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Trial of Mary Queen of Scots.
Steuart, A. Francis, Editor. Trial of Mary Queen of Scots. London: William Hodge and Company, [1951]. Reprint. [Birmingham: The Notable Trials Library, 1989]. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. 206 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. More
The Oppenheimer Case. The Trial of a Security System.
Curtis, Charles P. The Oppenheimer Case. The Trial of a Security System. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. Reprint. The Notable Trials Library, 1992. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xi, 281 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25..... More
The Trial of Socrates.
Stone, I.F. The Trial of Socrates. Little, Brown and Company, 1988. Reprint The Notable Trials Library, 1994. xi, 282 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $30. More
Documents Concerning Scott's Application to Practice Law in Ohio.
A New York Lawyer Re-Establishes His Practice in Ohio [Manuscript Archive]. [Scott, Lyman, Jr.]. [Documents Concerning Scott's Application to Practice Law in Ohio]. Coshocton County, OH and Cattaraugus County, NY, 1832-1836. Six documents, one franked on verso, sizes ranging from 4-1/2" x 8" to 12-1/2" x 7-1/2." Moderate toning, fold..... More
The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson...
Dewitt, David Miller. The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson Seventeenth President of the United States. A History. New York: Macmillan, 1903. Reprint. New York: Notable Trials Library, 1992. With New Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. vii, 646 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges..... More
The Queen v Louis Riel.
Riel, Louis. The Queen v Louis Riel. With an Introduction by Desmond Morton. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [1974]. Illustrations. Reprint. [New York]: The Notable Trials Library, 1992. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xxxv, 383 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers..... More
The Affair. The Case of Alfred Dreyfus.
[Dreyfus, Alfred]. Bredin, Jean-Denis. The Affair. The Case of Alfred Dreyfus. Translated from the French by Jeffrey Mehlman. George Braziller, Inc., 1986. Reprint Birmingham: The Notable Trials Library, 1989. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. Reprint. xii, 628 pp. Brown quarter-calf, raised bands, gilt. Fine. $25. More
Trial of Guy Fawkes and Others (Gunpowder Plot).
Carswell, Donald, Editor. Trial of Guy Fawkes and Others (The Gunpowder Plot). London: William Hodge & Company, [1934]. Reprint. The Notable Trials Library, 1991. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. vi, 191 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25..... More
The Murder of Stanford White.
Langford, Gerald. The Murder of Stanford White. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., [1962]. [Notable Trials Library], 1996. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. Illustrated. 270 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $50. * First edition. A brilliant retelling of one..... More
Burke and Hare.
Roughead, William. Burke and Hare. London: William Hodge and Company, [1948]. Reprint. Notable Trials Library, 1996. Introduction Alan M. Dershowitz. xi, 412 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. * Notable British Trials. New Enlarged General Edition. The..... More
The Trial of Ezra Pound. A Documented Account of the Treason Case...
[Pound, Ezra]. Cornell, Julien. The Trial of Ezra Pound. A Documented Account of the Treason Case by the Defendant's Lawyer. New York: John Day, 1966. Reprint edition. Notable Trials Library, 1992. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. 215 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt..... More
The Trial of St. Thomas More
E.E. Reynolds. The Trial of St. Thomas More. E.E. Reynolds, [1964]. Reprint New York, N.Y.: Notable Trials Library, 1993. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xiv, 169 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. More
The Nuremberg Trial.
Tusa, Ann, and John Tusa. The Nuremberg Trial. New York: Atheneum, 1986. Reprint. [Birmingham: The Notable Trials Library, 1990]. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. [vi], 519, [2] pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. More
Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Schooner Savannah...
Warburton, A.F. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Schooner Savannah, on the charge of piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, Hon. Judges Nelson and Shipman, presiding. New York: Baker & Godwin, 1862. Reprint Legal Classics Library, 1997. xxii, 385 pp..... More
Escaped, Prison to Pulpit, Rev Vincent J Steffan of Philadelphia, Pa..
A Former Convict Who Became a Minister Lectures on Capital Punishment [Broadside]. Steffan, Vincent J. Escaped. Prison to Pulpit, Rev. Vincent J. Steffan of Philadelphia, Pa. Lecture on Capital Punishment.... Thursday Eve., 7:30 p.m. First Baptist Church. Ames, Iowa. Admission Free. N.p: S.n., c. 1925. 9" x 6" broadside mounted..... More
Alphabetum Juridicum, Canonicum, Civile, Theoricum, Practicum, Morale.
Eighteenth-Century French Edition of a Distinguished Seventeenth-Century Dictionary Castejon, Gil de [fl. 1677]. Alphabetum Juridicum, Canonicum, Civile, Theoricum, Practicum, Morale, Atque Politicum. Quae in hoc Opere Contineantur, Vocabulorum Elenchus Utrique Volumini Praefixus Indicat. Editio Altera Gallica, Diligentius Recognita et Emendata. Lyon: Sumptibus Anisson, & Posuel, 1720. Two volumes bound as..... More
The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster with an Essay on...
Whipple, Edwin P. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster. With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1897. Frontispiece. lxiii, 707 pp. Reprint [New York]: Legal Classics Library, [1989]. Gilt stamped calf, all edges gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers..... More
The Murder Members, The Following are the Names of the Members of...
"Keep This List for Reference" [Broadside]. [Irish Civil War]. The Murder Members: The Following are the Names of the Members of the Partition Parliament Who Voted for the Murder Bill:-...Keep This List for Reference. [N.p.: S.n., 1922]. 13" x 8" broadside, main text in two columns. Light toning and edgewear..... More
The Spirit of the Common Law and Other Writings
Pound, Roscoe [1870-1964]. The Spirit of The Common Law & Other Writings. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, 1985. xv, 711 pp, 23 cm. Calf with decorative gilt and blind stamping, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. Fine. $65. * A compilation Pound's most influential works: The Spirit of..... More
The Parker Murder, Manchester's Great Mystery, The Story of the...
The Wentworths Kill the Tax Collector: McDade 1075 [Trials]. Wentworth, Asa, Defendant. Wentworth, Henry, Defendant. Wentworth, Horace, Defendant. The Parker Murder. Manchester's Great Mystery. The story of the murder of Jonas L. Parker, March 26, 1845, With an Account of the Efforts to Discover his Murderers, And a Report of..... More
Law Tracts, Containing 1 A Proposition for Compiling and Amendment...
"A More Complete Lawyer Than Any of His Contemporaries" Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. Law Tracts, Containing 1. A Proposition for Compiling and Amendment of Our Laws. 2. An Offer of a Digest of the Laws. 3. The Elements of the Common Laws of England, Containing a Collection of Some Principal..... More
Ravillac Redivivus, Being a Narrative of the Late Tryal of Mr James...
Religious Dissent and Sexual Deviancy in 17th-Century Scotland [Trials]. [Hickes, George (1642-1715)]. Ravillac Redivivus, Being a Narrative of the Late Tryal of Mr. James Mitchel a Conventicle-Preacher, Who was Executed the 18th of January, last, for an Attempt Which he Made on the Sacred Person of the Arch-Bishop of St..... More
Doctor and Student; or, Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity and...
Saint Germain, Christopher [1460?-1540]. Doctor and Student; or, Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity and a Student in the Laws of England: Containing the Grounds of Those Laws; Together with Questions and Cases Concerning the Equity Thereof. Corrected and Improved by William Muchall. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1787. Reprint..... More
Of the Vocation of Our Age for Legislation and Jurisprudence...
Savigny, Frederick Charles von. Of the Vocation of Our Age for Legislation and Jurisprudence. Translated by Abraham Hayward. Originally published: London: Littlewood, [1831]. ix, [9]-192 pp. Reprint. [The Legal Classics Library, 1986] Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. New. $45. * Written in..... More
War Powers Under the Constitution of the United States.
Whiting, William. War Powers Under the Constitution of the United States. Tenth Edition. Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1864. Reprint. [The Legal Classics Library, 1997]. xvii, 342 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $45. * Whiting's writings are widely believed to..... More