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The Silver Question.
Weston, George M. [1816-1887]. The Silver Question. New York, I.S. Homans, 1878. xii, 293 pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine. Fading, light shelf wear, very light toning, internally clean. Presentation inscription "Hon. Wm. M. Evarts With respects of The Author" to front endleaf. $100. * Weston wrote extensively on..... More
Trial of Henry Fauntleroy and Other Famous Trials for Forgery.
Bleackley, Horace, Editor. Trial of Henry Fauntleroy and Other Famous Trials for Forgery. Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1924]. 269 pp. Frontispiece. Plates. Cloth in moderately edgeworn and lightly soiled dust jacket (with a fragment of its price label on its spine). $20. More
The Rule of Law: Albert Venn Dicey, Victorian Jurist.
Cosgrove, Richard A. The Rule of Law: Albert Venn Dicey, Victorian Jurist. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1980. xv, 319 pp. Illustrations. Cloth in lightly worn dust jacket, very faint dampstaining to fore-edge of text block. $20. * "The Rule of Law is the first biography of Albert..... More
Lawyers of Los Angeles, A History of the Los Angeles Bar Association..
Robinson, W.W. Lawyers of Los Angeles: A History of the Los Angeles Bar Association and of the Bar of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles: Bar Association, 1959. x, 370 pp. Cloth in moderately edgeworn and lightly soiled dust jacket, owner stamp to front pastedown. $20. More
The Law Relating to Compensation for Criminal Injuries to Person...
Moloney, Henry J. Lee, Joseph B. The Law Relating to Compensation for Criminal Injuries to Person and Property; with a Summary of Procedure, the County Court, Appeal, and High Court Rules and Forms, and Appendix of Statutes. Dublin: E. Ponsonby, Ltd., 1912. xviii, 236 pp. Publisher's green cloth, blind frames..... More
Difficiles Nugae: Or, Observations Touching the Torricellian...
Hale Disputes the Theories of Descartes and Robert Boyle Hale, Sir Matthew [1609-1676]. Difficiles Nugae: Or, Observations Touching the Torricellian Experiment, And the Various Solutions of the Same, Especially Touching the Weight and Elasticity of the Air. London: Printed by W. Godbid, for William Shrowsbury, 1674. [viii], 304, [8] pp..... More
Property Rights and Poverty. Political Argument in Britain, 1605-1834.
Horne, Thomas A. Property Rights and Poverty. Political Argument in Britain, 1605-1834. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1990. [ix], 296 pp. Cloth in fine dust jacket. $95. * "Focusing primarily on British political thought from the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s, Thomas Horne examines the philosophical links between property..... More
The Scottish Poor Law 1745-1845.
Cage, R.A. The Scottish Poor Law 1745-1845. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1981. v, 180 pp., illustrations. Cloth in very lightly worn dust jacket. $40. * "This is the first modern work examining the development and practices of the Scottish poor law for Scotland as a whole during a century of..... More
Prisons and Punishment in Scotland. From the Middle Ages...
Cameron, Joy. Prisons and Punishment in Scotland. From the Middle Ages to the Present. Edinburgh: Canongate, 1983. x, 274 pp., 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations. Cloth in moderately worn dust jacket. $10. More
Religion, Law, and the Growth of Constitution Thought 1150-1650.
Tierney, Brian. Religion, Law, and the Growth of Constitution Thought 1150-1650. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. xi, 114 pp. Cloth in lightly worn dust jacket. $50. More
Commentary to the Germanic Laws and Mediaeval [Medieval] Documents.
Wiener, Leo. Commentary to the Germanic Laws and Mediaeval Documents. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1915. lxi, 224 pp. Cloth, light shelfwear. A very good copy. $20. * Examines the structural and semantic development of Germanic laws based on a detailed evaluation of German mediaeval law documents. Marke, A Catalogue of..... More
The Dissenting Opinions of Mr Justice Holmes.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. The Dissenting Opinions of Mr. Justice Holmes. Arranged, With Introductory Notes, by Alfred Lief. With a Foreword by Dr. George W. Kirchwey. New York: The Vanguard Press, [1929]. xviii, 314 pp. Frontispiece. Cloth in worn and lightly soiled dust jacket. $5. More
Mysteries and Solutions in Irish Legal History. Irish Legal History...
Greer, D.S. Dawson, N.M. Mysteries and Solutions in Irish Legal History. Irish Legal History Society Discourses and Other Papers, 1996-1999. [Dublin]: Four Courts Press in association with the Irish Legal History Society, 2001. xvii, 252 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Cloth in near-fine dust jacket. $50. * Greer and Dawson (both teach..... More
The Bulkies: Police and Crime in Belfast, 1800-1865.
Griffin, Brian. The Bulkies: Police and Crime in Belfast, 1800-1865. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1997. x, 166 pp. Frontispiece. 18 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations. Cloth in near-fine dust jacket. $15. More
Civitas, Glouc: Ordinances, Statutes and Rules, Made and Ordained...
An Unrecorded Account of Gloucester's Poor Laws [Poor Laws]. [Gloucester]. Civitas, Glouc. Ordinances, Statutes and Rules, Made and Ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of this City of Gloucester, At a Council Holden in the Council Chamber the Three and Twentieth Day of February, In the Eleventh Year..... More
The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton, Volume I.
Goebel, Julius, Jr., Editor. The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton: Documents and Commentary. Volume I. New York: Columbia University Press, 1964. xxiv, 898 pp. Frontispiece. Plates. Cloth in moderately rubbed dust jacket. $50. * First edition. This work, a massive undertaking, was done with a view of reconstructing Hamilton's professional..... More
Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries. 5 volumes.
Ker, N.R. Piper, A.J. Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969-2002. Five volumes. Plates. Complete set. Cloth, negligible light shelfwear, slight fading to Volumes II and IV. Small mark in pen to rear pastedown of Volume V, interiors otherwise clean. $1,000. More
Considerations Touching the Great Question of the King's Right in...
A Defense of the Declaration of Indulgence by a Roman Catholic Martyr Langhorne, Richard [1624?-1679]. Considerations Touching the Great Question of the King's Right in Dispensing with the Penal Laws. Written on the Occasion of His Late Blessed Majesties Granting Free Toleration and Indulgence. London: Printed by H.H. for the..... More
Bibliotheca Fictiva, A Collection of Books & Manuscripts Relating...
Freeman, Arthur. Bibliotheca Fictiva: A Collection of Books & Manuscripts Relating to Literary Forgery 400 BC-AD 2000. London: Bernard Quaritch, 2014. xvi, 423 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Ribbon book mark. Cloth in fine dust jacket. $75. More
Camera Regis, Or, A Short View of London: Containing the Antiquity...
Brydall on London, A Copy Presented to His Father Brydall, John [b.1635?]. Camera Regis, Or, A Short View of London: Containing the Antiquity, Fame, Walls, Bridge, River, Gates, Tower, Cathedral, Officers, Courts, Customs, Franchises, &c. Of that Renowned City. Collected Out of Law & History and Methodized for the Benefit..... More
A Collection in English, Of the Statutes Now in Force, Continued from.
1583 Edition of Rastell's Statutes Rastell, William [1508-1565], Compiler. A Collection in English, Of the Statutes Now in Force, Continued from the Beginning of Magna Charta, Made in the 9. Yeere of the Reigne of King H.3. Untill the Ende of the Parliament Holden in the 23. Yeere of the..... More
Miscellanies: Critical, Imaginative, and Juridical. 2 Vols...
Essays by the Author of Ten-Thousand a Year Warren, Samuel [1807-1877]. Miscellanies Critical, Imaginative, and Juridical: Contributed to Blackwell's Magazine. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1855. 2 volumes. xi, [1], 466, 8; [vi], 504 pp. Advertisements. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth with gilt titles and volume numbers to spines, light rubbing and..... More
Reasons Against a Registry for Lands, &c Shewing Briefly, The Great..
A Strident Critique of Universal Land Registration [Great Britain]. [Real Property]. Reasons Against a Registry for Lands, &c. Shewing Briefly, The Great Disadvantages, Charges and Inconveniences that may Accrue to the Whole Nation in General Thereby, Much Over-Ballancing the Particular Advantages that are Imagined to Arise Therefrom; In Answer to..... More
The Newgate Novel, 1830-1847, Bulwer, Ainsworth, Dickens, & Thackerary
Hollingsworth, Keith. The Newgate Novel,1830-1847: Bulwer, Ainsworth, Dickens, & Thackerary. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1963. 279 pp. Illustrations. Cloth in moderately worn dust jacket. $20. More
A Register of English Theatrical Documents 1660-1737, 2 Volumes.
Milhous, Judith. Hume, Robert D. A Register of English Theatrical Documents 1660-1737. Carbondale: Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1991. Two volumes. Cloth. Fine. $10. More