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
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
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
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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
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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
Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1825. Reprint. 12mo; publisher's sheep over paper-covered wooden boards, gilt-lettered spine; 119pp.; woodcut frontispiece. Binding quite worn with paper almost entirely perished, top quarter of upper cover removed as is 1.5" square at bottom fore-edge corner, light foxing to textblock, 20th century ex libris of an Abigail..... 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
Washington, DC: Lawyers' Literary Club, 1959. Facsimile Reprint of the Second Edition. Two volumes; octavos; publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt-lettered spines; [6],xxxviii,[2],688; xv,[1],691pp. Corners bumped, faint glue residue from previously removed ownership labels to both front pastedowns, later (1990) ownership signature to front free endpapers, else a Very Good, still..... 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
[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
Granville, OH: The Granville Sentinel Publishing Company, 1989. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Signed by the author to noted antitrust-turned-public-interest attorney and law professor Victor H. Kramer and his wife Solveig, with inscription "To: Victor Kramer who taught me to sail, then we were shipwrecked with me at the helm!..... More
Philadelphia: Wm. J. Dornan, 1888. First Edition. Octavo; removed; [2],11pp. Title page separated but present, extremities a bit toned and brittle, faint vertical fold; overall Good, internally fresh. Address delivered by the leading Philadelphia physician on the need to reform the legal system in relation to mental illness..... More