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1.              Second Edition of Black's Law Dictionary
Black, Henry Campbell. A Law Dictionary: Containing Definitions of the
Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and
Modern. And Including the Principal Terms of International,
Constitutional, Ecclesiastical and Commercial Law, and Medical
Jurisprudence, with a Collection of Legal Maxims, Numerous Select
Titles from the Roman, Modern Civil, Scotch, French, Spanish, and
Mexican Law, and Other Foreign Systems, and a Table of Abbreviations.
St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1910. 1314 pp. Contemporary
buckram, red and black lettering pieces. Moderate wear and soiling,
some chipping to edges of red lettering piece along joints, corners
bumped, some fraying to spine ends. Early owner name to front
pastedown. Dampspotting to endleaves and preliminaries, interior
otherwise clean. $400.
* The thoroughly revised second edition of Black's classic dictionary
incorporates several new definitions, additional case citations and
many Latin and French terms overlooked in the first edition. Medical
jurisprudence in particular is enriched, with new definitions for
insanity and pathological and criminal insanity. The second edition is
an essential complement to the first edition (1891) because it offers
important insights into the rapid development of law at the turn of
the century. It is also notable for its revamped system of
arrangement, with all compound and descriptive terms subsumed under
their related main entries.
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2.                     Important English Reform Tract
A Commoner. The Extraordinary Red Book, Containing a List of All
Places, Pensions, and Sinecures, With the Various Salaries and
Emoluments Arising Therefrom the Expenditure of the Civil List up to
1818; A List of Commissaries and Other Persons Indebted to the Public,
with a Complete View of the Finance and Debt of Great Britain; Also
the Magna Charta, Bill of Rights, Act of Settlement, and Habeas Corpus
Act; With a Variety of Official Documents Never Before Published:
Among Which is an Account of the Application of Admiralty Droits, from
1793 to February, 1818' Together With a Correct List of the New
Parliament, The Names of the Counties, Towns, and Boroughs from Whence
returned the Number of Voters in each, by Whom Influenced, &c. The
Whole Comprising the Strongest Body of Evidence to Prove the Necessity
of Retrenchment that can Possibly be Laid Before the Nation. London:
Printed by J. Johnston, 1819. Recent period-style quarter calf over
cloth, endpapers renewed. Early institution stamp to verso of front
free endpaper, interior otherwise fresh. Attractive. $750.
* Third edition. This important early reform tract urged a redirection
of public funds from "noble paupers and useless dependents of
government" in order to address the "principal causes of public
poverty and unhappiness" (Preface iii). Interesting as an artifact
from the nineteenth century reform movements that reshaped English
politics, it also offers an interesting perspective on the world of
Austen, Dickens and Trollope. This edition not in the Catalogue of the
Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature. OCLC locates 46 copies, 13
of this edition.
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3.                   Douglas' Thoughts on Stare Decisis
Douglas, William O. [1898-1980]. Stare Decisis. With an Introduction
by Cloyd Laporte. New York: The Association of the Bar of the City of
New York, 1949. 34 pp. Original cloth, light shelfwear, internally
clean. $150.
* Text of the Eighth Annual Benjamin N. Cardozo Lecture Delivered
Before the Association of the Bar of the City of New York April 12,
1949. "Mr. Justice Douglas has given us a brilliant study of the
vicissitudes which the doctrine of stare decisis has encountered in
the history of our highest courts and of the processes of
distinguishing, limiting and overruling decisions in the
constitutional field.": Introduction 5.
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4.           Madison's Account of the Constitutional Convention
[Madison, James (1751-1836)]. Scott, E.H., Editor. Journal of the
Federal Convention Kept by James Madison. Chicago: Albert, Scott &
Co., 1894. Two volumes. Frontispieces. Octavo (6" x 9"). Later cloth,
calf spine labels. Minor shelfwear, front hinges cracked, interiors
otherwise pristine. A nice set. $175.
* Founding father (and fourth President of the United States) James
Madison [1751-1836] appreciated the significance of the Federal
Convention and took great care to compile an accurate report of its
proceedings. His journal, which covers the period from May 14 and
September 17, 1787, is often referred to as "The Madison Papers" or
"Madison's Notes." It remains the most complete record of the
proceedings, which were held behind closed doors. This volume is based
on the edition of 1840, which was published by the United States
government from Madison's original manuscripts. This edition also
includes the text of another manuscript that traces the history of
American constitutionalism from 1754 to 1787.
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5.              Very Handsome Set of Selden's Complete Works
Selden, John [1584-1654]. Opera Omnia, Tam Edita Quam Inedita.
Collegit ac Recensuit; Vitam Auctoris, Praefationes, & Indices
Adjecit, David Wilkins. London: Guil Bowyer [Volume One]; S. Palmer
[Volume Two]; T. Wood [Volume Three], 1726. Folio (9-1/2" x 15").
Various paginations. Copperplate portrait frontispiece by George
Vertue after P.Lely. with woodcut text illustrations and ornaments.
Several leaves printed in red and black. Text in double columns.
Contemporary paneled calf, rebacked, spines gilt, corners and spine
ends worn, joints and hinges cracked but secure, some strips of calf
wanting from covers but still a very attractive set, internally fine &
clean. Bookplates of former owners to each front pastedown, endpapers
renewed. Fine copperplate frontispiece, illustrated with woodcuts and
copperplates. Subscriber list. A handsome set. $5,000.
* First collected edition. Limited to 750 sets, edited, with preface,
index and life of the author, by Dr. David Wilkins. Collects all of
the major legal treatises, antiquarian studies and oriental studies of
a pivotal scholar in English legal history. Among the titles included
are De Anno Civili Veteris Ecclesiae Judaicae Dissertatio, De Diis
Syris, Dissertatio ad Fletam, Mare Clausum, Epistolae & Poemata,
Titles of Honour, Uxor Ebraica, The History of Tythes, Of the
Judicature in Parliament, Speeches and Arguments and Table Talk. This
set is notable also for its handsome layout and typography, which
features Roman, Italic and Hebrew type created for Bowyer by William
Caslon. Updike refers to it as Bowyer's "greatest achievement" and as
"a stupendous piece of work". Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of
the British Commonwealth of Nations I:36 (76). Marvin, Legal
Bibliography (1847) 635. Updike, Printing Types II:102, 136-137.
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6.   Sensational 1770 Adultery Trial Involving King George's Brother
[Trial - Criminal Conversation]. [Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland
(1745-1790)]. The Trial of His R[oyal] H[ighness] the D[uke] of
C[umberland] for Criminal Conversation with Lady Harriet G[rosveno]r.
Including the Letters Which Have Passed Between His R.H. and Her
Ladyship, and Were Read in Court. [London]: Bailey, Printer, 1770. 48
pp. 4-1/4" x 6-3/4" stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers bound
into recent period-style quarter calf over cloth. Charming woodcut
title page device, head-piece and tail-piece. Light foxing to final
leaf, interior otherwise fresh. $850.
* Henry Frederick, the brother of King George III, was notorious for
his--to use the language of the day--"excesses" and "irregular" life.
In 1770 Richard Grosvenor, first earl Grosvenor, sued him for
committing adultery (criminal conversation) with the Countess
Grosvenor. Argued before the great jurist Lord Mansfield, it was one
of the most colorful trials of the day. The court found in Grosvenor's
favor and ordered the Duke to pay him 10,000 guineas in damages. Short
of cash, his brothers had to assist him with the payment. This
pamphlet offers a vivid narrative account enlivened with a few
excerpts from the transcripts, along with complete texts of the
letters. The cornerstone this case, they are occasionally quite bawdy.
Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II:1090.
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