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The Lord's First Night, The Myth of the Droit de Cuissage.
Boureau, Alain. The Lord's First Night: The Myth of the Droit de Cuissage. Translated by Lydia G. Cochrane. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, [1998]. viii, 300 pp. Publisher's cloth. Fine. $35. * From the late Middle Ages to The Marriage of Figaro to Mel Gibson's Braveheart, the ultimate..... More
Historia Placitorum Coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown...
Hale, Sir Matthew. Emlyn, Sollem, Editor. Glazebrook, P.R., Introduction. Historia Placitorum Coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown. Now First Published from his Lordship's Original Manuscript, and the Several References to the Records Examined by the Originals, with Large Notes. By Sollem Emlyn of Lincoln's Inn, Esq. To..... More
Petticoats and Prejudice, Women and Law in Nineteenth-Century Canada.
Backhouse, Constance. Petticoats and Prejudice: Women and Law in Nineteenth-Century Canada. [Toronto]: Published for the Osgoode Society by Women's Press, [1991]. xiv, 467 pp. Publisher's cloth in near-fine dust jacket. $20. * Euphemia Rabbitt, who courageously resisted a vicious rape attempt, and Clara Brett Martin, the first woman admitted to..... More
Reconstructing the Household: Families Sex And the Law... 19th c South
Bardaglio, Peter W. Reconstructing the Household: Families, Sex, And the Law in the Nineteenth-Century South. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, [1995]. xxi, 35 pp. Publisher's cloth in lightly soiled dust jacket. $20. * Examines the connections between race, gender, sexuality, and the law in the nineteenth-century..... More
![Item #74058 W[omens] B[ar] A[ssociation of I[llinois], The First 75 Years. Charlotte Adelman](/pictures/thumb/74058.JPG?v=1660920210)
W[omens] B[ar] A[ssociation of I[llinois], The First 75 Years.
Adelman, Charlotte. W[omens] B[ar] A[ssociation of] I[llinois] 75: The First 75 Years. Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1992. 120 pp. Illustrations. Portraits. Publisher's blue hardcover, gilt title to front board and spine. Fine. $20. * The Women's Bar Association of Illinois, one of the oldest and largest bar associations in..... More
Sisters in Law, Women Lawyers in Modern American History.
Drachman, Virginia D. Sisters in Law: Women Lawyers in Modern American History. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998. xiv, 334 pp. Illustrations. Publisher's cloth in near-fine dust jacket. $35. * More than any other profession women entered in the nineteenth century, law was the most rigidly engendered. Access to courts, bar..... More
The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts: Reprinted from the Copy...
Massachusetts. Farrand, Max [1869-1945], Introduction. The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts: Reprinted from the Copy of the 1648 Edition in the Henry E. Huntington Library, With an Introduction by Max Farrand. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1929. ix, [4], 59 pp. Fascimile. Publisher's brown paneled cloth. Minor rubbing to boards..... More
Marriage and the English Reformation.
Carlson, Eric Josef. Marriage and the English Reformation. Oxford, UK and Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, [1994]. xi, 276 pp. Publisher's hardcover in lightly soiled dust jacket. $30. * The key question in the study of the English Reformation has been whether it resulted from authoritative action from above or by popular..... More
A Text Book of Commercial Law as Existing in California.
Owned by a Female Business Student in 1891 Vassault, F.I. A Text Book of Commercial Law as Existing in California, Designed for Use in Commercial Schools and by Business Men. San Francisco: Published by Heald's Business College, 1888. 166 pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Original publisher's cloth, gilt title to..... More
Law's Relations, A Relational Theory of Self, Autonomy, And Law.
Nedelsky, Jennifer. Law's Relations: A Relational Theory of Self, Autonomy, And Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. xvi, 542 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $30. More
Law and Identity in Mandate Palestine. Chapel Hill, 2006.
Likhovski, Assaf. Law and Identity in Mandate Palestine. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, [2006]. xi, 312 pp. Hardcover in near fine dust jacket. $30. More
Barratry, Its Origin, History and Meaning, In the Maritime Laws.
A Clear Definition of Barratry Daly, Charles P. [1816-1899]. Barratry: Its Origin, History and Meaning, In the Maritime Laws. New York: Baker & Godwin, Printers, 1872. 30 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Faint vertical crease, light soiling and small owner stamp to front wrapper, moderate..... More
Oration, True Americanism, Delivered Before the City Government...
Brandeis on "True Americanism" Brandeis, Louis D. [1856-1941]. Oration: True Americanism, Delivered Before the City Government and Citizens of Boston in Faneuil Hall, On the One Hundred and Thirty-Ninth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of These United States, July 5, 1915. Boston: Printing Department, 1915. 23 pp. Portrait frontispiece..... More
List Of Cases To Be Heard At The Court House. 42 x 33 cm. 1872
[Broadside]. [Great Britain]. Leek Division of the County of Stafford. List of Cases To Be Heard At The Court House [Leek] on the [6th] Day of [Nov.] 187[2]. Leek, Staffordshire, 1872. 16-1/2" x 13" part-printed broadside completed in manuscript. Light toning, horizontal and vertical fold lines, negligible light foxing, two..... More
A Digested Index of the Reports of the Supreme Court... 2 vols. 1822.
A "Search Engine" for Early New York Reports Church, Rodney Smith [d. 1871]. A Digested Index of the Reports of the Supreme Court, And the Court for the Correction of Errors, In the State of New-York: Including Coleman's Cases, Caines's Cases, 2 Vols., Caines's Reports, 3 Vols., Johnson's Cases, 3..... More
Franked Docketed Address Leaf, Signed, In Blackstone's Hand, c1766.
A Bold Blackstone Signature [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Walker, Thomas (1724-1804)]. [Franked Docketed Address Leaf Addressed to Walker, Signed, In Blackstone's Hand, Oxford, October 14, (1766?)]. 9" x 7" leaf from a bifolium letter, Moderate toning, moderate soiling, vertical and horizontal fold lines, chips along fold lines, minor loss..... More
The Christiana Riot and the Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical...
The First Case of Violent Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Law Hensel, William Uhler. The Christiana Riot and the Treason Trials of 1851; An Historical Sketch. Lancaster, PA: Press of the New Era Printing Co., 1911. [iv], 134 pp. Frontispiece. 11 plates. Complete. Later faux-calf cloth, gilt title to spine..... More
Correspondence and Papers Collected by John Lockwood, 1928-1949.
An Archive Featuring Holmes, Frankfurter and Hiss [Manuscript Archive]. Lockwood, John [1904-1993]. [Correspondence and Papers Collected by John Lockwood, 1928-1949]. 172 ff. of documents and correspondence ranging in size from approximately 13" x 8-1/2" (unfolded) to 9" x 5-3/4," most 11" x 8-1/2". 31 ff. laid in, remainder bound (with..... More
Coke Said..., 14-1/4" x 8-3/4" Signed Lithographic Print, c.1950s-60s.
A Lawyer Leans on Coke Gropper, William [1897-1977]. Coke Said... c.1950s-1960s (1968?). 14-1/4" x 8-3/4" lithographic print (image size 12" x 7-1/2") with typed caption and penciled signature of William Gropper, professionally shrink-wrapped onto 15" x 10-1/2" foamcore board with hang tag. Light toning to margins, image vivid. $250. *..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Insurance, Fire, Life, Accident, Marine.
A Hybrid of Treatise and Casebook Richards, George. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance: Fire, Life, Accident, Marine. With a Selection of Leading Illustrative Cases and an Appendix of Statutes and Forms. New York and Albany: Banks & Brothers, 1895. xxx, [2], 666 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Later..... More
Felix Frankfurter Reminisces, First Edition, Inscribed by Frankfurter.
A First Edition Inscribed by Frankfurter Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: An Intimate Portrait as Recorded in Talks with Dr. Harlan B. Phillips. New York: Reynal & Company, [1960]. [ix], 310 pp. Cloth in dust jacket, light edgewear to extremities, a few negligible tiny spots, chip to head of..... More
Collieries and Colliers, A Handbook of the Law of Leading Cases...
Victorian-Era Laws Concerning Coal Mines Fowler, John Coke [1815-1899]. Collieries and Colliers: A Handbook of the Law of Leading Cases Relating Thereto. London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1869. xix, 432 pp. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary cloth, blind frames and central arabesques to boards, rebacked retaining existing spine with gilt..... More
![Item #74034 The Punishments of China, Illustrated [With] Album of Watercolors. George H. Mason](/pictures/thumb/74034.JPG?v=1660665168)
The Punishments of China, Illustrated [With] Album of Watercolors.
Chinese Punishment in the British Imagination [Mason, George H. (1770-1851)]. The Punishments of China, Illustrated by Twenty-Two Engravings: With Explanations in English and French. London: Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer and Co., 1801. [94] pp. With 22 hand-colored stipple engravings, first plate bound as frontispiece. Folio (14-1/2" x...... More
Summons to Appear as Referees in a Debt Dispute, Horsham, PA, 1846.
"The Parties in this Cause Have Chosen You Referees..." [Pennsylvania]. [Summons to Appear as Referees in a Debt Dispute]. Horsham, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1846. 6-3/4" x 8" part-printed document completed in manuscript and signed by justice of the peace Charles Palmer, summary of judgement and autograph signatures of four men..... More
The Perjury Case! Further Developments: Mr Clark's Replies to the...
A Pastor Defends His Congregant Clark, Benjamin Franklin [1809-1879]. The Perjury Case! Further Developments. Mr. Clark's Replies to the Letters of George F. Farley, And Ashael Huntington, Esq's. Boston: Printed for the Publisher, 1848. 16 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 5-3/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, bottom edge untrimmed, last signature unopened. Moderate..... More