Trial; Hughes, W. Hughes, Editor
Antiquarian & Scholarly
Our comprehensive inventory includes antiquarian books, scholarly books, manuscripts, artwork, pamphlets and ephemera.
Featured
An Examination Into the Leading Principles of the Federal...
Noah Webster Promotes Ratification of the US Constitution [Webster, Noah (1758-1843)]. Ford, Paul Leicester [1865-1902], Editor. An Examination Into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution Proposed by the Late Convention Held at Philadelphia: With Answers to the Principal Objections That Have Been Raised Against the System. Philadelphia: Printed and..... More
Historical Introduction to the Study of Roman Law, 1st edition.
Jolowicz, H.F. [1890-1954]. Historical Introduction to the Study of Roman Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1932. xxi, 545 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamped spine, light shelfwear, faint dampspotting to spine, near-invisible owner signatures to boards, other owner signatures to rear pastedown and front free endpaper, which has a...... More
We Are Your Sons, The Legacy of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
Meeropol, Robert. Meeropol, Michael. We Are Your Sons: The Legacy of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Written by their Children Robert and Michael Meeropol. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. xxiii, 419 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's cloth bound hardcover, very good, in lightly worn dust jacket, signed by both authors on the front..... More
A Compendious Law Dictionary. Containing Both an Explanation of...
A Law Dictionary for "The Country Gentleman, The Merchant, And the Professional Man" Potts, Thomas [1778-1842]. A Compendious Law Dictionary, Containing Both an Explanation of the Terms and the Law Itself, Intended for the Use of the Country Gentleman, the Merchant, and the Professional Man. A New Edition. Revised, Corrected..... More
A Compendious Library of the Law, Necessary for Persons of All...
A Compact Gentleman's Law Library [Great Britain]. A Compendious Library of the Law: Necessary for Persons of All Degrees and Professions. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing, I. The Laws Relating to Parish-Officers, Viz. Church-Wardens, Overseers of the Poor, Constables, Scavengers, Surveyors of the Highways, &c. II. The Laws Relating..... More
The Common Law, Cambridge, 1963.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. The Common Law. Edited by Mark DeWolfe Howe. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1963. xxvii, 338 pp. Cloth in lightly worn dust jacket, "With warmest wishes, Mark Howe" to front free endpaper. $95. More
Pratique Criminelle, Moulins, France, 1983, Translation of 1541 ed.
An Early Illustrated Law Book Milles de Souvigny, Jean [d. 1563] Lebigre, Arlette, Translator. Pratique Criminelle. Moulins, France: A l'Enseigne des Marmousets, 1983. 134 pp, 15 plates. Stiff printed wrappers. Light shelfwear and soiling, head of spine bumped, internally clean. A nice copy of a title scarce in the trade..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, With Long Postcript by Ruby Darrow, Signed.
"I Am Getting to be a Regular Scold" [Manuscript]. Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. Darrow, Ruby [1870-1957]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, With Long Postcript by Ruby Darrow, Signed, [Chicago?] May 29, [1927]. Single-page letter on 10-3/4" x 7" sheet and 6-1/2" x 4-3/4" portrait photograph of Clarence Darrow in attractively matted and glazed..... More
Typed Letter, Signed, on US Supreme Court Letterhead, Framed.
Frankfurter Letter to a Distinguished Lawyer Concerning Alger Hiss [Manuscript]. Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. [Stryker, LLoyd Paul (1885-1955)]. [Typed Letter, Signed (With Full Signature), On U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, Washington, DC, November 29, 1950]. Single-page letter on 10" x 8" sheet and 7"x 5" portrait photograph of Frankfurter in judicial attire..... More
An Analysis of the Laws of England. To Which Is Prefixed an...
The Outline of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. An Analysis of the Laws of England. To Which Is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse on the Study of the Law. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. lxx, [6], 189, [15] pp. Copperplate Table of Descents. Folding Table of Consanguinity. Octavo..... More
Leges Anglo-Saxonicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles, Accedunt Leges...
Impressive Compilation of Early English Laws Based on Spelman's Codex Legum Veterum, Thomas Jefferson Owned a Copy Wilkins, David [1685-1745]. Spelman, Henry [1564?-1641]. Leges Anglo-Saxonicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles. Accedunt Leges Edvardi Latinae, Guilielmi Conquestoris Gallo-Normannicae, Et Henrici I. Latinae. Subjungitur Domini Henr. Spelmanni Codex Legum Veterum Statutorum Regni Angliae, Quae..... More
Trial of Mary Ann Tocker, For an Alleged Libel, On Mr R Gurney....
The First Woman to Represent Herself in a British Court [Trial]. Tocker, Mary Ann [1778-1853], Defendant. Trial of Mary Ann Tocker, For an Alleged Libel, On Mr. R. Gurney, Vice-Warden of the Stannery-Court, Devon, With the Defence Verbatim as Delivered by the Defendant; To which are Prefaced, Some Introductory Remarks;..... More
Ordenanzas De Madrid,y Otras Diferentes Que se Practican....
A Legal Reference for Spanish Architects and Builders Ardemans, Teodoro. Ordenanzas De Madrid, Y Otras Diferentes, Que se Practican en les Ciudades de Toledo, Y Sevilla, Con Algunas Advertencias a los Alarises, Y Particulares, Y Otros Capitulos Anadidos a la Perfecta Inteligencia de la Materia, Que Todo se Citra en..... More
![Ius [Jus] Publicum, Quo Arcana & Iura Principis Exponuntur. Antonio Perez](/pictures/thumb/71205.JPG?v=1593022219)
Ius [Jus] Publicum, Quo Arcana & Iura Principis Exponuntur.
The Legal and Political Constitution of the Holy Roman Empire Perez, Antonio [1583-1673]. Ius Publicum, Quo Arcana & Iura Principis Exponuntur. Amsterdam: Apud Ludovicum & Danielem Elsevirium, 1657. Main titlepage, with woodcut Elzevier Minerva device, preceded by copperplate pictorial title page. [xvi], 338 pp. 12mo. (5" x 3"). eighteenth-century calf..... More
![Institutionum [bound with] Infortianum [and] Digestum Novum, 1553-56. Emperor of the East...](/pictures/thumb/71204.JPG?v=1593022209)
Institutionum [bound with] Infortianum [and] Digestum Novum, 1553-56.
A Collection of Texts from the Corpus Juris Civilis in Handsome Uniform Contemporary Paneled Pigskin Bindings Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Accorso, Francisco (Accursius) [c.1182-c.1260], Glossator. Gaius [Active 130-180 CE]. Institutionum D. Iustiniani Sacratissimi Imperatoris Libri Quatuor: Ad Vetustissimorum Simul et Emendatissimorum Exemplarium Fidem Summa Diligentia Recogniti..... More
Tractatus de Legibus, Ac Deo Legislatore, In Decem Libros Distributus.
A Handsome Copy of the Great Landmarks of International Law Suarez, Francisco [1548-1617]. Tractatus de Legibus, Ac Deo Legislatore, In Decem Libros Distributus. Naples: Ex Typis Fibrenianis, 1872. Two volumes. [vi], 378; [iv], 680 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto (10-1/2" x 7"). Contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards..... More
![Liber Sextus Decretalium [Bound with] Septimus Decretalium. Canon Law, Pope Boniface VIII, Pope...](/pictures/thumb/71191.JPG?v=1592515925)
Liber Sextus Decretalium [Bound with] Septimus Decretalium....
Three Primary Volumes of Canon Law Boniface VIII [1235-1303], Pope. John XXII [1244-1334], Pope. [d'Andrea, Giovanni [c.1270-1348], Glosses]. Liber Sextus Decretalium D. Bonifacii Papae VIII, Suae Integritati una cum Clementinis & Extravagantibus, Restitutus; & Notis Passim glossulisq[ue] Doctissimorum Virorum Locupletatus & Illustratus. Frankfurt: Excudebat Ioannes Wechelus, impensis Sigismundi Feyrabendii, Henrici..... More
Draft of a Penal Code for the State of New York; Prepared by the...
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
Courts on Trial, Myth and Reality in American Justice, 1949.
Frank, Jerome [1889-1957]. Courts on Trial: Myth and Reality in American Justice. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1949. xii, 441 pp. Cloth in lightly edgeworn dust jacket, medium-sized adhesive label to front free endpaper, brochure for this book laid in. $75. * First edition. More
Not Guilty, Garden City, NY, 1957.
Frank, Jerome [1889-1957]. Frank (Kristein), Barbara. Hoffman Harold M., "In Association With." Not Guilty. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1957. 261 pp. Cloth in moderately edgeworn dust jacket, owner name (?) to front free endpaaper, interior otherwise clean. $45. * First edition. With a Foreword by William O. Douglas..... More
Narrative of the Departation to Cayenne, And Shipwreck on the Coast
Intended to Expose the Brutality of the French Revolution Ayme, Jean-Jacques. Narrative of the Deportation to Cayenne, And Shipwreck on the Coast of Scotland, Of J.J. Job Aime, Written by Himself. With Observations on the Present State of that Colony, And of the Negroes; And an Account of the Situation..... More
Les Regles du Droit Canon, Dans le Meme Ordre Qu'Elles Sont...
The Rules of Canon Law Stated as Maxims Dantoine, Jean-Baptiste [1693-1720?], Translator and Editor. [Gregory IX (1147?-1241), Pope]. [Boniface VIII (1235-1303), Pope]. Les Regles du Droit Canon, Dans le Meme Ordre Qu'Elles sont Disposees au Dernier Titre du Cinquieme Livre du Sexte, & Au Dernier Titre du Cinquieme Livre des..... More
Les Regles du Droit Civil, Dans le Meme Ordre Qu'elles sont Disposees.
A Notable French Edition of the Digest, Book 50 [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Dantoine, J[ean] B[aptiste] [1693-1720?], Translator and Editor. Les Regles du Droit Civil, Dans le Meme Ordre Qu'Elles sont Disposees au Dernier Titre du Digeste; Traduites en Francois, Avec des Explications & Des Commentaires..... More
De Jure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres: In Quibus Jus Naturae & Gentium...
Handsome Copy of Gronov's Important Edition of Grotius Grotius, Hugo [1583-1645]. Gronov (Gronow), Johannes, Editor. De Jure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres: In Quibus Jus Naturae & Gentium, Item Juris Publici Praecipua Explicantur: Cum Annotatis Auctoris, Ex Postrema Ejus Ante Obitum Cura: Accesserunt Ejusdem Dissertatio de Mari Libero, & Libellus..... More
Save America First, How to Make Our Democracy Work, New York, 1938.
"How Can We Steer a Democratic Course Between Communism and Fascism?" Frank, Jerome [1889-1957]. Save America First: How to Make Our Democracy Work. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938. xiii, 432 pp. Cloth in moderately edgeworn dust jacket, early notes in pencil to margin of a few leaves. $125. *..... More