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The Law Concerning Draped Virginity, An Academic Study by a Student...
Fine-Press Edition of a Licentious Seventeenth-Century "Treatise" on Female Virginity and "Sexual Lubricity" Beverland, Adrian (Hadrian) [c.1654-1712]. Byrne, Francis D., Editor and Translator. The Law Concerning Draped Virginity. An Academic Study by A Student of Justinian. Translated for the First Time with Philological, And Other Explanatory Notes. Paris: Charles Carrington..... More
The Conductor Generalis, Or the Office, Duty and Authority of...
1801 Philadelphia Edition of the Conductor Generalis Parker, James [1714-1770]. The Conductor Generalis: Or, The Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, Jury-Men, And Overseers of the Poor: As Also, The Office of Clerks of Assize, And of the Peace, &c. Compiled Chiefly... More
A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States...
A Condensed Edition of Story on the Constitution for Students in Secondary Schools and Lay Readers Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a Brief Commentary on Every Clause, Explaining the True Nature, Reasons, and Objects Thereof; Designed for the Use of School... More
Commentaries on the Laws of England, By the Late Sir W Blackstone...
Chitty's Blackstone, The Only Edition with a Frontispiece Based on the Portrait Attributed to Reynolds Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Chitty Joseph [1796-1838], Editor, Notes. Commentaries on the Laws of England: By the Late Sir W. Blackstone. A New Edition, With Practical Notes, By Joseph Chitty. London: Printed for William Walker... More
The Constitution of England; Or, An Account of the English Government.
First American Edition of an Important Treatise on English Constitution De Lolme, J[ean] L[ouis] [1740-1806]. The Constitution of England; Or, an Account of The English Government In Which it is Compared Both With the Republican Form of Government, And the Other Monarchies in Europe. A New Edition, Enlarged. New York..... More
The Nature and Practice of Real Actions, In Their Writs and Process.
First American Edition of Booth's Treatise on Real Actions Booth, George [1635-1719]. Anthon, John, Editor [1784-1863]. The Nature and Practice of Real Actions, in Their Writs and Process, Both Original and Judicial. First American Edition: In Which the Ancient Writs and Records are Correctly Translated from the Latin, with the... More
Criminal L.A. No. 4227: In the Supreme Court of the State of...
Was the Gambling Ship in International Waters? [Trial]. [California]. [Gambling]. Criminal L.A. No. 4227: In the Supreme Court of the State of California: The People of the State of California, Plaintiff and Respondent, Vs. Anthony Stralla and Harold Adams, Defendants, Harold Adams, Defendant and Appellant. Additional Brief for Appellant. Chauncey... More
1894, Constitutional-Amendment Campaign Year, Report of the New York..
Inscribed by Susan B. Anthony [Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906)]. New York State Woman Suffrage Association. 1894, Constitutional-Amendment Campaign Year, Report of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association, Twenty-Sixth Annual Convention, Ithaca, N.Y., November 12-15. Rochester, NY: Charles Mann, Printer, 1895. 242, [6] pp. Final 6 pages are advertisements, mostly... More
Life of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States...
Steiner, Bernard C. Life of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1922. 553 pp. Frontispiece. Original cloth, some wear to spine ends and corners, crack in text block between front free endleaf and frontispiece. $50. More
Abridgment of Coke's First Institutes, 1811-1817.
Manuscript Abridgment of Coke on Littleton Interleaved with a 1608 Edition of Littleton's Tenures [Manuscript]. [Roberts, William (1767-1849)]. [Coke, Sir Edward (1552-1634)]. [Littleton, Sir Thomas (c. 1407-1481)]. [Abridgment of Coke's First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England] [London, 1811-1817]. c. 400 ff. Interleaved with Les Tenures de... More
Documents Relating to a Railway Right-of-Way Case, 1883-1884. 6 items
Archive Relating to an 1883-1884 Railway Case in Argentina [Manuscript Archive]. [Trial]. [Argentina]. [Legal Documents Relating to a Railway Righ-of-Way Case]. Buenos Aires, 1883-1884. 6 items: 4 notebooks in stiff wrappers, 13" x 9," app. 100 pp. in all, 2 folding maps bound into a folder, 15-3/4" x 28," 12-1/2"... More
The Federalist, On the New Constitution, Second Edition
The Last Edition of The Federalist Published in Hamilton's Lifetime [Hamilton, Alexander (1755 or 1757-1804)]. [Madison, James (1751-1836)]. [Jay, John Jay (1745-1829)]. The Federalist, On the New Constitution. By Publius. Written in 1788. To Which is Added, Pacificus, On the Proclamation of Neutrality. Written in 1793. Likewise, The Federal Constitution... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, Philadelphia, February 13, 1838.
"The Jurists As Well as the Historians of this Commonwealth Stand in Need of a Complete Edition of the Statutes of Pennsylvania" [Manuscript]. Cadwalader, John [1805-1879]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Philadelphia, February 13, 1838]. Single leaf folded to form 9-3/4" x 8" bifolium, franked and docketed on verso of second page... More
A Treatise on the American Law of Real Property, 2 vols. 1st, ed.
First Edition of the First Comprehensive American Treatise on Real Property Washburn, Emory [1800-1877]. A Treatise on the American Law of Real Property. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1860-1862. 2 volumes. Octavo (9" x 6"). Ex-library, later brown buckram with shelf location and bar code labels, light shelfwear, three leaves... More
The Measure of Damages in Actions of Maritime Collisions.
Roscoe, Edward Stanley. The Measure of Damages in Actions of Maritime Collisions. Third Edition. 3d ed. With Notes of American Cases, Together with Epitomes of the Law of Scotland by John A. Spens, France by Leopold Dor, And Germany by Dr. O. Schroeder. And Some Unreported Judgments and Registrars' Reports... More
Principles of Legislative Organization and Administration.
Willoughby, W[illiam] F. Principles of Legislative Organization and Administration. Washington, DC: The Brookings institution, 1934. xiv. 657 pp. Original cloth, moderate shelfwear, partial crack in text block between front endleaf and title page, library markings to binding, endleaves and title page. $25. More
The Legal Property Relations of Married Parties, A Study...
Loeb, Isidor. The Legal Property Relations of Married Parties: A Study in Comparative Legislation. New York: Columbia University Press, 1900. 197, [10] pp. Includes ten pages of publisher advertisements. Later buckram, light shelfwear, library markings to boards, edges of text block, endleaves and verso of title page. $65. * A.... More
The Law of Obligations and Conditions, or An Accurate Treatise...
Ashe's Law of Obligations and Conditions [Ashe, Thomas (Active 1600-1618)]. The Law of Obligations and Conditions, Or An Accurate Treatise, Wherein is Contained the Whole Learning of the Law Concerning Bills, Bonds, Conditions, Statutes, Recognizances and Defeasances; As also Declarations on Special Conditions, And the Pleadings Thereon, Issues, Judgments and... More
The Laws of the Kings of England from Edmund to Henry I.
Robertson, A.J., Editor and Translator The Laws of the Kings of England from Edmund to Henry I. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1925. xiii, 426 pp. Ex-library, original cloth, moderate shelfwear, hinges cracked, shelf location and bar code labels, library markings to binding, edges of text block, endleaves and title page. $30. More
The Case of Valentine Shortis; A True Story of Crime and Politics ...
Friedland, Martin L. The Case of Valentine Shortis; A True Story of Crime and Politics in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986. xi, 324 pp. (9-1/4", 6-1/4"). $5. More
The Evolution of a Judicial Philosophy; Selected Opinions and Papers .
Shapiro, David L., Editor. The Evolution of a Judicial Philosophy: Selected Opinions and Papers of Justice John M. Harlan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1969. xxvii, 311 pp. Cloth hardcover in very good dust jacket in a Mylar cover. First edition. $10. More
The World of Benjamin Cardozo Personal Values and the Judicial Process
Polenberg, Richard. The World of Benjamin Cardozo: Personal Values and the Judicial Process. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997. xiv, [1], 288 pp. ISBN: 0674960513. Cloth hardcover in fine dust jacket in a Mylar cover. First edition. $15. * "The sordid controversies of litigants," Benjamin Cardozo once said, are "the stuff... More
Victima Real Legal, Discurso Unico Juridico-Historico-Politico...
An Influential Spanish Work Addressing the Relationship Between Church and State Alvarez de Abreu, Antonio [1683-1756]. Victima Real Legal, Discurso Unico Juridico-Historico-Politico, Sobre que las Vacantes Mayores, Y Menores de las Iglesias de las Indias Occidentales, Pertenecen a la Corona de Castilla, Y Leon, Con Pleno, Y Absoluto Dominio. Madrid... More
The Assault on International Law. First edition. Hardcover
Ohlin, Jens David. The Assault on International Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. xi, [1], 289 pp. ISBN: 9780199987405. Cloth hardcover in fine dust jacket in a Mylar cover. First edition. $15. * International law presents a conceptual riddle. Why comply with it when there is no world government... More
In the Name of National Security: Unchecked Presidential Power in ...
Fisher, Louis. In the Name of National Security: Unchecked Presidential Power in the Reynolds Case. Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2006. xiii, 282 pp. ISBN: 0700614648. Cloth hardcover in fine dust jacket with Mylar cover. First edition. As new, excellent condition. $15. * When a B-29 bomber exploded over Georgia... More