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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
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
Fate and Freedom, A Philosophy for Free Americans, New York, 1945.
Frank, Jerome [1889-1957]. Fate and Freedom: A Philosophy for Free Americans. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1945. viii, 375 pp. Cloth in moderately edgeworn dust jacket, internally clean. $95. More
Full and Correct Account of the Trial, Henry Blackburn, Edward Moore.
Unrecorded Account the Murder "Of an Aged Couple, Near Stafford" [Trial]. Blackburn, Henry, Defendant. Moore, Edward, Defendant. Walsh, Charles, Defendant. Full and Correct Account of the Trial, Henry Blackburn, Edward Moore, And Charles Walsh, For the Murder of an Aged Couple Near Stafford. Stafford [England]: Buxton, Printer, [1853]. 8 pp..... More
God's Revenge Against Duelling, The Duellist's Looking Glass...
Parson Weems on Dueling Weems, M[ason] L[ocke] [1759-1825]. God's Revenge Against Duelling: Or, The Duellist's Looking-Glass; Exhibiting that Gentlemanly Mode of Turning the Corner, In Features Altogether Novel, And Admirably Calculated to Entertain and Instruct the American Youth. Revised and Greatly Improved. Philadelphia: Published by Joseph Allen, 1827. [iii], 4-96..... More
The Mail Robbers: Report of the Trials of Michael Mellon...
Mail Robbery in Pennsylvania [Trials]. Mellon, Michael, Defendant Wilson, George, Defendant. Porter, James, Defendant. Mortimer, John, Reporter. The Mail Robbers: Report of the Trials of Michael Mellon, The Lancaster Mail Robber, And George Wilson and James Porter Alias May, the Reading Mail Robbers, Before the Honourable Judges Baldwin and Hopkinson..... More
Nomographie ou Tableaux Analytiques de Legislation... Paris, 1799.
Tables Used to Describe the Law to Revolutionary Citoyens Sedillez, Mathurin-Louis-Etienne [1745-1820]. Nomographie ou Tableaux Analytiques de Legislation, Accompagnes d'une Explication Sommaire, Pour Servir de Suite aux Vues Generales sur la Composition du Code Civil, Presentees au Conseil des Anciens le 23 Pluviose an 7, Par M.L.E. Sedillez (de Nemours)..... More
Elementorum Jurisprudentiae Universalis Libri II, Hague, 1660.
First Edition of Pufendorf's First Major Treatise Pufendorf, Samuel von [1632-1694]. Elementorum Jurisprudentiae Universalis Libri II. The Hague: Ex typographia Adriani Vlacq, 1660. [xiv], 384 pp. Octavo (6" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary vellum, faint early hand-lettered title to spine and rear board, large hand-lettered nineteenth-century owner name ("S.M. Hopkins") to front..... More
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De Mari Libero [Mare Liberum] et Merula de Maribus...
Attractive Copy of Mare Liberum with a Handsome Pictorial Title Page Grotius, Hugo [1583-1645]. De Mari Libero. [With] Merula (Merel) Paulus van [1558-1607]. De Maribus. [And] Boxhorn, Marcus Zuerius [1612-1663]. Apologia Pro Navigationibus Hollandorum, Adversus Pontum Heuterum. [And] Boxhorn, Marcus Zuerius. Tractatus Pacis, Mutui Commercii, Sive Intercursus Navigationum, Confirmatus Londino..... More
Justice Raped in California, Story of So-Called Bomb Trials in San...
1916 Bombing Case that Because Cause Among Liberals, Labor Activists and Defenders of Civil Liberties [Trial]. Mooney, Thomas J. [1882-1942], Defendant. Billings, William K. [1893-1972], Defendant. Justice Raped in California: Story of So-Called Bomb Trials in San Francisco. San Francisco: Published by the Tom Mooney Molders Defense Committee, [1917]. 47..... More
A Thrilling Story of James Hanahan Alias James D Burton, Auctioneer
A Late-Life Confession Hanahan, James. A Thrilling Story of James Hanahan Alias James D. Burton, Auctioneer. Fifty Years a Fugitive. [Chicago: Lindon Bros., c.1912]. 32 pp. 5 halftone photo portraits. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Some soiling and a few minor stains, moderate rubbing to extremities, covers beginning to..... More
Revised Militia Law of Virginia, To Take Effect From and After July 1.
Rare 1850 Collection of Virginia Militia Laws [Military Law]. [Virginia]. Revised Militia Law of Virginia, To Take Effect From and After July 1, 1850; Also, The Rules and Articles of War, The Uniform for Officers and Volunteer Corps, And Forms for Certifying Elections. Richmond: Printed by Ritchie & Dunnavant, 1850..... More
Red Nosed Mike!, Confession of a Terrible Crime, Assassination...
A Rare McDade Item with an Early Discussion of the Mafia [Trial]. Rezzolo, Michael, Defendant. Red Nosed Mike! Confession of a Terrible Crime, Assassination and Robbery of Paymaster McClure! And Hugh Flannaghan, On Wilkes-Barre Mountain. A History of the Crime! As Exposed by Pinkerton's Men. Wilkes-Barre, PA: Hart and Co...... More
Address of His Excellency Alexander H. Bullock to the Honorable...
The First Bank Robbery in the United States [Trial]. Bullock, Alexander H. [1816-1882]. Green, Edward W. [d.1866], Defendant. Address of His Excellency Alexander H. Bullock to the Honorable Council on the Occasion of Presenting the Case of Edward W. Green, A Convict Under the Sentence of Death for the Crime..... 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
Diary of Norman L Bassett, Augusta, Maine, 1916, 1919, 1923.
Detailed Diaries of a Prominent Maine, Lawyer, Judge and Businessman [Manuscript]. Bassett, Norman L. [1869-1931]. [Diary of Norman L. Bassett]. [Augusta, ME, January 1-December 31, 1916, January 1-December 31, 1919, January 1-December 31, 1923]. 400; 400; 400 pp. Several manuscript notes, newspaper clippings and other printed items tipped in or..... More
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Ars Notariatus Sive Tabellionum [Bound with] De Iure Sistendi...
A Rare Treatise on Notaries Bound to a Classic Study of Debtor and Creditor in Roman Law [Notaries]. [Holy Roman Empire]. Ars Notariatus Sive Tabellionum Libri Duo. His Accesserunt Tractatus Clausularum, Cum Aliis Utilissimis, Qui de Iuris Apicibus Esse Dicuntur (Quos Sequens Pagella Indicabit) Summa Studio Post Omnes Omnium Editiones..... More
Expositioes Sive Declarationes Omnium Titulorum Iuris tam Civilis...
Rare 1514 Basel Imprint of Brant's Classic Guide to Legal Study Brant, Sebastian [1458-1521]. Caccialupi, Giovanni Battista [c. 1420-1496]. [Graf, Urs (c.1485-c. 1513), Title Page Border]. Expositiones Sive Declaratio[n]es Omnium Titulo[r]um Iuris tam Civilis Q[uam] Canonici per Sebastianum B[r]ant Collecte et Revise. De Modo Studendi in Utroq[ue] Jure. Cum Nominibus..... More
Manuscript Instrument of Protest, Liverpool, May 15, 1810
The Effects of Jefferson's Non-Intercourse Act [Manuscript]. [Maritime Law]. [War of 1812]. [Instrument of Protest]. Liverpool, May 15, 1810. 16-1/2" x 11" bifolium, content in neat secretarial hand, signed and sealed at end of text, franked on verso of second leaf. Light toning, fold lines, folds to corners, some separation..... More
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Expositiones Sive Declarationes Omniu[m] Tituloru[m] Iuris [With]...
A Classic Fifteenth-Century Textbook Bound with an Anthology of Writings for Law Students, Two Rare Basel Imprints I. Brant, Sebastian [1458-1521]. Caccialupi, Giovanni Battista [c. 1420-1496]. Expositio[n]es Sive Declarationes Omniu[m] Tituloru[m] Iuris tam Civilis Q[uam] Canonici per Sebastianum Brant Collecte [et] Revise. De Modo Studendi in Utroq[ue] Iure: Cu[m] No[v]ibus..... More
La Nouvelle Jurisprudence sur le Fait des Chasses, Contenant...
Manuscript Copy of a Rare 1685 French Treatise on Hunting Laws [Manuscript]. [Laisne, Antoine (active 1685-1737)]. [Novion, Nicolas Potier de (1618-1693)]. La Nouvelle Jurisprudence sur le Fait des Chasses: Contenant l'Explication de l'Ordonnance de 1669, Avec les Arrests & Jugemens Rendus sur Chaque Article, & Plusiers Autres Arrests & Jugemens..... More