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To All Unto Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting, Whereas...
1799 Document Appointed a Judge to the Kennebeck County, Maine, Court of Common Pleas [Judges]. [Maine]. [Dummer, Nathaniel (1755-1815)]. To All Unto Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting... Boston, February 28, 1799. 17" x 11" part-printed document, inscribed in neat hand, docketed on verso, large embossed Massachusetts seal to upper-left..... More
Laws, Joint Resolutions and Memorials Passed at the Sixth Session...
Laws Of Nebraska Territory, Sixth Session, 1859 [Nebraska]. Laws, Joint Resolutions and Memorials Passed at the Sixth Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nebraska, Begun and Held at Omaha City, N.T., December 5, A.D. 1859. Together with the Constitution of the United States and the Organic Law..... More
The Speeches of Mr Giles and Mr Bayard, In the House of...
Giles, William B. [1762-1830] Bayard, James A. [1767-1815]. The Speeches of Mr Giles and Mr Bayard, In the House of Representatives of the United States, February, 1802. On the Bill Received from the Senate, Entitled, "An Act to Repeal Certain Acts Respecting the Organization of the Courts of the United..... More
Hiring with Privilege of Purchase, An Opinion Given to the Singer...
Maxwell, Lawrence, Jr. Hiring with Privilege of Purchase: An Opinion Given to the Singer Manufacturing Company. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., [1876]. 36 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrapper, light shelfwear and soiling, presentation inscription to front wrapper, light toning to text. $50. * An opinion..... More
Neutral Relations of England and the United States
Loring, Charles G. [1794-1867]. Neutral Relations of England and the United States. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1863. iv, 116 pp. Octavo (10" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamplet in printed wrappers, untrimmed edges. Moderate shelfwear and light soiling, some chipping to fore-edge of front wrapper, rear wrapper detached, moderate toning..... More
Neutral Relations of England and the United States
Loring, Charles G. [1794-1867]. Neutral Relations of England and the United States. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1863. iv, 116 pp. Octavo (10" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamplet in printed wrappers, untrimmed edges. Moderate shelfwear and light soiling, chip to fore-edge of front wrapper, moderate toning to interior, light foxing..... More
Neutral Relations of England and the United States
Loring, Charles G. [1794-1867]. Neutral Relations of England and the United States. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1863. iv, 116 pp. Octavo (10" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamplet in printed wrappers, untrimmed edges. Moderate shelfwear and light soiling, wrappers just beginning to detach at ends, moderate toning to interior, light..... More
Lectura super V Libris Decretalium, Basel: Johann Besicken, 1480-81
Commentaries on the Decretals of Gregory IX Concerning Marriage and Criminal Procedure by the "Lamp of the Law" Tudeschis, Niccolo de, Archbishop (Abbas Panoramitanus) [1386-1445]. [Lectura Super V Libris Decretalium]. [Basel: Johann Besicken, 1480-1481]. Part VI (of VI). [236] ff. Text in parallel columns. Collation: a-c10, d12, e10, f8, g-k10..... More
Constitutiones (Cum Apparatu Joannis Andreae), Nuremberg, 1482.
1482 Koberger Imprint of the Clementinae with a Handsome Watercolor Vignette of the Pope with Prelates and Jurists Clement V [1305-1314], Pope. d'Andrea, Giovanni, [c.1270-1348], Glosses. [Constitutiones (Cum Apparatu Joannis Andreae)]. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 15 January 1482]. [59] of [60] ff. Text in parallel columns with linear gloss. Lacking initial..... More
De Modo Studendi in Utroque Iure. Padua, 1 October 1476, 1st edition.
First Edition of a Fifteenth-Century Guide to Legal Study Canis, Johannes Jacobus [d.1490 or 1494]. [De Modo Studendi in Utroque Iure]. [Padua: Bartholomaeus de Valdezoccho, 1 October 1476]. [22] ff. Last leaf blank. Collation: [a10, b12]. Single-column text. Quarto (7-3/4" x 5-1/4; ; 19.5 x 13.3 cm). Contemporary quarter deerskin..... More
Commentaries on American Law, First Edition, Vols I to III (3 books)
Volumes I-III of Kent's Commentaries, First Edition Kent, James [1763-1847]. Commentaries on American Law. New York: O. Halsted, 1826-1828. Volumes I-III of a four-volume set. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering pieces and blind fillets to spines. Light rubbing and scuffing to boards, moderate rubbing..... More
Blackstone's Commentaries: With Notes of Reference, Volume V
Volume V of an Extremely Rare American Blackstone Edition Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Tucker, St. George [1752-1827]. Blackstone's Commentaries: With Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws, of the Federal Government of the United States, and of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In Five Volumes, with an Appendix to Each..... More
Deacon Giles's Distillery, New York, 1865
Colorfully Illustrated Broadside Concerning a Notable 19th-Century Libel Case in Salem, Massachusetts [Broadside]. [Temperence]. [Cheever, George Barrell (1807-1890)]. Deacon Giles's Distillery. New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, [c. 1865-1867]. 2 pp. 14" x 10-1/4" broadsheet, 2 pp. text in three columns, 6-1/4" x 8-3/4" woodcut below headline. Moderate..... More
Burke, Select Works. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by E.J....
Burke, Edmund. Select Works. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by E.J. Payne. Originally published: Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1881. 2 Vols. lxii, 328; lxx, 384 pp. Reprinted 2005, 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775997. ISBN-10: 1584775998. Hardcover cloth. New. $89.95 * An appealing compilation of Burke's..... More
History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States...
Bancroft, George. History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America. Second Edition. Originally published: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1882. 2 Vols. xxiv, 520; xiv, 501 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770022. ISBN-10: 1584770023. Hardcover cloth. New. $95. * Traces..... More
The Laws of War on Land (Written and Unwritten).
A Code of Land Warfare Holland, Thomas Erskine. The Laws of War on Land (Written and Unwritten). Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908. viii, 150 pp. Reprinted 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776598; ISBN-10: 1584776595. Hardcover cloth. New. $22.95 * Holland [1835-1926] analyzed the proceedings of the international..... More
Of Sovereignty
Bliss, Philemon. Of Sovereignty. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1885. xv, 180 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774914; ISBN-10: 1584774916. Hardcover cloth. Light shelfwear, else fine. $65. * Of Sovereignty argues that the term "sovereignty" has lost its meaning and can only be based..... More
Three Cases Concerning Soldiers, One Concerning a Cattle Thief, 1737.
Four Interesting English Cases Tried in 1737, Three Concerning Soldiers, One a Cattle Thief [Trials]. [Great Britain]. [Three Cases Concerning Soldiers, One Concerning a Cattle Thief]. London: Printed by John Baskett, 1737. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-3/4"). Five pamphlets, two relating to the same trial, bound into nineteenth-century three-quarter calf over..... More
The Whole Life and Trial at Large Notorious Highwayman Richard Turpin
Unrecorded Imprint With an Added Hand-Colored Portrait of the Criminal [Trial]. Turpin, Richard [c.1705-1739], Defendant. Kyll, Thomas, Reporter. The Whole Life and Trial at Large of the Notorious Highwayman Richard Turpin, At York Assizes, On the 22d Day of March, 1739, Before the Hon. Sir William Chapple, Knt. Judge of..... More
Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case, 1887.
An Interesting Case Concerning Libel and Extraterritoriality [Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)]. Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. 130 pp. Quarto (10" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards, faint dampstaining..... More
Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case, 1887.
An Interesting Case Concerning Libel and Extraterritoriality [Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)]. Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. 130 pp. Quarto (10" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards and extremities..... More
Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case, 1887.
An Interesting Case Concerning Libel and Extraterritoriality [Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)]. Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. 130 pp. Quarto (10-3/4" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine, marbled edges and endpapers, ribbon marker..... More
Report of Extradition, With Returns of All Cases from August 9, 1842..
Inscribed by Moore Moore, John Bassett [1860-1947]. Report of Extradition, With Returns of All Cases from August 9, 1842, To January 1, 1890, And an Index. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1890. 239 pp. Small folio (11-1/4" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over pebbled cloth, raised bands and gilt title..... More
Charter of the City of Buffalo, With the Several Amendments, To Which.
Buffalo, New York, in 1839 [Buffalo, New York]. Charter of the City of Buffalo: With the Several Amendments: To Which are Added the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Buffalo. Revised, Jan. 1839. Published by Order of the Common Council. Buffalo: Press of Thomas & Co., 1839. 93, 112..... More
Law is a Bottomless Pit, Or, The History of John Bull, Published...
A Classic Satire of Eighteenth-Century English Lawyers and Politicians [Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)]. [Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)]. Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Exemplify'd in the Case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, And Lewis Baboon. Who Spent All They Had in a Law-Suit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet..... More