[Rarebooks] A Selection of Lawbook Exchange Titles

[The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.]

Friday, May 14, 2004, 5:21 PM:

The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. is pleased to offer the following items.
For other works, and for our current Recent Acquisitions
and Special Offers catalogue, please feel free to browse our website:
www.lawbookexchange.com

1.                Darrow's Plea for Loeb and Leopold
[Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. Plea of Clarence Darrow, August 22nd,
23rd & 25th, MCMXXIIII, In Defense of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold,
Jr. on Trial for Murder. Authorized and Revised Edition Together with
a Brief Summary of the Facts. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, [1924].
Octavo (5-1/2" x 8"). [2], 121 pp. Frontispiece photograph of Darrow.
Handsome red and black printed wrappers, deckle fore and bottom edges.
Some rubbing with wear to spine ends, and corners, a few creases and a
tiny tears to covers. First gathering somewhat loose but secure, chips
to fore-edges of two leaves with no loss to text. Internally clean. A
nice copy. $150.
* The famous plea for clemency that spared the defendant's lives for
their attempt to commit a "perfect crime." Marke, A Catalogue of the
Law Collection at New York University (1953) 993. Hunsberger, Clarence
Darrow: A Bibliography 1265.
(Inventory # 41191)

2.        First Report of the Landmark Dartmouth College Case
[Dartmouth College Case]. Farrar, Timothy [1788-1874], Reporter.
Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College Against
William H. Woodward: Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of
Judicature of the State of New-Hampshire, November 1817. And on Error
in the Supreme Court of the United States, February 1819. Portsmouth:
Published by John W. Forster and Weste, [1819]. Octavo (5" x 9"). [4],
406 pp. Original tan quarter-paper spine with printed label over gray
paper-covered boards, deckle fore-edge. A few tiny stains to binding,
light rubbing to boards, corners bumped, joints cracked but secure,
moderate wear and a few vertical splits through spine, binding secure.
Chip to fore-edge of a leaf with negligible loss to text, interior
otherwise fresh. An appealing unsophisticated copy. $1,500.
* First published report of the landmark case involving the contract
rights of corporations. With all the material related to the case,
including the arguments of Webster and Wirt and the opinions of Chief
Justice Marshall and Justices Story and Washington, and an appendix
containing teh texts of related documents. The New Hampshire
legislature passed a bill in 1816 that revoked Dartmouth College's
original charter and converted the college from a private to a state
institution. The college challenged the constitionality of this act in
the state supreme court without success, but the U.S. Supreme Court
reversed the state's decision in a landmark opinion based on the
contract clause of the Constitution (Article I, Section 10). "By
construing the contract clause as a means of protecting corporate
charters from state interventions, Marshall derived a significant
limitation on state authority. As a result, various forms of private
economic and social activity would enjoy security from state
regulatory policy. Marshall thus encouraged, through constitutional
sanction, the emergence of the relatively unregulated private,
autonomous economic actor as the major participant in a leberal
political economy that served the commonwealth by promoting enligtened
self interest": Alfred F. Konefsky, "Dartmouth College v. Woodward" in
The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court 218-219. Sabin, A Dictionary
of Books Relating to America 23887. Cohen, Bibliography of Early
American Law 11614.
(Inventory # 41235)

3.       A Rare Set of Reports on the French Secret Police
[Delavau, Guy [1788-1874] and M. Franchet]. [Police de Paris]. Livre
Noir de messieurs Delavau et Franchet, ou Repertoire Alphabetique; de
la Police Politique Sous Le Ministere Depolrable; Ouvrage Imprime
D'apres les Registres de L'administration. Introduction by M. Annee
[1770-1846]. Second edition. Paris: Moutardier, Libraire-Editeu, 1829.
Four volumes. Octavo (5-3/8"x 8-3/8"). Contemporary gilt stamped
marble boards with light blue letterpieces. Gilt library stamp at foot
of spine. Corners rubbed. A rare set. Very good. $750.
* This set contains anonymous reports that people filed with the
French secret police. Interesting for the mine of information of those
suspected of anti-governmental activities. Goldsmiths' Library of
Economic Literature no. 26008.

4.                 Uncommon American Law Dictionary
Grattan, Robert, Compiler. Glossary of Technical Words, Phrases,
Maxims, and Abbreviations Found in the Text of the Popular or
Students' Edition of The Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure. New York:
The American Law Book Company, 1909. 230 pp. Original limp textured
cloth, rounded corners, title in gilt to front board. Some shelfwear,
faint stain to front board, front hinge just starting. Owner stamp to
front free endpaper, internally clean. An appealing copy of a very
uncommon title. $250.
* "[T]he author has collected and defined such words and phrases as
occur in latter-day legal literature, and has arranged them for the
convenience of the student and the lawyer. No attempt has been made to
exhaust the field of legal dictionaries, glossaries and Latin
lexicons. Only the unusual and, more particularly, the foreign words
and phrases found in the text of [William Mack's] Cyclopedia of Law
and Procedure are here presented in concise form.": Preface [3]. OCLC
locates one copy.
(Inventory # 41184)

5.                Elzevier's Typographical Masterwork
[Justinian (483-565 C.E.)]. Godefroy, Denis [1549-1621], Editor. [Cujas,
Jacques (1522-1590)]. [Leeuwen, Simon van (1626-1682)]. Corpus Juris
Civilis, Pandectis ad Florentium Archetypum Expressis,
Institutionibus, Codice et Novellis, Addito Textu Graeco, ut & in
Digestis et Codice, Legibus et Constitutionibus Graecis, Cum Optimis
Quibusque Editionibus Collatis. Cum Notis Integris, Repetitae Quintum
Prelectionis. Praeter Justiniani Edicta, Leonis & Aliorum Imperatorum
Novellas, Ac Canones Apostolorum, Graece & Latine, Feudorum Libros,
Leges XII. Tabul. & Aliosad Jus Pertinentes Tractatus, Fastos
Consulares, Indicesque Titulorum ac Legum: & Quaecunque in Ultimis
Parisiensi vel Lugdunensi Editioninus Continentur, Huic Editioni Nove
Accesserunt Pauli Receptae Sententiae Cum Selectis Notis J. Cujacii et
Sparsim ad Universum Corpus Antonii Anselmo, Observationes Singulares,
Remissiones & Notae Juris Civilis, Canonici, & Novissimi ac in Praxi
Recepti Differentiam Continentes; Denique, Lectiones Variae & Notae
Selectae Augustini, Bellonii, Goveani, Duareni, Ruffardi, Hottomanni,
Contii, Roberti, Raevardi, Charondae, Grotii, Salmasii & Aliorum.
Opera & Studio Simonis van Leewen. Amsterdam and Leiden: Johann Blaeu,
Louis & Daniel Elzevier, F. Hackius, 1663.  Two Vols. [18], 796 pp.;
[12], 388, [12], 300, [92], [39] pp. Large Folio (9-1/2" x 15-3/4").
Extra engraved title page by C. van Dalen. Contemporary calf, raised
bands, decorative gilt spines with contrasting gilt spine, lettering
pieces. Edges rouged, joints of Volume Two just starting, some
rubbing, marbled endpapers, ownership inscriptions of Aegidius De
Backer of the Society of Jesus, 1779. Very minor stains. Printed in
double columns with extensive printed marginal glosses and
explanations. In Latin, with sections in Greek and Latin. A clean
fresh copy. $2,000.
* "Justinian's codification as a whole, including the Novels, is now
called by the general descriptive name of Corpus Juris Civilis, an
expression which came into use late in the 16th century from the
famous French jurist Denis Godefroy (Gothofredus) [the editor of the
present work], who first used this term in his 1583 edition of
Justinian's monumental codification. This expression "Corpus Juris,"
so familiar and frequent in modern legal literature, is but a correct
shortened form of Godefroy's title" (Marke).
     This edition is particularly appealing for its exquisite design,
which harmoniously combines an imposing array of typographical matter
in both Latin and Greek. Indeed, this work has been called the most
beautiful book ever issued by the Elzeviers. It also contains
additional material by Cujas and van Leeuwen, two of the most
distinguished early modern scholars of Roman law. Marke, A Catalogue
of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 114. Willems, Les
Elzevier: Histoire et Annales Typographiques 1299. Brunet, Manuel du
Libraire et de L'Amateur de Livres III, 608. Graesse, Tresor de Livres
Rares et Précieux ou Nouveau Dictionnaire Bibliographique III:503.
(Inventory # 33893)

6.              The First English Treatise on Contracts
Powell, John Joseph [?1755-1801]. Essay Upon the Law of Contracts and
Agreements. Walpole: Printed, At the Press of Thomas & Thomas, by
Cheever Felch, 1802. Two volumes in one, each with title page. Recent
period-style quarter calf over cloth, lettering piece, endpapers
renewed. Early owner signature to title page, light foxing to text. An
uncommon title in a handsome binding. $750.
* Second American edition of the first treatise on the subject. Powell
wrote several distinguished treatises that were used widely in England
and America, including this one. Though mildly critical of its
organization, Holdsworth considers it "an able book" that "is much
more than a digest of cases" because "[i]n all cases the author tries,
with considerable success, to state principles, and to illustrate them
by cases.": History of English Law XII:392. Cohen, Bibliography of
Early American Law 3662.
(Inventory # 41233)

Terms: All items are offered subject to prior sale. All prices are net.
Appropriate sales tax will be added for residents of New Jersey. Foreign
remittance must be in U.S. dollars, by check drawn on a U.S. bank, by
international money order, or by wire transfer. We accept Visa, Master Card
(Access/Eurocard), and American Express credit cards.

Shipping charges will be applied to all orders. Domestic orders will be
shipped via United Parcel Service, unless we receive other instructions.
For overseas orders, please specify whether surface or air shipment is
desired. All books are packed with requisite care.

Warranty and Returns: Any items may be returned within ten (10) days of
receipt for any reason; prior notification is necessary and returned items
must be carefully packed and arrive safely. 

Michael von der Linn
Cataloguer
The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Member: Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
33 Terminal Avenue, Clark, New Jersey 07066-1321
Tel: 732-382-1800; Toll Free 800-422-6686 in USA or Canada
Fax: 732-382-1887
email: law at lawbookexchange.com
web site: http://www.lawbookexchange.com