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Ane Epitome or Abridgement off the Most Substantiall Thinges...
Manuscript Epitome of Sir Thomas Craig's Jus Feudale [Manuscript]. [Craig, Sir Thomas (c.1548-1608)]. Ane Epitome or Abridgement off the Most Substantiall Thinges Conteined in the Books off that Famous and Learned Jurisconsult Mr. Thomas Craiges off Riccartown, Advocat before the Lords of Counsell and Session, Treating upon the Feudal Law..... More
Essai Sur les Institutions, Lois et Coutumes de l'Ile de Guernesey.
Rare Manuscript Treatise on the Laws of Guernsey [Manuscript]. [Guernsey]. [Carey, Laurent (1723-1769)]. [Renouf, Thomas W., Transcriber]. [Loix, Coutumes et Usages de Cette Ile]. [Guernsey, c.1846]. 399, [8] pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, blind tooling..... More
Legal Handbook, Great Britain, c 1750.
Manuscript Reference Dealing with Assumpsit and Family Law [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. [Legal Handbook]. [Great Britain, c.1750]. 400 pp., 357 pp. with content. Octavo (7" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary calf, gilt rules to boards, extra-gilt spine with raised bands, blind tooling to board edges, speckled edges. A few scuffs, nicks and spots..... More
Manuscript Commonplace Book of a Justice of the Peace.
A Justice's Commonplace Book Enriched with Newspaper Clippings [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. Manuscript Commonplace Book of a Justice of the Peace [Spine Title]. [England?, c.1842-1858]. [i], 188, [7] ff. With a 4 ff. index. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, contemporary hand-lettered paper label, reading "Law," to..... More
A Genuine and Impartial Account of the Life of Miss Mary Blandy...
The "Love Philtre" was Arsenic [Blandy, Mary (1720-1752)]. A Clergyman [Possibly William Stockwood]. A Letter from a Clergyman to Miss Mary Blandy, Now a Prisoner in Oxford Castle; With Her Answer Thereto. As also Miss Blandy's Own Narrative of the Crime for Which she is Condemned to Die. The Original..... More
An Authentic and Particular Account of the Life of Francis Burdett...
A Rare Unrecorded Variant of McDade 740 Personel, Francis Burdett [1747-1773]. An Authentic and Particular Account of the Life of Francis Burdett Personel, Written by Himself. Who was Executed at New-York, September 10th, 1773; In the Twenty-Sixth Year of His Age, For the Murder of Mr. Robert White. New-York, Printed..... More
Concilium Mexicanum Provinciale III Celebratum Mexici Anno MDLXXXV...
A Landmark in the Colonial History of the Western Hemisphere Moya de Contreras, Pedro [c.1530-1591]. Concilium Mexicanum Provinciale III. Celebratum Mexici Anno MDLXXXV. Praeside D.D. Petro Moya, Et Contreras Archiepiscopo Ejusdem Urbis. Confirmatum Romae die XXVII. Octobris Anno MDLXXXIX. Postea Jussu Regio Editum Mexici Anno MDCXXII. Sumptibus D.D. Joannis Perez..... More
Kaminstein Legislative History Project: A Compendium... 6 Vols.
Latman, Alan, and James F. Lightstone, Editors. The Kaminstein Legislative History Project: A Compendium and Analytical Index of Materials Leading to the Copyright Act of 1976. Littleton, Colo.: Published for the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. and New York University School of Law by Fred B. Rothman & Co., 1981-1985..... More
Legislative History of the 1909 Copyright Act. 6 Vols.
Brylawski, E. Fulton, and Abe Goldman. Legislative History of the 1909 Copyright Act. South Hackensack, NJ: Fred B. Rothman, 1976. 6 volumes. Hardcover. Ex-library with location labels at foot of spines, property stamps on page edges, and small bar code label on rear inside cover, else very good. $150. *..... More
Proceedings of International Conference. 6 vols.
American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes. Proceedings of International Conference [1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916]. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1910-1916. ISBN 157588786x. Reprint. Buffalo: W.S. Hein, 2003. 6 volumes. Hardcover. Ex-library with location labels at foot of spines, property stamps on page edges, and small bar code..... More
President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine
President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Buffalo, N.Y.: W.S. Hein, 1998. 6 volumes. Hardcover. Ex-library, with location labels at foot of spines, prpperty stamps on page edges, and small barcode label on rear inside cover, else very good. $150. * Contents..... More
Historical Statistics of the United States. Earliest Times to Present
Historical Statistics of the United States. Earliest Times to Present. Millennial Edition. Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch, Gavin Wright (editors). Cambridge University Press, 2006. 5 volumes. Hardcover. Ex-library with shelf location labels at foot of spines, property stamps on page edges..... More
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Second Edition. 8 Vols.
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Second edition. Steven N. Durlauf (Editor), Lawrence E. Blume (Editor). New York: Palgrave Macmilan, 2008. 8 volumes, hardcover. Ex-library with shelf location labels at foot of spines, property stamps on page edges, and small bar code label on rear inside covers, else very good..... More
The Law and the Doctor, A Compilation of the Fundamental Legal...
Legal Advice for for Busy Doctors Arlington Chemical Company. The Law and the Doctor: A Compilation of the Fundamental Legal Principles Governing the Relation of the Physician to His Patients and the Community at Large. Volume I: The Physician's Civil Liability for Malpractice. Yonkers, NY: The Arlington Chemical Company, [1903]..... More
Sampson Against the Philistines, Or the Reformation of Lawsuits...
"Justice Made Cheap, Speedy, And Brought to Every Man's Door" [C] [Higgins, Jesse (b. 1763), Attributed]. Sampson Against the Philistines, Or the Reformation of Lawsuits; And Justice Made Cheap, Speedy, And Brought Home to Every Man's Door: Agreeable to the Principles of the Ancient Trial by Jury, Before the Same..... More
Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard, Paris, c1940.
Handsomely Bound Copy of Hemard's Code Penal 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 color wrappers, untrimmed edges. Negligible light soiling, minor wear to..... More
Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes, Titres V Du Mariage, VI....
A Witty (And Very French) View of Family Law Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes: Titres V. Du Mariage. VI. Du Divorce. VII. De la Paternite. VIII. De l'Adoption. IX. De la Puissance Paternelle. X. De la Minorite. XI. De la Majorite. Paris: Rene Kieffer, [1925]..... More
The Lord High Steward of England; Or An Historical Dissertation...
The First History of the Office of Lord High Steward [Russell, Sambrook Nicholas]. The Lord High Steward of England; Or An Historical Dissertation on the Origin, Antiquity, And Functions of That Officer: Shewing the Difference Between Him and the King's Chief Justiciar, And the Steward of the King's Houshold, And..... More
The Compleat Lawyer, Or a Treatise Concerning Tenures and Estates...
Handsome Copy of Noy's Scarce Handbook on Real Property and Conveyancing Noy, William [1577-1634]. The Compleat Lawyer, Or a Treatise Concerning Tenures and Estates in Lands of Inheritance for Life, And for Yeares: Of Chattels Reall and Personall, And How Any of Them May be Conveyed in a Legall Forme..... More
The Papers of John Marshall. 12 Vols. 1974-2006. Complete set.
Marshall, John, 1755-1835. Johnson, Herbert Alan. Cullen, Charles T. 1940- Hobson, Charles F. The Papers of John Marshall. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1974-2006. 12 volumes. Complete set. Illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover. Ex-library, with shelf location labels at foot of spines, property stamps on page edges..... More
Les Tenures de Monsieur Littleton: Ouesque Certaine Cases Addes per...
Pocket-Sized Edition of Littleton's Tenures Littleton, Sir Thomas [1402-1481]. Les Tenures de Monsieur Littleton: Ouesque Certeine Cases Addes per Auters de Puisne Temps, Queux Cases vous Troveres Signes Ouesque; Cest Signe * Al Commencement, & Al Fine de Chescun de Eux: Au Fine Que ne Poies eux Misprender pur les..... More
Collection of Nine Items Relating to Brandeis, Civil Rights and...
Collection of Related Autograph Letters Concerning Brandeis, Henry Ford's Anti-Semitism and Civil Rights [Manuscript Archive]. [Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)]. [Hapgood, Norman (1868-1937)]. [Anderson, George W. (1861-1938)]. [Pound, Roscoe (1870-1964)]. [Collection of Nine Items Relating to Brandeis, Civil Rights and Other Subjects, 1920-1934]. Single and multi-page autograph and typewritten letters and..... More
An Exact Abridgment in English, Of the Eleven Books of Reports of the.
First Edition of a Notable Abridgment of Coke's Reports [C] Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. Ireland, Sir Thomas, Editor. An Exact Abridgment in English, Of the Eleven Books of Reports of the Learned Sir Edward Coke, Knight, Late Lord Chiefe Justice of England, and of the Councel of Estate to His..... More
Trial of Marshall and Ross for Barn-Burning: A Brief Exposure of a...
A Case of Arson in Gloucester, Massachusetts [Trial]. Looker-on in Vienna. Trial of Marshall and Ross for Barn-Burning: A Brief Exposure of a Systematic Attempt to Mislead the Public Mind, And Create a False Sympathy in Behalf of Convicted Incendiaries. [Gloucester, MA: S.n.], 1859. 20 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2")..... More
An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers, &C...
Fielding's Proposals to Reduce Crime Fielding, Henry [1707-1754]. An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers, &C. With Some Proposals For Remedying This Growing Evil. In Which The Present Reigning Vices Are Impartially Exposed; And The Laws That Relate To The Provision For The Poor, And To..... More