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French Manuscript Account of English and European History, c.1783
c.1783 French Manuscript on Political Science and National Character [Manuscript]. [Political Science]. [French Manuscript Account of English and European History]. [France, c.1783]. 140-219; 1-169 ff. Two parts. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary 3/4 vellum over marbled boards, raised bands and faint early hand-lettered title to spine, ends rouged. Moderate rubbing..... More
The Theodosian Code and Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions...
Pharr, Clyde. The Theodosian Code and Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions: A Translation with Commentary, Glossary, and Bibliography by Clyde Pharr, in Collaboration with Theresa Sherrer Davidson and Mary Brown Pharr. With an Introduction by C. Dickerman Williams. [Princeton, New Jersey]: Princeton University Press, 1952. xxvi, 643 pp. Reprinted 1969..... More
Trial of Henry Fauntleroy for Forgery, Together with His Execution...
Unrecorded New York Imprint of an Account of One of the Last People Executed for Forgery in Great Britain [Trial]. Fauntleroy, Henry [1785-1824], Defendant. Trial of Henry Fauntleroy for Forgery, Together with His Execution &c. From a London Copy. New York: Printed and Published at 121 Water-Street [by Joseph C...... More
Triumphs of Justice Over Unjust Judges, Exhibiting, I The Names...
Triumphs Over Unjust Judges [Philo-Dicaios]. Triumphs of Justice Over Unjust Judges: Exhibiting, I. The Names and Crimes of Four and Forty Judges, Hang'd in One Year, In England, As Murderers, For Their Corrupt Judgments; II. The Case of Lord Chief Justice Tresilian, Hanged at Tyburn, And All the Rest of..... More
Judicial Control of Administrative Action. Presentation copy...
Presentation Copy, Inscribed by Jaffe to His Harvard Colleague Benjamin Kaplan Jaffe, Louis L. Judicial Control of Administrative Action. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1965. xvi, 792 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, very good, in moderately worn dust jacket. Inscribed on front free endpaper: 'To my beloved friend &/ colleague Ben..... More
Reading Upon the Statute of Uses
Best Edition of Bacon's Discourse on a Controversial Statute of King Henry VIII Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. Reading Upon the Statute of Uses. By Mr. Francis Bacon, One of Her Majesty's Counsel at Law; Afterwards Lord Bacon, Lord High Chancellor of England; Being His Double Reading to the Honourable Society..... More
Cases of Divorce for Several Causes; Viz. I. Memoirs of the Life of...
"The Dissolution of Marriage" [Divorce]. [Great Britain]. Cases of Divorce for Several Causes; Viz. I. Memoirs of the Life of Robert Feilding, Esq., Containing an Account of his Amours: With a True Copy of his Last Will and Testament. II. The Case of Barbara, Late Dutchess of Cleaveland, With the..... More
In the Temple, London, Hutchinson, 1892.
Handsomely Bound Treasury of Whimsical Anecdotes About London's Temple [Inns of Court]. In the Temple. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1892. [iv], 117, [1] pp. Quarto (6" x 5"). Contemporary straight-grained morocco by Birdsall & Son Northampton, triple gilt fillets with corner fleurons to boards, Raised bands and gilt title and..... More
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments. Translated from the Italian...
Early American Edition of Beccaria with Three Notable Associations [Beccaria, Cesare Bonesana, Marchese de (1738-1794)]. [Smith, George William (1762-1811), Former Owner]. [Wirt, William (1772-1834), Former Owner]. [Johnson, Reverdy (1796-1876), Former Owner]. An Essay on Crimes and Punishments. Translated from the Italian. With a Commentary, Attributed to M. de Voltaire. Translated..... More
Dragoons on Trial Los Angeles, 1847.
Warren, Lockhart Viola [Griffin, John S. (1816-1898)]. [United States. Army. Dragoons]. Dragoons on Trial Los Angeles, 1847. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1965. 78 pp. Octavo. 9-1/2" x 6". Blue cloth, gilt stamped spine and boards. Famous California Trials 7. Colophon 250 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman California State..... More
A Letter to a Friend, On the Reported Marriage of His Royal Highness..
Commentary on the Clandestine Marriage of the Prince of Wales Tooke, John Horne [1736-1812]. A Letter to a Friend, On the Reported Marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1787. [ii], 75 pp. Lacking half-title. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). [2], 75 pp. Stab-stitched..... More
The Trials of Isaac Graham
Nunis Jr., Doyce B. Graham, Isaac (1800-1863). The Trials of Isaac Graham. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1967. 129 pp. Seven full page illustrations. Octavo. 9-1/2" x 6". Green cloth over patterned boards, gilt lettered spine, fine. Famous California Trials 7. Colophon 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman California..... More
Lord Redesdale's Opinion, London, c 1829.
The Authoritative Opinion of Lord Redesdale [Manuscript]. Freeman-Mitford, John, 1st Baron Redesdale [1748-1830]. Lord Redesdale's Opinion. London?, c.1829. 9" x 7-1/4" leaf, content to recto. Light toning, single horizontal fold, text in neat hand. $200. * The authoritative opinion of Lord Redesdale, discussing whether the dignity of the Earl of..... More
Testamentary Counsels, And Hints to Christians on the Right...
"Have You Made Your Will?" A Retired Solicitor. Testamentary Counsels, And Hints to Christians on the Right Distribution of Their Property by Will. Carefully Revised by a Member of the American Bar. Troy, NY: W. And H. Merriam, 1845. xii, 13-108 pp. 12mo. (6-1/4" x 4"). Contemporary cloth, blind panels..... More
Legal Guide for Oil Companies and Stockholders, Including a Digest...
An Early Legal Guide to the Petroleum Industry Shapley, Ezekiel Cooper, Jr. [1841-1919]. Legal Guide for Oil Companies and Stockholders; Including a Digest of the Mining Laws of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Fowler & Moon, 1865. [iii], 4-34 pp. Advertisements to rear wrapper and verso of front wrapper. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4")..... More
Jose Yves Limantour v. The United States
Johnson, Kenneth M. Jose Yves Limantour v. the United States. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1961. 82 pp. map on front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Brown cloth over marbled boards with gilt lettered spine, fine. Famous California Trials 1. Colophon 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman. A fine..... More
People Versus Lugo. Story of a Famous Los Angeles Murder Case and...
Robinson, W.W. [Lugo, Francisco, (defendant)]. [Lugo, Menito, (defendant)]. People Versus Lugo. Story of a Famous Los Angeles Murder Case and its Amazing Aftermath. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1962. 46 pp. illustrations on front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Black cloth boards with gilt stamped spine, light wear. Famous California..... More
The Freemont Court Martial. Famous California Trials 8.
Johnson, Kenneth M. [Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890)]. The Freemont Court Martial. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1968. 85 pp. portrait frontispiece, four additional portraits, two halftone views. Famous California Trials 8. Colophon 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman, California State College at Los Angeles, 1968. Cream cloth backed boards..... More
A Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence...3d ed. 10 vols.
Final Edition by the Author Wigmore, John Henry [1863-1943]. A Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law. Including the Statutes and Judicial Decisions of All the Jurisdictions of the United States and Canada. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1940. Volumes I-X, in 10 books, complete..... More
An Essay on the Law of Contracts, For the Payment of Specifick...
The First American Treatise on Contracts Chipman, Daniel [1765-1850]. An Essay on the Law of Contracts, for the Payment of Specifick Articles. Middlebury, VT: Published by the Author, 1822. xvi, [17]-224 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine. Minor..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, to Robert Morris, Trenton, January 27, 1787.
"When Occasion Serves, And My Head Will Bear It, I Like to Look Into a Book" [Manuscript]. Houston, William Churchill [c,1746-1788]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, to Robert Morris, Trenton, January 27, 1787]. Single leaf folded to form 9-1/2" x 7" bifolium with integral address leaf, docketed in Morris's hand to verso..... More
Letter to the Earl of Lauderdale, Doctors Commons, February 23, 1664
An Eminent Admiralty Lawyer Offers Legal Advice in Hope of Regaining Royal Favor [Manuscript]. Godolphin, John [1617-1678]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To the Earl of Lauderdale, London, Doctors Commons, February 23, 1664]. Single leaf folded to form bifolium (12" x 8") with integral address leaf and red wax seal. Light toning..... More
Explicatio in Zoesy Digesta, Central Europe, c 1700.
Lectures Based on Zoes's Corpus Juris Civilis Commentaries by a Contemporary Jurist [Manuscript]. [Zoes, Hendrik (1571-1627)]. Explicatio in Zoesy Digesta. [Central Europe, c.1700]. [658] pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary vellum, black-stamped lettering piece and later hand-lettered title to spine, edges rouged. Moderate soiling, some minor stains and a few..... More
A Collection of the Stiles of Personal Rights and Diligence.
Manuscript Precedent Book, Edinburgh, 1776 [Manuscript]. [Scotland]. A Collection of the Stiles of Personal Rights and Diligence. Personal and Real. Volume I. Edinburgh, 1776. 355, [4] pp. With an index. Quarto (8" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt fillets, lettering piece reading "Stiles" and contemporary..... More
Law Student's Commonplace Book, New London, CT, 1827-1833.
Richly Detailed Commonplace Book of an Early Nineteenth-Century New London Law Student [Manuscript]. Lee, Alfred [1807-1887]. [Law Student's Commonplace Book]. [New London, CT, 1827-1833]. Manuscript text in The Lawyers Common-Place Book, With an Alphabetical Index of Most of the Heads Which Occur in General Reading and Practice, Boston: Cummings, Hilliard..... More