LAW from Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books

Bonham, Texas: Probate Court, 1846. . These seem to document charges incurred in settling the estate of a relative. Baker went to Texas in 1837. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Houston & Texas Central Railroad; in 1852. From 1880-1886 he was the Mayor of Houston. Part owner of the "Houston Post… Read more about this item

New York: Privately Printed for Forensic Uses, 1911. . 8vo, green buckram; black leather spine label. Review copy with slip pasted in before the title page A compelling argument for free speech, by a founding member of the Free Speech League and well-known New York attorney.Seemingly rather early for this subject and well before the 1928 banning of… Read more about this item

Albany: Wm. Gould & Co., 1821. . 8vo in half-sheets; full contemporary calf, corners worn and 1/8 inch lacking at head of spine; foxed and browned throughout, some corners turned down First Edition. Ownership signature of Elisha Barlow (c.1749-1828) Member of New York state senate Middle District, 1806-1810.

Fannin County, Texas: Clerk, 1845. . Printed broadside, 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, finished in manuscript; has been folded in half and then in thirds. It is docketed on the verso Baker is fined $10.00 plus $1.75 costs and 60¢ interest. The bottom half of the document is a "Taxed list of Costs", on the… Read more about this item

Deerfield: John Wilson, 1818. . Large 8vo, full law sheep, black spine label; 2-inch separation in front outer hinge, but boards tight and firm; front free endpaper detached, all endpapers browned due to acidic reaction; contemporary ownership signature on blank preceding title A.I. 43857; Marvin p. 266.First and only edition of an early Justice of the Peace manual; almost… Read more about this item

Boston: Mandell Pratt & Co., Steam Printers, 1874. . 8vo, pink printed wrappers, back wrapper detached A chronicle of a jury session written in humorous verse. Extremely scarce OCLC lists only Brown University, Massachusetts Historical Society, and Harvard Law School. The author produced one other publication: "Lines on the occasion of the fifty-ninth anniversary of the Amicable Fire Society"--Brown… Read more about this item

York, Pa., Printed & Published by: P. Hardt and to be had of Shaeffer and Maund, Baltimore, 1819. . 12mo in half-sheets; sheep-backed marbled boards, worn, spine lacking top half inch; ball-point note on front free endpaper, some foxing and staining throughout, mostly caused by the use of very badly made paper which is an odd combination of laid… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Published by the Editor, 1816. . 8vo, printed gray wrappers, lacking back wrapper; top and bottom outer corners dog-eared; foxed. Bound in an extra title page and table of contents No copies located in OCLC. The NUC records this as an "add-on" to the major work and of the libraries listed as having one or both, we have… Read more about this item

Albany, N.Y.: Riggs Printing and Publishing Co., 1901. . 4to, red cloth, beveled edges, paper spine label; some minor rubbing to front cover; small chips at head of spine NUMBER 15 OF 125 COPIESPRUYN, John Van Schaick Lansing, a Representative from New York; born in Albany, N.Y., June 22, 1811; pursued classical studies and was graduated from the Albany… Read more about this item

Albany: W. C. Little & Co., Law Booksellers, 1857. . Tall 8vo, law sheep, red and black spine labels

Boston: 258 Washington Street, 1883. . 8vo, printed wrappers with the front wrapper having a vignette of the Patent Office, the whole tied (through two holes) with a blue silk ribbon which is affixed with a red paper seal to the front cover in imitation of a ÒPatentÓ Page [1] blank; p. [2]: larger vignette of the Patent Office… Read more about this item

Providence,1838.. Single sheet, printed on both sides OCLC lists four holding libraries: Yale, Harvard Law, Brown, and Rhode Island State Library. This is a minority report of the committee, signed in print by two of its members: William Read Staples and Samuel Y. Atwell. Interestingly one of the arguments for abolishing the death sentence is that "the severity… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. . 8vo, printed pink wrappers, front inner top corner chipped, minor chipping on spine and front edge if wrapper Includes entitlement for those serving in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and of course the Civil War, although strangely this war is not listed in the Index, but… Read more about this item

York, Penn.: P. Hardt and to be Had of Shaefer and Maund, Baltimore, 1849. . 12mo in half sheets, marbled boards, worn; brown leather spine lacking top half inch; ballpoint notation on front free endpaper A.I. 49395; Cohen 8144

Jackson, Miss.: Clarion Book and Job Printing, 1869. . 8vo, disbound, gutter showing evidence of previous pamphlet binding Two copies in OCLC: Harvard Law and the University of Mississippi.Wiley Pope Harris (1818 -1891) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.He attended the University of Virginia and graduated from the Law Department of Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1840. Harris was… Read more about this item

New York: M. Knoedler & Company, 1965. . Tall 8vo, printed stiff buff wrappers

New-York: Printed for the Author, 1812. . 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary sheep, lacking top surface in places; spines darkened; internally lightly browned. Ownership signature on front free endpaper of first volume and on front cover of same volume; ownership labels on both spines Comprehensive manual outlining all duties and actions required of the various officers. Marvin p. 83

Columbia: Printed at the Telescope Press, 1822. . 8vo in half-sheets, full contemporary calf, front cover stained; expertly rebacked, contemporary signature of J. H. Randolph and later signature in ballpoint; pages browned throughout Turnbull, Vol. II, p. 89; Sabin 87690 Preceded by the 1814 Digest by the same author which is not listed by Sabin.Relatively early for South Carolina… Read more about this item