Zane, John Maxcy. The Story of Law. With an Introduction by James M. Beck. Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., [1927]. Reprinted by The Legal Classics Library, 2013. Frontispiece. v, 486 pp. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $65. More
The First Major Work on Voluntary Trustees Hampson, Sir George Francis [1789-1833]. A Short Treatise Endeavouring to Point Out the Means by Which Those Who Accept the Situation of Trustees May Perform Their Duties Without Incurring Responsibility. London: Printed for A. Maxwell, 1825. xx, 129, [3] pp. With a final..... More
Tedeschi, John. The Prosecution of Heresy. Collected Studies on the Inquisition in Early Modern Italy. Binghamton, NY: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1991. xxii, 417 pp. Illustrations. ISBN: 86698089X; ISBN: 9780866980890. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies volume 78. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamps spine and front cover..... More
Smith, Adam [1723-1790]. Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms. Delivered in the University of Glasgow. Reported by a Student in 1763 and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Edwin Cannan. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1896. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2013. xxxix, 293 pp. Octavo (6" x 9"). Full..... More
A History of the Bedford Level Corporation Cole, Charles Nalson [1723-1804]. [Bedford Level Corporation]. A Collection of Laws Which Form the Constitution of the Bedford Level Corporation; Together with an Introductory History Thereof. London: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan for C. Bathurst, 1761. [viii], lii, 576 pp. Octavo..... More
Attempts to Prevent Bankruptcy Fraud [Broadsides]. [Bankruptcy]. [Great Britain]. [Eight Broadsides Dealing with Bankruptcy Reform]. 4 broadsides, 2 broadsheets and 2 pamphlets averaging 12-3/4" x 7-3/4" in size, typed docket to verso of each item. Disbound, light to moderate toning, faint horizontal fold lines, recent pencil notes to upper right..... More
Furman, A.L. Chief Counsel. New York: The Macaulay Company, [1934]. 251 pp. Publisher's stamped red cloth, lightly soiled and negligibly shelfworn, in lightly soiled and edgeworn pictoral dust jacket. Moderate toning, light foxing to edges of text block, internally clean. $250. * "A drama of passion and human frailty," depicting..... More
[Legal Classics Library]. A Collection of 24 titles, in 24 books. Gryphon Editions. The Legal Classics Library, 1982-1999??. All volumes full calf, with all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, and ribbon page markers. Bookplates on front pastedowns, else fine. $500. Titles in this collection: 1. Beccaria, Cesare Bonesana. An Essay on..... More
Acts of Henry VIII, 1545 [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. Henry VIII [1491-1547], King of England. Anno XXXVII. Henrici Octavi. Statutes Made in the Parliament, Holde[n] at Westminster in the XXXVII. Yere of the Most Renoumed Henry the Eyght, By the Grace of God Kinge of Engla[n]d Fraunce, And Irelande, Defender of..... More
Lambarde's Valuable Guide to Gavelkind and Other Legal Customs Lambarde, William [1536-1601]. A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Description, Hystorie, And Customes of that Shire. Written in the Yeere 1570. By William Lambarde of Lincolns Inne Gent. London: Printed by R. Hodgkinsonne, for D. Pakeman, [n.d., between 1634 and 1656?]..... More
![Item #75392 Les Commentaries, Ou Reports [and] La Second Part de les Reports. Edmund Plowden](/pictures/thumb/75392.jpg?v=1679601932)
Early Edition of Plowden's Reports Plowden, Edmund [1518-1585]. Les Commentaries, Ou Reportes de Edmund Plowden Un Apprentice de le Common Ley, De Divers Cases Esteant Matters en Ley, & De les Arguments sur Yceux, En les Temps des Raigns le Roy Ed. le Size, le Roign Mary, le Roy &..... More
An Authority Second Only to the Year Books Dyer, Sir James [1512-1582]. Cy Ensuont Ascuns Novel Cases, Collectes per le Iades Tresreverend Iudge, Mounsieur Iasques Dyer, Chiefe Iustice del Common Banke, Oue Divers Resolutions & Iudgements Dones sur Solempne Arguments & Avec Graund Deliberation, & Le Reasons & Causes des..... More
Held in High Regard by Lords Bacon and Hale Noy, William, Reporter. Reports and Cases, Taken In the Time of Queen Elizabeth, King James, And King Charles; Collected and Reported by that Learned Lawyer William Noy, Sometimes Reader of the Honourable Societie of Lincolnes-Inne, Since Attourney Generall to the Late..... More
Bacon's Chancery Reforms [Great Britain]. [Court of Chancery]. Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. Ordinances Made by the Right Honourable Sir Francis Bacon Knight, Lord Verulam, And Vicount of Saint Albans, Being then Lord Chancellor. For the Better and More Regular Administration of Justice in the Chancery, To be Daily Observed Saving..... More
"Very Sensible and Generally Accurate" Theobald, William [1798-1870]. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Principal and Surety, Particularly with Relation to Mercantile Guaranties, Bills of Exchange, And Bail Bonds. London: S. Sweet, 1832. [ii], xviii, 297 pp. With initial advertisement leaf. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Original paper-covered publisher's boards..... More
Features the Chancery Decisions of James Kent Johnson, William. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Chancery of New-York. Containing the Cases from March, 1814 to July, 1823. [1814-1823]. New York: Banks & Brothers, 1858-1873. 7 volumes. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, small later..... More
First Edition of the First Analytical Study of English Criminal Law Hale, Sir Matthew [1609-1676]. Pleas of the Crown. Or a Brief, But Full Account of Whatsoever can be Found Relating to that Subject. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard Atkyns and Edward Atkyns Esquires, For William Shrewsbury at..... More
An Important Contribution to the Development of Modern Legal Theory Kitchin, John [c.1520-c.1590]. Le Court Leete et Court Baron Collect per Iohn Kitchin de Graies Inne un Apprentice in Ley. Et les Cases & Matters Necessaries pur Seneschals de Ceux Courts a Scier, & Pur les Students de les Measons..... More
![Item #75377 The Third Part of the Institutes [Bound with] The Fourth Part of the. Sir Edward Coke](/pictures/thumb/75377.jpg?v=1679606472)
Second Editions 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 Criminall Causes. London: Printed...By M. Flesher, For W. Lee, and D. Pakeman, 1648. [xii], 243, [19] pp..... More
Handsome Large-Paper Copy With Twenty-Four Steel-Plate Engravings Herbert, W[illiam] [1771-1851]. Antiquities of the Inns of Court and Chancery; Containing Historical and Descriptive Sketches Relative to Their Original Foundation, Customs, Ceremonies, Buildings, Government, &c. &c. With a Concise History of the English Law. London: Printed for Vernor and Hood; J. Storer..... More
An Unrecorded Defense of the Existence of the Droit du Seigneur [Bascle de Lagreze, Gustave (1811-1892)]. Le Droit du Seigneur. Pau: Imprimerie Administrative & Commerciale, s.d. [c.1855?]. 31 pp. Octavo (7" x 4-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers, hand-lettered title to front wrapper. Light soiling to wrappers, a few small..... More
[Legal Classics Library]. A Collection of 19 titles, in 20 books. Gryphon Editions. The Legal Classics Library, 1982-1999. All volumes full calf, with all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, and ribbon page markers. Bookplates on front pastedowns, else fine. $400. Titles in this collection: 1. Goebel, Jr., Julius. Felony and Misdemeanor..... More
The Rank of Judges in the Court of Chancery [Burroughs, Samuel (d.1761)]. The Legal Judicature in Chancery Stated. With Remarks on a Late Book, Intitled, A Discourse of the Judicial Authority Belonging to the Master of the Rolls in the High Court of Chancery. London: Printed for J. Walthoe, 1727..... More
![Item #75372 North from Malaya [with] Draft Press Release. William O. Douglas](/pictures/thumb/75372.jpg?v=1679601927)
With Interesting Laid-In Material Douglas, William O. North from Malaya. Adventure on Five Fronts. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Photo illustrations. 352 pp. Original green cloth, very good in edgeworn and lightly faded dust jacket with a few small tears, maps on front and rear endpapers, owner bookplate..... More
Trials at the Kent Assizes [Trials]. [Great Britain]. The Trials of All the Prisoners Who were Try'd at the Assizes Held at Maidstone, For the County of Kent, On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Being the 19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, And 23d of March, 1749-50, Before the Hon. Sir..... More