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Les Reports de Sir William Jones Chevalier, Jades un des Justices...
"Quaint and Entertaining Memorials of Suits" Jones, Sir William [1566-1640], Reporter. Les Reports de Sir William Jones Chevalier. Jades un des Justices del' Banck le Roy. Et Devant un des Justices del' Court de Common-Banck. Et Devant Capital Justice d'Ireland. De Divers Special Cases cy Bien in le Court de... More
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, In the...
With an Interesting Tract on Law Reform [Cunningham, Timothy (d. 1789), Reporter]. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, In the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Years, Of His Late Majesty King George the Second. During which Time The Right Honourable the Earl of Hardwicke... More
The Reports of that Reverend and Learned Judge, Sir Richard Hutton...
A Notable Commonwealth-Era Reporter Hutton, Sir Richard [1561?-1639], Reporter. The Reports of that Reverend and Learned Judge, Sir Richard Hutton Knight; Sometimes One of the Judges of the Common Pleas: Containing Many Choice Cases, Judgments, And Resolutions, In Points of Law, In the Several Reignes of King James and King... More
Emblematical Print Adapted to the Times, London, August, 1778.
An American Revolutionary is Mocked by Britannia and Neptune [Great Britain]. [American Revolution]. [Emblematical Print Adapted to the Times]. From the London Magazine, London, August, 1778. 3-3/4" x 6-1/4" copperplate engraving (image size), attractively mounted and matted. Moderate even toning, a few tiny spots to margins. An attractive, well-inked impression... More
Autograph Legal Document, Signed, Bristol, Rhode Island, July 5, 1728.
A Rhode Island Debt Claim from 1728 [Manuscript]. Wanton, Joseph [1705-1780]. [Autograph Legal Document, Signed, Bristol, Rhode Island, July 5, 1728]. Single 12-1/4" x 7-1/2" leaf, franked below signature, docketed on verso ("Joseph Wanton's Release"). Light browning, horizontal and vertical creases, wax seal at signature, some separation along fold lines... More
John Wilkes Esqr, Drawn from the Life, 13-1/2" x 8-1/2" Copperplate...
Hogarth's Famous Satirical Portrait of John Wilkes Hogarth, William [1697-1764]. [Wilkes, John (1725-1797)]. John Wilkes Esqr. Drawn from the Life and Etch'd in Aquafortis by Will.m Hogarth. [London]: Published According to an Act of Parliament May 16, 1763. Attractively glazed and matted 13-1/2" x 8-1/2" copperplate engraving (measured to platemarks)... More
A Copy of Verses, On the Trial & Conviction of Mr & Mrs Sloane...
One of the Most Appalling Examples of the Sadistic Abuse of a Minor [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. [Child Abuse]. A Copy of Verses, on the Trial & Conviction of Mr. & Mrs. Sloane, for the Cruel Treatment of their (Servant Girl,) Jane Wilbred. [London?: Printed for P.C., 1851]. 9" x 7"... More
A Sample of Democratic White Supremacy in North Carolina, Judge...
The "Negro of 'Inflooence'" [Broadside]. [African-Americans]. [North Carolina]. Hull, F[red] A., Engraver. A Sample of Democratic White Supremacy in North Carolina. Judge Winston's Dream of Riding the District with George H. White, the Negro of "Inflooence." Are the People of North Carolina Going To Elect Judge Francis D. Winston Lieutenant-Governor... More
A Poem of the Distressing and Afflictive Death of the Rev. Josiah M...
A Pair of Conjugate Broadsides [Broadside]. [Death]. [Murder]. [New York]. A Poem of the Distressing and Afflictive Death of the Rev. Josiah M. Muspratt, Who Was Killed in an Awful Manner; Being Caught in the Machinery of Whitesborough Factory, Carried up to the Floor Above by His Arm, Where it... More
A Discourse Pronounced at the Request of the Essex Historical Society.
Presentation Copy Inscribed by Story Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. A Discourse Pronounced at the Request of the Essex Historical Society, on the 18th of September, 1828, in Commemoration of the First Settlement of Salem, in the State of Massachusetts. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1828. 90 pp. Octavo (9" x.... More
Autograph Transcription Signed ('W.B.'), 1 April 1779, London...
Blackstone's Transcription of Notes by a Notable Critic on Literary Imitation in the Work of English Poets [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Warburton, William (1698-1779)]. [Autograph Transcription, Signed ('W.B.'), 1 April 1779, London, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 26 April 1779]. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" bifolium, four pages of text, archival guard at... More
A New Law Dictionary, Intended for General Use, London, 1792.
Burn's New Law Dictionary in Original Publisher Boards Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. Burn, John [1744?-1802]. A New Law Dictionary: Intended for General Use, As Well as For Gentlemen of the Profession. By Richard Burn, LL. D. Late Chancellor of the Diocese of Carlisle. And Continued to the Present time by John... More
16 Autograph Letters Signed, Approx 60 pp, 1865-1878.
General Porter Fights His Court Martial After the Second Battle of Bull Run [Manuscript Archive]. Porter, Fitz John [1822-1901]. [Abbott, Josiah Gardner (1814-1891)]. [Autograph Letters Signed, To Josiah Gardner Abbott Concerning the Politically Motivated Court Martial Proceedings Against Him]. Morristown, New Jersey and New York City, August 26, 1865 to... More
A Group of 3 Manuscript Indentures and a Related Survey, 1744-1753.
Documents Recording Land Transactions with Native Americans in New Jersey [Manuscript]. [Native Americans]. [New Jersey]. [Manuscript Indentures and Related Survey Recording Land Transactions with Native Americans]. Monmouth County, NJ, 1744-1753. Four items in all comprising three 12" x 8" indentures and a 10" x 8" survey, all docketed on versos... More
The Federal Government, Its True Nature and Character, Being a Review.
With a Catalogue of Racist and Anti-Reconstruction Publications Upshur, Abel Parker [1791-1844]. Burr, C. Chauncey [1817-1883], Editor. The Federal Government: Its True Nature and Character; Being a Review of Judge Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. With an Introduction, And Copious Critical and Explanatory Notes. New York... More
An Essay to the Restoring of Our Decayed Trade: Wherein is Described,
"Our Decayed Trade" Trevers, Joseph. An Essay to the Restoring of Our Decayed Trade. Wherein is Described, the Smuglers, Lawyers, And Officers Frauds, &c. London: Printed for Giles Widdowes, 1675. [x], 24, 33-59, [5] pp. Complete; text and register continuous despite pagination. Quarto (7" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into... More
A Compendious System of the Bankrupt Laws, Dublin, 1786..
The Most Complete Early English Treatise on the Bankrupt Laws Cooke, William [1757-1832]. A Compendious System of the Bankrupt Laws. Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Lynch, Colles, Burnet, Beatty, Davis, Marchbank, H. Whitestone, and Jones, 1786. viii, [8], 372, [8], ccxxxiii, [17], *iv, [18-23] pp. Pages *i-*iv, which should follow p.... More
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined... Superior Court Mississippi
Early Mississippi Chancery Reports Smedes, W[illiam] C. Marshall, T[homas] A. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of Chancery of the State of Mississippi. Volume I [all published]. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1844. [viii], [17]-731, [1], [8] pp. Complete. With an eight-page publisher catalogue... More
Cases in Law, Wherein Justices of Peace Have a Jurisdiction, As...
Companion Volume to an Important JP Manual Blackerby, Samuel [fl. 1720-1738]. Cases in Law: Wherein Justices of Peace Have a Jurisdiction, As Well by Their Commission, As by Act of Parliament, Which Have Received a Determination by the Judges in Westminster Hall, Their Circuits, And Serjeants-Inn, From Edward the Third's... More
The Law of Baron and Femme; Of Parent and Child; Of Guardian and Ward.
First Edition of Reeve's Baron and Femme, The First American Treatise on Family Law Reeve, Tapping [1744-1823]. The Law of Baron and Femme; Of Parent and Child; Of Guardian and Ward; Of Master and Servant; And of the Powers of Courts of Chancery. With an Essay on the Terms, Heir... More
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 17 Vols. Complete
Sills, David L., Editor. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. [New York]: The Macmillan Company & The Free Press, [1968]. 17 volumes. Quarto (9" x 11"). Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine and front cover lettering. Very light shelfwear. A handsome set. $150. * Written by a team of prominent... More
A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer..
"The Most Remarkable and Most Scholarly of All the Reports" [Foster, Sir Michael (1689-1763)]. A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Goal [sic] Delivery for the Trial of the Rebels in the Year 1746 in the County of Surry, And of Other Crown Cases... More
Les Reports des Divers Special Cases, 2 vols. London, 1714, Complete
"A Reporter of Much Authority" with Cases from the Commonwealth and Restoration Periods Siderfin, Thomas [1657-1670]. Les Reports des Divers Special Cases Argue & Adjudge en le Court del Bank le Roy, Et Auxy en le Co, Ba. & l Exchequer, En les Primier Dix ans Apres le Restauration Del... More
The Science of Law. 1st. Ed. New York, 1874
The Relation of Morality to Law, The Nature of Society and the State Amos, Sheldon [1835-1886]. The Science of Law. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1874. xx, 417, [6] pp. Folding table. Wauth a 6 pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Cloth with decorative gilt and black stamping... More
Plyler, Superintendent, Tyler Independent School... v. Doe, Guardian
Pre-US Reports Printing of an Important Decision Concerning Undocumented Immigrant Children Signed by Justice Brennan Supreme Court of the United States. [Brennan, William (1956-1990)]. (Slip Opinion) Plyler, Superintendent, Tyler Independent School District et al. v. Doe, Guardian et al. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1982]. iii, [1], 23, [1], 27... More