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1.  Comprehensive Nineteenth-Century Study of Italian Criminal Law
Ala, Raffaele [1780-1846]. Il Foro Criminale. Rome: Dalla Tipografia
di Niccola Lazzari, 1825-1826. Eight volumes. Octavo (6" x 8-1/2").
Contemporary three-quarter vellum over marbled boards, gilt fillets
and red and black lettering pieces to spine. Very light shelfwear,
small scuff to Volume I lettering piece. Signature detached from
Volume I, another detached from Volume VIII. Interiors notably fresh.
An exceptional set. $1,000.
* This comprehensive history includes a survey of contemporary
criminal law in the Italian states and the Roman Catholic Church. A
theoretical work as well, it considers the nature of criminal
jurisprudence and its administration with references to Roman, canon
and natural law. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 1:296.
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2.           Angell's Classic Treatise on Watercourses
Angell, Joseph K[innicutt] [1794-1857]. A Treatise on the Common Law,
In Relation to Watercourses: Intended More Particularly as an
Illustration of the Rights and Duties of the Owners and Occupants of
Water Privileges. With an Appendix, Containing Forms of Declarations.
Boston: Published by Hilliard, Gray and Co., 1833. xxi, [i], 221, [1],
12, xi pp. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, lettering
piece, blind fillets to boards and spine. Some rubbing with minor wear
to spine ends and corners, a few tiny scuffs and ink spots to boards.
Early owner signatures to front pastedown and free endpaper.
Offsetting to preliminaries and rear endleaves, interior otherwise
notably fresh. A well-preserved copy of an important work. $750.
* Second edition. The first edition of this classic treatise was
published in 1824. Its final edition, the seventh, appeared in 1877.
"The law in relation to water courses is becoming daily of increased
importance, and Mr. Angell, in his work, has commendably discussed the
subject. Local legislation has altered, in many of the states, the
common law relative to water courses, but this does not preclude the
necessity in many cases of resorting to well settled principles in
order to expound these legislative acts. No intelligent lawyer can
well practice without Mr. Angell's treatise on water courses.": Kent,
Commentaries on American Law III:453 cited in Marvin, Legal
Bibliography (1847) 62. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law
School (1909) I:52. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 7932.
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3.            Darrow's Plea for Loeb and Leopold
[Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. Plea of Clarence Darrow, August 22nd,
23rd & 25th, MCMXXIIII, In Defense of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold,
Jr. on Trial for Murder. Authorized and Revised Edition Together with
a Brief Summary of the Facts. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, [1924].
Octavo (5-1/2" x 8"). [2], 121 pp. Frontispiece photograph of Darrow.
Handsome red and black printed wrappers, deckle fore and bottom edges.
Toning and moderate wear to binding with some loss to spine ends and
corners, hinges starting, internally clean. $100.
* The famous plea for clemency that spared the defendant's lives for
their attempt to commit a "perfect crime." Marke, A Catalogue of the
Law Collection at New York University (1953) 993. Hunsberger, Clarence
Darrow: A Bibliography 1265.
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4.     First Report of the Landmark Dartmouth College Case
[Dartmouth College Case]. Farrar, Timothy [1788-1874], Reporter.
Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College Against
William H. Woodward: Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of
Judicature of the State of New-Hampshire, November 1817. And on Error
in the Supreme Court of the United States, February 1819. Portsmouth:
Published by John W. Forster and Weste, [1819]. Octavo (5" x 9").
[iv], 406 pp. Original tan quarter-paper spine with printed label over
gray paper-covered boards, deckle fore-edge. A few tiny stains to
binding, light rubbing to boards, joints starting, a few vertical
splits through spine. One signature near center of text block
partially detached, binding otherwise tight. Early owner signature to
front free endpaper, interior notably fresh. A well-preserved
unsophisticated copy. $1,500.
* First published report of the landmark case involving the contract
rights of corporations. With all the material related to the case,
including the arguments of Webster and Wirt and the opinions of Chief
Justice Marshall and Justices Story and Washington, and an appendix
containing the texts of related documents. The New Hampshire
legislature passed a bill in 1816 that revoked Dartmouth College's
original charter and converted the college from a private to a state
institution. The college challenged the constitutionality of this act
in the state supreme court without success, but the U.S. Supreme Court
reversed the state's decision in a landmark opinion based on the
contract clause of the Constitution (Article I, Section 10). "By
construing the contract clause as a means of protecting corporate
charters from state interventions, Marshall derived a significant
limitation on state authority. As a result, various forms of private
economic and social activity would enjoy security from state
regulatory policy. Marshall thus encouraged, through constitutional
sanction, the emergence of the relatively unregulated private,
autonomous economic actor as the major participant in a liberal
political economy that served the commonwealth by promoting
enlightened self interest": Alfred F. Konefsky, "Dartmouth College v.
Woodward" in The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court 218-219. Sabin,
A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 23887. Cohen, Bibliography
of Early American Law 11614.
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5.      Handsome Copy of Foss' Important Judges of England
Foss, Edward [1787-1870]. The Judges of England; with Sketches of
Their Lives, and Miscellaneous Notices Connected with the Courts of
Westminster, from the Time of the Conquest. London: Longman, Brown,
Green, and Longmans, 1848-1864. Nine volumes. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-
1/2"). Contemporary three quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised
bands, gilt ornaments to spines, marbled edges and endpapers. Minor
rubbing to spine ends and corners, light fading to spines. Small scuff
to front board of Volume I, tiny stain to spine of Volume VI, partial
split near center of text bock of Volume VIII. Interiors clean and
bright. Quite a handsome set. $2,500.
* Authoritative biographies of 1,589 chancellors, masters of the
rolls, and judges of the courts are provided for each reign, from the
time of the Norman Conquest through the reign of Queen Victoria, 1066-
1864. Based on original sources, it is an important reference work for
legal historians. Considered "the standard authority" in its field by
J.C. Robertson in the (cited in the Dictionary of National Biography),
it is frequently cited by Holdsworth in A History of English Law. "A"
rated in the American Association of Law Schools, Law Books
Recommended for Librarians. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard
Law School (1909) I:715. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the
British Commonwealth of Nations I:127.
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6.    Presentation Copy by Important Dutch Constitutional Scholar
Kemper, J[ohan] M[elchior] [1776-1824]. Redevoeringen. Amsterdam:
Johannes van der Hey, 1814. xvi, 188 pp. Copperplate portrait
frontispiece.
[Bound with]
Proeve Over den Invloed der Staatkundige Gebeurtenissen en der
Godsdienstige en Wijsgeerige Begrippen, Sedert Ruim Vijf en Twintig
Jaren, op de Ware Verlichting in het Godsdienstige en Zedelijke bij de
Volken van Europa. Amsterdam: Johannes van der Hey, 1820. 134 pp.
[Bound with]
Cras, H[enrik] C[onstantijn] [1739-1820]. Lijkrede Door Mr. J.M.
Kemper, Voorgelezen in de Amsterdamsche Maatschappij: Felix Merits.
[n.p.: n.d.]. 92 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece.
Octavo (5" x 8"). Contemporary morocco, gilt spine with lettering
piece, gilt filets to boards, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers,
ribbon marker. Light rubbing and soiling with negligible wear, small
location label to foot of spine. "Clenmarty/ from the Author. Feb. 12,
1824-" to front free endpaper. Faint dampstaining to bottom edges of
preliminary leaves, interior otherwise fresh. An appealing copy. $700.
* Kemper was an influential authority on Dutch constitutional law. He
was Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Leiden, and later
became the university's Rector. He framed Holland's post-Napoleonic
constitution that established the constitutional monarchy that exists
today. Redevoeringen is a collection of addresses and lectures. The
second work is a study of Dutch constitutional law. The third is an
address in Kemper's honor by Cras. Not in the British Museum
Catalogue.
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7.                  Roman Dowry Laws
Pellat, C[harles]-A[uguste]. [1793-1871]. Textes du Droit Romain sur
La Dot. A L'Usage des Etudians qui Suivent le Cours de Pandectes.
Paris: Alex-Gobelet, 1836. viii, 264 pp. Octavo (5" x 8").
Contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards, gilt and black fillets
to spine, speckled edges, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Some
rubbing, minor wear to corners and joints, head of spine just starting
to detach. Light foxing to a few leaves, interior otherwise fresh. A
handsome copy. $250.
* First edition. Texts in Latin with French commentary. An annotated
compilation of texts on dowry from the Liber Singularus Regularum of
Ulpian, the Institutes of Gaius and the Digest and Code of the Corpus
Juris Civilis. This edition not in the British Museum Catalogue. OCLC
locates 11 copies, all of a later edition.
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8.     Memoirs of a Distinguished Harvard Law Professor
Warren, Edward H. [1873-1945]. Spartan Education. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin Company, 1942. xi, 164 pp. Original cloth, light shelfwear,
some fading to spine and top edge of boards. Four-page leaflet from
1943 advertising a volume of excerpts from this book laid-in. Light
foxing to preliminaries, internally clean. An appealing copy of a rare
title. $150.
* From an edition limited to 1000 copies, this number 63. "For Loring
J. Whiteside/ Edward H. Warren' in fine hand to limitation statement.
Warren attended Harvard College from 1891 to 1895 and Harvard Law
School from 1897 to 1900, where his principal instructors were Ames,
Gray, Smith and Thayer. After four years at Strong and Cadwalader, he
joined the Harvard Law faculty, where he remained  until his
retirement. With a manner reminiscent of Professor Kingsfield, he
offers a fascinating account of Harvard Law School from the turn of
the century to the 1940s, colorful sketches of his professors and
Cadwalader and a summary of his "Spartan" approach to pedagogy. Warren
also includes the texts of various addresses and articles dealing with
Harvard, legal history, the American Bar and political topics.
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9.    Dana's Edition of Wheaton's Elements of International Law
Wheaton, Henry [1785-1848]. Dana, Richard Henry [1815-1882], Editor.
Elements of International Law. Edited, with Notes. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co., 1866. 8, xlvii, 749 pp. Includes eight-page publisher
catalogue. Octavo (6" x 9"). Contemporary law calf, red and black
lettering pieces, blind frames to boards. Moderate rubbing with some
wear to spine ends, joints and corners, a few minor scuffs to boards,
2" crack to joint near center. Early owner signature and annotations
to front pastedown and free endpaper. Offsetting to margins of
preliminaries and endleaves, interior otherwise fresh. $400.
* "On his own merits Wheaton is clearly entitled to rank among the
classics. Like Grotius, he embodied a happy combination of profound
scholarship with a wide experience of diplomatic and public life, and
his work further resembles that of Grotius in that it cannot be
classified under the conventional labels of any doctrinal system. His
insistence upon the fundamental principles of natural law is balanced
by his analysis of practice as an immediate source of positive law.":
H.A. Smith, Law Quarterly Review 307-308 cited in Marke, A Catalogue
of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 584.
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