One of the Earliest English Texts to Address Conveyancing [C] West, William [1568-1594]. The First Part of Symboleographie: Which May be Termed the Art, Or Description, Of Instruments and Presidents. First Collected by William West of the Inner Temple Esquire. And Since Augmented with Divers New Presidents not Formerly Printed... More about The First Part of Symboleography [with] Second Part, London, 1647-41

"Murdered by the Contrivance of His Own Brother" Foote, Samuel [1720-1777]. Memoirs of the Life of Sir John Dineley Goodere, Baronet, Who was Murdered by the Contrivance of His Own Brother, On Board the Ruby Man of War, In King's Road, Near Bristol, Jan. 19, 1740-1. Together wtth [sic] the... More about Memoirs of the Life of Sir John Dineley Goodere, Baronet, Who was

"Commonly Called Old Patch" [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. Price, Charles [1723-1786]. Memoirs of a Social Monster; Or the History of Charles Price, Otherwise Boilingbroke, Otherwise Johnson, Otherwise Parks, Otherwise Wigmore, Otherwise Brank, Otherwise Wilmott, Otherwise Williams, Otherwise Schutz, Otherwise Powel, &c. &c. &c. And commonly called Old Patch. Containing an Accurate..... More about Memoirs of a Social Monster; Or the History of Charles Price

An Indispensable Work of Great Authority Holdsworth, Sir William S. Goodhart, A.L., And H.B. Hanbury, Editors. A History of English Law. With an Introductory Essay and Additions by S.B. Chrimes. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., and Sweet & Maxwell, 1966. Volumes 1-10 of a 17 volume set. Original cloth, Volumes..... More about A History of English Law, Vols 1-10, London, 1966

Holmes's Edition of Kent's Commentaries, Volume III Kent, James [1763-1847]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935], Editor. Commentaries on American Law. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company/ London: Stevens and Hanes, 1873. Volume III only. Octavo (9" x 6"). Later buckram, black-stamped fillets and volume numbers and red and black lettering pieces... More about Commentaries on American Law, 12th Edition, Boston, 1873, Vol 3

Trial of One of John Wilkes Booth's Co-Conspirators [Trial]. Surratt, John H. [1844-1916], Defendant. Trial of John H. Surratt in the Criminal Court for the District of Columbia, Hon. George P. Fisher, Presiding. Washington: French & Richardson; Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1867. Two volumes. [iv], 728; [iv], iii, [i]... More about Trial of John H Surratt in the Criminal Court for the District of

Rare 1845 Essay Condemning Capital Punishment Burleigh, Charles C. [1810-1878]. Thoughts on the Death Penalty. Philadelphia: Printed by Merrihew and Thompson, 1845. 144 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Later library cloth, red and black calf lettering pieces and paper library shelf label to spine, endpapers renewed. Light soiling, front joint... More about Thoughts on the Death Penalty, Philadelphia, 1845

MacKenzie on Acts of the Scottish Parliament MacKenzie, Sir George [1636-1691]. Observations on the Acts of Parliament, Made by King James the First, King James the Second, King James the Third, King James the Fourth, King James the Fifth, Queen Mary, King James the Sixth, King Charles the First, King... More about Observations on the Acts of Parliament, Made by King James the First

Well-Regarded by Mansfield Freeman, Richard [1645 or 46-1710]. Smirke, Edward [1795-1875], Editor. [Hovenden, John Eykyn, Editor]. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of King's Bench & Common Pleas, From 1670 to 1704. With Notes, References, Marginal Extracts, And a New Index by Edward Smirke, Esq. London: S.... More about Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of King's Bench

Reports of Lord Kenyon Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron [1732-1802]. Hanmer, Job Walden, Editor Notes of Cases Argued, And Adjudged, In the Court of King's Bench, And of Some Determined in the Other High Courts: Taken, And Composed, While at the Bar, By the Late Right Honourable Lloyd, Lord Kenyon, Late... More about Notes of Cases Argued, And Adjudged, In the Court of King's Bench

A Lawyer of "Great Learning and Profoundness" Bridgman, Sir John. Reports of that Grave and Learned Judge, Sir John Bridgman, Knight; Serjeant at Law, Sometime Chief Justice of Chester. To Which are Added Two Exact Tables, The One of the Cases, And the Other of the Principal Matters Therein Contained... More about Reports of that Grave and Learned Judge, Sir John Bridgman, Knight

One of the Last People Executed for Forgery in Great Britain [Trial] Fauntleroy, Henry [1785-1824], Defendant. Egan, Pierce [1772-1849], Reporter. Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of Mr.Fauntleroy, For Forgery, At the Session's-House, In the Old Bailey, On Saturday, The 30th of October, 1824, Before Mr.Justice Park and Mr.Baron Garrow..... More about Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of Mr.Fauntleroy, for Forgery

Dickerson, Reed. The Fundamentals of Legal Drafting. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1965. xx, 203 pp. Hardcover, publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown and embossed circular blindstamp on lower title page, good condition. $25. * First edition, third printing. This thorough guidebook discusses the... More about The Fundamentals of Legal Drafting