July 19, 2022
Highlights in this list include:
No Copies Located in North America Andrea, Giovanni d' [1275-1348]. [Super Arboribus Consanguinitatis, Affinitatis et Cognationis Spiritualis]. [Nuremberg: Friedrich Creussner, c.1474-1477]. [10] ff. Collation: [a10]. 2 full-page woodcut tables of descents to leaves [a4]v and [a8]r, additional contemporary full-page manuscript table of spiritual relationships bound after text. Folio (11-1/2" x...... More
Published in Support of a Fraudulent Peerage Claim [Banks, Thomas Christopher (1765-1854)]. [Lockhart, Ephraim]. A Disquisition on the Right of Jurisdiction in Peerage Successions, Particularly the Peerage of Scotland; Contained in Letters to the Right Honourable the Lord K-----: With An Appendix. London: James Ridgway, 1830. [ii], 118 pp. Octavo..... More
"Not Content With Strife, He Took Away a Life" [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Nowell, Sarah Ann]. In Memoriam, Verses Written on the Barrowford Tragedy, March 4th 1897. [Barrowford, Lancashire (?): S.n., 1897]. 11-1/4" x 8-1/4" broadside, woodcut vignette of a tomb above large headline, main text printed in parallel columns, thick black..... More
Cottu's Classic Work on the English Criminal Courts Cottu, [Charles] [b.1777?]. On the Administration of Criminal Justice in England; And the Spirit of the English Government. London: Printed for R. Stevens and Charles Reader, 1822. xii, 312 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, blind rules..... More
Kent Admired Its "Ability and Perspicuity" Fearne, Charles [1742-1794]. An Essay on the Learning of Contingent Remainders and Executory Devises. In this Treatise the Doctrine of the Judgment Delivered by the Court of King's Bench in the Case of Perrin versus Blake, (Since Reversed in the Exchequer Chamber, Which Reversal..... More
The First Independent Biography of Blackstone Gentleman of Lincoln's-Inn. [Douglas, D., Attributed]. The Biographical History of Sir William Blackstone, and a Catalogue of All Sir William Blackstone's Works, Manuscript as Well as Printed. With a Nomenclature of Westminster-Hall. The Whole Illustrated with Notes, Observations, and References. Also, A Preface and..... More
Includes the First Exception to the Currency Acts [Great Britain]. George III [1738-1820], King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Decimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster the Tenth Day of May, Anno Domini 1768, In the Eighth Year of the..... More
First Printing of the Act that Introduced Anatomization [Great Britain]. [Murder Act of 1751]. An Act for Better Preventing the Horrid Crime of Murder [Drop-Head Title]. At head: Anno Vicesimo Quinto Georgii II. Regis. London: Printed by Thomas Baskett and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1752. [ii], 739-742 pp..... More
Inscribed by Holmes to a Former Clerk Who Became a Prominent Lawyer, Businessman and Philanthropist Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Collected Legal Papers. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. vii, 316 pp. Original cloth, printed paper title label to spine, deckle edges. Light fading to spine and joints, a...... More
"No Time Runs Against the King" [Land Law]. [Great Britain]. A Defence of Some Proceedings Lately Depending in Parliament, To Render More Effectual The Act for Quieting the Possession of the Subject, Commonly Called the Nullum Tempus Act. With an Appendix, Containing an Affidavit in the Court of Exchequer, Concerning..... More
"Susanna Langbridge, Rogue and Vagabond" [Manuscript]. Langbridge, Susanna. Nash, Richard. [Statement Under Examination of Susanna Langbridge]. London, May 9, 1751. 10-1/4" x 8-1/2" part-printed document completed in manuscript with manuscript docket to verso. Moderate toning, light foxing and edgewear, two horizontal fold lines, large dampstain to top half of sheet..... More
Phillimore Discusses an "Extraordinary Trial" [Manuscript]. Phillimore, Sir Walter [1845-1929]. [Brainerd, Cephas (1831-1910)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Cephas Brainerd, London, December 28, 1905]. 4 pp. letter on 7" x 4-1/2" bifolium stationery ("The Coppice, Henley on Thames"). Light toning, single horizontal fold line. $250. * Phillimore was an eminent British..... More
With a Warm Inscription by the Author Pomeroy, John Norton [1828-1885]. An Introduction to Municipal Law: Designed for General Readers and for Students in Colleges and Higher Schools. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1864. xxxviii, 544 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Original textured cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt..... More
Poverty, Vice, Crime and the Law in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts Quincy, Josiah, [1772-1864]. Remarks on Some of the Provisions of the Laws of Massachusetts, Affecting Poverty, Vice, and Crime: Being the General Topics of a Charge to the Grand Jury of the County of Suffolk, in March Term, 1822. Cambridge: Printed..... More
The First History of the Office of Lord High Steward [Russell, Sambrook Nicholas]. The Lord High Steward of England; Or An Historical Dissertation on the Origin, Antiquity, And Functions of That Officer: Shewing the Difference Between Him and the King's Chief Justiciar, And the Steward of the King's Houshold, And..... More
The Only Abridgment of Doctor and Student Saint German, Christopher [1460?-1540]. An Exact Abridgement of That Excellent Treatise Called Doctor and Student. London: Printed by [John Haviland for] the Assignes of Iohn More Esquire, And are Sold by Mathew Walbancke, At Grayes Inne Gate, 1630. [192] pp. Octavo (5-1/4" x...... More
"Her Throat Had Been Cut": McDade 137 Swinburne, John [1820-1889]. Budge, Henry, Defendant A Review of the Case, The People Agt. Rev. Henry Budge, Indicted for the Murder of His Wife Priscilla Budge, (Tried at the Oneida, New York, Circuit Court, In August and September, 1861,) Containing an Examination of..... More
1829 Synthesis of "the Whole Science of Law" Thomas, J[ohn] P[enford]. A Treatise of Universal Jurisprudence. London: Sweet, 1829. xxxviii, 447, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over pebbled cloth, gilt library name to front board, gilt library insignia to rear, raised bands, gilt title, insignia and..... More
Conspiracy to Suppress a Will [Trial]. Hodgson, Thomas Bent, Primary Defendant. Report of the Trial of Thomas Bent Hodgson, Esq. And Others Charged With a Conspiracy, At the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, London, On Wednesday & Thursday, The 21st & 22d of December 1831, By a Special Jury, Before..... More
A Case That Influenced the Passage of the Libel Act of 1792 [Trial]. Stockdale, John [1749?-1814], Defendant. Gurney, Joseph [1744-1815], Reporter. [Erskine, Thomas [1750-1823]. The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of an Information Exhibited Ex Officio, by the King's Attorney General, Against John Stockdale; For a Libel on the House..... More