"The Barbarous Murder of Thomas Thynn" [Trial]. [Great Britain]. [Thynne, Thomas (1648-1682)]. The Tryal and Condemnation of George Borosky Alias Boratzi, Christopher Vratz, and John Stern; For the Barbarous Murder of Thomas Thynn, Esq; Together with the Tryal of Charles John Count Coningsmark, As Accessary before the Fact to the..... More
The "Popish Midwife" On Trial for Libel [Trial]. [Cellier, Elizabeth (fl.1668-1688)]. The Tryal and Sentence of Elizabeth Cellier, for Writing, Printing, and Publishing, a Scandalous Libel, Called Malice Defeated, &c. At the Sessions in the Old-Bailey, Held Saturday the 11th. and Monday the 13th. of Sept. 1680. Whereunto is Added..... More
Trials of Conspirators in the Rye House Plot [Trials]. [Great Britain]. [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..... More
Perceptive Satirical Commentary on the Popish Plot of 1678 [Popish Plot]. [Smith, Francis (fl. 1657-1689)]. Some Observations Upon the Late Tryals of Sir George Wakeman, Corker and Marshall, &c. By Tom Tickle-Foot the Taborer, Late Clerk to Justice Clodpate. London: Printed for A. Brewster, 1679. 8, 7-9, [1] pp. Pagination..... 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
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
Legal Advice from 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. about..... More
c.1783 French Manuscript on Political Science and National Character [Manuscript]. [Political Science]. [French Manuscript Account of English and European History]. [France, c.1783]. 140-219; 1-169 ff. Two parts. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary 3/4 vellum over marbled boards, raised bands and faint early hand-lettered title to spine, ends rouged. Moderate rubbing..... More
Pharr, Clyde. The Theodosian Code and Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions: A Translation with Commentary, Glossary, and Bibliography by Clyde Pharr, in Collaboration with Theresa Sherrer Davidson and Mary Brown Pharr. With an Introduction by C. Dickerman Williams. [Princeton, New Jersey]: Princeton University Press, 1952. xxvi, 643 pp. Reprinted 1969..... More
Unrecorded New York Imprint of an Account of One of the Last People Executed for Forgery in Great Britain [Trial]. Fauntleroy, Henry [1785-1824], Defendant. Trial of Henry Fauntleroy for Forgery, Together with His Execution &c. From a London Copy. New York: Printed and Published at 121 Water-Street [by Joseph C...... More
Triumphs Over Unjust Judges [Philo-Dicaios]. Triumphs of Justice Over Unjust Judges: Exhibiting, I. The Names and Crimes of Four and Forty Judges, Hang'd in One Year, In England, As Murderers, For Their Corrupt Judgments; II. The Case of Lord Chief Justice Tresilian, Hanged at Tyburn, And All the Rest of..... More
Presentation Copy, Inscribed by Jaffe to His Harvard Colleague Benjamin Kaplan Jaffe, Louis L. Judicial Control of Administrative Action. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1965. xvi, 792 pp. Publisher's cloth hardcover, very good, in moderately worn dust jacket. Inscribed on front free endpaper: 'To my beloved friend &/ colleague Ben..... More
"The Dissolution of Marriage" [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: With a True Copy of his Last Will and Testament. II. The Case of Barbara, Late Dutchess of Cleaveland, With the..... More
Handsomely Bound Treasury of Whimsical Anecdotes About London's Temple [Inns of Court]. In the Temple. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1892. [iv], 117, [1] pp. Quarto (6" x 5"). Contemporary straight-grained morocco by Birdsall & Son Northampton, triple gilt fillets with corner fleurons to boards, Raised bands and gilt title and..... More
Warren, Lockhart Viola [Griffin, John S. (1816-1898)]. [United States. Army. Dragoons]. Dragoons on Trial Los Angeles, 1847. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1965. 78 pp. Octavo. 9-1/2" x 6". Blue cloth, gilt stamped spine and boards. Famous California Trials 7. Colophon 250 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman California State..... More
Commentary on the Clandestine Marriage of the Prince of Wales Tooke, John Horne [1736-1812]. A Letter to a Friend, On the Reported Marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1787. [ii], 75 pp. Lacking half-title. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). [2], 75 pp. Stab-stitched..... More
Nunis Jr., Doyce B. Graham, Isaac (1800-1863). The Trials of Isaac Graham. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1967. 129 pp. Seven full page illustrations. Octavo. 9-1/2" x 6". Green cloth over patterned boards, gilt lettered spine, fine. Famous California Trials 7. Colophon 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman California..... More
Manuscript Precedent Books from an English Law Office [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. [Two Manuscript Precedent Books]. [Great Britain, c.1794, 1808]. 350 pp.; 200, 33 pp. Both manuscripts indexed. Folio (12-1/4" x 8"; 12-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Vellum, blind rules and hand-lettered ink titles to boards, reading "Precedents in Conveyancing" and "Precedent Book..... More
Mid-Nineteenth-Century Docket Book of a Upstate New York Justice of the Peace [Manuscript]. Babcock, Henry H. Docket 1845. Rush, NY, March 1845-February 1850. [120] pp., content to 63 pp. Quarto (9-3/4" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt fillets and hand-lettered title (reading "HHB 1845 Docket") to spine..... More
The Authoritative Opinion of Lord Redesdale [Manuscript]. Freeman-Mitford, John, 1st Baron Redesdale [1748-1830]. Lord Redesdale's Opinion. London?, c.1829. 9" x 7-1/4" leaf, content to recto. Light toning, single horizontal fold, text in neat hand. $200. * The authoritative opinion of Lord Redesdale, discussing whether the dignity of the Earl of..... More
A Glowing Recommendation from Stephen J. Field [Manuscript]. Field, Stephen J. [1816-1899]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, San Francisco, June 17, 1866]. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" bifolium, light creasing and two small tears along horizontal fold, moderate toning, very light stains to second sheet. Typed transcript included. $350. * Stephen J. Field was..... More
"Have You Made Your Will?" A Retired Solicitor. Testamentary Counsels, And Hints to Christians on the Right Distribution of Their Property by Will. Carefully Revised by a Member of the American Bar. Troy, NY: W. And H. Merriam, 1845. xii, 13-108 pp. 12mo. (6-1/4" x 4"). Contemporary cloth, blind panels..... More
An Early Legal Guide to the Petroleum Industry Shapley, Ezekiel Cooper, Jr. [1841-1919]. Legal Guide for Oil Companies and Stockholders; Including a Digest of the Mining Laws of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Fowler & Moon, 1865. [iii], 4-34 pp. Advertisements to rear wrapper and verso of front wrapper. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4")..... More
Inscribed by John Marshall Marshall, John. The Life of George Washington. Edited by Bushrod Washington. Second edition. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. 2 volumes. Octavo (5-1/2" x 9"). [iv], 460, [42, viii] pp; 448, [32, v] pp. Complete set. Contemporary calf, raised fillets on spine, black spine labels with gilt..... More
Johnson, Kenneth M. Jose Yves Limantour v. the United States. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1961. 82 pp. map on front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Brown cloth over marbled boards with gilt lettered spine, fine. Famous California Trials 1. Colophon 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman. A fine..... More