Softcover. London, T. Plummer, Printer, Seething Lane, reprint, 1801, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. 4 pages in small typeface. Presumably reduced from the 8 page 1798 printing. Moore, a Scottish cartographer, chart seller and educator with a somewhat controversial reputation, was accused of copying a chart of the coasts of France, Spain and Portugal drawn up by William Heather. The case was heard before Lord Kenyon with the prosecution led by Erskine; the jury quickly found for the defendant despite Kenyon's balanced instruction.
Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Octavo in gilt decorated brown leather. 480 pages. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. A deluxe reprint of the 1838 edition published in Boston. This was one of the first treatises on the subject and the first to be accepted widely as authoritative. It is even cited today. Ray, an American psychiatrist, was one of the founders of forensic psychiatry. He was superintendent of the Maine State Asylum in Augusta from 1841-1845 and at the Butler Hospital for the Insane in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1845-1866.
Softcover. Berlin, Apud Weidmannos, reprint, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 809 pages, TEXT IN LATIN. Bound in gray wrappers. Solid copy.
Hardcover. NY, Isaac Riley, 1st, 1809/1810, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, leather bound with maroon labels with gilt lettering "Tyler's Reports". Vol. 1, 496 pages, dated 1809. Vol. 2, 488 pages, dated 1810. Both with an index to the Principal Matters. Royall Tyler became an assistant judge of the Vermont Supreme Court in 1801 and from 1807 through 1813 served as chief justice (the ninth in Vermont history); during this time he presided over a number of important trials (e.g., that of Stephen Jacob in 1802, involving slavery, and that of the Black Snake crew in 1808, dealing with smuggling on Lake Champlain), prepared two volumes (1809-1810) of Reports of the Vermont Supreme Court (covering 1800-1803), and became professor of jurisprudence at the University of Vermont (1811-1814). Calf covers scuffed, discolored, bindings strong, interiors clean. Previous owner's bookplate, related newspaper clipped laid in.
Hardcover. New York, Garland Publishing, Inc., 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 130 pages. Clean text. Light rubbing to corners and spine.
Softcover. London, W. Stewart & Co., 1st, 1881, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Scarce. 76 pages plus index, b&w illustrations. Covered in brown protective paper wrapper. Previous owner's signature inside original front cover. Top right corner torn from original title page; bottom right corners missing from index pages. Original rear wrapper missing. Else pages clean and tight.
Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, full green leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt border and decoration on covers, a.e.g, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. A word-for-word report of the famous court test of the Tennessee Anti-Evolution Act, at Dayton, July 10 to 21, 1925, including the speeches and arguments of attorneys, testimony of noted scientists, and Bryan's last speech. Former owner's bookplate to front endpaper, otherwise very clean, with a tight binding.
Hardcover. Lanham, Md., Rowman & Littlefield, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 492 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 170 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Dust jacket with rubbing to front cover, standard wear - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Spine slightly cocked. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, frontispiece. Burgundy calf, gilt spine with raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Facsimile reprint of the 1876 edition published by Callaghan & Company, Chicago. Erskine was "probably the greatest advocate who ever practiced at the English bar," who "at once made his way by his eloquence." Previous owner's bookplate inside front covers, otherwise a clean, bright set.
Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 528 pages ,handsomely bound in black cowhide leather lettered and decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, attached ribbon bookmarks, marbled endpapers. A facsimile of the original 1827 first edition. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Oceana Publications, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages, salmon colored cloth, spine with light fading. One sentence in introduction with ink underlining, otherwise clean and tight.
Hardcover. New York, Bookman Associates, Inc., 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 242 pages. Page after copyright page torn out. Rubbing to corners and spine. Small tear to paper at front hinge.
Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Dark green calf with decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, 946 pages. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front pastedown, otherwise clean and bright. Facsimile of the 1925 edition containing all 3 volumes of the original work from 1646. The author established the system of modern public international law, based on the concept of "droit naturel," a morality-based law that superseded the laws of individuals or nations. Though based on Christian natural law, Grotius advanced the novel argument that his system would still be valid if it lacked a divine basis. In this regard Grotius pointed to the future by moving international law in a secular direction.
Hardcover. NY, John Day Publishers, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn. chipped dust jacket, 215 pages. Contains the first appearance of numerous letters from Ezra Pound and documents relating to the trial. Written by his lawyer, Julien Cornell. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Stevens and Sons, 1835, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 575 pages. Volume Two. Front corners bumped. Some soiling to covers. Light rubbing to spine and corners.
Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 335 pages. Hardcover with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Special edition of facsimile reproductions of original text. Clean, tight copy. Marbled end papers.
Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, full red leather covers with gilt decorations, spine has raised bands; marbled endpapers; satin ribbon marker; all edges gilt; binding tight; cover, edges, and interior intact and clean. First published in England in 1935. Introduction by Lord Atkin. Albert Haddock, the hero of countless lawsuits in A.P. Herbert's misleading cases, made his first public appearance in Punch about 1924. This collection of Misleading Cases contains many more sly jests at the absurdities of English law and will teach the reader more about the legal processes than lawyers know themselves.
Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, full olive calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, all edges gilt. 506 pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1914 edition published in London by Macmillan. Dicey's Lectures is "a work of genius, and a model to legal historians. Dicey takes three great currents of opinion--the old Toryism (1800-1830), Benthamism or Individualism (1825-1870), and Collectivism (1860-1900)--and shows how they have influenced the course of legislation during the nineteenth century...Dicey's interpretation of English law in the 19th century, [is] perhaps the soberest and broadest that has been written". Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia/NY, David McKay Company, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 127 pages, illustrated with O. Sogow's great cartoons. In an edgeworn dust jacket that's price-clipped. A book full of ridiculous laws and accompanying comic-style illustrations. It's illegal in New York to shoot at rabbits from the rear end of a moving 3rd Ave streetcar. In Baltimore it's illegal to sell a parrot, or even to give one away. Clean copy.
Softcover. New York, Kraus Reprint Corporation, reprint , 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 83 pages. This annual edited by George William Harris. Stapled binding. Green covers. Some fading to covers.
Hardcover. Poona, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1st Thus, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Vol. V - Part II-only. Hardcover. 992 pages of main text plus Epilogue, and 269 page Index. Previous owners name at top of front endpaper. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.
 "Treatise on the Law of Corporations , A - In Two Volumesby: Kyd, Stewart")
 "Historical Law-Tractsby: Home, Henry")
 "A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contractsby: Langdell, C. C.")
 "Trial of John Hamilton Moore for Pirating a Chart: Sittings After Term, March 1798, Before Lord Kenyon and a Special Jury of Merchants. Guildhall, London. by: Trial;")
 "Business Contracts of Medieval Provence: Selected Notulae from the Cartulary of Giraud Amalric of Merseilles 1248by: Pryor, John H.")
 "National Assembly in the Anglo-Saxon Period, Theby: Liebermann, F.")
 "Great American Law Reviewsby: Berring, Robert C.")
 "A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity by: Ray, Isaac")
 "CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS - III: Novellae recognovit Rudolfus Schoell Opus Schoellii morte interceptum absolvit Guilelmus Krollby: Krueger Paulus")
 "Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Vermont ( 2 Vols.)by: Royall Tyler")
 "Essay on the Law of Bailments, Anby: Jones, William")
 "Punishments in the Olden Timeby: Andrews, William")
 "Manual of Byzantine Law Compiled in the Fourteenth Century by George Harmenopoulos: Vol. VI On Torts and Crimesby: Freshfield, Edwin Hanson (transl.)")
 "The Scopes Trial: The World's Most Famous Court Trial: Tennessee Evolution Case by: Clarence Darrow William Jennings Bryan et al.")
 "The Place in Legal History of Sir William Shareshull; Chief Justice of the King's Bench; 1350-1361; A Study of Judicial & Administrative Methods in the Reign of Edward III by:")
 "Outline of a Phenomenology of Rightby: Kojeve, Alexandre")
 "American Commonwealth, The (2 volumes)by: Bryce, James")
 "Speeches of Lord Erskine. 4 Vols. in 2 books. Completeby: Erskine Thomas Henry Lord; High James (Editor)")
 "Commentaries on American Law, Volume IIby: Kent, James")
 "Introduction to European Commercial Lawby: Wallach, Frederick")
 "Government Lawyerby: Hoffman, Malcolm A.")
 "The History of English Law (2 Volumes)by: Pollock, Frederick")
 "The Law of War and Peace. English Translation F.W. Kelsey by: Grotius, Hugo")
 "Essays in Anglo-Saxon Lawby: Adams, Henry, Henry Cabot Lodge, Ernest Young And J. Laurence Laughlin")
 "The Trial of Ezra Pound: A Documented Account of the Treason Case by the Defendant's Lawyer by: Cornell, Julien")
 "The History of the Boroughs and Municipal Corporations: Vol. IIby: Merewether, Henry Alworth and John Archibald Stephens")
 "Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislationby: Bentham, Jeremy")
 "Uncommon Lawby: Herbert, A. P.")
 "Lectures on the Relation Between Law and Public Opinion in England during the Nineteenth Century by: Dicey, A. V.")
 "It's Still the Law by: Hyman, Dick & Otto Soglow")
 "Islandica: An Annual Relating to Iceland and the Fiske Icelandic Collection in Cornell University Library (Volume IV: The Ancient Laws of Norway and Iceland)by: Herma")
 "History of Dharmasastra - Vol. V - Part IIby: Kane, Pandurang Vaman")
 "History and Analysis of the Common Law of Englandby: Hale, Matthew")