Concerns the Slave Trade, Right of Search and Sovereignty Wheaton, Henry [1785-1848]. Enquiry Into the Validity of the British Claim to a Right of Visitation and Search of American Vessels Suspected to be Engaged in the African Slave-Trade. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1842. 151, 12 pp. Includes twelve-page publisher catalogue..... More

"The Booke That Teacheth" [Great Britain]. [Justices of the Peace]. [Courts Leet and Baron]. The Contentes of This Boke. Fyrst the Booke for a Iustice of Peace. The Boke that Teacheth to Kepe a Courte Baron, Or a Lete. The Boke Teachynge to Kepe a Courte Hundred. The Boke Called..... More

Inscribed by Learned Hand Hand, Learned [1872-1961]. The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses of Learned Hand Collected, And with an Introduction and Notes, by Irving Dilliard. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. xxx, 262, [2] pp. Cloth in lightly worn and somewhat soiled dust jacket. Owner name and annotation..... More

Methods to Control "Asiatic Cholera" Rogatis, Alfonso de. Osservazioni Ed Esperienze Sull'Azione Profilattica E Curativa Del Rame E Suoi Preparati Nel Colera Asiatico. Naples: Stabilimento Tipografico, 1865. 74 pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 5-3/4") Pamphlet bound into contemporary three-quarter vellum over marbled boards. Some rubbing to boards and extremities, early owner..... More

Beware of Smugglers! [Smuggling]. [Great Britain. [Printed Circular Letter Alerting Customs Officers to a Method Used to Smuggle Goods]. London: Custom-House, January 4, 1825. 12-1/4" x 7-1/4" sheet, large woodcut illustration (a ship's bow) to verso. Moderate toning, faint horizontal fold line, a few chips and small tears to edges..... More

Rare Nineteenth-Century Italian Publisher's Catalogue [Legal Publishing]. Enrico Dalmazzo. Tipografia Forense Di Enrico Dalmazzo. Catalogo. Turin: Piazetta e Via S.Domenico, N.2, 1863. 48 pp. Quarto (6-3/4" X 4-3/4"). Sewn pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and a few minor stains, moderate rubbing to extremities with minor wear to spine ends..... More

"Threatening to Kill Ellen Little, His Wife" [Domestic Violence]. Petty Sessional Division of Cheltenham. [Court Judgement and Binding Order To Keep The Peace]. Cheltenham: [October 6, 1887]. 4-3/4" x 11-3/4" part-printed vellum document completed in manuscript. Light soiling, three vertical fold lines. $250. * This judgement relates to the case..... More

Boorstin on Blackstone Boorstin, Daniel J. [1914-2004]. The Mysterious Science of the Law: An Essay on Blackstone's Commentaries Showing how Blackstone, Employing Eighteenth-Century Ideas of Science, Religion, History, Aesthetics, and Philosophy, Made of the Law at Once a Conservative and a Mysterious Science. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1941. xviii, 257..... More

Scarce Complete British Edition of the Nuremburg Trials [Nuremberg Trials]. [International Military Tribunal]. The Trial of German Major War Criminals: Proceedings of the International Military Tribunal Sitting at Nuremberg Germany. London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1946-1951. Complete set; 23 parts in 23 books, Part 23 an index. [With] Opening Speeches..... More

Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. Collected Legal Papers. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1920. vii, 316 pp. Cloth in lightly rubbed and moderately edgeworn dust jacket, light toning to text, small library stamp to front pastedown. $75. * Only edition, later printing (copyright date: 1920). A valuable compilation, this volume..... More

An Important Event in the History of Freedom of the Press and Abolition [Trial]. Lincoln, William S., Reporter. Trow, John Fowler, Editor. Alton Trials: Of Winthrop S. Gilman, Who Was Indicted with Enoch Long, Amos B. Roff, George H. Walworth, George H. Whitney, William Harned, John S. Noble, James Morss..... More

Beware of Traveling Salesmen and Agents! [Harrington, Bates]. How 'Tis Done: A Thorough Ventilation of the Numerous Schemes Conducted by Wandering Canvassers, Together with the Various Advertising Dodges for the Swindling of the Public. Syracuse, NY: W.I. Pattison, 1890. 283 pp. 9 Woodcut plates, 3 large woodcut text illustrations. Octavo..... More

Rare Account of a "Mysterious and Dreadful Murder" [Trials]. Thurtell, John [1794-1824]. Probert, William (d.1825). Hunt, Joseph. A Narrative of the Mysterious and Dreadful Murder of Mr. W. Weare, Containing the Examination Before the Magistrates, The Coroner's Inquest, The Confession of Hunt, And Other Particulars Previous to the Trial, Collected..... More