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Studi in Onore di Edoardo Volterra, Milan, 1971.
Owned by a Notable Scholar of Roman Law [Volterra, Edoardo (1904-1984)]. [Schiller, A. Arthur (1902-1977)]. Studi in Onore di Edoardo Volterra. Milan: Casa Editrice Dott. A. Giuffre, 1971. Six volumes. Original blue publisher's cloth in lightly soiled and edgeworn dust jackets. Title page of Volume 1 preceded by portrait frontispiece..... More
Trial of Frederick Eberle and Others, At a Nisi Prius Court, Held...
A Conspiracy to Prevent Services in English in Two Lutheran Churches in Philadelphia [Trials]. Eberle, Frederick, Primary Defendant. Carson, James, Reporter. Trial of Frederick Eberle and Others, At a Nisi Prius Court, Held at Philadelphia, July 1816, Before the Honorable Jasper Yeates, Justice, For Illegally Conspiring Together by All Means..... More
Repertorium in Opera Nicolai de Tudeschis. Venice, 1486.
Rare 1486 Reference Companion to the Canonist Known as the "Lamp of the Law" Corsetti, Antonio [c.1450-1503]. Tudeschis, Niccolo de, Archbishop (Abbas Panoramitanus) [1386-1445]. [Repertorium in Opera Nicolai de Tudeschis]. [Venice: Andreas Torresanus, c.September 17, 1486]. [379] leaves, lacking 3 blank leaves, a1 and X5-6. Collation: a-d8, e10, f-k8, l10..... More
The Burdell Case, Closing Argument of Mr. Charles Edwards, Advocate...
A Bizarre Case Involving Murder and Fraudulent Claims of Marriage and Parenthood [Trial]. Edwards, Charles [1797-1868]. Cunningham, Emma, Claiment. The Burdell Case, Closing Argument of Mr. Charles Edwards, Advocate for Infant Next of Kin of Harvey Burdell: And in Opposition to the Claim of Emma Augusta Cunningham, For Letters of..... More
Trial of David Lynn, Jabez Meigs, Elijah Barton, Prince Cain...
"Killed by a Party of Men Disguised as Indians": McDade 641 [Trials]. Lynn, David, Primary Defendant. Merrick, John [1766-1861], Reporter. Trial of David Lynn, Jabez Meigs, Elijah Barton, Prince Cain, Nathaniel Lynn, Ansel Meigs, And Adam Pitts, For the Murder of Paul Chadwick, At Malta, In Maine, On September 8th..... More
Conductor Generalis: Or, The Office, Duty and Authority of Justices...
The First American Printing of a Work by Blackstone Parker, James [1714-1770]. Conductor Generalis: Or, The Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, jury-Men, and Overseers of the Poor. As Also the Office of Clerks of Assize, and of the Peace, &c. Compiled..... More
Celebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence 6 vol
A Fascinating Compendium of Celebrated Trials in a Handsome Binding [Trials]. [Borrow, George H., Editor]. Celebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence from the Earliest Records to the Years 1825. London: Printed for Knight & Lacey, 1825. Six volumes. 35 engraved plates, 3 folding. Complete. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4")..... More
Scrapbook Concerning the Murder of Joseph Hedley, c 1826-1843.
A Unique Collection of Items Relating to the Unsolved Murder of "Joe the Quilter" [Manuscript]. Bell, John [1783-1864], Compiler. [Hedley, Joseph (1749/50-1826)]. Account of the Murder of Joseph Hedley Commonly Called Joe the Quilter at Homers Lane Near Warden in the County of Northumberland 3d. January 1826. [6] ff. Disassembled..... More
The New and Complete Newgate Calendar; Or, Malefactor's Bloody...
Complete Set in Bayntun Bindings, Extra-Illustrated Jackson, William, Principal Author. The New and Complete Newgate Calendar, Or, Malefactor's Universal Register. Containing, New and Authentic Accounts of the Lives, Adventures, Exploits, Last-Dying-Speeches, Confessions, &c. &c. of the Most Notorious Criminals and Violators of the Laws of their Country (of Both Sexes..... More
An Introduction to Municipal Law. Designed for General Readers, and...
Considers Presidential War Powers, Codification and the Status of Married Women Pomeroy, John Norton [1828-1885]. An Introduction to Municipal Law: Designed for General Readers and for Students in Colleges and Higher Schools. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1864. xxxviii, 544 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Original textured cloth, blind..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, Portland, ME, August 3, 1837.
Letter From a Former Student to Story With Extensive Notes by Story [Manuscript]. Fox, Edward [1815-1881]. [Story, Joseph (1779-1845)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Portland, ME, August 3, 1837]. Single leaf folded to form 10" x 8" bifolium, franked and docketed on verso of second page, which has a bit of sealing..... More
Five Autograph Letters, Signed, From Story to his Brother-in-Law.
Story Discusses the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson and the Aftermath of a Landmark Case [Manuscript Archive]. Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. [White, Stephen]. [Five Autograph Letters, Signed, From Story to his Brother-in-Law, Washington, DC, 1814-1826]. Five autograph letters on 10" x 8" bifolia with integral address leaves and wax seals or..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, Cambridge, MA, April 22, 1837.
Story Praises a Colleague's Essay on Usury [Manuscript]. Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. [Whipple, John (1784-1866)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Cambridge, MA, April 22, 1837]. Single leaf folded to form 9-3/4" x 8" bifolium, franked and docketed on verso of second page, which has a bit of sealing wax. Vertical and horizontal fold..... More
The Humble Desires of a Free Subiect and True Lover of the Liberties..
Powers That Belong to the "Free Subject" Free Subject. The Humble Desires of a Free Subiect and True Lover of the Liberties of the Three Nations, Of England Scotland, And Ireland, And of the Dominions, And Territories Belonging to Them; Whereby to Unite Them in love, And Amity. London: Printed..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, Salem, MA, June 9, 1829, Framed.
"I Am Now Very Busy" [Manuscript]. Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. [Sewall, Samuel E. (1799-1888)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Salem, MA, June 9, 1829]. Single-page letter on 10" x 8" sheet and 9-1/2"x 7" engraved portrait of Story in judicial attire in attractively matted and glazed 13-3/4" x 19-1/4" frame. Moderate toning to..... More
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, During the...
A Copy Owned by Joseph Story, Benjamin Butler and Henry Fowle Durant Shower, Bartholomew. Leach, Thomas, Editor. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, During the Reigns of Charles the Second; James the Second; And William the Third. By Sir Bartholomew Shower, Knt. In Two Volumes. Volume..... More
Indications Respecting Lord Eldon, Including History of the Pending...
"Thus Exquisitely Cemented is the Union of Sinister Interests" Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1842]. Indications Respecting Lord Eldon, Including History of the Pending Judges'-Salary-Raising Measure. London: [Printed by A.J. Valpy], 1825. 55, [1] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet in recent stiff green wrappers, edges speckled red. Light toning to..... More
A Memoir of the North-Eastern Boundary, In Connexion with Mr Jay's...
Gallatin and Webster Discuss the Establishment of the U.S.-Canadian Border Gallatin, Albert [1761-1849]. Webster, Daniel [1782-1852]. A Memoir of the North-Eastern Boundary, In Connexion with Mr. Jay's Map. Together With a Speech on the Same Subject, By the Hon. Daniel Webster; Delivered at a Special Meeting of the New-York Historical..... More
A Bill to Establish an Uniform System of Bankruptcy, Throughout the...
The First Federal Bankruptcy Act [Bankruptcy]. [United States]. A Bill to Establish an Uniform System of Bankruptcy, Throughout the United States. Philadelphia: Printed by T.L. Plowman, 1801. 28 pp. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning, light soiling to exterior,a few minor spots to title page. Rare. $1,500..... More
Typed Letter, Signed, On Preparing for Law School, October 2, 1930.
Wigmore Advises a Young Lawyer [Manuscript]. Wigmore, John Henry [1863-1943]. [Watkins, Samuel C.G. (1853-1942)]. [Typed Letter, Signed, On Preparing for Law School, Chicago, October 2, 1930]. 1 pp. typed letter, lightly corrected in pencil, on 11" x 8-1/2" Northwestern University School of Law letterhead. Light toning and soiling, faint horizontal..... More
Lord Bacon's Confession: A Statement of the Facts, London, 1861.
A Sympathetic History of Bacon Dixon, William Hepworth [1821-1879]. [Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)]. Lord Bacon's Confession: A Statement of the Facts. London: [Printed by W. Clowes and Sons], 1861. 37 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet tipped into recent wrappers, edges speckled red. Light soiling to wrappers, faint marks from..... More
Communist Strategy and Tactics of Employing Peasant Dissatisfaction...
"Revolutionary Ends" in Communist Vietnam Taylor, Paul S. [1895-1984]. U.S. House Committee on Government Operations. Communist Strategy and Tactics of Employing Peasant Dissatisfaction Over Conditions of Land Tenure for Revolutionary Ends in Vietnam. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970. vi, 28 pp. Stapled pamphlet in self-wrappers. Moderate toning, faint..... More
The Nature of Obsolete Ordinances, A Sermon Preached at the...
A Scarce Sermon on the Evolution of Law Hey, John [1734-1815]. The Nature of Obsolete Ordinances, A Sermon Preached at the University Church in Cambridge, At the Assizes Before the Honourable Sir Richard Aston, Knt. One of the Justices of the Court of King's Bench, On Wednesday, March 10, 1773..... More
Leges Marchiarum or Border-Laws, Containing Several Original...
The Union of Scotland and England [Nicolson, William], Lord Bishop of Carlisle [1665-1727]. Leges Marchiarum, or Border-Laws: Containing Several Original Articles and Treaties, Made and Agreed upon by the Commissioners of the Respective Kings of England and Scotland, for the Better Preservation of Peace and Commerce upon the Marches of..... More
Trial of Madeleine Smith. 1st edition, 1905. Notable Scottish Trials
First Title in the Notable Scottish Trials Series [Trial]. Smith, Madeleine [1835-1938], Defendant. Smith, A. Duncan, Editor. Trial of Madeleine Smith. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1905]. xi, 371, [9] pp. Frontispiece, 3 plates. Original green cloth, gilt title and series name to spine, top-edge gilt. Light rubbing..... More