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1678. London: Printed for Robert Pawlet, 1678. London: Printed for Robert Pawlet, 1678. A Victim of The Popish Plot [Trial]. [Popish Plot]. Coleman, Edward, Defendant [1636-1678]. The Tryal of Edward Coleman, Gent. For Conspiring the Death of the King, And the Subversion of the Government of England, And the Protestant Religion: Who upon Full Evidence was Found Guilty of… Read more about this item

1688. From the Library of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall Aleyn, John, Reporter. [Marshall, John (1755-1835), Former Owner]. Select Cases In B.R. 22, 23, & 24. Car. I Regis, Reported by John Aleyn Late of Greys Inn Esq; With Tables of the Names of the Cases and of the Matters Therein Contained: Also of the Names of… Read more about this item

1821. James Revel, The Unhappy Sufferer" [Broadside]. [Transportation]. Revel, James. The Unhappy Transport's Sorrowful Account of His Fourteen Years Transportation, At Botany Bay, New South Wales, Who was Transported in February, 1806, And Returned to Town June 1, 1821, Being a Remarkable and Succinct History of the Life of James Revel, The Unhappy Sufferer. Nottingham: Ordoyno, Printer, [1821]. 14-3/4"… Read more about this item

1686. London: Printed for Dorman Newman, 1686.. London: Printed for Dorman Newman, 1686. A Member of a Plot to Depose James II? [Trial]. Warrington, Henry Booth, Earl of [1652-1694], Defendant. The Tryal of Henry Baron Delamere for High-Treason, In Westminster-Hall, The 14th Day of January, 1685. Before the Right Honourable George Lord Jeffreys, Baron of Wemm, Lord High Chancellour… Read more about this item

1689. Religious Controversy and the Glorious Revolution [Trials]. Sancroft, William [1617-1693], Principal Defendant. The Proceedings and Tryal in the Case of The Most Reverend Father in God William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, And the Right Reverend Fathers in God, William Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, Francis Lord Bishop of Ely, John Lord Bishop of Chichester, Thomas Lord Bishop of… Read more about this item

1834. Transported for His Part in the Reform Riots [Broadside]. [Transportation]. [Reform Bill Riots (1831)]. Marshall, Valentine [c.1814-1887]. Extract of a Letter, And a Copy of Verses, Written by Valentine Marshall, Now in Van Dieman's Land, To His Friends in Nottingham. Nottingham: J. Plant, Printer, 1834. 14-3/4" x 6-1/2" broadside mounted to 15-3/4" x 7-3/4" backing sheet, verse text… Read more about this item

1669. A Copy with an Interesting History that Includes John Peter Zenger's Defense Attorney Noy, William. Reports and Cases, Taken In the Time of Queen Elizabeth, King James, And King Charles.... London: Printed by T.R. for Samuel Heyrick, 1669. [xx], 185, [1] pp. Folio (11" x 6-3/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, rebacked, raised bands, gilt and blind… Read more about this item

1971. Clark, George. English History: A Survey. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1971. xix, 567 pp. Cloth, light shelfwear, tiny bit of sticker residue to front free endpaper. $10.

2008. Halbrook, Stephen P. The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2008. x, 425 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: "The Inhabitants to be Disarmed"; From the Tea Party to the Powder Alarm; The Arms Embargo and Search and Seizure at the Neck; A Shot Heard… Read more about this item

1925. Knight, W. S. M. The Life and Works of Hugo Grotius. London: Sweet & Maxwell, Limited, 1925. xiv, 304 pp. Publisher's quarter cloth, moderate shelfwear, chipping to head of spine, spine stained. Crack in textblook between pages 176 and 177, foxing to endpapers. $100.

1978. McCusker, John J. Money and Exchange in Europe and America, 1600-1775: A Handbook. Chapel Hill, NC: Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VA, by the University of North Carolina Press, 1978. xi, 367 pp., illustrations. Publisher's original black quarter cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Light shelfwear, some stains to front cover, internally clean.… Read more about this item

1954. Stone, Julius. Legal Controls of International Conflict: A Treatise on the Dynamics of Disputes- and War-Law. Rinehart & Company, 1954. lv, 851 pp. Original cloth, quite worn. Hinge cracked at title page, card stating "With the Compliments of William H.Y. Hackett, JR." glued to front pastedown. Neat underlining to a few passages, interior otherwise clean. $85.

1996. Watson, Alan. The Trial of Stephen: The First Christian Martyr. Athens, [GA]: University of Georgia Press, [1996]. xiii, 156 pp. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. Internally clean. $20.

1887. Stephen, James Fitzjames. A Digest of the Criminal Law (Crimes and Punishments). London; New York: Macmillan and Co., 1887. Fourth edition. xl, 441 pp. Publisher's original cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Moderate shelfwear, hinges splitting but secure. Previous owner's sticker to front pastedown, deckled edges, internally clean. $85.

1969. Cooke, Robin Brunskill. Portrait of a Profession: The Centennial Book of the New Zealand Law Society. Wellington [NZ]: Reed, 1969. 439 pp., illustrations, frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Inscription to front free endpaper, else fine. In a lightly worn dust jacket. $65.

1998. Woolfson, Jonathan. Padua and the Tudors: English students in Italy, 1485-1603. Toronto; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1998. xii, 322 pp., frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt stamped spine. Fine, as new, in a very good dust jacket. $35. * One of the most famous and prestigious of Renaissance schools, Italy's University of Padua attracted a notable body… Read more about this item

1983. Irons, Peter. Justice at War. [The Story of the Japanese American Internment Cases]. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. xiii, 407 pp. Publisher's black quarter cloth, very good, internally clean and bright. In a very good dust jacket. $20.

1968. Gavet, Gaston. Sources de l'Histoire des Institutions et du Droit Francais: Manuel de Bibliographie Historique. Paris, L. Larose, 1899. Reprint. Frankfurt a. M.: Verlag Sauer & Auvermann, 1968. xi, 783 pp. Publisher's quarter leather cloth, with gilt stamped spine, light shelfwear. Spine faded and stained. Bookplate to front pastedown. $25.

2020. Baier, Paul R. Stein, Jacob A. Hardy, James D., Foreword. Written in Water: An Experiment in Legal Biography. Northport, [NY]: Twelve Tables Press, [2020]. xvi, 448 pp. Softcover. Near-fine. Internally clean. $40. * Contents: Our Man of Interest; Dramatis Personae; Uncle Sigi's Museum, Switzerland; Brown University; Digging into Documents; The Surprising Discoveries Turned Up on the Process; Another… Read more about this item

1923. Berezniak, Leon A. The Theatrical Counselor. Chicago: Cooper Syndicate, [1923]. 233 pp. Frontispiece, (portrait). Original black cloth. Internally clean. $15. * Error in paging: p. 233 incorrectly numbered 223.