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

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

By a Distinguished Pennsylvania Jurist and Politician Sergeant, Thomas [1782-1860]. View of The Land Laws of Pennsylvania. With Notices of Its Early History and Legislation. Philadelphia: James Kay, 1838. xvi, [17]-203, [1] pp. Page 303 incorrectly numbered 203. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind frames to boards, lettering piece..... More

An Exceptional First-Edition Set of Kent's Commentaries in Contemporary Bindings Kent, James [1763-1847]. Commentaries on American Law. New York: Published by O. Halsted, 1826-1830. Four volumes. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, red and black lettering pieces and blind fillets to spines. Some minor nicks, scuffs..... 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

A Rare McDade Item [Murder]. McCaffrey, James [1813-1850]. The Life and Private History of James Mc'Caffrey, Who Was Convicted at New Haven on the 29th day of April, A.D. 1850, Of the Murder of Ann Smith on the 29th day of October 1849, And Sentenced to be Hung at New..... More

An Invitation to Spend an Afternoon with Dr. Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. [1809-1894]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Boston, February 7, 1883]. Single-page letter on Holmes's 6-1/4" x 4-1/2" 296 Beacon Street stationary in attractive glazed wood 10" x 9" frame. Light toning to letter, faint fold line through center, a...... More

The First Formal Police Force of Buffalo, Tonawanda and Wheatfield Niagara Frontier Police District. Manual of the Niagara Frontier Police Force of the State of New York. Buffalo: Thomas, Howard & Johnson, 1867. 181 pp. 12mo. (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary morocco, expertly rebacked, gilt frames to boards, gilt title to..... More

Complete Sets of Bioren's Laws and Its Continuation Volumes [United States]. [Colvin, J[ohn] B. (d. 1827), Compiler]. [French, Benjamin B. French (1899-1877), Compiler]. [Bioren, John, Printer]. Laws of the United States of America, From the 4th of March, 1789, to the 4th of March, 1815, Including The Constitution of the..... More

Inscribed by Kent Kent, James [1763-1847]. Commentaries on American Law. New York: O. Halsted, 1832. Volume I of a four-volume set. xvi, 559 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets to spines, lower lettering piece lacking. Moderate rubbing and a few..... More

One of the Men Who Murdered Captain White: McDade 564 [Murder]. Citizen of Danvers. [Crowninshield, Richard (1804-1830)]. Biographical Sketch of the Celebrated Salem Murderer, Who for Ten Years Past has Been the Terror of Essex County, Mass. Including a Full and Authentic Account of His Daring Exploits; Together with Many..... More

"Such Devils as Frank Almy Can Never Him Defy" [Broadside]. Beard, Alexander B. [Almy, Frank C.]. The Horrible Murder at Hanover, N.H.: Took Place July 21, 1891. Composed and Written While the Officers Were Seeking Almy. West Manchester, NH: [Published by the Author], 1891. 11" x 5-1/4" broadside, nine verses..... More

Cluverius Defended by a Family Friend: McDade 194 [Leigh, Phillip]. [Cluverius, Thomas J. (1861-1887), Defendant]. Lillian Madison's Marriage and Murder: Cluverius Did Not Kill Her. The Sequel Told. Richmond, VA: Patrick Keenan, Printer, 1887. 29 pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and faint staining..... More

"Fraternalism Gone Bad": McDade 689 [Trial]. [Mollie Maguires]. Argument of Franklin B. Gowen, Esq., Of Counsel for the Commonwealth, In the Case of the Commonwealth vs. Thomas Munley, Indicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Schuylkill County, Pa., For the Murder of Thomas Sanger, A Mining Boss, At..... More

A Murder in Richmond: McDade 711 [Murder]. [Richmond, VA]. [Myers, William R.]. The Letters and Correspondence of Mrs. Virginia Myers, (Which Have Never Before Been Published or Even Read in Court,) to Dudley Marvin Hoyt, Who was Murdered at Richmond, Sept. 28th, 1846, by Wm. R. Myers, and Two Others..... More

Howard's Supreme Court Reports: The Series that Includes the Dred Scott Case [Supreme Court, United States]. Howard, Benjamin C[hew] [1791-1872], Reporter. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. Volumes 1-3: Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, 1854, 1845; Volumes 4-18: Boston: Charles C. Little..... More

A Love Triangle, Allegations of Financial Misconduct and Murder [Trial]. Stokes, Edward [1841-1901], Defendant. Life, Trial and Conviction of Edward Stokes, For the Assassination of Jas. Fisk, Jr. To Which is Added, The Life and Eventful Career of Josephine Mansfield. The Interesting Trial. Many Secrets Now for the First Time..... More

The Underbelly of the Gilded Age [Crime]. [Vice]. [United States]. The Illustrated Police News, Law-Courts and Weekly Record, For the Week Ending September 16, 1869. Vol. 7. No. 151. 8 pp. [Boston, MA]: Police News Pub. House, 1869. Engraved woodcut illustrations. 20-1/2" x 14-1/2." Moderate toning, edgewear and creases, a...... More

An 1802 Massachusetts Sermon Criticizing Public Executions Thacher, Thomas [1756-1812]. The Danger of Despising the Divine Counsel: Exhibited in a Discourse, Delivered at Dedham, Third Precinct, September 13, 1801, The Lord's Day After the Execution of Jason Fairbanks. Dedham, [Mass.]: Printed and Sold, By Herman Mann, 1802. 29 pp. Octavo..... More

Impressive Caricature of One of the Great American Lawyer-Statesmen of the Nineteenth Century [Evarts, William M. (1818-1901)]. [Caricature of Evarts]. N.p., S.n., c.1872. 14-1/4" x 11-1/4" engraved woodcut caricature of Evarts by "Wiist" mounted on 21" x 17" board, clipped autograph signature of Evarts mounted below image. Moderate toning, light..... More

Wheaton's Reports: The "Golden Book of American Law" [Supreme Court, United States]. Wheaton, Henry [1785-1848], Reporter. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. Volume 1: Philadelphia: Published by Mathew Carey, 1816; Volumes 2-7, 9-10, 12: New York: Published by Robert Donaldson, 1817-1827. Volumes..... More

President Monroe Tours the Northern and Eastern United States Waldo, Samuel Putnam [1780-1826]. The Tour Of James Monroe, President Of The United States, Through The Northern And Eastern States, In 1817; His Tour in the Year 1818; Together with a Sketch of His Life; With Descriptive and Historical Notices of..... More

A Presentation Copy From Noyes [Field, David Dudley (1805-1894)]. [Noyes, William Curtis (1805-1864)]. [Bradford, Alexander W. (1815-1867)]. Draft of a Penal Code for the State of New York; Prepared by the Commissioners of the Code, and Submitted to the Judges and Others for Examination, Prior to Revision by the Commissioners..... More

Wicked Men Ensnared by Themselves, McDade 601. Sprague, William Buell [1795-1876]. Wicked Men Ensnared by Themselves: A Sermon Preached, December 16, 1825 in the Second Parish of West Springfield, At the Interment of Samuel Leonard, And Mrs. Harriet Leonard, His Wife; The Former of Whom Murdered the Latter, And then..... More

"A House of Human Slaughter" [Trial]. Williams, B[enjamin] W., Principal Defendant. Report of the Trial of B.W. Williams and Others, Editors and Printers of the Dew Drop, A Temperance Paper Published at Taunton, Mass., For an Alleged Libel Upon William Wilbar, A Rumseller of Taunton, Before the Supreme Judicial Court..... More

Imprisonment for Debt is a Form of Tyranny Herttell, Thomas [1771-1849]. Remarks on the Law of Imprisonment for Debt; Showing Its Unconstitutionality, And Its Demoralizing Influence on the Community. Boston: S.n., 1825. [iii], 4-47 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling and edgewear, light toning. A well-preserved..... More

The Father of Life Insurance Wright, Elizur [1804-1885]. A Curiosity of Law: Or, A Respondent in the Supreme Judicial Court, As a Judge in the General Court; And What Possibly Came of It. Boston: Published by the Author, 1866. 96 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers..... More

Nineteenth-Century Archive Concerning American Tariffs [Archive]. [Tariff Laws]. [Pamphlets, Circulars, Offprints and Letters Concerning Tariffs]. Massachusetts, New York and Washington, DC, 1823-1902. 72 items, comprising 42 pamphlets, 12 offprints, 10 circulars and 8 letters, sizes range from 5-1/4" x 3-1/4" to 12-1/2" x 9-1/2." Light to moderate toning, browning to..... More

Pamphlet Concerning a Notable Nineteenth-Century Libel Case in Salem, Massachusetts [Upham, Charles W. (1802-1875)]. The Charge of Ignorance and Misrepresentation Proved Against the Rev. George B. Cheever. From the Salem Gazette. Salem: S.n., 1833. [16] pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers, untrimmed edges..... More

Mutiny and Murder on the High Seas, McDade 679 [Trial]. Miller, George [d. 1876], Defendant. Glew, John, Defendant. Smith, William [d. 1876], Defendant. The Jefferson Borden Mutiny: Trial of George Miller, John Glew, And William Smith for Murder on the High Seas: Before Clifford & Lowell, JJ. Boston: Printed Under..... More

Praised in Marvin's Legal Bibliography Oliver, Benjamin Lynde [1788-1843]. Practical Conveyancing, A Selection of Forms of General Utility, With Notes Interspersed. Corrected and Enlarged. Hallowell, ME: Glazier & Co.; Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little & Wilkins, Richardson & Lord, And Wells and Lilly, 1827. 581 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary..... More

The First Legal Work Bearing Story's Name Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Oliver, Benjamin L. [1788-1843], Editor. A Selection of Pleadings in Civil Actions, With Occasional Annotations on the Law of Pleading. With Additions by Benjamin L. Oliver. Boston: Published by Carter and Hendee, 1829. xv, 709 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6-1/4")..... More

First Edition of "An Epoch in the Law" 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 pp. Octavo (8-1/2"..... More

Notable Collection of Courts Martial [Trials]. Smith, Francis O.J. [1806-1876], Reporter. Reports of Decisions in the Circuit Courts Martial, Of Questions Arising on Trials had in Said Courts. Compiled from Original Papers in the Office of the Adjutant General, In Conformity to a Resolve of a Legislature of Maine, Passed..... More

1843 Treatise on Wills "Drawn Conformably to the Revised Statutes of New York" Tayler, Thomas [fl. 1833-1843]. Precedents of Wills, Drawn Conformably to the Revised Statutes of the State of New York: With Practical Notes: Comprising the Duty of Executors, Administrators and Guardians. Dedicated, By Permission, To the Hon. James..... More

Designed to Display the Corruption of the Irish Nobility [Trial]. Taylour, Thomas, Marquess of Headfort [1757-1829], Defendant. A Report of the Trial on an Action for Damages Brought by the Reverend Charles Massy Against the Most Noble the Marquis of Headfort, For Criminal Conversation With Plaintiff's Wife: Damages Laid at..... More

Sensational 1825 Murder Trial in Buffalo, N.Y. [Trial]. Thayer Brothers. [Love, John]. The Life, Trial, Condemnation and Dying Address, Of the Three Thayers! Who Were Executed for the Murder of John Love, At Buffalo, N.Y. June 17th, 1825. Buffalo: Printed for the Publisher, [1825]. 16 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4")..... More

Maxwell, Lawrence, Jr. Hiring with Privilege of Purchase: An Opinion Given to the Singer Manufacturing Company. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., [1876]. 36 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrapper, light shelfwear and soiling, presentation inscription to front wrapper, light toning to text. $50. * An opinion..... More

Loring, Charles G. [1794-1867]. Neutral Relations of England and the United States. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1863. iv, 116 pp. Octavo (10" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamplet in printed wrappers, untrimmed edges. Moderate shelfwear and light soiling, chip to fore-edge of front wrapper, moderate toning to interior, light foxing..... More

Volumes I-III of Kent's Commentaries, First Edition Kent, James [1763-1847]. Commentaries on American Law. New York: O. Halsted, 1826-1828. Volumes I-III of a four-volume set. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering pieces and blind fillets to spines. Light rubbing and scuffing to boards, moderate rubbing..... More

Colorfully Illustrated Broadside Concerning a Notable 19th-Century Libel Case in Salem, Massachusetts [Broadside]. [Temperence]. [Cheever, George Barrell (1807-1890)]. Deacon Giles's Distillery. New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, [c. 1865-1867]. 2 pp. 14" x 10-1/4" broadsheet, 2 pp. text in three columns, 6-1/4" x 8-3/4" woodcut below headline. Moderate..... More

Story Eulogizes An Exemplary Lawyer-Statesman Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LL.D. By the Hon. Joseph Story, LL.D. Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, And Presiding Judge of the Circ. Court of the U.S. for the First Circuit, As Delivered to the Grand..... More

1856 Little, Brown Circular of Recent Publications [Legal Publishing]. Little, Brown and Company. Law Books, Recently Published by Little, Brown and Company, Law and Foreign Bookseller. Boston: [Little, Brown and Company], May 1, 1856. 8 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light rubbing and minor tears to extremities..... More

Collected Pieces of a Distinguished Nineteenth-Century New York City Lawyer Blunt, Joseph [1792-1860]. Speeches, Reviews, Reports, &c. New York: James Van Norden, 1843. [iv], 274 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Original cloth, gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to boards, heavier rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends..... More

A Landmark Case in the History of the First Amendment [Trial]. Hamilton, Alexander [1757-1804] (et Al.). Crosswell, Harry (1778-1858), Defendant. The Speeches at Full Length of Mr Van Ness, Mr. Caines, the Attorney-General, Mr. Harrison, And General Hamilton, In the Great Cause of the People, Against Harry Croswell, On an..... More

Cases Selected "For the Information of Officers of the Militia" [Trials]. Loring, Joseph, Jr., [1767-1838], Defendant. Binney, Amos [1778-1833], Defendant. Howe, Thomas, Defendant. The Militia Reporter; Containing The Trials of Capt. Jos. Loring, Jun. on the Charges of Maj. Davis, Capt. Amos Binney on the Charges of Maj. Osgood, Capt..... More

Burke, Finley. A Treatise on the Law of Public Schools. New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1880. 5, [vii]-viii, [9]-154 pp. Octavo (7" x 5"). Original cloth, black-stamped decoration to front board, gilt title, black-stamped fillets and library location number to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, spine ends bumped, front..... More

First American Edition of Booth's Treatise on Real Actions Booth, George [1635-1719]. Anthon, John, Editor [1784-1863]. The Nature and Practice of Real Actions, in Their Writs and Process, Both Original and Judicial. First American Edition: In Which the Ancient Writs and Records are Correctly Translated from the Latin, with the..... More

"The Jurists As Well as the Historians of this Commonwealth Stand in Need of a Complete Edition of the Statutes of Pennsylvania" [Manuscript]. Cadwalader, John [1805-1879]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Philadelphia, February 13, 1838]. Single leaf folded to form 9-3/4" x 8" bifolium, franked and docketed on verso of second page..... More