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An die Unabhangigen Wahler vom Staate Pennsylvania.
Unrecorded Broadside Urging Pennsylvania Germans to Reject a Prohibition Law [Broadside]. [Pennsylvania Germans]. Miller, Andrew [1811-1880]. An die Unabahngigen Whaler vom Staate Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Andrew Miller, September 2, 1854. 22-1/2" x 13-1/4" broadside, text in four columns below headline, untrimmed edges. Light toning, light foxing in a few places, vertical..... More
Why Prepaid Medical Insurance! An Analysis of Governor Earl Warren's..
Pre-Paid Medical Insurance for Californians [Swackhamer, Gladys V (1893-1988)]. Why Prepaid Medical Insurance! An Analysis of Governor Earl Warren's Recommendations for California. [S.n.: c.1945]. 16 pp. Stapled pamphlet in self-wrappers. Moderate toning, a few faint creases. $125. * Swackhamer was a social worker and left-wing political activist. More
Thomas Walter Swan, Reprinted from the Yale law Journal Issue...
Hand, Learned [1872-1961]. Thomas Walter Swan. Reprinted from the Yale Law Journal Issue of December 1947. [Volume 57:167]. pp. [167]-172. Portrait frontispiece. Stapled pamphlet in stiff wrappers. A few faint creases, light rubbing to extremities, discoloration to sections of wrappers, internally clean. $75. * Swan [1877-1975] was a circuit judge..... More
Africans Taken in the Amistad: Message from the President of the...
Documents Relating to the Amistad Case [Amistad Case]. Africans Taken in the Amistad. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting the Information Required by the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d Ultimo, In Relation to the Africans Taken in the Vessel Called the Amistad, &c..... More
Holmes and the Common Law, A Century Later, Three Lectures.
Kaplan, Benjamin. Atiyah, Patrick. Vetter, Jan. Holmes and the Common Law: A Century Later. Three Lectures. Occasional Pamphlet Number 10. Cambridge: Harvard Law School, 1965. 101 pp. Softbound, light shelfwear and soiling, internally clean. $10. More
Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama, Savery Library [And]...
Two Scarce Pamphlets About the Amistad Case in a Handsome Case [Amistad Case]. Talladega College. [Woodruff, Hale (1900-1980)]. Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama, Savery Library. [Talladega, AL, c.1990]. 8 pp. Color illustrations. Negligible light shelfwear. [And] [United Church of Christ]. The Amistad Event. [Cleveland, OH?: United Church of Christ, c.1990]. 8..... More
Interpretations of Legal History [and] The Phytogeology of Nebraska.
The Two Phases of Pound's Professional Life Pound, Roscoe [1870-1964]. Interpretations of Legal History. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. xvii, 171 pp. Cloth, negligible light shelfwear, underlining and marks in pencil to a few leaves. "With my best regards,/ Roscoe Pound/ October 17, 1927" to front free endpaper, embossed..... More
Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, Series I, Phase I, 1801-1815
Jolliffe, John W. Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, Series I, Phase I, 1801-1815. Extracted from the catalogues of the Bodleian Library, the British Library, the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, the National Library of Scotland, and the University Libraries of Cambridge and Newcastle. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Avero, 1984-1986. 6 volumes. 11-1/2" x...... More
A Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Legal Literature...
Adams, J.N. and G. Averley. A Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Legal Literature. A Subject and Author Catalogue of Law Treatises and All Law Related Literature Held in the Main Legal Collections in England. Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Avero (Eighteenth-Century) Publications Ltd., 1982. xvi, 900 pp.; with 6 microfiches in pocket..... More
Year, The Annual Picture-History, 1954.
Ward, Baldwin H. Editor. Warren, Earl, Foreword. Year: The Annual Picture-History, The Complete Exciting Record of the Year's News [1954]. [Los Angeles and New York: Year Incorporated/Simon and Shuster, 1954]. 192 pp. "1,000 photographs, 75,000 words, 3,000 subjects. Fully indexed." Folio (14" x 10-1/2"). Moderately edgeworn hardcover in moderately edgeworn..... More
The Later Court Hands in England from the Fifteenth to 17th Century
Jenkinson, Hilary. The Later Court Hands in England from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Century. Illustrated from the Common Paper of the Scriveners' Company of London, the English Writing Masters & the Public Records. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Printed by W. Lewis, M.A., at the University Press, 1927. Part I...... More
The Charities Act, 1960.
Nathan, Harry Louis. Lidderdale, Jane H. Nugee, Edward George. The Charities Act, 1960. London: Butterworths, 1962. xxiv, 273 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine, some scuffs to back board. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. $65. * Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Enoch Powell during his brief period in office as..... More
Coverage of Gibbons v Ogden in Niles' Weekly Register, March 27, 1824.
Contemporary Coverage of a Landmark Supreme Court Decision [United States Supreme Court]. [Gibbons v. Odgen]. Niles' Weekly Register. Third Series, No. 4, Vol. II. March 27, 1824. Baltimore: Edited and Published by H. Niles, 1824. 49-64 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6-1/4"). Disbound, leaves separating but secure, moderate toning, light foxing..... More
"Justice Brandeis and The University of Louisville School of Law."
Miller, Neville. "Justice Brandeis and The University of Louisville School of Law." In The Filson Club History Quarterly, Vol. 34 No. 2, April, 1960. Louisville, KY: The Filson Club Incorporated, 1960. 200 pp. Softbound, light shelfwear, front hinge cracked, internally clean. $25. * Includes Dean Miller's address delivered upon the..... More
The Port Books of Southampton, or (Anglo-French) Accounts of Robert...
Florys, Robert, (Active 1426-1443). Studer, Paul, Editor. The Port Books of Southampton, or (Anglo-French) Accounts of Robert, Water-Bailiff and Receiver of Petty-Customs, A.D. 1427-1430. Southampton, Cox & Sharland, 1913. xxxv, 179 pp. Cloth. Ex-library. Light shelfwear. Ink shelf location label to foot of spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Library stamps..... More
National Galaxy, or, Portraits and Biographies of all the Presidents..
"Engraved on Steel, In the Highest Style of the Art" [Broadside]. Dearborn, Nathaniel [1786-1852], Engraver. National Galaxy, Or, Portraits and Biographies of all the Presidents of the United States, Engraved on Steel, In the Highest Style of the Art. Boston: Printed by J. Howe, No. 39, Merchants Row, Boston....Engraved by..... More
Felix Frankfurter Reminisces, Signed Presentation Copy.
Inscribed by Frankfurter to Edith Benham Helm Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: An Intimate Portrait as Recorded in Talks with Dr. Harlan B. Phillips. New York: Reynal & Company, [1960]. [ix], 310 pp. Cloth in lightly soiled and edgeworn Secker & Warburg dust jacket, 7" x 5" black-and-white promotional..... More
A History of English Law. 17 vols. Complete set.
An Indispensable Work of Great Authority Holdsworth, Sir William S. A History of English Law. Edited by A.L. Goodhart and H.G. Hanbury. With an Introductory Essay and Additions by S.B. Chrimes. Index volume prepared by John Burke. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., and Sweet & Maxwell, 1966-1997. 17 Volumes, complete..... More
Account Book, Stephentown, NY, 1813-1857.
Nineteenth-Century Account Book of a Hudson Valley Justice of the Peace [Manuscript]. [Sweet, Rufus (1774-1860)]. [Account Book]. [Stephenville, NY, 1813-1857]. [288] pp. Quarto (7-1/2" x 6-1/4"). Three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Considerable wear, lower section of spine lacking, front board and first two signatures detached. Main text in neat hand..... More
The Murders of Mer Rouge, 1923.
Two Victims of the Louisiana Klan Rogers, John. The Murders of Mer Rouge. St. Louis: Security Publishing Co., 1923. 64 pp. Illustrated. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Moderate toning, small tear to pp. 61-62 affecting text without loss, ink owner signature (of Edgar [illegible]) to title page. $250. *..... More
Felix Frankfurter in New Masses, Volume 30, Number 4, January...
[Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. "Felix Frankfurter." Unsigned article in New Masses, Volume 30, Number 4 (January 17, 1939). P. 13. Front cover features a woodcut portrait of Frankfurter. Softbound, moderate edgewear and toning. Item housed in custom cloth folder, printed paper title label to spine. $50. More
Typed Letter, Signed, To Fanny Holtzmann, Jerusalem, July 19, 1968.
Abba Eban Discusses Hamilton Fish's Forthcoming Visit to Israel [Manuscript]. Eban, Abba [1915-2002]. [Typed Letter, Signed, To Fanny Holtzmann, Jerusalem, July 19, 1968]. Single-sided letter on 10-3/4" x 8-1/2" letterhead ("Minister for Foreign Affairs), signed "Abba Eban." Moderate toning, two horizontal fold lines, small abrasion to verso from adhesive removal..... More
Record of Public Hearing Before Joint Committee on the Judiciary...
[Sacco-Vanzetti Case]. Record of Public Hearing Before Joint Committee on the Judiciary of the Massachusetts Legislature Committee for the Vindication of Sacco and Vanzetti, 1959. On the Resolution of Representative Alexander J. Cella recommending a Posthumous Pardon for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Gardner Auditorium, Massachusetts State House, Boston, April..... More
"Felix Frankfurter at Oxford" in Quest, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1965...
Berlin, Isaiah [1809-1997]. "Felix Frankfurter at Oxford" in Quest, Volume 1, Number 1 (September 1965). Pp. 20-22. Hardcover in dust jacket. Moderate shelfwear and foxing to dust jacket, internally clean. Item housed in custom cloth folder, printed paper title label to spine. $50. More
Medieval Crime and Social Control.
Hanawalt, Barbara, Editor. Wallace, David, Editor. Medieval Crime and Social Control. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, [1999]. xvi, 259 pp. Softcover. Near-fine. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Fear of Crime in Late Medieval France, Claude Gauvard; Needful Things, Louise O. Fradenburg; In Defense of Revenge, William Ian Miller; "The Doom..... More