---- Cooper, Thomas [1759-1839]. A Manual of Political Economy. Washington, DC: Printed and Published by Duff Green, 1834. 109, [1] pp. Octavo (6" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, gilt title and fillets to spine. Light rubbing and some scuffing to boards, spine abraded, rear board begining to detach but secure, early..... More
First Edition of Wheaton's History of the Law of Nations Wheaton, Henry [1785-1848]. Histoire des Progres du Droit des Gens en Europe Depuis la Paix de Westphalie Jusqu'a Congres de Vienne. Avec un Precis Historique du Droit des Gens Europeen Avant la Paix de Westphalie. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1841. x...... More
1805 French Regulations for the Production of Playing Cards [Broadside]. [Playing Cards]. Extrait du Registre des Actes de la Prefecture du Departement du Calvados. Caen: Chez G. Le Roy, Imprimeur de la Prefecture, 30 Vendemiaire An 14, [22 October 1805]. 20-1/2" x 16-1/4" broadside, text in three columns below headline..... More
The First Substantial English Treatise on Juries and Evidence D[uncombe], G[iles]. Tryals per Pais: Or, The Law of England Concerning Juries by Nisi Prius &c. Newly Revised and Much Inlarged, With an Addition of Precedents, And Forms of Challenges, Demurrers upon Evidence, Bills of Exception, Pleas Puis le Darrein Continuance..... More
The "Grand Old Man of the American Bar" Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. Gros, Robert R. [1914-1997]. [3-1/2" x 4-1/2" Signed Print of Clarence Darrow and Robert R. Gros]. [San Francisco?, before 1933]. Light fading, two small pin holes to top of photo, signature "Clarence Darrow" in ink to lower right corner..... More
Early Manuscript Notes on Elizabethan Poor Laws [Manuscript]. [Dalton, Michael (1564-1644)]. Expositions upon the Statute of 43 Eliz. for the Poare. N.p., c.1655. [13] pp. ms text on 8" x 6" sheets interleaved and bound into [27] ff. 11" x 7-1/2" blank book. Later three-quarter vellum over marbled boards, gilt..... More
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The Earls of Macclesfield Copy of Coke's Third and Fourth Institutes Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1643]. The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning High Treason, And Other Pleas of the Crown, And Criminal Causes. London: Printed for A. Crooke, W. Leake [et al.], 1669. [viii], 243..... More
The Earls of Macclesfield Copy of Coke's Landmark Commentary on Magna Carta Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Containing the Exposition of Many Ancient, And Other Statutes; Whereof You May See the Particulars in a Table Following. London: Printed for A...... More
Barbosa's "Search Engine" for Roman and Canon Law Barbosa, Agostino [1589-1649], Compiler. Vaz Barbosa, Simao [1591-1681], Editor. Repertorium Iuris Civilis et Canonici, In Quo Ordine Alphabetico Principaliores, & Practicae Utriusque Iuris Conclusiones Collectae Indicantur, & Magna Doctorum Copia Exornantur; Opus Posthumum Iudicibus & Advocatis Utilissimum, Studio & Industria D. Simonis..... More
Baker, Sir John. The Oxford History of the Laws of England. Volume VI. 1483-1558. Oxford University Press, 2003, reprinted 2013. Hardcover. ISBN 0198258178, ISBN-13 9780198258179. As new. $250. * "This volume covers the years 1483-1558. It first considers constitutional developments, and addresses the question of whether there was a rule..... More
Walker, David M. A Legal History of Scotland. Edinburgh: W. Green, T. & T. Clark, Butterworth, LexisNexis, 1988-2004. 7 volumes. Complete set. As new, excellent condition. $950. * Walker's seven volumes of A Legal History of Scotland is so far the only attempt made to compile a chronological exploration of..... More
[Madison, James]. Journal of the Federal Convention Kept by James Madison. Special Edition. Edited by E.H. Scott. Originally published: Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1898. 805 pp. Reprinted 2003, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772569; ISBN- 10:1584772565. Hardcover. Some pages dog-eared. Else fine. $20. * The MADISON PAPERS..... More
A Standard History of the Common Law Plucknett, Theodore F.T. A Concise History of the Common Law. Fifth Edition. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956. xxvi, 746, 56 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191245 ISBN-10: 1616191244. Paperback. Light shelfwear, else very good. $10. *..... More
[Madison, James]. Journal of the Federal Convention Kept by James Madison. Special Edition. Edited by E.H. Scott. Originally published: Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1898. 805 pp. Reprinted 2003, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772569; ISBN- 10:1584772565. Hardcover. Cover lightly bumped. Else fine. $20. * The MADISON PAPERS..... More
Mangum, Charles. The Legal Status of the Negro. Originally published: Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1940. viii, [iv], 436 pp. Reprinted 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616194017; ISBN-10: 1616194014. Paperback. Small tear to front cover, else very good. $15. * Originally published in 1940, this..... More
Thayer, James Bradley. Lex Aquilia (Digest IX,2, Ad Legum Aquiliam): Text, Translation and Commentary. On Gifts Between Husband and Wife (Digest XXIV, 1, De Donationibus Inter Virum et Uxorem) Text and Commentary. Originally published: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1929. vi, 3-226 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13..... More
Billings, Warren M. Magistrates and Pioneers: Essays in the History of American Law. Foreword by Mark F. Fernandez. Clark: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2011. xix, 460 pp. ISBN-13: 9781616191283; ISBN-10: 1616191287. Paperback. Light shelfwear, else very good. $25. * Magistrates and Pioneers collects eighteen essays (five of which are new)..... More
With a New introductory Essay by Benjamin Ferencz Taylor, Telford. Nuremberg and Vietnam. An American Tragedy. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, [1970]. xxvii, 224 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. With a New Introductory Essay entitled "Will We Finally Apply Nuremberg's Lessons?" by Benjamin Ferencz, Chief Prosecutor for the United..... More
Commons, John R. Legal Foundations of Capitalism. Originally published: The Macmillan Company, 1924. x, [ii], 394 pp. Reprinted 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775973; ISBN-10: 1584775971. Hardcover. Cover lightly bumped, several pages dog-eared. Internally very good. $31.95 * One of his most important American studies of labor economics..... More
Trial of the "Jacobite Jew" [Trial]. Francia, Francis [b.1675], Defendant. The Case of Mr. Francis Francia, The Reputed Jew. Who was Acquitted of High-Treason, At the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily, On Tuesday Jan. 22. 1716. Together with the Learned Arguments For and Against Him, By the Council for the King..... More
A Scarce Guide to Pleading Before the House of Lords Urquhart, George. The Experienced Solicitor, In Proceedings Under the Appellant Jurisdiction of the Right Honourable the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error, And the Jurisdiction Exercised by the House in Matters of Peerage. London: Printed by W...... More
A 1930 Fire that Killed Over 300 Ohio Prisoners Thomas, T.J. Gallagher, Dan W. The Spotlight on Ohio's Black Crime. Cleveland: C. Margolian, 1930. 127 pp. Illustrated. Softbound, printed wrappers. Light soiling, wear to spine ends and corners, light browning to inetrior, corner folds and missing corners to several leaves..... 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
Inscribed by Clarence Darrow to his Son Paul [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. The Plea of Clarence Darrow, August 22nd, 23rd & 25th 1924, In Defense of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. On Trial for Murder. Authorized and Revised Edition Together with a Brief Summary of the Facts. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher..... More
Signed by the Prosecutor of Leopold and Loeb [Loeb-Leopold Case]. Crowe, Robert E. [1879-1958]. Arguments of State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe In Behalf of the People In the Case of The People of the State of Illinois vs. Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., And Richard A. Loeb. [Chicago?: s.n., 1924?]. 90..... More