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Great Domesday Book. 6 Vols. Folio. Complete set, London, 1986-1992.
Magnificent Limited Edition of the Great Domesday [Domesday Book]. Great Domesday Book. London: Alecto Historical Editions, 1986-1992. 6 parts: two facsimile volumes in slipcases, two translation volumes, two solander boxes, one containing maps, the other indexes. Folios: Facsimile Volumes, 14-1/2" x 10" in 17" x 12" slipcases; Translation Volumes, 15-1/2"..... More
American Criminal Law Review. Vols. 1 to 53 (1962-2016), in 71 books
American Criminal Law Review. Georgetown University Law Center. Bound Volumes 1 to 53 (1962-2016), in 71 books. Hardcover. Mostly maroon buckram with gilt spine lettering. Ex-library with property stamps to page edges and small bar code labels on inside rear covers, else very good. $1,495. * The American Criminal Law..... More
La Table Co[n]teynant en Sommarie les Choses Notables en la Graunde..
The First Index of the Common Law, Written to Accompany the First Abridgement of the Common Law [Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony [1470-1538]. [Rastell, John (d. 1536)]. La Table Co[n]teynant en Sommarie les Choses Notables en la Graunde Abridgement, Composee par le Iudge Tresreverend Monsieur Anthony Fytzherbert, Dernierment Renue et Corige: Au..... More
La Graunde Abridgement, Collecte par le Iudge Tresreverend...
First Tottell Edition of the Book that "Made the Common Law" Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony [1470-1538]. La Graunde Abridgement Collecte par le Iudge Tresreverend Monsieur Anthony Fitzherbert, Dernierment Conferre Ouesque la Copy Escript et per Ceo Correct: Aueques le Nombre del Sueil, Per Quel Facilement Poies Trover les Cases cy Abrydges..... More
A Compendious Digest of the Statute Law, Comprising the Substance...
The Last Digest of English Statute Law Williams, Thomas Walter [1763-1833]. A Compendious Digest of the Statute Law, Comprising the Substance and Effect of All the Public Acts of Parliament in Force, From Magna Charta in the Ninth Year of King Henry III. To the Twenty-Seventh Year of His Present..... More
Magna Carta, Cum Aliis Antiquis Statutis [with] Secunda Pars, 1540
Rare Early Printing of Magna Carta and the Secunda Pars [Magna Carta]. Magna Carta Cum Aliis Antiquis Statutis, Quorum Catalogum, In Fine Operis Reperies. [London: Thomas Berthelet], 1540 (dated 1541 on colophon). [i], 2-148, [4]; [iv], 80 ff. Two parts, each with title page, table and individual pagination. Second part..... More
The Nature of the Judicial Process, First Edition, Cardozo's Copy.
Cardozo's Copy of His Most Influential Work Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. The Nature of the Judicial Process. New Haven: Yale University Press, [1921]. 180 pp. Original publisher's cloth, gilt title to spine, untrimmed edges. Moderate rubbing to extremities, spine ends bumped, faint scratch to rear board, Cardozo memorial bookplate to..... More
The Islington Tragedy. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" broadside. London, c.1800
"She Bore a Child by Her Own Brother, And Took the Darling's Life Away" [Broadside]. [Murder]. The Islington Tragedy. London: Real, Printer, [c.1800]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" broadside, verse text in two columns below headline and large woodcut prison scene. Moderate toning and light soiling, horizontal and vertical fold lines, minor..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Elections, In All Its Branches, 1st edition.
Pioneering English Treatise on Election Law, A Copy with Manuscript Corrections by the Author Simeon, John [1756-1824]. A Treatise on the Law of Elections, In All Its Branches. London: Printed for T. Payne and Son, 1789. ix, [7], 176, cxxx, [12] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets..... More
A Treatise on the Action of Ejectment. Second Edition, London, 1781.
Runnington on the Action of Ejectment Runnington, Charles. A Treatise on the Action of Ejectment. London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, 1781. [xviii], 348, [56] pp. Title page preceded by publisher advertisement. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, raised bands to spine, lettering piece..... More
Ashby and White, Or, The Great Question, Whether an Action Lies at...
Contemporary Report of a Fundamental Case in English Constitutional and Tort Law Regarding the Right to Vote [Trial]. [Needham, Culverwell (b.1656), Reporter]. [Ashby, Matthew, Plaintiff]. [White, William, Defendant]. Ashby and White: Or, The Great Question, Whether an Action Lies at Common Law for an Elector, Who Is Deny'd His Vote..... More
Autograph Letter Signed ("OWH") to Lady Clare Castletown, 1897.
"Don't you Feel a Sort of Settled Intimacy as the Result of Time and our Writing and Every Thing?" [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr [1841-1935]. [Castletown, Lady Clare (1853-1927)]. [Autograph Letter Signed "OWH" to Lady Clare Castletown, Boston (?), April 10, 1897]. 10" x 8" bifolium, content filling rectos and..... More
Brevia Parliamentaria Rediviva, In XIII Sections, Conteining...
Prynne Reviews the History of Parliamentary Writs and Practice, A Copy in an English Royal Binding Prynne, William [1600-1669]. Brevia Parliamentaria Rediviva. In XIII Sections Conteining Several Catalogues of the Numbers, Dates of All Bundles of Original Writs of Summons and Elections Newly Found, Or Formerly Extant in the Tower..... More
A Letter and Lamentation of John Moreton, 9-3/4" x 6-3/4" Broadside.
A Warning to "All Young Men" [Broadside]. [Execution]. A Letter and Lamentation of John Moreton, Now Under Sentence of Death in Stafford Goal, For House-Breaking, At Shelton, And Ordered for Execution on Saturday, The 3rd. Day of April, 1819. [Stafford]: S.n., 1819. 9-3/4" x 6-3/4" broadside, bottom edge not trimmed..... More
Liber Sextus Decretalium [Bound with] Clementinae [and] Extravagantes.
Pre-Tridentine Editions of Three Primary Volumes of Canon Law Boniface VIII [1235-1303], Pope. [d'Andrea, Giovanni [c.1270-1348], Glosses]. Sextus Liber Decretalium: Cum Epitomis, Divisionibus Et Glossa Ordinaria Do. Io. Andraeae, Una cum Utilibus Additionibus Novissime Recognitus, & Infinitis prope Mendis Purgatus Studio & Industria Cuiusdam Clarissimi Iurecons. Parisien. VV. Docto. Celeberrimi..... More
Whitechapel Murder, A Lament for Harriet Lane, 9-3/4" x 6" Broadside.
Unrecorded Verse Broadside Describing the Murder of a Young Woman in Whitechapel [Broadside]. [Murder]. Whitechapel Murder. A Lament for Harriet Lane. Leicester: S.n., 1875. 9-3/4" x 6" broadside printed on thick paper, main text printed in single column below headline, text enclosed by thick black border. Light browning and edgewear..... More
Die Konigl Sachsischen Medizinal-Gesetze Alterer und neuerer Zeit...
Scarce 1819 Saxon Compilation of Laws Concerning Public Health Schmalz, Karl Gustav. Die Konigl. Sachsischen Medizinal-Gesetze Alterer und neuerer Zeit; Nebst den Offiziellen Belehrungen fur das Publicum Uber Ansteckende Krankheiten unter Menschen und Vieh, Uber Nahrungsmittel und Gifte. Dresden: In der Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1819. xx, 561 pp. Folding table. Octavo..... More
Elements of Jurisprudence [Bound with] Maxims and Rules of Pleading...
"The Complement of Sir W. Blackstone's Commentaries" Bound With "A Work of Great Authority" for Special Pleaders Wooddeson, Richard [1745-1822]. Elements of Jurisprudence, Treated of in the Preliminary Part of a Course of Lectures on the Laws of England. London: Printed for T. Payne and Son, 1783. [iv], 118 pp..... More
View of The Land Laws of Pennsylvania, With Notices of Its Early...
By a Distinguished Pennsylvania Jurist and Politician Sergeant, Thomas [1782-1860]. View of The Land Laws of Pennsylvania. With Notices of Its Early History and Legislation. Philadelphia: James Kay, 1838. xvi, [17]-203, [1] pp. Page 303 incorrectly numbered 203. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind frames to boards, lettering piece..... More
De Sortilegio et Magia, Liber Singularis, Venice, 1792.
Decriminalizing Witchcraft and Magic in Italy Renazzi, Filippo Maria [1745-1808]. De Sortilegio et Magia. Liber Singularis. Venice: Excudebant Fratres Coletii, 1792. [ii], 44 pp. Quarto (9" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards, gilt ornaments and lettering piece to spine, speckled edges. Light rubbing to boards, some rubbing to..... More
Document Concerning Payment for the Purchase of Law Books, 1762.
Concerns Payment for a Purchase of Law Books [Manuscript]. [Law Books]. [Massachusetts]. [Document Concerning Payment for the Purchase of Law Books, Huntstown (Ashfield), MA, January 23, 1762]. 3-1/2" x 6-3/4" sheet, moderate toning, light toning and soiling, vertical and horizontal folds with cellotape reinforcements to verso. Content in neat hand..... More
The Trial at Large of Robert Hitchcock, At the Lent Assizes Held...
"For the Wilful Murder...Of His Own Father" [Trial]. Hitchcock, Robert, Defendant. The Trial at Large of Robert Hitchcock, At the Lent Assizes Held at Oxford, On the 4th Day of March, 1778, Before Sir George Nares, Knt. One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, For the..... More
An Essay on the Law of Dignities, Or Titles of Honour.
William Cruise on Dignities and Titles of Honor [C] Cruise, William [d.1824]. An Essay on the Law of Dignities, Or Titles of Honour. [London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1804]. 109 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining existing spine with lettering piece, hinges reinforced. A few minor nicks..... More
Genuensis Reipublicae Leges Anni MCLXXVI, Cum Declarationibus...
The "Reformed" Genoa Statutes of 1616 Genoa (Republic of). Genuensis Reipublicae Leges Anni MCLXXVI. Cum Declarationibus, Additionibus, Et Reformationibus ab Eo Anno in MDCXVI. Factis, Sub Suis Capitibus Relatis, Ex S.C. Noviter Impressae. Cum Indice, Et Privilegio. Genoa: Apud Iosephum Pavonem, 1617. [iv], 164, 10, [12] pp. Final two sections..... More
Life and Confession of Ann Walters, The Female Murderess!...
"The Female Murderess!": Driven by the Culture of Slavery (Two Full-Page Woodcut Illustrations) [Murder]. [Walters, Ann Smith (1812-1844)]. [Dudley, Enos G. (d.1849)]. [Runkle, Mary]. Life and Confession of Ann Walters, The Female Murderess! Also the Execution of Enos G. Dudley, At Haverhill, N.H., May 23d, 1849. To Which is Added..... More