1898. 1 printed and typed deed (36 x 22 cm.), 4 pages, folded. Printed by John C. Clark & Sons, Philadelphia. On 5 Sept. 1898, Luther M. Shepp of Millersburg, Pa., sold to Mary Ellen Seiders of Powell's Valley, Dauphin County, Pa., for $150 a lot on Main St. in..... More
New York; Oxford: Oxord University Press, 1989. Paperback. ix, [3], 404 p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Includes glossary, bibliographical essay, table of cases, and index. The author seeks "to elucidate the interaction of law and society as revealed over time through the main lines of development in American legal culture." --..... More
Wolcott, Vt. 1911. Typed letter to Melvin Morse, esq., of Hardwick, Vt., signed by C.E. Haskell on his business letterhead: Office of C.E. Haskell Dealer in Dry Goods, Clothing, Men's Furnishings, Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, Groceries and Flour. Letterhead includes an illustration of his 2-storey store with 3 horse-drawn vehicles..... More
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2017. Hardcover. xii, [2], 327 p.; 24 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. Dust jacket designed by Mandy McDonald Scallan. The author examines the ways in which three senators from South Carolina -- Olin Johnston, Strom Thurmond, and Ernest Hollings -- used..... More
1818. 1 handwritten deed (31 x 8 cm.) for sale on 26 Dec. 1818 by William Herrick of Sedgwick, Hancock County, for $350 to James Seavey, Jr., of Sedgwick, part of lot #12 in the second division of Sedgwick containing 50 acres. Signed by William Herrick, witnesses David Thurston and..... More
1717. Handwritten parchment deed (51 x 50 cm.), folded. On 30 April 1717 William Pearse of London and James Pearse of the parish of St. Clements Dane sold to Richard Hill of Hawkestone, Salop (Shropshire), the right to make appointments to the parsonages of Ditchingham, Forncett, Starston, and Alborough in..... More
Philadelphia: Francis Bailey, 1794. Hardcover. "Printed by Francis Bailey . . . for Edmund Hogan." xii, 776 p.: tables; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf; red leather spine label with gilt-tooled title: "Hogan's State Trials." Although this is "Vol. I," no more published. First Edition. Early Am. Imprints, ser. 1 (Evans..... More
Cincinnati: W.H. Anderson Co., 1917. Hardcover. Third Edition. xcv, [1], 1054 p.; 24 cm. Light brown cloth with five spine compartments; brown and black leather labels in center three compartments with gilt-stamped title and edition statements. Spine title: Hopkins on Trademarks Tradenames and Unfair Competition. Gift inscription on blank page..... More
New York: Greeley & McElrath, Tribune Office, 1856. Paperback. 30 p.: tables; 24 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Printed in columns. Following the report is a short section headed "Border Ruffian Laws in Kansas," which contains the law to punish offences against slave property enacted by the territorial legislature "which..... More
Philadelphia: John C. Clark & Son, 1865. One mortgage form printed and sold by John C. Clark & Son, Philadelphia. 4 p.; 46 x 29 cm. (folded). On 9 Feb. 1865 William Howell of the city of Philadelphia, paper hanging manufacturer, mortgaged to Ferdinand J. Dreer of the same place..... More
Philadelphia: s.n., 1850. Pamphlet. 8 p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "24" in ink at upper right-hand corner of first page. Caption title. Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862) was a prominent lawyer in Philadelphia. In this opinion he argues that the city of Philadelphia did not..... More
S.l. s.n., 1849. Pamphlet. 61 p.; 22 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "23" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. In lower half of title page: "by Charles Ingersoll." No publication information. Charles Ingersoll (1805-1882) was the son of Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862), both..... More
East Aurora, N.Y. Roycrofters, 1906. Hardcover. 59, [3] p., 2 leaves of plates signed "Schneider"; 22 cm. Olive green suede over card boards with gilt-stamped title on front board within smooth calf decorated rectangle; yapp edges. Light green silk lining inside of each board. Top page edges gilt. Light green..... More
Middletown, Conn. Wesleyan University Press, 1989. Hardcover. xi, [1], 436 p.; 24 cm. Blue cloth with with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The cases involving three Japanese Americans seeking justice in the 1980s after suffering interment during World War Two: Minoru Yasui, Fred Korematsu, and Gordon Hirabayashi. Book is..... More
Paris: Aux Bureaux du Journal La France, 1841. 48 p.; 20 cm. Disbound. Auguste Johanet (1806-1860) was a French lawyer and historian. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: half title detached but present; clean and solid. More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1866. 7 p.; 23 cm. Disbound. Johnson vetoed a bill that would have granted the New York and Montana Iron Mining and Manufacturing Company access to coal lands with much greater rights than those granted to individuals, which would be "unequal, and hostile to the..... More
1816. 1 leaf folded, dated Sept. 2, 1816, from John Johnson, Sussex Brigade Judge Advocate, addressed to Jacob S. Thomson, Brigade Paymaster, Marksborough [Marskboro, N.J.]. Thomson is asked to collect the $50 fine from Captain Thomas M. Armstrong. Jacob S. Thomson was the paymaster of the Sussex Brigade in New..... More
Westport, Ct. Praeger, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 257 p.; 24 cm. Green cloth with black- and gilt-stamped spine titles. No dust jacket, as issued. Includes index and notes about the editors and contributors. First Edition. Criminal Justice History, volume 18. Contents: Criminal Justice in Eighteenth-Century Bordeaux, 1715-24 by Rebecca..... More
West Chester, Pa. Geo. F. Worrall, 1858. #1: On 1 Sept. 1858, for $196 John Gilmore of Delaware Township, Juniata County, mortgaged to John Landis a house and lot that he bought from Landis. Signed by witnesses James B. Mode and Wm. Theeck. Lacking the lower right-hand corner, where the..... More
Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw, 1848. Paperback. 16 p.; 22 cm. Lacking wrapper. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "20" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. Enoch Lewis (1776-1856) was a Pennsylvania Quaker and a mathematician who edited several mathematical works and published several textbooks, including one..... More
New York: Macmillan Co., 1922. Hardcover. xxxviii, [2], 255 p., frontispiece portrait of Lincoln; 15 cm. Brown cloth with gilt spine title "Lincoln's Addresses" and cover title. Series title on front cover: Macmillan's Pocket Classics. Series list on 2 preliminary pages for Macmillan's Pocket American and English Classics. Contains 22..... More
Boston: Pratt and Company, 1843. Paperback. 103, [1] p.; 22 cm. Disbound from a nonce volume. With a collected list of works on international law, a sketch of the author's life, etc., by J.G. Marvin. The author, Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832), was a Scottish jurist whose wide interests resulted in..... More
Washington D.C. A. & G. Way, printers, 1808. 226 p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. "Part III. Accompanying the message of the president of the United States, received of the 22d of March, 1808. March 23, 1808. Printed by order of the house of representatives." Early American Imprints..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1902. Hard Cover. First American edition. xx, 335 p.; 20 cm. Publisher's green cloth with embossed pattern; gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Top page edges gilt. These essays were published previously in the Independent. Contents: The Mystery of Justice -- The Evolution of Mystery..... More
Westport, Conn. Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. [10], 181, [1] P.; 22 CM. Black cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket, as issued. First published in 1957. Reporter John Bartlow Martin analyzed the immediate response by white southerners to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the 1954 unanimous..... More