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History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States...
Bancroft, George. History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America. Second Edition. Originally published: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1882. 2 Vols. xxiv, 520; xiv, 501 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770022. ISBN-10: 1584770023. Hardcover cloth. New. $95. * Traces..... More
The Laws of War on Land (Written and Unwritten).
A Code of Land Warfare Holland, Thomas Erskine. The Laws of War on Land (Written and Unwritten). Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908. viii, 150 pp. Reprinted 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776598; ISBN-10: 1584776595. Hardcover cloth. New. $22.95 * Holland [1835-1926] analyzed the proceedings of the international..... More
Three Cases Concerning Soldiers, One Concerning a Cattle Thief, 1737.
Four Interesting English Cases Tried in 1737, Three Concerning Soldiers, One a Cattle Thief [Trials]. [Great Britain]. [Three Cases Concerning Soldiers, One Concerning a Cattle Thief]. London: Printed by John Baskett, 1737. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-3/4"). Five pamphlets, two relating to the same trial, bound into nineteenth-century three-quarter calf over..... More
The Whole Life and Trial at Large Notorious Highwayman Richard Turpin
Unrecorded Imprint With an Added Hand-Colored Portrait of the Criminal [Trial]. Turpin, Richard [c.1705-1739], Defendant. Kyll, Thomas, Reporter. The Whole Life and Trial at Large of the Notorious Highwayman Richard Turpin, At York Assizes, On the 22d Day of March, 1739, Before the Hon. Sir William Chapple, Knt. Judge of..... More
Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case, 1887.
An Interesting Case Concerning Libel and Extraterritoriality [Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)]. Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. 130 pp. Quarto (10" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards, faint dampstaining..... More
Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case, 1887.
An Interesting Case Concerning Libel and Extraterritoriality [Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)]. Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. 130 pp. Quarto (10" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards and extremities..... More
Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case, 1887.
An Interesting Case Concerning Libel and Extraterritoriality [Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)]. Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. 130 pp. Quarto (10-3/4" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine, marbled edges and endpapers, ribbon marker..... More
Report of Extradition, With Returns of All Cases from August 9, 1842..
Inscribed by Moore Moore, John Bassett [1860-1947]. Report of Extradition, With Returns of All Cases from August 9, 1842, To January 1, 1890, And an Index. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1890. 239 pp. Small folio (11-1/4" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over pebbled cloth, raised bands and gilt title..... More
Charter of the City of Buffalo, With the Several Amendments, To Which.
Buffalo, New York, in 1839 [Buffalo, New York]. Charter of the City of Buffalo: With the Several Amendments: To Which are Added the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Buffalo. Revised, Jan. 1839. Published by Order of the Common Council. Buffalo: Press of Thomas & Co., 1839. 93, 112..... More
Law is a Bottomless Pit, Or, The History of John Bull, Published...
A Classic Satire of Eighteenth-Century English Lawyers and Politicians [Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)]. [Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)]. Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Exemplify'd in the Case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, And Lewis Baboon. Who Spent All They Had in a Law-Suit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet..... More
The Pleader's Assistant, Containing a Select Collection of Precedents.
1795 Pleader by "A Gentleman Of Considerable Knowledge and Experience [Pleading]. [Great Britain]. The Pleader's Assistant; Containing a Select Collection of Precedents of Modern Pleadings, in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, &c. Viz. Declarations, Avowries, Pleas, Replications, Rejoinders, Demurrers, &c. In a Variety of Actions: Including the..... More
Examen Juris Feudalis, Ex Novissimis Ejus Interpretibus in Gratiam...
A Notable Study of German Feudal and Customary Law Stryk, Samuel [1640-1710]. Examen Juris Feudalis, Ex Novissimis Ejus Interpretibus in Gratiam Auditorum Collectum, Ac Methodo Institutionum Dispositum. Accessit Appendix Solennium, Quibus Hodie Apud Imp. Principes Investiuntur, Subjuncta Taxa Dignitatum in Imperio & Vasallagiis. Editio IX. Multo Auctior. Cum Privilegiis Special..... More
The Constitution of England, Or an Account of the English Government.
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 with the Republican Form of Government, And Occasionally with the Other Monarchies in Europe. A New Edition. London: Sold by G. Kearsley and..... More
Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Court of Common Pleas
Perhaps the Most Authoritative Reports from the Reign of George III Willes, Sir John [1685-1761]. Durnford, Charles, Editor. Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Court of Common Pleas. During the Time Lord Chief Justice Willes Presided in that Court; Together with Some Few Cases of the Same Period Determined in..... More
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court and Supreme Court of
With Two Important Essays About the Common Law in America Root, Jesse [1736-1822]. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors, From July A.D. 1789 to June A.D. 1793; With a Variety of Cases Anterior to That Period, Prefaced with Observations Upon the Government and..... More
The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer, 4th ed, London, 1757.
Early Edition of Burn's Justice Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1757. Three volumes. xxiv, 520; 432; 512 pp. Complete set. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, raised bands and black-stamped volume..... More
The Reports Of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt, Late One of the Justices of. ..
First Edition of Ventris's Reports Ventris, Sir Peyton [1645-1691]. The Reports of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt. Late One of the Justices of the Common-Pleas. In Two Parts. The First Part Containing Select Cases Adjudged in the Kings-Bench, In the Reign of K. Charles II. With Three Learned Arguments, One in..... More
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench...
"Very Much Esteemed by the Profession" Andrews, George. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, In the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of King George the Second. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1754. [x], 397, [37] pp. Lacking initial advertisement leaf. Folio (12-1/4"..... More
Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard
Illustrated Throughout with Witty Color Images Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961]. Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard. Paris: Editions Litteraires de France, [c. 1940?]. 169 pp. Numerous pochoir color text illustrations throughout. Quarto (8-3/4" x 7"). Original publisher stiff printed wrappers, untrimmed edges. Light soiling, minor dampstaining and a few small..... More
Provinciale, (Seu Constitutiones Angliae,) Continens Constitutiones...
The Main Authority for Early English Canon Law Lyndwood, William [1375?-1446]. [Acton, John (d.1350), Commentaries]. Provinciale, (Seu Constitutiones Angliae,) Continens Constitutiones Provinciales Quatuordecim Archiepiscoporum Cantuariensium, Viz. a Stephano Langtono ad Henricum Chichleium; Cum Summariis Atque Eruditis Annotationibus, Summa Accuratione Denuo Revisum Atque Impressum. Auctore Gulielmo Lyndwood, J.U.D. Officiali Curiae Cantuariae..... More
Memoire Concernant la Taxe Imposee en 1727 par le Senat de Savoye...
With Interesting Commentary About Law and Society [Manuscript]. [Savoy, France]. Memoire Concernant la Taxe Imposee en 1727 par le Senat de Savoye sur le Clerge du Pais pour la Garde de les Frontieres Contre la Peste. [France: 18th Century]. 28 pp. Folio (8-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary quarter vellum over marbled..... More
The Reports Of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt, Late One of the Justices of...
Final Edition of Ventris's Reports Ventris, Sir Peyton [1645-1691]. The Reports of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt. Late One of the Justices of the Common-Pleas. In Two Parts. The First Part Containing Select Cases Adjudged in the King's Bench, In the Reign of K. Charles II. With Three Learned Arguments, One..... More
The Comic Blackstone, London, 1887, 10 Color Plates.
The Most Lavish Edition of The Comic Blackstone A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. A'Beckett, Arthur William [1844-1909], Editor. Furniss, Harry [1854-1925], Illustrator. The Comic Blackstone. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. xxviii, 324 pp. Complete set of parts, as issued. Ten color lithographed plates (one a frontispiece), numerous engravings. Octavo (8-1/2"..... More
Reports of Cases in Equity, Argued and Decreed in the Courts of...
Gilbert's Cases in Equity [Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey (1674-1726)]. Reports of Cases in Equity, Argued and Decreed in the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer, Chiefly in the Reign of King George I. By a Late Learned Judge. To Which are Added Some Select Cases in Equity, Heard and Determined in the..... More
Journal of Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of Delegates...
Record of the Important Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820-1821 [Massachusetts]. [Constitution]. Journal of Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of Delegates, Chosen to Revise the Constitution of Massachusetts, Begun and Holden at Boston, November 15, 1820, And Continued by Adjournment to January 9, 1821. Reported for the Boston Daily Advertiser..... More