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Memoirs of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Memoirs of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Centennial Volume Vol. XI - Part VI - No. VII. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1888. 325-524 pp. Softbound, worn. Cover chipped around edges. Illustrated. Uncut leaves. Many pages unopened. $5. More
Two Letters: The First Containing Some Remarks on the Meeting Held...
"They Must At Least Stand Convicted of a Rash, Intemperate, and Improvident Zeal" A Freeholder of Cornwall. [Gregor, Francis (1760-1815)]. Two Letters: The First Containing Some Remarks on the Meeting Held 5th November, 1809, To Celebrate the Acquittal of Messrs. Hardy, J.H. Tooke, Thelwall, And Others, In November 1794: With..... More
A Full and Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparalleled Murders...
"Inhuman and Unparalleled Murders" A Gentleman at Chichester. A Full and Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparalleled Murders of Mr. William Galley, A Custom-House Officer, And Mr. Daniel Chater, A Shoemaker, By Fourteen Notorious Smugglers, With the Execution of Seven of the Bloody Criminals, At Chichester. Also the Trials..... More
A Full and Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparallell'd Murders...
"There Never Was Such a Horrible Scene of Villainy" A Gentleman at Chichester. A Full and Genuine History of the Inhuman and Unparallell'd Murders Committed on the Bodies of Mr. William Galley, A Custom-House Officer in the Port of Southampton: And Mr. Daniel Chater, A Shoemaker, Of Fordingbridge in Hampshire..... More
The Pocket Companion; Or, Every Man His Own Lawyer, Containing...
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
The Pocket Companion; Or, Every Man His Own Lawyer, Containing...
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
Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament, London, 1774.
One of the First Works to Draw on Blackstone's Commentaries A Gentleman of the Inner Temple, Editor. [Bohun, William, Attributed]. Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament; With The Determinations of the House of Commons Thereon and All Their Incidents; Continued Down to the Present Time. The Whole Digested..... More
Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament, London, 1774.
One of the First Works to Draw on Blackstone's Commentaries A Gentleman of the Inner Temple, Editor. [Bohun, William, Attributed]. Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament; With The Determinations of the House of Commons Thereon, And All Their Incidents: Continued Down to the Present Time. The Whole Digested..... More
Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament...
One of the First Works To Draw on Blackstone's Commentaries A Gentleman of the Inner Temple, Editor. Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament; With The Determinations of the House of Commons Thereon, And All Their Incidents: Continued Down to the Present Time. The Whole Digested Under Proper Titles..... More
A Letter to the Hon Fox Maule, MP, Chairman of the Committee of the...
Scarce Tract on Judicial Reform in Scotland A Member of the College of Justice. A Letter to the Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., Chairman of the Committee of the Committee of the House of Commons Appointed to Enquire into the Administration of the Law of Scotland, On Some Points Connected with..... More
Reasons for a Registry: Shewing Briefly the Great Benefits and...
An Early Argument for Universal Land Registration A Well-Wisher. Reasons for a Registry: Shewing Briefly the Great Benefits and Advantages That May Accrew to This Nation Thereby. And Likewise Reconciling Those Mistaken Inconveniences Which Many Have Conceived Thereof. By a Well-Wisher to the Publick Interest of the Nation. London: Printed..... More
The Comic Blackstone, With Illustrations by George Cruikshank, 1846.
An 1846 Comic Blackstone in a Zaehnsdorf Binding A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. Cruikshank, George [1797-1878], Illustrator. The Comic Blackstone. With Illustrations by Cruikshank. London: Published at the Punch Office, 1846. xii, 252 pp. Frontispiece. Pictorial title page. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/4). Superb signed calf binding by Zaehnsdorf, gilt rules with..... More
Trial Evidence, Rules of Evidence Applicable on the Trial of...
Reflects Changes Introduced by the New York Code of Procedure Abbott, Austin [1831-1896]. Trial Evidence: Rules of Evidence Applicable on the The Trial of Civil Actions (Including Both Causes of Action and Defenses) at Common Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes of Procedure. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co...... More
Trial Evidence. The Rules of Evidence Applicable in the...
Abbott, Austin. Trial Evidence. The Rules of Evidence Applicable in the Trial of Civil Actions (including both Causes of Action and Defenses) at Common Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes of Procedure. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co., Publishers, 1881. xxx, 884 pp. Reprint Buffalo: William S. Hein &..... More
Judge and Jury: A Popular Explanation of Leading Topics in the Law...
Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan. Judge and Jury: A Polpular Explanation of Leading Topivs in the Law of the Land. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. vi, 432, 12pp. Original cloth. Moderate shelfwear with soiling, rubbing and staining especially to front board. Ex-library with ink shelf location label to foot of spine..... More
Rex v. Charles Clement Abbott: in the High Court of Justice, King's...
Abbott, C. C., Defendant. Rex v. Charles Clement Abbott: in the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, Manchester Winter Assizes, Wednesday, March 29th, 1933: Transcript of Shorthand Note. Great Britain: High Court of Justice; King's Bench Division, 1933. 185 pp. Hardcover. Worn. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and..... More
Lawyers and the Courts: A Sociological Study of the English Legal...
Abel-Smith, Brian, and Robert Stevens. Lawyers and the Courts: A Sociological Study of the English Legal System 1750-1965. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1967. xiv, 504 pp. Cloth hardcover very good, in lightly worn dust jacket. $45. More
Metamorphosis Telae Judiciariae, Das Ist: Seltsame Gerichtshandel...
A Collection of Humorous Legal Anecdotes with Attractive Copperplate Pictorial Title Pages Abele von und zu Lilienber, Matthias [1618-1677]. Metamorphosis Telae Judiciariae, Das Ist: Seltsame Gerichtshandel. Samt Denen/Hierauf Gleichsfalls Seltsam Erfolgten Gerichts Ausspruchen: Zusammen Getragen/Mit Iustigen Anmerckungen Erlautert/Auch Uhterschiedlichen Geschichten Vermehret/Und an Vielen Orten Verbessert. Nuremberg: In Verlegung Michael Endters..... More
Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony. A Psychological Portrait.
Ablow, Keith. Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony. A Psychological Portrait. New York: St. Martin's Press, [2011]. viii, 236 pp. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2018. Signed by the author on half-title. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $60..... More
Starrs and Jewish Charters Preserved in the British Museum, 3 Vols.
Abrahams, Israel. Stokes, H.P. Loewe, Herbert. Starrs and Jewish Charters Preserved in the British Museum With Illustrative Documents, Translations and Notes. Cambridge, MA: Printed for the [Jewish Historical] Society at the University Press, 1930-1932. 3 volumes. Softbound, light soiling, moderate wear to spine ends, tape residue at foot of spine..... More
Criminal Detainers.
Abramson, Leslie W. Criminal Detainers. Cambridge, Mass: Ballinger Pub. Co., [1979]. xiv, 208 pp. Hardcover. Lightly worn dust jacket. $50. More
Voting With Dollars: A New Paradigm for Campaign Finance
Ackerman, Bruce and Ian Ayres. Voting With Dollars: A New Paradigm for Campaign Finance. New Haven: Yale University Press, [2002]. x, 303 pp. ISBN-10: 0300092628; ISBN-13: 978-0300092622. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket. New. $10. * First edition. A provocative study that builds on the tradition of the secret ballot. Ackerman..... More
Caroline Norton.
Acland, Alice. Caroline Norton. London: Constable, 1948. 236 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket, inscription to front free endpaper. $40. More
Compilacion de Leyes Usuales Vigentes
Scarce Collection of "Outstanding" Costa Rican Law Acosta, Don Aquiles. Compilacion de Leyes Usuales Vigentes: Edicion Ordenada por el Senor Secretario de Estado en el Despacho de Gobernacion. San Jose, Costa Rica: Imprenta Nacional, 1923. 255, 80 pp. Printed wrappers bound into contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt title..... More
The Indian Criminal.
Adam, H.L. The Indian Criminal. London: J. Milne, 1909. ix, 313 pp. Illustrations. Original red cloth with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Moderate shelfwear. Some offsetting to endpapers. Internally clean. $45. * The workis a comprehensive study of the criminal justice system in India covering various aspects of crime..... More