Illustrated Account of Two English White-Collar Criminals Who Were Transported to Australia J.B. Redpath, Leopold [1816-1891]. Robson, William James [1820?-1884]. Scenes from the Lives of Robson and Redpath. London: W.M. Clark, [1857]. 112 pp. Woodcut illustrations. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into near-contemporary quarter morocco over cloth, gilt..... More

Important Early Work on Writs Thoroughly Annotated by an Early Owner Theloall, Simon. Le Digest des Briefes Originals, Et des Choses Concernants Eux. London: In Aedibus Richardi Tottelli, 1579. [viii], 424 ff. Octavo (5-3/4" x 3-3/4"). Seventeenth-century calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands to spine, boards reattached. Moderate rubbing..... More

First Edition of Black's Supreme Court Reports [Supreme Court, United States]. Black, J[eremiah] S[ullivan] [1810-1883]. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the United States, At December Term, 1861 [-1862]. Washington, DC: W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1862-1863. Two volumes. Complete set. Octavo (9" x 6"). Later..... More

An Interesting Companion To Gibson's Codex Juris Ecclesiastici Anglicani [Mallory, John]. Quare Impedit: In Two Parts. Part I. Containing an Abridgment of the Law Concerning the Patronages of Churches, The Titles of Ecclesiastical Persons to their Estates; The Manner of Conveying, Granting and Leasing Them; The Several Acts of Parliament..... More

Wheaton's Reports: The "Golden Book of American Law" [Supreme Court, United States]. Wheaton, Henry [1785-1848], Reporter. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. Volume 1: Philadelphia: Published by Mathew Carey, 1816; Volumes 2-7, 9-10, 12: New York: Published by Robert Donaldson, 1817-1827. Volumes..... More

Well-Illustrated Account of One of the Most Sensational Divorce Trials in English History [Trial]. Caroline of Brunswick [1768-1821], Defendant. The Trial at Large of Her Majesty, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain; In the House of Lords, On Charges of Adulterous Intercourse; Containing a Full and Accurate Detail of..... More

Hodgkinson, Peter, Editor. Schabas, William A., Editor. Capital Punishment: Strategies for Abolition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xiv, 374 pp. Coth in near-fine dust jacket, tiny sopt to head of text block. $25. More

"The Great Historical Picture" [Trial]. [Caroline of Brunswick [1768-1821], Defendant]. [Hayter, Sir George (1792-1871), Artist]. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Great Historical Picture, Painted by Mr. George Hayter, Member of the Academy of Sr. Luke, &c. &c. &c., Representing the Trial of Her Late Majesty Queen Caroline of England, With..... More

Noah Webster Promotes Ratification of the US Constitution [Webster, Noah (1758-1843)]. Ford, Paul Leicester [1865-1902], Editor. An Examination Into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution Proposed by the Late Convention Held at Philadelphia: With Answers to the Principal Objections That Have Been Raised Against the System. Philadelphia: Printed and..... More

Useful Summary of the Law of the Spanish Netherlands Zype, Francois van den (Franciscus) [c.1578-1650]. Notitia Iuris Belgici. Editio Nova Tertia Parte Auctior. Antwerp: Apud Hieronymum Verdussium, 1665. [24], 358, [60] pp. Quarto. Contemporary sprinkled calf with early rebacking, gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece. Some minor nicks..... More

Designed to Enforce Honesty in Voters [Oaths]. [Great Britain]. Bribery Oath. London: Published by Shaw & Sons, Fetter Lane, [c. 1850]. [188-?]. 4-1/4" x 8" handbill, light blue paper. A notably well-preserved item. $150. * This handbill is a form template designed to enforce honesty in voters, who are required..... More

McDade 841: "One of Those Bizarre Criminals Who Defy Easy Classification" Sawyer, George C. Edward H. Rulloff. Offprint from the American Journal of Insanity, April, 1872. [Utica, NY: State Lunatic Asylum]. 52 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Wrappers detached, chipped around edges and lightly soiled..... More

Jolowicz, H.F. [1890-1954]. Historical Introduction to the Study of Roman Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1932. xxi, 545 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamped spine, light shelfwear, faint dampspotting to spine, near-invisible owner signatures to boards, other owner signatures to rear pastedown and front free endpaper, which has a...... More