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Prospectus for Progress of the Law in the US Supreme Court
[Legal Publishing]. Legal Research Service. [Hankin, Gregory and Charlotte A.]. [Prospectus for Progress of the Law in the U.S. Supreme Court: 1930-1931]. Washington, DC: Legal Research Service, [1932]. 4 pp. 11" x 8" bifolium leaflet. Light toning, horizontal fold lines, a few faint spots and stains, a few small tears..... More
Oil and Gas Rights on the public domain and on private lands,....
Morrison, R.S. and Emilio D. De Soto. Oil and Gas Rights on the Public Domain and on Private Lands, Discovery and Location of Oil Placer Claims. The Withdrawal Acts, Leases and other Contracts Between the Owner and the Operator Including Forfeiture and Protection Against Drainage. The Sinking, Pumping and Shooting..... More
The Legitimacy of the Business Corporation in the Law of the United...
Hurst, James Willard. The Legitimacy of the Business Corporation in the Law of the United States, 1780-1970. Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, [1970]. xiii, 191 pp. Hardcover in worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $75. * First Edition. Based on a series of lectures delivered at the University of Virginia..... More
Authorship and Copyright.
Saunders, David. Authorship and Copyright. London: Routledge, [1992]. ix, 269 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $65. * Contents: Preliminaries: Positivities and Polemics; Early Modern Law of Copyright in England: Statutes, Courts and Book Cultures; France: From Royal Privilege to the Droit Moral; German Theory: Rights of Personality;..... More
Corporate Personality, a Study in Jurisprudence.
Hallis, Frederick. Corporate Personality, a Study in Jurisprudence. London: Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1930. lxiii, 257 pp. Cloth. Light shelfwear. Slightly cocked. Some pencil annotations to front endpapers, otherwise clean. $40. More
Memorials of the Essex Bar Association: and Brief Biographical...
Northend, William Dummer, Editor. George, Edward B, Editor. Memorials of the Essex Bar Association: and Brief Biographical Notices of Some of the Distinguished Members of the Essex Bar Prior to the Formation of the Association. Salem, [Mass.]: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1900. vi, 253 pp. Original cloth. Light shelfwear. Fading..... More
Roger B. Taney.
Swisher, Carl Brent. Roger B. Taney. New York: Macmillan Co., 1936. x, 608 pp. Original buckram. Light shelfwear and soiling. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper, otherwise clean. $40. * Published October, 1935. Reprinted June, 1936. More
Life of Roger Brooke Taney: Chief Justice of the United States...
Steiner, Bernard C. Life of Roger Brooke Taney: Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1922. 553 pp. Original cloth. Moderately worn. Internally clean. $40. * First Edition. Frontispiece. More
Cops and Bobbies: Police Authority in New York and London, 1830-1870.
Miller, Wilbur R. Cops and Bobbies: Police Authority in New York and London, 1830-1870. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1977]. xii, 233 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Police and Society; Shaping the Man on the Beat; Police and the Rule of Law: From..... More
The History of Indiana Law.
Bodenhamer, David J., Editor. Shepard, Randall T, Editor. The History of Indiana Law. Athens, [Ohio]: Ohio University Press, [2006]. xi, 391 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $50. * Contents: The Narratives and Counternarratives of Indiana Legal History, David J. Bodenhamer and Randall T. Shepard; Indiana's Constitution in..... More
Interpretations of Legal History. New York, 1923.
Pound, Roscoe [1870-1964]. Interpretations of Legal History. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. xvii, 171 pp. Original cloth. Ex-library. Light shelfwear. Ink shelf location label to foot of spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Library card slip to rear free endpaper. Library card pouch to rear pastdown. Internally clean. $20. *..... More
Equal Justice Under Law, The Supreme Court in American Life.
Signed by the Nine Justices of the Warren Court Harrell, Mary Ann. Equal Justice Under Law: The Supreme Court in American Life. Washington D.C.: Foundation of the Federal Bar Association with the Cooperation of the National Geographic Society, [1965]. 143 pp. Illustrations, most in color. Cloth in lightly edgeworn dust..... More
Temples of Justice: County Courthouses of Nevada.
James, Ronald M. Temples of Justice: County Courthouses of Nevada. Reno: University of Nevada Press, [1994]. xiii, 199 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $20. * From Storey County's High Victorian Italianate-styled courthouse to Lander County's former schoolhouse, now a Neo-classical courthouse, Temples of Justice provides..... More
Equal Justice Under Law, The Supreme Court in American Life.
Signed by The Nine Justices of the Warren Court Harrell, Mary Ann. Equal Justice Under Law: The Supreme Court in American Life. Washington D.C.: Foundation of the Federal Bar Association with the Cooperation of the National Geographic Society, [1965]. 143 pp. Illustrations, most in color. Softbound, some shelfwear, title page..... More
Calendar of Assize Records: Home Circuit Indictments Elizabeth I and..
Cockburn, James S. Calendar of Assize Records: Home Circuit Indictments Elizabeth I and James I, Introduction. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, [1985]. x, 334 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $20. * Final volume and index to the ten vols. of the Calendar previously published between 1975-1982. More
Felix Frankfurter Reminisces, Signed Presentation Copy.
Inscribed by Frankfurter to The Duchess of Buccleuch Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: An Intimate Portrait as Recorded in Talks with Dr. Harlan B. Phillips. New York: Reynal & Company, [1960]. [ix], 310 pp. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover, very good, in a worn and chipped dust jacket, light edgewear..... More
Rogues and Early Modern English Culture.
Dionne, Craig, Editor. Mentz, Steve, Editor. Rogues and Early Modern English Culture. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, [2004]. viii, 416 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Fashioning Outlaws: the Early Modern Rogue and Urban Culture, Craig Dionne; The Reckoning of Moll Cutpurse: a Transversal..... More
The Medieval Coroner.
Hunnisett, R.F. The Medieval Coroner. Cambridge, [Eng.]: University Press, 1961. 217 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket with price clip. Internally clean. $95. * Contents: The Early Years; The Coroner's Inquest; Abjurations of the Realm; Appeals and Outlawries; Miscellaneous Duties; The Coroners' Rolls; Character and Efficiency; Coroners' Districts; Elections..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, to Frank T. Benner, Jr, June 25, 1920.
"I Believe in Panaceas As Little As You Do" [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Autograph Letter, Signed "O W Holmes," to Frank T. Benner, Jr., Washington, DC, June 25, 1920]. 2 pp. With transmittal envelope and portrait of Holmes. Content to Holmes's personal Beverly Farms letterhead. Light toning, horizontal..... More
Typed Letter Signed to William R. McVay, June 27, 1969, Framed w/Photo
Large Photograph of General Douglas MacArthur with Earl Warren and Elmer Robinson, Signed By All Three MacArthur, Douglas [1880-1964]. Warren, Earl [1891-1974]. Robinson, Elmer [1894-1982]. [8" x 10" Black-and-White Photograph of Douglas MacArthur, Elmer Robinson and Earl Warren]. [San Francisco, 1951]. With autograph signatures of MacArthur, Robinson and Warren. [With]..... More
Modern Theories of Criminality.
Bernaldo de Quiro's, Constancio. Salvio, Alfonso de, Translator. Modern Theories of Criminality. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1912. xxvii, 249 pp. Cloth. Ex-library. Moderate shelfwear. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Library card pouch to rear pastedown. $35. * Translated from the Spanish by Alfonso de Salvio, with an introduction..... More
The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. History and Biography, with Portrait..
Reed, Parker McCobb. The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. History and Biography, with Portrait Illustrations. Milwaukee: P.M. Reed, 1882. 542 pp. Cloth. Previous owner's signature to endpapers, otherwise clean. $30. More
Bench and Bar of West Virginia.
Atkinson, George W. Bench and Bar of West Virginia. Charleston, [W.Va.]: Virginia Law Book Co., 1919. xxvii, 543 pp. Cloth. Lightly worn. Internally clean. Includes portraits. $75. * First edition. Bar histories are a valuable compendia of information that is often impossible to find in any other source. Atkinson says..... More
Five Letters from Louis D Brandeis to Max Lowenthal, Framed, 1929.
An Interesting Collection of Brandeis Letters Brandeis, Louis D. [1856-1941]. [Lowenthal, Max (1888-1971)]. [Letters from Louis D. Brandeis to Max Lowenthal, 1929, Washington, DC and Chatham, MA, January 17, June 1, September 2, December 12 and December 26]. Five letters, three on 5" x 8" U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, one..... More
The Acquisitive Society.
Tawney, R.H. The Acquisitive Society. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, [1920]. 188 pp. Cloth. Moderately worn. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and rear free endpaper. Some underling and annotations. $20. More