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Copy of Verses Giving an Account of the Trial and Sentence of Charles.
"One of the Most Determined Felons in Existence" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Peace, Charles [d.1876]. Copy of Verses Giving an Account of the Trial and Sentence of Charles Peace, The Banner Cross Murderer, And Notorious Blackheath Burglar. [Sheffield]: S.n., [1876]. 9-1/2" x 7-1/4" broadside, text in two columns below headline, columns and..... More
A Collection of Heads and Titles Proper for a Common Place-Book...
A 1733 Guide to Compiling Legal Commonplace Books [Legal Education]. [Great Britain]. A Collection of Heads and Titles Proper for a Common Place-Book in Law and Equity. Interspers'd with Many Useful Words for the Benefit of References to the Titles. Which Renders the Whole a Copious Index to the Law..... More
Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, With...
A Man of the Border States Proposes Constitution Amendments to End the Civil War [Broadside]. "Curtius" Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, With Reasons Why They Should be Adopted. [N.p.: S.n., 1861]. 17" x 11" broadside, untrimmed left-hand margin, text in three columns below headline. Signed in..... More
Mr Justice Holmes and The Supreme Court, Signed by Frankfurter.
Signed by Frankfurter Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Mr. Justice Holmes and The Supreme Court. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1938. [viii], 137 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. A few minor scratches to baords, light rubbing to extremities, light toning to interior. "Felix Frankfurter" in..... More
Significant Supreme Court Opinions of the Honorable Warren E Burger...
With a Warm Inscription by Burger Burger, Warren E. [1907-1995]. Significant Supreme Court Opinions of the Honorable Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States. Manila: The Philippine Bar Association, 1984. [x], 875 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original cloth, light rubbing to extremities, faint crease to front board, presentation inscription..... More
The Compleat Court-Keeper: Or, Land-Steward's Assistant...
Jacob's Treatise on Real Property Jacob, Giles [1686-1744]. The Compleat Court-Keeper: Or, Land Steward's Assistant. Containing, First, The Nature of Courts-Leets and Courts-Baron; With a General Introduction to Every Thing Incident to Them, According to Law and Custom. Secondly, The Manner of Holding Courts-Leet, Courts-Baron, And Courts of Survey, With..... More
Cursory Strictures on the Charge Delived by Lord Chief Justice Eyre..
Godwin Denounces the Dangerous Precedent Set by a Recent Sedition Trial [Godwin, William (1756-1836)]. Cursory Strictures on The Charge Delivered by Lord Chief Justice Eyre to the Grand Jury, October 2, 1794. First published in the Morning Chronicle October 21. London: Printed for and Sold by D.I. Eaton, 1794. 31..... More
Formulare Anglicanum, Or, A Collection of Ancient Charters...
Annotated Copy of a Notable Work on Medieval Conveyancing [Madox, Thomas (1666-1727)]. Formulare Anglicanum: or, A Collection of Antient Charters and Instruments of Divers Kinds, Taken from the Originals, Placed Under Several Heads, And Deduced (In a Series According to the Order of Time) from the Norman Conquest to the..... More
A Briefe Declaration for What Manner of Speciall Nusance Concerning...
Quality of Life Issues in Seventeenth-Century London [Real Property]. [Great Britain]. A Briefe Declaration for What Manner of Speciall Nusance Concerning Private Dwelling Houses, A Man May Have His Remedy by Assise, Or Other Action as the Case Requires. Unfolded in the Arguments, And Opinions of Foure Famous Sages of..... More
The Englishman's Right, A Dialogue Between a Barrister at Law...
A Significant Work on the Right to Trial by Jury Hawles, Sir John [1645-1716]. [Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)]. The Englishman's Right: A Dialogue Between a Barrister at Law, and a Juryman; Plainly Setting Forth, I. The Antiquity, II. The Excellent Designed Use, III. The Office and Just Privileges of Juries, By..... More
A Book About Lawyers. London, 1867. 2 vols. Extra Illustrated Copy.
Handsome Extra-Illustrated Copy Jeaffreson, John Cordy [1831-1901]. A Book About Lawyers. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1867. Two volumes. vii, [1], 384; vii, [1], 431 pp. Extra-illustrated with 74 engraved plates, some inlaid to size, 2 inserted as frontispieces. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt spine..... More
An Essay Towards the Further Elucidation of the Law of Descents.
"A Very Valuable Treatise on that Very Intricate and Important Subject" Watkins, Charles [d.1808]. Vidal, Robert Studley, Editor. An Essay Towards the Further Elucidation of the Law of Descents; With an Appendix on the Distribution of the Personal Effects of Intestates. Corrected and Enlarged from the Author's Papers, And Further..... More
Law and Peace in International Relations. First Edition. Dust Jacket.
Kelsen "At His Best" [C] Kelsen, Hans [1881-1973]. Law and Peace in International Relations. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1942. xi, 181 pp. Cloth very good in lightly soiled and moderately worn dust jacket, light toning to text. $250. * First edition. The text of Kelsen's Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures, 1940-1941..... More
The Statute-Law Common-Plac'd, Or, A Second General Table to the...
A Digest of Statute Law for Laymen by Giles Jacob with Contemporary Annotations Jacob, Giles [1686-1744]. The Statute-Law Common-Plac'd: Or, A Second Table to the Statutes. Containing the Purport and Effect of All the Acts of Parliament in Force from Magna Charta Down to the Reign of King George, In..... More
Collected Legal Papers, Signed by Holmes.
Signed by Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Collected Legal Papers. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. vii, 316 pp. Original cloth, printed paper title label to spine. Moderate rubbing, faint dampstaining to boards, spine label worn. moderate toning to text, faint dampspotting to endleaves, "Oliver Wendell Holmes March..... More
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The Case of Henry Simons, A Polish Jew Merchant [bound with] The Case.
[Trial]. Simons, Henry, Defendant. The Case of Henry Simons, A Polish Jew Merchant; And His Appeal to the Public Thereon. Now Publish'd, With the Tryal at Chelmsford, For the Benefit of Him and His Unhappy Family. London: Printed, And Sold by All the Booksellers and Pamphlet Shops in Town and..... More
Blackstone Economized: Being a Compendium of the Laws of England...
Blackstone "Economized" Aird, David Mitchell. [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. Blackstone Economized: Being a Compendium of the Laws of England to the Present Time. In Four Books, Each Book Embracing the Legal Principles and Practical Information Contained in the Respective Volumes of Blackstone, Supplemented by Subsequent Statutory, Important Legal Decisions, Etc...... More
The Paradoxes of Legal Science, Cardozo's Copy.
Cardozo's Copy of One of His Most Important Books Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. The Paradoxes of Legal Science. New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. v, 142, [1] pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine, blind frames to boards, gilt Columbia University Press crest to center of front board. Light rubbing..... More
De Successionibus Apud Anglos: Or, A Treatise of Hereditary Descents..
A Treatise on Inheritance and Succession Derived from the Manuscript of Hale's History and Analysis [Hale, Matthew (1609-1676)]. [Shower, Sir Bartholomew (1658-1701), Editor]. De Successionibus apud Anglos: Or, A Treatise of Hereditary Descents, Shewing the Rise, Progress and Successive Alterations Thereof. And Also the Laws of Descent as They are..... More
Reports of Cases Concerning the Revenue, Argued and Determined...
An Appealing Copy of an Uncommon Volume of Exchequer Reports Parker, Thomas [1695?-1784], Reporter. Reports of Cases Concerning the Revenue, Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer, From Easter Term 1743, To Hilary Term 1767. With an Appendix, Containing Cases Upon the Same Subject in Former Reigns. With Two..... More
The Office of Bailiff of a Liberty, Only Edition, London, 1809.
Scarce English Treatise on Bailiffs in a Handsome Riviere Binding Ritson, J[oseph] [1752-1803]. [Frank, Joseph, Editor]. The Office of Bailiff of a Liberty. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. [xv], 80 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Later nineteenth-century straight-grain morocco signed binding by Riviere & Son, gilt frames to boards..... More
Uses and Abuses of Legal History: A Practitioner's View. London, 1962.
Wiener, Frederick Bernays. Uses and Abuses of Legal History: A Practitioner's View. Selden Society Lecture Delivered in the Old Hall of Lincoln's Inn, March 29th, 1962. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1962. 31 pp. Original lightly worn printed wrappers, internally pristine. $15. More
The Selden Society Lectures 1952-2001.
Collected Selden Society Lectures [Selden Society]. The Selden Society Lectures 1952-2001 London: Selden Society, 1952-2001. Reprint. Buffalo: W.S. Hein, 2003. vi, 707 pp. Hardcover. Ex-library with shelf location label at foot of spine and property stamps, else very good. $75. * This is the first volume to collect all of..... More
Select Pleas of the Crown Volume I, AD 1200-1225. Vol 1 Selden Society
Maitland, F.W. Select Pleas of the Crown, Volume I, AD 1200-1225. The Publications of the Selden Society series, volume 1 for 1887. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1888. 1955 reprint. Frontis., xxx, 164 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with shelf location label at foot of spine and property stamps. Light wear..... More
Year Books of Edward II. Vol II. 2 & 3 Edward II.
First Edition [Selden Society]. Maitland, F.W., Editor. Year Books of Edward II. Volume II. 2 & 3 Edward II. A.D. 1308-9 and 1309-10. The Publications of the Selden Society Series, volume 19 for 1904. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1904. xvii, 382 leaves, 192-244 pp. Hardcover, publisher's blue cloth. Ex-library with shelf..... More