Trial; Wedderburn, Robert, Defendant
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The Affair. The Case of Alfred Dreyfus.
[Dreyfus, Alfred]. Bredin, Jean-Denis. The Affair. The Case of Alfred Dreyfus. Translated from the French by Jeffrey Mehlman. George Braziller, Inc., 1986. Reprint Birmingham: The Notable Trials Library, 1989. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. Reprint. xii, 628 pp. Brown quarter-calf, raised bands, gilt. Fine. $25. More
Trial of Guy Fawkes and Others (Gunpowder Plot).
Carswell, Donald, Editor. Trial of Guy Fawkes and Others (The Gunpowder Plot). London: William Hodge & Company, [1934]. Reprint. The Notable Trials Library, 1991. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. vi, 191 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25..... More
Trial of Captain Kidd
Brooks, Graham (Editor). Trial of Captain Kidd. Glasgow and Edinburgh, 1930. Reprint New York, N.Y.: Notable Trials Library, 1992. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. x, 223 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. More
The Murder of Stanford White.
Langford, Gerald. The Murder of Stanford White. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., [1962]. [Notable Trials Library], 1996. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. Illustrated. 270 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $50. * First edition. A brilliant retelling of one..... More
The Trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann Edited With a History of the Case
Whipple, Sidney B. The Trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Edited With a History of the Case. Garden City, [N.Y.]: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1937. Reprint. [Birmingham]: The Notable Trials Library, 1989]. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. [viii], vii, 565 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all..... More
Burke and Hare.
Roughead, William. Burke and Hare. London: William Hodge and Company, [1948]. Reprint. Notable Trials Library, 1996. Introduction Alan M. Dershowitz. xi, 412 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. * Notable British Trials. New Enlarged General Edition. The..... More
The People v. Clarence Darrow: The Bribery Trial of America's...
Cowan, Geoffrey. The People v. Clarence Darrow: The Bribery Trial of America's Greatest Lawyer. Times Books Random House, [1993]. Reprint New York: Notable Trials Library, 1995. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xxix, 546 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker..... More
The Trial of Ezra Pound. A Documented Account of the Treason Case...
[Pound, Ezra]. Cornell, Julien. The Trial of Ezra Pound. A Documented Account of the Treason Case by the Defendant's Lawyer. New York: John Day, 1966. Reprint edition. Notable Trials Library, 1992. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. 215 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt..... More
Report of the Trial of William Henry Theodore Durrant...
Peixotto, Edgar D. Report of the Trial of William Henry Theodore Durrant: Indicted for the Murder of Blanche Lamont, Before the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco: including a full history of the case after defendant's conviction, giving in detail all the numerous appeals and motions..... More
The Trial of St. Thomas More
E.E. Reynolds. The Trial of St. Thomas More. E.E. Reynolds, [1964]. Reprint New York, N.Y.: Notable Trials Library, 1993. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xiv, 169 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. More
The Nuremberg Trial.
Tusa, Ann, and John Tusa. The Nuremberg Trial. New York: Atheneum, 1986. Reprint. [Birmingham: The Notable Trials Library, 1990]. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. [vi], 519, [2] pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. More
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation.
Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832]. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. London: Printed for T. Payne, 1789. cccxxxv, [31] pp. Reprinted Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, 1986. Decorative gilt stamped calf, edges gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $25. * Reprint of the first edition. This work "is..... More
On Liberty.
Mill, John Stuart [1806-1873]. On Liberty. London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859. Reprint. New York: The Legal Classics Library, 1992. 207 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $45. * Reprint of first edition. Influenced by the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, Mill..... More
On the Duty of Man and Citizen According to Natural Law.
Pufendorf, Samuel von [1632-1694]. On the Duty of Man and Citizen According to Natural Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 1927. Reprint. New York: Legal Classics Library, [1993]. 27, xxi, 152, [1] pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, gilt edges, raised bands, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $45. * First published..... More
Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Schooner Savannah...
Warburton, A.F. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Schooner Savannah, on the charge of piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, Hon. Judges Nelson and Shipman, presiding. New York: Baker & Godwin, 1862. Reprint Legal Classics Library, 1997. xxii, 385 pp..... More
Escaped, Prison to Pulpit, Rev Vincent J Steffan of Philadelphia, Pa..
A Former Convict Who Became a Minister Lectures on Capital Punishment [Broadside]. Steffan, Vincent J. Escaped. Prison to Pulpit, Rev. Vincent J. Steffan of Philadelphia, Pa. Lecture on Capital Punishment.... Thursday Eve., 7:30 p.m. First Baptist Church. Ames, Iowa. Admission Free. N.p: S.n., c. 1925. 9" x 6" broadside mounted..... More
Lincoln the Lawyer.
Hill, Frederick Trevor. Lincoln the Lawyer. New York: The Century Co., 1906. Reprinted Legal Classics Library, [1996]. Illustrated. xviii, 332 pp. Full decorative calf, extra gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt. Silk ribbon bookmarker. Fine. $25. * Hill's account draws on interviews with people who knew or worked with Lincoln..... More
Alphabetum Juridicum, Canonicum, Civile, Theoricum, Practicum, Morale.
Eighteenth-Century French Edition of a Distinguished Seventeenth-Century Dictionary Castejon, Gil de [fl. 1677]. Alphabetum Juridicum, Canonicum, Civile, Theoricum, Practicum, Morale, Atque Politicum. Quae in hoc Opere Contineantur, Vocabulorum Elenchus Utrique Volumini Praefixus Indicat. Editio Altera Gallica, Diligentius Recognita et Emendata. Lyon: Sumptibus Anisson, & Posuel, 1720. Two volumes bound as..... More
Sources of Our Liberties. Documentary Origins of Individual Liberties
Perry, Richard L. and John C. Cooper, Editors. Sources of Our Liberties: Documentary Origins of Individual Liberties in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. Chicago: American Bar Foundation, 1978. Reprint. The Legal Classics Library, 1990. xxii, 466 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled..... More
Karl Nickerson Llewellyn on Legal Realism.
Llewellyn, Karl Nickerson [1893-1962]. Karl Nickerson Llewellyn on Legal Realism. Including The Bramble Bush; "Legal Tradition and Social Science Method--A Realist's Critique" (1931), "Some Realism About Realism - Responding to Dean Pound" (1931) and "On Reading and Using the Newer Jurisprudence" (1940). The Legal Classics Library, 1986. ix, 158; 89-120;..... More
General Theory of Law and State. Translated by Anders Wedberg
Kelsen, Hans [1881-1973]. General Theory of Law and State. Translated by Anders Wedberg. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1945. Reprint. Birmingham: The Legal Classics Library, [1990]. xxxiii, 516 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $45. * "This book is more than a...... More
Major Legal Systems in the World Today... Third ed. 1985. Reprint 1988
David, Rene. Brierley, John E. Major Legal Systems in the World Today: An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Law. London: Stevens & Sons,1985. xvi, 624 pp. Reprinted Birmingham: The Legal Classics Library, 1988. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $35. *..... More
The Spirit of Liberty. [with] The Bill of Rights.
Hand, Learned [1872-1961]. The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses of Learned Hand Collected, and with an Introduction and Notes, by Irving Dilliard. Third Edition, Enlarged. [Together with] The Bill of Rights. The Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures, 1958 by Learned Hand. Reprint. Birmingham: The Legal Classics Library, 1989. Frontispiece. xxx..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Property in Intellectual Productions...
Drone, Eaton S. [1814-1917]. A Treatise on the Law of Property in Intellectual Productions in Great Britain and the United States. Embracing Copyright in Works of Literature and Art, and Playwright in Dramatic and Musical Compositions. Boston: Little, Brown, 1879. Reprint. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, 1987. liv, 775, [1] pp..... More
The Art of Cross-Examination...New and Enlarged edition. 1904. Reprint
Wellman, Francis L. The Art of Cross-Examination: With the Cross-Examinations of Important Witnesses in Some Celebrated Cases. New and Enlarged Edition. New York: Macmillan Company, 1904. Reprint. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, 1983. 404 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers. Fine. $25. * "[Wellman's Cross-Examination]..... More