Haloander, Gergor, Editor; Azo, Portius; Wernherus
Antiquarian & Scholarly
Our comprehensive inventory includes antiquarian books, scholarly books, manuscripts, artwork, pamphlets and ephemera.
Featured
Cases and Readings on Law and Society. 3 volumes.
Simpson, Sidney Post, 1898-1949. Stone, Julius, 1907-1985. Schoch, Magdalena, 1897-1987. Cases and Readings on Law and Society. St. Paul, West Publishing Co., 1948-1949. 3 volumes. Publisher's maroon hardcover, moderate shelf wear. Internally clean and bright. $65. * American Casebook Series. Warren A. Seavey, General editor. Contents: Book 1. Law and..... More
Law and the Modern Mind. 6th printing. in dust jacket
Frank, Jerome. Law and the Modern Mind. With an Introduction by Judge Julian W. Mack. New York: Coward-McCann, 1949. xxxi, 368 pp. Original blue cloth, very good, in a moderately worn dust jacket, internally bright and clean. $125. * Sixth printing. Frank's famous book, in which the author sets out..... More
If Men Were Angels, Some Aspects of Government in a Democracy. 1st ed.
A "Deep-Sea Change" for Jerome Frank Frank, Jerome [1889-1957]. If Men Were Angels: Some Aspects of Government in a Democracy. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1942]. xii, 380 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, soling and nicks to front board, hinges cracked but secure, spine faded, internally clean. $65. * First edition..... More
Law and Philosophy: A Symposium.
Hook, Sidney, Editor. Law and Philosophy: A Symposium. New York: New York University Press, 1964. xiii, 344 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, very good, in a dust jacket with clean tears repaired on the rear with clear tape. $20. * Philosophy and law touch at many points, and where they do..... More
Superstition and Force. Essays on The Wager of Law, The Wager of...
Lea, Henry C. Superstition and Force. Essays on The Wager of Law - The Wager of Battle - The Ordeal - Torture. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1870. xii, 480 pp. Publisher's original cloth hardcover with moderate wear and faded spine. Joints cracked but secure. Internally clean. A good copy. $20..... More
The Legal Imagination: Studies in the Nature of Legal Thought and...
White, James B. The Legal Imagination: Studies in the Nature of Legal Thought and Expression. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1973. xxxv, 986 pp. Publisher's original yellow cloth hardcover, with black spine lettering, as new. Internally clean. A fine copy. $95. * "The contemporary law and literature movement began with..... More
Rhetorica und Formulare Teutsch [Bound with Two Other works]...
Three Reference Works for Sixteenth-Century Notaries with Woodcut Title Pages Hug(e), Alexander. Rhetorica und Formulare Teutsch Dergleichen nie Gesehen Ist, Durch Alexander Hugen, Vil J[ae]rigen Stattschreiber zu Mindern Base. [et]c. Beinach alle Schreiberei Betreffend, Von Vilerlei Episteln, Under und Uberschrifften, Allen Geistlichen und Weltlichen, Und Vilerlei Supplicationes, Ein Ganttz Gerichtlicher..... More
Electissime ac Exuperantissime Pluriu[m][que] Fructuu[m] Feraces...
An Important Post-Incunable Anthology of Writings on Canon Law [Canon Law]. [Repetitiones Totius Juris Canonici Capitulorum]. Electissime ac Exuperantissime Pluriu[m][que] Fructuu[m] Feraces Repetitiones Excelle[n]tio[rum] Totius Iuris Canonici Capituloru[m]: ab Illustribus Etia[m] Novissimis Elaborate ac Promulgate Auctoribus. [Paris]: Venundantur Autem hec Repetitiones in Vico Sancti Iacobi in Intersignio Lupi Apud Poncetu[m]..... More
L'Incidente, Color Lithograph, c1900.
Satirical French Courtroom Image [France]. L'Incidente. N.p.: De L'Editrice P.V., c. 1900. Attractively glazed and matted 13" x 8-1/2" colored lithograph in handsome 21-1/4" x 16-3/4" wooden frame, small brass plaque to center of bottom. Light toning to margins, vivid image. $650. * A rather grotesque, and very funny, image..... More
Les Trois Crimes, Rawdon, St-Canut, St-Liboire, Histoire Complete...
Rare Account of Three Montreal Murders Badreux, Jean. Les Trois Crimes: Rawdon, St-Canut, St-Liboire. Histoire Complete des Meurtres, Details Horribles. La Vindicte Publique. Montreal: Leprohon & Leprohon, 1898. 45, [3] pp. 2 text woodcuts. 3 pp. publisher catalogue, another advertisement (with woodcut) to verso of front wrapper. Octavo (8-3/4" x...... More
An Essay on Military Law, And the Practice of Courts Martial. 1st ed.
First Edition of an Important Treatise on Military Law Woodhouselee, Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord [1747-1813]. An Essay on Military Law, And the Practice of Courts Martial. Edinburgh: Printed by Murray & Cochrane, Craig's Close; For T. Egerton, at the Military Library, Near Whitehall, London, 1800. [iii], vi-xi, [3], 428 pp..... More
The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench [With] The Present..
Excellent Guides to Practice in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas During the 1700s. Harrison, Joseph. The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench, With Large Notes and Observations, From the Best Authorities, And the Rules of Court. In a Method Intirely New. To Which are Added..... More
The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench, Containing....
"Enriched with a Number of Very Curious and Special Precedents" Sheridan, John. The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench; Containing Ample and Complete Instructions for Commencing And Defending the Various Kinds of Suits and Actions, Entering up Judgment, Suing out Execution, Proceeding in Error from the King's Bench..... More
Paratitla in Libros Quinquaginta Digestorum [bound with] Ad Africanum.
Influential Commentaries Code and Digest Cujas, Jacques [1522-1590]. [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Paratitla in Libros Quinquaginta Digestorum Seu Pandectarum, Item in Libros Novem Codicis Imperatoris Iustiniani. Ex Postrema Auctoris Recognitione. Cologne: Apud Ioannem Gymnicum, Sub Monocerote, 1588. [xxviii], 195, [1]; [xxxvi], 541 (i.e. 521) pp. Two..... More
Great Domesday Book, 6 Vols, Folio, Complete set, London, 1986-1992.
Magnificent Limited Edition of the Great Domesday [Domesday Book]. Great Domesday Book. London: Alecto Historical Editions, 1986-1992. 6 parts: two facsimile volumes in slipcases, two translation volumes, two solander boxes, one containing maps, the other indexes. Folios: Facsimile Volumes, 14-1/2" x 10" in 17" x 12" slipcases; Translation Volumes, 15-1/2"..... More
American Criminal Law Review. Vols. 1 to 53 (1962-2016), in 71 books
American Criminal Law Review. Georgetown University Law Center. Bound Volumes 1 to 53 (1962-2016), in 71 books. Hardcover. Mostly maroon buckram with gilt spine lettering. Ex-library with property stamps to page edges and small bar code labels on inside rear covers, else very good. $1,495. * The American Criminal Law..... More
La Table Co[n]teynant en Sommarie les Choses Notables en la Graunde..
The First Index of the Common Law, Written to Accompany the First Abridgement of the Common Law [Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony [1470-1538]. [Rastell, John (d. 1536)]. La Table Co[n]teynant en Sommarie les Choses Notables en la Graunde Abridgement, Composee par le Iudge Tresreverend Monsieur Anthony Fytzherbert, Dernierment Renue et Corige: Au..... More
La Graunde Abridgement, Collecte par le Iudge Tresreverend...
First Tottell Edition of the Book that "Made the Common Law" Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony [1470-1538]. La Graunde Abridgement Collecte par le Iudge Tresreverend Monsieur Anthony Fitzherbert, Dernierment Conferre Ouesque la Copy Escript et per Ceo Correct: Aueques le Nombre del Sueil, Per Quel Facilement Poies Trover les Cases cy Abrydges..... More
A Compendious Digest of the Statute Law, Comprising the Substance...
The Last Digest of English Statute Law Williams, Thomas Walter [1763-1833]. A Compendious Digest of the Statute Law, Comprising the Substance and Effect of All the Public Acts of Parliament in Force, From Magna Charta in the Ninth Year of King Henry III. To the Twenty-Seventh Year of His Present..... More
Magna Carta, Cum Aliis Antiquis Statutis [with] Secunda Pars, 1540
Rare Early Printing of Magna Carta and the Secunda Pars [Magna Carta]. Magna Carta Cum Aliis Antiquis Statutis, Quorum Catalogum, In Fine Operis Reperies. [London: Thomas Berthelet], 1540 (dated 1541 on colophon). [i], 2-148, [4]; [iv], 80 ff. Two parts, each with title page, table and individual pagination. Second part..... More
The Nature of the Judicial Process, First Edition, Cardozo's Copy.
Cardozo's Copy of His Most Influential Work Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. The Nature of the Judicial Process. New Haven: Yale University Press, [1921]. 180 pp. Original publisher's cloth, gilt title to spine, untrimmed edges. Moderate rubbing to extremities, spine ends bumped, faint scratch to rear board, Cardozo memorial bookplate to..... More
The Islington Tragedy. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" broadside. London, c.1800
"She Bore a Child by Her Own Brother, And Took the Darling's Life Away" [Broadside]. [Murder]. The Islington Tragedy. London: Real, Printer, [c.1800]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" broadside, verse text in two columns below headline and large woodcut prison scene. Moderate toning and light soiling, horizontal and vertical fold lines, minor..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Elections, In All Its Branches, 1st edition.
Pioneering English Treatise on Election Law, A Copy with Manuscript Corrections by the Author Simeon, John [1756-1824]. A Treatise on the Law of Elections, In All Its Branches. London: Printed for T. Payne and Son, 1789. ix, [7], 176, cxxx, [12] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets..... More
A Treatise on the Action of Ejectment. Second Edition, London, 1781.
Runnington on the Action of Ejectment Runnington, Charles. A Treatise on the Action of Ejectment. London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, 1781. [xviii], 348, [56] pp. Title page preceded by publisher advertisement. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, raised bands to spine, lettering piece..... More
Ashby and White, Or, The Great Question, Whether an Action Lies at...
Contemporary Report of a Fundamental Case in English Constitutional and Tort Law Regarding the Right to Vote [Trial]. [Needham, Culverwell (b.1656), Reporter]. [Ashby, Matthew, Plaintiff]. [White, William, Defendant]. Ashby and White: Or, The Great Question, Whether an Action Lies at Common Law for an Elector, Who Is Deny'd His Vote..... More