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The Marrying of Anne of Cleves, Royal Protocol in Early Modern England
Warnicke, Retha M. The Marrying of Anne of Cleves: Royal Protocol in Early Modern England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xiv, [1], 343 pp. Cloth hardcover in fine dust jacket in a Mylar cover. First edition. $15. More
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Free Speech and the Living Constitution
Pohlman, H.L. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Free Speech and the Living Constitution. New York: New York University Press, 1991. ix, [1], 265 pp. ISBN 0814766145. Cloth harcover in fine dust jacket in a Mylar cover. First edition. $65. * In this work, H.L. Pohlman calls for a new interpretation of... More
The Most Excellent Hugo Grotius His Three Books Treating of the...
First Edition of the First Complete English Translation Grotius, Hugo [1535-1645]. Evats, William [c.1606-1677], Translator. The Most Excellent Hugo Grotius His Three Books Treating of the Rights of War & Peace. In the First is Handled, Whether any War be Just. In the Second is Shewed, The Causes of War..... More
Le Code des Gens Honnetes, Ou l'Art de ne Pas Etre Dupe des Fripons.
Balzac's Study of Rogues with Illustrations by Hemard Balzac, Honore de [1799-1850]. Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961]. Code des Gens Honnetes, Ou, l'Art de ne Pas etre Dupe des Fripons. Paris: [Nouvelle Societe d'Edition, 1944]. 162 pp. Text illustrations. Softbound volume, printed title panel to front cover. Light soiling and a negligible... More
Le Code des Gens Honnetes, Ou l'Art de ne Pas Etre Dupe des Fripons.
Balzac's Study of Rogues with Illustrations by Hemard Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961]. Balzac, Honore de [1799-1850]. Code des Gens Honnetes, Ou, l'Art de ne Pas etre Dupe des Fripons. Paris: [Nouvelle Societe d'Edition, 1944]. 162 pp. Color pochoir color text illustrations. Softbound volume, printed title panel to front cover, uncut edges... More
Der Stat Nurmberg Verneute Reformation, Nuremberg, 1564.
Copy of the First Edition of the Final Codification of the 1564 Nuremberg City Law Filled with Contemporary Annotations [Nuremberg]. Der Stat Nurmberg Verneute Reformation. [Nuremberg: Valentin Geissler], 1564. [xlv], 240, [1] ff. Woodcut title page and allegorical leaf. Folding table of consanguinity lacking. 35 added leaves of manuscript notes... More
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Constitutiones [with] Liber Sextus Decretalium... Koberger, 1482
Incunable Editions of Two Primary Volumes of Canon Law [Canon Law]. Clement V [c.1266-1314], Pope. [d'Andrea, Giovanni (c.1270-c.1348)], Glosses. [Constitutiones, Cum Apparatu Johannes Andreae]. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 15 January 1482]. [60] ff. Collation: a/A10, B-G8, H2. Text in parallel columns with two-column linear gloss. [Bound with] Boniface VIII [1235-1303], Pope... More
Super Arboribus Consanguinitatis et Affinitatis et Cognationis...
A Fundamental Treatise on Family Relations Andrea, Giovanni d' [1275-1348]. [Super Arboribus Consanguinitatis et Affinitatis et Cognationis Spiritualis]. [Nuremberg: Friedrich Creussner, 1483]. 10 ff. Collation: [a10]. Full-page woodcut tables on Leaves [a4]v, [a8]r and [a10]v. Small folio (11-1/4" x 8"). Twentieth-century plain boards, calf spine with gilt-stamped title (a signed... More
Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance. 2019. 1 Volume
Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance. Reporter: Tom Baker, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Associate Reporter: Kyle D. Logue, University of Michigan Law School. American Law Institute, July 2019. 1 Volume. Hardcover. New. $266. * This Restatement covers the law of contracts in the liability insurance context, liability insurance coverage... More
Lynching and the Law.
An Influential Treatise on Lynching Chadbourn, James Harmon. Lynching and the Law. Originally published: Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1933. xivi, 221 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778295; ISBN-10: 1584778296. Hardcover cloth. New. $65. * This title was issued under the auspices of the... More
A Treatise on the Bankrupt Laws. First edition. London, 1811.
The State of English Bankruptcy Law in 1811 Whitmarsh, Francis [1777-1857]. A Treatise on the Bankrupt Laws. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. xi, 83, 330 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing to boards, rubbing to extremities with wear... More
Code General des Impots Directs et Taxes Assimilees...
Hemard's Illustrated French Tax Code Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code General des Impots Directs et Taxes Assimilees. Texte Inegral des Lois, Decrets, Decrets-Lois, Decret de Codification, Suivi d'un Formulaire Administratif. Paris: Editions Litteraires et Artistiques/Librairie "Le Triptyque", [1944]. x, 330, [1] pp. 183 illustrations, 62 of them in color. 8... More
Trattato Elementare di Medicina Legale Fondato Sopra una Diagnostica.
A Scarce Nineteenth-Century Italian Treatise on Medical Jurisprudence Perrone, Pietro. Trattato Elementare di Medicina Legale Fondato Sopra una Diagnostica e Logica Medico-Giudiziaria Secondo lo Spirito delle Leggi Romane e Vigenti. Corredao di una Raccolta di Rapporti Medico-Legali per Ogni Caso da Riunire la Parte Practica alla Teoretica; Opera Diretta a.... More
The Laws of the United States of America, In Three Volumes.
Complete First Folwell Edition with Swift's Index [United States]. [Congress]. [Folwell, Richard (1768?-1814), Printer]. [Swift, Zephaniah (1759-1823), Compiler of Index]. The Laws of the United States of America. Published by Authority. Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell, 1796-1797. Three volumes. [iv], [5]-494, [iv], [5]-576; [iv], [5]-477, [131] pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x.... More
Documents Relating to the Trial of a Female Slave Accused of Theft.
A Female Slave in New York City is Tried for Stealing Money from Her Master [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Slavery]. [New York]. [Documents Relating to the Trial of a Female Slave Accused of Theft]. [New York City, 1799]. Part-printed jury true bill, 13" x 8," dated October 1, 1799, content to recto... More
The Story of My Life, Signed Limited First Edition.
Signed Limited First Edition of Darrow's Story of My Life Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. The Story of My Life. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. viii, [iv], 465 pp. Color portrait frontispiece with tissue overlay. Seventeen plates (with 2- illustrations), text illustrations to pp. 283 and 429. Publisher's quarter cloth over... More
A Bibliography of the Law of British Colonies, Vol 7.
Maxwell, Leslie F. A Bibliography of the Law of British Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories, Being Volume Vol. VII of Sweet & Maxwell's Legal Bibliography. London: Sweet & Maxwell, Limited, 1949. iv, 109 pp. Ex-library, original cloth, moderate shelfwear, shelf location and bar code labels, library markings to binding, endleaves... More
A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations. 5 Vols
Maxwell, W .Harold. Maxwell, Leslie F. A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations, Volume 1: English Law to 1800, Including Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. London: Sweet & Maxwell Limited, 1955. xvi, 687 pp. [With] A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations... More
The Law Relating to Sunday.
Skottowe, Philip F. The Law Relating to Sunday. London: Butterworth & Co., 1936. xxix, 165 pp. Hardcover. Original cloth, chipping to spine ends, light wear to corners, library markings to binding, edges of text block, endleaves and title page. $25. * "The legislative provisions with regard to Sunday cinemas, and... More
Opuscula nonnulla R. Ludovici Bonifacii Canonici Regularis...
Restoring Discipline in the Augustinian Community of Grand Saint Bernard [Manuscript]. Boniface, Louis. [Hospice de Grand Saint Bernard]. Opuscula Nonnulla R. Ludovici Bonifacii Canonici Regularis Coadiutoris ad Salutiferam Regularis Disciplinae Restitutionem. Sparsim Adiunctis Postea Latis a Sacra Episcoporum & Regularium Congegatione Decretis 1718. [Grand-St.-Bernard, c.1718]. 304 ff. Quarto (9-1/2" x.... More
The Law of Contraband of War, With the Reported Cases to the ...
Pratt, Frederic Thomas. The Law of Contraband of War: With the Reported Cases to the Present Time, And a Selection of Unreported Cases from the Papers of the Late Right Hon. Sir George Lee, LL.D. Formerly Dean of the Arches, Etc. Etc. Together with the Foreign Enlistment Act and the..... More
International Guarantees of Minority Rights, Procedure of the ...
Stone, Julius [1907-1985]. International Guarantees of Minority Rights: Procedure of the Council of the League of Nations in Theory and Practice. London: Oxford University Press, 1932. xiii, 288 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, with moderate shelf wear, in a worn and moderately soiled dust jacket, owner signature to front free endpaper. $100. More
The Trial of Jeannie Donald.
[Trial]. Donald, Jeannie, Defendant. Wilson, John G., Editor. The Trial of Jeannie Donald. London: William Hodge and Company, Limited, [1953]. 305 pp.Frontispiece. Plates. Original cloth hardcover, some shelfwear, fading to spine, library markings to binding, edges of text block, endleaves and title page. $20. * First edition. A title in... More
Catalogue of Treaties, 1814-1918.
[United States]. Catalogue of Treaties, 1814-1918. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919. Reprint. Buffalo: Dennis & Co., Inc., 1965. xxv, 716 pp. Original cloth hardcover, light shelfwear, library markings to binding, edges of text block, endleaves and title page. $20. More
Justice Holmes: The Measure of His Thought.
Murray, Anthony and Edwin G. Quattlebaum III. Justice Holmes: The Measure of His Thought. xi, 196 pp., 38 b&w illustrations. Clark, NJ: Talbot Publishing (an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.), 2017. ISBN-13: 978-1-61619-388-1. ISBN-10: 1-61619-388-3. Hardcover. Bar code label on rear cover. Else fine. $35. * Written in a...... More