[Rarebooks] fs-Evidence [I]

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock on evidence and
related subjects; for others, please feel free to browse our web
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1.  ABBOTT, Austin.  Trial Evidence, The Rules of Evidence
Applicable on the Trial of Civil Actions . . . at Common Law, in
Equity and under the Codes of Procedure. Second Edition, Revised
and Enlarged by John J. Crawford.  Baker, Voorhis and Company, New
York, 1900.  Contemporary sheep, covers loose; a working copy.
[59651 12L42L70E]                                         $ 40.00

2.  BENTHAM, Jeremy.  Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially
Applied to English Practice. Five Volumes.  Published by Hunt and
Clarke, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1827.  Later blue
cloth, gilt, a bit faded, but a sound, clean set. [67769
XYL72L73EL74E]                                         $ 3,500.00

Original edition of Bentham's legal masterpiece, laying claim as
his greatest contribution to intellectual thought and "rank[ing]
among the major achievements of our scholarly heritage", edited at
Bentham's request by John Stuart Mill.

3.  BENTHAM, Jeremy.  Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially
Applied to English Practice. Five Volumes.  Fred B. Rothman & Co.,
Littleton, 1995.  The facsimile reissue of the original 1827 London
edition. [68405 XYL73L74E]                               $ 350.00

4.  BENTHAM, Jeremy.  A Treatise on Judicial Evidence, Extracted
from the Manuscripts of Jeremy Bentham, Esq. by M. Dumont . . .
Translated into English.  From the Law Journal--Published by Mr.
J.W. Paget [etc.], London, 1825.  Contemporary marbled boards,
rebacked, a bit of foxing, but clean. [68359 ACTL73]     $ 550.00

First edition in English of Bentham's first major published
treatise on evidence, containing his main proposals for its reform;
"nearly all changes since his time", in Professor Twining's words,
"have been in the direction he charted".

5.  [CRIMINAL CONVERSATION AT SCOTS LAW].  Report of Trial in the
Action of Damages for Crim. Con. Poor Alexander Bell, Teacher,
Dundee, versus William Murray, Now or Lately Rector of the Dundee
Academy . . . Containing a Discussion upon the Law of Intercepted
Correspondence.  N.p., [Edinburgh?], 1834.  Modern canvas backed
marbled boards, ex-library?, sound; 63 pages. [64090 L57]
                                                         $ 250.00

A trial ingeniously hinging on the admissibility of a letter said
to have been sent by the wife to her alleged paramour, never
received by him, showing clearly the judicial disabilities
frequently suffered by women in cases involving sexual issues.

6.  DUNCOMBE, Giles.  Trials per Pais: Or, The Law of England
concerning Juries by Nisi Prius . . . With a Compleat Treatise of
The Law of Evidence . . . Very Useful . . . for all Lawyers,
Attornies, and other Practisers, especially at the Assizes. Eighth
Edition. Two Volumes.  Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan . . .
for T. Waller [etc.], London, 1766.  Modern black cloth, gilt, some
light browning, but a sound set. [67556 L72]             $ 650.00

The first substantial treatise on the English jury and the English
law of evidence, deservedly popular and published for over a
century, with Duncombe's earlier published observations on trials
in capital cases appended; one copy only in the UK.

7.  E[UER], S[amson].  Tryals per Pais; Or the Law Concerning
Juries by Nisi-Prius . . . Methodically Composed for the Publick
Good [etc.]. Wing E3411A.  Printed by John Streater, and James
Flesher [etc.], London, 1665.  Contemporary calf, rebacked,
ex-library, title dusty; sound. [68980 BLSL74]         $ 2,500.00

The rare first edition variant of the first substantial treatise on
the English jury and the English law of evidence, deservedly
popular and published for over a century; three copies in Wing,
none in the United Kingdom.

8.  [EVIDENCE].  John Jay McKelvey.  Handbook of the Law of
Evidence. Fourth Edition.  West Publishing Company, St. Paul, 1932.
Original buckram, worn and a little shaken, but still sound. [13245
L21EL29]                                                  $ 35.00

9.  [EVIDENCE].  Model Code of Evidence as Adopted and Promulgated
by the American Law Institute.  American Law Institute,
Philadelphia, 1942.  [17823 7M6XL13L67E]                  $ 75.00

First of the major 20th century evidence codes, with a foreword by
Edmund Morgan, the Reporter; the chief consultant was John Henry
Wigmore, whose fundamental disagreements (joined in part by Leon
Green and Jerome Hall) are found in the introduction.

10.  GRABER, Suzanne E. (ed.).  California Trial Objections. Second
Edition.  California Continuing Education of the Bar, Berkeley,
1984.  With the 1992 supplementary volume. [49036 L22L46]
                                                          $ 25.00
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