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Prices Skyrocket! Has Your Rent Been Raised? Are You Paying...
"Has Your Rent Been Raised?" [Broadside]. Russian Hill Communist Club. Prices Skyrocket! Has Your Rent Been Raised? Are You Paying Russian Hill Stores 60? a Pound for Hamburger? What Can We Do About It? [San Francisco]: Russian Hill Communist Club, 1947? 11" x 8-1/2" mimeographed broadside. Moderate toning, else fine..... More
Stop World War III!
"They are Ready to Shed the Blood of All of Us" [Broadside]. North Beach Communist Party. Stop World War III! San Francisco: North Beach Communist Party, [1946]. 11" x 8-1/2" mimeographed broadside. Moderate toning, negligible light foxing and browning to upper margin. $450. * Distributed as part of a letter-writing..... More
A Practical Treatise of the Law of Patents for Inventions, 1830.
Holroyd on Patents, From the Library of Lord Eldon Holroyd, Edward [1794-1881]. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Patents for Inventions. London: Printed by A. Strahan, for J. Richards, 1830. xii, 236 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Publisher's quarter cloth over paper-covered boards, tiny fragment of paper label to..... More
A View of the Principal Courts in the Isle of Man, Founded Upon...
A Scarce Study of the Isle of Man's Court System A Member of the Council. [Clarke, James]. A View of the Principal Courts in the Isle of Man, Founded Upon Authentic Documents, Accompanied with Practical Remarks. Liverpool: Printed by Harris and Co., 1817. 60 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Original..... More
A Letter to an English Layman, On the Coronation Oath, And His Late...
An Anglican Bishop Denounces Catholic Emancipation Phillpotts, Henry [1778-1869]. A Letter to an English Layman, On the Coronation Oath, And His Late Majesty's Correspondence with Lord Kenyon and Mr. Pitt; In Which are Considered the Several Opinions of Mr. Jeffrey in the Edinburgh Review, No. XCI.--Of Mr. Dillon, Dr. Milner..... More
A Popular View of the Law of Real Property: With an Application of...
A Scarce Review of Real Property From the Library of Lord Eldon Hayes, W[illiam]. A Popular View of the Law of Real Property, With an Application of its Principles to the Important Measure of a General Register: Shewing What Changes in the System a Register is Calculated to Produce. London..... More
A Short Treatise Endeavouring to Point Out the Means by Which Those...
The First Major Work on Voluntary Trustees, From the Library of Lord Eldon Hampson, Sir George Francis [1789-1833]. A Short Treatise Endeavouring to Point Out the Means by Which Those Who Accept the Situation of Trustees May Perform Their Duties Without Incurring Responsibility. London: Printed for A. Maxwell, 1825. xx..... More
Historical Notices of the Roman Law, and of the Recent Progress of...
An Interesting Study of Roman Law Presented to Lord Eldon Reddie, John [1805-1851]. Historical Notices of the Roman Law, and of the Recent Progress of Its Study, in Germany. Edinburgh: W. and C. Tait, 1826. 136 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Original paper boards, paper label and handwritten title and..... More
A Treatise on Terms of Years and Other Chattels, Including....
A Scarce 1825 Treatise on Estate Law From the Library of Lord Eldon Tamlyn, John [d.1869]. A Treatise on Terms of Years and Other Chattels. Including a Dissertation on Executory Interests and Trusts; And an Inquiry into the Point Whether Terms of Years Merge in Each Other. London: S. Sweet..... More
In the Supreme Court of Tennessee: John T. Scopes, In Error, v....
Advocates Protecting Schools from the "Subtle and Crafty Encroachments" of Atheists [Trial]. Scopes, John Thomas [1900-1970], Plaintiff. Burrow, Robert. In the Supreme Court of Tennessee: John T. Scopes, In Error, v. The State. From the Circuit Court of Rhea County Transferred to Nashville. Brief for Defendant in Error. Kansas City..... More
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 6 vls.
"These Reports Have Always Been Considered Very Valuable" Binney, Horace [1780-1875]. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Published by William P. Farrand and Co. (Volume I), Ferrand and Nicholas (Volumes II-III), Moses Thomas (Volume IV-VI), 1809-1815. Six volumes. Complete set. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contempory..... More
A Dictionary of American and English Law with Definitions, 1st Ed.
First Edition of a Well-Regarded Law Dictionary Rapalje, Stewart and Lawrence, Robert L. A Dictionary of American and English Law with Definitions of the Technical Terms of the Canon and Civil Laws. Also, Containing a Full Collection of Latin Maxims, and Citations of Upwards of Forty Thousand Reported Cases, in..... More
Reports of Cases in the County Courts of the Fifth Circuit...
Early Pennsylvania Reports With An Interesting Collection of Jury Charges Addison, Alexander [1758-1807]. Reports of Cases in the County Courts of the Fifth Circuit, and in the High Court of Errors and Appeals, of the State of Pennsylvania. And Charges to Grand Juries of Those County Courts. Washington [PA]: Printed..... More
The Spirit of the Common Law, First Edition, 1921.
Pound, Roscoe [1870-1964]. The Spirit of the Common Law. Boston: Marshall Jones Company, [1921]. xv, 224 pp. Original cloth, Spine ends and corners bumped and lightly worn, shelf number to foot of spine, library stamps to edges, library bookplate to front pastedown, date-due sheet and card pocket to rear endleaves..... More
The Genius of the Common Law, First Edition, 1912.
Pollock, Sir Frederick [1845-1937]. The Genius of the Common Law. Originally published: New York: The Columbia University Press, 1912. vii, 141 pp. Original cloth, later shelf number to spine, top-edge gilt. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners, library stamps to edges, early owner bookplate (Joseph F. Gleason) to front..... More
Reports of Cases Ruled and Adjudged in the Courts of Pennsylvania...
First Editions of the First U.S. Supreme Court Reports Dallas, Alexander James [1759-1817], Reporter. Reports of Cases Ruled and Adjudged in the Courts of Pennsylvania, Before and Since the Revolution. Philadelphia: Printed, For The Reporter, By T. Bradford, 1790. [Volume I] x, [1], 494, xxiv, [1] pp. [And] Reports of..... More
A Practical Treatise on the Law of Partnership, 1st American Edition.
The "Best English Treatise on the Subject" Collyer, John [1801-1870]. Phillips, Willard [1784-1873], Notes. Pickering, Edward [d.1876], Notes. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Partnership. With Notes of American Cases Willard Phillips and Edward Pickering. Springfield, MA: Published by G. and C. Merriam, 1834. xxxii, 728 [i.e. 544]. Octavo..... More
United States Reports Volume 410: Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
The Landmark Decision That Granted a Constitutional Right to Abortion [United States Reports]. [Roe v. Wade]. Putzel, Henry Jr., Reporter. United States Reports Volume 410: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1972. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1974. lxxi, [1], 1031 pp. Publisher's original tan buckram..... More
United States Reports Volume 403: New York Times Co. v. United States.
A Landmark First Amendment Case [United States Reports] [Pentagon Papers]. [New York Times Co. v. United States]. Putzel, Henry Jr., Reporter. United States Reports Volume 403: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1970. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1972. lii, 983 pp. Publisher's original tan buckram..... More
Lists, Accounts and Tables of Fees of the Officers and Servants...
English Court Fees in 1730. [Courts]. [Great Britain]. Lists, Accounts and Tables of Fees of the Officers and Servants Belonging to the Judges of the Several Courts in Westminster-Hall, And the Circuits, The Associates and Clerks of Assize: Presented to the House of Commons, Pursuant to Their Order of the..... More
Typed Letter, Signed, On Department of Justice Letterhead, July 1938.
An Antitrust AG for Roosevelt Helps Secure a Federal Appointment [Manuscript]. Arnold, Thurman [1891-1969]. [Rogan, Richard R. (1914-1996)]. [Typed Letter, Signed, On Department of Justice Letterhead, Washington, DC, July 14, 1938]. 10-1/2" x 8" sheet of Arnold's personalized Department of Justice letterhead, text to recto. Moderate toning, two horizontal fold..... More
Concluding Line from a Legal Brief Signed by William Blackstone, 1769.
A Souvenir of Blackstone's Time in Private Practice [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Concluding Line from a Legal Opinion Signed by William Blackstone]. [London], Lincoln's Inn Fields, 20 December 1769. 3" x 8" sheet with bold autograph signature of William Blackstone, preceded by a brief sentence in his hand. Light..... More
Essay on Civil Policy, Or, The Science of Legislation, Comprising...
A Provocative 1830 Essay on Legal, Political and Social Reform Putt, Charles. Essay on Civil Policy, Or, The Science of Legislation; Comprising the Origin and Nature of Government, Religion, Laws, Population, Wealth, and Happiness. With a Review of the Practice of the English Law, And Hints for its Improvement. London..... More
The Index, Or Abridgment of Such Acts of the British Parliament...
A Scottish Compilation of British Acts [Scotland]. Bruce, Alexander [d.1729], Compiler. The Index, Or Abridgment of Such Acts of the British Parliament, As Either Equally Concern the Whole United Kingdom, Or Particularly Relate to Scotland; From the Conclusion of the Treaty of Union in 1707, To this Present Year 1726;..... More
The Ocean, The River, And the Shore, London, 1863.
A Valuable 1863 Book For British Mariners Involved with the Confederacy Willcock, J[ohn] W[illiam]. Willcock, A[thelstane]. The Ocean, The River, And the Shore. Part I. Navigation [All Published]. London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863. xii, 471 pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Contemporary pebbled cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title..... More