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2003. ISBN-13: 9781584773023; ISBN-10: 1584773022. Oakley, Thomas Pollack. English Penitential Discipline and Anglo-Saxon Law in Their Joint Influence. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1923. 226 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773023; ISBN-10: 1584773022. Hardcover. New. $24.95 * Penitentials are manuals for confessors that outline penances and their fines. They originated in the Celtic church and their use spread throughout the British Isles during the early middle ages. Though restricted to church discipline, they often influenced secular law. Beginning with a history and discussion of the penitentials, Oakley examines the legal traditions that influenced their development and their reciprocal influence on the development of the common law. Originally published as Volume CVII, Number 2 in Columbia's series, Studies in History, Economics and Public Law.

1999. Oates, J.C.T. A Catalogue of the Fifteenth-Century Printed Books in the University Library Cambridge. Cambridge: University Press, 1954. Reprinted Martino Fine Books, [1999]. frontis; xiv, 898 pp. Hardcover. New. $60. *This work is to list all the fifteenth-century books in the Cambridge University Library, to direct the reader to the best published descriptions of each book, to supplement published descriptions when they appear inadequate or inaccurate, and to describe the peculiarities and the provenance of the Cambridge copy. In all 4,227 books are described.

2005. ISBN-10: 0735549559. [Legal Writing]. Just Writing: Grammar, Punctuation, and Style for the Legal Writer. Second Edition. Anne Enquist, Laurel Currie Oates. New York: Aspen Publishers, [2005]. xv, 339 pp. Softbound. New. $1.00 * The new edition of Just Writing concentrates on the fundamentals of writing, including grammar, punctuation, and style. Concise and student-friendly, this updated paperback helps both the novice and experienced. Also includes practice exercises, included on a separate CD with the book, helping students build specific skills as they are discussed.

1726. The First Latin-German Legal Dictionary Oberlander, Samuel [1692-1720]. Lexicon Juridicum Romano-Teutonicum, Das Ist, Vollstandiges Lateinisch-Teutsches Juristisches Hand-Lexicon: Darinnen die Meisten in Jure Civili, Canonico, Feudali, Camerali, & Saxonico Tam Electorali Quam Communi, Nicht Weniger in Jure Publico Romano-Germanico, Vorkommende Worter, so Wohl Nach Ihren Eigentlichen als Uneigentlichen Verstand Deutlich Erklaret, Durch Ihre Definitiones und Descriptiones aber Verstandlich Gemachet Werden, Denen noch Ferner die bey Denen Rechts-Lehrern Befindliche Gewohnliche Divisiones und Subdivisiones Beygefuget Worden, Zu Bequemen und Nutzlichen Gebrauch Aller Derer, so Jura Studiren, Oder Juristische Bucher und Schrifften Lesen, Oder in Gerichte Dienen &c. Nach Alphabetischer Ordnung Eingerichtet. Nuremberg: Johann Georg Lochner, 1726. [vi], 736, [12] pp. Copperplate allegorical frontispiece. Main text printed in double columns. Octavo (9" x 7-1/4"). Contemporary vellum, faint residue of… Read More

2009. Obermayer, Herman J. Rehnquist: A Personal Portrait of the Distinguished Chief Justice of the United States. New York: Threshold Editions, [2009]. xxiii, 280 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket, small remaininder mark to bottom edge of text block. [With] [Softbound Volume of Reviews and Notices of This Book]. 55 pp. Light shelfwear, small stain a few annotations to front cover. $20.

1992. O'Brien, Brendan. Speedy Justice: the Tragic Last Voyage of His Majesty's Vessel Speedy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [1992]. xxi, 167 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $20.

1987. O'Brien, Darcy. Reflections on Literature and the Law. Tulsa: The University of Tulsa, 1987. 27 pp. Very good. $5.

1842. A Lawyer of "Ideal Holiness" O'Brien, Edward [1808-1840]. The Lawyer, His Character and Rule of Holy Life, After the Manner of George Herbert's Country Parson. London: William Pickering, 1842. xx, 284, [4] pp. Main text followed by 4 pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4"). Later cloth, gilt fillets, title, library name and publication date to spine, endpapers renewed. Negligible light shelfwear, library bookplate and shelf label to front pastedown. Light toning to interior, light foxing to a few leaves, small ink smudge to lower margins of pp. 88 and 89, small inkstamp to title page. $75. * First edition. According to the DNB: "[This work] depicts a lawyer of ideal holiness. (...) The author writes without effort in the language of Herbert and of Hooker, and with a simplicity of purpose no less characteristic of a bygone age." Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) XIV:759. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School II:247.

1949. Tokyo: National Personnel Authority, [1949]. 41 pp. Tokyo: National Personnel Authority, [1949]. 41 pp. The Japanese Civil Service During the Occupation Period [Japan]. [Occupation Period]. The National Public Service Law, Law No. 120 of 1947 as Revised by Laws No. 222, 258, and 265 of 1948, and by Laws No. 2, 125 and 174 of 1949. [Tokyo]: National Personnel Authority, [1949]. 41 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Wear to corners, wrappers beginning to detach, light browning to interior, early annotations in pencil to rear wrapper. $125. * Changes to laws concerning the civil service in the post-war Japanese Constitution, which was enacted on May 3, 1947.

1909. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Francisco Alves, 1909. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Francisco Alves, 1909. Aliens in Brazil Octavio, Rodrigo. Direito do Estrangeiro no Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Francisco Alves, 1909. xvi, [ii], [19]-366 pp. Printed wrappers bound into contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards, hand-lettered title label to spine. Light shelfwear, some soiling to wrappers, internally clean. Ex-library. Location labels to spines, brief annotations in pencil to preliminaries, small inkstamp to verso of title page. $150. * Only edition. OCLC locates 8 copies in North American law libraries (Columbia, Harvard, NYU, LA County, Library of Congress, University of Miami, UVA, Yale).

1922. Odate, Gyoju. Japan's Financial Relations with the United States. New York: Columbia University Press, 1922. 136, [14] pp. Includes fourteen pages of advertisements. Volume XCVIII, Number 2 of the Studies in History, Economics and Public Law series. Newly rebound in blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Ex-library, with perforated stamp to title page. $30.

2018. Odell, Robin. Ripperology. A Study of the World's First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon. Kent: Kent State Univ. Press, [2006]. xxiv, 272 pp. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2018. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $50.

1994. O'Dell, T.H. Inventions and Official Secrecy: A History of Secret Patents in the United Kingdom. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. xi, 149 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $45.

1925. O'Donnell, Elliot (editor). Trial of Kate Webster. Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1925]. x, 213 pp. Portrait frontispiece and 6 additional illustrated plates. Original red cloth with gilt lettered spine, ex-library with property stamps and shelf location label at foot of spine. Light shelfwear, internally clean. $25. * Notable British Trials. Kate Webster was arrested for the murder of the wealthy and eccentric widow Mrs. Thomas, who had employed her as a domestic servant. The crime was an excessively brutal one; it is probable that the murderess commenced her task of dismembering the body while the victim was still alive.

1882. Scarce British Treatise on Courts Martial O'Dowd, J.C. Practical Hints to Courts Martial Upon Many Matters Usually Coming Under Their Notice. London: William Clowes and Sons, 1882. viii, 160 pp. Octavo (7" x 5"). Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to front. Moderate dampstaining, corners and spine ends bumped, hinges cracked but secure, rear free endpaper lacking, crack near center of text block. Toning to text, light foxing in a few places. Early owner signatures (of Corporal Scott and Charles C. David) to front pastedown and free endpaper, interior otherwise clean. A solid copy. $125. * Only edition. British military law was substantially revised with the passage of the Army Act in 1881. O'Dowd's handbook summarizes the law as it stood after these reforms. Intended for busy practitioners, it is a "handy" book rather than "an exact or exhaustive treatise." OCLC locates 8 copies worldwide, 4 copies in North America, 1 copy in a law library (Columbia). Not in Sweet & Maxwell.

1711. Hanover, 1711; Halle, 1704.. Hanover, 1711; Halle, 1704. Three Notable Treatises Useful to a Practicing Lawyer or Wealthy Landowner Oettinger [Oetinger], Johann [1577-1633]. Tractatus de Jure et Controversiis Limitum, Ac Finibus Regundis, Oder Grundlicher Bericht Von den Grantzen und Marcksteinen, Wie durch Dieselbe der Konigreiche, Landschaften, Furstenthume, Bissthumer ... Gebiete, Weydreichin, Marckungen, Zwing und Bann, Nach Ausweisung der Gemeinen Rechten, Und eines Jeden Lands Gewohnheit, Unterschieden, Eingesteint, Und die Daraus Enstehende Nachbarliche Streitigkeiten und Missverstande Erortert und Beygeleget Werden Sollen. Hanover: Zu Finden bey Nicolaus Forstern, 1711. [xxxii], 443 pp. Double folded title page. 20 woodcuts illustrating geometrical calculations. Lacking folding map. [Bound with] Stryk, Samuel [1640-1710]. Fundamenta Iuris Iustinianei, Ad Ordinem Institutionum Succinctis Aphorismis in Usum Auditorum Proposita. Accesserunt Resolutiones Casuum in Matrimoniis &… Read More

1571. London: Printed by John Day, 1571.. London: Printed by John Day, 1571. Final Revisions to the 39 Articles [Church of England]. Liber Quorundam Canonum Disciplinae Ecclesiae Anglicanae. Anno 1571. [London: Printed by John Day, 1571]. 23, [1] pp. Cancel slip affixed to p. 21. Quarto (6-3/4" x 5"). Recent three-quarter calf over marbled boards, blind fillets to boards, gilt title, gilt publication date and blind fillets to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to interior, faint dampstaining to several leaves, mostly to margins, cancel slip partially detached but secure. $1,250. * First Latin printing. The Liber Quorundam of 1571 was the final set of revisions to the 39 Articles of Religion, the doctrinal foundation of the Church of England, U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church in North America, as well as congregations in the Anglican Communion and Anglican Continuum. Formulated as 10 articles in 1536, this body of laws attained its final form in 1571 under the direction of Queen… Read More

1842. A Satirical "Trial" of The Oxford Movement [Church of England]. In Re Williams Versus Garbett: The Judgment of an Ecclesiastical Court. Oxford: Printed and Published by J. Vincent, 1842. 15, [1] pp. Octavo (7" x 4-1/2"). Disbound sewn pamphlet. Moderate toning, light soiling to exterior, browning and light wear to fore-edges. $350. * Only edition. A sharp verse satire of the contested 1842 election of the professor of poetry at Oxford, which devolved into an ecclesiastical dispute between High Church Anglicans and their opponents. OCLC locates 8 copies, none in law libraries. Not in the British Museum Catalogue.

1831. A Systematic Plan Adopted by Dishonourable Men, And Notorious Swindlers" [Friends of Commerce]. A Caution to Bankers, Merchants, And Manufacturers Against a Series of Commercial Frauds Prevalent Throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Edinburgh: Printed and Sold for Friends of Commerce in England, Scotland, And Ireland, 1831. 148, [iv], ii, ii, ii, 148, 24 pp. Duplicate leaf with pp, 143-144 bound after p. 126. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Original paper-covered publisher, boards with recent cloth rebacking, printed paper title label to spine, untrimmed edges. Moderate rubbing to boards, heavier rubbing to board edges with wear to corners, hinges cracked, a few cracks to text block, which is secure, front free endpaper, with later cellotape repair, detached with a few chips and tears to its edges. Moderate toning to interior, "To Mr. Vozard, with best respects. from the Editor" in early hand to front free endpaper. $750. * Only edition. The Friends of Commerce was established to prevent what we… Read More

1771. The Aftermath of a Dramatic Estate Case [House of Lords]. Minutes of the Proceedings Before the Lords Committees for Privileges, On the Claim to the Title of Earl of Anglesey. [Dublin: S.n.], Printed in the Year 1771. 64 pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in marbled wrappers. Faint vertical fold line, light rubbing to wrappers, moderate rubbing to spine, which has a few small tears, lower corners of wrappers and first and final several leaves folded. Light toning, date of printing corrected to 1772 in an early hand, internally clean. $650. * Only edition. In 1741, James Annesley appeared in England with a sensational claim: at the age of 12, his uncle Richard Annesley had him kidnapped and shipped to a Delaware plantation. In his absence, Richard succeeded to the title of Earl of Anglesey. James escaped and returned to Ireland to claim his title after his discharge. His ejectment claim was successful and the estates returned to him, but he did not obtain his title before his… Read More