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Collected Legal Papers.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. Collected Legal Papers. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, c.1920. vii, 316 pp. Cloth in lightly rubbed and moderately edgeworn dust jacket, light toning to text, small library stamp to front pastedown. $75. * Only edition, later printing (copyright date: 1920). A valuable compilation, this volume..... More
Collected Legal Papers.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. Collected Legal Papers. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, c.1920. vii, 316 pp. Cloth in lightly rubbed and moderately edgeworn dust jacket, light toning to text. $75. * Only edition, later printing (copyright date: 1920). A valuable compilation, this volume contains Holmes' most famous speeches and..... More
Alton Trials: Of Winthrop S. Gilman, Who Was Indicted with Enoch...
An Important Event in the History of Freedom of the Press and Abolition [Trial]. Lincoln, William S., Reporter. Trow, John Fowler, Editor. Alton Trials: Of Winthrop S. Gilman, Who Was Indicted with Enoch Long, Amos B. Roff, George H. Walworth, George H. Whitney, William Harned, John S. Noble, James Morss..... More
How 'Tis Done, A Thorough Ventilation of the Numerous Schemes...
Beware of Traveling Salesmen and Agents! [Harrington, Bates]. How 'Tis Done: A Thorough Ventilation of the Numerous Schemes Conducted by Wandering Canvassers, Together with the Various Advertising Dodges for the Swindling of the Public. Syracuse, NY: W.I. Pattison, 1890. 283 pp. 9 Woodcut plates, 3 large woodcut text illustrations. Octavo..... More
Civil Code of the Russian Federation. 2 volumes. 2021.
Butler, William E., Translator and Editor Civil Code of the Russian Federation. Clark, New Jersey: Talbot Publishing, 2021. ISBN-13: 9781616196523. ISBN-10: 1616196521. 2 volumes. cxviii, 462; 463-1020 pp. Hardcover. New. $250. * A title in the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Codes of Law series. The Civil Code of the..... More
Hind-Sights or Looking Back on Swindles. New York, 1911.
Different Types of Swindles Dillon, John J. Hind-Sights, Or Looking Back on Swindles. New York: The Rural Publishing Company, [1911]. 128 pp. Original cloth, gilt title to front board. Moderate shelfwear and minor stains to binding, hinges cracked, a few cracks to text block. Moderate toning, faint dampstaining to foot..... More
A Narrative of the Mysterious and Dreadful Murder of Mr W Weare...
Rare Account of a "Mysterious and Dreadful Murder" [Trials]. Thurtell, John [1794-1824]. Probert, William (d.1825). Hunt, Joseph. A Narrative of the Mysterious and Dreadful Murder of Mr. W. Weare, Containing the Examination Before the Magistrates, The Coroner's Inquest, The Confession of Hunt, And Other Particulars Previous to the Trial, Collected..... More
The Spirit of Detraction Coniured [Conjured] and Convicted in Seven...
"Fit to be Perused by the Libertines of This Age" [Vaughan, Sir William (1577-1641)]. The Spirit of Detraction Coniured and Convicted in Seven Circles. A Worke Both Divine and Morall, Fit to be Perused by the Libertines of this Age, Who Endeauour by Their Detracting and Derogatorie Speeches, to Embezell..... More
Durant Hangs!! The Brutal Slayer of Two Girls, 9-1/4" x 5," 1890.
"The Brutal Slayer of Two Girls" [Publisher Advertisement]. Durrant Hangs!! The Brutal Slayer of Two Girls, Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams in San Francisco, Is Sentenced to Die November 12. [Utica, NY: The Utica Saturday Globe, 1890]. 9-1/4" x 5" broadside, single-column text below headline. Light browning, negligible faint dampstain..... More
Courts of Probate, State of Maine, Lincoln.
1857 Rules of the Probate Court of Lincoln County, Maine [Broadside]. Fales, Bader, Judge. Courts of Probate. State of Maine. Lincoln. N.p.: S.n, 1857. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" broadside with two-part text, first part in a single column, second in parallel columns, both parts below headlines, and enclosed in enclosed in..... More
Magna Carta [Charta] Cum Statutis, London 1576 with Early Annotations
1576 Printing of Magna Carta and Later Statutes [Magna Carta]. Magna Charta, Cum Statutis, Tum Antiquis, Tum Recentibus, Maximopere, Animo Tenendis nunc Demum ad Unum, Tipis Aedita, Per Richardum Tottell. [Imprinted at London: In Fleetestrete Within Temple Barre at the Signe of the Hand and Starre, By Richard Tottel, The..... More
Littletons Tenures in English, Lately Perused and Amended.
Littleton's Tenures in English Littleton, Sir Thomas [1402-1481]. Littletons Tenures in English. Lately Perused and Amended. London: Imprinted by Thomas White, 1604. 142, [2] pp. Octavo (5-1/4" x 3-1/2"). Recent period-style quarter calf over paper-covered boards, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards, moderate wear to corners, hinges cracked. Moderate toning..... More
An Historical Treatise of an Action or Suit at Law...
Boote's Suit at Law: Sole Dublin Edition Boote, R[ichard] [d. 1782]. An Historical Treatise of an Action on Suit at Law; And of the Proceedings Used in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas From the Original Processes to the Judgment in Both Courts, Wherein the Reason and Usage..... More
Court of Common Sense, London, Tuck & Co, c1837
Mr. Pickwick's Servant Stands Trial for His Abuse of the King's English [Broadside]. [Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)]. Court of Common Sense. [London]: Tuck & Co. Printers, Little St. Thomas Apostle, [c.1837]. 9" x 6-1/2" broadside mounted on 12" x 7-1/2" leaf, main text in single column below headline. Moderate toning, light..... 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, untrimed edges. Light toning, light..... More
An Act for Making Perpetual so Much of an Act [and Three Other Acts].
Four 1799 Parliamentary Acts Relating to Penal Transportation to Australia [Australia] [Transporation]. An Act for Making Perpetual So Much of an Act Made in the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of His Present Majesty. An Act to Explain and Amend the Laws Relating to the Transportation, Imprisonment, And Other Punishments..... 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
The Practice of Courts Martial.
"Military Jurisprudence Has, of Late Years, Undergone Considerable Changes, And Been Much Improved" Macomb, Alexander [1782-1841]. The Practice of Courts Martial. New York: Published by Samuel Colman, 1840. [iii]-x, [1], 13-154 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine. A...... More
Praejudicia Tabularia, Probably Hungary, C 1760.
An Eighteenth-Century Manuscript on Prejudicium [Manuscript]. [Praejudicia Tabularia]. Probably Hungary, c.1760. Each side framed. [284] pp. Octavo (6-1/2' x 4-1/2"). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine with raised bands, edges rouged. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks to boards, which are slightly bowed, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped, pastedown..... More
Arret du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, Concernant les Mariages des Noirs...
Interracial Marriage During the Ancien Regime [France]. [Conseil d'Etat]. [Sartine, Antoine de, Comte d'Alby (1729-1801)]. Arret du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, Concernant les Mariages des Noirs, Mulatres ou Autres Gens de Couleur. Du 5 Avril 1778. Extrait des Registres du Conseil d'Etat [Drop-Head Title]. [Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1778]. [2]..... More
5-1/2" x 4" Carte-de-Visite Mounted on Inscribed 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"...
A Notable Philadelphia Lawyer, Abolitionist and Man of Letters Brown, David Paul [1795-1872]. [5-1/2" x 4" Carte-de-Visite Mounted on Inscribed 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Card]. [Philadelphia?, c. 1870]. Light toning to card, small nick to upper left corner. A well-preserved item. $250. * The annotation reads (in part): "Truly & Sincerely..... More
Commemoration Day, July 21, 1865.
A Harvard Event to Mark the End of the Civil War with a Contribution by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Harvard College. Commemoration Day, July 21, 1865. [Cambridge, MA: S.n., 1865]. [4] pp. Quarto (9" x 7"). Single folded sheet, light soiling, short tears to fore-edges, faint vertical and horizontal fold..... More
Cursory Reflexions on the System of Taxation, Established in the City.
A Notable Critique of Philadelphia Property Tax Carey, Mathew [1760-1839]. Cursory Reflexions on the System of Taxation, Established in the City of Philadelphia: With a Brief Sketch of Its Unequal and Unjust Operation. [Philadelphia]: Printed for the Author [by Robert Carr], 1806. 47 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched..... More
1828 Catalogue of the Library of the University of Virginia...
Books Selected by Thomas Jefferson [University of Virginia]. Peden, William Harwood, Introduction. 1828 Catalogue of the Library of the University of Virginia, Reproduced in facsimile With an Introduction by William Harwood Peden. Charlottesville, VA: Printed for the Alderman Library of the University of Virginia, 1945. vi, 114 pp. Index. Original..... More
1828 Catalogue of the Library of the University of Virginia...
Books Selected by Thomas Jefferson [University of Virginia]. Peden, William Harwood, Introduction. 1828 Catalogue of the Library of the University of Virginia, Reproduced in facsimile With an Introduction by William Harwood Peden. Charlottesville, VA: Printed for the Alderman Library of the University of Virginia, 1945. vi, 114 pp. Index. Original..... More