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The Mind and Faith of Justice Holmes, His Speeches, Essays, Letters and Judicial Opinions

Lerner (ed.), Max · 1943

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

New York The Modern Library 1943. ¶ A good selection, particularly of Holmes' early speeches and addresses, as well as Holmes' autobiographical sketch (written at age 20, in 1861); with Lerner's introductory notes and annotations

A Discourse for Taking Off the Tests and Penal Laws about Religion. Wing D1593; ESTC R3313

, · 1687

$350.00 (€317.54 | £264.88 | ¥55,897)

London Printed, and are to be Sold by Randal Taylor 1687. Original ?self-wraps, disbound, the last two leaves partially loose, else quite crisp and definitely usable; 40 pages. ¶ Only edition of a cogent, historically grounded proposal to abolish the test acts, thereby providi...

Typed postcard addressed to Ben V. Cohen at the Vanderbilt Hotel in New York City postmarked December 8, 1952, and providing Frankfurter's new telephone number [Cohen one of Frankfurter's prized "disciples" and a "lawyer's lawyer" of great talent]

Frankfurter, Felix · 1952

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Washington United States Postal Service 1952. An official, one cent Postal Service postcard, revalued to two cents and postmarked at Washington D.C. at 5:00pm December 8 1952; in very good condition. ¶ An ephemeral piece impossible to imagine today, in which a sitting Supreme ...

Justice? [one result of Grimes's efforts, as described below, was, surprisingly, his disbarrment from practising law in Oklahoma, a disbarment never remedied despite several attempts by Grimes to be reinstated]

Grimes, Harlan · 1959

$350.00 (€317.54 | £264.88 | ¥55,897)

Dallas Privately Printed 1959. Original printed stapled wraps, very slightly rubbed, else a near fine copy; 48 pages. ¶ A rare work written by a crusading, anti-corruption lawyer who revealed widespread bribery in the Oklahoma Supreme Court, leading to the establishment of Okl...

An Enquiry into the Question, Whether the Brother of the paternal Grand-mother shall succeed to the Inheritance of the Son, in preference to the Brother of the paternal Great-Grand-mother [etc.]. Not in Eller; Lauechli 660

Watkins, Charles · 1798

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.56 | ¥71,868)

London Printed for J. Butterworth, Fleet-Street 1798. ?Original self-wraps, disbound, without the advertising leaf, 38 pages; holdings in one library only in North America in ESTC. ¶ A rare tract by the noted conveyancer exploring a recondite issue dividing the greatest minds ...

The Deacon and the Jewess [with] Prefatory Note by Israel Abrahams, M.A. [who describes Maitland's essay as "original in substance . . . [f]or the first time it gave a clear insight into . . . the laws of heresy in Mediaeval England"]

Maitland, F.W · 1908

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

London Jewish Historical Society of England 1908-10. Disbound, extracted from volume 6 of the Society's Transactions, 6+17 pages, a clean usable copy. ¶ Maitland's careful, seminal analysis establishing with certainty that burning to death for heresy began in England in 1222, ...

Maitland [the first plate depicting the posthumous bust of Maitland by S. Nicholson Babb dated 1908 and the second the memorial tablet by Richard Kindersley dated 2000, now in the South Transept of Westminster Abbey]

Milsom, S.F.C. · 2001

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Reading and Chippenham Printed in England by Antony Rowe Ltd 2001. Original printed stapled wraps, well preserved, six pages and two plates, reprinted from the July 2001 issue of the Cambridge Law Journal. ¶ Professor Milsom's address given at the unveiling of Maitland's memor...

Trial of Mrs. Ann Nisbett, Wife of Walter Nisbett, Esq; of Grafton Street, Berkeley Square . . . For committing Adultery with Thomas Totty, Esq; (A Captain in the Navy, and Commander of the Majesty's Ship the Sphynx) At Doctors Commons

, · 1783

$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)

London Printed for the Author, and sold by S. Bladon [and others] 1783. Modern cloth-backed boards, printed paper label, quite well preserved and fresh, with the half-title and the final leaf giving the sentence. ¶ A first step via Doctors Commons for subsequently securing a p...

The Jewish Review of Books. Number 1, Spring 2010

, · 2010

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

New York Bee.Ideas, LLC. 2010. Original oversized stapled illustrated wraps, a very good copy; 51 pages. ¶ The first issue of the Review, with main articles by Shlomo Avineri, Hillel Halkin, Dara Horn, and Michael Weingrad, and reviews by Adam Kirsch (on Rebecca Goldstein's '3...

Safe Bicycling in San Francisco [with] San Francisco Bike Map & Walking Guide [with] Record bicycle information here, Freezer Refrigeration Form

, · 2001

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

San Francisco Wordspace Press [and two others] 2001 & vds. Original printed stapled wraps, 32 pages, together with the map and single sheet, all three in excellent condition, the first two much illustrated. ¶ single sheet

Judicial Ditch Notice. State of Minnesota, County of Meeker. District Court, Twelfth Judicial District. In the Matter of the Judicial Ditch Proceedings now Pending in Meeker Court, Minnesota, and known as Judicial Ditch No. 3

, · 1916

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Litchfield? No publisher stated 1916. Broadside about 4 1/4x11 inches, four folds, very well preserved, in the original court envelope addressed by hand in ink to N J Anderson of Dassel. ¶ Conjecturally a unique survival of a common notice sent to landowners potentially affect...

Granta, The Magazine of New Writing. Sixty Eight non-consecutive issues from Issue 7 to Issue 147

, · 1983

$340.00 (€308.47 | £257.31 | ¥54,300)

London Granta Books 1983-2017. Original printed illustrated wraps in very good condition. ¶ A long non-consecutive run of sixty seven issues, including the issues of Young British Novelists and Authors (#s 7, 81, and 123), Young American Novelists (#s 54, 97, and 139), Young S...

The Complete Poetry. Compiled and presented by Dione Venables with an introduction by Peter Davison [the editor of 'The Complete Works of George Orwell']

Orwell, George · 2015

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

London Published by Finlay Publisher for The Orwell Society 2015. Original printed green wraps, as new, one of 500 copies of the first printing of the first edition, with the errata slip pasted in at page 57; 63 pages. ¶ The long overdue gathering of the verse of George Orwell...

Code Universel et Methodique des Nouvelles Lois Francaises, ou Recueil complet de tous les Decrets de l'Assemblee Nationale, divises par ordre de Matieres; avec des notes et explications pour en faciliter l'intelligence et l'execution [etc.]

, · 1791

$850.00 (€771.18 | £643.28 | ¥135,750)

Paris? No Publisher 1791?. Four pages (one sheet folded), the fore-edge untrimmed, rather chipped and somewhat darkened, yet the margins still ample; one copy in OCLC. ¶ The rare prospectus describing the proposed work designed to organize systematically the legislation of the...

Origines Juridiciales, or Historical Memorials of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, Forms of Tryal, Punishment in Cases Criminal, Law-Writers, Law-Books . . . Inns of Court and Chancery [etc.]. Third edition. Wing D2490

Dugdale, William · 1680

$850.00 (€771.18 | £643.28 | ¥135,750)

London Printed for Christop. Wilkinson [and two others] [etc.] 1680. Contemporary calf, ex-library, the front board detached and the title and first leaf loose; with the armorial bookplate of Charles, Viscount Bruce. ¶ The foremost early treatise devoted to the history of the ...

Photograph of the Court, the frame measuring some 14 x 18 inches, the image 9 x 13 inches, a formal pose, all of the justices in their judicial robes, five standing with four behind, with the embossed stamp of Harris & Ewing in the lower left-hand corner

, · 1916

$1,250.00 (€1,134.09 | £945.99 | ¥199,633)

Washington Harris & Ewing 1916-21]. Matted and framed, the frame somewhat scuffed and the photograph somewhat faded, but the features of all of the Justices still clear and distinct. ¶ An early 20th century formal photograph of the Court taken during Brandeis's first years as ...

Erskine [Print]

Woodman, R. · 0

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

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Somers [Print]

Dean, T.A. · 0

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

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Dissertation on the Origin of the English House of Commons, delivered before the Master, Fellows, and Scholars of Trinity College, Cambridge, in June 1777 to which the first Prize of the Year was adjudged

Erskine, Thomas · 1798

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

London Annual Register 1798. Nine pages (pp 443-441), disbound, else very clean with good margins. ¶ A printing of Erskine's first public statement of the history and principles of English law to govern his entire life and career, with a significant reliance on Magna Carta, wa...

Origines Juridiciales, or Historical Memorials of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, Forms of Tryal, Punishment in Cases Criminal, Law-Writers, Law-Books . . . Innes of Court and Chancery [etc.]. Second edition

Dugdale, William · 1671

$1,250.00 (€1,134.09 | £945.99 | ¥199,633)

London Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Rober, John Martin [etc.] 1671. Contemporary calf, worn, front board detached, embrowning; sound. ¶ The foremost early treatise devoted to the history of the legal profession (particularly to the Inns of Court), still of value, termed "...