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1.                Chipman's Principles of Government
Chipman, Nathaniel [1752-1843]. Principles of Government: A Treatise
on Free Institutions Including the Constitution of the United States.
Burlington: Edward Smith, 1833. viii, 144, 145a-188a, [145]-330 pp.
Octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, lettering piece and
blind fillets to spine, blind frames to boards. Light rubbing and a
few minor scuffs, discoloration to portion of front board's fore-edge,
discoloration and some worming to fore-edge of rear, minor worming to
front pastedown. Offsetting to margins of endleaves, occasional foxing
and light dampstaining. Later signature to front free endpaper,
interior otherwise clean. An nice copy with a notably well-preserved
spine. $450.
* A revised version of his Sketches of the Principles of Government
(1793), this book addresses civil laws and obligations, the social
state, rights of property, sovereignty and political power. Chipman
was a Hamiltonian Federalist who played a key role in Vermont's
admittance to the Union. He became the state's Chief Justice and a
United States Senator. According to Warren, his Dissertations (1793),
a study of the common law, is one of "the four general works on the
Common Law... [of] permanent value in American Legal Literature.":
Warren, A History of the American Bar 335-336. See Cohen, Bibliography
of Early American Law 5752, Sabin, A Dictionary of Books Relating to
America 12824, Dictionary of American Biography II:73-74.
(Inventory # 40664)

2.                 Inscribed by Douglas to Alan Barth
Douglas, William O. Strange Lands and Friendly People. New York:
Harper & Row, [1951]. xv. 336 pp. Frontispiece. Plates. Cloth, very
good. Loght rubbing, some wear to edges and joints of dust jacket.
Author inscription to half-title. Light foxing to frontispiece and
title page, interior otherwise clean. $150.
* An account of the author's travels in Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria,
Iraq, Israel, Greece, Cyprus and India. The inscription reads: "For
Adrienne & Alan Barth-/ who could have written/ a better one-/ with
affectionate regards/ May 19, 1952 Wm O Douglas/ and [illegible]. Alan
Barth, an influential editorial writer for the Washington Post, was an
important defender of intellectual freedom during the period of
congressional investigations into "un-American activities."
(Inventory # 40660)

3.                  Classic JP Manual Based on Burn
[Hodgdon, Moses (1774-1840)] [Burn, Richard (1709-1785)]. The Complete
Justice of the Peace Containing Extracts from Burn's Justice, and
Other Justiciary Productions. The Whole Altered and Made Conformable
to the Laws and Manners of Administering Justice, Particularly in the
State of New Hampshire, and Generally in the Other of the United
States, Comprising the Practice, Authority, and Duty of Justices of
the Peace, With Forms and Precedents Relating Thereto. Published
According to Act of Congress. Dover: Charles Peirce, 1806. [viii], 431
pp. Octavo (5" x 8"). Contemporary sheep, lettering piece, gilt
fillets to spine. Light rubbing and a few minor scuffs, some wear to
joints and board edges, corners bumped. Bookplate to front pastedown.
Offsetting to margins of endleaves, browning to fore-edges of first
half of text block. Occasional light foxing, interior otherwise fresh.
An appealing unrestored copy. $200.
* First edition. With forms. Also includes a table of fees and the
text of "An Act for Regulating Fees" dated December 16, 1796. An early
American printing of a classic JP manual. Shaw and Shoemaker, American
Bibliography 10069, 10569. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law
School (1909) I:438. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 8395.
(Inventory # 40661)

 4.         1837 Docket of Pennsylvania Justice of the Peace
[Manuscript]. Wittenmeyer, Michael. Docket B. [Beaver Township,
Pennsylvania], 1837. 85 leaves. Folio (8" x 12-1/2"). Contemporary
quarter sheep over marbled boards, vellum reinforcements to corners.
Some rubbing with minor wear to board edges, corners, joints and spine
ends. Front free endpaper detached. Leaf tipped-in to front pastedown.
Content to both sides of 28 leaves in fine hand. Internally clean.
Unique. $600.
* With a table of contents. Michael Wittenmeyer was a Justice of the
Peace in Beaver Township, Pennsylvania. This docket includes summaries
of the cases he judged, along with lists of damages and court fees.
Dealing with such issues as debt, drunkenness, property and estates,
this docket offers an interesting glimpse rural Pennsylvania in the
early nineteenth century.
(Inventory # 40657)

5.   1645 French Paraphrase of the Institutes with Additional Maxims
[Pellisson-Fontanier, Paul (1624-1693)] [Justinian (483-565 CE)].
Paraphrase des Institutions de L'Empereur Iustinian: Contenant une
Claire Explication du Texte Latin, Avec Beaucoup de Reflections
Morales & Politiques. Paris: Antoine de Sommaville and Augustin
Courbe, 1645. [xx], 203, [1] pp. Octavo (4" x 6-3/4"). Contemporary
calf, gilt frames to boards, raised bands, gilt title and ornaments to
compartments. Negligible wear and slight bowing to boards, corners
bumped, chip to head of spine, front joint starting, rear joint just
beginning to crack, rear free endpaper lacking, rear signature
partially detached but secure. Attractive woodcut head-pieces and
docorated initials. Two early signatures to title page (one struck
through). Occasional light dampstaing, interior otherwise clean. A
desirable copy of a scarce title. $1,000.
* An epitome of the Institutes with "numerous" additional "moral and
political remarks" by a distinguished attorney and man of letters.
Pellison's publications include Discours au Roi, Par Un de Fideles
Sujets Sur la Proces de M. de Fouquet (1661), a celebrated and
skillful legal defense of his patron, the Minister of Finance Nicolas
Fouquet, and a history of the Academie Francaise. He went on to become
Royal Historiographer and a member of the Academie Francaise. He was
very intimate with Mlle. de Scudery; she portrayed him oten in her
novels as "Herminius" and "Acante." European OCLC locates one copy of
1564 edition. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. Encyclopaedia
Brittanica (Eleventh Edition) 21:71.
(Inventory # 40648)

6.              Selden's Tithes-First Edition, Variant E
Selden, John [1584-1654]. The Historie of Tithes, That is, The
Practice of Payment of Them. The Positive Laws Made for Them. The
Opinions Touching the Right of Them. A Review of It is Also Annext,
Which Both Confirmes It and Directs in the Use of It. [London: s.n.],
1618. [vi], xxii, [12], 491, [5] pp. Quarto (5-1/2" x 7-1/2").
Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style with raised bands and gilt
title, endpapers renewed. Minor wear to spine ends, corners bumped and
lightly worn. Title page printed in red and black. Tear to rear leaf
carefully mended with archival tape, edges trimmed with minor loss to
side-notes, brief early annotations in fine hand to title page and a
few leaves. Light foxing to a few leaves, interior otherwise fresh. A
very good copy. $800.
* First edition, variant E. (One of the eight variants, with all
points indicated by Sweet & Maxwell). The History of Tithes, which was
one of Selden's earliest writings, angered James I and the clergy
because it questioned the divine right to impose tithes. Although it
was suppressed by the Court of High Commission, the resulting
controversy transformed Selden into a figure of national importance.
His treatment by the church and state also encouraged his opposition
to political absolutism, an idea that informs his later writings.
Based on remarks in the dedication and on p. 449, Sweet & Maxwell
believe this is not a true first edition. (The presumed earlier
edition appears to be a ghost, however.) Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal
Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations I:194-5. Pollard &
Redgrave, A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England,
Scotland and Ireland 22172.
(Inventory # 40662)

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