[Rarebooks] fs-Criminal Law [XXXVII]

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock on criminal law and
related matters; for others, please feel free to browse our web
site, where you may search our entire inventory by any word or
phrase:  www.meyerbos.com

1.  ST. JOHN-STEVAS, Norman.  Life, Death and the Law.  Indiana
University Press, Bloomington, 1961.  A nice, sound copy in the
dustjacket. [42884 L25EL47EL48E]                          $ 35.00

2.  STAUNTON, Georges Thomas (trans.).  Ta-Tsing-Leu-Lee, Ou les
lois Fondamentales du Code Penal de la Chine . . . originairement
imprime et publie a Pekin . . . Mis en Francais, avec des Notes,
par M. Felix Renouard de Sainte-Croix [etc.]. Two Volumes.  Chez
Lenormant, Libraire, Rue de Seine, n 8 [etc.]., Paris, 1812.  1/4
crimson morocco, gilt, light foxing and browning; a good set.
[69046] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=69046
                                                       $ 1,500.00

The French edition of the first work translated from Chinese into
English (printed at London in 1810), China's Fundamental Law, both
constitutional, civil & penal, with the emphasis upon the last; a
rare work, two copies in the National Union Catalog.

3.  STEINBERG, Allen.  The Transformation of Criminal Justice
Philadelphia, 1800-1880.  University of North Carolina Press,
Chapel Hill, 1989.  A very good copy in the dustjacket. [30663]
                                                          $ 35.00

4.  STOCKDALE, Eric.  The Court and the Offender.  Victor Gollancz
Ltd, London, 1967.  A good presentation copy, in the dustjacket.
[90036]                                                   $ 65.00

5.  [STRYCHNINE].  Report of the Case of Geo. C. Hersey, Indicted
for the Murder of Betsy Frances Tirrell . . . Including the Hearing
on the Motion in Arrest of Judgment, The Prisoner's Petition for a
Commutation, the Death Warrant . . . and the Confession. McDade
472.  A. Williams & Co., 100 Washington Street, Boston, 1862.
Original embossed cloth, a bit worn and chipped, else quite good.
[67135 L70] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=67135     $ 250.00

Represented as the first American trial in which the use of
strychnine was proven, Hersey murdering his fiancee's three-month
pregnant sister after the fiancee's never-explained death;
presentation copy from B.W. Harris, the successful prosecutor.

6.  STUBBS, W[illiam] and G. Talmash.  The Crown Circuit Companion;
Containing the Practice of the Assizes on the Crown Side, and of
the Courts of General and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
[etc.]. The Sixth Edition . . . by Thomas Dogherty, of Clifford's
Inn.  Printed for E. and R. Brooke, Bell Yard, near Lincoln's Inn,
London, 1790.  Contemporary calf, a bit rubbed, ex-County Palatine
of Lancaster Circuit Library, manuscript notes by (seemingly) a
clerk of assize; a good copy. [70878 XY] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=70878     $ 450.00

A rare edition of the 'Bible' for any lawyer practising criminal
law "in the country", away from the central courts in Westminster,
proceeding through the practicalities of litigating and providing
extensive forms of indictment; six copies in RLIN.

7.  [SUMMARY CONVICTION].  William Boscawen.  A Treatise on
Convictions on Penal Statutes.  Printed for E. and R. Brooke, in
Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar, London, 1792.  Contemporary calf, rubbed and
chipped, but still well preserved. [16013 C15XYL15L54L65L75E]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=16013
                                                         $ 650.00

Joseph Chitty's copy of the first edition of Boscawen's pioneering
treatise, authoritatively examining the summary powers of justices
of the peace to try and convict without a jury, a subject neglected
by Burn and others in their earlier treatises.

8.  San Jose Methods Test of Known Crime Victims (Statistical
Technical Report No. 1).  United States Department of Justice,
Washington, 1972.  Stapled wraps; 17 pages. [90160]       $ 25.00

9.  The Seasonality of Crime Victimization.  U.S. Department of
Justice, Washington, 1988.  Stapled wraps, oversized, a bit
chipped; 12 pages. [90183]                                $ 20.00

10.  Selected Documentation on Criminology.  UNESCO, Paris, 1961.
Stapled wraps, rather worn, but still sound; 114 pages. [90424]
                                                          $ 45.00

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