Instituiçaõ da Companhia Geral do Graõ Pará, e Maranhaõ. (at end): Alvará, por que Vossa Magestade, pelos respeitos nelle declarados, ha por bem confirmar os Capitulos, e Condiçoens da Companhia do Graõ Pará . . (Dated 6 & 7 June 1755.) by [Grão Pará & Maranhão Company] - 1755

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1887 233 pages Edited by J.H.Stoddart Embellished with 36 engravings pasted into the book.Internally in near fine condition subject to moderate browning to end papers and a card with an owners name on the inside front cover.Binding sound (the book has evidently been seldom read) subject to 3 cm crack between inside front cover and fep.Cover quite bright with slight markings.Moderate wear to extremities of spine and a small nick at the bottom.Top corners bumped. An attractive book.

Charlestown / Boston: Samuel Etheridge / Russell and Cutler, Belcher and Armstrong, and Oliver and Munroe, 1807. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. Two booklets bound together concerning the murder trial of Thomas Selfridge. 1.) Charlestown, 1806; 52pp. 2.) Boston, [1807 according to Shaw-Shoemaker] pp.168, [8] including map in the rear. Bound in period quarter sheep with paper boards – well rubbed; edges worn; small repair to upper hinge of front cover. Library blind stamp on title page and second leaf of the first booklet and on p. 100 of the second. The title page in the second booklet contains two tears on the lower half which have been professionally repaired. Pages are lightly age toned with scattered spots of foxing and soiling. Several pages are more heavily age-toned / browned. Occasional small marginal tears are neatly sealed. Early Boston Circulating Library book plate on inside front cover. According to Sabin "A trial of extraordinary interest from the high… Read More

Quarter-calf, front hinge shows wear but firm. Particulars in gilt to spine; raised bands. Some passages underlined in blue ink and name stamp "Servando Diego Jr." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 601 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

NEW ~ Geographical representations of Mexico: Campeche, California, Estado de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Tlaxcala, Los Angeles, Michoacan, San Juan de Ulua. Primarily Spanish colonial, also Aztec. Cartografia de Nueva Espana siglos XVI - XVIII. Fine. Dust jacket slight scuffing, shelf wear. 283 pp. Color illus. Maps. Edition of 1000.

Alton B. Parker, (born May 14, 1852, Cortland, N.Y., U.S.—died May 10, 1926, New York, N.Y.), American jurist and Democratic presidential nominee in 1904, defeated by the incumbent, Theodore Roosevelt. wiki.
Having practiced law in Kingston, N.Y., Parker was elected surrogate of Ulster county in 1877 and reelected six years later. He was appointed to the New York Supreme Court in 1885, the state Appeals Court in 1889, and the appellate division of the state Supreme Court in 1896. From 1898 to 1904 Parker was chief justice of the New York Court of Appeals. On the bench, he was noted for upholding the rights of labour and acquired a reputation for fairness, competence, and courtesy. He was persuaded to run for President. but was defeated, taking only 38 percent of the popular vote and winning 140 electoral votes to Roosevelt's 336. Thereafter he returned to his law practice.1 edition of his address was published in 1908 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

London: Butterworth & Co. 1896, 2nd edition. (Hardcover) 570pp. Very good. Index. The spine is slightly discolored, and there is some underlining on a few pages near the front. Originally published as Histoire de la Legislation Romaine et Generalisation du Droit. Revised by John Cutler. Translated by David Nasmith & Iltudus T. Prichard. Locale: Ancient Rome. (Law).

London: William Maxwell & Son, 1876. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. [xliv], 962, with a Second part at the end covering the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876 pp. [4], 59, [3]. Maroon cloth, sturdily re-backed preserving original spine. Paper spine label worn. Cloth discolored on the lower front cover near the hinge. Small area of discoloration at the bottom of the spine caused by former shelf sticker. Library impress stamp on the title page. "Withdrawn" ticket on inside front cover. Pages are generally clean with a few miniscule marginal tears and a couple of light pencil notations.

Historical significance by the inventor, author and publisher. Hardcover book is 48 pages, no dust jacket, ink spot on cover, worn around the edges and corners. The exterior pages are red. The sales brochure was designed to fit inside the book. No others currently being marketed at this time.

Paris: Charles Maurier, 1835. Hard Cover. Good +. Imprimerie de Madam de Lacombe. [4], 194 p.; 20 cm. Disbound. An account of the trial of French cavalry officer Emile François Guillaume, comte Clément de La Roncière (1803-1874). The victim of a legal scandal, he later became the 8th French governor of Tahiti. Very scarce. In Good+ Condition: light foxing throughout; several page opened carelessly; otherwise, clean and solid.

Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1862. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. 267, [1]. Period dark brown publisher’s cloth. Re-backed preserving the original spine. Board edges are carefully repaired; covers show some rubbing and spots of discoloration. Interior is generally clean with occasional small spots of foxing. A small chip is present on the outer edge of the title page; the front free end paper contains a larger chip. A case reference note is written in an early hand bellow the first part of the title on the title page. The inside front cover contains a small tag with handwritten initials. Published court transcript of the famous trial of George C. Hersey for the poisoning / murder of his sister-in-law to be Betsy Frances Tirrell (who was pregnant by him). Hersey was convicted and hanged. The preface claims that as of 1862 this book "is believed to be the only published trial for murder in which the presence of strychnine has been detected by chemical analysis in the… Read More