France's National Assembly Responds to the Outbreak of the Haitian Revolution [Haiti]. [Assemblee Nationale Constituante]. Loi Relative aux Colonies. Donnee a Paris le 28 Septembre 1791. [Drop-Head Title]. [Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1791]. [4] pp. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Disbound bifolium, single-column text to recto and verso of first leaf..... More

Shakespeare on Poker Ballard, Martha C. Shakespeare on Poker. Denver: The Ballard Publishing Company, [1906]. [ii], [12] ff. Oblong Octavo (6" x 7"). Original limp reversed calf, thong-tied along spine, black-stamped title to front cover, moire silk endpapers. Text with color illustrations on rectos of thick satin-textured paper. Some fading..... More

The Trial of Governor Eyre for His Brutal Suppression of a Rebellion in Jamaica [Trial]. Eyre, Edward John [1815-1901], Defendant. Finlason, W.F. [1818-1895], Reporter. Report of the Case of the Queen v. Edward John Eyre, On His Prosecution, In the Court of Queen's Bench, For High Crimes and Misdemeanours Alleged..... More

Long-Lived Eighteenth-Century Notarial Handbook for German Businessmen Beck, Johann Jodocus [1684-1744]. Vollstandiges und nach dem Heutigen Curial-Stilo Eingerichtetes Formular darinnen Verschiedene Instrumenta und Wechsel-Protest, Wie sie von Denen Notariis Ausgefertiget Werden, Allerhand Obligationes und Schuld-Burgschafft und Gesellschaffts-Verschreibungen... Und Dergleichen Mehr zu Finden und Anzutreffen Sind; Nebst Einer Grundlichen Erklarung und..... More

Owned by a Notable Left-Leaning Female Lawyer Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. Collected Legal Papers. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. vii, 316 pp. Original cloth, printed paper title label to spine. Moedate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends, spine label and corners, which are bumped, large..... More

A "Public Whore?" [Manuscript]. [Wisconsin]. [Acker, James, Defendant]. [Accusation of Adultery]. Walworth County, Wisconsin Territory, 1845. Single 12-1/2" x 7-3/4" sheet. Moderate toning, two horizontal fold lines, light edgewear. Content in neat hand, docketed on verso. $450. * The document pertains to suit filed against James Acker by Dyes Read..... More

"Sixteen-String Jack" [Rann, Jack (1750-1774)]. The Life of Jack Rann, Otherwise Sixteen-String Jack, The Noted Highwayman, Who Was Executed at Tyburn, November 30, 1774. Durham: Printed by George Walker, Jun., Sadler Street, 1838. 24 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers. Light toning, light soiling to exterior..... More

First Edition of Crompton's Survey of the Courts with an Interesting Association [Crompton, Richard (d. 1599)]. L'Authoritie et Iurisdiction des Courts de la Maiestie de la Roygne: Nouelment Collect & Compose, Per R. Crompton del Milieu Temple Esquire, Apprentice del Ley. Si Seuris Index, Mitisis Corde Memento, Dicito, quae Possunt..... More

Rare Summary of Roman and Venetian Criminal Law Zamboni, Pietro. Isagoge In Practicam Criminalem. Ad Leges Venetas Accommodata. Vicenza: Apud Franciscum Grossum, 1614. [viii], 239, [1] pp. Octavo (5-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary flexible vellum, early hand-lettered title to spine. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, a few minor chips to..... More

Compiled by an Employee of Lloyds of London [Scrapbook]. [Insurance]. Foserid, W.E. [Work-Related Scrapbook Compiled by an Employee of Lloyds of London]. [London?, 1885-1930]. 138 numbered pages (p.89-96 blank, lacking leaf containing pp. 136-137). Several printed items tipped in, 10 printed and manuscript items laid in. Octavo (7" x 5-1/2")..... More

"Threatening to Kill Ellen Little, His Wife" [Domestic Violence]. Petty Sessional Division of Cheltenham. [Court Judgement and Binding Order To Keep The Peace]. Cheltenham: [October 6, 1887]. 4-3/4" x 11-3/4" part-printed vellum document completed in manuscript. Light soiling, three vertical fold lines. $250. * This judgement relates to the case..... More

American State Trials Lawson, John D., Editor. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting Criminal Trials Which Have Taken Place in the United States, From the Beginning of Our Government to the Present Day with Notes and Annotations. St. Louis: F.H. Thomas Law Book Co, 1914-1928. Reprint..... More

Sentences Passed in the Bodmin Jail, Cornwall, on March 26, 1839 [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. Sentences of the Prisoners, Tried at Bodmin, On Tuesday March, the 26th 1839 Before Mr. Baron Gurney and Mr. Justice Maule. Deeble Peter Hoblyn, Esq. Sherriff. Penryn [Cornwall, England]: T. Pearce, Printer, 1839. 14-3/4" x...... More