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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.

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 57 pages, three page introduction by Freshfieil. Clean, tight copy in light blue wrappers. Covers 1341-1391.

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, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 749/743 pages. Hardcovers with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Clean, tight copy. Marbled end papers. Ribbon marker.

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, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 691/687 pages. 2 volumes. Hardcovers with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Clean, tight copy. Marbled end papers. Ribbon marker. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper.

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. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon boards with gold-color lettering on spine, xii, 392 pages. Clean, bright copy.

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.

Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 466 pages. Hardcover with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Clean, tight copy. Facsimile of originals. Marbled end papers. Ribbon marker.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, 775 pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1879 Little Brown edition. "One of the earliest American authorities still in general use. A good historical sketch of copyright and some early references to newspaper copyright." Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 508 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 1826 first edition. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Jersey FR, Charles Le Feuvre, 1st thus, 1881, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 420 pages, Green cloth binding with black stamping. Reimpression editee avec de legeres annotations. French text. Previous owner's bookplate, otherwise clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 529 pages. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Rubbing to corners and spine. Some markings to covers.

Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1111 pages. Hardcover with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Clean, tight copy. Marbled end papers. Ribbon marker. Light abrasions on corners.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 1093 pages, black calf, decorative gilt stamping, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Facsimile reprint of the First English Edition by W.E. Grigsby. London: Stevens and Haynes, 1884. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, green cloth boards in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket. 82 pages. INSCRIBED BY LEARNED HAND on the front fly leaf: "To Steve Tulin/Learned Hand/ June 11, 1958". First edition of this influential work which discusses the propriety of judicial efforts to expand the scope of the first ten amendments. Learned Hand was one of the most significant American jurists of the twentieth century, Hand was a judge of the United States Southern District of New York from 1904-1924 and a judge of the Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, from 1924 to 1956.

Softcover. Philadelphia, J B Lippincott, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 103 pages. Edited by Harold M Hyman. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Stevens and Sons, 1835, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Volume three. Rubbing to corners and spine. Some soiling to covers.

Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Hardcover with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Clean, tight copy. Marbled end papers. Ribbon marker.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Two volumes bound as one. Brown calf with decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Facsimile reprint of the rare first edition. Includes the text of the United States Constitution. One of the undisputed landmarks in American political thought, The Federalist is a collected edition of essays by Hamilton. Madison and Jay that were published under the pseudonym "Publius" in several New York newspapers and journals in 1787 and 1788. Numbered copy #1778 with prior owners name typed on the publishers nameplate pasted to fly leaf, otherwise clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, handsomely bound in crimson red cowhide leather lettered and decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, attached ribbon bookmarks, marbled endpapers. A facsimile of the original 1861 London edition. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, soiled dust jacket. Bright blue cloth covers with spine label. 257 pages. Frontispiece, 9 black and white illustrations. The Mysterious Science of Law was based on Boorstin's Yale SJD thesis. (He also held an Oxford BCL and was admitted to the Inner Temple.). It was the first of many important books by Boorstin, who went on to became a prominent historian and, from 1975 to 1987, Librarian of Congress. Appears to se SIGNED on the inside cover and dated Dec., 1941. Otherwise a clean copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, John S. Lettell, 1837, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 394 pages. Marbled covers with calf spine and corners. Raised bands and red label with gold lettering on spine. Previous owner's stamp on title-page. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Light foxing to a few pages. Rubbing to covers. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Edgewear. Corners bumped.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 565 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY KARL LLEWELLYN ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Light foxing to edges, endpapers. Dust jacket with moderate wear, now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked text.

Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1193 pages. VOLUME ONE ONLY. Hardcover with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Clean, tight copy. Facsimile of originals. Marbled end papers. Ribbon marker. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper. Light soil on front cover.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, full blue leather. all edges gilt, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, raised bands. Notes from the Editors is included. Former owner's name plate is pasted in the front inside cover. One of the most important legal books of the 20th century, specially prepared from films of original at Columbia University Law Library. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 550 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 1830 first edition. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Abington UK, Professional Books Ltd., reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, approximately 400 pages. A hardcover reprint of the 1679 London edition published by Sawbridge, et al. Latin text. Clean and tight.

Hardcover. Rutland, VT, Tuttle Co, 1st, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 736 pages, leather-bound cover, gilt lettered spine. Definite wear to cover with leather rot clearly evident, chipping on edges and corners, discoloration of page edges, especially on endpages, previous owner's signature and inscription to front endpaper that has a tear at the gutter.

Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 348 pages. Hardcover with gilded decoration, edges and leather bound covers. Clean, tight copy. Marbled end papers. Ribbon marker.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, handsomely bound in black leather lettered and decorated in gilt, blind stamping, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, attached ribbon bookmarks, marbled endpapers. A compilation Pound's most influential works: The Spirit of the Common Law (1921), Law and Morals (1924), Interpretations of Legal History (1923) and "The Call For a Realist Jurisprudence" (1931). Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt title on spine partially faded. A collection of lectures given by the future Supreme Court judge in the early 20s. INSCRIBED BY CARDOZO on the front fly leaf: "To the Reverend Dr. Stephen S. Wise/With the ever constant/ friendship of/ Benjamin N. Cardozo/ December 1924". Stephen Samuel Wise (March 17, 1874 - April 19, 1949) was an early 20th-century American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader in the Progressive Era. Joining U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and others, Wise laid the groundwork for a democratically elected, nationwide organization of 'ardently Zionist' Jews, 'to represent Jews as a group and not as individuals'.[7] In 1917 he participated in the effort to convince President Woodrow Wilson to approve the Balfour declaration in support of Jewish settlement in Mandate Palestine.[8] In 1918. In 1932, President Herbert Hoover appointed Cardozo to the Supreme Court to succeed Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Cardozo served on the Court until his death in 1938, and formed part of the liberal bloc of justices known as the Three Musketeers.