law trials

Hardcover. Associated Publishing Company, 1st, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue pictorial cloth illustrated on upper cover with gilt, red, blue and black illustration and embossed gilt title. Gilt title on spine faded. 406 pages, frontispiece illustrated with b/w plate of Captain Dreyfus. Profusely illustrated with b/w portraits of the principal actors, and photographic reproductions of the places and scenes of Dreyfus trial and exile. Name and embossed stamp on front fly leaf, cover with light edge wear, interior clean.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, reprint, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket, 471 pages, b&w plates. The biography of the great English lawyer who appeared in dozens of famous murder trial at the Old Bailey. Dust jacket flap clipped, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Pottsville PA, Miners' Journal Book and Job Rooms, 1st, 1876, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Original softcover volume rebound in plain tan cloth, 262 pages. "Members of The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Commonly Known as Molly Maguires. Indicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for Schuylkill County, Penna., for an Aggravated Assault and Battery". A record of the trial against John Kehoe Et Al., Members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Commonly Known as "Molly Maguires": Indicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for Schuylkill County, Penna., for an Aggrevated Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill Wm. M. Thomas : with the Testimony and Arguments of Counsel in Full, Stenographically Reported by R.A. West. Cover and first 12 pages chipped, with light water stain. Interior clean, tear to page 57, no loss of paper. Name on front fly leaf.

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. London, Macmillan, 1st, 1892, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcovers. Vol. 1: 586 pages. Vol. 2: 625 pages. Bright blue cloth covers with gilt lettering. An important historical work, including chapters on the Middlesex elections of 1768-69 (the first great platform campaign), the economy agitation, the legal position of the platform, the French Revolution agitation, Roman Catholic Emancipation, the Reform Bill, Chartism, the Anti-Corn Law League, accounts of notable libel and sedition trials, etc. Clean copies with light shelf wear.

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. London, William Hodge & Company, 1st, 1952, Book: Good, Harcover, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. In 1902 the 'Veronica' set sail on her last voyage. An extraordinary outbreak of mutiny occurred, resulting in the deaths of all but five of the thirteen persons on board. The ship was set on fire and abandoned. The five men arrived on the island of Cajueri Tuoia on the north coast of Brazil. They were destitute and asked to board the S.S. Brunswick. Their stories of the events were doubted and two of the men decided to tell the truth. The other three were brought to trial in Liverpool charged with the murder of Captain Shaw and six other crew members. One of the harder to find editions in the series. 248 pages, b&w illustrations. Light tape marks on cover, rear hinge cracked, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, Secker & Warburg, reprint, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a very worn, chipped dust jacket, 255 pages, fold-out chart in rear. A blow by blow account of the Mau Mau leader's trial that lasted for over 100 days, "one of the most dramatic and important this century". In 1952, Kenyatta was arrested in Kenya by the British colonial authorities and charged with masterminding the anti-colonial Mau Mau Uprising. Although protesting his innocence, a view shared by later historians, he was convicted. He remained imprisoned at Lokitaung until 1959 and was then exiled to Lodwar until 1961. Appears to be a book club edition. Overall clean copy but cheap paper is tanning.

Hardcover. London, William Hodge and Co., 2nd pr., 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers with gilt lettering on the spine, 384 pages, b&w illustrations. A full and definitive account of the three Oscar Wilde trials, introduced by barrister at Middle Temple, H. Montgomery Hyde, and the personal recollections of Sir Travers Humphreys, who was Wilde's junior counsel in the three trials.

Hardcover. Birmingham, AL, Legal Classic Library, reprint, 1987, 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.