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
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
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, 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
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
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
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
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. First Edition. Octavo. 114 pages. Printed blue and off-white dust jacket with $1 price on front panel at end of text. Navy blue boards with spine and front panel stamped in silver. Dust jacket has nickel-sized chip at bottom..... More
Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co., 1892. Fourth Edition, Revised. Octavo. 627 pages + 4 p. advertisements. Ex-library with standard internal markings, but nothing on exterior. Brown boards are stamped in gilt at spine. Worn at extremities, but binding and interior sound. A history of law as implemented in..... More
New York: One World, 2019. Later Printing. Octavo. 305 pages. Unread. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket over black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shows a touch of wear at extremities. Boards are sturdy and square in binding, and interior is unmarked. Kendi won the National..... More
New York: Russell & Russell, 1965. Reprint of 1938 Edition. Signed by Clark to Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart on front free endpaper with inscription, "To Mr. Justice Potter Stewart with the high regard of the author Jane Perry Clark Carey." Additional signed, handwritten letter laid in on L'Alberone letterhead..... More
Washington, D.C.: Washington Law Book Co., 1941. First Edition. Octavo; xxx + 751pp, including index. Blue "leatherized" cloth with blind-stamped frame on face and central cartouche containing title and author's name in gold; gold lettering on spine with title between two faux raised bands. Unusual fold-out four-color "Kaleidoscope of Justice"..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1939. First Edition. Tall Octavo. 503 pages. Navy boards with spine stamped in gilt. Worn and spine ends and corners, but binding and interior sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1965. First Edition. Inscribed by author.on front free endpaper: "For Bill & Harriett, with all best wishes, Love, Larry." Octavo; ix + 385pp, including index. Photographic dust jacket with orange tint. Burgundy cloth with silver lettering on front panel and spine. Unclipped dust jacket..... More
Rome: Edizioni Punctum, 2005. First Edition. Signed by photographer on title page, which is gathered with text at the end rather than the beginning of the volume. Octavo; unpaginated [76pp + xiii]. Sixty-two full-page photographs in color and B&W. Ancillary text in parallel Italian and English. Coated paper on boards;..... More
![Charles Evans Hughes [Two Volumes in Slipcase]. Merlo J. Pusey](/pictures/thumb/6096.jpg?v=1581445748)
New York: Columbia University Press, 1963. Third Printing. Octavos; 409pp, 411-829pp. Onionskin dust jackets over black cloth with gilt lettering. Housed in slipcase with copper title card. Jackets chipped along edges. Boards lightly worn. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase faded at edges with some scuffs and chips, but..... More
![The Spirit of Laws [L'Esprit des lois] with D'Alembert's Analysis of the Work (Two Volumes)....](/pictures/thumb/6419.jpg?v=1592736800)
London: George Bell and Sons / Bohn's Standard Library, 1878. 12mo; Vol I xlviii + 356pp; Vol II xii + 400pp, including index. Half calf with raised spine bands; crimson and black spine labels; gilt lettering and ornaments in spine compartments. Boards in small comb marbling, as are endpapers. All..... More
![Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Michigan: 1907-1908 [Two Volume Set]....](/pictures/thumb/6474.jpg?v=1593187091)
Lansing: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., State Printers, 1908. Volumes I and II. Large Octavo. 912 p.; [ii] 914-1826 pages. Volume One in brown boards rebacked in brown library cloth with spine stamped in black and gilt. Leather tip remnants. Volume Two in brown boards and quarter sheep with black spine..... More
![Is Drew Guilty? [wrapper title]. Peter V. Cacchione](/pictures/thumb/5857.jpg?v=1576605520)
New York: Peter V. Cacchione, [1944]. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Octavo. 23 pages. An attempt by New York City Councilman Cacchione to explain the facts surrounding the case of Brooklyn Patrolman James LeRoy Drew, who was accused of Anti-Semitism and was cleared and restored to his duties after an investigation..... More
Roger Brooke Taney was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1836 through 1864. He was an antagonist of Lincoln, a Southern sympathizer, and, most famously, ruled in 1857 in the Dred Scott case that African Americans could not be considered citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery... More
![End Marijuana Prohibition, Washington, DC: High Noon, Friday July, 4th 2003 [Poster Title]. Steve...](/pictures/thumb/6572.jpg?v=1593803886)
Washington, DC: Fourth of July Hemp Coalition, 2003. Small Poster. Colorfully illustrated recto, text on verso. 14" x 8 1/2". The artist for the poster, Steve Marcus, has produced illustrations for "popular and unpopular culture" for decades, creating art for MTV, the Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon, among others..... More
Hardcover. Fort Leavenworth: The General Service Schools Press, 1925. First Edition. Octavo; xii + 330pp, including appendices of military legal statutes and index. Tan boards with black lettering on spine and front panel. Moderately soiled from use; nudging to crown and foot of spine; corners scuffed. Green endpapers; first..... More
Reprint. Lucknow: Eastern Book Company, 1977. Reprint of 1975 edition with new Supplement. Octavo. 311 pages. Inscribed to previous owner on front free endpaper, but we have been unable to determine definitively if the signature comes from the author. Illustrated dust jacket with 40 rupee price present. Black boards with..... More
First Edition. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First Edition.0 Octavo. 255 pages. Inscribed by author on title page to William Safire. Inscription reads, "For Bill - / My friend who was / very much responsible for the / publication of this first work. Thanks, / Sammy Rawls / 9..... More
New York: Banks & Brothers, 1882. Third Edition. Octavo. xvii, 476 pages. Ex-library [Library of Congress] with standard library markings. Tan buckram with red and black spine labels stamped in gilt. Moderate wear to edges; soiling to boards; signs of damp staining, but appears to be only cosmetic..... More