"The Reasons of Obedience Confirm'd" [Oaths]. [Great Britain]. A Friendly Conference Concerning the New Oath of Allegiance to K. William, And Q. Mary, Wherein the Objections Against Taking the Oaths are Impartially Examined. And the Reasons of Obedience Confirm'd, From the Writings of the Profound Bishop Sanderson, And Proved to..... More

Noah Webster Promotes Ratification of the US Constitution [Webster, Noah (1758-1843)]. Ford, Paul Leicester [1865-1902], Editor. An Examination Into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution Proposed by the Late Convention Held at Philadelphia: With Answers to the Principal Objections That Have Been Raised Against the System. Philadelphia: Printed and..... More

Useful Summary of the Law of the Spanish Netherlands Zype, Francois van den (Franciscus) [c.1578-1650]. Notitia Iuris Belgici. Editio Nova Tertia Parte Auctior. Antwerp: Apud Hieronymum Verdussium, 1665. [24], 358, [60] pp. Quarto. Contemporary sprinkled calf with early rebacking, gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece. Some minor nicks..... More

Designed to Enforce Honesty in Voters [Oaths]. [Great Britain]. Bribery Oath. London: Published by Shaw & Sons, Fetter Lane, [c. 1850]. [188-?]. 4-1/4" x 8" handbill, light blue paper. A notably well-preserved item. $150. * This handbill is a form template designed to enforce honesty in voters, who are required..... More

McDade 841: "One of Those Bizarre Criminals Who Defy Easy Classification" Sawyer, George C. Edward H. Rulloff. Offprint from the American Journal of Insanity, April, 1872. [Utica, NY: State Lunatic Asylum]. 52 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Wrappers detached, chipped around edges and lightly soiled..... More

Jolowicz, H.F. [1890-1954]. Historical Introduction to the Study of Roman Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1932. xxi, 545 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamped spine, light shelfwear, faint dampspotting to spine, near-invisible owner signatures to boards, other owner signatures to rear pastedown and front free endpaper, which has a...... More

Interesting Seventeenth-Century Dutch Treatise on Marriage Law Rodenburg, Christiaan [1608-1668]. Tractatus De Jure Conjugum. In quo de Viri in Uxorem Potestate, Eorumque Obligationibus, Judiciis, Mutuis Gratificationibus, Bonorum Communione, Pactisque Dotalibus, Illustriores Controversiae, Ad Usum Fori Patrii, Vicinarumque Regionum Expenduntur, Cum Tractatione Praeliminari De Jure, Quod Oritur Ex Statutorium, Vel Consuetudinum..... More

A Well-Regarded, Long-Lived Treatise on Inheritance and Succession Goudelin (Godelinus), Pierre [1550-1619]. Wittebort, Maximilian [1586-1624]. Commentariorum De Jure Novissimo Libri Sex, Optima Methodo, Accurate ac Erudite Conscripti, Additis Harum Vicinarumque Regionum Moribus. Opus ut Diu Avideque Expetitum, Ita Scholis Foroque Utilissimum, Cum Indicibus. Accessit Clarissimi viri Maximiliani Wittebort, J.U.D. in..... More

Meeropol, Robert. Meeropol, Michael. We Are Your Sons: The Legacy of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Written by their Children Robert and Michael Meeropol. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. xxiii, 419 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's cloth bound hardcover, very good, in lightly worn dust jacket, signed by both authors on the front..... More

A Compact Gentleman's Law Library [Great Britain]. A Compendious Library of the Law: Necessary for Persons of All Degrees and Professions. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing, I. The Laws Relating to Parish-Officers, Viz. Church-Wardens, Overseers of the Poor, Constables, Scavengers, Surveyors of the Highways, &c. II. The Laws Relating..... More

"I Am Getting to be a Regular Scold" [Manuscript]. Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. Darrow, Ruby [1870-1957]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, With Long Postcript by Ruby Darrow, Signed, (Chicago?) May 29, (1927)]. Single-page letter on 10-3/4" x 7" sheet and 6-1/2" x 4-3/4" portrait photograph of Clarence Darrow in attractively matted and glazed..... More

The Outline of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. An Analysis of the Laws of England. To Which Is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse on the Study of the Law. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. lxx, [6], 189, [15] pp. Copperplate Table of Descents. Folding Table of Consanguinity. Octavo..... More

A Collection of Texts from the Corpus Juris Civilis in Handsome Uniform Contemporary Paneled Pigskin Bindings Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Accorso, Francisco (Accursius) [c.1182-c.1260], Glossator. Gaius [Active 130-180 CE]. Institutionum D. Iustiniani Sacratissimi Imperatoris Libri Quatuor: Ad Vetustissimorum Simul et Emendatissimorum Exemplarium Fidem Summa Diligentia Recogniti..... More