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The Eighteenth-Century Commonwealthman: Studies in the Transmission...
Robbins, Caroline. The Eighteenth-Century Commonwealthman: Studies in the Transmission, Development and Circumstance of English Liberal Thought from the Restoration of Charles II until the War with the Thirteen Colonies. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1959. viii, 462 pp. Publisher's hardcover, very good in a lightly soiled and edgeworn dust jacket. Light..... More
The Smuggling War: The Government's Fight Against Smuggling in the...
Morley, Geoffrey. The Smuggling War: The Government's Fight Against Smuggling in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Stroud, Gloucestershire, 1994. ix, 170 pp., illustrations, map. Original blue cloth, as new in a near-fine dust jacket. $10. More
Moll Flanders: An Analysis of an Eighteenth Century Criminal Biography
Durston, Gregory. Moll Flanders: An Analysis of an Eighteenth Century Criminal Biography. Chichester: Barry Rose, 1997. vii, 304 pp. Original cloth, as new in a near-fine dust jacket. $10. More
History of the Supreme Court: The Taney Period 1836-64. Volume V.
Swisher, Carl B. History of the Supreme Court of the United States. Volume V: The Taney Period 1836-64. New York: The Macmillan Company, [1974]. xvii, 1041 pp. Illustrated. Original gilt stamped cloth, top edge gilt. Moderate shelf wear, internally clean. $45. * First edition, first printing. Volume V of The..... More
History of the Supreme Court of the United States Volume I Antecedents
Goebel Jr., Julius. History of the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume I: Antecedents and Beginnings to 1801. New York: The MacMillan Company, [1974]. xxv, 864 pp. Plates. Original cloth, top edge gilt, light shelfwear, internally clean. $45. * First edition, second printing. A volume from the authoritative Oliver..... More
An Essay on the Learning of Contingent Remainders and Executory...
Kent Admired Its "Ability and Perspicuity" Fearne, Charles [1742-1794]. Powell, John Joseph [1755?-1801], Editor [Vol. II Only]. An Essay on the Learning of Contingent Remainders and Executory Devises. Vol. I. Of Contingent Remainders, With Tables and Index. [...] Vol. II. Of Executory Devises. Dublin: By H. Watts, Law Bookseller, 1794;..... More
A Table to All the Statutes [with] Anno Secundo et Tertio Edvardi...
Edward VI's Protestant Reforms [Great Britain]. Edward VI [1537-1553], King of England. A Table to All the Statutes Made in the Tyme of the Most Victorious Reigne of Kynge Edward the Sixte. London: In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti aeno verbi incarnati, 1553. [8] pp. [Bound with] Edward VI, King of England..... More
The Ship Owner's Manual, Or Sea-Faring Man's Assistant: Containing...
A Rare Layman's Guide to Maritime Law [Great Britain]. [Maritime Law]. The Ship Owner's Manual, Or Sea-Faring Man's Assistant: Containing A General System of the Maritime Laws, On the Most Interesting Subjects; Viz. Freight, Charter-Parties, Demurrage, Insurance, Bottomry, Salvage, Average, Arbitration, Quarantine, &c. With Several New Adjudged Law Cases, And..... More
Convicts and the Colonies, A Study of Penal Transportation from...
Shaw, A.G.L. Convicts and the Colonies: A Study of Penal Transportation from Great Britain and Ireland to Australia and Other Parts of the British Empire. London: Faber and Faber, 1966. 339 pp. Cloth in lightly shelfworn dust jacket. $20. More
Carol Weiss King, Human Rights Lawyer, 1895-1952.
Ginger, Ann Fagan. Carol Weiss King. Human Rights Lawyer, 1895-1952. Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado, 1993. xx, 599 pp., illustrations. Author presentation inscription to front free endpaper. Cloth in near-fine dust jacket. $10. More
The Political Works of James Harrington.
Harrington, James [1611-1677]. Pocock, J.G.A., Editor. The Political Works of James Harrington. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977. xviii, 878 pp. Original cloth. A near-fine copy. $150. * "This work includes all of [Harrington's] prose works on political subjects as well as Oceana, his best-known work. The critical introduction attempts to..... More
The Law of Damages.
Gahan, Frank. The Law of Damages. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1936. lxxx, 242 pp. Cloth, light shelfwear, owner signature to front free endpaper. $40. More
Niles' Weekly Register, New Series No 14 Vol IV, May 29, 1819 Jew Bill
First Separate Printing of Brackenridge's Eloquent Defense of Religious Liberty for Maryland Jews [Brackenridge, Henry Marie (1786-1871)]. Niles' Weekly Register. New Series. No. 14-Vol. IV. Baltimore, May 29, 1819. [Baltimore]: Printed and Published by H. Niles, [1819]. 225-240 pp. Octavo (9-3/4" x 6-1/4"). Disbound, leaves starting to separate at ends..... More
Judicial Enigma; The First Justice Harlan.
Yarbrough, Tinsley E. Judicial Enigma; The First Justice Harlan. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. xiv, 280 pp. Illustrations. Cloth in near-fine dust jacket. $10. More
The Evolution of a Judicial Philosophy, Selected Opinions and...
Harlan, John M. [1877-1911]. Shapiro, David L., Editor. The Evolution of a Judicial Philosophy: Selected Opinions and Papers of Justice John M. Harlan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1969. xxvii, 311 pp. Frontispiece. Cloth in moderaly worn dust jacket. $40. More
Kant's Theory of Justice.
Rosen, Allen D. Kant's Theory of Justice. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993. xiii, 237 pp. Cloth in fine dust jacket. $20. More
A Thorough Elucidation of the Whole Doctrine of Descents, by Means...
Swinburne, Thomas. A Thorough Elucidation of the Whole Doctrine of Descents, by Means of a Restoration and Reassertion of Such of the Common Law's Own Long-Lost Original Principles as Relate to Real Property. London: J. and W.T. Clarke, 1825. xxxv, 166 pp. With two tables, one folding. Contemporary quarter cloth..... More
Old Bailey Experience. Criminal Jurisprudence and the Actual...
[Wontner, Thomas]. Old Bailey Experience. Criminal Jurisprudence and the Actual Working of our Penal Code of Laws. Also, An Essay on Prison Discipline, to Which is Added a History of the Crimes Committed by Offenders in the Present Day. By the Author of "The Schoolmaster's Experience in Newgate." London, J...... More
Living with the Law.
Guild, June Purcell. Living with the Law. New York: New Republic, 1928. xx, 266 pp. Later library cloth, gilt title to spine, moderate toning, internally clean. Ex-library, with location label at foot of spine. Previous owner's plate on front pastedown. A very good copy. $25. * A discussion of the..... More
Gideon's Trumpet, Caspar Weinberger's Copy.
Lewis, Anthony. Gideon's Trumpet. New York: Random House, 1964. 262 pp. Cloth in lightly soiled and edgeworn dust jacket, bookplate of Caspar Weinberger to front pastedown. $20. * Weinberger [1917-2006], a prominent Republican statesman, was secretary of defense under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987. More
Brandeis on Zionism, A Collection of Addresses and Statements...
Brandeis, Louis D. [1856-1938]. Brandeis on Zionism: A Collection of Addresses and Statements by Louis D. Brandeis With a Foreword by Mr. Justice Felix Frankfurter. Washington, DC: Zionist Organization of America, [1942]. viii, 156 pp. Frontispiece. Cloth in moderately worn dust jacket. $30. * Brandeis on Zionism is a collection..... More
Legal Spectator, Caspar Weinberger's Copy.
Stein, Jacob A. Legal Spectator. Revised and Expanded. Washington, DC: George Psalmanazer Press, 1981. ix, 351 pp. Cloth, light shelfwear, bookplate of Caspar Weinberger to front pastedown. $20. * Second and final printing. A delightful book of anecdotes and legal humor. Weinberger [1917-2006], a prominent Republican statesman, was secretary of..... More
The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. 2 Volumes.
Pollock, Frederick. Maitland, Frederic William. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. Second Edition. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1952. xxxviii, 688, xv, 691 pp. Cloth in worn and lightly soiled and finger-smudged dust jackets. $30. * 1952 reprint of the second and final edition (1898)..... More
Jones, Day, Reavis, and Pogue The First Century.
Borowitz, Albert. Jones, Day, Reavis, & Pogue. The First Century. Cleveland: Jones Day, [1993]. ix, 423 pp., illustrations. Author presentation inscription to title page. Cloth in near-fine dust jacket. $15. More
Kelley, Drye & Warren, An Informal History 1836-1984.
Lunny, Robert M. Kelley, Drye & Warren. An Informal History. 1836-1984. New York: Kelley, Drye & Warren, 1985. xv, 246 pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Cloth. Owner signature to front free endpaper, otherwise fine. $5. * "An informal history of the law firm Kelley Drye & Warren written to commemorate the Founder..... More