Philadelphia, PA: T. & J.W. Johnson, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Rare. Poor copy with loose pages, chipping, highlighting, inscription, and fraying. More
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London: A. Strahan for J. Butterworth and J. Cooke, 1809. 15th Edition. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Volume III only. Full period brown polished calf, spine with raised bands (some rubbing, lacks spine label; minor foxing). PROVENANCE: Ink inscription of Thomas Seymour, Middle Temple, London, 1816; pencil..... More
Lisbon: Soc Prop dos Conhecim Uteis, 1844. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A very good copy in leather (slight rubbing/warping to covers; tear to half-title). Small 8vo xi+[1]+6 7+[4] Text in Portuguese. Treatise on commerce and commercial jurisprudence, with overtones of political economy, specifically directed at..... More
Washington, D.C. United States Supreme Court, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed by the author of this decision, Associate Justice William J. Brennan, at top of page 1 in blue ink. 24+[8] pages (the 8 pages at rear represent dissents in whole or in part)..... More
NP [Sacramento?]: NP, 1855. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" VG in cloth/boards (rebound; lacks original wraps, slight foxing). 8vo 70pp Report to the California legislature (both Assembly and Senate) by the state prison inspectors; includes testimony from various individuals (including 3 appendices) and a list..... More
U.S.A. Institute of East Asian Studies, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tight copy with no writing or marks, has some spotting on cover and page edges. More
Portsmouth NH: Published by John W. Foster, 1819. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First edition, in original boards, of one of the most significant and influential of the early cases appearing before the Supreme Court, a landmark decision dealing with the application of the Contract..... More
London: William Clowes and Sons, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" xxvi + 297pp. Publishers ads printed on endpapers. Corners bumped, cloth rubbed and soiled in places, spine ends frayed; interior is clean and bright, binding is tight. More
Los Angeles: Censorship Today, 1968. First Edition. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First 8 issues of this pioneering journal, featuring contributions by Henry Miller, Irving Wallace, et al. Volume I, Number 1 begins with Stanley Fleishman's "Obscenity and the Supreme Court". This is Fleishman's copy , bound..... More
London: printed by Iohn Field, printer to the Parliament of England, 1653. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" The first edition, from 1653. Removed from a larger volume, partly separated at folds; minor foxing. Notes: Also issued as part of a through-paged folio set. Signatures: M4. Text..... More
New York: Fowlers & Wells, Pherenological Cabinet, 1850. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. V, "sixth thousand". Scarce copy in the original dark brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. A crisp, tight copy, entirely unrestored (has some nicking to top of spine; some foxing..... More
Chicago: Law Club/City of Chicago, 1911. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good in boards (stains/sl wear to spine/covers; sm hole/ffep). Sm 8vo 83 An ecdotes of the "Mr. Dooley" variety concerning the law; introduction by Edg ar B. Tolman. Probably limited to about 150..... More
New York: D. Appleton, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Fair+ in boards (tape repair/spine; internal stains/slight wear). 8vo 333+[19] Proceedings of the spectacular ecclesiastical trial of the noted Episcopal bishop ( 1791-1861) "convened under the Third Canon of 1844 .. on a presentment made by..... More
Madrid: Libreria De Miguel Guijarro, 1863. First Edition Thus. Leather Binding. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 416, [7] pages. Text in Spanish. Spine title: Enjuiciamiento Civil. Contains specific references to statutes from 1855 to 1862, with particular references to the royal decree of January 30, 1855, and the..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1894. First Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First edition of this influential work. Bound in 19th-century 3/4 brown morocco over matching cloth, spine with raised bands, gilt arms of the Inner Temple Library on spine and front cover (some rubbing; a few small..... More
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1873. Seventh American Edition. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Bound in full brown publisher's calf, black leather spine label (spine and boards rubbed; some browning to text edges). More
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1879. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good in cloth (rubbing/sl stains to ext; int slightly shaken). Sm 8vo x+282 +[2] See Halkett & Laing VI, 350 for "Five Years' Penal Servitude"; both of these works concern debtor's prisons. More
London: Wyman & Sons, 1879. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Good copy in original cloth. Spine worn with upper half detatched but present; ex-library marks/bookplate; exterior wear to spine; covers rubbed, interior hinges repaired, signatures loosening, else a very serviceable copy.. 8vo [8],252,[10]pp..... More
London: John Hearne, 1833. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Rare first edition of this early and influential work arguing for the abolition of the death penalty. The auhtor's ingenious argument, at a time when over 200 crimes still carried the death penalty, was that as..... More
