Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1913. Paperback. 31, [1] p.; 24 cm. Pamphlet with cover title. Senator Elihu Root argues persuasively against exempting American vessels passing through the Panama Canal from paying the tolls charged on other vessels. After much debate, the canal act was amended and, from the official..... More
New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Hardcover. xiv, 257 p.; 24 cm. Blue cloth spine with white spine title; red paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. A collection of essays by sociologist Peter Rose on race, immigration, and inter-ethnic conflict, focusing maining on policies and practices of the United..... More
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Dublin: James Moore, 1791. Hardcover. "With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, Alphabetically digested under proper Heads From the First Year of K. William and Q. Mary to the Tenth Year of Q. Anne ... With Two Tables; one of the Names of the..... More
Coloniae Allobrogum [Genoa]: apud Iohannem Petrum Dupoirie, 1670. Hardcover. [8], 502, [60] p.; 34 cm. Contemporary vellum spine and corners with marbled papers over boards. Leather spine label with gilt-tooled title "Scaccie de Sentetia." Woodcut title vignette of a crown; woodcut head-pieces and initials. Printed in columns. Sigismondo Scaccia (1564-1634)..... More
Washington, D.C. Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1858. Paperback. Stereotype Edition. 15, [1] p.; 24 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Edges are untrimmed. Printed in columns. William H. Seward (1801-1872) served in the U.S. Senate from 1849 until President Lincoln appointed him Secretary of State. From an early time he was..... More
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardcover. [8], 280 p.; 24 cm. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt spine title: Oberlin-Wellington Rescue. Title vignette. First published in 1859 the year after the events recounted took place. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 required officials and citizens of free states to cooperate..... More
New York: David McKay Co., 1974. Paperback. Fourth printing, Oct. 1974. [10], 310 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Winner of the 1974 Silver Gavel Award of the American Bar Association. An examination of President Nixon's success in transforming the Supreme Court from the progressive court led by Chief..... More
New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. Hardcover. xiv, 248 p., [6] p. of black-and-white photographs; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with silver spine title; light blue paper over boards. Red endpapers. Dust jacket. An account of one of the last lynchings in the United States. In 1959, Mack Charles..... More
Philadelphia: Kay & Brother, 1872. Hardcover. Second edition. 8, 791 p.; 25 cm. Contemporary full calf; black spine labels reading: Smith's Forms of Procedure Pennsylvania." Small stamp on front fixed endpaper and title page verso: "Law Office of Thomas Lack, 115 North High St., West Chester, Pa." Blank leaf following..... More
Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart State Printer, 1881. Hardcover. vi, 774, [2] p., frontispiece and 3 double-leaf plans, folded color map of Pennsylvania attached to back foxed endpaper: tables; 15 cm. Contemporary calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment: Smull's Legislative Hand-Book. Gilt-tooled title on..... More
Mexico: Camara de Diputados XLIX Legislatura, 1975. Paperback. 80, [4] p.; 21 cm. Light green wrapper printed in black. Maria Estela Rojas de Soto was a deputy in the Mexican legislature prior to becoming the first woman appointed a magistrate in Hidalgo in 1976; she was also the first head..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1927. Hardcover. Vol. I: xiii, [1], 450 p.; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. A Semicentennial Publication of the Johns Hopkins University. This volume goes through 1679. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of the Elise Willing Balch Collection at the Historical Society of..... More
Amherst, MA: Law and Society Association, 1976. Paperback. [1], 120-184 p.; 25 cm. Light blue wrapper with black wrapper title. Reprinted from Law & Society Review, vol. 10, no. 1, Fall 1975. In Very Good- Condition: wrapper is rubbed; front wrapper is lightly brown along edges; back wrapper has significant..... More
Venice: apud Dominicum Nicolinum, & Socios [Domenico Nicolino], 1580. Hardcover. Vols. 4 & 5 (of 5) only. 2 volumes in 1. "Hac novissima editione recognitum, pluribusq; in locis accuratissime castigatum; cum quaestionibus, summarii & indice locupletissimo." 117 leaves [234 p.], 139 leaves [278 p.]; 37 cm. Signatures: A-P8 (-P7, -P8)..... More
Philadelphia: For E. Bronson, printed by Thos. Smith, 1802. Hardcover. [2], 324 p.; 21 cm. Modern binding; black spine label with gilt-tooled spine title; flax paper dyed brown with aniline dye over acid-free boards. Caption title: Debate on the Judiciary Bill. Perforated stamp of the Wilmington Institute Free Library on..... More
Washington, D.C. U. S. Government Printing Office, 1884. Paperback. 25 p.; 23 cm. Disbound from larger volume. Caption title. Letter to the U. S. Senate concerning the distribution of $300,000 appropriated to the Cherokee Nation and the protection of Delaware and Shawnee adopted into the Nation. Includes the text of..... More
Albany, N.Y. University of the State of New York, 1926. Hardcover. 356 p.; 23 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Oval stamp of Historical Society of Montgomery County on front fixed endpaper, title page, and several pages; acquisition stamp of the society on the front fixed endpaper indicates..... More
Dublin: J. Watts, 1729. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only. [14], 767, [108] p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title "Vernon's Reports" and volume number. Corners of boards are rounded. Title in double line border. Former..... More
Venetiis [Venice]: Sumptibus Petri Milesi, 1827. Hardcover. "Editio quinta Veneta prioribus emendatior et auctior: Cui nempe praeter V. Cl. Caspari Burmanni Vitae Auctoris Narrationem, et Indicem Generalem Titulorum, et Materiarum, in sex Tomis contentarum, nunc primum accedunt Alii duo Tractatus De Familia Erciscunda, et De Jure Militari, qui simul cum..... More
New York: Hill and Wang, 2009. Hardcover. [10], 195 p.; 22 cm. Yellow cover with black spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. "By tracing slavery from before the revolution, through the Constitution's framing, and into the public debate that followed, Waldstreicher rigorously shows that slavery was not only actively discussed behind..... More
1820. 1 handwritten letter to Jesse R. Bowen, in Woodbury, N.J., dated Burlington, Oct. 16, without a year. Garret D. Wall (1783-1850) served in the War of 1812 and was the quartermaster general of New Jersey from 1815 to 1837. He became an attorney in 1804, practicing in Burlington, N.J...... More
London: Vanity Fair, 1873. 1 chromolithographed print 38 x 26 cm. signed "Spy," with the biographical text (photocopy). Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), English caricaturist and portrait painter, signed his works 'Spy.' Edward Vaughan Kenealy (1819-1880), an Irish barrister and poet, was best known for his defense of the claimant to..... More
London: Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith. 1886. 1 chromolithographed print 39 x 27 cm. signed "Spy," with the biographical text (photocopy). Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), English caricaturist and portrait painter, signed his works 'Spy.' Knighted in 1895, Sir Henry (Harry) Bodkin Poland (1829-1928) was a British barrister from 1851..... More
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith. 1902. 1 chromolithographed print 40 x 27 cm. signed "Spy," with accompanying leaf of descriptive text (photocopy). Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), English caricaturist and portrait painter, signed his works 'Spy.' Joseph Walton (1845-1910), a Catholic and a distinguished advocate, represented the interest of..... More
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith. 1891. 1 chromolithographed print 39 x 27 cm. signed "Spy," with the biographical text (photocopy). Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), English caricaturist and portrait painter, signed his works 'Spy.' Sir Peter Henry Edlin (1819-1903) was chairman of the County of London Sessions. According to..... More