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1.                    1812 Connecticut JP Manual
Backus, Joseph [fl.1812]. The Complete Constable: Containing his
Office, Duties and Authority; With the Manner and Forms of Executing
the Same, According to the Common and Statute Laws, Now in Use in the
State of Connecticut. Hartford: Printed for the Author, 1812. [iv],
[9]-134, [8] pp. Octavo (5" x 8"). Contemporary calf, maroon lettering
piece. Wear to joints, minor chipping to head of spine, some rubbing
to boards. Early annotations in pencil to front free endpaper,
interior otherwise clean. A good copy. $200.
*First edition. Backus was a lawyer and justice of the peace who
practiced in Stratford, Connecticut. A prefatory note by James Gould,
a judge of the Connecticut Superior Court and distinguished member of
the Litchfield Law School faculty, states: "This work...a compilation
of rules, selected from the Statute Laws of Connecticut, books of
Reports, and Treatises of approved authority, embodies...a collection
of valuable rules of practices, which I have not found digested in any
other work" ([iii]). Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law
School (1909) I:101. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 8328.
Shaw and Shoemaker, American Bibliography 24666.
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2.                 Bentham Attacked the System of Keeping
                a Corps of Special Jurors Paid by Crown
Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832].  The Elements of the Art of Packing, As
Applied to Special Juries, Particularly in Cases of Libel Law. London:
Published by Effingham Wilson, 1821. [2], vii, [3], 269 pp. A fine
fresh copy bound in recent quarter-calf over cloth boards. Some
foxing. A nice copy. $750.
* First edition. In his Elements of the Art of Packing Bentham
attacked the system of keeping a corps of special jurors who were paid
by and took their orders from the agents of the Crown. It was in this
work that Bentham laid down the principle that the libel law was
"incompatible with English liberties." S&M II:27. HLC I:157. McCoy
B200. Brown & Christie 608.
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3. First and Second English Editions of Two Bentham Tracts Bound Together
Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832]. The Rationale of Reward. London:
Published by John and H.L. Hunt, 1825. viii, 352, [1] pp. [Bound
with]: Bentham, Jeremy. Plan of Parliamentary Reform.... London:
Printed in the Year 1817. Reprinted and re-published, with notes and
alterations, by permission of the author, by T.J. Wooler, 1818. [4],
156 pp. Contemporary polished half-calf over marbled boards, spine
label, gilt. Some edgewear, front joint reinforced. Together two
titles in one book. $1,250.
* First and second English editions, respectively. The material
presented in the first English edition had been originally published
in French by Dumont. The editor of the English edition notes that it
differs from the literal translations of Dumont, and prints Bentham's
remarks regarding this edition. S&M II:27. Goldsmiths 24556. In his
famous tract on Parliamentary Reform, Bentham recommended the
exclusion from the House of Commons of place men, annual elections,
uniform electoral districts, the suffrage to all who paid a certain
amount of taxes, and secret balloting. Impressed by the dangers to the
security of English liberties, Bentham published his Plan of
Parliamentary Reform almost ten years after it had been written. In
his introduction "he pointed out that the sole remedy was democratic
ascendency, and to bring about this parliamentary reform, the
establishment of virtual universal suffrage and vote by ballot was
necessary." DNB II:275. HLC I:158. S&M II:28. Goldsmiths 22261.
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4.                Guidance For the Novice Clerk
Brown, William [fl c.1680]. The Entring [Entering] Clerk's Vade Mecum:
Being an Exact Collection of Precedents for Declarations and Pleadings
in Most Actions: Especially Such as Are Brought For, Or Against Heirs,
Executors, or Administrators: Executrices, Administratrices, and Their
Husbands in Personal Actions. With Variety of Actions Upon Bills of
Exchange, Pollicies of Assurance, &c. And Such Process and Parts of
Pleading as Relate Thereunto. Being Very Practicable and Useful to All
Entring Clerks and Attornies in His Majesties Courts of Kings-Bench
and Common-Pleas. As Aslo to the Attornies and Practicers of Every
Inferiour Court and County-Juridicature. A Work More Useful Than Any
Hitherto Extant. London: Printed by G. Sawbridge [et al.] for W. Jacob
and C. Smith, 1678. [vii], [lxvi], 575 pp. Table bound before text
instead of after, as is the case in most copies. Octavo (4-1/2" x 7").
Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style with raised bands,
endpapers renewed. Some rubbing to boards with wear to corners.
"Brown's Precedents" lettered in early hand to fore-edge. Light
browning to edges of text block, minor chips and tiny tears to a few
leaves. Early owner signature to front endleaf, interior otherwise
clean. $750.
* First edition. Brown was Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and the
author of several pleading manuals. Wing, Short-Title Catalogue B5985.
Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of
Nations I:264(29).
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5.        "Systematic" Edition of Coke's First Institute
[Coke, Sir Edward]. Thomas, J.H. A Systematic Arrangement of Lord
Coke's First Institute of the Laws of England.... London: Printed by
S. Brooke for Butterworth & Son [at al.], 1818. Three volumes. Modern
cloth, leather labels. Some foxing, title-pages expertly reattached,
a2 of volume one also reattached, else very good.  $500.
* First edition. S&M I:451(8). HLC II:737.
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6.          Kent's Annotation to New York City Charter
Kent, [James]. The Charter of the City of New York, with Notes
thereon. Also, A Treatise on the Powers and duties of the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Assistant Aldermen, and the Journal of the City
Convention. New York: Printed by Childs and Devoe, 1836. vii, [3]-370,
[1] pp. Original cloth, rebacked, printed paper label. Pencilled notes
on verso of errata leaf, notes and markings in pen and pencil
scattered throughout. $350.
* Early New York City charter, annotated by James Kent. HLC I:1088.
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7.                     The City-Hall Recorder
Rogers, Daniel, Reporter. The New-York City-Hall Recorder, For the
Year 1816. Containing Reports of the Most Interesting Trial and
Decisions Which Have Arisen in the Various Courts of Judicature, For
the Trial of Jury Causes in the Hall, During that Year, Particularly
in the Court of Sessions. With Notes and Remarks, Critical and
Explanatory. [New York]: Printed by Charles N. Baldwin, 1817. Volume
one [of six]. iv, 204 pp. Octavo (6" x 9"). Contemporary tree calf,
rebacked retaining original backstrip. Later owner bookplate to front
free pastedown, early owner signature to title page. Occasional foxing
and faint dampstaining to margins, interior otherwise clean. $200.
*First edition. The City Hall Recorder is a bound series of a small
monthly periodical of jury trials, compiled in the manner of England's
Newgate Calendar. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School
(1909) II:487.
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8.               Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson
[Trial]. Trial of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States,
Before the Senate of the United States, On Impeachment by the House of
Representatives for High Crimes and Misdemeanors. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1868. Three volumes. Original cloth. Some
shelfwear, some chipping, rear joint cracked but secure. Internally
sound set. $100.
* First edition. This is a report of the trial made by the regular
stenographers of the Senate for the use of that body. The first volume
contains the opening argument of the managers and the evidence, the
second the argument in general of the managers and of the counsel for
the President and the third the opinions filed by the individual
Senators and, in an appendix, the debate on the right of Senator Wade
to sit as a member of the court. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law
Collection at New York University (1953) 1015. Catalogue of the
Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II:1114.
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