Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States.. Complete Set in Nine Volumes

New York and Washington City: Printed By C. Wiley, Isaac Riley and Daniel Rapine, 1804. The complete set, in nine volumes, published 1804, 1812, 1816 and 1817. Recently professionally rebound in full dark brown goat sweps imitation leather, spines with two new imitation labels similar to original, saving original flysheets and adding new parchment end papers while retaining the original bookplate in Volume One of John H. Peyton (John Howe Peyton (1778-1847)), a Virginia lawyer and planter who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. Volume One is a First Edition, Washington City, Published for John Conrad and Co.. Volumes Two-Four are Second Editions, so stated at title page, printed in New York in 1812 by C. Wiley. Volumes Five and Six are First Editions, printed in New York in 1812 by Isaac Riley. Volumes Seven - Nine are First Editions, printed in Washington City by Daniel Rapine, Vols. Seven and Eight in 1816 and Vol. Nine in 1817. Published over a period of fourteen years in three different cities by three different printers, RARE in either the First or Second Editions of any of the volumes. Near Fine, uniform browning and scattered toning to interiors, in lovely new bindings that can be handled for years to come.. Front end pages Vols. 2-9 with the small stamp of Brownlee & Brother. Title pages Vols. 2-9 inscribed by D. D. Pratt, with his blindstamp. Daniel Darwin Pratt (October 26, 1813 - June 17, 1877) was a United States Senator from Indiana, 1869 - 1875, and Commissioner of Internal Revenue, holding that office in 1875 and 1876. A complete set, with Vol. One added to the Pratt Volumes Two-Nine, with good historical provenance. William Cranch was the 2nd Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1802 to 1815. Cranch's Reports contain accounts of over 350 cases from the court of Justice John Marshall, including Marbury vs. Madison, that are basic to the history of the Supreme Court and helped to form the backbone of our American Constitutional system of law. RARE. . First Edition. Imitation Leather . Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.