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SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE
by LOCKMILLER, David A
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- Used - Slightly musty. Near Fine in a Good but tired dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- 1938
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$74.10
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Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Slightly musty. Near Fine in a Good but tired dustwrapper. Scholary biography of this great legal mind. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Joseph De Caro/with best wishes/David A. Lockmiller/Nov. 4, 1939."
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NZ$74.10
THE STORY OF MY LIFE
by DARROW, Clarence
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- Used - Bookplate on front pastedown; scattered marginal pencil marks in margins. Small tear at top front corner of the spine, minor chi
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- First Edition
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$3,806.32
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New York & London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown; scattered marginal pencil marks in margins. Small tear at top front corner of the spine, minor chipping to spine label with some light soiling to the spine. Very Good. Large octavo (6-1/4" x 9-5/8") bound in publisher's cloth-backed boards. Illustrated with a color… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$3,806.32
MEMOIR OF JOHN HOWE PEYTON, IN SKETCHES BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES, Together with Some of His Public and Private Letters, Etc., Also a Sketch of Ann M. Peyton
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- Used - Slightly shaken. Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1894
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$74.10
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Staunton, VA: A. B. Blackburn & Co., 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Slightly shaken. Very Good. Gray cloth stamped in black; [ii], vi, 3-297 pages. Compiled by the Author of the History of Augusta County. Includes many letters by "one of Virginia's purest men and greatest lawyers." HOWES P-278.
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NZ$74.10
FARMINGTON
by DARROW, Clarence
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- Used - Near Fine in a lightly worn, Very Good dustwrapper
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- New Edition
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$3,171.94
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. New Edition. hardcover. Near Fine in a lightly worn, Very Good dustwrapper. First printing of the new edition of 1932 with a new preface by the author dated August 1932. A novel that is really a thinly disguised autobiography of the great labor lawyer, most famous for his role in the Scopes… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$3,171.94
THE LAW BOOK PRICE GUIDE: A Market Value Reference for Antiquarian, Out-of-Print and Rare Law Boks and Documents and Other Law-Related Materials
by ADAMIAK, Richard
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- Used - Fine, issued without dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1983)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$158.68
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Chicago: Richard Adamiak, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Cloth. Quarto; xvi, 376 pages with index and bibliography. Page-by-page reproductions of various catalogs dated 1975 - 1982 from leading antiquarian booksellers specializing in the legal field. While the prices, of course, are dated, the detailed descriptions are quite valuable. The type is often very small but… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$158.68
THE CHARLEMAGNE TOWER COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COLONIAL LAWS
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- Used - Uncut and largely unopened. Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1890
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$264.41
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[Philadelphia]: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania [J. B. Lippincott Company], 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Uncut and largely unopened. Near Fine. Pebbled black cloth. Quarto; 298 pages. Contains a biography of Tower as well as a detailed catalog of American Laws. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Tower on the front endpaper and scarce as such: "To/D. Mc N. Stauffer Esqre/with… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$264.41
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by FRANKFURTER, Felix
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- Used - Normal creases from mailing. Fine
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- 9 April 1953
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- Letter
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$951.58
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Washington, D.C., 9 April 1953. Letter. Normal creases from mailing. Fine. A gracious two-page handwritten letter SIGNED "Felix" on Supreme Court of the United States stationery (4-1/2" x 6-7/8") to historian Samuel Eliot Morison and his wife, Priscilla. In full: "The company was worthy of the Mouton Rothschild, and the magnum was worthy of the company. What a… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$951.58
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, Jr
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- Used - Minor toning to the edges and mounting remnants, else Very Good
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- 2 January 1894
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- Letter
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$2,114.62
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Boston, 2 January 1894. Letter. Minor toning to the edges and mounting remnants, else Very Good. A fine 1-1/4 page letter of @50 words on Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 4-7/8" x 8" stationery SIGNED by the Justice to an unnamed correspondent. Holmes transmits the address of an editor that his correspondent might contact in order to have a… Read more about this item Item Price
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A DEFENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AGAINST THE ATTACK OF M. TURGOT IN HIS LETTER TO DR. PRICE, DATED THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1778
by ADAMS, John
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- Used - Pencil signature on front pastedown of each volume, ink signature "Blair" dated 1798 on the title page of the first volume, the
- Edition
- Third Edition
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- 1797
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$8,458.50
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Philadelphia: Budd and Bartram, For William Cobbett [volume 1]; H. Sweitzer for William Cobbett [volume 2]; William Young for William Cobbett [volume 3], 1797. Third Edition. Hardcover. Pencil signature on front pastedown of each volume, ink signature "Blair" dated 1798 on the title page of the first volume, the title page of the third volume browned but in general… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$8,458.50
SPEECHES
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, Jr
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- Used - Near Fine example of a scarce title
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1891
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$1,797.43
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine example of a scarce title. Original gilt-lettered white cloth. We have handled several copies of this title over the years and all have been bound in printed boards. This is the first time we have seen this binding which is fancier and likely produced in a much… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,797.43
THE GRANTS, CONCESSIONS, AND ORIGINAL CONSTITUTIONS OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW-JERSEY. THE ACTS PASSED DURING THE PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHER MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS BEFORE THE SURRENDER THEREOF TO QUEEN ANNE. THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER, AND HER FORMAL ACCEPTANCE THEREOF. LORD CORNBURY'S COMMISSION AND INSTRUCTIONS CONSEQUENT THEREON...
by [NEW JERSEY LAW] LEAMING, Aaron and SPICER, Jacob
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- Used - Title page with a few repaired tears hinged with following Preface page; two adjoining leaves (pages 441-444) of text lacking an
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- First Edition
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- [1758]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$7,401.19
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Philadelphia: W[illiam] Bradford , [1758]. First Edition. Hardcover. Title page with a few repaired tears hinged with following Preface page; two adjoining leaves (pages 441-444) of text lacking and supplied with facsimiles. Contents Very Good, binding about Fine. Folio (7-1/4" x 11-1/2") bound in contemporary calf leather with a decorative blindstamped border, recently rebacked with a new gilt-lettered… Read more about this item Item Price
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW-JERSEY, FROM THE SURRENDER OF THE GOVERNMENT TO QUEEN ANNE...
by [NEW JERSEY LAW] ALLINSON, Samuel (compiler)
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- Used - Light to moderate foxing, typical for American paper of this period. Near Fine in an attractive binding
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1776
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$2,114.62
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Burlington, NJ: Isaac Collins, 1776. First Edition. Hardcover. Light to moderate foxing, typical for American paper of this period. Near Fine in an attractive binding. Folio (8-3/4" x 13-1/8") bound by Brentano's in twentieth century 3/4 polished calf leather with a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; viii, 493, [1], 6, 4, 4, 3, [1],… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$2,114.62
AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FEBRUARY 23, 1852
by WEBSTER, Daniel
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- Used - Moderate age toning. Minor wear to wrappers, the front wrapper neatly detached. Vertical crease down center. Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1852
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- Wraps
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$2,008.89
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New York: Press of the Historical Society, 1852. First Edition. Wraps. Moderate age toning. Minor wear to wrappers, the front wrapper neatly detached. Vertical crease down center. Very Good. Octavo (5.5" x 8.74") pamphlet bound in printed wraps; 57 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the orator on the title page to "For Mrs. Paige; with the/love & affection… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$2,008.89
RESPONSIBILITY IN MENTAL DISEASE
by MAUDSLEY, Henry
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- Used - Rear hinge cracking but cover still fairly tight. Rubbed, corners worn. Good or better
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- Authorized Edition
- Published
- 1896
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$95.24
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. Authorized Edition. Hardcover. Rear hinge cracking but cover still fairly tight. Rubbed, corners worn. Good or better. Contemporary 1/2 morocco and marbled boards. Includes a chapter on Law & Insanity.Rubbed, corners worn. Good or better
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