London: Printed for R. Edwards, 1792. Apparent second edition, preceded by an undated edition assigned the publication date [1785?] by ESTC. Octavo. [2], vii, [1], 178 pp. Lacking half title and final blank leaf. Recent blue paper wrappers. Wraps chipped and toned. Light toning and spotting to pages, but overall..... More
New Orleans: A.D. O'Brien, Jr., Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Comb-bound wraps. Octavo. 218 pages with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on cover verso with inscription, "To Judge Wright in memory / of our friendship and some / very pleasant times working / together / Dallam O'Brien."... More
N.p.: n.p., [1983?]. Modern reprint with facsimile title page. Octavo. (iv), 480, xix pages. Rebound in modern tan buckram with black and red leather spine label stamped in gilt. Ex-library [Library of Congress] with standard library markings. "Reprinted in Taiwan" on copyright page. Alexander James Dallas was the first..... More
Philadelphia: J. Ormrod, 1799. First Edition. Octavo. (v), 519, xiii pages. Rebound in modern tan buckram with black and red leather spine label stamped in gilt. Ex-library [Library of Congress]. Alexander James Dallas was the first U.S. Supreme Court Reporter and would later serve as Treasury Secretary under..... More
Philadelphia: P. Byrne, by Fry and Kammerer, 1807. First Edition. Octavo. pp. (iv), 472, xxxiv, (xi + 1 page publisher's advertisements). Rebound in modern tan cloth with black and crimson leather spine label stamped in gilt. Ex-library [Library of Congress] with usual library markings. Boards are worn with..... More
Philadelphia, P.H. Nicklin and T. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1830. Volume I, Third Edition. Octavo. 538 pages. Tan buckram with black leather spine label stamped in gilt. Ex-library [Library of Congress]. Ownership stamp of George S. Graham to front and rear pastedowns. Graham was a member of Congress from Pennsylvania..... More
Rochester, NY: Lawyers' Co-Operative Publishing Co., 1910. First Edition. Large octavo; publisher's maroon gilt-lettered cloth, grey topstain; xxiv,501pp.; photographic illus. throughout, five stereoviews printed on three leaves loosely inserted as issued in chemise mounted to rear pastedown. Some shelf wear to cloth margins, spine gilt significantly dulled, both hinges cracked..... More
New York: Blast Books, 1997. First Edition (published simultaneously in hard- and softcover). Oblong Quarto (23x25.5x1.5cm); 159pp, including appended transcripts of media reports on the crimes committed by those in the photographs. Seventy mugshot pairs, reprinted full-page from the original glass plates. Coated photographic wrappers over sewn gatherings. Covers clean..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in black; [6],267pp.; frontispiece. Some light shelf wear with brief exposure at spine ends and corners, spine a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. More
New York: Julian Messner, 1961. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white dust jacket printed in black and green; vi,281pp. Dust jacket a bit dust-soiled, verso backed with archival paper, color touch-ups along extremities occasionally affecting text including part of the price (still legibly $6.00); corners bumped, else a Very..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, Law Publishers and Booksellers, 1853. First Edition. Octavo. 650 pages. Ex-library copy (Library of Congress) with usual institutional markings. Rebound in modern maroon cloth with new LOC endpapers, and spine stamped in white. Light wear to extremities. Binding is sound. Aside from institutional markings..... More
Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1851. Fifth Edition. 12mo. [12]; vi; 7-130 pp. Blind-stamped brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards scuffed and lightly chipped. Binding is sound. Dampstain to top page edges not touching text and largely diminishing halfway through; generally light but occasionally heavy foxing throughout..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980. First Edition. Octavo. 205 pages. Maroon and white dust jacket over black boards with gilt lettering. Jacket shows some toning, creasing, and some light chipping along edges. Black boards are stamped in gilt. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
![Item #6546 International Law for Seagoing Officers - Fifth Edition [Signed]. Burdick H. Brittin](/pictures/thumb/6546.jpeg?v=1595445066)
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1986. Fifth Edition. Signed by Brittin on title page with inscription, "For Stella Matalas - whose skill in making me be accurate in the interview will long be remembered with pleasure! Cheers, Burdick Brittin, Sept 1986." Octavo. 503 pages. Illustrated blue dust jacket over green..... More
![Item #14058 The Supreme Court in United States History [Three volumes]. Charles Warren](/pictures/thumb/14058.jpg?v=1662070473)
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1923. Mixed printings, with first and second volumes Later Printings (1923) and the third volume a First. Three octavo volumes. 540 pp.; 551 pp.; 532 pp. Black and white photographs and portraits to each volume, complete. Maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine. Dark topstains..... More
Boston, MA: Benjamin Russell, 1790. Saturday July 17, 1790. Folio. 4 pp., printed four columns per page. General wear and light spotting with some chipping to edges. Includes what would come to be known as the Copyright Act of 1790, passed by Congress the previous Spring and signed..... More
Paris: Bernard Grasset, [1978]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's white photo-illustrated card wrappers; 248pp. Minor wear from handling, wrappers a bit yellowed, brief soil to rear cover, else Very Good and sound. Account of the treason trial in the Soviet Union of the Jewish oppositionist Anatoly Chtcharansky. More
New York: The New Press, 2003. First Edition. Inscribed by author on title page: "9-30-03. For Bill—Thanks for all your work for equal justice for all over the years. David Cole." Octavo; xiii + 315pp, including index. Photographic dust jacket. Gray boards with black spine and silver spine lettering... More
New York: John A. Gray & Green, Printers and Stereotypers, 1864. Octavo. 80 pages. Removed. Biopredation along edges of front and rear. Some scuffing and toning. Holding in binding. A serviceable copy. More
London: Pluto Press, 1976. First Edition. Octavo. 172 pp. + advertisements. Photographic wraps. Covers edgeworn, spine faded, bit of creasing towards edges with sticker to rear. Wraps curl slightly towards edges. Binding is sound. Black marker to fore-edge, stamp and black marker marks to half to half title..... More
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1992. First Edition. Octavo. 624 pp. Printed dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly worn along edges with one chip to bottom edge of rear panel. Boards show light shelfwear and binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper..... More
Philadelphia: Press of M.D. Wood Printing Company, 1899. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's red textured paper-covered boards, upper cover lettered and ruled in gilt, all edges gilt; 63pp. Extremities a bit scuffed, evidence of glue residue to front endpapers from previously removed materials, rear hinge cracked but holding, mid-20th century..... More
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1944. First Edition. Octavo; xii, 155pp. Publisher's blue cloth with light blue lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. "Generalny Konsulat Ceskoslovenske Republiky, New York" stamp to title page with pen call number written adjacent, but no other library marks or additions. Boards..... More
[Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1991]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's grey pictorial glossy card wrappers; vii,[1],241pp. Very light wear from handling, else Fine. More
New York: Leavitt & Company, 1849. First Edition. Octavo. 268 pp.; fold-out map, "Map and Plan to Illustrated the Battle of Long Island Aug. 27th, 1776." Blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards chipped at extremities with loss; corners bumped and exposure to edges. Binding is..... More