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2003. ISBN-13: 9781584772934; ISBN-10: 158477293X. Babbitt, Charles J. Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws Statutory Revisions, Compilations, Codes, Etc., and Constitutional Conventions of the United States and its Possessions and of the Several States to May, 1912. Originally published: [Boston]: The Trustees of the State Library of Massachusetts, [1912]. 634 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772934. ISBN-10: 158477293X. Hardcover. New. $125. * A hand-list of statute law defining the location of the text of every legislative session that has occurred in the United States and its possessions to 1912, including every volume containing session laws or revisions and compilations of laws. Compiled for the State Library of Massachusetts by Charles J. Babbitt under the direction of Charles F.D. Belden, the State Librarian at the time of the compilation. The historical and bibliographic details provided include a synopsis of the political situation that… Read More

1677. Grand Juries Must Indict in All "Cases of Blood" Babington, Zachary. Advice to Grand Jurors in Cases of Blood. Asserting from Law and Reason that at the King's Suit in All Cases (Where a Person by Law is to be Indicted for Killing of Another Person) That the Indictment Ought to be Drawn for Murther, And That the Grand Jury Ought to Find it Murther, Where Their Evidence is That the Party Intended to be Indicted had his Hands in Blood, And Did Kill the Other Person. London: Printed for John Amery, 1677. [xxxii], 216 pp. With initial imprimatur leaf. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, blind fillets to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few spots, nicks, scuffs and scratches to boards, which are bowing slightly, moderate rubbing to extremities, front joint starting at head, a few small worm holes to rear joint, hinges cracked, armorial bookplate (of Richard Hopton) to front pastedown, brief recent annotations to front free endpaper, which is… Read More

1677. Grand Juries Must Indict in All "Cases of Blood" Babington, Zachary. Advice to Grand Jurors in Cases of Blood. Asserting from Law and Reason that at the King's Suit in All Cases (Where a Person by Law is to be Indicted for Killing of Another Person) That the Indictment Ought to be Drawn for Murther, And That the Grand Jury Ought to Find it Murther, Where Their Evidence is That the Party Intended to be Indicted had his Hands in Blood, And Did Kill the Other Person. London: Printed for John Amery, 1677. [xxxii], 216 pp. With initial imprimatur leaf. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt panels to boards, gilt-edged raised bands to spine. gilt tooling to board edges, edges of text block rouged. Light rubbing to extremities, moderate wear to head of spine, corners bumped, front hinged cracked, rear hinge starting, upper outside corner torn from front free endpaper and following endleaf (fragment of early signature to front free endpaper remains). Moderate toning to interior,… Read More

1857. A Scarce Cuban Textbook on the Philosophy of Law Bachiller y Morales, Antonio [1812-1889]. Elementos De La Filosofia Del Derecho O Curso De Derecho Natural. Havana: Imprenta del Tiempo, 1857. xiii, 164, [2] pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary tree sheep, raised bands, gilt ornaments and red and black lettering pieces to spine, marbled endpapers. Light rubbing to extremities, minor wear to spine ends and corners, a few minor scuffs to boards, faint tape residue near foot of spine, front hinge cracked. Moderate browning and light foxing to text, internally clean. A nice copy. $950. * Only edition. This is a thirty-lesson course on the philosophy of law by an essential figure in Cuban culture and Cuban bibliography (Cuba's Librarian Day is celebrated on his birthday). He studied at the Seminary of San Carlos and earned degrees in civil and canon law at the University of Havana, where he became dean of the Faculty of Philosophy. Jose Marti wrote that talking to Bachiller y Morales was like having… Read More

1843. Basel, 1843. Only edition. Basel, 1843. Only edition. The Roman Law of Parent and Child Bachofen, Johann Jakob [1815-1887]. Das Nexum, die Nexi und die Lex Petillia: Eine Rechtshistorische Abhandlung. Basel: Verlag von J.G. Neukirch, 1843. [ii], 160 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Original printed publisher wrappers, unopened signatures. Some rubbing to edges, light soiling and faint dampspotting, spine darkened. Moderate toning and occasional light foxing to text. $750. * First edition. Bachofen, a founder of the German Historical School, is best known as the author of Das Mutterrecht (1861), a ground-breaking history of the family as a social institution. An early example of his work in this field, Das Nexum deals with the Roman law of parent and child. OCLC locates no copies in North America. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 2:79.

2008. Backhouse, Constance. Carnal Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900-1975. Toronto: Irwin Law, [2008]. xi, 442 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $25.

1991. Backhouse, Constance. Petticoats and Prejudice: Women and Law in Nineteenth-Century Canada. [Toronto]: Published for the Osgoode Society by Women's Press, [1991]. xiv, 467 pp. Publisher's cloth in near-fine dust jacket. $20.

1999. Backhouse, Constance. Colour-Coded: a Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [1999]. xiii, 485 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $75.

2009. ISBN-13: 9781584779599; ISBN-10: 1584779594. The First Significant Treatise on Arbitration [Bacon, Matthew (fl. 1730)]. By a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple. The Compleat Arbitrator; or the Law of Awards and Arbitraments; Containing Plain and Easy Directions to all Kinds of Arbitrators; What Matters are Proper to be Submitted to Arbitration, And in What Manner; The Nature and Different Kinds of Submissions, the Parties to the Submission, The Duty and Office of Arbitrators and Umpires; The Right Manner of Making and Delivering up Awards; How Awards Have Been Construed in Equity, The Manner of Making and Enforcing the Performance of Awards, When the Submission has Been Made a Rule of Court; The Right Method of Setting Forth and Pleading Awards. With Precedents of Submissions, Awards and Pleadings in All Cases. Originally published: [London]: In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, 1731. XXXI (III-XXXI new introduction), vi, (6), 308 pp. With a new introduction by Derek Roebuck, Senior Associate… Read More

1647. A Controversial Work that Opposed Claims of Royal Prerogative [Bacon, Nathaniel (1593-1660), Attributed]. [Selden, John (1584-1654), Attributed]. An Historicall Discourse Of The Uniformity Of The Government Of England. The First Part. From the First Times Till the Reigne of Edward the Third. London: Printed for Mathew Walbancke at Grays-Inn-Gate, 1647 [i.e. 1672]. [xii], 323, [13] pp. [Bound With] Bacon, Nathaniel. [Selden, John]. The Continuation of an Historicall Discourse, Of the Government of England, Until the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Preface, Being a Vindication of the Ancient Way of Parliaments in England. By Nath. Bacon of Grais-Inne, Esquire. London: Printed for Matthew Walbanck, And Henry Twyford, And are to be Sold at Grays-Inn- Gate, And in Vine-Court Middle Temple, 1651 [i.e. 1672]. [xxiv], 307, [9] pp. Quarto (7-1/2" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked in later sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands to spine, hinges mended. A few worm holes to… Read More

1642. London, 1642. 1st ed. Lacking portrait frontis.. London, 1642. 1st ed. Lacking portrait frontis. Bacon's "Profound" Reading on Conveyancing Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. The Learned Reading of Sir Francis Bacon, One of Her Majesties Learned Counsell at Law, Upon the Statute of Uses: Being His Double Reading to the Honourable Society of Grayes Inne. Published for the Common Good. London: Printed for Mathew Walbancke, And Laurence Chapman, 1642. [ii], 58 pp. Portrait frontispiece and final leaf, a blank, lacking. Quarto (7" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into nineteenth-century three-quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, lettering piece, blind fillets and gilt ornament to spine, marbled endpapers. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners, chip to foot of spine, joints just starting at ends, cracks in text block before title page and after last text leaf. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing to a few leaves, light soiling to title page,… Read More

1641. The Union of England and Scotland Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. Three Speeches of the Right Honorable, Sir Francis Bacon Knight, Then His Majesties Sollicitor Generall, After Lord Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban. Concerning the Post-Nati Naturalization of the Scotch in England Union of the Lawes of the Kingdomes of England and Scotland. Published by the Authors Copy, And Licensed by Authority. London: Printed by Richard Badger, For Samuel Broun, 1641. [ii], 58, 57-88 pp. Quarto (7" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent period-style speckled calf, blind rules to boards, gilt title to spine. Moderate toning to interior, light browning to margins at beginning and end of text block, light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf. $1,500. * Only edition. Notable early works and important expressions of Bacon's conception of natural law, these speeches were presented when Bacon was King James I's solicitor general. They supported the King's keen desire to unite the kingdoms of… Read More

1630. London, 1630. First edition. London, 1630. First edition. First Edition of Bacon's Elements of the Common Laws of England Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. The Elements of the Common Lawes of England, Branched Into a Double Tract: The One Contayning a Collection of Some Principall Rules and Maximes of the Common Law, With Their Latitude and Extent. Explicated for the More Facile Introduction of Such as are Studiously Addicted to that Noble Profession. The Other the Use of the Common Law, For Preservation of Our Persons, Goods, And Good Names. According to the Lawes and Customes of this Land. London: Printed by [Robert Young for] the Assignes of I. More Esq., 1630. [xxiv], 104; [8], 84 pp. Two parts, each with separate title page and pagination, second part titled The Use of the Law. Quarto (7" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary limp vellum with yapp-style fore-edges, text block detached. Soiling and edgewear to binding, curling, chipping and tears to fore-edges, brief early annotations, mostly illegible, to… Read More

2019. ISBN-13: 9781584772484; ISBN-10: 1584772484. Bacon, Sir Francis. The Elements of the Common Laws of England, Branched into a Double Tract: The One Contayning A Collection of Some Principal Rules and Maxims of the Common Law, With Their Latitude and Extent. Explicated for the More Facile Introduction of Such as are Studiously Addicted to That Noble Profession. [With] The Other: The Use of the Common Law, for the Preservation of our Persons, Goods, and Good Names. According to the Laws and Customs of this Land. Originally published: London: Printed by the Assignes of I. More Esq., 1630. xix, 104, vii, 84 pp. Reprinted 2003, 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772484; ISBN-10: 1584772484. Hardcover. New. $39.95 * The Elements of the Common Laws of England is the general title for a work that is comprised of two different treatises: A Collection of Some Principall Rules and Maximes of the Common Lawes of England and The Use of the Law, Provided for the Preservation of Our Persons,… Read More

1741. London, 1741. Second edition. London, 1741. Second edition. "A More Complete Lawyer Than Any of His Contemporaries" Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. Law Tracts, Containing 1. A Proposition for Compiling and Amendment of Our Laws. 2. An Offer of a Digest of the Laws. 3. The Elements of the Common Laws of England, Containing a Collection of Some Principal Rules and Maxims of the Common Law, With their Latitude and Extent. 4. The Use of the Law for Preservation of our Persons, Goods and Good Names, According to the Practice of the Laws and Customs of this Land. 5. Cases of Treason, Felony, Praemunire, Prerogative of the King, Of the Office of a Constable. 6. Arguments in Law in Certain Great and Difficult Cases, Viz. Of Impeachment of Waste. Low's Case of Tenures. Of Revocation of Uses. The Jurisdiction of the Marches. 7. Ordinances in Chancery for the Better and More Regular Administration of Justice in the Chancery, To be Daily Observed, Saving the Prerogative of the Court. 8. Reading on the… Read More

1641. London: [S.n.], Printed Anno 1641.. London: [S.n.], Printed Anno 1641. The Union of England and Scotland Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. A Speech Delivered by Sir Francis Bacon, In the Lower House of Parliament Quinto Iacobi, Concerning the Article of Naturalization of the Scottish Nation. London: [S.n.], Printed Anno 1641. [iv], 34, [2] pp. First and final leaves are blank. Quarto (7-1/2" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt rules to edges of calf on boards, gilt title to spine. Moderate toning to interior, light soiling to recto of first blank leaf and verso of second. A handsome copy. $1,250. * Only edition. An important expression of Bacon's conception of natural law, this speech led to his appointment as King James I's solicitor general. It supported James's keen desire to unite the kingdoms of England and Scotland, a goal finally realized in 1706 and 1707 with the Acts of Union. It was probably issued to promote the position of King… Read More

1641. The Union of England and Scotland Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. Three Speeches of the Right Honorable, Sir Francis Bacon Knight, Then His Majesties Sollicitor Generall, After Lord Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban. Concerning the Post-Nati Naturalization of the Scotch in England Union of the Lawes of the Kingdomes of England and Scotland. Published by the Authors Copy, And Licensed by Authority. London: Printed by Richard Badger, For Samuel Broun, 1641. [ii], 58, 57-88 pp. Quarto (7" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later paper-covered boards, calf lettering piece to spine. Light soiling, some wear to spine ends and corners, front joint cracked, rear joint starting, hinges secure. Title printed within woodcut border. Moderate toning to interior, occasional faint dampstaining, upper section of border and headlines affected by trimming with no loss to legibility, pencil marks to margins in recent hand in a few places. $950. * Only edition. Notable early works and important expressions… Read More

2004. Bader, William D. and Roy M. Mersky. The First Hundred Eight Justices. Buffalo: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2004. xvi, 173 pp. Cloth. New. $69.95. * Coverage from Jay to Breyer, exploring a variety of the Justices' own characteristics, including their scholarship, legal learning and analytical abilities, craftsmanship and technique, opinion output, impartiality, and quality of statesmanship.

2004. Bader, William D. Merksy, Roy. The First One Hundred Eight Justices. With a Preface by Judge Richard S. Arnold. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co., 2004. xvi, 173 pp. Cloth. Near-Fine. Presentation inscription from Bader to title page. $50.

1995. Bagehot, Walter [1826-1877]. The English Constitution. Hartford: The Travelers Insurance Company, 1891. Reprint. New York: Gryphon Editions [The Legal Classics Library], 1995. 289, [1] pp. Full calf, decorative gilt, gilt edges, raised bands, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. As new, excellent condition. $35. * Reprinted from The Works of Walter Bagehot, edited by Forrest Morgan. A handsome edition of Bagehot's popular study, which was first published in London in 1867. " This classic account of that most elusive and least codified of entities, the Constitution of England, never lost its popularity, and shows signs of being elevated from the rank of first-class handbook to a place with de Tocqueville as one of the most important texts in political literature... (Printing and the Mind of Man). His argument that the monarch functioned for the most part as an advisor to parliament had a significant influence on the post-Victorian royal family. George V and George VI studied this book carefully,… Read More