July 28, 2015
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Private Acts of New South Wales, 1832-1885 [Australia]. [New South Wales]. Tarleton, W.W., Compiler. A Collection of the Private Acts of Practical Utility in Force In New South Wales; Embracing the Local Private Legislation From the Year 1832 to the Year 1885. Sydney: Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1886. xv, 1256..... More
Laws Concerning Sheep Engelbrecht, Jo[hann] Wil[helm]. [Lammermann, Johann Jacob, Respondent]. Commentatio de Jure Agnorum Vulgo: Von Lammer Recht. Helmstadt: Ex Officina Schnorriana, 1745. 70 pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Disbound pamphlet. Light toning to text, "No.5" in tiny hand to head of title page. A well-preserved copy. $175. * Only..... More
Interesting Episodes in the Legal History of California Hamblin, Donald William. Five Historic Characters in California Law. [Alhambra, Calif.], [Printed by the Cunningham Press], 1968. 55 pp. Softbound, light shelfwear, some fading to spine, internally clean. $20. * Contents: "The Sharon Cases: A Legal Melodrama of the Eighties," "Silver, Greed..... More
Scarce 1894 Compilation of Lagos Ordinances [Nigeria]. Stallard, George, Compiler. Richards Edward Harrinson, Compiler. Ordinances, And Orders and Rules Thereunder, In Force in the Colony of Lagos on December 31st, 1893: With an Appendix Containing the Letters Patent Constituting the Colony, And the Instructions Accompanying Them; Various Acts of Parliament;..... More
Scarce Consolidated Digest of Cape Colony Cases to 1895 [South Africa]. [Cape Colony]. Searle, M[alcolm] W[illiam], and Howel Jones, Compilers. Consolidated Digest of Reported Cases in the Courts of the Cape Colony to the End of 1895. With Alphabetical Index. Capetown: J.C. Juta and Co., 1902. lxxxi, 275 pp. Recent..... More
Chief Justice Taft on Vacation Taft, William Howard [1857-1930]. [7" x 9" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Taft]. [New York: Acme Newspictures, August 10, 1929]. Light edgewear, upper corning lacking just above image, annotations, stamps and tipped-in caption to verso. $125. * The caption reads (in part): "CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT AT..... More