May 2019
Anderson, William C. A Dictionary of Law, Consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases, and Maxims, and an Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence. Originally published: Chicago: T.H. Flood and Company, 1889. viii, 1140 pp. Reprinted 1996, 2019..... More
Bethune, George W. [1805-1862]. The Claims of Our Country on Its Literary Men: An Oration Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University, July 19, 1849. Cambridge: Published by George W. Bethune, 1849. 52 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling and shelfwear, moderate toning, internally..... More
First Pocket Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England, In Four Books. Dublin: Printed for the Company of Booksellers, 1775. Four volumes. Copperplate frontispiece portrait, Table of Consanguinity, folding Table of Descents. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked in period style..... More
With a New Preface by Jacob A. Stein Calamandrei, Piero. Eulogy of Judges. Translated by John Clarke Adams and C. Abbott Phillips, Jr. Originally published: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1946. viii [iii-viii new preface], [viii], 88 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. With a New Preface by Jacob..... More
Davis, Joseph Stancliffe. Essays in the Earlier History of American Corporations. Originally published: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1917. 2 Vols. xiii, 547; x, 419 pp. Reprinted 2006, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774273. ISBN-10: 1584774274. Hardcover. New. $79.95 * This Book Contains Four Essays: I."Corporations in the American..... More
Green, William [1797-1883]. Some of the Difficulties in the Administration of a Free Government: A Discourse Pronounced Before the Rhode Island Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, July 8, 1851. Providence: John F. Moore, Printer, 1851. 40 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling and shelfwear..... More
[Harvard Law School]. Law School of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Announcements, 1894-95. Cambridge: Published by the University, 1894. 14 pp. Softbound, negligible shelfwear, internally clean. $20. More
[Harvard University]. Catalogus Senatus Academici, Eorum qui Munera, Et Officia Gesserunt, Quique Alicujus Gradus Laurea Donati Sunt in Universitate Harvardiana, Cantabrigiae, In Republica Massachusettensi. Theologiae Professores et Ecclesiarum Pastores Literis Italicis Exarantur. Qui ad Imum Classium a Caeteris, Linea Interposita, Separantur, Alibi Instituti Suerunt, Vel Apud nos Gradu Honorario Donati..... More
Headicar, B.M., Compiler. Edward Fry Library of International Law. Catalogue of the Books, Pamphlets, And other Documents in the Library, Together with other Works Bearing on the Subject of International Law in the Library of the London School of Economics. London: St. Clement's Press. 1923. [4], viii, 174 pp. Cloth..... More
A Treatise Praised by Holdsworth Kyd, Stewart [d. 1811]. A Treatise on the Law of Awards. Revised and Corrected; With Very Considerable Additions. London: Printed for J. Johnson, G. G. & J. Robinson, & J. Butterworth; And B. C. Collins, Salisbury, 1799. [v], viii-xvii, [1], 583, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/4"..... More
Marke, Julius J., Compiler and Editor. A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University With Selected Annotations. New York: The Law Center of New York University, 1953. xxxi, 1372 pp. Original cloth, some shelfwear, front hinge cracked but secure, internally clean. Ex-library with location numbers to foot of..... More
Murray, David. Lawyers' Merriments. Originally published: Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1912. xiv, 302, [2] pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Plates. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776253; ISBN-10: 1584776250. Hardcover. New. $39.95 * Murray surveys literature written by lawyers for their amusement, and the amusement of their peers. Much..... More
Alf Ross on the Constitution of the United Nations Ross, Alf. Constitution of the United Nations: Analysis of Structure and Function. New York: Rinehart, 1950. 236 pp. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778912. ISBN-10: 1584778911. Hardcover. New. $75. * A succinct juridical analysis of the structure and..... More
Ruggle, George. Hawkins, John Sidney, Editor. Ignoramus, Comoedia; Scriptore Georgiop Ruggle, A.M. Aulae Clarensis, Apud Cantabrigienses, Olim Socio; Nunc Denuo in Lucem Edita cum Notis Historicis et Criticis; Quibus Insuper Praeponitur Vita Auctoris, et Subjicitur Glossarium Vocabula Forensia Dilucide Exponens: Accurante Johanne Sidneio Hawkins, Arm. Originally published: London: Prostat Venalis..... More
"A Nut for Lawyers" Smith, William Russell [1815-1896]. Was it a Pistol? A Nut For Lawyers. Washington, D.C.: R.H. Darby, 1890. 110 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers, deckle edges, tipped-in publisher advertisement to front wrapper. Moderate soiling and a few minor stains to wrappers..... More
Story, Joseph; Grigsby, W.E., Editor. Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence. Originally published: London: Stevens and Haynes, 1884. lxxiii, 1093 pp. Reprinted 2006, 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775942; ISBN-10: 1584775947. Hardcover. New. $110. * Reprint of the first English edition, based on the 12th American edition with notes on..... More
Stumberg, George Wilfred, Compiler. Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of France. Prepared under the Direction of Edwin M. Borchard. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1931. v, 242 pp. Hardcover. Publisher's cloth. Ex-library. Spine slightly faded and chipped. Good. $20. * Fifth in the series of guides..... More
"A Constant Reminder that Innocent Persons Can Be Convicted" [Trial]. Boorn, Stephen, Defendant. Boorn, Jesse, Defendant. Sargeant, Leonard [1793-1880], Reporter. The Trial, Confessions and Conviction of Jesse and Stephen Boorn for the Murder of Russell Colvin, And the Return of the Man Supposed to Have Been Murdered. Manchester, VT: Journal..... More
Wasby, Stephen L. Race Relations Litigation in an Age of Complexity. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, [1995]. xxii, 421 pp. Hardcover. Cloth. New. $5. More
The First Judicial History of Massachusetts Washburn, Emory [1800-1877]. Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts. From 1630 to the Revolution in 1775. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1840. 407 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title and blind fillets to spine..... More
Watt, Francis. The Law's Lumber Room. London: John Lane, 1895. [x], 139, 16 pp. Includes sixteen-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (4-1/2" x 7"). Cloth, uncut edges. Moderate shelfwear, rear hinge starting, internally clean. $15. * First edition. From an edition of 600 copies. A study of outmoded English laws and legal..... More