October 13, 2020
Download PDF of Recent Acquisitions: American, English & Scottish Law - 30 Items
Texas Reward Poster Seeking the Capture of Jewelry Thieves and the Recovery of Stolen Jewelry [Broadside]. [Theft]. [San Angelo, Texas]. $400.00 Reward. The Above Reward is Offered for the Apprehension of the Burglar or Burglars and Return of the Following Goods, Taken from H.D. Leffel, Jeweler, San Angelo, Texas, On..... More
Reports of Brownlow and Goldesborough, 1569-1625 Brownlow, Richard [1553-1638]. Goldesborough, John [1568-1618]. Reports of Divers Choice Cases in Law Taken by Those Late and Most Judicious Prothonotaries of the Common Pleas, Richard Brownlow, And John Goldesborough, Esquires. The First Part. With Directions How to Proceed in Many Intricate Actions, Both..... More
Cluverius Tells His Story: McDade 193 Cluverius, Thomas J. [1861-1887]. Cluverius: My Life, Trial and Conviction. Richmond: Andrews, Baptist & Clemmitt, 1887. 112 pp. Quarto (6" x 5"). Stapled pamphlet in printed wrappers. Moderate soiling, light rubbing to extremities, spine ends abraded, moderate toning to text, minor stains to title..... More
Digested Decisions of the Court of Session, 1733-1754 Elchies, Patrick Grant, Lord [1690-1754]. Morison, William M. [b. 1821], Editor. Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1733 to the Year 1754. Collected and Digested into the Form of a Dictionary, by Patrick Grant of Elchies, Esq. One of..... More
Decisions of Scotland's Supreme Civil Court, 1744-1751 Falconer, David, Lord Falconer of Halkerton [1681-1751]. The Decisions of the Court of Session. From the Month of November 1744. Edinburgh: Printed by Wal. and Tho. Ruddimans, 1746. 2 volumes in one book. [iv], 127, [5], 129-392, [22]; [iv], 335 pp. Volume I...... More
"Well Friend, Where A'You Going, Hay?" Gillray, James [1756-1815]. Affability. [London: Hannah Humphrey, c. 1795]. 13-1/4" x 9-1/4" hand-colored etching and aquatint (measured to plate marks) on wove paper, without watermark, attractively mounted and matted. Light even toning to margins. A good impression with vivid colors. $950. * "The King..... More
"Swamped in the Flood of New-Taxes" Gillray, James [1756-1815]. A Great Stream from a Petty Fountain, Or, John Bull Swamped in the Flood of New-Taxes: Cormorants Fishing in the Stream. London: Hannah Humphrey, May 9, 1806. 8-3/4" x 14" hand-colored etching (measured to plate marks) on wove paper, without watermark..... More
A Collection of Scarce Dublin Pamphlets in a Contemporary Binding [Great Britain]. [A Trial Bound with Five Pamphlets on Social and Political Topics]. Dublin, 1740-1747. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Together 6 titles. Contemporary calf, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Some minor nicks and..... More
Collection of Civil-War Era English Decisions [Great Britain]. [Court of Session, Scotland]. The Decisions of the English Judges, During the Usurpation, From the Year 1655, To His Majesty's Restoration, And the Sitting Down of the Session in June 1661. Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1752. [iv], 243..... More
"A Square Deal for All" Lee, Oscar. A Little Souvenir of the Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun Wis. Our Motto "A Square Deal for All." Waupun, WI: c.1935-1939. 8 pp. Stapled pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light toning and edgewear, staples rusted, internally clean. $125. * This compendium of facts was issued..... More
A Murder in Richmond: McDade 711 [Murder]. Myers, William R., Defendant. The Letters and Correspondence of Mrs. Virginia Myers, (Which Have Never Before Been Published or Even Read in Court,) to Dudley Marvin Hoyt, Who was Murdered at Richmond, Sept. 28th, 1846, by Wm. R. Myers, and Two Others. Together..... More
Notable Eighteenth-Century Handbook for Scottish Notaries [Notaries]. [Scotland]. Ars Notariatus: Or, The Art And Office Of A Notary-Publick, As the Same Is Practised In Scotland. In Two Parts. I. Giving an Account of the Rise and Institution of the Office, And Ancient and Present State Thereof. II. Containing Notorial Instruments..... More
"Long a Model to Future Makers of Abridgments" Rolle, Sir Henry [1589-1656]. [Hale, Sir Matthew (1609-1676), Editor]. Un Abridgment des Plusiers Cases et Resolutions del Common Ley: Alphabeticalment Digest Desouth Severall Titles. Ouesque un Table des General Titles Contenus en Ceo. London: Printed for A. Crooke, W. Leake, [et al.]..... More
A Fascinating Look at Denver in Its Early Decades [Scrapbook]. [Denver City Council]. Resolutions Passed by City Council [cover title]. [Denver, 1888-1889]. [100] pp. A few documents laid in. Quarto (11-1/4" x 9"). Three-quarter pebbled cloth over marbled paper boards, "Scrap Book" gilt-stamped to spine. Binding slightly cocked, moderate rubbing..... More
"Spy" Portrays a Prominent Conservative Spy (Ward, Sir Leslie [1851-1922]). "A Chief Secretary." Vanity Fair, December 10, 1896. 12-1/4" x 7-1/2" (image size) color lithograph, matted and glazed in attractive 20-1/2" x 14-3/4" wooden frame. A few minor nicks to frame, light toning to margins with slight fading to caption..... More
"Vicar General" Spy (Ward, Sir Leslie [1851-1922]). "Vicar General." Vanity Fair, April 10, 1902. 12-1/4" x 7-1/2" (image size) color lithograph, matted and glazed in attractive 20-1/2" x 14-3/4" wooden frame. A few minor nicks to frame, light toning to margins with slight fading to caption, image vivid. $450. *..... More
Poisoned by His Doctor: McDade 211 [Trial]. Coolidge, Valorous P. [c.1823-1849], Defendant. Trial of Dr. Valorous P. Coolidge, For the Murder of Edward Mathews, At Waterville, Maine (As Reported For and Published in the Boston Daily Times). [N.p.: S.n., 1848]. 40 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6")..... More
One of Blackstone's Closest Friends [Wilmot, Sir John Eardley (1709-1792)]. Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir John Eardley Wilmot, Knt. Late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and One of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: With Some Original Letters. London: Printed by Luke..... More
A Satirical Poetic Account of a Notable Nineteenth-Century Virginia Murder Trial [Winston, Mrs. Charles P.]. "Cousin Tommie!" (T.J. Cluverius), A Parody By a Richmond Lady, Respectfully Dedicated to the Counsel for the Commonwealth. Richmond, VA: C.F. Johnston, 1885. 8 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers (with..... More