An Abridgment of Blackstone "From a Father to His Daughter" Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John [1783-1847], 1st Baronet. Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John [1810-1892], 2nd Baronet, Editor. An Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, Intended for the Use of Young Persons, And Comprised in a Series of..... More
Posner, Richard A. The Federal Courts. Challenge and Reform. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996. xvi, 413 pp. Original black cloth with gilt stamped spine. Board lightly rubbed. Light yellow highlighting to text, else internally clean. Very good. $20. * Contents: I. The Institution. 1. The Organization of the Federal Courts..... More
Gardiner, Samuel Rawson, [1829-1902], Editor. The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1899. Second edition, revised and enlarged. lxviii, 476 pp. Contemporary maroon cloth with gilt stamped spine. Deckle edges. Blind frames to boards. Moderate shelfwear with some rubbing to spine and extremities. Ex-library with..... More
Prothero, G. W[alter], [1848-1922], Editor. Select Statutes and Other Constitutional Documents Illustrative of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1898. Second edition. cxxv, 478 pp. Contemporary maroon cloth with gilt stamped spine. Deckle edges. Blind frames to boards. Moderate shelfwear with some rubbing to spine..... More
Rapaport, Diane. New England Court Records: A Research Guide for Genealogists and Historians. Burlington, Mass.: Quill Pen Press, 2006. xv, 470 pp., illustrations, maps. Softcover. Author's inscription to title, "For Paul Finkelman, / with thanks and best whishes, / Diana Rapaport". Near fine. $35. * For beginners and experienced researchers..... More
Schwarz, Philip J. Slave Laws in Virginia. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, [1996]. xvi, 253 pp. Original red cloth, with stamped spine. Near fine, in a very good dust jacket with small white sticker near foot of spine. $30. * Contents: "Lawlessness"; Thomas Jefferson and the law of slavery;..... More
Boyer, Paul S.; Nissenbaum, Stephen. Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft. London: Harvard University Press, 1974. xxi, 231 pp., illustrations. Softcover. Fine. $15. * Contents: Prologue: What happened in 1692; 1692: some new perspectives; In quest of community, 1639-1687; Afflicted village, 1688-1697; Salem Town and Salem Village: the dynamics..... More
Taylor, Alfred Swaine, [1806-1880]. Stevenson, Thomas, [1838-1908], Editor. The Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1894. Fourth edition. 2 volumes. Illustrations. Contemporary burgundy cloth with gilt stamped spine and blind stamped covers. Moderate shelfwear with rubbing to spine and extremities. Hinges cracked, but holding. Internally..... More
Emanuel, Anne S. Elbert Parr Tuttle: Chief Jurist of the Civil Rights Revolution. Athens & London: The University of Georgia Press, 2011. xx, 399 pp., illustrations. Original cloth with stamped spine. Author's inscription to title, "To Paul Finkelman - / with thanks for your / roll in creating this /..... More
Albert, Neale M., Collector. Grill, Tom, Photographer. The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings: A Catalog of an Exhibition Held at the Grolier Club September 13- November 4, 2006. New York: Piccolo Press, 2006. xii, 212 pp. Illustrations. Cloth with gilt stamped spine and illustrated paper label to..... More
Emanuel, Anne S. Elbert Parr Tuttle: Chief Jurist of the Civil Rights Revolution. Athens & London: The University of Georgia Press, 2011. xx, 399 pp., illustrations. Original cloth with stamped spine. Fine, in a fine dust jacket. $15. * Series:Studies in the legal history of the South. More
Waldrep, Christopher; Nieman, Donald G. Local Matters: Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2001. xix, 259 pp. Original cloth with stamped spine. Fine, in a near fine dust jacket. $25. * Contents: Judging slavery: Thomas Ruffin and State v. Mann / Sally Hadden;..... More
Andrews, Matthew Page, [1879-1947]. A Heritage of Freedom; Or, The Political Ideals of the English-speaking Peoples. New York: George H. Doran Co., [1918]. xiii, 110 pp. Contemporary cloth with paper labels to spine and front cover. Deckle fore-edge. Moderate shelfwear and soiling. Ex-library with ink shelf location label to foot..... More
Hoffman, Ronald; Albert, Peter J. The Bill of Rights: Government Proscribed. Charlottesville: Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by the University Press of Virginia, 1997. x, 463 pp. Original cloth with gilt stamped spine. Fine, in a near fine dust jacket. $25. * Contents: British lineages and American..... More
Warren, Charles [1868-1954]. The Supreme Court in United States History. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1923. 3 Volumes. Frontispieces. Illustrations. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt stamped spines, moderate shelfwear, spines marked, boards rubbed. Wear to spine ends and corners. Volume 3 hinges cracked but secure, rear hinge of volume 1..... More
Nelson, Michael. The Evolving Presidency: Addresses, Cases, Essays, Letters, Reports, Resolutions, Transcripts, and other Landmark Documents, 1787-1998. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 1999. xiii, 254 pp. Softcover. Near fine. $20. * Contents: The Constitution : provisions concerning the presidency (1787); Letters of Cato, nos. 4 and 5 (1787); The Federalist Papers..... More
Butler, Nicholas Murray, [1862-1947]. Why Should We Change Our Form of Government? New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1912. xiv 159 pp. Publisher's black cloth with gilt stamped spine. Light shelfwear. Ex-library with ink shelf location label to foot of spine. Bookplate of Joseph M. Gleason to front pastedown. Newspaper clippings..... More
Prince, L[e Baron]. Bradford. The Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution: The Progress of Nationality Among the People and in the Government. New York, Putnam, 1867. viii, 125, 6 pp. Original green blind stamped pebbled cloth with gilt stamped spine. Moderate shelfwear and rubbing to boards, small nick to head..... More
Owned by a U.S. Secretary of State Chitty, Joseph [1776-1841]. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Nations, Relative to the Legal Effect of War on the Commerce of Belligerents and Neutrals; And on Orders in Council and Licences. To Which Are Added, Extracts from Grotius, Bynkershoek, And Vattel: Also..... More
Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, [1844-1917]. Brief Institutes of Our Constitutional History: English and American. Providence, [R.I.]: Reid, 1886. ix, 275 pp. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt stamped spine. Blind stamped boards. Moderate shelfwear with rubbing to spine. Ex-library with ink shelf location label to foot of spine. Patterned endpapers. Bookplate of..... More
Pierce, James O[scar], [1836-1907]. Studies in Constitutional History. Minneapolis: H.W. Wilson Co., 1906. 330 pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt stamped spine. Moderate shelfwear with some fading to spine and boards. Ex-library with ink shelf location label to foot of spine. Bookplate of Joseph M. Gleason to front pastedown. Number..... More
Willoughby, William Franklin, [1867-1960]. Government Organization in War time and After; A Survey of the Federal Civil Agencies Created for the Prosecution of the War. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1919. xix, 370 pp. Publisher's brown quarter cloth over boards with gilt stamped spine. Light shelfwear. Ex-library with ink..... More
Brant, Irving, [1885-1976]. Storm Over the Constitution. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, [1936]. First edition. xvi, 294 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Light shelfwear. Ex-library with ink shelf location label to foot of spine. Bookplate of Joseph M. Gleason to front pastedown. Number stamp to verso title..... More
Middleton, Stephen. The Black Laws: Race and the Legal Process in Early Ohio. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2005. xi, 363 pp. Softcover. Fine. $30. * Contents: Ambiguous beginnings, 1787-1801; The many meanings of freedom, 1800-1803; "A state for white men," 1803-1830; The battle over the color line, 1830-1839; The..... More
Morgan, Denise C.; Godsil, Rachel D.; Moses, Joy. Awakening from the Dream: Civil Rights Under Siege and the New Struggle for Equal Justice. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2006. xxiii, 452 pp. Softcover. Pages 85-222 very slightly worn at top edge, else fine. $25. * Contents: The Rehnquist court's federalism..... More