1869. 1 printed and handwritten deed (36 cm.), 4 pages, folded. Printed by John C. Clark & Son, 230 Dock St., Philadelphia. On 16 June 1869, Joseph S. Titus and Sarah, his wife, of Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County, Pa., sold to Joseph T. Long of the same place for $50..... More
1830. 1 handwritten document (32 x 40 cm.), folded. On 5 Oct. 1830, John Ritner and Elizabeth his wife, Peter Ritner and Sarah his wife, Jacob Ritner and Catharine his wife, Catharine Ritner Hahn, George Ritner, Mary Ritner, and Joseph Ritner, heirs of Peter Ritner (1763-1826), late of Reading, weaver..... More
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
Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1989. Paperback. First Midland Book Edition. xx, 234, [2] p.; 23 cm. Paperback. "This pathbreaking collection explores the history of occupational safety and health in America from the late nineteenth century to the 1950s. Thirteen essays tell a story of the exploitation of workers..... 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
1860. Both documents are deeds. #1: On 3 April 1860 Newton H. Wickersham and his wife, Sarah Ann Wickersham, sold to David Shirts [sic Shurtz] (1814-1889), both of Delaware Township, Juniata County, Pa., a lot of less than half an acre and a house in Fayette Township, Juniata Co., for..... 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
1852. 1 sheet of blue paper (19 x 20 cm.). Handwritten notice that Mahlon Sims of the Muskingum County Court of Probate, on 14 Dec. 1852, certified Sabella Cleaveland as administrator of the estate of Thomas Cleaveland. With very faint embossed stamp of the court seal. In Hopewell Township, Muskingum..... 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
1785. 1 handwritten parchment document (58 x 54 cm.), folded. Thomas Proctor, high sheriff in Philadelphia County and city, was ordered to sell the land and buildings of Carpenter Wharton, late of Southwark district in Philadelphia County, gentleman, deceased, in the possession of William Wharton and Isaac Wharton, executors of..... 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
1718. Handwritten parchment lease dated 26 March 1718. Susanna Springett, the elder of Hawkhurst, Kent Co., widow, and Susanna Springett, the younger of Hawkhurst, spinster, only daughter and heir of Richard Springett, late of Hawkhurst, yeoman, lease for one year to Thomas Dunk of Little Chelsea, Middlesex Co., knight, a...... More
1901. 1 printed and handwritten mortgage (36 x 22 cm.), 4 pages, folded. Printed by York Daily and Weekly Blanks. On 20 July 1901, Albert D. Elsesser and Sarah Elsesser, his wife, of York, Pa., mortgaged to John F. Zimmerman, of the same place, for $1,000 a lot with a...... More
1811. 1 handwritten vellum deed (45 x 83 cm.) dated 2 April 1811. Rudolph Stauffer and his wife, Beata Reiner Stauffer, sell to John Price, storekeeper, 103 acres in Coventry Township, Chester Co., Pa., for 1,800 pounds "lawful money of Pennsylvania." Recorded 3 Feb. 1812 by recorder Charles Kenny. Signed..... More
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1625. 1 handwritten parchment document (35 x 46 cm.), folded. Relates to property in Buntingford given for the use of the poor originally in 1581 by Henry Marshall and Thomas Adamo. Signed by Alexander Strange, Vicar of Layston, and John Brograve, esquire, among many others. In Very Good+ Condition: light..... More
Columbus, OH: Olmsted, Ballhache & Camron, 1829. Printed and handwritten document (18 x 32 cm.), with engraved state seal. Gov. Allen Trimble commissions George Brown as a justice of the peace of Athens Township, Harrison County, Ohio, for three years on June 8, 1829. Signed on the front by Gov..... More
Columbus, OH: Olmsted & Ballhache, 1830. Printed and handwritten document (18 x 32 cm.), with engraved state seal. Gov. Allen Trimble commissions Lensulus Kent as a justice of the peace of Moorfield Township, Harrison County, Ohio, for three years on May 31, 1830. Signed on the front by Gov. Allen..... More
Columbus, OH: P. H. Olmsted, 1828. Printed and handwritten document (18 x 32 cm.), with engraved state seal. Gov. Allen Trimble commissions James Clements as a justice of the peace of Athens Township, Harrison County, Ohio, for three years on Sept. 27, 1828. Signed on the front by Gov. Allen..... More
Columbus, OH: P. H. Olmsted, 1828. Printed and handwritten document (18 x 32 cm.), with engraved state seal. Gov. Allen Trimble commissions Joseph Rea as a justice of the peace of Moorfield Township, Harrison County, Ohio, for three years on Aug. 21, 1828. Signed on the front by Gov. Allen..... 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