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1.      Uncommon Edition of Ballentine's Law Dictionary
Ballentine, James A. [1871-1949], Compiler. A Law Dictionary of Words,
Terms, Abbreviations and Phrases Which Are Peculiar to the Law and of
Those Which Have a Peculiar Meaning in the Law. Also Latin Phrases and
Maxims With Their Translations Including an Appendix Containing a List
of Abbreviations of Law Books with Their Meaning, an Explanation of
Words and Symbols Used in Law Publications, and a Table Showing How to
Ascertain the Date of an English Decision. Rochester: The Lawyers Co-
Operative Publishing Co., 1923. [vi], 636 pp. Original textured cloth,
minor shelfwear, internally clean. A nice copy of an uncommon work.
$250.
* Reissue of the first edition, an exact restrike from the plates used
by Bancroft-Whitney in 1916. Along with those of Black and Anderson,
Ballentine's is one of the most important American dictionaries of the
modern era. Containing over 18,000 entries and a 97-page index of
American and English law and equity reports, it is renowned for its
concision and accuracy. Immediately popular when published in 1916, it
went through three editions by 1969 and served as the basis of the
College Law Dictionary (First edition, 1931) and the Self-Pronouncing
Law Dictionary (1948).
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2.           Early Appreciation of Lieber's Code
Bluntschli, Johann Kaspar [1808-1881]. Le Droit International Codifie.
Traduit de L'Allemand par M.C. Lardy. Precede d'une Preface de a 1re
Edition par M. Edouard Laboulaye et d'une Nouvelle Preface par M. de
Molinari. Paris: Librairie de Guillaumin et Cie., 1874. xxx, 536 pp.
Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled
boards, raised bands, gilt ornaments to spine. Light rubbing to
boards, some wear to board edges, joints and corners, marbled
endpapers, top edge gilt. Front hinge just starting near head,
occasional light foxing, owner signature to front endleaf, brief
annotations and underlining to a few leaves. A handsome volume. $150.
* Second French edition. This classic study was one of the first to
appreciate the significance of Lieber's Instructions for the
Government of Armies of the United States in the Field (1863). It is
discussed at length in the text and a complete translation is included
as an appendix. Bluntschli was an influential Swiss jurist, statesman
and professor of law at the universities of Munich and Heidelberg. He
was one of the founders of the Institute for International Law.
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3.      Revisions Address the Crimean War and the American Civil War
Ortolan, Theodore [1808-1874]. Regles Internationale et Dipomatie de
la Mer. Suivi D'Un Appendice Special Contenant, Avec les Actes du
Congres de Paris de 1856, Les Principaux Documents Officiels Relatifs
a la Derniere Guerre D'Orient et a la Guerre Actuelle D'Amerique.
Paris: Libraire de Henri Plon, 1864. Two volumes. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-
1/2"). Contemporary quarter-calf over textured cloth. Moderate rubbing
with some wear to spine ends, board edges and corners. Light foxing to
portions of text, interiors otherwise fresh. A nice set. $450.
* Fourth (and final) edition, revised. Ortolan was a jurist and sea-
captain. His Rules was first published in 1844-1845, and it remained a
standard work for decades. The second volume contains an extensive
133-page appendix of documents dealing with the Crimean War and the
American Civil War. Dealing mostly with the American conflict, it is a
valuable compendium of European and American source materials relating
to Europe's involvement in the Civil War. Marke, A Catalogue of the
Law Collection at New York University (1953) 625.
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4.       Final--and Definitive--Edition of Pound's Outlines
Pound, Roscoe [1870-1964]. Outlines of Lectures on Jurisprudence.
Fifth Edition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1943. viii, 244
pp. Original cloth, some shelfwear, internally clean. A very good
copy. $125.
* Fifth edition. First published in 1920, this book is a detailed
course outline with reading lists and bibliographies. It is also an
"appendix to the other works of Professor Pound, and its value may be
deduced from the fact that it represents 'over fifty years' study and
forty-three years' teaching of Jurisprudence.'...As a work of
reference, this book should be in every law library; it is
indispensable to all who aim at making their way through the vast
field of legal theory.": J.W. Jones, Law Quarterly Review 61: 414-415
cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York
University (1953) 923.
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5.                English Law for the Layman
Renton, A[lexander] Wood [1861-1933]. The People's Dictionary of
English Law. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1889. [vi], 276 pp. Octavo
(5-1/4" x 7-1/2"). Original cloth with decorative black-stamping and
gilt spine. Some rubbing with minor wear to spine ends and corners,
internally clean. A well-preserved copy. $300.
* "The object of this work is to sketch clearly, with copious
illustrations from decided cases, the leading branches and doctrines
of English Law. It is hoped that the book may prove of interest not
only to general readers, but to members of the legal profession, both
in the United Kingdom and abroad.": Preface [v]. Sweet & Maxwell, A
Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations II:298
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6. Signed Limited Edition of "An Important Work on Comparative Law"
Wigmore, John Henry [1863-1943]. A Panorama of the World's Legal
Systems. St. Paul: West Publishing, [1928]. Three volumes. Five
hundred illustrations, many in color. Original cloth, gilt titles to
front boards and spine. Some shelfwear, internally clean. An appealing
set. $350.
* First printing of the first edition. Limited to 1990 copies, this
number 1093. Bold author signature to limitation statement. "[A]n
important work on comparative law [that] contains a wholly original
idea for the teaching of legal history--the idea that pictures can be
used to aid the teaching of the history of the great legal systems of
the world. It is as original as the idea which Mansfield suggested to
Blackstone in the middle of the 18th century, that English law should
be taught at the universities. I had the privilege of attending one of
these picture lectures at Northwestern, and both that lecture and
Wigmore's book convinced me that this method of teaching legal history
has a future before it.": William S. Holdsworth, Law Quarterly Review
59:289-290 cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New
York University (1953) 893.
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7.         Two Notable American Treason Trials
Charles M. The Trials and Trial of Jefferson Davis. [Richmond]:
Privately Printed [by Whittet & Shepperson], n.d. [1960]. 94 pp.
Original printed wrappers, some discoloration and soiling. Occasional
minor dampspotting, interior otherwise clean. $75.
* Produced by the Virginia State Bar Association, this book collects
two addresses presented at meetings in 1897 and 1900. They discuss two
important treason cases that took place in the United States Court in
Richmond with the Chief Justice of the United States, sitting on
circuit, presiding.
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