Standard Early English Treatise on Maritime Law Molloy, Charles [1646-1690]. De Jure Maritimo et Navali: Or, A Treatise of Affairs Maritime, And of Commerce. In Three Books. The Eighth Edition, With Many Valuable Additions. London: Printed for John Walthoe, 1744. [ii], xvii [i.e. xv], [3], 505, [51] pp. Copperplate pictorial..... More

Critical Edition of the Earliest English Law Reports Brand, Paul A., Editor. The Earliest English Law Reports. London: Selden Society, 1996-2006. 4 volumes. Complete set. Selden Society Volumes 111, 112, 122, 123. Original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettered spines, negligible light shelfwear. A fine set. $250. * Volume I...... More

Early Printing of Two Classic Essays on States' Rights [Madison, James (1751-1836)]. [Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)]. Resolutions of Virginia and Kentucky, Penned by Madison and Jefferson, in Relation to the Alien and Sedition Laws; And the Debates and Proceedings in the House of Delegates of Virginia, On the Same, in December..... More

"More a Struggle Between Two Families Than an Affair of the State" [Trial]. Baker, Abner, Defendant. Crozier, C.W. Life and Trial of Dr. Abner Baker, Jr., (A Monomaniac) Who Was Executed October 3, 1845, For the Alleged Murder of His Brother-In-Law, Daniel Bates; Including Letters and Petitions in Favor of..... More

First Edition of Bohun's Well-Regarded Handbook on Pleading Bohun, William. Institutio Legalis: Or, An Introduction to the Study and Practice of the Laws of England, As Now Regulated and Amended by Several Late Statutes. Divided Into Four Parts, Viz. I. The Practice of the Court of King's Bench. II. The..... More

Copy of the Final Antebellum Edition of Virginia Statutes With a Document Concerning the Custody of a Slave [Virginia]. The Code of Virginia: With the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States; and the Declaration of Rights and Constitution of Virginia. Published Pursuant to an Act of the..... More

Rushen, Percy C. The Genealogist's Legal Dictionary. Walton-on-Thames, England: Chas. A. Burnau, 1909. 104 pp. Original purple cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine. Spine faded, else a very good copy. $65. * An aid for the interpretation of legal documents and records. More

Signed Limited Edition of Wigmore's "Important Work on Comparative Law" Wigmore, John Henry [1863-1943]. A Panorama of the World's Legal Systems. St. Paul: West Publishing, [1928]. 3 volumes. Five hundred illustrations, many in color. Original cloth, gilt titles to front boards and spines. Moderate shelfwear, some wear to heads of..... More

A Woman Chronicles Her Life as a Law Student, Editor and Attorney from 1944 to 1950 [Scrapbook]. [Glenn, Beverly M]. [Scrapbook Compiled by Columbia University Law Student and Lawyer Beverly M. Glenn]. New York City and Providence, RI, 1944-1950. [84] pp. Quarto (12-1/2" x 10-1/2"). Three-quarter calf over patterned boards..... More

MPs Who Voted to Retain the Stamp Act [Stamp Act]. A List of the Minority in the House of Commons, Who Voted Against the Bill to Repeal the American Stamp Act. Paris [i.e. London]: Chez J.W. Imprimeur [i.e. J. Almon], 1766. 8 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet..... More

A Durable Eighteenth-Century English Treatise on Elections [Elections]. [Great Britain]. Determinations of the Honourable House of Commons, Concerning Elections, And All Their Incidents; As the Issuing of the Writ, The Taking of the Poll, The Scrutiny, The Return, The Qualification of the Electors and Elected, Oaths to be Taken, Rights..... More

First Edition of One of the Most Important Legal Books of the 20th Century Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan [1870-1938]. Law and Literature and Other Essays and Addresses. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1931]. [ix], 190 pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine faded, previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. A very..... More

Illustrated Accounts of "The Most Notorious Malefactors" of Eighteenth-Century Britain Villette, John, Primary Author. The Annals of Newgate; Or, Malefactors Register. Containing a Particular and Circumstantial Account of the Lives, Transactions, And Trials of the Most Notorious Malefactors, Who Have Suffered an Ignominious Death for Their Offences, viz. for Parricide..... More