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1968ref. 250798Los Angeles 1968. unbound. Autographed first day Olympic Trial Covers signed in full by several athletes who went on to participate in the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City. Each Trial Cover contains a black shadow figure engaging in the participant's sport as well as the athlete's signature. Signatures include George Foreman boxing Deborah Meyer swimming Spencer Heywood basketball Al Oerter discus and Sue Gossick diving. Twenty-one covers total each measuring 3.5 x 6.5 inches. Los Angeles California. Postmarked August 28 1968. Fine condition. unknown books
1855ref. 723181855. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. Raped Under Anesthesia by Her Dentist Trial. Beale Stephen T. Defendant. Trial and Conviction of Dr. Stephen T. Beale; With the Letters of Chief Justice Lewis And Judges Black and Woodward On His Case. Interesting Ether Cases And the Letters of Prof. Gibson Prof. Wiltbank Wm. Badger Esq. W.L. Hirst Esq. Rev. Albert Barnes Dr. Henry Boardman &c. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. 30 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet removed from a volume rear wrapper lacking spine reinforced with archival tape. Light soiling to exterior light toning to text chip to fore-edge of title page at foot with no loss to text. $400. Only edition. This trial account reflects contemporary anxiety about ether which was used for the first time in 1846. Narcissa Mudge claimed she was raped by her dentist Dr. Beale while unconscious from ether during a procedure. Beale was convicted. This account of the trial is written by someone who characterizes the dentist as an innocent victim. He argues that Mudge's accusation was based on false memory a side-effect induced by ether. His case is supported by the testimony concerning the effects of ether by a group of dentists and other authorities. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13774. unknown
1855ref. 723181855. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. Raped Under Anesthesia by Her Dentist Trial. Beale Stephen T. Defendant. Trial and Conviction of Dr. Stephen T. Beale; With the Letters of Chief Justice Lewis And Judges Black and Woodward On His Case. Interesting Ether Cases And the Letters of Prof. Gibson Prof. Wiltbank Wm. Badger Esq. W.L. Hirst Esq. Rev. Albert Barnes Dr. Henry Boardman &c. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. 30 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet removed from a volume rear wrapper lacking spine reinforced with archival tape. Light soiling to exterior light toning to text chip to fore-edge of title page at foot with no loss to text. $400. Only edition. This trial account reflects contemporary anxiety about ether which was used for the first time in 1846. Narcissa Mudge claimed she was raped by her dentist Dr. Beale while unconscious from ether during a procedure. Beale was convicted. This account of the trial is written by someone who characterizes the dentist as an innocent victim. He argues that Mudge's accusation was based on false memory a side-effect induced by ether. His case is supported by the testimony concerning the effects of ether by a group of dentists and other authorities. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13774. unknown books
1833ref. 784701833. The Last Public Execution in Pennsylvania: McDade 335 Trial. Getter Charles d.1833 Defendant. Trial of Charles Getter For the Murder of His Wife; Late of Forks Township Northampton County And Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In the Court of Oyer and Terminer And General Goal sic Delivery Held at Easton In and For the County of Northampton On the Third Monday of August Anno Domini 1833. Containing the Arguments of Counsel At Length. Reported by a Member of the Easton Bar. Philadelphia: Printed at Alexander's General Printing Office 1833. 71 1 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 4-3/4"; 22.2 x 12 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later three-quarter morocco over cloth gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities light fading to spine front joint starting at head faint offsetting to endleaves. Light toning and light foxing to interior. $400. Only edition. "In this case" McDade writes "the social and civic pressure to make the poor girl an honest woman produced disastrous consequences. Getter held in jail on a charge of fornication and bastardy married Rebecca Lawall when given the choice of doing that or remaining in jail. Six weeks later saddled with a wife he did not want he choked her to death." Getter was the last person to be publicly executed in Pennsylvania; public execution was banned after a public outcry over the indifference of the vast crowd to Getter's hanging. OCLC locates 7 copies of this title in law libraries Harvard University of Missouri Yale Library of Congress University of Pennsylvania Worcester Trial Court Law Library Jenkins Law Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 335. unknown
1833ref. 784701833. The Last Public Execution in Pennsylvania: McDade 335 Trial. Getter Charles d.1833 Defendant. Trial of Charles Getter For the Murder of His Wife; Late of Forks Township Northampton County And Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In the Court of Oyer and Terminer And General Goal sic Delivery Held at Easton In and For the County of Northampton On the Third Monday of August Anno Domini 1833. Containing the Arguments of Counsel At Length. Reported by a Member of the Easton Bar. Philadelphia: Printed at Alexander's General Printing Office 1833. 71 1 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 4-3/4"; 22.2 x 12 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later three-quarter morocco over cloth gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities light fading to spine front joint starting at head faint offsetting to endleaves. Light toning and light foxing to interior. $400. Only edition. "In this case" McDade writes "the social and civic pressure to make the poor girl an honest woman produced disastrous consequences. Getter held in jail on a charge of fornication and bastardy married Rebecca Lawall when given the choice of doing that or remaining in jail. Six weeks later saddled with a wife he did not want he choked her to death." Getter was the last person to be publicly executed in Pennsylvania; public execution was banned after a public outcry over the indifference of the vast crowd to Getter's hanging. OCLC locates 7 copies of this title in law libraries Harvard University of Missouri Yale Library of Congress University of Pennsylvania Worcester Trial Court Law Library Jenkins Law Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 335. unknown books
1876ref. 780061876. Boston 1876. Boston 1876. Mutiny and Murder on the High Seas McDade 679 Trial. Miller George d. 1876 Defendant. Glew John Defendant. Smith William d. 1876 Defendant. The Jefferson Borden Mutiny: Trial of George Miller John Glew And William Smith for Murder on the High Seas: Before Clifford & Lowell JJ. Boston: Printed Under the Direction of the Clerk of the Court 1876. 141 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Rubbing to spine ends wrappers beginning to detach at ends tiny chip to fore-edge of rear wrapper. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in a few places. $400. Only edition. "The Jefferson Borden was bound for London from New Orleans. Corydon Trask Patterson was the mate and in the course of a mutiny he was hit with an iron bar and thrown overboard. The mutiny was suppressed and at this trial Glew was acquitted and Miller and Smith were condemned" McDade. This official account includes the indictment arraignment pleas assignment of counsel to prisoners empaneling of the jury evidence charge to the jury verdict remarks of the Court on passing sentence and the sentences. McDade The Annals of Murder 679. unknown books
1793ref. 130714Paris, s.n.l., Imprimerie de Froullé, se trouve cher. les Libraires du ci- devant Palais- 1793 In-8 20 x 12 cm. Reliure de l’époque veau havane, dos lisse oenés de fers dorés, pièce de titre maroquin fauve, 51-14-70-45-71-8-7-45 pp. Accrocs en tête et en pied de dos.
ref. 68415aaf1835, in-4to, Original-Pappband.
17862 opere in un volume, cm. 18,3, mezza pelle marm. con tassello e fregi in oro al dorso, piatti marm., pag. 96; LXVIII. Interessante memoria difensiva di Cagliostro relativa all'accusa della famosa truffa della collana ai danni di Maria Antonietta e dei gioiellieri Bohmer e Bassenge. Piccola mancanza al dorso, un alone al margine superiore esterno alla fine della seconda opera, comunque ottimo esemplare in solida legatura.
ref. 19780Note from Lincoln's Inn dated 16 September 1820. Engraving published by A. Wivell 40 Castle Street East Marylebone and T. Kelly 17 Paternoster Row. Undated. ONE: ANS. 1p. 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. The second leaf bears the address part of which has been cut away: '<.> Wright Esq <.> Panton Square <.> Coventry Street'. Reads: 'Sir I am much in want of the copies of V. <> & the other speeches & I hope you can let me have my own or other copies I am Your most Obt. Servant Wm. Vizard'. TWO: Engraving of 'Willm. Vizard Esqr. Her Majesty's Solicitor. Engraved by T. Wright from a Drawing by A. Wivell.' At bottom right-hand corner 'P 2/6'. Dimensions of image 9.5 x 8 cm. On 17 x 12 cm paper. Aged and worn with dog-eared corner and slight staining at head. The National Portrait Gallery in London does not hold a copy of this item in its collection. Note from Lincoln's Inn, dated 16 September 1820. Engraving published by A. Wivell, 40 Castle Street, East, Marylebone, and T. K unknown
1991Approximately 500 pages. The People's of the White Western World have been and are being prosecuted and found guilty for their way; for their beliefs and even for history. All this without there ever having been a fair trial! The Governments of these people have led this prosecution, paying for it with the People's own (taxes) money, not one penny being offered to any to make a statement of defense. "In my lifetime, I have seen a rapid increase in opinion being portrayed as fact, even opinion being legislated as fact... Herewith the end result of collecting my personal opinions...." Much stimulating reading for anyone concerned by the ongoing destruction of Canada. Creasing to covers. Average wear to contents. Unmarked. Binding solid. Remains a solid working copy. Book
ref. 166464Paris, Ledentu, marchands de nouveautés, 1832 in-8, [4]-495 pp., broché sous couverture imprimée, dans emboîtage de demi-toile verte, dos lisse orné d'une fleur de lis (reliure moderne). Qqs rousseurs. Bon exemplaire.
ref. 245542Bordeaux, Imprimerie des ouvriers-associés (Métreau gérant), 1849, fort vol. in-8, 767 pp., demi-basane noire, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Premier plat déraché. Importants manques de cuir au dos, coins abîmés, rousseurs.
1875br., non massicoté et partiellement non coupé, tome IV imprimé sur papier vergé, (t. I et II débrochés, accroc avec ptt. mq. à la couv. du t. IV), int. frais Rare exemplaire de cette source essentielle sur la vie politique entre la Restauration et 1852. Elles ont été établies de manière posthume par son fils, R. Barrot et certains auteurs pensent qu’elles ont été quelque peu expurgées.
1757ref. 22365Paris DURAND 1757 -in-4 plein-veau 6 volumes, reliure plein veau havane marbré et raçiné in-quarto(binding full calfskin in-4) (19,6 x 26,2 cm), dosà nerfs (spine with raised band), décoré "or" et à froid (gilt and blind stamping decoration), pièce de titre et de tomaison sur fond grenat (piece of title) avec double filets "or" en encadrement pour la pièce de titre et avec double filets "or" en encadrement et rinceaux "or" aux angles pour la pièce de tomaison, roulette "or" en place des nerfs avec un filet à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs, entre-nerfs à fleuron "or" dans un encadrement d'un double filet "or" avec rinceaux "or" aux angles, roulette "or" en tête et en pied, coiffe supérieure arasée au Tome 1 et léger manque de cuir (moins d'1/10ème de cm) à la coiffe inférieure du Tome 6, double filets "or" sur les coupes, toutes tranches lisses rouges, sans illustrations (no illustrations excepté des bandeaux, lettrinnes et culs-de-lampes historiés gravés sur bois en noir, [XVI (pièces liminaires) + LXII(préface) + 2ff (approbation et privilège) + 699] + [VI + 726 + 1ff (approbation et privilège)] + [VI + 784 + 1ff] + [VIII + 784] + [VIII + 772] + [IV + 776] pages, 1757 à Paris Chez DURAND Libraire Editeur,
ref. 46301 vol. in-8 br. sous couv. d'attente, Sur l'imprimé, De l'Imprimerie de J. M. Cuchet, Imp. Lib. de Mgr. le Duc d'Orléans, & des trois Ordres de la Province de Dauphiné, A Grenoble, 1788, 163 pp., parfait etat reliure demi percaline , avec plats en bradel
4 fort volumes in-4, demi-toile grise, dos lisses, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge. Les quatre premiers volumes qui contiennent les dépositions de témoins. Bon exemplaire, relié, très frais.
1658pl. veau brun moucheté de l’époque, dos à nerfs orné de délicates dentelles dorées, tit. doré sur p. de tit. rouge et noire, bandeaux et lettrines, (frottements, éraflures et petites coupures sur les plats, manque à un coin et une coupe, accident à la coiffe de tête, petit trou au dos et coiffe de pied trop courte, accroc à la coiffe de tête, gardes défraîchies, mouillures claires) Il ne faut pas confondre les deux Le Maistre juristes : Gilles Le Maistre fut président du Parlement de Paris à la fin du XVIème siècle alors que celui-ci, Antoine fut avocat au parlement et conseiller au Conseil d’État du Roi. Ses plaidoyers eurent un grand écho au point qu’on les republia encore au XIXème siècle. Ils constituent un bon tableau de la France de la première moitié du XVIIème siècle : plaidoyer pour une fille déshéritée par son père ; pour un fils mis en religion de force, pour l’éducation d’une petite fille du fait d’une séparation de biens ; contre une violence exercée durant la guerre civile ; pour l’exécution du traité de paix entre la France et l’Angleterre. Certains de ces plaidoyers présentent en outre des aspects théoriques tout à fait intéressants, V. tout spécialement le plaidoyer 12 pour montrer que dans le silence d’une coutume on doit plutôt suivre le droit romain que la coutume de Paris (contre l’opinion professée par Dumoulin), le plaidoyer sur l’application du traité entre la France et l’Angleterre qui pose la question de l’application entre particuliers d’un traité entre deux couronnes.
ref. 57316, Paris, Daniel Horthemels 1688, in-4, pl. veau brun moucheté, tit. doré sur dos à cinq nerfs, caissons richement ornés de fleurons et arabesques dorés, filets dorés encadrants, lettrines ornées, guirlandes ornementales, bandeaux gravés et vignettes, roulettes dorées sur les coupes, tr. rouge, (mors sup. fendillé, papier parfois acidifié), très bon état, ouvrage bien conservé, (14f.)-762p.+ table.
1772ref. 158511772 A Amsterdam chez Michel Rhey 1772. In-12. Pleine basane havane marbrée, dos à nerfs ornés , tranches marbrées, , reliure de l'époque en bel état, nous avons les tomes 3 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 1 5/ 16 / 17 / 18.
1817ref. 745791817. 2 titles in 1. 2 titles in 1. High-Stakes 1817 Irish Scandal: A Scarce Pair of "Crim. Con." Pamphlets Defended by Distinguished Anglo-Irish Barrister Phillips Trial. Blake Martin Joseph Defendant. Crim. Con. A Full Faithful & Impartial Report of that Curious Extraordinary and Interesting Trial with Speeches of Counsel and Judge's Charge In the Case Wherein Mark Browne Esq. Was Plaintiff and Martin Jos. Blake Esq. Defendant In an Action of Damages for Crim. Con. With the Plaintiff's Wife. Tried in the Court of Common Pleas Dublin On the 9th and 10th Days of July 1817 Before the Right Honorable Lord Norbury and a Special Jury of the City of Dublin; Damages laid at 30000. Dublin: Printed by J. Charles 1817. 48 pp. Bound with Phillips Charles 1787-1859. The Speech of Charles Phillips Esq. In the Case of Brown Versus Blake for Adultery; Delivered Before Lord Norbury and a Special Jury on the 9th July 1817. Dublin: Printed at the Hibernia Press Office For John Cumming 1817. 31 pp. Octavo 8" x 5"; 20.3 x 12.7cm. Two titles bound together. Stab-stitched pamphlet in later plain wrappers. Two vertical fold lines to front wrapper. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in places early library stamps to head of page 3 of Crim. Con. verso of title page head of page 7 and verso of final leaf of Speech. A very good copy of two scarce Irish legal pieces. $450. Crim. Con.: First edition; Speech: only edition. A second edition of Crim. Con. was published shortly after in 1817. Although it was a typical adultery trial Browne v. Blake attracted a fair amount of attention because of the high-stakes damages sought 30000 and the fact that Blake's lawyer was Charles Phillips: a leading Anglo-Irish barrister. Phillips was renowned for his oratory and expertise with adultery cases. Phillips successfully secured a defense verdict. Both titles are scarce. OCLC locates 5 copies of Crim. Con. all first editions 1 in a North American law library LA County and no copies of Speech. Crim. Con.: British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 3:582. unknown books
1855ref. 821721855. New Haven: Thomas H. Pease 1855. New Haven: Thomas H. Pease 1855. Rare Account of an 1855 New Haven Murder Case: McDade 178 Trial. Clark Willard d.1855 Defendant. McFarland Henry H. Reporter. Report of the Trial of Willard Clark Indicted for the Murder of Richard W. Wight Before the Superior Court of Connecticut Holden at New Haven On Monday September 17 1855. New Haven: Thomas H. Pease. T.J. Stafford Printer 1855. 217 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; 21.6 x 14 cm. Disbound. Moderate toning a few signatures at beginning and end of text block loose light foxing in places light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf residue from wrappers and binding to spine. $450. Only edition. McDade offers a neat summary of this case: "Clark was apparently infatuated with a girl who married Wight. With no warning he shot Wight through the head while Wight was kneeling to tie a bundle. The crime and trial were in New Haven Connecticut; Clark was acquitted on the ground of insanity." OCLC does not locate any printed copies but we found examples at the American Antiquarian Society the University of Michigan Medler Crime Collection Clements Library and Yale Law School. McDade The Annals of Murder 178. unknown
1855ref. 821721855. New Haven: Thomas H. Pease 1855. New Haven: Thomas H. Pease 1855. Rare Account of an 1855 New Haven Murder Case: McDade 178 Trial. Clark Willard d.1855 Defendant. McFarland Henry H. Reporter. Report of the Trial of Willard Clark Indicted for the Murder of Richard W. Wight Before the Superior Court of Connecticut Holden at New Haven On Monday September 17 1855. New Haven: Thomas H. Pease. T.J. Stafford Printer 1855. 217 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; 21.6 x 14 cm. Disbound. Moderate toning a few signatures at beginning and end of text block loose light foxing in places light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf residue from wrappers and binding to spine. $450. Only edition. McDade offers a neat summary of this case: "Clark was apparently infatuated with a girl who married Wight. With no warning he shot Wight through the head while Wight was kneeling to tie a bundle. The crime and trial were in New Haven Connecticut; Clark was acquitted on the ground of insanity." OCLC does not locate any printed copies but we found examples at the American Antiquarian Society the University of Michigan Medler Crime Collection Clements Library and Yale Law School. McDade The Annals of Murder 178. unknown books
1840ref. 848861840. Philadelphia: Printed by W.S. Martien 1840. Philadelphia: Printed by W.S. Martien 1840. A Foundational Text of American Family Law: The 1840 d'Hauteville Habeas Corpus Report Trial. D'Hauteville Custody Case. Sears David et al. Defendants. Report of the d'Hauteville Case: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania At the Suggestion of Paul Daniel Gonsalve Grand d'Hauteville Versus David Sears Miriam C. Sears and Ellen Sears Grand d'Hauteville: Habeas Corpus for the Custody of an Infant Child. Philadelphia: Printed by W.S. Martien 1840. 295 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2"; 22 x 14 cm. Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards later repair to head of spine. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities front joint starting corners bumped and lightly worn early owner name "Clara A. Coolidge" to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior faint dampstaining to foot of text block. A very good copy. $450. Only edition. The d'Hauteville case was a 19th-century cause celebre that pitted an American heiress against her Swiss aristocratic husband in a battle that transfixed the Atlantic world. When Ellen Sears fled her 'tyrannical' husband to give birth in Philadelphia she challenged the centuries-old legal tradition of patria potestas-the absolute right of the father to his children. This report documents the court's revolutionary decision to prioritize the child's welfare over the father's 'property' rights. It is a cornerstone of American jurisprudence cited for decades as the origin of the 'Tender Years Doctrine' and the shift toward maternal custody for infants. This copy bears the contemporary ownership signature of Clara A. Coolidge likely of the prominent Boston family. Her possession of this specific report is noteworthy as the d'Hauteville case became a rallying cry for elite 19th-century women navigating the restrictive laws of coverture and custodial rights. See Grossberg A Judgment for Solomon: The d'Hauteville Case and Legal Experience in Antebellum America. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11423. unknown
