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. Amsterdam, Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 77 pages, red cloth binding with blue and gilt stamping. A facsimile reprint of the London 1613 printing. Tight, clean 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. London, 1840, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Volume one. Rebound. Some pencil underlining and notation. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Wrinkle to front top corner. Fading to covers.
Hardcover. London, Printed for the Companie of Stationers, unknown, 1620, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Rebound, black covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. Soiling, ragged edges to front fly leaf and title page. Some foxing, staining to pages. Fore-edge soiled. This copy lacks year XXVII of Henry VIII. Else a nice, tight copy. Photos available.
Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 237 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-Lib copy with only one sticker on board spine and one sticker on rear cover board. Dust jacket has no evidence of ex-lib. Tight, clean copy, otherwise.
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 1904 edition published in Edinburgh. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. Barton, Frederick W. Baldwin, 1st, 1886, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 303 pages. Hardcover. Black & white steel engraved portraits. Gilt titles on leather spine. Crack along top 5" of front hinge. Rubbing to cover edges. All edges gilt. Clean, unmarked pages.
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, 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. University Park, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1st Edition, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 346 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with only minor wear. Clean, unmarked and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, 1st, 1947, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 361 pages. Some light scratching to front cover. Rubbing to corners, spine. Spine slightly faded.
Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st US, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 360 pages. Dust jacket with edgewear, sun-fading. Clean, tight copy. The first monograph on English medieval county courts, this book provides a major revision of traditional conceptions of the character of these courts and the organization of English society from the twelfth to the fourteenth century. THe county courts have been considered courts of custom dominated by local knights unskilled in the law. By analyzing county peronnel and their role of the courts, Robert C. Palmer shows that these courts were, on the contrary, clearly professional and controlled by the magnates through their lawyers. Nevertheless, as the author demonstrates by his study of the process of jurisdictional change, the county courts were increasingly relegated to lesser roles by changes meant to assure justice to county litigants, while the king's court became the normal court of original jurisdiction for most important cases.
Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. A facsimile reprint of the 1787 London edition, the 17th Edition, corrected and improved by William Muchal. 335 pages plus index. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. Hallowell, Glazier, 1st Thus, 1826, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 582 pages. Hardcover. Full leather. Leather cracked along outer hinges - binding cloth and twine still firm. Covers with darkening along edges, small areas of rubbing. Title in gilt on spine label - label with chip missing at top right corner. Rough surface to spine leather. Standard darkening/spotting to pages. 2 small chips missing from corners of preliminary pages. Clean, unmarked text. Pictures available.
Hardcover. London, Stevens and Sons, 1835, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Volume three. Rubbing to corners and spine. Some soiling to covers.
Boston, Little Brown & Co., 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 519 pages, b&w illustrations. SIGNED BY NOVICK on half-title page. "Novick's biography is superb in revealing Holmes. Clearly written and conveying the drama of a man active from the Civil War through the New Deal, it is biography on the grand scale. It is less successful in explaining the paradox of Holmes, the champion of civil liberties, who was also the author of decisions that sanctioned injustice for African Americans and women. It also opens only a partial window to the inside workings of the Supreme Court. Novick, a practicing attorney and writer who is scholar in residence at the Vermont Law School, has produced a scholarly and insightful portrait of a figure who seemed larger than life and now appears in both the majesty and weakness of his humanity." 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.
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. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, handsomely bound in green cowhide leather lettered and decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, attached ribbon bookmarks, marbled endpapers. Also includes "Legal Tradition and Social Science Method--A Realist's Critique" (1931), "Some Realism About Realism - Responding to Dean Pound" (1931) and "On Reading and Using the Newer Jurisprudence" (1940). A collection of Llewellyn's principal writings on legal realism. 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. Spokane, WA, Arthur H. Clark Company, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 343 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Covers bound in red, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Dust jacket unclipped. Dust jacket has a touch of fading, otherwise no rips, in very good condition. Very clean inside and out.
Hardcover. Abington UK, Professional Books Ltd., reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, approximately 500 pages. A hardcover reprint of the 1679 London edition published by Sawbridge, et al. Latin text. Clean and tight.
Hardcover. New York, American Book Exchange, reprint, 1880, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black and gilt, 387 pages plus publisher's ads, color frontispiece depicting various organs of the body after drinking. This is an 1880 reprint of a book first published in 1879 as suggested by the author's postscript and the copyright date. Light fading to spine, small nicks to front cover otherwise clean, very good.
Hardcover. New York, Kelley & Millman, Inc., reprint, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 293 pages. Collection of lectures given by Smith at the University of Glasgow, as reported by a student in 1763. Edited and with introduction by Edwin Cannan. Dark blue covers, gilt titles to spine, white dust jacket. Edgewear and chipping to dust jacket, previous owner's ink signature to front endpaper, light pencil markings to a few pages, pencil notations to rear endpaper.
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. NY, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 379 pages. The origin and contents of the Magna Carta, its meaning in history and relevance today. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Birmingham AL, The Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 612 pages, thick 8vo, full tan gilt decorated leather, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, decorative engraved borders each page. The charters of liberties and confirmations, granted by Henry III. and Edward I.; the original charter of the forests; and various authentic instruments connected with them: explanatory notes on their several privileges; a descriptive account of the principal originals and editions extant, both in print and manuscript; and other illustrations. Originally published in 1829.
Hardcover. New York, Dissertations-G, 1st thus, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 187 pages. Scarce. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, no dust jacket issued. Faint foxing to top edge, else in like new condition. A reprint of the first book in English on the law of incorporation.
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, The Legal Classics Library , reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Blue calf, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, extra gilt. Excerpted from Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the American States, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1927. The Federal Convention met on May 25, 1787. 55 delegates from 12 states debated the fate of the Articles of Confederation. Hamilton and Madison were instrumental in convincing 39 delegates to sign the new Constitution, which eliminated rather than amended the old Articles of Confederation. A Landmark document in American Constitution law. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. New York, The Free Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 615 pages. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Dust jacket with spine fading, standard wear. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London , Selden Society/ Bernard Quaritch, 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 181 pages plus 55 preliminary pages. Text in English and Latin. Blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. A clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A compelling account of how women shaped the common law right to privacy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Drawing on a wealth of original research, Jessica Lake documents how the advent of photography and cinema drove women--whose images were being taken and circulated without their consent--to court. There they championed the creation of new laws and laid the groundwork for America's commitment to privacy. Vivid and engagingly written, this powerful work will draw scholars and students from a range of fields, including law, women's history, the history of photography, and cinema and media studies.
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.
NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 609 pages, b&w illustrations. They say that history is written by the victors. But not in the case of the most famous dissenter on the Supreme Court. Almost a century after his death, John Marshall Harlan's words helped end segregation and gave us our civil rights and our modern economic freedom. But his legacy would not have been possible without the courage of Robert Harlan, a slave who John's father raised like a son in the same household. After the Civil War, Robert emerges as a political leader. With Black people holding power in the Republican Party, it is Robert who helps John land his appointment to the Supreme Court. At first, John is awed by his fellow justices, but the country is changing. Northern whites are prepared to take away black rights to appease the South. Giant trusts are monopolizing entire industries. Against this onslaught, the Supreme Court seemed all too willing to strip away civil rights and invalidate labor protections. So as case after case comes before the court, challenging his core values, John makes a fateful decision: He breaks with his colleagues in fundamental ways, becoming the nation's prime defender of the rights of Black people, immigrant laborers, and people in distant lands occupied by the US. Harlan's dissents, particularly in Plessy v. Ferguson, were widely read and a source of hope for decades. Thurgood Marshall called Harlan's Plessy dissent his "Bible"--and his legal roadmap to overturning segregation. In the end, Harlan's words built the foundations for the legal revolutions of the New Deal and Civil Rights eras.
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, The Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 72 pages. Quarto [30.5 cm] Maroon leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and decorative gilt stamped designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Marbled endsheets. Very good. There is a former owner's bookplate on the inside of front cover. The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts is one of the seminal documents in the development of the American legal system. It is believed to be the precursor to the General Laws of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Constitution. An influence on the U.S. Constitution, it contains provisions that were incorporated in the Bill of Rights.
