1785 Tax Document from Danbury, Connecticut [Manuscript]. [Connecticut]. [Document Abating Taxes for 29 Individuals]. Danbury, Connecticut, December 1, 1785. Single 12-1/2" x 7-1/2" leaf, docket to verso. Moderate toning, a few very faint spots and smudges, horizontal and vertical fold lines, small hole and clean tear affecting text without loss..... More

1847 French Legal Thesis on Women and Marriage [Manuscript]. [Dossat, Jacques-Jean-Baptiste Alphonse (b.1823)]. [Legal Thesis on Women and Marriage in Roman and French Law]. [Grenoble?], 1847. 202 pp. Quarto (10" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary quarter morocco over pebbled cloth, raised bands, gilt ornaments and gilt title (Condition des Femmes) to spine..... More

Goss, John Dean. The History of Tariff Administration in the United States: From Colonial Times to the McKinley Administrative Bill. Originally published: New York: [Columbia University], 1891. 89 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190903; ISBN-10: 1616190906. Paperback. Light creasing to cover. Else very good. $10.95 *..... More

Shang, Yang. The Book of Lord Shang. A Classic of the Chinese School of Law. Translated from the Chinese with Introduction and Notes by Dr. J.J.L. Duyvendak. Originally published: London: Arthur Probsthain, 1928. xiv, 346 pp. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191870; ISBN-10: 1616191872. Paperback. Light shelfwear..... More

"The Most Important Treatise on Criminal Law Produced by American Legal Scholarship" Hall, Jerome. General Principles of Criminal Law. Second Edition. Originally published: Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, [1960]. xii, 642 pp. Reprinted 2005, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774983; ISBN-10: 1584774983. Laminate hardcover. Corners bumped. Else fine..... More

With a Hand-Colored Folding Frontispiece Hoggart [Haggart], David [1800-1821]. The Life of David Hoggart, The Murderer, Alias M'c Colgan, Alias Daniel O'Brian; Related by Himself While Under Sentence of Death. This Unhappy Youth was Executed at Edinburgh, On the 18th of July, 1821, For the Murder of Morrin, One of..... More

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, 4 folding. Complete. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5")..... More

First Edition of an Important Contribution to the Early-Modern Recovery of Roman Law Du Rivail, Aymar [c.1490-c.1557]. Libri de Historia Iuris Civilis et Pontificii. [Valence]: Venundantur Valentie in Biblioteca Ludovici Olivelli Bibliopole Universitatis Valen. Iurati, [1515]. cxxix, [19] ff. Quarto (7-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Later limp vellum with lapped edges, faint..... More

An Important Early Work on Law and Economics in a Superb Contemporary Binding [Summa Monaldina]. Monaldo da Capodistria [c.1210-c.1280]. Descousu, Celse-Hugues [c.1480-c.1540]. Summa Perutilis Atq[ue] Aurea Venerabilis Viri Fratris Monaldi in Utroq[ue] Jure tam Civilis Q[uam] Canonico Fundata.... Lyon: In Vico Mercurali per Petrum Baleti ad Intersignium Sancti Iohannis Baptiste..... More

Handsome Manuscript Concerning French Law, Roman Law and Dauphin of France [Manuscript]. [France] [La Balme]. Dissertations sur Diverses Matieres du Droict Romain & Francois. [France], 1712. 143 ff. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary morocco, dyed red, gilt frames with corner fleurons to boards, large gilt arms of France to centers..... More

First Edition of an Important Work on the Right to Trial by Jury Hawles, Sir John [1645-1716]. [Bacon, Sir Francis (1561-1626)]. The English-Mans Right. A Dialogue Between a Barrister at Law, And a Jury-Man: Plainly Setting Forth, I. The Antiquity, II. The Excellent Designed Use, III. The Office and Just..... More

Tucker, St. George. View of the Constitution of the United States with Selected Writings. Foreword by Clyde N. Wilson. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, [1999]. xxi, 478 pp. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $50. * As professor of law at..... More

Members of the Third Parliament of Charles I [Great Britain]. [Parliament]. The Order and Manner of the Sitting of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall, As Peeres of the Realme, In the Higher House of Parliament, According to Their Dignities, Offices, And Degrees, Some Other Called Thither for Their Assistance, And..... More