Law

London: Samuel Billingsley, 1747 The twelfth Lord Lovat, who had been a notorious Jacobite intriguer, was apprehended following the battle of Culloden, tried in Westminster Hall in 1746/7 , and beheaded on 9 April 1747. pp 180 . Internally in very good condition, modern quarter-leather binding

Bristol: John Agg, 1809 Abridged version. pp 84. Internally very good subject to some staining affecting the first couple of pages.Recently rebound in marbled boards and calf spine.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia: John S. Littell. 1833-1836., 1833. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Nine of the first eleven volumes of this periodical series devoted to reprinting contemporary English legal treatises. Uniformly bound in (?publisher's) half leather over marbled boards, labelled "Law Library" with volume number; leather worn, dry and crackling; labels worn, chipped, one missing; boards soiled and fraying at edges. Light to heavy foxing throughout; some dampstaining. Each volume includes a main title-page and a table of the treatises reprinted in the volume, except the second volume (which contains only one treatise) does not have a table. The series ran from 1833-1860 and reached 104 volumes. Writing about the series in 1847, Marvin said that the "early volumes are out of print, and the publishers, from time to time, number the volumes of the series from a period when they can furnish the consecutive volumes." Legal Bibliography, p. 450. Contents: *Volume I.… Read More

1546. 3 titles: Lyons: 1539,1545,1546. 3 titles: Lyons: 1539,1545,1546. Three Scarce Titles by Alciati, Including a Collection of Consilia Relating to Dueling Alciati, Andrea [1492-1550]. In Digestorum Seu Pandectarum Librum XII qui De Rebus Creditis Primus est, Rubric. Si Certum Petatur, Commentarius: Longe Doctissimus Atque Utilissimus: Una cum Vocum ac Rerum Toto hoc in Libro Notabilium Indice Diligentissimo. Lyons: Apud Iacobum Giunta, 1546. 387, [21] pp. [Bound with] Alciati, Andrea. Parerga: Andreae Alciati Iurisconsulti Mediolanensis PARERGON Iuris Libri Tres, Cum Argumentis Capitum in Eosdem, & Indice Vocum, Rerum, Autoritatum, & Locorum Notatu Dignorum. Lyons: Apud Jacobum Giunctam, 1539. [xxxii], 190 pp. [And] Alciati, Andrea. De Singulari Certamine Liber: Eiusdem Consilium in Materia Duelli, Exceptum ex Libro Quinto Responsorum. Lyons: Apud Theobaldum Paganum, 1545. 111, [1] pp. Octavo 6-1/4" x 4-1/4" (15.8 x 10.8 cm). Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, early hand-lettered titles to… Read More

1947 National Safety Council, Chicago trade hardcover format with dustjacket. Dustjacket in overall Very Good minus condition, two enclosed rips along the seam of the front panel, spine end extremities chipped, top spine is chipped, light overall aging; looks very good in brodart protective sleeve. The dustjacket is printing on low quality paper, it's nice to find one in any condition. "Ellington Air Force Base; Ground Safety Deps; Dec. 1953" is penned in lead based ink on the ffep and grounds the history on this piece. One lead based ink dot that bleeds through page 47 to 48, top edge lightly toned, else pages are clean & unmarked. Included to the photographic illustrations in the book are pictures of men in uniform representing all 50 states, photographs of police vehicles of that day, a early Texas Ranger on horseback & more. Red cloth covered boards are clean, faint wear on the corners, spine end extremities, gold lettering on spine is fine. Binding tight & straight. In overall Very Good / Very… Read More

London: s.n., 1679. Pamphlet. Near Fine -. [2], 12 p.; 30 cm. Signatures: [A]2 B-C2 D1 (folio). Pages are untrimmed. "4" in ink at lower edge of title page. Wing I-78. Published anonymously but attributed to the defendant, Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Conwallis (1655-1698), who was tried for murder. He and another man, Charles Gerrard, while drunk and disorderly in the middle of the night threatened a sentinel (who was able to defend himself) and then two young men who were passing by. Gerrard attacked one of the young men, breaking his neck and killing him. Cornwallis was found not guilty of murder (although six of his peers found him guilty of manslaughter). In Near Fine- Condition: pages are lightly soiled.

1802. 3 vols. Paris, 1802 1st ed. 3 vols. Paris, 1802 1st ed. First Edition of Bentham's Theory of Legislation Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832]. Dumont, Pierre Etienne Louis [1759-1829], Editor and Translator. Traites de Legislation Civile et Penale, Precedes de Principes Generaux de Legislation, Et d'une Vue d'un Corps Complet de Droit: Termines par un Essai sur l'Influence des Terms et des Lieux Relativement aux Lois. Paris: Chez Bossange, Masson et Besson, 1802. Three volumes. xlii, 370; xx, 434; viii, 452 pp. Each volume has half-title. Complete set. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title and ornaments to spine. Negligible light rubbing to boards and extremities, corners bumped and lightly worn, small chip to rear board of Volume II near upper corner, early owner bookplate to front free endpaper of Volume I, small institution inkstamps to half-titles of Volumes I and III and title page of Volume II. Moderate toning, light foxing in a few places in each volume.… Read More

Sinclair, Upton. Boston: A Novel. Complete in two volumes by Upton Sinclair. The Sacco & Vanzetti Case. Albert and Charles Boni, NY. 1928 1st Edition. Used. Good Condition/ No Dust jackets included. Green, embossed Independence Hall with golden dome front boards. Pages no longer bright. Please see our photos. Based on the true story of Industrial Age Massachusetts. Per Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. site. "The trial resulted from the murders in South Braintree, Massachusetts, on April 15, 1920, of F.A. Parmenter, paymaster of a shoe factory, and Alessandro Berardelli, the guard accompanying him, in order to secure the payroll that they were carrying. On May 5 Sacco & Vanzetti , two Italian anarchists who had immigrated to the United States in 1908, one a shoemaker and the other a fish peddler, were arrested for (and later executed for) the crime..the two men were sentenced to death on April 9, 1927."

1823. Nineteenth-Century Archive Concerning American Tariffs [Archive]. [Tariff Laws]. [Pamphlets, Circulars, Offprints and Letters Concerning Tariffs]. Massachusetts, New York and Washington, DC, 1823-1902. 72 items, comprising 42 pamphlets, 12 offprints, 10 circulars and 8 letters, sizes range from 5-1/4" x 3-1/4" to 12-1/2" x 9-1/2." Light to moderate toning, browning to a few pieces, fold lines, minor wear and soiling, a few items neatly split along fold lines. $1,800. * A representative sampling of issues concerning tariffs during the nineteenth century, this archive includes analytical and polemical pieces, speeches, printings of U.S. Congressional bills and letters. Most of the items date from the 1870s, 1880s and 1890s, the decades of the "Gilded Age," a period of rapid economic growth, considerable income inequality, labor unrest and the beginnings of the modern global economy. Two of the letters are addressed to members of the U.S. Congress, two are (unrelated) replies from U.S.… Read More

LECTURES on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery As Exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery In the United States with the Duties of Masters to Slaves.
William A Smith DD, President of Randolph-Macon College And Professor Of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy
Edited by Thomas O Summers, DD Stevenson and Evans 1856, Nashville, Tenn Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by WILLIAM A. SMITH, In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY A. A. STITT, SOUTHERN METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE, NASHVILLE, TENN.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The book consists of thirteen lectures on the subject of slavery as was given to students of Moral Science in Randolph Macon College. The author presents lectures on the various components of slavery. His main reason for agreeing with the institution is that is "a fundamental… Read More

1781 History of a French Spy American Revolution Benjamin Franklin Espionage
'History of a French Spy' is a story of French espionage during the American Revolution by Remy Delauney.
In the first part of 1778, King Louis XVI of France signed the Treaty of Alliance which promised military support between France and the United States against Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin ordered and drew the treaty for the French government to sign. This book tells of the conversations between Franklin and French naval officers.
Item number: #11218
Price: $950
DELAUNEY, Remy
Histoire d'un pou françois; ou, L'espion d'une nouvelle espece, tant en France, qu'en Angleterre.
A Paris : 1781. 1st edition

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Quarto (12 1/4 X 8 inches) England: Printed by Edward Jones in the Savoy, And Published by him and Randal Taylor near Stationers Hall, 1693. First Edition. 64 pages (pages 29-32 are misnumbered with no loss) containing testimony and the transcript of a sensational murder trial that later figured in Thackery's Henry Esmond; hardcover, bound in nineteenth century course grained half calf, with matching corners, and marbled paper over boards. Very good condition (showing normal shelf wear to corners and along spine), printed on wove paper (minor age blemishes to a few pages, not affecting text or contents), armorial bookplate.

A contemporary record of a murder trial, "... contain(ing) all the requisite elements to command attention: the death of a popular celebrity actor; the attempted kidnap of another; and the involvement of an underage member of the peerage .... "

"The ensuing trial proceedings proved one of the society events of the year." A record of intrigue that drew the attention, at the time,… Read More

Du Maurier, Daphne: Jamaica Inn Copyright 1936, states 1937 on the title page. Doubleday Doran & Co. QUITE RARE. Used. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED. 332 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼. Plot summary: "Shadows moved across the moor. Horses' hoofs rang sharply on the stone pathway. They had come again - the mysterious visitors who arrived at Jamaica Inn under cover of darkness...Here is a story of passion, treachery and death. Of a beautiful woman caught in the web of a dangerous intrigue. And of her compelling love for a scoundrel. Daphne du Maurier tells this strange tale of the suspense and excitement which characterizes her internationally famous novels Rebecca and The Scapegoat"

Detectives of Europe and America, or Life in the Secret Service. A Selection of Celebrated Cases in Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Poland, Egypt, and America. A Revelation of Struggles and Triumphs of the Most Renowned Detectives on the Globe for the Past Twenty-Five Years. Profusely illustrated. Edited by George S McWatters, Late Member of the American Secret Service. Hartford: The J B Burr Publishing Co., 1880.
Condition: Re-backed with original spine piece re-applied as pictured. NOT a former library book, Gilt on cover is bright. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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Agatha Christie. Evil Under The Sun (A Hercule Poirot Detective Novel). WITH NEW FAX JACKET. Copyright 1940,1941 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. Dodd, Mead First American Edition. USED. Good-Condition. Light Blue cloth cover. Fabric is split at spine. 260 pages. 5 ½ X 8 Inches. "Synopsis. A quiet holiday at a secluded hotel in Devon is all that Hercule Poirot wants, but among his fellow guests is a beautiful and vain woman who, seemingly oblivious to her own husband, revels in the attention of another woman's husband."