New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. First edition, second printing. Presentation Copy to Eleanor Roosevelt. Presentation copy, inscribed... Read More about Starling of the White House. The Story of the Man whose Secret Service Detail Guarded Five...
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N.p. [Paris?]: 1748. Building Code, Paris 1748. Read More about Les Loix des Bâtiments, suivant la Coutume de Paris, Traitant de ce qui concerne les Servitudes...
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931. First edition. Inscribed to Judge [Harold R.] Medina. Read More about De Lancey Nicoll. An Appreciation
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Paris: Chez le Libraires Associés, 1771. Read More about Le livre des Comptes-Faits ou le Tarif General des Monnoies
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Paris: Se Vend chez Nyon Pere et Didot, [ca. 1742]. Early edition. Interest tables and facts, a “ready reckoner”. Read More about Les Comptes Faits ou le Tarif General de touttes les Monnoyes
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New York: Robert M. De Witt, Publisher, 13 Frankfort Street, nd [1860]. First edition. This case was quite juicy. There was adultery on both sides. Read More about Report of the Beardsley Divorce Case, containing the Full and Unabridged Testimony of All the...
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Mannheim: Kurpfalz Regierungsrath … F. Stamm, 27 April 1784. Law regulating the permissible peals of bells in the territory, the May-Peal, ringing of the bells in thanks after the end of storms, and prohibiting others. Read More about Kurpfalz. Regierungsrath, Mannheim. Ordinance governing Bell-Ringing] Von Gottes Gnaden Wir Carl...
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London: Printed and Published by R. Carlisle, 1823. First edition, second issue. This was actually preceded by a printing for circulation among friends in the same year. The pamphlet was one a series Bentham published betwee 1815-25 on radical law reform. Read More about Truth versus Ashhurst; or Law as it is, contrasted with what it is said to be. Written in...
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April 11, 1941. Inscribed below on mount: “To Beryl H. Levy, with admiration and good wishes — Hugo L Black April, 11, 1941.” With a TLS from Black tipped to the back of the frame, dated January 22, 1941, concerning Levy’s book Our Constitution, and inviting him to visit A...... Read More about Photograph, signed To Beryl H. Levy
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Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1759. Fourth edition. Read More about An Analysis of the Laws of England
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Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince, 1773. Fifth edition and first Oxford octavo edition. One of the cornerstones of our legal system, and still regarded as the best general history of English law. In these lectures which he gave as the first..... Read More about Commentaries on the Laws of England
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Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1765-1766-1768-1769. First edition. Without the 8-page supplement of addenda and corrigenda, often lacking. Attractive set of this classic, one of the cornerstones of the Anglo-American legal system, and still regarded as the best general history of English law. In these lectures which he gave..... Read More about Commentaries on the Laws of England
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London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for J. Brotherton, J. Hazard, et al, 1731. Second edition, with corrections. Read More about The Law of Tithes; shewing Their Nature, Kinds, Properties and Incidents, by whom, to whom, when...
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London: Henry Colburn, 1828. First edition. Large paper issue. LARGE PAPER. A fine large paper copy of Brougham's speech to parliament on law reform, one of just 30 according to Goldsmith. The advertisement leaf states that Brougham co-operated on this particular issue and it includes his corrections. "In February 1828..... Read More about Present State of the Law. The Speech in the House of Commons, on Thursday, Ferburary 7, 1828, on...
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Paris: Chez Prault, 1750. Nouvelle edition. Dictionary of taxation and finance. Read More about Dictionnaire des Aydes ou les Dispositions
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London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness, 1657. First edition. Read More about An Act for Continuing and Establishing the Subsidie of Tunnage and Poundage and for Reviving an...
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Johnstown, New York: 25 December 1834; 26 July 1839. Noted jurist and father of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Both relating to court cases concerning mortgages. Cady, a noted attorney specialized in equity and real property law known for his remarkable knowledge and expertise. In 1847 he was elected an associate judge..... Read More about Two Autograph letters signed "Daniel Cady"
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London: Chiswick Press, 1893. No. 11 of 13 copies printed on vellum (there were also 88 copies printed on paper). One of 13 Copies on Vellum. This work consists of two important ordinances issued by the Spanish monarchy on November 20, 1542, and June 4, 1543. Under the active influence..... Read More about The New Laws of the Indies for the Treatment and Preservation of the Indians Promulgated by the...
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Dijon: Chez de Fay; Paris: Chez Briasson, 1744. Séconde edition. On Bourgogne laws. Read More about Traités des Prescriptions, de l'aliénation des biens d'église, et des dixmes, suivant les...
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N. P: n.d. Clinton was one-time Mayor of New York City, Presidential Candidate for the Peace Party, Governor of New York State, Senator and an eminent lawyer. Read More about Clipped signature from a letter
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London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1864. First edition, in remainder binding. Read More about The Bar Sinister. A Tale
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[London: 1711]. Duties on Prizes. Making all prize goods captured in America accountable for duty as if imported from England, with the exception of brandy and wine. Read More about An Act for the Encouragement of the Trade to America
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[London: 1714]. To continue the imprisonment of Robert Blackburn, John Bernardi, Robert Cassells, Robert Meldrum and James Chambers in Newgate. Read More about An Act for Continuing the Imprisonment of Robert Blackburn and others, for the Horrid Conspiracy...
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Paris: Charles Gosselin, 1822. Seconde édition, revue et corrigée, but the first edition in book form. TSAR ALEXANDER II COPY. Secretatry General of the Royal Society of Prisons, Cottu went to England in 1820 to study their prison system. Read More about De l'administration de la justice criminelle en Anglaterre, et de l'esprit du gouvernement anglais
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Rennes: Chez Cousin-Danelle, Imprimeur de la Cour Impériale, 1813. Broadside of Criminals in Napoleonic France. Lists the date of arrest, the court, identifies the criminal with age, profession, address, a physical description, crime and punishment citing the applicable laws next to them. Read More about Extrait des Arrêts portant condamnation à des peines afflictives et infamantes, rendus pendant...
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Itahca (NY): Printed by D.D. Z& A. Spencer, 1844. First edition. Read More about The Counsellor, or Every Man His Own Lawyer: The Several Modes of Commencing and Conducting...
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