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Loi Relative aux Colonies, Donnee a Paris, le 28 Septembre 1791.
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
Law Dictionary, England, c 1745, 326 pp.
Eighteenth-Century English Manuscript Law Dictionary [Manuscript]. [Law Dictionary]. England, c. 1753. [326] pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary limp reversed calf with yapp edges, raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing, a few minor scuffs and stains, binding cocked, several leaves, presumably blank, removed from end of text block. Text in..... More
Shakespeare on Poker. Denver, 1906.
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 Compleat Gamester, In Three Parts, Viz I Full and Easy...
A Book on Games "Written For the Use of the Young Princesses" Seymour, Richard, Editor. The Compleat Gamester: In Three Parts. Viz. I. Full and Easy Instructions for Playing the Games Chiefly Used at Court and in the Assemblees, Viz. Ombre, Quadrille, Quintille, Picquet, Basset, Faro, and the Royal Game..... More
Report of the Case of the Queen v Edward John Eyre, On His...
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
An Elegy on the Death of the Much Lamented Very Rev Bishop McCabe...
Broadside Mourning the Recent Death of the Archbishop of Dublin [Broadside]. [MacCabe (McCabe), Edward Cardinal (1816-1885)]. An Elegy on the Death of the Much Lamented Very Rev Bishop McCabe. Air-"Exile of Erin". [Dublin?, S.n., c. 1885]. 11" x 4-1/4" broadside, single-column text below headline and crude image of a bishop..... More
Vollstandiges und nach dem Heutigen Curial-Stilo Eingerichtetes...
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
De Jure Maritimo et Navali, Or, A Treatise of Affairs Maritime...
Penultimate Edition of a Standard Early English Treatise on Maritime Law Molloy, Charles [1646-1690]. De Jure Maritimo et Navali: Or a Treatise of Affairs Maritime, And of Commerce. The Ninth Edition, With Many Valuable Additions. London: Printed for T. Waller, 1769. Two volumes. [xvi], 404; [iv], 344, [52] pp. Pages..... More
Collected Legal Papers, Owned by a Notable Left-Leaning Female Lawyer.
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
Collected Legal Papers, Early Printing in Original Dust Jacket.
In a Rare Original Dust Jacket Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. Collected Legal Papers. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. vii, 316 pp. Cloth in moderately toned and edgeworn dust jacket with cellotape repairs in a few places and horizontal and vertical fold lines, light toning to text. $500. *..... More
Accusation of Adultery in the Wisconsin Territory. 1845
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
Affidavit Concerning the Case of Texas v James Cotton, 1852
A Hatchet Assault in Texas [Manuscript]. [Texas]. [Cotton, James, Defendant]. [Affidavit Concerning the Case of Texas v. James Cotton]. Harris County, TX, February 19, 1852. Single 12" X 7-1/2"sheet. Moderate toning, light soiling, rubbing with a few small chips and clean tears to edges. $450. * This document appears to..... More
The Life of Jack Rann, Otherwise Sixteen-String Jack, The Noted...
"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
The Contentes of this Boke. Fyrst the Booke that Teacheth to Kepe...
"The Booke That Teacheth" [Great Britain]. [Justices of the Peace]. [Courts Leet and Baron]. The Contentes of This Boke. Fyrst the Booke for a Iustice of Peace. The Boke that Teacheth to Kepe a Courte Baron, Or a Lete. The Boke Teachynge to Kepe a Courte Hundred. The Boke Called..... More
L'Authoritie et Iurisdiction [Jurisdiction] des Courts de la Maiestie.
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
Osservazioni Ed Esperienze Sull'Azione Profilattica e Curativa del....
Methods to Control "Asiatic Cholera" Rogatis, Alfonso de. Osservazioni Ed Esperienze Sull'Azione Profilattica E Curativa Del Rame E Suoi Preparati Nel Colera Asiatico. Naples: Stabilimento Tipografico, 1865. 74 pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 5-3/4") Pamphlet bound into contemporary three-quarter vellum over marbled boards. Some rubbing to boards and extremities, early owner..... More
Isagoge In Practicam Criminalem, Ad Leges Venetas Accommodata...
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
Printed Circular Letter Alerting Customs Officers, London, 1825.
Beware of Smugglers! [Smuggling]. [Great Britain. [Printed Circular Letter Alerting Customs Officers to a Method Used to Smuggle Goods]. London: Custom-House, January 4, 1825. 12-1/4" x 7-1/4" sheet, large woodcut illustration (a ship's bow) to verso. Moderate toning, faint horizontal fold line, a few chips and small tears to edges..... More
Work-Related Scrapbook Compiled by an Employee of Lloyds of London...
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
Tipografia Forense Di Enrico Dalmazzo Catalogo
Rare Nineteenth-Century Italian Publisher's Catalogue [Legal Publishing]. Enrico Dalmazzo. Tipografia Forense Di Enrico Dalmazzo. Catalogo. Turin: Piazetta e Via S.Domenico, N.2, 1863. 48 pp. Quarto (6-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Sewn pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and a few minor stains, moderate rubbing to extremities with minor wear to spine ends..... More
Court Judgement and Binding Order To Keep the Peace, 1887.
"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
The Mysterious Science of the Law, With a Rare Dust Jacket.
Copy of Boorstin's Study of Blackstone's Commentaries in a Rare Original Dust Jacket Boorstin, Daniel J. [1914-2004]. The Mysterious Science of the Law: An Essay on Blackstone's Commentaries Showing how Blackstone, Employing Eighteenth-Century Ideas of Science, Religion, History, Aesthetics, and Philosophy, Made of the Law at Once a Conservative and..... More
American State Trials, A Collection of the Important and Interesting..
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
The Trial of German Major War Criminals. London, 1946-1951.
Scarce Complete British Edition of the Nuremburg Trials [Nuremberg Trials]. [International Military Tribunal]. The Trial of German Major War Criminals: Proceedings of the International Military Tribunal Sitting at Nuremberg Germany. London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1946-1951. Complete set; 23 parts in 23 books, Part 23 an index. [With] Opening Speeches..... More
Sentences of the Prisoners, Tried at Bodmin, On Tuesday March...
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