An Interesting Window into American Legal Publishing and Marketing in the 1930s Baker, Voorhis & Co. Law Publications of Baker, Voorhis & Co. with a General Catalogue of Law Books. New York: Baker, Voorhis and Co., 1932. 177 pp. 7-1/2" x 5-1/8" (19 cm x 13 cm). Original printed stiff..... More
An Important American Minister, Abolitionist and Orator Beecher, Henry Ward [1813-1887]. [Carte de Visite of Henry Ward Beecher]. [Boston?, c.1859-1870]. Paper-print photograph mounted on 4" x 2-1/2" (10 x 6.35 cm) card, caption below image. Light toning, negligible wear, minor soiling. $150. * Beecher was a Congregational minister and activist..... More
"A Child of Misfortune, I'm Driven from Home" [Broadside]. [Ballads]. San Francisco Minstrels. [Hays, William Shakespeare (1837-1907), Composer]. Driven From Home. As Sung by D.S. Wambold, At the San Francisco Minstrels. New York: H. De Marsan, Publisher, [c.1870]. 10" x 6-1/4" (25.7 x 16.2 cm) broadside, three stanzas of verse..... More
Murder and Infanticide in Berkshire: No Copies Located on OCLC or Library Hub [Broadside]. [Crime]. Smith, Thomas [b.1814?]. An Account of a Dreadful Murder, Committed by Thomas Smith, Aged 21, on the Body of Eliz. Young, Aged 18 at Sutton, In Berkshire, On Thursday, February the 5th, 1835. Reading: Walker..... More
The Only Known Copy [Broadside]. [Executions]. Austin, William Henry [c.1789-1825]. Edmunds, John [c.1801-1825]. Jasper, Richard William [c.1800-1825]. The Sorrowful Lamentation of Wm. Henry Austin, John Edmunds, And Richard Wm. Jasper, Who are Ordered for Execution on Tuesday Next. [London]: Birt, Printer, 1825. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" (24.3 x 19.2 cm) broadside..... More
"Establish Peace Throughout the Land and Drive King Bacchus Out" [Broadside]. Gork, W.H. A Convict's Confession. [Johnstown, PA?, 1890?]. 12-1/4" x 6" broadside, verse text in two columns below headline. Light browning, three horizontal fold lines, negligible light edgewear, a (tiny) bit of tape residue near top and bottom edges..... More
A Souvenir of the American Ice Trade [Broadside]. [Massachusetts]. General Statutes Chap. 161, Sect. 73. Whoever Wilfully Maliciously, And Without Right or License, Cuts, Injures, Mars, Or Otherwise Damages or Destroys, Any Ice, Upon Any Waters Within this State from which Ice is or may be Taken, As an Article..... More
Verse Account of a Murder-Suicide in Pennsylvania [Broadside]. [Murder-Suicide]. [Pennsylvania]. [Koppelberger, Johannes]. Ein Neues Lied von der Mord-Geschichte des Joseph Miller, Welcher im Januar 1822, Einer Sonntags Nacht Seine Schwangere Frau unde Zwei Kinder auf eine Grausame Art Ermordete, Und sich Selbst Erhing, Welches Alles, Wie man Glaubt, Aus Armuth..... More
The "Umbrella Tax" Broadside: An Unrecorded 1805 Proposal to Fund the Napoleonic Wars [Broadside]. [Taxation]. Our Country's Cause; Or, A New Plan of Taxation, Submitted to the Right Hon. W. Pitt in December 1804, For the General Advantage of the Nation, The Poor and Middling Classes in Particular; By Taking..... More
[California]. [Logan, James Harvey (1841-1928)]. [3-1/4" x 5-1/2" Wells Fargo-Stamped Envelope from James Harvey Logan to Mr. Charles B. Dannger]. Santa Cruz, CA, [after 1855]. Empty transmittal envelope addressed in manuscript, flap sealed, envelope neatly opened along right edge. Wells Fargo postmark to left edge. Moderate toning, near-fine. $250. *..... More
A Scarce and Short-Lived Crime Periodical from Late Georgian London [Crime]. [Newgate Calendar]. The Annals of Crime, And Newgate Calendar. Vol. 1, Nos. 1-53 [all published]. [London]: Published every Saturday Morning, for the Proprietor, by Berger, 1833-1834. 44, 50-424 pp. Issue No. 6 incomplete but likely as-issued. Quarto (9-3/4" x...... More
Interesting Collection of Darrow Photographs [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. [Eighteen Black-and-White Press Photographs of Darrow]. Sizes ranging from 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" to 8" x 10." Light to moderate edgewear, annotations and tipped-in captions to versos, some photos have crop marks and creases. $1,350. * This interesting collection comprises seven formal and..... More
Interesting Collection of Trial-Related Darrow Photographs [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. [Fifteen Black-and-White Press Photographs of Darrow, 1924-1936]. Sizes ranging from 5-1/2" x 8" to 8" x 10." Light to moderate edgewear, annotations and tipped-in captions to versos, some photos have crop marks and creases, a few have captions printed below image..... More
"First Published Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Darrow Together" Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. Darrow, Ruby [1878-1957]. [6" x 10" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Clarence and Ruby Darrow]. [New York: International New Photos, March 12, 1931]. Negligible edgewear and minor crinkling, stamps, pencil markings and tipped-in caption to verso. $75. * The..... More
Jefferson Davis in 1861, And 1863 [Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)]. Johnson, D[avid] C[laypoole] [1799-1865]. Jeff Davis, After the Fall of Fort Sumter, 1861/ Jeff Davis After the Fall of Fort Sumter 1863. Boston: Designed and Published by D.C. Johnston, Studio Building, Tremont St., [1863]. 4-1/2" x 2/4" lithographed mechanical (metamorphic) slide..... More
D.W. Doom, Attorney and Counselor at Law Doom, David Williams [1848-1909]. [2-1/2" x 4" Business Card for D.W. Doom, Attorney and Counselor at Law]. Austin, TX, c.1875? Moderate toning, negligible light soiling. Very good. $50. * David Williams Doom was a prominent Austin lawyer and judge. A Confederate Army veteran..... More
"The Latest Portrait of Felix Frankfurter, Newly-Appointed Associate Justice" Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. [6" x 8" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Frankfurter]. [(New York): Acme Newspictures, February 4, 1939]. Minor wrinkling, annotations, stamps and tipped-in caption to verso. $75. * The caption reads: "LATEST PORTRAIT OF JUSTICE FRANKFURTER. Washington, D.C.--The latest portrait..... More
Former Justice Goldberg Addresses the Press Goldberg, Arthur J. [1908-1990]. [9" x 7" Black-and-White Press Portrait Photograph of Goldberg]. [New York: United Press International, March 20, 1970]. Negligible edgewear, stamps and tipped-in caption to verso. $25. * The caption reads (in part): "WILL ENTER PRIMARY IF--Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice..... More
"Cumulative" 1851 Harvard Law School Catalogue [Harvard Law School]. A Catalogue of the Students of Law in Harvard University, From the Establishment of the Law School, To the End of the Second Term in the Year 1851. Cambridge: Metcalf and Company, Printers to the University, 1851. 96 pp. Octavo (7-1/4"..... More
Holmes Near the End of His Life Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. [5" x 7" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Holmes]. [New York]: Associated Press, [n.d.]. A few minor wrinkles, caption at foot of image, stamp and annotation to verso. $50. * This is a later reprinting of an image from 1934..... More
A Leading Cincinnati Publisher and Bookseller During the Nineteenth Century [Legal Publishing]. Robert Clarke & Co. Kentucky Law Books Published by Robert Clarke & Co. Cincinnati, OH, c.1860. 9-1/4" x 5-3/4" sheet, content to recto and verso. Negligible light soiling and finger marks, tiny ink spot to right-hand margin, horizontal..... More
An Apparently Unrecorded Poster Promoting a Concert to Benefit a Leftist British Magazine Focused on Legal Rights [Legal Publishing]. Up Against the Law Collective. A Benefit in Aid of Up Against the Law.... [London: S.n., 1972?]. 17" x 13-1/4" (43 x 33.5 cm) poster, graphics in red on white paper..... More
"Tired of the Big Lie!" Lininger, Dr. B. Bruce. The Bellyachers. Saugus, CA: The Initiators, 1964. 36 pp. Octavo (7" x 4-3/4"). Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Light toning and negligible light soiling to wrappers, staples just starting to rust. Light toning to interior, small pencil marks to p...... More
"Public Whore"? [Manuscript]. [Wisconsin]. [Acker, James, Defendant]. [Accusation of Adultery]. Walworth County, Wisconsin Territory, 1845. 12-1/2" x 7-3/4" (31.75 x 19.7 cm) sheet. Moderate toning, two horizontal fold lines, light edgewear. Content in neat hand, docketed on verso. $450. * This original territorial legal document details a slander and defamation..... More
"Without Your Aid I Am Not Only Helpless But Hopeless" [Mooney, Thomas (1882-1942)]. [Billings, Warren K. (1893-1972)]. [Fundraising Materials for Thomas Mooney and Warren K. Billings]. New York and San Francisco, 1935-1938. 2 leaflets, 4 letters and press releases, 3 in transmittal envelopes with small donation cards or receipts, sizes..... More