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Stair Society (Series). Volumes 1 to 67 (1936-2020). Complete set
A Complete Set of Volumes Published by the Stair Society [The Stair Society]. Stair Society (Series). Edinburgh: Printed for the Stair Society by [Various Printers], 1936-2020. 67 volumes. Complete set of all volumes published to date. Original blue cloth hardcover. Light to moderate dampstaining to bindings of about one third..... More
Extracts from Such of the Penal Laws, As Particularly Relate to the...
"The Blind Beak of Bow Street" Fielding, Sir John [1721-1780]. Extracts from Such of the Penal Laws, As Particularly Relate to the Peace and Good Order of This Metropolis: With Observations for the Better Execution of Some, And on the Defects of Others. To Which are Added, The Felonies Made..... More
Andreana: Containing the Trial, Execution and Various Matter...
The Execution of Benedict Arnold's Handler [Smith, Horace W. (1825-1891), Editor]. Andre, John [1751-1780]. Andreana. Containing the Trial, Execution and Various Matter Connected with the History of Major John Andre, Adjutant General of the British Army in America, A.D. 1780. Philadelphia: Published by Horace W. Smith, 1865. [iv], 67, [4]..... More
Precedents on Privilege, A Review of the Prerogative of the People...
A Response to a Recently Enacted Parliamentary Privilege [Parliament]. [Great Britain]. Precedents on Privilege: A Review of the Prerogative of the People Parliament. London: Henry Kent Causton, 1840. iv, 120 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, untrimmed edges, signatures unopened. Moderate toning, light soiling to exterior, creasing to..... More
The Spirit of Fanaticism: Exemplify'd in the Tryals Mr. James Mitchel
"The Spirit of Fanaticism" [Trials]. [Hickes, George (1642-1715)]. The Spirit of Fanaticism: Exemplify'd in the Tryals of Mr. James Mitchel (a Presbyterian Minister, Who was Hang'd at Edinburgh, For an Attempt Made Upon the Archbishop of St. Andrews.) And Major Thomas Weir (a Gifted Brother at the Knack of Extempore..... More
The New Constitution of France, Literally Translated from the...
Dublin Imprint of an Early English Translation of France's Constitution of 1793 [France]. [Constitution of 1793]. The New Constitution of France. Literally Translated from the Original Copy, Presented to the People of France for Their Consideration. By the Committee of Constitution, Consisting of Barrere, Brisot, Condorcet, Gensonne, Petion, Danton, Sieves..... More
Catalogue of the Library of the Society of Writers to the Signet.
Catalogue of the Signet Library [Library Catalogue]. [Signet Library]. Shiells, Thomas M. Catalogue of the Library of the Society of Writers to the Signet. In Four Parts, With a General Index. Part First - Part Fourth. Rules and Regulations for the Library... Edinburgh: Printed for the Use of the Society..... More
Autograph Note, Signed, Washington, DC, December 8, 1929.
"You Are the Most Faithful of Friends" [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Benjamin, Robert M. (1896-1966)]. [Autograph Note, Signed, Washington, DC, December 8, 1929]. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2" Supreme Court bifolium letterhead, content to recto of first leaf. Light toning, horizontal fold line. $850. * This note was probably addressed..... More
Sampson's Discourse, And Correspondence With Various Learned Jurists.
"The Most Sweeping Indictment of Common Law Idealism Ever Written in America" Sampson, William [1764-1836]. Thompson, Pishey [1784-1862], Editor. Sampson's Discourse And Correspondence With Various Learned Jurists, Upon The History Of The Law, With the Addition of Several Essays, Tracts, And Documents Relating to the Subject. Washington City [DC]: Printed..... More
The Common Law, First Edition, Boston, 1881.
First Edition of The Common Law Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. The Common Law. Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1881. [i]-xvi, 422 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Recent calf, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, marbled endpapers, retained spine affixed to rear endleaf. Binding slightly cocked, negligible rubbing and..... More
The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy, 1776.
Annotated by the Defendant's Secretary [Trial]. Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey, Duchess of [1720-1788], Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy, Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, In Westminster-Hall, In Full-Parliament, On Monday the 15th, Tuesday the 16th, Friday the 19th, Saturday the 20th, and..... More
Read and Judge. 11-3/4" x 7-1/4" Broadside. New Albany, IN, 1825
"You Defrauded Mrs. Ruff, Out of Considerable Sums of Money, And Endeavored to Cheat and Defraud Her Out of Greater Sums" [Broadside]. [Indiana]. Elderkin, L. Read and Judge. New Albany, IN: Printed by T.H. Roberts, July 16, 1825. 11-3/4" x 7-1/4" broadside, text in two columns below headline. Light browning..... More
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Autograph Note, Signed [with] "Obituary, Dr. Francis Lieber."
"Our Master is Our Self-Made Law" [Manuscript]. Lieber, Francis [1798-1872]. [Autograph Note, Signed, N.p., N.d (c.1860?)]. Single leaf folded to form 6-1/2" x 5" bifolium, light toning, horizontal fold lines, content in neat hand to recto of first leaf. [With] "Obituary: Dr. Francis Lieber," [New York Tribune, October 3, 1872]..... More
The Trial at Bar Between Campbell Craig, Lessee of James Annesley...
A Case That May Have Inspired Stevenson [Trial]. Anglesey, Richard, 6th Earl of [1694-1761], Defendant. The Trial at Bar Between Campbell Craig, Lessee of James Annesley, Esq; Plaintiff, And the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Anglesey, Defendant. Before the Honourable the Barons of the Exchequer, At the King's Court, Dublin..... More
Extraordinary Cases. New York, 1896. Three-quarter morocco binding
"Extraordinary Cases" of a Notable Nineteenth-Century Lawyer Clinton, Henry Lauren [1820-1899]. Extraordinary Cases. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. ix, 403 pp. With a tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece of Clinton. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over cloth boards, gilt rules to morocco edges, gilt-edge raised bands, gilt fillets and..... More
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United States Reports Vol 347 [and] United States Reports Vol 349.
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
The Authentic Confession of the Notorious Robber & Murderer...
Only Known Copy Hoover, Matthias [1819-1837]. The Authentic Confession of the Notorious Robber & Murderer, Matthias Hoover, Partner of Lovett, Washburn, & Davis, Who was Hung at Cincinnati, On the 30th June, 1837, For the Murder of William Beaver. Cincinnati: Published for the Trade, 1837. 12 pp. Woodcut title page..... More
Two Pre-Publication Manuscript Copies of Treaties of Peace, c 1917.
Peace Cannot be Secured by Force [Manuscript Archive]. Bower, Sir Graham John [1848-1933]. [Two Pre-Publication Manuscript Copies of "Treaties of Peace," Read Before the Grotius Society]. [London, c.1917]. 31, 10 ff. on 10" x 8" loose-leaf ruled sheets; 29 ff. in 10" x 8" ruled "Empire" notebook. Text to rectos..... More
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Tractatus de Feudis [Bound with] Tractatus de Feudi Recognitione...
Two Scarce Sixteenth-Century Studies of Feudal Law Wesenbeck (Wesembeke), Matthaeus [1531-1586]. Tractatus de Feudis. Wittenberg: Excudebat Zacharias Lehman, 1584. [x], 307 pp. [Bound with] Silvano, Lorenzo. Tractatus de Feudi Recognitione. Accesserunt hac Editione Praeter Diligentem Mendorum Correctionem, Summaria Cuilibet Quaestioni Praefixa. Una cum Indice Verborum & Rerum Locupletissimo, Opera R.A.K.Z...... More
Sistema Universale dei Principi del Diritto Marittimo del l'Europa...
First Edition of Azuni's Important Treatise on Maritime Law Azuni, Domenico Alberto [1749-1827]. Sistema Universale dei Principi del Diritto Marittimo del l'Europa. Florence: Per Gaetano Cambiagi, 1795-1796. Two volumes. Copperplate vignette of a ship to title pages, copperplate arms at head of dedication leaf and engraved copperplate portrait frontispiece of..... More
Copies Taken from the Records of the Court of King's-Bench...
Inspired by the Wilkes Cause [Webb, Philip Carteret, Compiler]. Copies Taken from the Records of the Court of King's-Bench, At Westminster; The Original Office-Books of the Secretaries of State, Remaining in the Paper, And Secretaries of State's Offices, Or from the Originals Under Seal. Of Warrants Issued by Secretaries of..... More
Observations Upon the Case of Abraham Thornton, Who Was Tried....
Murder, Rape and Trial by Battle Holroyd, Edward [1794-1881]. [Thornton, Abraham (c.1793-1860)]. Observations Upon the Case of Abraham Thornton, Who was Tried at Warwick, August 8, 1817, For the Murder of Mary Ashford: Shewing the Danger of Pressing Presumptive Evidence too Far, Together with the Only True and Authentic Account..... More
An Inquiry into the Present State of the Statute and Criminal Law...
A Rebuttal of the 1819 Report from the Select Committee on Criminal Laws Miller, John. An Inquiry into the Present State of the Statute and Criminal Law of England. London: John Murray, 1822. vi, [ii], 332 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Later three-quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, blind..... More
The Rights and Liberties of Englishmen Asserted; With a Collection...
"How Diligent Our Wise Ancestors Were to Keep Out the French" [Wagstaffe, Thomas (1645-1712)]. The Rights and Liberties of Englishmen Asserted. With a Collection of Statutes and Records of Parliament Against Foreigners. Shewing, That by the Constitution of England, No Outlandish Man, Whether Naturaliz'd or Not, Is Capable of Any..... More
Military Laws And Rules and Regulations for the Army of the United...
Digest of U.S. Military Laws Published During the War of 1812 [United States]. Military Laws and Rules and Regulations for the Armies of the United States. Washington [DC]: Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, May 1st, 1813. [ii], xix, [3], 247; 249-271 pp. Quarto (5-3/4" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary tree calf with..... More