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Scenes and Sketches in Legal Life.
Spink, William. Scenes and Sketches in Legal Life. London: W.P. Nimmo, 1876. iv, 355 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. Pencil inscription to title page, otherwise clean. $50. * Contents: The last spuilzie at Battleknowe.; The last claimants of the R peerage.; The founders of Adullam.; The heir of Tailzie.; Late seniors..... More
Rex v. Charles Clement Abbott: in the High Court of Justice, King's...
Abbott, C. C., Defendant. Rex v. Charles Clement Abbott: in the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, Manchester Winter Assizes, Wednesday, March 29th, 1933: Transcript of Shorthand Note. Great Britain: High Court of Justice; King's Bench Division, 1933. 185 pp. Hardcover. Worn. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and..... More
An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Brattleboro, VT, 1813.
Attractive Brattleboro Imprint of Jones on Bailments Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. Balmanno, John, Introduction, Notes. An Essay on the Law of Bailments. With Introductory Remarks, and Notes, Comprising the Most Modern Authorities. Brattleboro, VT: Printed by William Fessenden, 1813. [12], 144, xxi pp. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, lettering..... More
An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Boston, 1796.
The First American Edition of Jones on Bailments Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Boston: From the Press of Samuel Etheridge, For John West, 1796. 178, [1] pp. 12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to board edges, lettering piece and blind fillets to..... More
The Constitution; Together with the Session Laws of Oregon, 1860.
First Post-Statehood Printing of Oregon's Constitution [Oregon]. The Constitution; Together with the Session Laws of Oregon, Enacted During the First Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon, Begun, Sept. 10, 1860. Salem, OR: Asahel Bush, State Printer, 1860. 111, [1], 9, [1], 5, [1], 6, [2] pp. Octavo (8-1/2"..... More
The Young Clerk's Magazine, Or, English Law-Repository, Containing...
An Early American Formbook, Philadelphia 1792 [Formbook]. The Young Clerk's Magazine: Or, English Law-Repository: Containing a Variety of the Most Useful Precedents of Articles of Agreement, Bonds, Bills, Recognizances, Releases, Letters and Warrants of Attorney, Awards, Bills of Sale, Gifts, Grants, Leases, Assignments, Mortgages, Surrenders, Jointures, Covenants, Copartnerships, Charterparties, Letters..... More
Digest of the Militia Laws of Massachusetts [with] Supplements 1 & 3.
Militia Laws of Massachusetts, 1851-1854 [Massachusetts]. Stone, Ebenezer W., Compiler. Digest of the Militia Laws of Massachusetts, And Extracts Relating to the Militia from the United States and State Constitutions and the Laws of the United States. Compiled and Published for the Use of the Militia, In Conformity to a...... More
The Conductor Generalis: Or the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices
"Revised and Adapted to the United States of America" Parker, James [1714-1770]. The Conductor Generalis: Or, the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, Jury-Men, and Overseers of the Poor. As Also the Office of Clerks of Assize, And of the Peace, &c..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes.
First American Edition of a Notable Treatise on the Law of Negotiable Paper Kyd, Stewart [d.1811]. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. With Considerable Additions. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, For S. Hall [et al.], 1798. xii, 288 pp. 12mo. (7" x 4")..... More
The True Story of the Hart-Meservey Murder Trial in Which Light...
Dunton, Alvin. [Hart, Nathan F., Defendant]. The True Story of the Hart-Meservey Murder Trial: in Which Light is Thrown Upon Dark Deeds, Incompetency and Perfidy; And Crime Fastened Upon Those Whose Position, If Not Manhood, Should Have Commanded Honest Dealing. Boston: By the Author, 1882. 309 pp. Two portrait frontispieces..... More
An Appeal to the Public, Especially to the Learned, With Respect to...
A 1788 Attack on Connecticut Divorce Law Trumbull, Benjamin [1735-1820]. An Appeal to the Public, Especially to the Learned, With Respect to the Unlawfulness of Divorces, in All Cases, Excepting Those of Incontinency. The Substance of the Argument Was Pleaded Before the Consociation of the County of New-Haven, December 9th..... More
The Trial of Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, Richard M'Neil, James...
Labor Activism in Glasgow Cotton Mills [Trials]. Hunter, Thomas, Primary Defendant. The Trial of Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, Richard M'Neil, James Gibb, And William M'Lean, The Glasgow Cotton-Spinners, Before the High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, On Charges of Murder, Hiring to Commit Assassinations-And Committing, And Hiring to Commit, Violence..... More
The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder Held at the Central...
Bartlett, Adelaide, Defendant. Beal, Edward, Editor. Clarke, Edward, Preface. The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder. Held at the Central Criminal Court, Monday April 12 to Saturday, April 17th, 1886. London: Stevens and Haynes, 1886. x, 313 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 6"). Original cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some shelfwear..... More
The Years of my Pilgrimage: Random Reminiscences.
Ross, John. The Years of my Pilgrimage: Random Reminiscences. London: E. Arnold & Co., 1924. viii, 304 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Some foxing to text block, otherwise internally clean. $20. More
Arrest: The Decision to Take a Suspect into Custody.
LaFave, Wayne R. Arrest: The Decision to Take a Suspect into Custody. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1965. xxxiv, 540 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $20. More
Year Books of Richard II: 2 Richard II, 1378-1379.
Ames Foundation Edition Arnold, Morris S., Editor. Richard II, King of England (1367-c.1400). Year Books of Richard II: 2 Richard II, 1378-1379. [Cambridge, MA]: The Ames Foundation, 1975. xl, 124, 151 pp. English and Law French. Hardcover original cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. $50. * Ames Foundation Year Book Series..... More
Proceedings Before the Justices of the Peace in the Fourteenth and...
Putnam, Bertha Haven. Proceedings Before the Justices of the Peace in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., Ltd., 1938. clxi, 590 pp. Hardcover cloth. Very good. $125. * Ames Foundation Publications Series, Book 5. More
Year Books of Richard II: 13 Richard II, 1389-1390.
Issued by the Ames Foundation Plucknett, Theodore F.T., Editor. Richard II, King of England (1367-1400). Year Books of Richard II: 13 Richard II, 1389-1390. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., Ltd. [for the Ames Foundation], 1929. xlix, 166, 205 pp. English and Law French. Original cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. $25..... More
Table Talk of John Selden: Newly Edited for the Selden Society.
Selden, John. Milward, Ri. Pollock, Frederick, Editor. Fry, Edward, Biography. Table Talk of John Selden: Newly Edited for the Selden Society. London: Quaritch, 1927. xxv, 200 pp. Hardcover. A few minor smudges, spine ends and corners bumped, some foxing, otherwise good. $20. More
Gloucestershire Studies.
Finberg, H.P.R., Editor. Gloucestershire Studies. Leicester, [UK]: University Press, 1957. xiii, 304 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket with price clip. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise good. $20. More
Le Droit du Seigneur au Moyen-Age: Etude Critique et Historique.
The Infamous Droit du Seigneur Foras, Amedee de [1830-1899]. Le Droit du Seigneur au Moyen-Age: Etude Critique et Historique. Chambery: Andre Perrin, 1886. xix, 281, [1] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Stiff printed wrappers bound in later three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, blind fillets and gilt title and..... More
The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the...
Lew-Williams, Beth. The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America. Cambridge, [Mass.]: Harvard University Press, 2018. 349 pp. Hardcover in near-fine, lightly soiled dust jacket. $25. * Contents: Introduction: The violence of exclusion; Part I. Restriction. The Chinese question; Experiments in restriction; Part II..... More
Law Books in Action: Essays on the Anglo-American Legal Treatise.
Fernandez, Angela. Dubber, Markus D. Law Books in Action: Essays on the Anglo-American Legal Treatise. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2012. ix, 252 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $95. * Contents: Introduction: putting the legal treatise in its place, Angela Fernandez and Markus D. Dubber; Historicising Blackstone's Commentaries on..... More
Monastic Tithes: from their Origins to the Twelfth Century.
Constable, Giles. Monastic Tithes: from their Origins to the Twelfth Century. Cambridge, [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press, 1964. xxi, 346 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. Previous owner's signature and inscription to front pastedown and front free endpaper, otherwise good. $35. * Contents: Tithes in the early Middle Ages; The..... More
An Introduction to the History of the Land Law.
Simpson, A.W.B. An Introduction to the History of the Land Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964. xx, 276 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear and soiling, light foxing to edges of text block. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, else clean. $20. More