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2012. 10/28/14 Rec'd 1 n/c GPO. 10/28/14 Rec'd 1 n/c GPO. United States Statutes at Large. Vol. 124, Parts 1-4. Containing the Laws and Concurrent Resolutions Enacted During the Second Session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress of the United States of America. 2010 and Proclamations. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 2012. 4 Volumes. Hardcover. New. Special $200.

2011. United States Statutes at Large. Vol. 123, Parts 1-3. Containing the Laws and Concurrent Resolutions Enacted During the First Session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress of the United States of America. 2009 and Proclamations. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 2011. 3 Volumes. Hardcover. New. $350.

1768. Utrecht: Apud Guilielmum Henricum Kroon, 1768.. Utrecht: Apud Guilielmum Henricum Kroon, 1768. Attractive 1768 Edition of Ulpian's Fragmenta Ulpian [c.170-228]. Cannegieter, Johannes [1731-1804], Commentary. Fragmenta Libri Singularis Regularum, Et Incerti Auctoris Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum, Quibus Notas Adjecit Joannes Cannegieter, Advocatus in Curia Gelrica. Accedunt Ejusdem Disquisitio de Notis, Et Siglis Veterum, Et Observationum Miscellanearum Liber Singularis. Utrecht: Apud Guilielmum Henricum Kroon, 1768. viii, 539 pp. Quarto (10-3/4" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary textured paper boards, block-printed spine with hand-lettered title label, edges untrimmed. Light rubbing and soiling to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, light fading to spine, light wear to joints, lower outside corner of front pastedown folded. Moderate toning to interior, light browning to last half of text block, light foxing and small faint marginal stains in a few places, a few cracks to text block, all… Read More

2016. Unger, Nancy C. Bella La Follette: Progressive Era Reformer. New York: Routledge, [2016]. xii, 203 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover. Like new. $30.

1836. The Deed of Settlement of the Northamptonshire Union Bank [Northamptonshire Union Bank]. Deed of Settlement of the Northamptonshire Union Bank, Established Under the Authority of an Act of Parliament Passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His Late Majesty King George the Fourth. To Which is Appended, An Abstract of the Act. Capital, ?537,500, In 21,500 Shares of ?25 Each. Northampton: T.E. Dicey, [1836]. viii, 144 pp. Octavo (7" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary pebbled cloth, colored endpapers. Light rubbing, some fading and faint dampstains to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, fading to spine, spine ends and corners bumped and lightly worn, faint dampstains to top-edge of endpapers. Light toning to interior, occasional faint dampstaining to top-edge not affecting text, a few partial cracks to text block, all leaves secure, negligible light foxing to a few leaves, pencil annotation to head of p. iii. Rare. $250. * Established in 1836 as a reconstruction of the banking business of John and… Read More

1801. Philadelphia: Printed by T.L. Plowman, 1801. Rare.. Philadelphia: Printed by T.L. Plowman, 1801. Rare. The First Federal Bankruptcy Act [Bankruptcy]. [United States]. A Bill to Establish an Uniform System of Bankruptcy, Throughout the United States. Philadelphia: Printed by T.L. Plowman, 1801. 28 pp. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning, light soiling to exterior, a few minor spots to title page. Rare. $1,500. * A printing of the first Federal bankruptcy act, which was enacted in February 1800. Intended to encourage economic risk and reform the complicated patchwork of debtor laws in force in the different states, it was modeled on the bankruptcy law of the world's leading commercial power, Great Britain. Never a popular law, it was routinely attacked as a shield for the financially irresponsible and finally repealed in November 1803. The United States would not have another national bankruptcy law until 1841. OCLC locates 1 copy (at Harvard). Not in Cohen… Read More

1850. Nineteenth-Century Sign from a Lawyer's Office [Lawyers]. [United States]. [Gilt-Lettered, Black-Background Wooden Sign Reading: Norman W. Downes, Lawyer]. Vermont?, Mid- to late-nineteenth century. 8-1/4" x 26," gilt letters on rough black-sand surface, beveled edges, two eyelet screws at ends (for hanging). Rubbing around edges with some wear, mostly around bottom corners. $350. * A note on the verso reads: "Seller said from VT. His joke: Don't see many of these without bullet holes in them!

1893. Three Famous Murders of the Early 1890s [Murder]. Graves, Thomas Thatcher [1841-1893]. Sawtell, Isaac [d.1891]. Almy, Frank C. [1857-1892]. Three of a Kind: Dr. Graves, Isaac Sawtell, Frank C. Almy. Laconia, NH: John J. Lane, c.1893. 48 pp. Woodcut text illustrations. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers. A few small chips to edges of wrappers, spine abraded, binding secure, moderate toning to interior. $300. * Only edition. "Price. 10 cents" at head of front cover. A sensational account of three famous murders of the early 1890s. Graves was a doctor who murdered a wealthy widow for her money. Sawtell murdered his brother in order to get his property. Almy murdered a girlfriend who refused to marry him. OCLC locates 8 copies, 2 in law libraries (University of Pennsylvania, Yale). Not in McDade, which lists several individual accounts of these three murders.

1919. Labor and the U.S. Government During World War I [United States]. [War Department]. [Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965)]. A Report of the Activities of the War Department in the Field of Industrial Relations During the War. Washington [DC]: Government Printing Office, 1919. 90 pp. Stiff printed wrappers bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt title and date to spine, endleaves added. Light fading to spine, moderate toning to interior, ink library stamps to front wrapper and title page, which has a small tear to its lower inside corner, interior otherwise clean. $200. * This report discusses the relationship between organized labor and the United States War Department during World War I as the government sought to mobilize workers for industrial military work and labor unions fought to ensure fair conditions. It also mentions Felix Frankfurter, who served as special assistant in charge of industrial relations to the Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. Frankfurter was also a Judge… Read More

1973. The Landmark Decision That Granted a Constitutional Right to Abortion [United States Reports]. [Roe v. Wade]. Putzel, Henry Jr., Reporter. United States Reports Volume 410: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1972. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1974. lxxi, [1], 1031 pp. Publisher's original tan buckram, red and black lettering pieces, blind frames, ink property stamp to lower right corner of front board. Slight buckle to spine, else very good. $350. * First edition. Contains the authoritative printing of Roe v. Wade (410 U.S. 113), the landmark 1973 case that conferred a constitutional right to have an abortion based on a fundamental Fourteenth Amendment right to privacy. Abortions under Roe were governed within a trimester framework to determine fetal viability, with state restrictions subject to strict scrutiny. Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) maintained the right to privacy but struck down Roe's trimester scheme and relaxed tests on state… Read More

2009. United States Statutes at Large. Vol. 121, Parts 1-2. Containing the Laws and Concurrent Resolutions Enacted During the First Session of the One Hundred Tenth Congress of the United States of America. 2007 and Proclamations. Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, October 2009. 2904 pp. 2 Volumes. Hardcover. New. $250.

1858. Dividing Prize Money After the Capture of a Slave Ship [Slavery]. [United States]. In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1858-Ordered to Be Printed. Mr. Polk Made the Following Adverse Report [To Accompany Bill S. (C. of C.) 108.]: The Committee of Claims, To Whom was Referred the Opinion of the Court of Claims in the Case of O.H. Berryman and Others, Report: The Claimants in this Case are the Officers and Crew of the United States Schooner "On-Ka-Hy-E" [drop-head title]. [Washington, DC: S.n., 1858]. 13 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Disbound, light rubbing to extremities, some toning and light foxing. $100. * 35th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Rep. Com. No. 33. This speech disputes the distribution of prize money between the Federal government and the crew that captured the slave ship Laurens.

1815. Philadelphia, 1815. 5 vols.; Washington 1822-1845. Philadelphia, 1815. 5 vols.; Washington 1822-1845. Complete Sets of Bioren's Laws and Its Continuation Volumes [United States]. [Colvin, J[ohn] B. (d. 1827), Compiler]. [French, Benjamin B. French (1899-1877), Compiler]. [Bioren, John, Printer]. Laws of the United States of America, From the 4th of March, 1789, to the 4th of March, 1815, Including The Constitution of the United States, The Old Act of Confederation, Treaties, and Many Other Valuable Ordinances and Documents; With Copious Notes and References. Philadelphia: John Bioren and W. John Duane, 1815. 5 volumes. Complete. [And] Colvin, John B. [and Others], Compilers. Laws of the United States of America, From the 4th of March, 1821, To the [3rd of March, 1845].... Corresponding With, And Intended as a Continuation of, The Edition of Bioren & Co. as Published by Authority of an Act of Congress. Washington, DC: Printed and Published by Davis & Force [and other publishers], 1822-1845. 5… Read More

1798. Imprisonment for Debt [United States Congress]. Bell, William, Petitioner. Report of the Committee of Commerce & Manufactures, To Whom was Referred, On the 21st of November Last, The Petition of William Bell. 4th January, 1798, Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, On Monday Next. [Philadelphia?]: Published by order of the House of Representatives, [1798]. [247]-254 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Disbound pamphlet, top-edge uncut, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Moderate toning, light foxing and small faint stain to lower outer corner. $350. * Bell was the subject of a civil suit after being unable to pay a customs bond. He petitioned the government for relief under a 1796 statute providing remedies against imprisonment for debt, but the statute lacked clarity on whether those remedies could be applied to government debts. The committee, chaired by Edward Livingston, concluded that further legislative remedies from Congress were unnecessary and that Bell could not "obtain the relief he… Read More

1945. Books Selected by Thomas Jefferson [University of Virginia]. Peden, William Harwood, Introduction. 1828 Catalogue of the Library of the University of Virginia, Reproduced in facsimile With an Introduction by William Harwood Peden. Charlottesville, VA: Printed for the Alderman Library of the University of Virginia, 1945. vi, 114 pp. Index. Original cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. $85. * These books were selected by Thomas Jefferson. Chapter XXVI list the library's 375 law titles. The University of Virginia Law School created an online version of this chapter that allows users to explore them digitally. It is called the 1828 Catalogue Project: http://archives.law.virginia.edu/catalogue/.

1812. [Harvard University]. Catalogus Senatus Academici, Eorum qui Munera, Et Officia Gesserunt, Quique Alicujus Gradus Laurea Donati Sunt in Universitate Harvardiana, Cantabrigiae, In Republica Massachusettensi. Theologiae Professores et Ecclesiarum Pastores Literis Italicis Exarantur. Qui ad Imum Classium a Caeteris, Linea Interposita, Separantur, Alibi Instituti Suerunt, Vel Apud nos Gradu Honorario Donati. Cambridge: Ex Universitatis Typographeo: Hilliard et Metcalf Typographis, 1812. 70 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers, spine reinforced with archival tape. Some shelfwear and light soiling, internally clean. $25.

2012. Cambridge Law Journal. Cambridge University Press for the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. Volume 70 (2011), Parts 1 to 3. Complete in 3 softbound issues. As new without any stamps or marks0. Special $50. * A peer-reviewed academic law journal that is the principal academic publication of the Faculty of Law of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1921 it is the longest running university law journal in the United Kingdom. Its current editor is John Bell. Based on the outcomes of the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise a 2006 analysis ranked the journal as overall the 7th most influential in the United Kingdom. It publishes articles on all aspects of law with special emphasis on contemporary developments, but the journal's range includes jurisprudence and legal history. A recent development is the Shorter Articles section for more topical pieces, which sometimes engages in controversial issues. An important feature of the journal is the Case and Comment section, in which members of the… Read More

1833. From the Salem Gazette. Salem: S.n., 1833. From the Salem Gazette. Salem: S.n., 1833. Pamphlet Concerning a Notable Nineteenth-Century Libel Case in Salem, Massachusetts [Upham, Charles W. (1802-1875)]. The Charge of Ignorance and Misrepresentation Proved Against the Rev. George B. Cheever. From the Salem Gazette. Salem: S.n., 1833. [16] pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers, untrimmed edges. Light soiling to exterior, minor wear to spine ends, owner signature (Charles Lowell) to head of front wrapper, light toning to text, faint spotting to a few leaves. $500. * Only edition. Cheever, a Unitarian minister, social reformer and Temperance advocate, published a thinly disguised portrayal of John Stone, a well-liked Unitarian deacon in Salem who owned a distillery. It was first published in 1835 as a newspaper article in Salem and as an illustrated broadside. Cheever's neighbors, one of them Upham, were outraged by this slanderous text and he… Read More

2015. ISBN-13: 9781886363441; ISBN-10: 1886363447. Upshur, Abel Parker. A Brief Enquiry into the True Nature and Character of Our Federal Government, Being a Review of Judge Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. By a Virginian. Originally published: Petersburg: Printed by Edmund and Julian C. Ruffin, 1840. 132 pp. Reprinted 1998, 2015 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363441; ISBN-10: 1886363447. Hardcover. New. $29.95 * Reprint of the uncommon first edition. A refutation of the nationalistic theory of the Constitution, originally published as a pamphlet in 1840, this work was also reprinted in 1863 by Northern Democrats in an effort to set forth the political philosophy of the Confederacy. Upshur (1791-1844), a Virginia judge, politician and spokesman for states-rights, pro-slavery southern conservative ideology, served as Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of State under President Tyler. An advocate of the annexation of Texas and reopened those negotiations. He… Read More

1969. Upton, L.F.S. The Loyal Whig: William Smith of New York & Quebec. [Toronto]: University of Toronto Press, [1969]. ix, 250 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $20.