A Refutation of Story's Commentaries on the Constitution Upshur, Abel Parker [1791-1844]. A Brief Enquiry into the True Nature and Character of the Federal Government: Being a Review of Judge Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. Philadelphia: John Campbell, Publisher, 1863. [ii], iv, 132 pp. Star-paged. Octavo..... More
Scott, James Brown [1866-1943]. The Spanish Conception of International Law and of Sanctions. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1934. xi, 48, [2], 49-131 pp. Quarter cloth over boards, gilt title to spine, black-stamped title to front board. Light rubbing to extremities, internally fresh. $45. More
Corporations are Persons According to the Fourteenth Amendment Field, Stephen J. [1816-1899]. Sawyer, Lorenzo [1820-1891]. The Taxation of Property of Railroad Companies in California, As Affected by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution. Opinions of Justice Field and Judge Sawyer, Delivered in the U.S. Circuit Court at San Francisco..... More
Rare German-Language Version of McDade 322 [Murder]. [Freeman, Charles F.]. Die Arme Kleine Edith Freeman. Die Fanatiker zu Pocasset. Charles Freeman, Der Second Adventist, Halt sich fur einem Zweiten Abraham und Bringt sein Tochterchen um, Indem er sein Lieblingskind Darbringt als Menschenopfer. Die Arme Verblendete Mutter Halt in Gemeinschaft mit..... More
Stabbed to Death in a Dispute Over an Election Bet [Trial]. Lockwood, R[ufus] A[llen] [1811-1857]. Frank J[ohn] H.W., Defendant. Speech of R.A. Lockwood, Esq., Delivered in Defence of J.H.W. Frank, At the October Term of the Tippecanoe Circuit Court, 1837. Indianapolis: Bolton and Livingston, 1837. 76 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x...... More
A Love Triangle, Allegations of Financial Misconduct and Murder [Trial]. Stokes, Edward [1841-1901], Defendant. Life, Trial and Conviction of Edward Stokes, For the Assassination of Jas. Fisk, Jr. To which is Added, The Life and Eventful Career of Josephine Mansfield. The Interesting Trial. Many Secrets Now for the First Time..... More
The First Person to Rob an American Bank. Not in McDade. [Trial]. Green, Edward W. [d.1866], Defendant. A Citizen of Malden. Shall We Suffocate Ed. Green?. Boston: James Redpath, 1864. 61, [3] pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling, staining and edgewear to wrappers and..... More
He Tried to Make the Murder Look Like a Suicide [Trial]. Comings, William F., Defendant. Report of the Trial of William F. Comings: On an Indictment for the Murder of His Wife, Mrs. Adeline T. Comings. At the September Term of the Court of Common Pleas Holden at Haverhill, In..... More
A Medical and Legal Handbook About Horses Lupton, J. Irvine. Horses: Sound and Unsound, With the Law Relating to Sales and Warranty. London: Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 1893. vi, [2], 211 pp. Line illustrations. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary pebbled cloth, black-stamped title and image of horse head to front..... More
The Underbelly of the Gilded Age [Crime]. [Vice]. [United States]. The Illustrated Police News, Law-Courts and Weekly Record, For the Week Ending September 16, 1869. Vol. 7. No. 151. 8 pp. [Boston, Mass.]: Police News Pub. House, 1869. Woodcut illustrations. 20-1/2" x 14-1/2." Moderate toning, edgewear and creases, a few..... More
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The Seamy Side of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, In the Early 1900s [Kneeland, George J.]. [Lancaster Citizens Committee]. A Report on Vice Conditions in the City of Lancaster, Pa. [Lancaster]: S.n., 1913. 95 pp. [And] [Kneeland, George J.]. [Lancaster Citizens Committee]. A Second Report on Vice Conditions in the City of Lancaster..... More
The Detection of Muriate of Mercury Poisoning [Chaussier, Francois (1746-1828)]. Consultations Medico-Legales sur une Accusation d'Empoisonnement par le Sublime Corrosif, Ou Muriate de Mercure Suroxyde; Suivie d'une Notice sur les Moyens de Reconnaitre et de Constater l'Existence de ce Poison. Paris: Imprimerie de Didot Jeune, 1811. xvii, 167 pp. Lacking..... More
Insanity and Murder in a Small West Yorkshire Town [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Great Britain]. Dreadful Murder! A Husband Shooting His Wife, Near Keighley. [N.p.: S.n., c.1861]. 10" x 7-1/4" broadside mounted on backing paper, text in parallel columns below headline. Light toning, fold lines, moderate soiling and some edgewear, early pen-mark..... More
"A Rascal and a Drunkard": McDade 653 [Murder]. [McFarland, Daniel]. [Richardson, Albert D.]. The Richardson-McFarland Tragedy. Containing All the Letters and Other Interesting Facts and Documents Not Before Published, Being a Full and Impartial History of this Most Extraordinary Case. Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., 1870. 111 pp. Text in parallel..... More
Jealousy, Fraud Accusations and Murder: McDade 919 [Murder]. [Stokes, Edward S. (1841-1901)]. [Fisk, James, Jr. (1835-1872)]. Life, Adventures, Strange Career, And Assassination of Col. James Fisk, Jr. The Fisk-Stokes Tragedy. All about Miss Mansfield. Those Rich, Rare, And Racy Letters and Many Oddities Now for the First Time Made Public..... More
A Lawyer in Chenango County, New York Chooses Books for His Office Library [Bookseller Catalogue]. Jacob R. Halstead. Dear Sir: Having Closed My Law Book Store, I Shall, In Future, Direct My Whole Attention to Buying and Selling Law Books on Commission. [Running Head]. New York, 1858. Bifolium forming two..... More
An 1802 Massachusetts Sermon Criticizing Public Executions Thacher, Thomas [1756-1812]. The Danger of Despising the Divine Counsel: Exhibited in a Discourse, Delivered at Dedham, Third Precinct, September 13, 1801, The Lord's Day After the Execution of Jason Fairbanks. Dedham: Printed and Sold, By Herman Mann, 1802. 29 pp. Octavo (9"..... More
1857 Rules and Orders for the Middlesex, Massachusetts House of Correction [Prisons]. [Middlesex County Commissioners]. Rules and Orders for the House of Correction, Cambridge. Woburn: Printed by John J. Pippy, 1857. 8 pp. 12mo. (6" x 4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and a few creases, faint library..... More
The First Use of Sleepwalking as a Defense in a Murder Trial [Murder]. [Bickford, James, Compiler]. The Authentic Life of Mrs. Mary Ann Bickford, Who Was Murdered in the City of Boston, On the 27th of October, 1845. Comprising a Large Number of the Original Letters and Correspondence Never Before..... More
Rare Nineteeth-Century Italian Treatise on Natural Law Caputi, Nicola. Elementi del Diritto di Natura e Delle Genti: Compilati ed in Due Libri Divisi. Bari: Libreria e Stamperia Capasso, 1840. [iv], 179, [5] pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary quarter pebbled cloth over marbled boards, gilt title and fillets to spine..... More
"Where Are the Hands with Murder Stain'd Whose Guilt is Unreveal'd?" Kent, Alfred. Little Lydia; A Pathetic Ballad, Founded on Fact. Dover: Printed for the Author, By T. Rigden, 1832. 36 pp. 12mo. (5-3/4" x 3-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into slightly later pebbled cloth, gilt title to spine. Light rubbing..... More
"It May Mean $15,900 in Gold to You" [Train Robbery]. United States Post Office. $15,900.00 Reward in Gold, Read This Story of a Terrible Crime. Train Hold-Up and Murder of Three Trainmen and a Mail Clerk in the Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon. [Chicago, 1923]. 9, [1] pp. Photo illustrations 7"..... More
A Contemporary Opinion on a Sensational 1889 Murder by a Female Physician Densmore, Helen. [Maybrick Murder Case]. The Maybrick Case: English Criminal Law. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.; New York: Stillman & Co., [1892]. 148 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Stiff textured wrappers, gilt title to front. Some rubbing to..... More
List of Lawyer's Fees, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, 1864 [Broadside]. Merrimack County Bar. Fee Bill of the Merrimack County Bar. Concord, NH: October 4, 1864. 13-1/2" x 10-1/2" broadside. Text printed within woodcut border. Light toning, a few small spots near lower right-hand corner. A well-preserved copy. $650. * This..... More
A Group of New England Banks Unite to Suppress Counterfeiting [Counterfeiting]. [Request for Membership Dues for the Association of Banks for the Suppression of Counterfeiting]. Boston, February 17, 1858. Single sheet folded once to form 8-1/2" x 5" bifolium, text to recto of first leaf, post mark and manuscript address..... More