July 22–27, 2021
Highlights include:
1481 Printing of an Important Commentary on Gratian with Handsome Penwork [Baysio, Guido de (d. 1313)]. [Moneliensis, Franciscus, Editor]. [Rosarium Decretorum]. [Venice: Johannes Herbort de Seligenstadt for Johannes de Colonia, Nicolaus Jenson, Et Socie, 3 April 1481]. [415] ff. Lacking final leaf, a blank. Collation: a10, b8, c-d10, d-l8, m-n6..... More
The Genesis of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. A Discourse on the Study of the Law; Being an Introductory Lecture, Read in the Public Schools, October XXV, M.DCC.LVIII. Published by Direction of the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of Houses, And Proctors. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. 40 pp. Quarto..... More
The Final Edition with Blackstone's Corrections Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Burn, Richard [1709-1785], Editor. Commentaries on the Laws of England, in Four Books. With the Last Corrections of the Author; And Continued to the Present Time. London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, In the Strand; and D. Prince, Oxford..... More
"The Force and Obligations of the Matrimonial Contract" [Booth, George, Earl of Warrington (1675-1758)]. Considerations Upon the Institution of Marriage. With Some Thoughts Concerning the Force and Obligation of the Matrimonial Contract. Wherein is Considered, How Far Divorces May, Or Ought to be Allowed. By a Gentleman. Humbly Submitted to..... More
"Escaped from the Custody of the Undersigned" [Broadside]. [Escaped Prisoner]. [New Hampshire]. $200.00 Reward! Two Hundred Dollars Will Be Paid for the Arrest and Delivery to the Subscriber of Joseph Frederick Emerson. Concord, NH: June 21, 1855. 9-3/4" x 13-1/2" broadside. Light browning, vertical and horizontal fold lines. A well-preserved..... More
"The Bell Has Ceased Tolling" [Broadside]. [Execution]. March, Henry [1827-1877]. Execution of H. March, The Wymondham Murderer. Henry March was Executed for the Murder of Thomas Mayes, And Henry Bidewell, At Wymondham, By Beating Them to Death with a Bar of Iron. [Wymondham, Norfolk, England?]: S.n., [1877]. 10" x 7-1/2"..... More
"Keep This List for Reference" [Broadside]. [Irish Civil War]. The Murder Members: The Following are the Names of the Members of the Partition Parliament Who Voted for the Murder Bill:-...Keep This List for Reference. [N.p.: S.n., 1922]. 13" x 8" broadside, main text in two columns. Light toning and edgewear..... More
A Former Convict Who Became a Minister Lectures on Capital Punishment [Broadside]. Steffan, Vincent J. Escaped. Prison to Pulpit, Rev. Vincent J. Steffan of Philadelphia, Pa. Lecture on Capital Punishment.... Thursday Eve., 7:30 p.m. First Baptist Church. Ames, Iowa. Admission Free. N.p: S.n., c. 1925. 9" x 6" broadside mounted..... More
Rare "Temperance" Broadside in the Style of a Court Document [Broadside]. [Temperance]. [Great Britain]. The ---- Day of 18 ----. This is to Our Sheriff of Sheriffdoms, Steward of Stewardries, Bailiffs of Regalities, & All Others, The Officers and Executors of the Law, To Interpose Their Power and Authority to..... More
A First Edition of the Most Popular Work Ever Written on Justices of the Peace Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1755. Two volumes. xxvii, [1], 541, [3]; [iii], 573, [11] pp. Three-page publisher advertisement at end of Volume I...... More
A Rare Complete Set of an Important Compilation of Dutch Sources, Some of them About the Americas Cau, Cornelis [1601-1683], Primary Compiler. Groot Placaet-Boeck, Vervattende de Placaten, Ordonnantien Ende Edicten Vande Doorluchtige, Hoogh Mog. Heeren Staten Generael der Vereenighde Nederlanden: Ende Vande Ed: Groot-Mog: Heeren Staten van Hollandt en West-Vrieslandt;..... 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
Illustrated 18th-Century Collection of Amusing Legal Cases [Estienne, Robert (1723-1794), Compiler]. Causes Amusantes et Connues. Berlin (i.e. Paris): S.n., 1769-1770. 2 volumes. xii, [4], 420; [ii], 451 pp. Nine copperplate leaves. Complete. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary calf with cats-paw decoration, gilt spines with raised bands, edges rouged, marbled endpapers..... More
Warmly Inscribed by Frankfurter to Alfred North Whitehead and His Wife Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965], Editor. Mr. Justice Holmes. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., [1931]. [x], 241 pp. Portrait frontispiece of Holmes. Original cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine. Light rubbing to extremities with light wear to spine ends and..... More
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A Seventeenth-Century Collection of Writings and Consilia About Forest and Game Laws Fritsch, Ahasver [1629-1701]. Corpus Juris Venatorio-Forestalis, Tripartitum, I. VII. Diversorum Auctorum Tractatus, Jus Venatorio-Forestale Concernentes. II. XXX. Consilia, Decisiones & Quaestiones de Eadem Materia. III. XX. Electorum, Principum ac Statuum Imperii, Ordinationes Venatorio-Forestales, Multaque Alia Edicta & Mandata..... More
Well-Illustrated Digest of the Military Law and Practice of the Holy Roman Empire Fronsberger, Leonhardt. [Amman, Jost (1539-1591), Illustrations]. Von Kayserlichem Krieg rechten, Malefitz und Schuldhandlen, Ordnung und Regiment: Samt Derselbigen unnd Andern hoch oder Niderigen Beuelch, Bestallung, Staht und Empter, Zu Rossz und Fu , An Geschutz und Munition..... 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
Uncut, Unbound Copy of Hemard's Illustrated French Tax Code Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code General des Impots Directs et Taxes Assimilees. Texte Integral des Lois, Decrets, Decrets-Lois, Decret de Codification, Suivi d'un Formulaire Administratif. Paris: Editions Litteraires et Artistiques/Librairie "Le Triptyque", [1944]. x, 330, [1] pp. 183 illustrations, 62 of..... More
Handsomely Bound Copy of Hemard's Code Penal Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard. Paris: Editions Litteraires de France, [c.1940?]. 169 pp. Numerous pochoir color text illustrations throughout. Quarto (8-3/4" x 7"). Original publisher stiff printed color wrappers bound into contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards..... More
A Memorial Tribute to a Prominent Female Boston Artist Inscribed, Signed and Marked by Holmes [Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935)]. [Whitman, Sarah Wyman (1842-1904)]. Sarah Whitman. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1904. [vi], 27, [2] pp. Specked paper boards with contrasting spine, title and image of wreath to front board, gilt..... More
A Superb First-Edition of The Tradesman's Lawyer [Layman's Guide]. The Tradesman's Lawyer and Countrey-Man's Friend. 1. Directing Them in Contracts, Bargains and Agreements, Whereby They May Learn to Buy and Contract Safely, And Cautiously Avoid Being Over-Reached in Their Bargains, &c. 2. Concerning Borrowing, Lending and Restoring, And of Goods..... More
"Don't you Feel a Sort of Settled Intimacy as the Result of Time and our Writing and Every Thing?" [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Castletown, Lady Clare (1853-1927)]. [Autograph Letter Signed "OWH" to Lady Clare Castletown, Boston (?), April 10, 1897]. 10" x 8" bifolium, content filling rectos and..... More
First American Edition of Montefiore's Fascinating Commercial Dictionary Montefiore, Joshua [1762-1843]. A Commercial Dictionary: Containing the Present State of the Mercantile Law, Practice and Custom. With Very Considerable Additions Relative to the Laws, Usages, and Practice of the United States. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, 1804. Three volumes..... More
The First Formal Police Force of Buffalo, Tonawanda and Wheatfield Niagara Frontier Police District. Manual of the Niagara Frontier Police Force of the State of New York. Buffalo: Thomas, Howard & Johnson, 1867. 181 pp. 12mo. (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary morocco, expertly rebacked, gilt frames to boards, gilt title to..... More
"Matrimonii Nullitate ex Defectu" Orsaio, Domenico (Ursaya, Domingo, Ursaya, Domenicus). De Matrimonii Nullitate ex Defectu Consensus Contrahentis & Moralis Consensus Contrahentis & Moralis Praesentiae Parochi: Dissertatio Theologico-Legalis Dominici Ursayae, In qua Incidenter Quidem, Sed Forsan non Injucunde Agitur: De Consensus Necessitate, Illiusque Probatione; De Abolendo Usu Contrahendi Matrimonia pet Nutus..... More
Prynne Reviews the History of Parliamentary Writs and Practice, A Copy in an English Royal Binding Prynne, William [1600-1669]. Brevia Parliamentaria Rediviva. In XIII Sections Conteining Several Catalogues of the Numbers, Dates of All Bundles of Original Writs of Summons and Elections Newly Found, Or Formerly Extant in the Tower..... More
Scarce 1819 Saxon Compilation of Laws Concerning Public Health Schmalz, Karl Gustav. Die Konigl. Sachsischen Medizinal-Gesetze Alterer und neuerer Zeit; Nebst den Offiziellen Belehrungen fur das Publicum Uber Ansteckende Krankheiten unter Menschen und Vieh, Uber Nahrungsmittel und Gifte. Dresden: In der Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1819. xx, 561 pp. Folding table. Octavo..... 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
Pioneering English Treatise on Election Law, A Copy with Manuscript Corrections by the Author Simeon, John [1756-1824]. A Treatise on the Law of Elections, In All Its Branches. London: Printed for T. Payne and Son, 1789. ix, [7], 176, cxxx, [12] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Recent period-style quarter calf..... More
Treatise on Courts Martial Owned by Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart [Stuart, J.E.B. (1833-1864)]. Simmons, Thomas Frederick. Remarks on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial; With a Summary of the Law of Evidence, As Connected with Such Courts; Also Some Notice of the Criminal Law of England, With Reference to..... More
A Landmark in the History of Economic Theory Summenhart, Konrad [1465-1511]. Septipertitu[m] Opus de Contractibus Pro Foro C[on]scientie Atq[ue] Theologico P[er] Conradu[m] Su[m]menhart de Calwartiu[m] ac Sacre Theologie P[ro]fessorem in Alma Universitate Tubingensi Ordinarie Legentem Co[m]pilatu[m] et per Centum Questiones Digestum ac per Eundem Quo ad Pregnantium Questionum At[que] Difficultatem..... More
Raped Under Anesthesia by Her Dentist [Trial]. Beale, Stephen T., Defendant. Trial and Conviction of Dr. Stephen T. Beale; With the Letters of Chief Justice Lewis, And Judges Black and Woodward, On His Case. Interesting Ether Cases, And the Letters of Prof. Gibson, Prof. Wiltbank, Wm. Badger, Esq., W.L. Hirst..... More
With Sixteen Hand-Colored Plates, Three by George Cruikshank [Trials]. Moore, A. [Cruikshank, George, Illustrator]. [Jenkins, J., Illustrator]. The Annals of Gallantry; Or, The Conjugal Monitor: Being a Collection of Curious and Important Trials for Divorces, And Actions of Crim. Con. During the Present Reign; Accompanied with Biographical Memoirs and Anecdotes..... More
Victims of the Popish Plot of 1678 [Trials]. [Popish Plot]. [Green, Robert (d.1679)], Defendant. [Henry Berry, Henry (d.1679)], Defendant. [Hill, Lawrence (d.1679)], Defendant. The Tryals of Robert Green, Henry Berry, and Lawrence Hill, For the Murder of Sr. Edmond-bury Godfrey, Knt. One of His Majesties Justices of the Peace for..... More
"A Most Notorious Highwayman" [Turpin, Richard (1706-1739)]. The Life of Richard Turpin, A Most Notorious Highwayman. Giving a Particular Account of All His Daring Robberies and Burglaries, Trial, Execution, Burial, &c. Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, [c. 1825]. 24 pp. 12mo. (5-3/4" x 4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet (chap-book) in self-wrappers..... More
"Crimes of Love and Passion" Brame, Geoffrey. Renin, Paul, Editor. Crimes of Love and Passion, No. 2: The Crimes of Belle Gunness, Murderess, Adultress, And Baby Farmer. A Wife as Prey: The True Story of the Notorious Arnauld de Tily Who Impersonated His Soldier Friend, Deceiving Even His Beautiful Wife..... More
Illustrated Accounts of "The Most Notorious Malefactors" of Eighteenth-Century Britain Villette, John, Primary Author. The Annals of Newgate; Or, Malefactors Register. Containing a Particular and Circumstantial Account of the Lives, Transactions, And Trials of the Most Notorious Malefactors, Who Have Suffered an Ignominious Death for Their Offences, viz. for Parricide..... More