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Justice Holmes to Doctor Wu, An Intimate Correspondence, 1921-1932.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. [Wu, Jingxiong (1899-1986)]. Justice Holmes to Doctor Wu: An Intimate Correspondence, 1921-1932. New York: Central Book Company, [1947]. 58 pp. Frontispiece with tissue overlay. Stampled pamphlet in stiff wrappers. Light wear to spine ends and corners, light fading along spine and fore-edges of wrappers. $35. *..... More
To the American People: Report Upon the Illegal Practices of the...
U.S. Department of Justice Abuses Exposed [National Popular Government League]. To the American People: Report Upon the Illegal Practices of the United States Department of Justice. [New York?]: Reprinted for Workers' Defense Union, 1920. 67 pp. Illustrated. Pamphlet in self-wrappers, formerly stapled and recently resewn. Moderate toning, light foxing to..... More
"The Justice Holmes I Knew" in Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine...
Sandburg, Carl [1878-1967]. "The Justice Holmes I Knew" in Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine, May 11, 1958. P.12. Softbound, light shelfwear and soiling to exterior, internally clean. Item housed in custom cloth folder, printed paper title label to spine. $75. More
The Story-Marshall Correspondence, In William and Mary College Qrtly.
Warren, Charles. "The Story-Marshall Correspondence (1819-1831)." In William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Second Series, Vol. 21, No. 1, January 1941. Williamsburg, VA: William and Mary College, 1941. 81, [7] pp. Softbound, light edgewear to wrappers, edges untrimmed, many signatures unopened. Housed in custom 10" x 6-3/4" cloth folding..... More
"Judge Learned Hand" in The University of Chicago Round Table Jan 1949
University of Chicago. Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The University of Chicago Round Table. Civil Rights, Monopoly, Labor, Justice: You and the Federal Courts. An NBC Radio Discussion by Charles Bunn, Bernard Gavit and Malcolm Sharp. Including Judge Learned Hand by Felix Frankfurter. Number 563. January 2, 1949. [Chicago: The University of..... More
Inside Justice Hugo L Black: The Letters.
Frank, John P. Black, Hugo L., Jr., Foreword. Inside Justice Hugo L. Black: The Letters. Austin: Joseph D. Jamail Center for Legal Research, 2000. ix, 91 pp. Illustrated. Softbound, fine. Housed in custom 10-3/4" x 7" cloth folding case. $50. * Tarlton Law Library Legal History Series Number 2. More
"The Social Thought of Justice Brandeis" in Yale Law Journal... ,
Lerner, Max [1902-1992]. "The Social Thought of Justice Brandeis" in Yale Law Journal, Volume 41, Number 1 (November, 1931). Pp. 1-32. Softbound, light shelfwear and soiling to exterior, internally clean. Item housed in custom, cloth folder, reproduction on paper of magazine's front cover to folder's front cover, printed paper title..... More
Address to Harvard Law Society of Illinois, Annual Meeting, 1955.
Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Address to Harvard Law Society of Illinois. Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 28, 1955. [Chicago: Harvard Law Society of Illinois, 1955]. 16 pp. Stiff printed wrappers (formerly stapled and recently resewn). Moderate toning, small slip with brief item tipped on to first page. Item housed in custom..... More
"Justice Holmes Dissents" in Scribner's, January, 1929.
Pollard, Joseph Percival. "Justice Holmes Dissents" in Scribner's, Volume 85, Number 1 (January, 1929). Pp. 22-29. Softbound, light shelfwear and soiling to exterior, internally clean. Item housed in custom cloth folder, reproduction on paper of magazine's front cover to folder's front cover, printed paper title label to spine. $75. More
Felix Frankfurter: Reminiscences and Reflections.
A Tribute to Frankfurter Freund, Paul A. [1908-1992]. Felix Frankfurter: Reminiscences and Reflections. [Cambridge: Harvard Law School, 1982]. 13 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers, fine. Item housed in custom 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" cloth folding case, printed label to spine. $150. * This "informal, appreciative and immensely enjoyable" address..... More
Jonas S Friedenwald, In Memoriam, Alan C Woods, Personal...
[Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965)]. Jonas S Friedenwald: In Memoriam, Alan C Woods, Personal Recollections of Jonas S. Friedenwald, Felix Frankfurter, Jonas S. Friedenwald - His Contribution to Medical Education in Israel, Abel Wolman. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Volume 99, Number 1, July 1956. Cambridge: The Harvard..... More
A John F Kennedy Memorial Miniature, four books in slipcase.
[Kennedy, John F. (1917-1963)]. A John F. Kennedy Memorial Miniature. New York: Random House, 1966. Four clothbound volumes, 3-3/4" x 2-1/2," in paper-covered slipcase. Light fading to spines, moderate rubbing to edges of slipcase. $35. * Volume titles: Inaugural Address, Eulogies, Wit, Wisdom. More
Is Law Dead?
Rostow, Eugene V., Editor. Is Law Dead? New York: Simon and Schuster, [1971]. 416 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn, moderately soiled dust jacket. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. $25. * Contents: Pt. 1. The Citizen's Moral Relation to the Law in a Society of Consent: Law, Order, and Enlightenment..... More
Felix Frankfurter, Talks in Tribute February 26, 1965.
Scott, Austin W. Freund, Paul A. Mansfield, John H. Griswold, Erwin N. Felix Frankfurter: Talks in Tribute February 26, 1965. Occasional Pamphlet Number 8. Cambridge: Harvard Law School, 1965. 19 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Stapled pamphlet in stiff wrappers. Light fading to edges of wrappers, otherwise fine. Item housed in custom..... More
The History of the New York Court of Appeals, 1847-1932.
Bergan, Francis. The History of the New York Court of Appeals, 1847-1932. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. viii, 354 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Pencil annotation to front free endpaper otherwise clean. $35. * Contents: A Need is Recognized; The Beginnings of the Court; The Court in Operation;..... More
Eugene Meyer [with] Eugene and Agnes E Meyer Memorial Exhibition
Pusey, Merlo J. Eugene Meyer. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. xiii, 397, xiii pp. Illustrations. Cloth in lightly worn dust jacket. [Book housed in recent custom cloth slipcase with] Freer Gallery of Art. Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Memorial Exhibition. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1971. 77 pp. Illustrations. Portraits..... More
Deliver Us from Evil: The Radical Underground in Britain, 1660-1663.
Greaves, Richard L. Deliver Us from Evil: The Radical Underground in Britain, 1660-1663. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. x, 291 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Fading to spine. Internally clean. $30. * Contents: "An Antichristian Generation": Radicals and the Restoration; "A Door of Hope": From Venner's Rising..... More
Constitutional Documents of the Reign of James I, A.D. 1603-1625:...
Tanner, J.R. Constitutional Documents of the Reign of James I, A.D. 1603-1625: With an Historical Commentary. Cambridge, [UK]: University Press, 1930. xv, 389 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn and stained priced clipped dust jacket. Pencil annotations to front free endpaper. $25. More
Inheritance and Family Life in Colonial New York City.
Narrett, David E. Inheritance and Family Life in Colonial New York City. Ithaca, [NY]: Cornell University Press, [1992]. xiv, 248 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $45. * Contents: Introduction; 1. Preparing a Last Will and Testament; 2. Marriage and Inheritance in New Netherland; 3..... More
New-York Herald, Saturday, March 26, 1803, No 129.
A Contemporary Report of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision Establishing Judicial Review [United States Supreme Court]. [Marbury v. Madison]. New-York Herald. Saturday, March 26, 1803. No. 129. [New York: Printed & Published by Michael Burnham, No. 40 Pine-Street], 1803. 4 pp. Folio (19-1/4" x 13-3/4"). Disbound bifolium reinforced at left..... More
The Early Records of Medieval Coventry. With The Hundred Rolls of...
Coss, Peter R., Editor. John, Trevor, Editor. The Early Records of Medieval Coventry. With The Hundred Rolls of 1280. London: Oxford University Press, [1986]. xlii, 450 pp. Illustrations, maps. English and Latin. Hardcover in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $125. * Records of Social and Economic History..... More
Thomas Reed Powell, Reprinted from the Harvard Law Review, Volume 60..
[Powell, Thomas Reed (1880-1955)]. Thomas Reed Powell, Reprinted from the Harvard Law Review, Volume 69, Number 5, March 1956. Cambridge: The Harvard Law Review Association, 1956. pp. 793-805 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Stapled pamphlet, negligible light shelfwear, a few light finger smudges. Pamphlet housed in lightly rubbed recent custom cloth folder..... More
Fourteen English Judges: With Fifteen Half-Tone Plates.
Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith. Fourteen English Judges: With Fifteen Half-Tone Plates. London: Cassell, [1926]. ix, 383 pp. Original cloth. Ex-library. Moderate shelfwear. Corner slightly bumped. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Pencil annotations to front pastedown. Library stamps to front free endpaper, title page and top of text block..... More
Anniversary Essays in Mediaeval History: By Students of Charles...
Haskins, Charles Homer. Anniversary Essays in Mediaeval History: By Students of Charles Homer Haskins Presented on His Completion of Forty Years of Teaching. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. x, 417 pp. Original cloth. Light shelfwear. Small pencil annotations to front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean. $65. * Contents: Libraries of the..... More
Constitutional History of the State of New York.
Dougherty, J. Hampden. Constitutional History of the State of New York. New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1915. 408 pp. Original cloth. Moderate shelfwear. Small annotations to front free endpaper and rear pastedown, otherwise internally clean. $50. * Second Edition. Dougherty published this book while the 1915 state Constitutional Convention..... More