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1952. Presented to Judge Learned Hand by the author. Presented to Judge Learned Hand by the author. Presentation Copy From the Author to Judge Learned Hand Bechtel, Edwin De T. (1880-1957) Hand, Learned. Freedom of the Press and L'Association Mensuelle: Philipon versus Louis-Philippe. New York: Grolier Club, 1952. Edition limited to 750 copies, oblong octavo, [3], 40; [51] pp.… Read more about this item

2002. Montoya, Maria E. Translating Property: The Maxwell Land Grant and the Conflict Over Land in the American West, 1840-1900. Berkeley: University of California Press, [2002]. xvi, 299 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. $45. * Contents: 1. Contested Boundaries; 2. Regulating Land, Labor, and Bodies: Mexican Married Women, Peones, and the Remains of Feudalism; 3.… Read more about this item

1929. Dunn, Frederick Sherwood. The Practice and Procedure of International Confererences. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1929. xiv, 229 pp. Cloth. Ex-library. Property stamps to front free endpaper, otherwise clean. $35. * "The substance of this study was presented in a series of six lectures delivered before the Political science department of the Johns Hopkins university in April and May,… Read more about this item

1991. Eckert, Richard Scott. The Gentlemen of the Profession: The Emergence of Lawyers in Massachusetts, 1630-1810. New York: Garland Pub., 1991. iv, 556 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. Internally clean. $35. * Reprint. Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.); University of Southern California, 1981.

2008. Wilbur, Richard, Project Manager. Lubetkin, Wendy, Editor. Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Geneva, [Switz.]: Office of Public Affairs of the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, [2008]. 47 pp. Softcover. Near-fine. internally clean. $65. * Contents: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, by Mary Ann Glendon; ER: A… Read more about this item

1965. Mundy, John Hine, Editor. Emery, Richard Wilder, Editor. Nelson, Benjamin, Editor. Evans, Austin P., Honoree. Essays in Medieval Life and Thought, Presented in honor of Austin Patterson Evans. New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1965. xviii, 258 pp. Hardcover. Internally clean. Smudging to foredge, else near fine. $45. * Contents: A Scholar Seen by a Publisher, by H.H. Wiggins.… Read more about this item

1895. Bidwell, Austin. From Wall Street to Newgate Via the Primrose Way. Hartford, [Conn.], Bidwell Pub. Co., [1895]. xvi, 538 pp. Cloth. Worn and soiled. Hinge cracked, but holding. Front endpapers detached. Pencil inscription to prologue. $25. * Austin Bidwell was tried at the Old Bailey for ?1,000,000 forgery on the Bank of England.; 40 full page illustrations. (OCLC.).… Read more about this item

1948. Tanner, J.R. English Constitutional Conflicts of the Seventeenth Century, 1603-1689. Originally published: Cambridge: University Press, 1928. Reprint Cambridge, [Eng.]: University Press, 1948. x, 315 pp. Hardcover. Moderate shelfwear and soiling. Previous owner's signature "Lidney Sussex" to front free endpaper. $25.

1835. Detailed Case Notes of an Important Early Mississippi State Supreme Court Judge [Manuscript]. [Mississippi]. [Sharkey, William L. (1798-1873)]. [Notes on Cases]. [Jackson, MS, 1835-1837]. [130] pp. (some leaves removed from center and rear). Three leaves of notes and a receipt (for a law journal subscription) laid in. Quarto (7-1/2" x 6-1/4"). Quarter sheep over marbled boards, gilt spine,… Read more about this item

1989. Sutton, Robert P. Revolution to Secession: Constitution Making in the Old Dominion. Charlottesville, [VA]: University Press of Virginia, [1989]. xii, 284 pp. Hardcover. Fine. Internally clean. $35.

1979. Gawalt, Gerard W. The Promise of Power: The Emergence of the Legal Profession in Massachusetts, 1760-1840. Westport, [Conn.]: Greenwood Press, [1979]. x, 254 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. Internally clean. $25. * From Contributions in Legal Studies; No. 6.

1983. Usher, John A. European Court Practice. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1983. xli, 357 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Offsetting to half-title page, otherwise internally clean. $60.

1951. Jennings, Ivor. The Constitution of Ceylon. [Bombay]: Indian Branch, Oxford University Press, [1951]. Second Edition. xii, 285 pp. Hardcover. Ex-library. Worn and soiled. Shelf location label to foot of spine. Property stamp to front free endpaper. $25. * Ivor Jennings was a British lawyer and academic who served as the vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1961-63)… Read more about this item

1912. Hughes, David John. Purdom, Thomas Hunter. History of the Bar of the County of Middlesex. London: [publisher not identified], [1912]. 52 pp. Original cloth. Light shelfwear. Author's inscription "George [Lull?] Esq / Compliments of T H Purdom" to title page. $125. * Contents: The Early History of the Bar of Middlesex, by David J. Hughes.; A Later History… Read more about this item

1915. Sulzberger, Mayer. The Ancient Hebrew Law of Homicide. Philadelphia: Julius H. Greenstone, 1915. [vi], 160 pp. Cloth bound hardcover. Near-fine. Offsetting to endpapers, else internally clean. $125. * A compilation of five lectures, this work is notable for both its breadth of learning and its cogency of argument. It is also an impressive work of biblical exegesis. Ranging… Read more about this item

1981. Hunnisett, R.F., Editor. Wiltshire Coroners' Bills, 1752-1796. Devizes, [UK]: Wiltshire Record Society, 1981. liv, 239 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean. $35.

1987. Hoyt, Jeff. Abuse of Public Power: New York City and the Formation of Municipal Law, 1846-1866. New York: Garland Pub., 1987. 627 pp. Hardcover. Fine. Internally clean. $30. * Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D. University of Virginia, 1983) under the title: Abuse of Power.

2013. Dyson, Matthew, Editor. Ibbetson, David, Editor. Law and Legal Process: Substantive Law and Procedure in English Legal History. New York: Cambridge University Press, [2013]. xiii, 358 pp. Hardcover. Light shelfwear. Internally clean and bright. $65. * Contents: 1. 'The hypostasis of Prophecy': Legal Realism and Legal History, Charles Donahue, Jr; 2. Chancery, the Justices and the Making of… Read more about this item

1969. Allen, Francis A. The Borderland of Criminal Justice: Essays in Law and Criminology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1969]. ix, 139 pp. Hardcover. Lightly rubbed and soiled. Internally clean. $35.

1973. Drew, Katherine Fischer, Translator. Peters, Edward, Foreword. The Lombard Laws. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, [1973]. xxii, 280 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn price clipped dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Rothair's Edict.; The Laws of King Grimwald.; The Laws of King Liutprand.; The Laws of King Ratchis.; The Laws of King Aistulf.