Alexandria, (VA): D. Turner, Printer to the State, 1865. 8vo. 83 pp. Tables. Journal of the House representing the Virginia government that remained loyal ("Restored Government of Virginia," headquartered in Alexandria, 1863-1865) to the United States [not including those counties that seceded from Virginia, forming the state of West Virginia..... More
Charlottesville, (VA): U. Press of Virginia for the Virginia Historical Society, 1967. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xxvii, (2), 377; xiii, (2), [378]-753 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Pendleton to volume one. Pendleton (1721-1834) was a Virginia planter, politician, lawyer and judge, serving as the state's first chief justice,1788-1803. Edges foxed..... More
Williamsburg, (VA): Published by order of the General Assembly. Printed by W. Rind, A. Purdie, and J. Dixon, 1769. Third and final compilation of the laws of colonial Virginia to be printed in Virginia, all Williamsburg imprints, 1733, 1752, and 1769, respectively; prior to these, the compiled laws of Virginia..... More
Richmond, (VA): Dietz Printing Co, 1933. First edition, 1/1000 copies (this #135) signed by the author. 8vo. xi, (4), 141 pp. Illustrated from line drawings, plates. Stories and anecdotes from courthouses around the state, some of which are pictured in the plates. Bookplate on front pastedown, else very good. Original..... More
Richmond, (VA): Dietz Printing Co, 1934. First edition, 1/1000 copies (this #222) signed by the author. 8vo. (12), 145, (1) pp. Chapter head-pieces from line drawings. Stories and anecdotes from the courtroom of Judge John J. Crutchfield (1844-1920), Richmond native, life-long resident, and first juvenile court judge, who served on..... More
Richmond, (VA): Richmond Press, 1921. First edition. 8vo. 20 pp. General survey, with relatively more attention paid to William Sherwood, Attorney General in the late 17th century, William Fitzhugh, an early employer of the writ of Habeas Corpus, and Sir John Randolph, another Attorney General whose reputation was built around..... More
Staunton, VA: McClure Co., (c1935). First edition. 12mo. Two portrait plates, of Gabriel Jones (1724-1806), King's Attorney for Frederick and Augusta Counties, and Archibald Stuart (1809-1831), Virginia's first circuit judge. "Reminiscences of life in the [Shenandoah] Valley" (foreword). Very good. Original black-stamped green cloth. (10854). More
Richmond, VA: Garrett & Massie, 1961. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 386 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits, facsimiles. Prints the 43 letters from Marshall to his wife known at publication, along with letters from their children to their mother and other material. Light foxing in text and on edges, else..... More
