine. A...... More
A Notable Philadelphia Lawyer, Abolitionist and Man of Letters Brown, David Paul [1795-1872]. [5-1/2" x 4" Carte-de-Visite Mounted on Inscribed 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Card]. [Philadelphia?, c. 1870]. Light toning to card, small nick to upper left corner. A well-preserved item. $250. * The annotation reads (in part): "Truly & Sincerely..... More
A Notable Critique of Philadelphia Property Tax Carey, Mathew [1760-1839]. Cursory Reflexions on the System of Taxation, Established in the City of Philadelphia: With a Brief Sketch of Its Unequal and Unjust Operation. [Philadelphia]: Printed for the Author [by Robert Carr], 1806. 47 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched..... More
A 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
Mid Nineteenth-Century Account Book of a Vermont Lawyer [Manuscript]. [Vermont]. [Account Book]. Wallingford and Rutland, VT, June 1, 1849-July 3, 1853. [200] pp. Oblong folio (15-1/2" x 6-1/2"). Quarter sheep over marbled boards, blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing to boards, small chip to front board, moderate rubbing to spine..... More
Holmes Describes His Approach to Law to Lady Clare Castleton in a Letter Written in May 1898 [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr [1841-1935]. [Castletown, Lady Clare (1853-1927)]. [Autograph Letter Signed "H" to Lady Clare Castletown, Boston (?), May 18, 1898]. 8" x 5" bifolium, content filling rectos and versos of..... More
An Ambitious Poem by a Nineteenth-Century Baltimore Lawyer Dimmock, Charles Henry (1831-1873). The Modern: A Fragment. Richmond, Published by J. W. Davies & Sons. 1866. 24pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers. Light rubbing to extremities, moderate toning and foxing to text, binding stitch broke, several leaves loose..... More
Holmes Writes Lady Castletown to Share Thoughts About His Recent Reading and an Anecdote Involving Richard Harding Davis and Charles Dana Gibson [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr [1841-1935]. [Castletown, Lady Clare (1853-1927)]. [Autograph Letter Signed "Yours, OWH" to Lady Clare Castletown, Boston, January 21, 1898]. 10" x 8" bifolium, Massachusetts..... More
An Accused Adulterer Defended by Richard Henry Dana [Trial]. Kalloch, I[saac] S[mith] [1831-1887], Defendant. Only Full Report of the Trial of Rev. I.S. Kalloch on Charge of Adultery: Complete History of the Affair, Doings of the Church, Kalloch's Pulpit Defence, Arrest, Arraignment, Trial, And Result. With Accurate Portraits of Kalloch..... More
A Volume of Poems by a Distinguished 19th-Century Pennsylvania Lawyer [Miller, Elihu Spencer (1817-1879)]. Caprices. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1849. 154 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Later three-quarter morocco over paper boards, top edge gilt, deckle fore and bottom edges. Negligible light rubbing to spine ends and corners..... More
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Course Offerings at Harvard Law School, Spring Term, 1849 [Harvard Law School]. Law School of the University at Cambridge. [Caption Title]. Cambridge, MA, January 15, 1849. [2] pp. Single 9-3/4" x 8" blue-paper sheet, blank conjugate leaf lacking, single column text. Horizontal and verical fold lines, left margin a bit..... More
A Landmark Work in the History of Admiralty Law Curtis, George Ticknor [1812-1894]. A Treatise on the Rights and Duties of Merchant Seamen, According to the General Maritime Law, and Statutes of the United States. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1841. xxiv, 456 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2")..... More
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First Edition of The Common Law in the Uncommon Green Cloth Binding with a Holmes Autograph Letter, Signed Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. The Common Law. Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1881. [i]-xvi, 422 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Original green pebbled cloth, blind double frames to boards, gilt title..... More
Only American Edition of An Important Treatise on Landlord and Tenant Woodfall, William [d. 1806]. The Law of Landlord and Tenant; To Which is Added, An Appendix of Precedents. From the Fourth London Edition, With Considerable Alterations and Additions. New York: Published by Robert M'Dermut and D.D. Arden, 1816. xiii..... More
The First Digest of Kentucky Statutes Littell, William [1768-1824], Compiler. Swigert, Jacob [1793-1869], Compiler. A Digest of the Statute Law of Kentucky, Being a Collection of All the Acts of the General Assembly, Of a Public and Permanent Nature, From the Commencement of the Government to May Session, 1822, Also..... More
A Kentucky Digest Based on Blackstone Humphreys, Charles [1775-1830]. [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. A Compendium of the Common Law in Force in Kentucky, To Which is Prefixed a Brief Summary of the Laws of the United States. Lexington, KY: Printed by William Gibbes Hunt, 1822. xi, [1], 548, [1], 542-594..... More
"More a Struggle Between Two Families Than an Affair of the State" [Trial]. Baker, Abner, Defendant. Crozier, C.W. Life and Trial of Dr. Abner Baker, Jr., (A Monomaniac) Who Was Executed October 3, 1845, For the Alleged Murder of His Brother-In-Law, Daniel Bates; Including Letters and Petitions in Favor of..... More
Copy of the Final Antebellum Edition of Virginia Statutes With a Document Concerning the Custody of a Slave [Virginia]. The Code of Virginia: With the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States; and the Declaration of Rights and Constitution of Virginia. Published Pursuant to an Act of the..... More
Handsomely Bound First Edition of One of Story's Most Important Treatises Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. 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. Boston: Hilliard, Gray and Company, 1834. xxv, [1], 557..... More