"The Most Wicked and Inhuman Transactions of that Bloody-Minded Gang" Cox, Joseph [d. 1760]. A Faithful Narrative of the Most Wicked and Inhuman Transactions of that Bloody-Minded Gang of Thief-Takers, Alias Thief-Makers, Macdaniel, Berry, Salmon, Eagan, Alias Gahagan; (with a Curious Print of Macdaniel) As also of that Notorious Accomplice..... More

Demmler, Ralph H. The First Century of an Institution, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay: Reed, Smith, Shaw, & Beal, 1902-1922, Knox & Reed, 1877-1902. [Pittsburgh: Ralph H. Demmler, 1977]. ix, 232 pp. Plates. Original cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. $10. More

A Layman's Guide to Business Law Based on the Case Method KixMiller, William, Editor. Story Case-Business Law: A Systematic Non-Technical Treatment of Business Law in Story and Case Form. Chicago: Commerce Clearing House, [1915]. Seven volumes. Complete set. Original buckram, red and black lettering pieces to spine. Some rubbing to..... More

A Sixteenth-Century Pocket-Sized French Layman's Edition of the Institutes Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Lescut, Nicolaus de [d.1580], Translator and Editor. Les Institutions Imperialle, Avec Certaines Glosses & Arbre Civil ou Sont Inserees les Formules des dema[n]des ou Libelles Iudiciaux sur Chascune Action: Le tout Mis de..... More

Sixteenth-Century Compilations of Bavarian Law [Bavaria]. [William IV (1493-1550), Duke of Bavaria]. [Ludwig X (1495-1545), Duke of Bavaria]. Reformacion der Bairisch[e]n Lanndrecht: Nach Cristj Unsers Hailmachers Geburde Im[m] Funftzehenhundert unnd Achtzehendm Jar Aufgericht. [Munich: Hans Schobsser, 1518]. [xxxvi], 168, [1] ff. Final leaf is a blank. Two-page woodcut table of..... More

Baldus's Distinguished Commentaries on the Digest Ubaldi, Baldo Degli [1327?-1400]. Vadi, Benedetto [16th. c.], Notes. [Gradibus, Johannes de [15th. c.], Notes]. [Thierry, Jean (active c. 1517], Editor]. Prima Baldi Super Digesto Veteri. Commentariorum Iuris Utrius, Que Interpretis Doctissimi Baldi de Ubaldis Perusini Prima Pars in Digestu[m] Vetus, Cum Adnotationibus, Domini..... More

The First Anglo-American Treatise on Courts-Martial Adye, S[tephen] Payne [d.1794]. A Treatise on Courts Martial. Also An Essay on Military Punishments and Rewards. London: Printed by T. Maiden for Vernor and Hood, [et al.], 1805. viii, 292 pp. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in morocco, lettering piece and..... More

With a Broadside Listing the Rules and Regulations of the Rhode Island House of Representatives [Rhode Island]. Public Laws of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations Passed Since the Session of the Hon. General Assembly in January, A.D. 1798. Providence: Printed by Jones & Wheeler, 1810. 144 pp, [38]..... More

A Turning Point in the History of Civil Rights [United States Supreme Court]. [Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka]. Wyatt, Walter, Reporter. United States Reports Volume 347: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1953 [and] Volume 349: Cases Adjudged...at October Term, 1954. Washington: United States Government..... More

First American Edition of the First English Treatise on Evidence Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey [1674-1726]. The Law of Evidence. Corrected; With Many Additions; And a Complete Table to the Whole. London, Printed: Philadelphia: Re-Printed and Sold by Joseph Cruikshank, 1788. iv, 286, [76] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Later library cloth..... More

First Edition of the First Standard Treatise on Wills Swinburne, Henry [1560?-1623]. A Briefe Treatise of Testaments and Last Willes, Very Profitable to be Understoode of All the Subjects of This Realme of England, (Desirous to Know, Whether, Whereof, And How, They May Make Their Testaments: And by What Meanes..... More

Lord Admiral Nelson Testified as a Character Witness [Trial]. Despard, Edward Marcus [1751-1803], Primary Defendant. The Trial of Colonel Despard and His Associates, For High Treason, And a Conspiracy, &c. &c. Before Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough and the Other Commissioners, At the New Sessions-House, In the County of Surry [sic]..... More

"A Most Notorious Highwayman" [Turpin, Richard (1706-1739)]. The Life of Richard Turpin, A Most Notorious Highwayman. Giving a Particular Account of All His Daring Robberies and Burglaries, Trial, Execution, Burial, &c. Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, [c. 1825]. 24 pp. 12mo. (5-3/4" x 4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet (chap-book) in self-wrappers..... More