A Landmark Edition of English Statutes with a Curious Provenance [Great Britain]. Cay, John [1700-1757], Compiler. The Statutes at Large, From Magna Charta, To the Thirtieth Year of King George the Second, Inclusive. In Six Volumes. London: Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty; And by..... More
Powers, Francis Gary. The Trial of the U2: Exclusive Authorized Account of the Court Proceedings of the Case of Francis Gary Powers, Heard Before the Military Division of the Supreme Court of the U.S.S.R., Moscow, August 17, 18, 19, 1960. Chicago: Translation World Publishers, 1960. Reprint The Notable Trials Library..... More
[Pound, Ezra]. Cornell, Julien. The Trial of Ezra Pound. A Documented Account of the Treason Case by the Defendant's Lawyer. New York: John Day, 1966. Reprint edition. Notable Trials Library, 1992. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. 215 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt..... More
Unrecorded in North America: A Beautiful 1548 Limp Vellum Copy of Spelungano's Notarial Masterpiece Spelungano, Leone. Pomarico, Alessandro, Editor. Artis Notarie Tempestatis Huius Speculum Solis Illustratum Radiis, Summo Studio, Et Consumatis Vigiliis Editum, Atq; Compositum per Ingeniosissimum Viru Leone Speluncanu in Utroque Iure Peritissimu, Opus Apprime Utile, Et Necessarium Omnibus..... More
Beccaria, [Cesare Bonesana, Marchese de] [1738-1794]. An Essay on Crimes and Punishments, Translated from the Italian; With a Commentary Attributed to Mons. De Voltaire, Translated from the French. London: Printed for E. Newberry, 1775. Reprint. Birmingham: The Legal Classics Library, 1991. [iv], viii, [iv], 179, lxxix pp. Calf, decorative gilt..... More
Grover, David H. Debaters and Dynamiters: The Story of the Haywood Trial. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 1964. Reprint Notable Trials Library, 1994. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. viii, 310 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Internally clean. A...... More
Kelsen, Hans [1881-1973]. General Theory of Law and State. Translated by Anders Wedberg. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1945. Reprint. Birmingham: The Legal Classics Library, [1990]. xxxiii, 516 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Internally clean. A fine copy. $40. * "This book..... More
[Hale, Matthew]. The History and Analysis of the Common Law of England. Written by a Learned Hand. [London]: Printed by J. Nutt, 1713. [x], 264, [12]; [16], 171, [4] pp. [London]: Printed by J. Nutt, 1713. Reprint. Birmingham: The Legal Classics Library, 1987. Gilt stamped calf, raised bands, all edges..... More
Barrett, W.P. The Trial of Jeanne D'Arc. Translated into English from the Original Latin and French Documents by W.P. Barrett. [New York]: Gotham House, 1932. xiii, 544 pp. With new introduction by Alan Dershowitz. With an Essay On the Trial of Jeanne d'Arc and Dramatis Personae, Biographical Sketches of the..... More
Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat [1689-1755]. Nugent, Thomas (translator). The Spirit of Laws. Translated from the French. With Corrections and Additions Communicated by the Author. Dublin: Printed for G. and A. Ewing and G. Faulkner, 1751. Reprint. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, [1984]. Two volumes bound as one. Calf, decorative gilt..... More
Howard, Benjamin C. A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof in the Case of Dred Scott verses John F.A. Sandford. December Term, 1856. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1857. Reprint The Notable Trials Library, 1995. With..... More
Chafee, Zechariah [1885-1957]. Freedom of Speech. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. Reprint. [Birmingham]: The Legal Classics Library, [1990]. vii, 431 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Internally clean. A fine copy. $25. * Reprint of first edition. Considers the social..... More
Yerrinton, J. M. W. Report of the Case of Geo. C. Hersey: Indicted for the Murder... Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1862. Reprint New York, N.Y.: Notable Trials Library, 1997. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. 267 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled..... More
Austin, John. The Province of Jurisprudence Determined. London: John Murray, 1832. xx, 391, lxxvi. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 1984. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Small water stain to text block edge, otherwise internally clean. A fine copy. $25. * The Province of Jurisprudence..... More
Dewitt, David Miller. The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson Seventeenth President of the United States. A History. New York: Macmillan, 1903. Reprint. New York: Notable Trials Library, 1992. With New Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. vii, 646 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges..... More
Pearson, Edmund. Trial of Lizzie Borden. Edited, with A History of the Case. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937. Reprint edition. Birmingham: Notable Trials Library, 1989. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xii, 433 pp. Quarter maroon calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker..... More
Pothier, R.J. A Treatise on the Contract of Sale. Translated by L.S. Cushing. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1839. Reprint edition. Birmingham, Legal Classics Library, 1988. xvi, 406 pp. Full blue calf, raised bands, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Internally clean. A fine copy. $30. * Reprint of the..... More
Llewellyn, K.N. The Bramble Bush. Some Lectures on Law and Its Study. New York: [Columbia Law School], 1930. Reprinted Birmingham: The Legal Classics Library, 1986. ix, 614 pp. Gilt stamped green cloth. Marbled endpapers, gilt edges with green ribbon marker. Fine. $35. * A Legal Classics reprint of noted legal..... More
Drone, Eaton S. [1814-1917]. A Treatise on the Law of Property in Intellectual Productions in Great Britain and the United States. Embracing Copyright in Works of Literature and Art, and Playwright in Dramatic and Musical Compositions. Boston: Little, Brown, 1879. Reprint. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, 1987. liv, 775, [1] pp..... More
Vattel, E[mmerich] de [1714-1767]. The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law Applied to the Conduct and to the Affairs of Nations and of Sovereigns. Translation of the Edition of 1758 by Charles G. Fenwick. With an Introduction by Albert De Lapradelle. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington..... More
Kluger, Richard Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. xii, 823, xxiii pp. Legal Classics Library, 1994. Full calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Internally clean. A fine..... More
A Rare 1851 New Orleans Legal Imprint on Spanish and Mexican Civil Law, with Notable California Provenance Schmidt, Gustavus [1795-1877]. The Civil Law of Spain and Mexico: Arranged on the Principles of the Modern Codes, with Notes and References. Preceded by a Historical Introduction to the Spanish and Mexican Law;..... More
Fraenkel, Osmond K. The Sacco-Vanzetti Case. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Reprint. [Birmingham, [Ala.]: The Notable Trials Library, 1990]. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xv, 550, xv pp. Illustration. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $15. * A...... More
Muddiman, J.G, Editor. Trial of King Charles the First. With a Foreword by the Earl of Birkenhead. Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, Limited, [1928]. Reprint. [Birmingham: The Notable Trials Library, 1990]. [vi], 262, [1] pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon..... More
Webster, John W. Report of the Trial of Prof. John W. Webster, Indicted for the Murder of Dr. George Parkman. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1850. Reprint edition. Birmingham: The Notable Trials Library [1990]. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. 314 pp. Blue quarter-calf, gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Internally clean..... More