August 25, 2020
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A Murder Related to Labor Unrest in the Newcastle Mines [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Great Britain]. An Account of the Shocking Murder, Committed on the Body of John Errington, A Bound Pitman, At Hetton Colliery, In the County of Durham, On Saturday April 19, 1832, By Receiving Two Shots, One of Them..... More
The Detection of Muriate of Mercury Poisoning [Chaussier, Francois (1746-1828)]. Consultations Medico-Legales sur une Accusation d'Empoisonnement par le Sublime Corrosif, Ou Muriate de Mercure Suroxyde; Suivie d'une Notice sur les Moyens de Reconnaitre et de Constater l'Existence de ce Poison. Paris: Imprimerie de Didot Jeune, 1811. xvii, 167 pp. Lacking..... More
A Group of New England Banks Unite to Suppress Counterfeiting [Counterfeiting]. [Request for Membership Dues for the Association of Banks for the Suppression of Counterfeiting]. Boston, February 17, 1858. 8-1/2" x 5" bifolium, text to recto of first leaf, post mark and manuscript address to verso of second leaf. Vertical..... More
"Law Reform is Universally Demanded" Fane, [Robert George] C[ecil] [1796-1864]. Ministry of Justice: Its Necessity as an Instrument of Law Reform. London: [Spottiswoode and Shaw], 1848. 23, [1] pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/2"). Recent stiff wrappers, printed paper title panel to front. Light toning, light foxing to a few leaves..... More
Early English Translation of De Jure Belli ac Pacis Grotius, Hugo [1535-1645]. [Morrice, John, Translator and Editor]. Of the Rights of War and Peace, In Three Volumes; In Which are Explain'd the Laws and Claims of Nature and Nations, And the Principal Points that Relate Either to Publick Government, Or..... More
"Where Are the Hands with Murder Stain'd Whose Guilt is Unreveal'd?" Kent, Alfred. Little Lydia; A Pathetic Ballad, Founded on Fact. Dover: Printed for the Author, By T. Rigden, 1832. 36 pp. 12mo. (5-3/4" x 3-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into slightly later crimson pebbled cloth, gilt title to spine. Light..... More
The First Use of Sleepwalking as a Defense in a Murder Trial [Murder]. [Bickford, James, Compiler]. The Authentic Life of Mrs. Mary Ann Bickford, Who Was Murdered in the City of Boston, On the 27th of October, 1845. Comprising a Large Number of the Original Letters and Correspondence Never Before..... More
![Item #71298 Office Scraps II [Spine Title], Providence, RI, 1883-1902. Scrapbook, Arnold Green](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71298.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1598032822)
Compiled by an Eminent Rhode Island Lawyer and Man of Letters [Scrapbook]. [Green, Arnold (1838-1903)]. Office Scraps II. [Spine Title]. Providence, RI, October 23, 1883-January 29, 1902. 154 pp. Folio (14" x 10"). Three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, gilt title and fillets to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing..... More
An 1802 Massachusetts Sermon Criticizing Public Executions Thacher, Thomas [1756-1812]. The Danger of Despising the Divine Counsel: Exhibited in a Discourse, Delivered at Dedham, Third Precinct, September 13, 1801, The Lord's Day After the Execution of Jason Fairbanks. Dedham, [Mass.]: Printed and Sold, By Herman Mann, 1802. 29 pp. Octavo..... More
Important Early Work on Writs Thoroughly Annotated by an Early Owner Theloall, Simon. Le Digest des Briefes Originals, Et des Choses Concernants Eux. London: In Aedibus Richardi Tottelli, 1579. [viii], 424 ff. Octavo (5-3/4" x 3-3/4"). Seventeenth-century calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands to spine, boards reattached. Moderate rubbing..... More
Divorce and the Conflict of Laws [Trial]. Gordon, Mary Margaret Pye, Alleyne H. A Report of the Judgment Delivered in the Supreme Consistorial Court of Scotland, By the Honourable the Judges of that Court, In the Divorce Cause of Mrs. Mary Margaret Gordon, Or Pye, The Wife, Against Lieut. Col..... More
Impressive Caricature of One of the Great American Lawyer-Statesmen of the Nineteenth Century Wust, Theodore [1853-1915]. [Evarts, William M. (1818-1901)]. [Caricature of Evarts]. [New York Daily Graphic, 1874]. 14-1/4" x 11-1/4" caricature clipped the front page of an 1874 issue of the New York Daily Graphic mounted on 21" x...... More