May 2025 (Part 3)
![Item #79235 A Digest of the Revenue Laws of the United States [with] Supplement. L. Addington](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/79235.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707950297)
1804 Digest of United States Revenue Laws Addington, L. A Digest of the Revenue Laws of the United States: Wherein are Arranged, Under Distinct Heads, The Duties of Collectors, Naval Officers, Surveyors, Masters of Vessels, And All Other Persons Connected with the Imposts. To Which is Annexed an Appendix, Containing..... More
![Item #79197 An Abridgment of Penal Statutes [With] An Appendix to Addington's. William...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/79197.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707259044)
The "Bloody Code" at a Glance: A Rare, Signed Bow Street Magistrate's Guide with the Elusive 1802 Bath Appendix Addington, Sir William [d.1811]. An Abridgment of Penal Statutes, Which Exhibits at One View The Offences, And the Punishment or Penalties, In Consequence of Those Offences, The Mode of Recovering, And..... More
A Biography of an Important Reformer Aikin, John [1747-1822]. Hayley, William [1745-1820]. A View of the Life, Travels, And Philanthropic Labours of the Late John Howard, Esq. L.L.D. F.R.S. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring for J. White [et al.], 1794. vii, [2], 10-178, [2] pp. Ode Inscribed to John..... More
American Civil Liberties Union. A Statement to Members and Friends of the American Civil Liberties Union Concerning the Resolution Fixing Qualifications for Membership on our Guiding Committees and Staff. [New York], 1940. 15 pp. 22 x 10 cm. Portrait orientation. Very good. $65. * A scarce and significant primary source..... More
The Construction of a "Jewish Commonwealth" in Palestine American Zion Commonwealth. The American Zion Commonwealth (Inc.) Affiliated with the Zionist Organization of America. [New York: American Zion Commonwealth?], 1920. 15 pp. Pamphlet in printed wrappers, formerly stapled and recently resewn. Light toning, soiling and a few small chips to wrappers..... More
Baker, G. Blaine Fisher, Kathleen E. Masciotra, Vince Young, Brian. Sources in the Law Library of McGill University for a Reconstruction of the Legal Culture of Quebec, 1760-1890. [Montreal]: Faculty of Law and Montreal Business History Project, 1987. ix, 276 pp. Stiff paper wraps, spiral bound. Wraps lightly soiled, internally..... More
Ballantine, Henry Winthrop. Problems in Law for Law School and Bar Examination Review: A Collection of Concrete Problems with Solutions, Covering Principal Legal Topics. St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1937. Second edition. xxiii, 1316 pp. Original blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Light shelfwear to corners, joints..... More
Rare Pamphlet Outlining "A Project for Retrieving Credit" [Bankruptcy]. [Scotland]. The Cry of the Creditors upon Bankrupt Estates in Scotland Renewed; Containing a Project for Retrieving Credit, And Advancing Trade, By Preventing Tedious Law-Suits: Again Addressed to the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, Members of Parliament, And..... More
Inscribed by an Eminent Statesman to his Daughter [Baruch, Bernard M. (1870-1965)]. "Thoughts on Peace." At head of title: Speeches at the Presentation of the Churchman Annual Award for Distinguished Service in the Promotion of Goodwill and Better Understanding Among All Peoples in 1944 to Bernard M. Baruch. [New York..... More
Bederman, David J. The Spirit of International Law. Athens, [Ga.]: University of Georgia Press, [2002]. xvi, 374 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $25. * Contents: Authority and obligation; Sources; Methods and approaches; Subjects and objects; Coherence and sophistication; Values and paradoxes; Confines; Formalism and pragmatism;..... More
Beresteyn, E.A. van. Iconographie van Hugo Grotius. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1929. 136 pp. 65 plates. Softbound, deckle edges. Previous owner's signature to front cover, newspaper clipping to front free endpaper. Light soiling and rubbing to exterior, minor wear to spine ends, small scuff to front joints, moderate toning to..... More
Bergh, G.C.J.J. van den. The Life and Work of Gerard Noodt, 1647-1725: Dutch Legal Scholarship between Humanism and Enlightenment. Oxford, [Eng.]: Clarendon Press, 1988. xiv, 391 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $35. More
Rare Italian Printing of a Study of Montesquieu Bertolini, Stefano [1711-1782]. Analyse Raisonee de l'Esprit des Loix. Pisa: Chez Jacques Grazioli, 1784. 125, [1] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary stiff patterned wrappers. Light rubbing to extremities, patterned paper of spine lightly worn. Light toning to interior, light soiling to..... More
First Oxford Edition in Octavo of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince, 1773. Four volumes. [xii], 485; [viii], 520, xix; [viii], 455, xxvii; [viii], 443, vii..... More
[California Alumni Association]. California Monthly. May, 1953. Hastings Diamond Jubilee Issue. [Berkeley, Calif.], [California alumni Association], 1953. 64 pp., illustrations. Stapled printed wrappers. Light shelfwear. $10. More
[Chiswick Press]. Two Molyneux Globes Belonging to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. London: Chiswick Press, 1912. 7 pp. Sewn pamphlet. Light soiling. Very good. $25. * A short descriptive pamphlet about a unique pair of 16th-century globes owned by the Middle Temple Inn of Court in London. The..... More
Cohn, Morris M. An Essay on the Growth of Law. Chicago: Callaghan & Co., 1882. ix, 181 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear. Ex-library ink shelf location label to foot of spine. Bookplates of Joseph M. Gleason and Ludwig Mathias Hoefler to front pastedown. Some foxing. Previous owner's pencil inscriptions to rear..... More
Cole, William E[arle]; Miller, Charles H. Social Problems: A Sociological Interpretation. New York, D. McKay Co., 1965. xv, 519 pp., illustrations. Original cloth. A sound copy, in a worn but good dust jacket. $25. * This work offers a comprehensive mid-20th-century academic examination of significant societal issues through the lens..... More
The King Must Consult with Parliament [Cotton, Sir Robert (1571-1631)]. The Forme of Governement of the Kingdome of England: Collected Our of the Fundamental Lawes and Statutes of this Kingdome. Wherin is Manifested the Customary Uses of the Kings of England Upon All Occasions, Either of Marriage, Peace or Warre..... More
Critchley, T.A. A History of Police in England and Wales, 900-1966. London: Constable, [1967]. xx, 347 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. A very good copy. $50. More
DeLacy, Margaret. Prison Reform in Lancashire, 1700-1850: a Study in Local Administration. Stanford, [Calif.]: Stanford University Press, 1986. viii, 272 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn and rubbed dust jacket. Internally clean. A very good copy. $15. * Remains historical and literary connected with the Palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester;..... More
Memories of Brandeis Denman, William [1872-1959]. Brandeis: His Advice to Young Men Seeking Public Careers-Religion in Politics. Address of United States Circuit Judge William Denman at a Meeting in San Francisco in Commemoration of Justice Brandeis' Eightieth Birthday. Reprint from "The Recorder," issue of November 19, 1936. [San Francisco: The..... More
Dodge, Timothy. Crime and Punishment in New Hampshire, 1812-1914. New York: P. Lang, [1995]. xiv, 406 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear, soiling. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: I. Crime According to New Hampshire Laws, 1641-1914; II. Structure of Criminal Justice in New Hampshire, 1641-1914 and the Establishment of the State Prison;..... More
The Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania Eastman, Frank M. Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History, 1623-1923. New York: The American Historical Society, 1922. Three volumes with continuous pagination. 878 pp. Frontispieces. Plates. Three-quarto morocco stamped cloth over plain cloth, gilt titles to spines. Light shelfwear, a few minor nicks..... More
Ewbank, Louis B. Riker, Dorothy. The Laws of Indiana Territory, 1809-1816. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1934. xiv, 923 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $85. * A reproduction in modern type of text and title pages of originals of the Indiana laws., Appendix III. Roster of territorial officers, delegates to..... More
Ezejiofor, Gaius. Protection of Human Rights under the Law. London: Butterworths, 1964. xix, 292 pp. Hardcover in a moderately worn price clipped dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise clean. $25. * Contents: Part 1. International law.; Part 2. Commonwealth laws. More
The Author's Personally Annotated Copy Fairman, Charles [1897-1988]. Mr. Justice Miller and the Supreme Court. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1939. [x], 456 pp. Frontispiece. Publisher's cloth, gilt title to spine. Some wear to extremities, front joint cracked and crudely mended with tape, hinges cracked, several, mostly partial, cracks to text..... More
Warmly Inscribed by Frankfurter to Ralph Baker Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1938. [viii], 139 pp. Portrait frontispiece of Holmes. Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine, in lightly worn dust jacket. Light rubbing to extremities, light..... More
Frankfurter on "The Palestine Situation" Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The Palestine Situation Restated. Reprinted from Foreign Affairs, April 1931. New York: The Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., 1931. 28 pp. Pamphlet in self-wrappers bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt fillets and title to spine, endpapers added. Light toning, light..... More
A Tribute to Frankfurter Freund, Paul A. [1908-1992]. Felix Frankfurter: Reminiscences and Reflections. [Cambridge: Harvard Law School, 1982]. 13 pp. Stitched pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Light toning, small stain to front wrapper, cancel slip tipped onto title page. Item housed in handsome three-quarter calf over plain paper folding case..... More
Gerber, Scott Douglas. First Principles: the Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas. New York: New York University Press, [1999]. ix, 281 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Library stamp to front free endpaper, otherwise clean and bright. $30. * Contents: Politics. Judging Thomas; The "natural law thing"; Law. Civil rights; Civil liberties;..... More
Goldberg, Arthur. The Defenses of Freedom: The Public Papers of Arthur J. Goldberg. Edited by Daniel Patrick Moynihan. New York: Harper and Row, [1966]. xvii, 342 pp. Hardcover cloth, light shelfwear, very good in lightly worn dust jacket with light fading to extremities, internally clean. Author inscription to front free..... More
A Moderate Take on the Reform Act of 1832 [Gore, Montague (1800-1864)]. What Was the Object of the Reform Bill? London: Saunders and Otley, 1837. 51, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning, occasional faint staining to title page and margins of text, (illegible) owner signature..... More
Ordinances and Orders from the First English Civil War [Great Britain]. [Parliament]. A Collection of All the Publicke Orders Ordinances and Declarations of Both Houses of Parliament, From the Ninth of March 1642. Untill December 1646. Together with Severall of his Majesties Proclamations and Other Papers Printed at Oxford. Also..... More
Green, Geoffrey L. The Royal Navy and Anglo-Jewry, 1740-1820: Traders and Those Who Served. London: G.L. Green, [1989]. 244 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $45. More
A Landmark in the Development of Juridical Apologetics Greenleaf, Simon. The Testimony of the Evangelists Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice with an Appendix Containing a History of the Most Ancient Manuscript Copies of the New Testament, and a Comparison of their Text with that..... More
Grunhut, Max. Penal Reform: a Comparative Study. Oxford, [UK]: Clarendon Press, 1948. xv, 486 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's signature to front pastedown, otherwise internally clean. A very good copy. $25. * Max Grunhut (1893-1964) was a German-British legal scholar and criminologist. Of Jewish descent, he emigrated to the..... More
Hart, Heber L. The Way to Justice, a Primer of Legal Reform. London: G. Allen & Unwin, [1941]. 146 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Bookplate of "R.E. Megarry" to front pastedown, pencil inscription to rear pastedown, some foxing, otherwise clean. A very good copy. $65. * R[obert] E[dgar] Megarry, [1910-2006] was..... More
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's Copy of an Important Work on Parliamentary Procedure Hatsell, John [1743-1820]. [Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)]. Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons, Under Separate Titles; With Observations. London: Printed by H. Hughs, 1781. xi, 247, [32] pp. Quarto (8" x 10-1/2"). Nineteenth-century calf with later rebacking..... More
"Justice Made Cheap, Speedy, And Brought to Every Man's Door" [C] [Higgins, Jesse (b. 1763), Attributed]. Sampson Against the Philistines, Or the Reformation of Lawsuits; And Justice Made Cheap, Speedy, And Brought Home to Every Man's Door: Agreeable to the Principles of the Ancient Trial by Jury, Before the Same..... More
Holland, Thomas Erskine. Studies in International Law. Darmstadt, [Ger.]: Scientia Verlag Aalen, 1979. viii, 314 pp. Hardcover. Fine. Internally clean. $45. * Contents: pt. I. The Law of War.; pt. II. Illustrations of the System of International Law.; pt. III. The Eastern Question.; pt. IV. Biographical Sketches. More
First American Edition of an Important English Treatise on Slander and Libel with an Interesting Provenance Holt, Francis Ludlow [1780-1844]. [Bleecker, Anthony, Editor]. The Law of Libel: In Which is Contained a General History of This Law in the Ancient Codes, And of Its Introduction, And Successive Alterations, In the..... More
Unrestored 1646 First English Edition of Horne & Fitzherbert in Period Binding Horne, Andrew [d.1328]. H[ughes], W[illiam], Translator. [Fitzherbert, Anthony (1470-1538)]. The Booke Called, The Mirrour of Justices: Made by Andrew Horne. With the Book, Called, The Diversity of Courts, And Their Jurisdictions. Both Translated Out of the Old French..... More
Political Persecution in the Twentieth Century International Committee for Political Prisoners. Political Persecution Today. [New York?]: The International Committee for Political Prisoners, 1925. 48 pp. Stapled pamphlet in self-wrappers, staples lacking, recently resewn. Moderate toning, faint fold lines, light edgewear to first and final few leaves, faint pencil annotations to..... More
Jones, Karen. Gender and Petty Crime in Late Medieval England: the Local Courts in Kent, 1460-1560. Woodbridge, [UK]: Boydell Press, [2006]. ix, 242 pp. Hardcover. Fine. Internally clean. $95. * Contents: Map of Kent, c. 1500; 1.; Introduction; 2.; Offences Against Property; 3.; Physical Violence; 4.; Verbal Violence; 5.; Sexual..... More
Attractive Brattleboro Imprint of Jones on Bailments Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. Balmanno, John, Introduction, Notes. An Essay on the Law of Bailments. With Introductory Remarks, and Notes, Comprising the Most Modern Authorities. Brattleboro, VT: Printed by William Fessenden, 1813. [12], 144, xxi pp. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, lettering..... More
Letters (and Polemics) from Junius Junius. The Letters of Junius. London: Printed for J. Mundell & Co. Edinburgh, 1796. viii, 316 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary speckled calf, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, gilt ornaments to compartments, gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing to boards, moderate..... More
Kent, James [1763-1847]. Lacy, William M. Commentaries on American Law. New York: Banks & Bros., 1895 new and thoroughly revises. Volume I of a four-volume set. Octavo (9-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Brown library buckram with gilt stamped spine. Fine. Internally clean. $95. * 1895 new and thoroughly revised edition of the..... More
Rare Index to Italy's Napoleonic Penal Code [Kingdom of Italy]. Sommario del Codice dei Delitti e delle Pene pel Regno d'Italia. Disposto per Ordine Alfabetico. Milan: Dalla Tipografia di Francesco Sonzogno di G.B., 1811. [ii], 112 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Sewn pamphlet in printed wrappers, signatures uncut, edges untrimmed..... More
Laski, Harold J. [1893-1950]. Mr. Justice Brandeis. From Harper's Magazine, vol. 168, January 1934. [209]-218 pp. 9-1/4" x 5-3/4" unsewn sheets. Fine, housed in 9-3/4" x 6-1/2" cloth folder. $50. * Laski was a teacher, political scientist, and leader of the Labour Party. His ideas influenced the work of Felix..... More
Reports from the Reign of Charles I Latch, John [1588 or 9-1655]. Walpole, Edward. Plusieurs Tres-Bons Cases, Come Ils Estoyent Adjudgees es Trois Premiers Ans du Raign du Feu Roy Charles le Premier en La Court de Bank le Roy, Non Encore Publiees per Aucun Autre: Avec Deux Tables Parfaits..... More
A Transcription of a Seventeenth-Century JP's Notebook Leveson-Gower, Granville [1838-1895]. Note Book of a Surrey Justice. Reprinted from the "Collections of the Surrey Archaeological Society." London: Printed by Rowroth & Co. Limited, 1885. 72 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Pamphlet in printed wrappers (rear wrapper lacking) bound in contemporary cloth..... More
Maine's Village Communities in an Attractive Signed Binding Maine, Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Village Communities in the East and West. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1876. xii, 413, [3] pp. Main text followed by 2 pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary signed three-quarter morocco over cloth by Stikeman..... More
Manley, Walter W. Brown, Canter. Rise, Eric W. The Supreme Court of Florida and its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917. Gainesville, [Fla.]: University Press of Florida, [1997]. xvii, 454 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. Price label on back board. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Forewords, Richard W. Ervin, Stephen C. O'Connell and Kenneth W...... More
The Lost English Translation of the 'Citizen of the Americas' on Constitutional Theory [Manuscript]. Hostos, Eugenia Maria de [1839-1903]. Hunt, A[lbert]. F[rancis]., Jr. [1872-1947], Translator. Constitutional Science: Being the English Version of a Work Entitled "Lecciones De Derecho Constitucional" by Eugenio M. de Hostas. Nahant, Massachusetts and Mt. Holly Springs..... More
North Carolina Public Acts with 1804-1805 Appendix Martin, Francois-Xavier [1762-1846], Editor. Iredell, James [1751-1799], Compiler. The Public Acts of the General Assembly of North-Carolina. Volume I. Containing the Acts from 1715 to 1790; Revised and Published, Under the Authority of the Legislature. Newbern (NC): Martin & Ogden, 1804. [iv], 501..... More
![Item #79138 Digest of the Militia Laws of Massachusetts [with] Supplements 1 & 3. Massachusetts](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/79138.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1726851331)
Militia Laws of Massachusetts, 1851-1854 [Massachusetts]. Stone, Ebenezer W., Compiler. Digest of the Militia Laws of Massachusetts, And Extracts Relating to the Militia from the United States and State Constitutions and the Laws of the United States. Compiled and Published for the Use of the Militia, In Conformity to a...... More
McConville, Sean. A History of English Prison Administration. Volume I. 1750-1877. London; Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. 1 volume set. 535 pp. Original blue cloth with lettered spine. Very good, in a very good dust jacket with fading to spine. $20. * An essential work of social and legal..... More
Presented by the Author to Justice Stanley Forman Reed McKeldin, Theodore [1900-1974]. Washington Bowed. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1956. 31 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, light soiling to extremities, very good in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket, internally clean. Annotation "Inscribed for/ The Honorable Stanley Forman Reed/ Associate Justice of the..... More
Merry, Sally Engle. Colonizing Hawai'i: the Cultural Power of Law. Princeton, [N.J.]: Princeton University Press, [2000]. xii, 371 pp. Hardcover. Near fine. Marker to bottom of text block, otherwise internally clean. $45. * Contents: A Note on Language and Terminology; Part 1:; Encounters in a Contact Zone: New England Missionaries..... More
A Significant Copy of the 'Oracle' of the American Constitution Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de [1689-1755]. [Nugent, Thomas (c.1700-1772), Translator]. The Spirit of Laws. Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. The Fifth Edition. Carefully Revised and Improved with Considerable Additions by the Author. London..... More
[Mooney, Thomas J]. [Billings, Warren K.]. The Mooney-Billings Report: Suppressed by the Wickersham Commission. New York: Gotham House, [1932]. [xii], ii, iv, 243 pp. Cloth in lightly soiled dust jacket with some chipping to spine ends and light wear to lower corners. $65. * First edition. Concerning labor leaders Thomas..... More
Inscribed by Robert H. Jackson to John Leo Blair Mowrer, Edgar Ansel. The Nightmare of American Foreign Policy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. viii, 283, xxii pp. Hardcover, very good with light shelfwear in lightly worn and price-clipped dust jacket, internally clean. Inscription "For John L. Blair/ with greetings/..... More
First Post-Statehood Printing of Oregon's Constitution [Oregon]. The Constitution; Together with the Session Laws of Oregon, Enacted During the First Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon, Begun, Sept. 10, 1860. Salem, OR: Asahel Bush, State Printer, 1860. 111, [1], 9, [1], 5, [1], 6, [2] pp. Octavo (8-1/2"..... More
An Exceptionally Rare Association Copy, Likely Annotated by the Author, Sir George Onesiphorus Paul [Penology]. [Great Britain]. [Paul, Sir George Onesiphorus (1846-1920)]. General Regulations for Inspection and Controul of All the Prisons, Together with the Rules, Orders, And Bye Laws, For the Government of the Gaol and Penitentiary House, For..... More
Pinkerton, Matthew Worth. Murder in all Ages: Being a History of Homicide from the Earliest Times, With the Most Celebrated Murder Cases Faithfully Reported, Arranged Under Controlling Motives and Utilized to Support the Theory of Homicidal Impulse. Chicago: A.E. Pinkerton & Co., [1898]. Ocatvo. xix, 574 pp., [16] leaves of..... More
In Praise of Chief Justice Taney Potter, Clarkson N. [1825-1882]. [Taney, Roger B. (1777-1864)]. Roger Brooke Taney. The Annual Address Delivered Before the American Bar Association At its Fourth Annual Meeting, At Saratoga Springs, N.Y., August 18, 1881. Philadelphia: E.C. Markley & Son, Printers, 1881. 26 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x...... More
Pound's Magnum Opus Pound, Roscoe [1870-1964]. Jurisprudence. St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1959. Five volumes. Original publisher's cloth hardcover with gilt stamped spines and front covers. Internally clean. A near-fine set. $450. * First edition. His magnum opus, begun in 1911, is the culmination of a life devoted to the..... More
The First English Translation of Pufendorf's De Officio Hominis et Civis Pufendorf, Samuel von [1632-1694]. Motte, Benjamin [d.1710], Translator. The Whole Duty of Man According to the Law of Nature. By that Famous Civilian Samuel Puffendorf, Professor of the Law of Nature and Nations, In the University of Heidelberg, And..... More
"Sixteen-String Jack" [Rann, Jack (1750-1774)]. The Life of Jack Rann, Otherwise Sixteen-String Jack, The Noted Highwayman, Who Was Executed at Tyburn, November 30, 1774. Durham: Printed by George Walker, Jun., Sadler Street, 1838. 24 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers. Light toning, light soiling to exterior..... More
Raven, James, Editor. Small, Helen, Editor. Tadmor, Naomi, Editor. The Practice and Representation of Reading in England. Cambridge, [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press, [1996]. xvii, 313 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $20. * Contents: Introduction: the Practice and Representation of Reading in England, James Raven..... More
Reed, Parker McCobb. The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. History and Biography, with Portrait Illustrations. Milwaukee: P.M. Reed, 1882. 542 pp. Burgundy cloth with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Gilt edges. Patterned endpapers. Worn. Previous owner's signature to endpapers, otherwise clean. A good copy. $25. More
Reid, John Phillip. Contested Empire: Peter Skene Ogden and the Snake River Expeditions. Norman, [OK]: University of Oklahoma Press, [2002]. xiii, 258 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $20. * Contents: List of Maps; Foreword, by Martin Ridge; Chapter 1: To Prevent Disputes and Differences; Chapter..... More
Rose, Michael E. The Poor and the City: the English Poor Law in its Urban Context, 1834-1914. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. xi, 175 pp. Hardcover in near-fine lightly soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Introduction: the poor and the city, 1834-1914, Michael E. Rose; Finance and..... More
Russell, Francis. Tragedy in Dedham. The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1962]. First edition. v, 478 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, light shelfwear, good in lightly soiled, faded, moderately worn and price-clipped dust jacket, internally clean. Author inscription "With all good wishes/ Francis Russell" to front free..... More
Selden on Dueling Selden, John [1584-1654]. The Duello, Or, Single Combat: From Antiquity Derived into this Kingdom of England; With Several Kinds and Ceremonious Forms Thereof from Good Authority Described. By the Learned Mr. Selden. Printed in the Year 1610. And Now Re-Printed. London: Printed for William Bray in Exeter-Court..... More
Owned by an Important Scholar of Roman Law Senn, Felix [1879-1968]. De la Justice et du Droit: Explication de la Definition Traditionelle de la Justice, Suivie d'une Etude sur la Distinction du Ius Naturale et du Ius Gentium. Paris: Societe Anonyme du Recueil Sirey, 1927. 96 pp. Pamphlet in stiff..... More
Shoemaker, Robert Brink. Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and rural Middlesex, c. 1660-1725. Cambridge, [UK]: Cambridge University Press, [1991]. xviii, 351 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $30. * Contents: pt. I. Background: 1. Introduction. Misdemeanors and Society in Preindustrial England;..... More
Sickels, Robert Judd. John Paul Stevens and the Constitution: the Search for Balance. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, [1988]. xi, 203 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $20. More
A Popular English Layman's Guide to Parliamentary Procedure Smith, James Walter. A Handy Book on the Law and Practice of Public Meetings, From Parliament Downwards: Including the Rules of Debate Used in Parliament, Tables of Motions and Amendments, Rules of Debate for Public Meetings, &c., Hints to Shareholders, Hints to..... More
Smith, K.J.M. Lawyers, Legislators, and Theorists: Developments in English Criminal Jurisprudence 1800-1957. Oxford, [UK]: Clarendon Press, 1998. xxvi, 394 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $75. * Contents: Ch. 1. Introductory Observations: Objectives and Limitations; Pt. I. 1800-1832. Ch. 2. Legal Theory and Legal Culture. Ch..... More
1794 New York Legal Manual [Spencer, Thomas (1752-1840)]. The New Vade Mecum; or Young Clerk's Magazine: Digested and Improved to Correspond with the Laws of the State of New-York in Particular, and the United States in General: Containing a Variety of the Most Useful Precedents, Adapted to Almost Every Transaction..... More
1794 New York Legal Manual [Spencer, Thomas (1752-1840)]. The New Vade Mecum; or Young Clerk's Magazine: Digested and Improved to Correspond with the Laws of the State of New-York in Particular, and the United States in General: Containing a Variety of the Most Useful Precedents, Adapted to Almost Every Transaction..... More
Star, Leonie. Julius Stone: An Intellectual Life. South Melbourne: Sydney University Press, [1992]. x, 300 pp. Hardcover, in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. A near fine copy. $20. * Contents: 1. Beginnings; 2. Early Career; 3. The War Years; 4. The Province and Function of Law; 5. The University..... More
Stone, Robert E. Uniform Laws: Adapted For Use in the Courses on Commercial Law in the University of California. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1935. 79 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Ex-library, with bookplate of Joseph M. Gleason to front pastedown, white location label to foot of..... More
Story on Bailments, First Edition Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on the Law of Bailments, With Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1832. xxxiv, 411 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Period-style calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine. Fading and a...... More
The First Legal Work Bearing Story's Name Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. A Selection of Pleadings in Civil Actions, Subsequent to the Declaration. With Occasional Annotations on the Law of Pleading. Salem: Published by Barnard B. Macanulty, 1805. viii, 697, [6] pp. Includes six-page publisher catalogue of law books. Octavo (9" x...... More
Story Eulogizes An Exemplary Lawyer-Statesman Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LL.D. By the Hon. Joseph Story, LL.D. Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, And Presiding Judge of the Circ. Court of the U.S. for the First Circuit, As Delivered to the Grand..... More
First Edition of Story's Final Treatise Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on the Law of Promissory Notes, And Guaranties of Notes, And Checks on Banks and Bankers. With Occasional Illustrations from the Commercial Law of the Nations of Continental Europe. Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1845. xxviii, 675 pp..... More
One of the Standard American Texts of the Nineteenth Century Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. [Story, William Wetmore (1819-1895), Editor]. 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. London: V...... More
Second Official Printing of the Dred Scott Decision From the Library of a Prominent California Attorney [Supreme Court, United States]. [Dred Scott v. Sandford]. Howard, Benjamin C. [1791-1872], Reporter. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume XIX. Washington, D.C.: William M. Morrison..... More
A Foundational Text of Jeffersonian Democracy: The First Edition of Taylor's Masterwork Taylor, John, Of Caroline [1753-1824]. An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States. Comprising Nine Sections, Under the Following Heads: I. Aristocracy; II. The Principles of the Policy of the United States..... More
Teeters, Negley K. [1896-1971]. Deliberations of the International Penal and Penitentiary Congresses; Questions and Answers, 1872-1935.... Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Book Store, [1949]. 198 pp. Softcover. Moderate shelfwear and staining, else good. Author's inscription to front free endpaper: "To my good friend Gilbert Geis from Negley K. Teeters at Philadelphia." $45..... More
Teeters, Negley K. Penology: From Panama to Cape Horn. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1946. xiii, 269 pp. Original cloth near fine in very worn, price clipped dust jacket. Internally clean. A very good copy. $15. * Provides a comprehensive and factual study and survey of the penal systems and..... More
Thompson, Winfred Lee. The Introduction of American Law in the Philippines and Puerto Rico, 1898-1905. Fayetteville, [AR]: University of Arkansas Press, 1989. 258 pp. Orange cloth fine in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. A near fine copy. $35. * This work examines the immediate aftermath of the Spanish-American War..... More
Bartlett, Adelaide, Defendant. Beal, Edward, Editor. Clarke, Edward, Preface. The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder. Held at the Central Criminal Court, Monday April 12 to Saturday, April 17th, 1886. London: Stevens and Haynes, 1886. x, 313 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 6"). Original cloth. Bookplate of "Sir John Hall of..... More
Trial Relating to an Important Event of the July Monarchy With a Presentation Inscription from the Primary Defendant [Trial]. Valerius, Philippe, Primary Defendant. Proces du Service Funebre Celebre le 14 Fevrier 1831, a Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois. Accusation Contre MM. Valerius, Durouchoux Fils, Boblet, Quinel et de Balthasar. Paris: Chez G.A. Dentu, Imprimeur-Libraire..... More
A Confidence Man is Sent to the Gallows [Trial]. Britain, Jonathan [d. 1772], Defendant. The Trial of Jonathan Britain Capitally Convicted of Forgery, May the 2d, 1772, at the Guildhall in the City of Bristol, Before the Right Worshipful Henry Bright, Esq; Mayor; The Worshipful John Dunning, Esq; Recorder; And..... More
Transportation for Life [Trials]. Wallace, Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Defendant. Wallace, Michael Shaw Stewart, Defendant. The Trials of Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace, And Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace, For Wilfully Destroying the Brig Dryad, Off Cuba, With Intent to Defraud the Marine Assurance Companies and Underwriters. London: Printed and Published by Williams..... More
A 1788 Attack on Connecticut Divorce Law Trumbull, Benjamin [1735-1820]. An Appeal to the Public, Especially to the Learned, With Respect to the Unlawfulness of Divorces, in All Cases, Excepting Those of Incontinency. The Substance of the Argument Was Pleaded Before the Consociation of the County of New-Haven, December 9th..... More