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The Paradoxes of Legal Science. Second Printing, in dust jacket.
One of Cardozo's Most Important Books Cardozo, Benjamin [1870-1938]. The Paradoxes of Legal Science. New York: Columbia University Press, [1930]. v, 142, [1] pp. Publisher's maroon cloth, very good, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket, light toning to interior. $200. * First edition, second printing. One of Cardozo's most important books..... More
The Paradoxes of Legal Science. First Edition, 1928.
First Edition of One of Cardozo's Most Important Books Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. The Paradoxes of Legal Science. New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. v, 142, [1] pp. Cloth in somewhat edgeworn dust jacket with chipping at spine ends and corners, light toning to interior, ink inscription "RWS Nov 14..... More
The Federal Government, Its True Nature and Character, Being a Review
A Refutation of Story's Commentaries on the Constitution Upshur, Abel Parker [1791-1844]. A Brief Enquiry into the True Nature and Character of the Federal Government: Being a Review of Judge Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. Philadelphia: John Campbell, Publisher, 1863. [ii], iv, 132 pp. Star-paged. Octavo..... More
Scrapbook Compiled by FBI Agent and Lawyer Ralph M Whitticar, 1941...
Scrapbook Compiled by a Lawyer Who Served as F.B.I. Agent in the Early 1940s [Scrapbook]. [Whitticar, Ralph M.]. [Scrapbook Compiled by FBI Agent and Lawyer Ralph M Whitticar]. Richmond and Fredericksburg, VA, 1941-1947, 1982-1983. [100] pp. Folio (14-1/2" x 11-1/2"). Padded imitation calf with ties, large hearth scene stamped to..... More
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Office Scraps II [Spine Title], Providence, RI, 1883-1902.
Compiled by an Eminent Rhode Island Lawyer and Man of Letters [Scrapbook]. [Green, Arnold (1838-1903)]. Office Scraps II. [Spine Title]. Providence, RI, October 23, 1883-January 29, 1902. 154 pp. Folio (14" x 10"). Three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, gilt title and fillets to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing..... More
Life, Trial and Conviction of Edward Stokes, For the Assassination...
A Love Triangle, Allegations of Financial Misconduct and Murder [Trial]. Stokes, Edward [1841-1901], Defendant. Life, Trial and Conviction of Edward Stokes, For the Assassination of Jas. Fisk, Jr. To Which is Added, The Life and Eventful Career of Josephine Mansfield. The Interesting Trial. Many Secrets Now for the First Time..... More
Shall We Suffocate Ed Green?
The First Person to Rob an American Bank. Not in McDade. [Trial]. Green, Edward W. [d.1866], Defendant. A Citizen of Malden. Shall We Suffocate Ed. Green?. Boston: James Redpath, 1864. 61, [3] pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling, staining and edgewear to wrappers and..... More
Report of the Trial of William F Comings, On an Indictment for the...
He Tried to Make the Murder Look Like a Suicide [Trial]. Comings, William F., Defendant. Report of the Trial of William F. Comings: On an Indictment for the Murder of His Wife, Mrs. Adeline T. Comings. At the September Term of the Court of Common Pleas Holden at Haverhill, In..... More
The Illustrated Police News, Law-Courts and Weekly Record. 1869.
The Underbelly of the Gilded Age [Crime]. [Vice]. [United States]. The Illustrated Police News, Law-Courts and Weekly Record, For the Week Ending September 16, 1869. Vol. 7. No. 151. 8 pp. [Boston, MA]: Police News Pub. House, 1869. Engraved woodcut illustrations. 20-1/2" x 14-1/2." Moderate toning, edgewear and creases, a...... More
Consultations Medico-Legales sur une Accusation D'Empoisonnement...
The Detection of Muriate of Mercury Poisoning [Chaussier, Francois (1746-1828)]. Consultations Medico-Legales sur une Accusation d'Empoisonnement par le Sublime Corrosif, Ou Muriate de Mercure Suroxyde; Suivie d'une Notice sur les Moyens de Reconnaitre et de Constater l'Existence de ce Poison. Paris: Imprimerie de Didot Jeune, 1811. xvii, 167 pp. Lacking..... More
The Richardson-McFarland Tragedy. Containing All the Letters and...
"A Rascal and a Drunkard": McDade 653 [Murder]. [McFarland, Daniel]. [Richardson, Albert D.]. The Richardson-McFarland Tragedy. Containing All the Letters and Other Interesting Facts and Documents Not Before Published, Being a Full and Impartial History of this Most Extraordinary Case. Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., 1870. 111 pp. Text in parallel..... More
Life, Adventures, Strange Career and Assassination of Col James Fisk..
Jealousy, Fraud Accusations and Murder: McDade 919 [Murder]. [Stokes, Edward S. (1841-1901)]. [Fisk, James, Jr. (1835-1872)]. Life, Adventures, Strange Career, And Assassination of Col. James Fisk, Jr. The Fisk-Stokes Tragedy. All about Miss Mansfield. Those Rich, Rare, And Racy Letters and Many Oddities Now for the First Time Made Public..... More
The Danger of Despising the Divine Counsel Exhibited in a Discourse...
An 1802 Massachusetts Sermon Criticizing Public Executions Thacher, Thomas [1756-1812]. The Danger of Despising the Divine Counsel: Exhibited in a Discourse, Delivered at Dedham, Third Precinct, September 13, 1801, The Lord's Day After the Execution of Jason Fairbanks. Dedham, [Mass.]: Printed and Sold, By Herman Mann, 1802. 29 pp. Octavo..... More
The Authentic Life of Mrs Mary Ann Bickford, Who Was Murdered in...
The First Use of Sleepwalking as a Defense in a Murder Trial [Murder]. [Bickford, James, Compiler]. The Authentic Life of Mrs. Mary Ann Bickford, Who Was Murdered in the City of Boston, On the 27th of October, 1845. Comprising a Large Number of the Original Letters and Correspondence Never Before..... More
Little Lydia, A Pathetic Ballad, Founded on Fact. Dover, England 1832.
"Where Are the Hands with Murder Stain'd Whose Guilt is Unreveal'd?" Kent, Alfred. Little Lydia; A Pathetic Ballad, Founded on Fact. Dover: Printed for the Author, By T. Rigden, 1832. 36 pp. 12mo. (5-3/4" x 3-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into slightly later crimson pebbled cloth, gilt title to spine. Light..... More
$15,900.00 Reward!, Read This Story of a Terrible Crime, Train Hold...
"It May Mean $15,900 in Gold to You" [Train Robbery]. United States Post Office. $15,900.00 Reward in Gold, Read This Story of a Terrible Crime. Train Hold-Up and Murder of Three Trainmen and a Mail Clerk in the Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon. [Chicago, 1923]. 9, [1] pp. Photo illustrations 7"..... More
The Maybrick Case, English Criminal Law. London and New York, 1892.
A Contemporary Opinion on a Sensational 1889 Murder by a Female Physician Densmore, Helen. [Maybrick Murder Case]. The Maybrick Case: English Criminal Law. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.; New York: Stillman & Co., [1892]. 148 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Stiff textured wrappers, gilt title to front. Some rubbing to..... More
Fee Bill of the Merrimack County Bar, 13-1/2" x 10-1/2" broadside.
List of Lawyer's Fees, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, 1864 [Broadside]. Merrimack County Bar. Fee Bill of the Merrimack County Bar. Concord, NH: October 4, 1864. 13-1/2" x 10-1/2" broadside. Text printed within woodcut border. Light toning, a few small spots near lower right-hand corner. A well-preserved copy. $650. * This..... More
Request for Membership Dues for the Association of Banks for the...
A Group of New England Banks Unite to Suppress Counterfeiting [Counterfeiting]. [Request for Membership Dues for the Association of Banks for the Suppression of Counterfeiting]. Boston, February 17, 1858. Single sheet folded once to form 8-1/2" x 5" bifolium, text to recto of first leaf, post mark and manuscript address..... More
A Report of the Judgment Delivered in the Supreme Consistorial...
Divorce and the Conflict of Laws [Trial]. Gordon, Mary Margaret Pye, Alleyne H. A Report of the Judgment Delivered in the Supreme Consistorial Court of Scotland, By the Honourable the Judges of that Court, In the Divorce Cause of Mrs. Mary Margaret Gordon, Or Pye, The Wife, Against Lieut. Col..... More
Scenes from the Lives of Robson and Redpath. London, 1857.
Illustrated Account of Two English White-Collar Criminals Who Were Transported to Australia J.B. Redpath, Leopold [1816-1891]. Robson, William James [1820?-1884]. Scenes from the Lives of Robson and Redpath. London: W.M. Clark, [1857]. 112 pp. Woodcut illustrations. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into near-contemporary quarter morocco over cloth, gilt..... More
The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: Or, The Lawes Provision for...
The Earliest Work in English Devoted to Laws Relating to Women E[dgar], T[homas] [fl. 1615-1649], Attributed Editor. The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: Or, The Lawes Provision for Woemen. A Methodicall Collection of Such Statutes and Customes, With the Cases, Opinions, Arguments and Points of Learning in the Law, As..... More
Le Digest des Briefes Originals, Et des Choses Concernants Eux...
Important Early Work on Writs Thoroughly Annotated by an Early Owner Theloall, Simon. Le Digest des Briefes Originals, Et des Choses Concernants Eux. London: In Aedibus Richardi Tottelli, 1579. [viii], 424 ff. Octavo (5-3/4" x 3-3/4"). Seventeenth-century calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands to spine, boards reattached. Moderate rubbing..... More
Woodcut Caricature of Evarts, c 1872.
Impressive Caricature of One of the Great American Lawyer-Statesmen of the Nineteenth Century [Evarts, William M. (1818-1901)]. [Caricature of Evarts]. N.p., S.n., c.1872. 14-1/4" x 11-1/4" engraved woodcut caricature of Evarts by "Wiist" mounted on 21" x 17" board, clipped autograph signature of Evarts mounted below image. Moderate toning, light..... More
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court...
First Edition of Black's Supreme Court Reports [Supreme Court, United States]. Black, J[eremiah] S[ullivan] [1810-1883]. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the United States, At December Term, 1861 [-1862]. Washington, DC: W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1862-1863. Two volumes. Complete set. Octavo (9" x 6"). Later..... More