The First Book-Length Biography of Grotius Burigny, M. de (Jean Levesque). The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius, Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which he Was Employed; Together with a Critical Account of his Works. Written Originally in..... More
Inscribed by Chief Justice Hughes Hughes, Charles Evans [1862-1948]. The Supreme Court of the United States: Its Foundation, Methods and Achievements: An Interpretation. New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. vii, 269 pp. Original near-fine cloth, light toning to interior, "Charles E. Hughes/ June 9, 1928" in bold hand to front..... More
Whiting, William. War Powers Under the Constitution of the United States. Tenth Edition. Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1864. Reprint. [The Legal Classics Library, 1997]. xvii, 342 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $50. * Whiting's writings are widely believed to..... More
Healy, Maurice. The Old Munster Circuit: A Book of Memories and Traditions. London: Michael Joseph Ltd., [1939]. Reprint. [Birmingham]: The Legal Classics Library, 1991. 287 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. As new, fine condition. $35. * A treasury of Irish legal..... More
Madison, James. Records of the Debates in the Federal Constitution of 1787 as Reported by James Madison. Selected and Arranged by Charles Tansill. Legal Classics Library: Birmingham, 1989. Full green calf, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, extra gilt. Slight scratch to top page edges, else fine condition. $45. * Excerpted..... More
Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1765-1796. Reprint. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, 1983. 4 volumes, complete set. Calf with decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, lettering pieces, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Small previous owner's stamp at foot inside flyleafs..... More
Bryce, James. The American Commonwealth. London: Macmillan, 1888. Reprint edition. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, [1987]. 2 volumes. Full black calf, extra-gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. As new, fine condition. [with] Thomas G. Barnes. Notes From the Editors, 1983. 2 pamphlets. Together 2 books and 2 pamphlets. $50. * "Written by..... More
Vinogradoff, Paul [1854-1925]. The Collected Papers of Paul Vinogradoff. With a Memoir by the Right Hon. H.A.L. Fisher. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1928. Reprint. Birmingham: The Legal Classics Library, 1995. 2 volumes. Frontispiece. Calf, gilt spine with raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon markers. As new, fine..... More
More, Sir Thomas [1478-1535]. Utopia with the Dialogue of Comfort. With an Introduction by Judge John O'Hagan. London: J.M. Dent and Sons, [1936]. Reprint. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, 1989. xxxvii, 359, [1] pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. As new, fine condition..... More
Legal Classics Reprint of the first edition 1788 Hanover-Square Hamilton, Alexander [1755-1804]. Madison, [1751-1836]. Jay, John [1745-1829]. The Federalist: A Collection of essays Written in Favor of the New Constitution. New York: Printed and Sold by J. and A. McLean, No. 41 Hanover-Square, 1788. Reprint. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, [1983]..... More
Scopes Evolution Trial The World's Most Famous Court Trial: Tennessee Evolution Case. Cincinnati: National Book Company, [1925]. Frontispiece. 339 pp. Reprint Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, 1984. Full calf, decorative gilt, all edges gilt. Raised bands, marbled endpapers, edges gilt, ribbon marker. Former owner's small property stamp on lower inside front..... More
First Edition of Bacon's Elements of the Common Laws of England Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. The Elements of the Common Lawes of England, Branched Into a Double Tract: The One Contayning a Collection of Some Principall Rules and Maximes of the Common Law, With Their Latitude and Extent. Explicated for..... More
First Edition of a Standard American Treatise on Admiralty Law Benedict, Erastus C. [1800-1880]. The American Admiralty: Its Jurisdiction and Practice with Practical Forms and Directions. New York: Banks, Gould & Co., 1850. xiii, 651 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Recent period-style calf (by Phil Dusel), red and black lettering..... More
A Treatise on Inheritance and Succession Derived from the Manuscript of Hale's History and Analysis [Hale, Matthew (1609-1676)]. [Shower, Sir Bartholomew (1658-1701), Editor]. De Successionibus apud Anglos: Or, A Treatise of Hereditary Descents: Shewing the Rise, Progress and Successive Alterations Thereof. And Also, The Laws of Descent, As They are..... More
Owned by a Notable English Prosecutor [Trials]. [Cobbett, William (1763-1835)]. Howell, Thomas Bayly [1768-1815], Editor. [Howell, Thomas Jones [1793-1858], Editor. Jardine, David [1794-1860], Compiler of Index. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year [1820]..... More
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Handsome Giunta Edition of the Decretum Gratiani Illustrated with 130 Woodcuts Gratian the Canonist [c. 1090-c.1160]. Johannes Teutonicus (or Zeneka) [d.1253], Glossator. Bartolomeo da Brescia (d.1258), Glossator. Martinus, Polonus [d. 1279], Margariti Decreti. Joannes, Diaconus Hispanus, Flos Decreti. Decretus Gratiani Cu[m] Glossis D[omi]ni Joannis Theutonici Prepositi Alberstatensis [et] Annotationibus Bartholomei..... More
Story, Joseph. Commentaries on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Foreign and Inland, as Administered in England and America; with Occasional Illustrations from the Commercial Law of the Nations of Continental Europe. Originally published: Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1843. xxiv, 608 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook..... More
Uncut, Unbound Copy of Hemard's Illustrated French Tax Code Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code General des Impots Directs et Taxes Assimilees. Texte Integral des Lois, Decrets, Decrets-Lois, Decret de Codification, Suivi d'un Formulaire Administratif. Paris: Editions Litteraires et Artistiques/Librairie "Le Triptyque", [1944]. x, 330, [1] pp. 183 illustrations, 62 of..... More
Handsomely Bound Copy of Hemard's Code Penal Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961]. Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard. Paris: Editions Litteraires de France, [c. 1940?]. 169 pp. Numerous pochoir color text illustrations throughout. Quarto (8-3/4" x 7"). Original publisher stiff printed color wrappers bound into contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards..... More
International Law Studies. United States Naval College. Vols. 1-94 (1901-2018), lacking vol. 57 in 94 books, with Index volume covering vols. 1-30. Together 94 books. Washington: Government Printing Office. Reprint Buffalo, NY: W.S. Hein. Blue buckram hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Ex-library with property stamps and shelf location labels at..... More
"The Very Important Verdict of the Honest Jury" [Broadside]. [Coldbath Fields Riot]. An Authentic Account of the Proceedings of the Coroner's Inquest on the Body of Robert Culley, A Policeman, With the Very Important Verdict of the Honest Jury. London: Smeeton, Printer, Tuesday, May 21, 1833. 14-3/4" x 10" broadside..... More
"A Testimonial of Their Firmness and Integrity" [Broadside]. [Coldbath Fields Riot]. An Authentic Account of the Proceedings of the Coroner's Inquest on the Body of Robert Cully, A Policeman; With the Very Important Verdict of the Jury; To Which is Added (By Permission) An Authentic Copy of that Affecting Letter..... More
Rare Trial Account With a Frontispiece by Isaac and George Cruikshank [Trial]. Paget, Sir Arthur [1771-1840], Defendant. Cruikshank, Isaac [1789-1856], Frontispiece. Cruikshank, George [1792-1878], Frontispiece. Crim. Con. ?10,000 Damages. Smeeton's Edition of the Trial Between the Right Hon. Lord Borringdon and Sir A. Paget, K.B. For Criminal Conversation with the..... More
Copy of an Unrecorded Facsimile Copy of Magna Carta with Interesting Associations [Magna Carta]. Fac-Simile Copy and Translation of ye Magna Carta Granted by King John in ye Year 1215. Birmingham, England: Printed and Published by J.L. Allday At ye "Shakspeare" Printing Workes, 39, Colmore Row, [1880]. 8 pp. pamphlet..... More
Principles of the Law. Family Dissolution. 2021 Annual Pocket Part. American Law Institute Law Publishers, 2021. New. $69. More