THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF JOHN MARSHALL. A STUDY OF FIRST PRINCIPLES.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1939. First edition. 8vo. xii, (2), 386pp. Tan cloth with gilt stamped spine. Very good. More
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THE HIGH COURT OF CHIVALRY. A STUDY OF THE CIVIL LAW IN ENGLAND.; With a forward by A.R. Wagner.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1959. First edition. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt stamped spine in gray dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown. Very good. More
THE LAW OF ATHENS. THE FAMILY AND PROPERTY
Oxford: AT the Clarendon Press, 1968. First edition. 8vo. xix, (1), 346 pp. Blue cloth gilt stamped spine in beige dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown. Very good. First volume only, of a two volume set. More
THE LAW OF PROPERTY IN THE LATER ROMAN REPUBLIC
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1968. First edition. 8vo. xii, 243pp. Blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Greenish blue dust jacket. Previous owners signature on pastedown. Very good. More
GROUP OF 24 CIVIL WAR STEREOCARDS OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, "PREPARED FOR R. O. ABBOTT, SURGEON U.S.A., COLONEL AND MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DEPT. OF WASHINGTON, BY THE SURGEON IN CHARGE OF THE U.S.A. GEN. HOSPITALS, ALEXANDRIA, VA."
nd [ca. 1862-64]. The photos are stereoviews, image size 3 3/4 x 6 1/4 in., mounted on stiffed card stock, all except one with a printed caption title. Eighteen of the photos have a label affixed to the verso indicating they were "prepared for R[obert] O. Abbott," the other six... More
THE WORKS OF FRANCIS BACON, LORD CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND. A New Edition: With a Life of the Author by Basil Montagu, Esq.
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1842. 3 volumes. Large 8vo. cxvii, 455 pp.; viii, 589 pp.; xv, 584 pp. Publishers original brown blind stamped cloth, with gilt stamping on spine, interior with scattered foxing. Previous owner's signature on pastedown and title. Slight variations of color in binding caused by fading, uncommonly... More
LAWYERS AND STATECRAFT IN RENAISSANCE FLORENCE
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1968. First edition. 8vo. xiii, 531pp. Blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Very good in dust jacket. Number of corners of pages had been folded, now straightened. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. More
THE LETTERS OF FREDERIC WILLIAM MAITLAND.; Edited by C.H.S. Fifoot.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Published in association with the Selden Society, 1965. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, 397pp. Blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Very good in light blue dust jacket. More
A PANORAMA OF THE WORLD'S LEGAL SYSTEMS with 500 illustrations.
Saint Paul, [MN]: West Publishing Company, 1928. First edition. No. 536 of an edition of 1,990 copies, signed by the author. Three volumes. Large 8vo. xxxi, 453pp.; xv, (4), 457-867pp.; xiv, (4), 871pp. Very good in original green cloth with gilt stamping on spine on front cover. History of the... More
CONTRACTS IN THE LOCAL COURTS OF MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
London: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd. 39 Paternoster Row, 1929. First edition. 8vo. (i), 250pp. Green cloth with gilt stamping on front cover and spine, brown dust jacket with some edge wear and tears. More
TORT, CRIME, AND POLICE IN MEDIAEVAL, BRITAIN. A Review of Some Early Law and Custom.
London: Williams and Norgate, 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 2, 1917. First edition. 8vo. xix, 292 pp. Brown cloth spine stamped in gilt, with gray paper boards. Paper darkened as usual. Signature of previous owner on pastedown. Very good. More
ESSAYS IN THE LAW
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited. St. Martin's Street, 1922. First edition. 8vo. xii, 303 pp., 4 (lawbook ads). Rust colored cloth with gilt stamped spine. Scattered pencil underlining. Signature of previous owner on pastedown. More
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN EARLY MARYLAND.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1938. First edition. 8vo. 334pp. Green cloth with gilt stamping on spine. Very good in rose colored dust jacket with a few tears. Signature of previous owner on pastedown. More
STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LEGAL THOUGHT. Public Law and the State, 1100-1322
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964. First edition. 8vo. xv, 633pp. Brown cloth with gilt stamped spine, beige dust jacket with some wear to edges. Scattered foxing to page edges. Signature of previous owner on pastedown. More
LEGAL SYSTEM AND LAWYERS' REASONINGS
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1964. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 454pp. Brown cloth with gilt stamped spine, green dust jacket faded on spine and edges, overall very good. More
THE PROVINCE AND FUNCTION OF LAW. LAW AS LOGIC, JUSTICE, AND SOCIAL CONTROL. A STUDY IN JURISPRUDENCE.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1950. Second printing. 8vo. lxi, 918pp., text printed on poor quality paper. Blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Gray dustjacket chipped around edges and missing about 1" in piece top of spine. More
CALL IT TREASON
Washington, [D.C.]: Emergency Hospital, Jan.12 - June 5, 1948. 10 1/2 in. 387 pp. Typescript. Green paper covers with brown paper spine. Copy # 28. Not to be distributed. Inscribed by the author to Sam and Dora Spencer, Christmas 1948 on title page. Laid in is a 6pp. printed insert... More
SELECTED HISTORICAL ESSAYS OF F. W. MAITLAND.; Chosen and introduced by Helen M. Cam.
Cambridge, (G.B.): Published in association with the Selden Society at the University Press, 1957. First edition. 8vo. xxix, 278pp. Blue grey cloth with gilt stamped spine in a yellow, red and black dust jacket with slight wear to edges. Previous owner's signature on pastedown. More
HISTORY OF THE COURT OF AUGMENTATIONS 1536-1554.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1961. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 542pp. Blue cloth with silver stamping on spine with red, white, and blue dust jacket. Little spotting on top edge, else very good. More
THE CITY DIRECTORY, FOR 1869, Containing the Names of the Inhabitants, Together with a Business and Street Directory of the City and an Appendix of Valuable Information.
Trenton [NJ]: Murphy & Bechtel, Book and Job Printers, 1869. Directory for the city of Trenton, New Jersey. 22 cm. 218pp., xxxviii ads on yellow and blue paper, additional ads on the front and back boards, as well as the endpapers and flyleaves. OCLC only locates two copies: AAS and Rutgers. More
DICCIONARIO ETIMOLOJICO DE LAS VOCES CHILENAS DERIVADAS DE LEGUAS INDIJENAS AMERICANAS
Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Cervantes. Bandera 50, 1904. 8vo. 938pp. Green leather spine (faded to brown) and green marbled boards. Very good. More
MAY DAY / CELEBRATION / SATURDAY AT BALL PARK / CROWNING OF MAY QUEEN / [followed by 12 lines of text]
Cullman, Ala. Tribune Print, nd [1920s]. Small broadside, 11 x 7 3/4 in., printed on buff paper, in various sizes and styles of type. A celebration of the "Pageant Representing History of Cullman County," its Indians, Germans, Georgia Farmers, and "Its Lack of Negroes, Mosquitoes, Flies." An uncomfortable little racist... More
THE JURY OF OLD WOMEN; / OR, / THE TRIAL OF A YOUNG GIRL'S CON- /SCIENCE.
NP: np, nd [ca.1750]. Broadside poem, 15 x 5 1/8 in., 10 stanzas. A small woodcut of a man and woman in colonial style dress, 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 in., at the head of the broadside, another small woodcut at the bottom of the text, 1 x 1 1/8... More
RECEPTION AND BANQUET GIVEN IN HONOR OF THE CAPITAL COMMISSION BY THE CITIZENS OF BISMARK, D.T. AT SHERIDAN HOUSE.
[Bismark, D.T. Bismark Tribune ?], Thursday, May 24, 1883. 15 by 22 cm. beige silk with fringe (a few old stains at edges, slightly affecting a word or two). Printed on both sides, set to fold to four pages. Small illustration of two storks, each balanced on one leg, on... More
DIRECTORY OF THE berthold reservation homesteaders
Published by Geo. J. Smith, 1913. Brown paper wrappers stapled, title printed in black on front cover. 23cm. 64pp. folding map, with 1 leaf of advertising on heavy red stock. Very good except for some bleeding off the red leaf. Map shows Indian allotments and reservations, town sites, state selections... More