November 3, 2020
Download PDF of Legal, Political & Social Americana: 30 Items
A Work Central to the Political Theory of the Glorious Revolution Atkyns, Sir Robert [1621-1710]. An Enquiry into the Power of Dispensing with Penal Statutes. Together with Some Animadversions upon A Book Writ by Sir Edw. Herbert, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Entituled, A Short Account..... More
A Record of Daily Life in Baltimore in 1797 [Baltimore]. [Six Issues of the Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser]. Baltimore, May 26 and 27 and June, 21, 23, 24 and 27, 1797. 10-3/4" x 12-1/2" bifolia, 1 has an additional leaf titled "Federal Gazette Extra." Light soiling, Moderate browning..... More
The Genesis of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. A Discourse on the Study of the Law; Being an Introductory Lecture, Read in the Public Schools, October XXV, M.DCC.LVIII. Published by Direction of the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of Houses, And Proctors. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. 40 pp. Quarto..... More
The "Negro of 'Inflooence'" [Broadside]. [African-Americans]. [North Carolina]. Hull, F[red] A., Engraver. A Sample of Democratic White Supremacy in North Carolina. Judge Winston's Dream of Riding the District with George H. White, the Negro of "Inflooence." Are the People of North Carolina Going To Elect Judge Francis D. Winston Lieutenant-Governor..... More
The First English Treatise on the Law of Infants [Carter, Samuel]. The Infants Lawyer: Or the Law (Ancient and Modern) Relating to Infants. Setting Forth Their Priviledges; Their Several Ages for Divers Purposes; Guardians and Prochein Amy, As to Suits and Defences by Them; Actions Brought by and Against Them..... More
Issued by a Notable Grub-Street Publisher [Divorce]. [Great Britain]. Cases of Divorce for Several Causes; Viz. I. Memoirs of the Life of Robert Feilding, Esq; Containing an Account of His Amours; A Collection of His Love-Letters; Characters of His Mistresses; And a True Copy of his Last Will and Testament..... More
"A Remarkable Precursor" to Bentham [Eden, William, Baron Auckland (1744-1814)]. Principles of Penal Law. London: Printed for B. White and T. Cadell, 1771. xxvii, 331 pp. With a half-title. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering piece to..... More
A Handsomely Bound Set of Pamphlets on Penology and Confinement [Great Britain]. [Valpy, Abraham John (bap.1786-1854), Publisher]. [36 Legal Pamphlets from the Pamphleteer]. London: Printed by A.J. Valpy, 1812-1826. Three volumes. [438]; [320]; [404] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, gilt fillets and small central..... More
![Item #72652 Speeches [and] Mr Justice Holmes, Inscribed to Harlan Fiske Stone. Oliver Wendell...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/72652.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1637261443)
Presentation Copies from Oliver Wendell Holmes and Felix Frankfurter Inscribed to Harlan Fiske Stone Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Speeches. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1918. [vi], 103 pp. Original printed paper boards. Light soiling, somewhat heavier on spine, moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and..... More
The Book That Established Sir William Jones's Reputation as a Legal Scholar Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. The Speeches of Isaeus in Causes Concerning the Law of Succession to Property at Athens, With a Prefatory Discourse, Notes Critical and Historical, And a Commentary. London: Printed by J. Nichols, For E. and..... More
"That Scar Was Won by a Slave" Kemble, E[dward] W[indsor] [1861-1933]. "Look!" He Cried, "And Bless the Sight, For that Scar was Won by a Slave." [New York], September 1887. Attractively glazed and matted 10-1/2" x 8-1/2" pen-and-ink drawing in handsome 16" x 14-1/2" wooden frame. A few minor nicks..... More
Thorough Records from a Nineteenth-Century Missouri Court [Manuscript]. [Docket Book]. [Missouri, c.1880]. 289 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, gilt fillets to boards, gilt-edged raised bands and gilt title to spine (reading "Record"), marbled edges. Light rubbing, a few scuffs and nicks, some soiling to boards, illegible signature to..... More
Legal Advice from a Prominent Jurist [Manuscript]. Thurlow, Edward, First Baron [1731-1806]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Discussing Land Law. London, Inner Temple, January 2, 1770]. 9" x 7-1/4" bifolium. Light toning, some light foxing around edges, creasing and some tearing at folds, franked on verso of second leaf: "Edward Thurlow, Esq..... More
187 to 168 in Favor of Ratification [Massachusetts]. [Federal Constitution]. Debates, Resolutions and Other Proceedings, Of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Convened at Boston, On the 9th of January, 1788, And Continued Until the 7th of February Following, For the Purpose of Assenting to and Ratifying the Constitution..... More
A Notable Historical Study of Juries, Wager of Law and Related Practices in Scandinavia Repp, Thorleifr Gudmundson [1794-1857]. A Historical Treatise on Trial by Jury, Wager of Law, And Other Co-Ordinate Forensic Institutions, Formerly in Use in Scandinavia and Iceland. Edinburgh: Thomas Clark, Law Bookseller, 1832. xiv, 192 pp. Octavo..... More
Paying Tithes to Cromwell [Sheppard, William (d.1675?)]. The Parsons Guide: Or the Law of Tithes: Wherein is Shewed, Who Must Pay Tithes, And to Whom, And of What Things, When, And How They Must be Paid, And How they May be Recovered at this Day, And How a Man May..... More
The First Reports of Cases Heard in the House of Lords [Shower, Bartholomew (1658-1701)]. Cases in Parliament Resolved and Adjudged, Upon Petitions, And Writs of Error. London: Printed for A. and J. Churchill, 1698. [xii], 224, [2] pp. Folio (12" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets..... More
Treatise on Courts Martial Owned by Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart [Stuart, J.E.B. (1833-1864)]. Simmons, Thomas Frederick. Remarks on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial; With a Summary of the Law of Evidence, As Connected with Such Courts; Also Some Notice of the Criminal Law of England, With Reference to..... More
"Criminal Intercourse" in Otego, NY [Trial]. Smith, Charles S., Defendant. The Trial and Conviction of Charles S. Smith, Of Otego, N.Y., Elder of the Presbyterian Church, Superintendent of the Sunday School, And Trustee of the School District, For Bastardy, With Sketch of Lucy Edith Wilson, His Victim, A Girl Eleven..... More
Tried for Killing Boswell's Son in a Duel [Trial]. Stuart, James [1775-1849], Defendant. The Trial of James Stuart, Esq., Younger of Dunearn, Before the High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, On Monday, June 10, 1822. With an Appendix of Documents. Taken in Short Hand. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and..... More
Trials of Conspirators in the Rye House Plot [Trials]. [Rye House Plot]. The Tryals of Thomas Walcot, William Hone, William Lord Russell, John Rous & William Blagg, For High-Treason, For Conspiring the Death of the King, And Raising a Rebellion in this Kingdom: At the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily London..... More