A Vermont Embezzler [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Vermont]. Mark E. Foster, Hardwick, County of Caledonia, Vermont, Wanted for Embezzlement. [Caledonia County, VT, 1908]. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" broadside, single-column text below photographic image of Foster and headline. Light toning, two horizontal fold lines, light soiling to margins. $150. * Foster embezzled funds from..... More
For Sale: New Hampshire Farm, Saw Mill and Pasture [Broadside]. [Estates]. Brown, W[illiam] M., Executor. Executor's Sale, Valuable Real Estate at Auction! Concord, NH: Steam Printing Works of McFarland & Jenks, 1853. 20-1/2" x 12-1/2" broadside. Light toning, some crinkling and edgewear with small tears and chips, faint vertical and..... 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
Broadside Mourning the Recent Death of the Archbishop of Dublin [Broadside]. [MacCabe (McCabe), Edward Cardinal (1816-1885)]. An Elegy on the Death of the Much Lamented Very Rev Bishop McCabe. Air-"Exile of Erin". [Dublin?, S.n., c. 1885]. 11" x 4-1/4" broadside, single-column text below headline and crude image of a bishop..... 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
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. $1,500. * 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
"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
Welcome Home, Mr. Justice Jackson, Robert H. [1892-1954]. [7" x 9" Black-and-White Photograph of Jackson Kissing His Wife]. [New York: Acme News Agency, August 2, 1946]. Light wear to edges, stamps, annotations and caption to verso. $125. * The caption reads (in part): "JACKSON BACK FROM WAR CRIMES TRIALS (...)..... More
Justice Jackson at the Time of the Nuremberg Trials Jackson, Robert H. [1892-1954]. [6" x 8" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Justice Jackson]. [Washington, DC: Acme Newspictures, June 2, 1945]. Light crinkling, light rubbing to edges, tipped-in caption, stamps and annotations to verso. $100. * The caption reads: "Justice Jackson Reports..... More
[Legal Publishing]. Matthew Bender, Law Book Publisher. Get the Best: The Negotiable Instrument Laws of the State of New York. Edited by James W. Eaton. Albany: Matthew Bender, n.d. 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" postcard. Light soiling and edgewear, hand-written address and postmark to verso. $35. More
Prospectus for Rockwell's Spanish and Mexican Law [Legal Publishing]. John S. Voorhies & Co. [Prospectus for John A. Rockwell's Compilation of Spanish and Mexican Law, in Relation to Mines, And Titles to Real Estate]. New York, 1852. Single sheet folded once to form two 10" x 8" leaves. Prospectus to..... More
A Hatchet Assault in Texas [Manuscript]. [Texas]. [Cotton, James, Defendant]. [Affidavit Concerning the Case of Texas v. James Cotton]. Harris County, TX, February 19, 1852. Single 12" X 7-1/2"sheet. Moderate toning, light soiling, rubbing with a few small chips and clean tears to edges. $450. * This document appears to..... More
A "Public Whore?" [Manuscript]. [Wisconsin]. [Acker, James, Defendant]. [Accusation of Adultery]. Walworth County, Wisconsin Territory, 1845. Single 12-1/2" x 7-3/4" sheet. Moderate toning, two horizontal fold lines, light edgewear. Content in neat hand, docketed on verso. $450. * The document pertains to suit filed against James Acker by Dyes Read..... More
Thurgood Marshall Poses with His Family Marshall, Thurgood [1908-1993]. [6" x 9-1/2" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Justice Marshall and His Family]. [(New York): AP Wirephoto, (September 4), 1967]. Light rubbing to edges, caption to left of image, with Marshall's name circled in ink, stamps to verso. $100. * The caption..... More
Justice Marshall Speaking to Justice Black Marshall, Thurgood [1908-1993]. Black, Hugo L. [1886-1971]. [8" x 9-1/2" Color Press Photograph of Justices Marshall and Black]. [(New York): AP Wirephoto, September 2, 1967]. Light rubbing to edges, and annotations and crop marks to upper margin, tipped-in caption and annotations to verso. $100..... More
Frank Murphy is Sworn In as a Supreme Court Justice Murphy, Frank [1890-1949]. [7" x 9" Black-and-White Press Photograph of the Swearing in of Justice Murphy]. [Washington, DC: Acme Newspictures, January 18, 1940]. Light rubbing to edges, tipped-in caption and stamp to verso. $100. * The caption reads: "In the..... More
"The Brutal Slayer of Two Girls" [Publisher Advertisement]. Durrant Hangs!! The Brutal Slayer of Two Girls, Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams in San Francisco, Is Sentenced to Die November 12. [Utica, NY: The Utica Saturday Globe, 1890]. 9-1/4" x 5" broadside, single-column text below headline. Light browning, negligible faint dampstain..... More
[Supreme Court, United States]. [A Collection of twenty-two (22) Black-and-White Press Photographs of (or About) the United States Supreme Court, 1935-1987]. Sizes range from 7" x 9" to 8-1/2" x 11." Light edgewear, annotations, tipped-in captions and stamps to versos, some have minor creases, one is lacking a corner with..... More
The Stone Court Visits President Truman [Supreme Court, United States]. [6-1/2" x 8-1/2" Black-and-White Press Photograph of the Stone Court at the White House with President Truman]. [(New York): International News Photos, October 16, 1945]. Light rubbing and a few tiny creases to edges, tipped-in caption and stamps to verso..... More
The Vinson Court Says Goodbye to a Long-Time Court Official [Supreme Court, United States]. [6-1/2" x 9-1/4" Black-and-White Press Photograph of the Vinson Court and Retiring Marshall Thomas E. Waggaman]. [(New York): Associated Press, June 9, 1952]. Light rubbing to edges, margins removed, caption below image, stamp to verso. $150..... More
The Vinson Court in 1947 [Supreme Court, United States]. [7" x 9" Black-and-White Press Photograph of the Vinson Court]. [New York: Associated Press, January 28, 1947]. Light rubbing to edges, small tear to upper left corner just touching image, tipped-in caption, annotations and stamps to verso. $150. * The caption..... More