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Treaties, Conventions, International Acts... 4 Vols 1910-1938
Malloy, William M., and C.F. Redmond, Compilers. Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements Between the United States of America and Other Powers 1776-[1923]. Buffalo: Dennis, Hein, 1965-2000. Photoreprint ed. of the 1910-1938 ed. published by the U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Washington. 4 volumes in 8 books. Vols. 1-2. 1776-1909..... More
Forms in Conveyancing, Comprising Precedents for Ordinary Use, And...
An Indispensable Work for Busy Lawyers Jones, Leonard A. [1832-1909]. Forms in Conveyancing, Comprising Precedents for Ordinary Use, And Clauses Adapted to Special and Unusual Cases. With Practical Notes. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1886. v, [1], 826, [4] pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind..... More
Reports of Divers Resolutions in Law, Arising Upon Cases in the Cases.
The Only Published Volume of Reports of the Court of Wards and Liveries Ley, Sir James [1550-1629]. Reports of Divers Resolutions in Law, Arising Upon Cases in the Court of Wards, And Other Courts at Westminster, In the Reign of the Late Kings, King James and King Charles. Collected by..... More
A Report of Divers Cases in Pleas of the Crown, Adjudged and...
The First Set of Reports Devoted to Criminal Law Kelyng, Sir John [d. 1671]. A Report of Divers Cases in Pleas of the Crown, Adjudged and Determined; In the Reign of the Late King Charles II. With Directions for Justices of the Peace and Others. Collected by Sir John Kelyng..... More
The Justice of the Peace, Designed to be a Guide to Justices of the
A Popular Nineteenth-Century Maine JP Manual [C] Kingsbury, Benjamin. The Justice of the Peace: Designed to be a Guide to Justices of the Peace, For the State of Maine. Second Edition. Portland: Published by Sanborn & Carter, 1852. viii, [9]-407 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to..... More
Wharton's Law Lexicon. 14th. ed. London, 1938.
Wharton's Renowned Law Lexicon [Wharton, (J)ohn (J)ane S(mith) (1816 or 17-1867)]. Oppe, A.S., Editor. Wharton's Law Lexicon Forming an Epitome of the Laws of England Under Statute and Case Law, and Containing Explanations of Technical Terms and Phrases Ancient, Modern, and Commercial, with selected Titles Relating to the Civil, Scots..... More
A Treatise on the American Law of Real Property, 5th ed. 3 vols.
The First Comprehensive American Treatise on Real Property Washburn, Emory [1800-1877]. Willard, Joseph. Croswell, Simon G. A Treatise on the American Law of Real Property. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1887. Three volumes. cxliv, 735; viii, 812; v, [i], 777 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary law calf, blind rules..... More
A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators, 2nd ed.
Schouler's Law of Executors and Administrators Schouler, James. [1839-1920]. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators. Boston: The Boston Book Company, 1889. lxxi, 718 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary law calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and red and black lettering pieces to spine, blind tooling..... More
The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of...
"The Sense of the Court Truly Delivered" Fitz-Gibbons, John [d. 1780]. The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer. In the I, II, III, IV, And V Years of..... More
Cases in Equity During the Time of the Late Lord Chancellor Talbot...
"Cases Tempore Talbot" [Forrester, Alexander]. Cases in Equity During the Time of the Late Lord Chancellor Talbot: With Tables of the Names of Cases, And Principal Matters. [London]: Printed by H. Lintot for T Waller, 1741. [ii], vi, 286, [18] pp. Includes one-page publisher advertisement. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary..... More
The Lays of a Limb of the Law.,London, 1889.
Humorous Poems on Legal Subjects Popplestone, John. Christian, Edmund B.V., Editor. The Lays of a Limb of the Law. London: Reeves & Turner, 1889. xx, 162 pp. Frontispiece with tissue overlay. Octavo (7" x 4-3/4). Original cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities, spine ends..... More
Trial of Henry G. Green, For the Murder of His Wife, New York, 1845.
He Poisoned His Wife with Arsenic [Trial]. Green, Henry G., Defendant. Trial of Henry G. Green, For the Murder of His Wife. New York: Printed for the Publisher, 1845. 32 pp. Text to p. 22 in parallel columns. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, woodcut portrait frontispiece of Green..... More
Execution of the Mannings, London, 1849.
A Contemporary Verse Account of the Mannings and Their Crime [Broadside]. [Murder]. Manning, Frederick George [1820-1849]. Manning Marie DeRoux [d. 1849]. Execution of the Mannings. [London: S.n., 1849]. 10" x 7-1/4" broadside. eight-stanza verse text in two columns separated by typographical rule below headline and woodcut execution scene surrounded by..... More
$200.00 Reward! Two Hundred Dollars Will Be Paid for the Arrest...
"Escaped from the Custody of the Undersigned" [Broadside]. [Escaped Prisoner]. [New Hampshire]. $200.00 Reward! Two Hundred Dollars Will Be Paid for the Arrest and Delivery to the Subscriber of Joseph Frederick Emerson. Concord, NH: June 21, 1855. 9-3/4" x 13-1/2" broadside. Light browning, vertical and horizontal fold lines. A well-preserved..... More
The ---- Day of 18 ----. This is to Our Sheriff of Sheriffdoms...
Rare "Temperance" Broadside in the Style of a Court Document [Broadside]. [Temperance]. [Great Britain]. The ---- Day of 18 ----. This is to Our Sheriff of Sheriffdoms, Steward of Stewardries, Bailiffs of Regalities, & All Others, The Officers and Exceutors of the Law, To Interpose Their Power and Authority to..... More
The Trials of Arthur Thistlewood, James Ings, John Thomas Brunt,...
Rare Account of the Cato Street Conspiracy Trial with a Folding Plate [Trials]. [Cato Street Conspiracy]. Thistlewood, Arthur [1774-1820], Primary Defendant. The Trials of Arthur Thistlewood, James Ings, John Thomas Brunt, and Others, for High Treason, before Chief Justice Abbott, Sir Robert Dallas, and Special Juries, At the Old Bailey..... More
The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy, 1776.
A Colorful Duchess [Trial]. Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey, Duchess of [1720-1788], Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy, Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, In Westminster-Hall, In Full-Parliament, On Monday the 15th, Tuesday the 16th, Friday the 19th, Saturday the 20th, and Monday the..... More
Hughes's Queries; Or, Choice Cases for Moots, Containing Several...
The Only Early English Collection of Mooted Cases Hughes, William, of Gray's Inn. Hughes's Queries. Or, Choice Cases for Moots, Containing Several Points of Law, Not Resolved in the Books. Being Very Useful for the Students of the Common Lawes. London: Printed for George Dawes, 1675. [xxxiv], 136, [8] pp..... More
What Medicine Can Do For Law, Signed by Cardozo, 1st edition.
Signed By Cardozo Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. What Medicine Can Do For Law. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. [vi], 52 pp. Original three-quarter cloth over paper boards, deckle edges, unopened signatures. Light rubbing to boards, light fading to spine, some wear to spine ends. "Benjamin N. Cardozo" in bold..... More
Plaidoyez de Mr.***, Avocat au Parlement
Collected Pleadings of a Seventeenth-Century French Lawyer Who Specialized in Matrimonial Cases [Erard, Claude (1646-1700)]. Plaidoyez de Mr.***, Avocat au Parlement. Paris: Jacques Le Febvre, 1696. [iv], 495, [1] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary calf, gilt spine, gilt tooling to board edges, marbled endpapers, edges of text block rouged..... More
A Brief Sketch of the Occurrences on Board the Brig Crawford...
"This Case Would Have Done Credit to Robert Louis Stevenson" [Trials]. Casares, Jose Hilario, Defendant. Barbeito, Felix, Defendant. Morando, Jose, Defendant. A Brief Sketch of the Occurrences on Board the Brig Crawford, on Her Voyage from Matanzas to New-York; Together with an Account of the Trial of the Three Spaniards..... More
The Trial of Fanny Wilmot, Wife of John Wilmot, Esq M P for Adultery..
"This Singular and Lamentable Amour" [Trial]. Wilmot, Fanny, Defendant. The Trial of Fanny Wilmot, Wife of John Wilmot, Esq. M.P. for Adultery with a Footman. Containing the Whole of the Curious Depositions of the Servants, And Others, Who Described this Singular and Lamentable Amour from its Rise and Progress in..... More
A Treatise on the Parties to Actions, The Forms of Actions... 3 vols.
"No Practical Lawyer Can Dispense With this Book" Chitty, Joseph [1766-1841]. Dunlap, John A. [1793?-1858], Editor. Ingraham, Edward [1793-1854], Editor. A Treatise on the Parties to Actions, The Forms of Actions, And on Pleading, With Second and Third Volumes Containing Precedents of Pleadings. Fifth American, From the Fourth London Edition..... More
Reasons for Abolishing Capital Punishment. Chicago, 1878.
Bovee, Marvin H. [1827-1888]. Reasons for Abolishing Capital Punishment. Chicago: Printed for the Author, 1878. xii, 328 pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-1/2"). Original pebbled cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. Lightl rubbing to extremities, chipping to head of spine, small nick near head of spine, internally fresh..... More
The Lives of the Lord Chancellors..., 8 vols. 1848-1869. Complete Set.
A Handsomely Bound Copy of Campbell's Lives of the Lord Chancellors Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell [1779-1861]. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV. London: John Murray, 1848-1869. Seven volumes and continuation..... More