March 9, 2021
Download PDF of Recent Acquisitions: Canon, Civil, Common & Roman Law - 30 Items
1857 Rules of the Probate Court of Lincoln County, Maine [Broadside]. Fales, Bader, Judge. Courts of Probate. State of Maine. Lincoln. N.p.: S.n, 1857. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" broadside with two-part text, first part in a single column, second in parallel columns, both parts below headlines, and enclosed in enclosed in..... More
A Notable Philadelphia Lawyer, Abolitionist and Man of Letters Brown, David Paul [1795-1872]. [5-1/2" x 4" Carte-de-Visite Mounted on Inscribed 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Card]. [Philadelphia?, c. 1870]. Light toning to card, small nick to upper left corner. A well-preserved item. $150. * The annotation reads (in part): "Truly & Sincerely..... More
A Notable Critique of Philadelphia Property Taxes Carey, Mathew [1760-1839]. Cursory Reflexions on the System of Taxation, Established in the City of Philadelphia: With a Brief Sketch of Its Unequal and Unjust Operation. [Philadelphia]: Printed for the Author [by Robert Carr], 1806. 47 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched..... More
"Threatening to Kill Ellen Little, His Wife" [Domestic Violence]. Petty Sessional Division of Cheltenham. [Court Judgement and Binding Order To Keep The Peace]. Cheltenham: [October 6, 1887]. 4-3/4" x 11-3/4" part-printed vellum document completed in manuscript. Light soiling, three vertical fold lines. $250. * This judgement relates to the case..... More
Inscribed by Learned Hand to the Wife of Bertrand Russell Hand, Learned [1872-1961]. The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses of Learned Hand Collected, And With an Introduction and Notes, by Irving Dilliard. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. xxx, 262, [2] pp. Cloth in lightly edgeworn dust jacket, light..... More
A Harvard Event to Mark the End of the Civil War with a Contribution by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Harvard College. Commemoration Day, July 21, 1865. [Cambridge, MA: S.n., 1865]. [4] pp. Quarto (9" x 7"). Single folded sheet, light soiling, short tears to fore-edges, faint vertical and horizontal fold..... More
Littleton's Tenures in English Littleton, Sir Thomas [1402-1481]. Littletons Tenures in English. Lately Perused and Amended. London: Imprinted by Thomas White, 1604. 142, [2] pp. Octavo (5-1/4" x 3-1/2"). Recent period-style quarter calf over paper-covered boards, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards, moderate wear to corners, hinges cracked. Moderate toning..... More
Holmes Describes His Approach to the Law in a Letter Written in May 1898 [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Castletown, Lady Clare (1853-1927)]. [Autograph Letter Signed "H" to Lady Clare Castleton, Boston (?), May 18, 1898]. 8" x 5" bifolium, content filling rectos and versos of both leaves. Faint..... More
"The Brutal Slayer of Two Girls" [Publisher Advertisement]. Durrant Hangs!! The Brutal Slayer of Two Girls, Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams in San Francisco, Is Sentenced to Die November 12. [Utica, NY: The Utica Saturday Globe, 1890]. 9-1/4" x 5" broadside, single-column text below headline. Light browning, negligible faint dampstain..... More
"Sixteen-String Jack" [Rann, Jack (1750-1774)]. The Life of Jack Rann, Otherwise Sixteen-String Jack, The Noted Highwayman, Who Was Executed at Tyburn, November 30, 1774. Durham: Printed by George Walker, Jun., Sadler Street, 1838. 24 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers. Light toning, light soiling to exterior..... More
Beware of Smugglers! [Smuggling]. [Great Britain]. [Printed Circular Letter Alerting Customs Officers to a Method Used to Smuggle Goods]. London: Custom-House, January 4, 1825. 12-1/4" x 7-1/4" sheet, large woodcut illustration (a ship's bow) to verso. Moderate toning, faint horizontal fold line, a few chips and small tears to edges..... More
Rare Account of a "Mysterious and Dreadful Murder" [Trials]. Thurtell, John [1794-1824]. Probert, William [d.1825]. Hunt, Joseph. A Narrative of the Mysterious and Dreadful Murder of Mr. W. Weare, Containing the Examination Before the Magistrates, The Coroner's Inquest, The Confession of Hunt, And Other Particulars Previous to the Trial, Collected..... More
![Item #71687 The Spirit of Detraction Coniured [Conjured] and Convicted in Seven. William Vaughan](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71687.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1614269562)
"Fit to be Perused by the Libertines of This Age" [Vaughan, Sir William (1577-1641)]. The Spirit of Detraction Coniured and Convicted in Seven Circles. A Worke Both Divine and Morall, Fit to be Perused by the Libertines of this Age, Who Endeauour by Their Detracting and Derogatorie Speeches, To Embezell..... More