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1.    Significant Nineteenth-Century American Law Dictionary
Anderson, William C. A Dictionary of Law, Consisting of Judicial
Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases, and Maxims, and an
Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and
Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence. Chicago: T.H. Flood
and Company, 1893. viii, 1140 pp. Octavo (7" x 10"). Original law
calf, red and black lettering pieces. Moderate rubbing and a few
scuffs, boards partially detached but secure, some cracking to
backstrip. Small bookseller ticket to front pastedown. Offsetting to
margins of endleaves, interior otherwise fresh. $500.
* A significant early American law dictionary that preceded Black's by
two years. Black acknowledged his debt to Anderson in the preface of
his first edition, and a comparison of entries reveals many instances
of similar if not identical language, though both lexicographers have
drawn freely from previous works. Anderson's Dictionary is heavily
referenced, citing countless cases, treatises and other sources.
Moreover, many entries, such as "citizen" and "law," receive extended
treatment. Anderson gives judicially framed definitions whenever
possible to illustrate the application of judicial principles.
Preferred spellings and the correct pronunciation of often
mispronounced words are included, as are Latin and Norman-French
terms, and brief biographies of prominent jurists such as Blackstone,
Kent, and Story. Anderson's Dictionary remains an authoritative legal
reference. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909)
I:50.
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2.       With Map of the Colonies and an Account of the Stamp Act
[Colonial Charters]. The Charters of the Following Provinces of North
America; Viz. Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Pennsylvania, Massachusett's Bay, and Georgia. To Which is Prefixed, A
Faithful Narrative of the Proceedings of the North American Colonies,
In Consequence of the Late Stamp-Act. London: Printed for W. Owen,
1766. [ii], 18, 15, 5, 4, 6, 5, 9, 7, pp. Title page preceded by fold-
out copperplate map of the colonies entitled A New Map of North
America From the Latest Discoveries. 1763. Small folio (7-1/2" x 10"),
map measures 16" x 13." Recent period-style quarter calf with raised
bands and lettering piece over marbled boards, endpapers renewed,
clean tears to map along gutter expertly repaired with archival glue.
Faint offsetting from map to title page, offsetting to corners of
final two leaves. A few tiny spark burns and early marks underlined
phrases in ink, interior otherwise fresh. An appealing copy of a very
scarce title. $8,500.
* This fascinating account of the Stamp Act is based on contemporary
articles in the London Daily Gazetteer with original connecting
narrative. These articles draw heavily on documents and eyewitness
accounts. According to a note in Sabin, the map was originally
published in the London Magazine and the charters were originally
published the Daily Gazetteer. OCLC locates 21 copies. Sabin, A
Dictionary of Books Relating to America 12163. Cohen, Bibliography of
Early American Law 3008.
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3.   The Political House That Jack Built, Illustrated by Cruikshank
Hone, William [1780-1842]. Hone's Popular Political Tracts: Consisting
of The House That Jack Built, The Man in the Moon, The Political
Showman--At Home, The Queen's Ladder, and The Form of Prayer for Queen
Caroline. A New Edition, with Numerous Cuts by Cruickshank, Williams,
&c. London: Printed by and for William Hone, [1821]. Four pamphlets
with title pages bound as one with general title page. Various
editions and paginations, The Form of Prayer dated 1820, others dated
1821. The Form of Prayer preceded by The Queen's Ladder, a pasteboard
strip affixed to folding leaf. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts.
Final work includes three folding plates. Octavo (5-3/4" x 9"). Recent
period-style quarter calf over cloth, endpaper renewed. Occasional
light foxing, interiors otherwise clean. Appealing. $850.
* This volume collects four pamphlets by William Hone, a radical
political pamphleteer, publisher and early patron of William
Cruikshank. The House That Jack Built, a trenchant satire of the crown
and parliament, was inspired by the Paterloo Massacre (1819), an
incident in which the local magistrates of Manchester ordered soldiers
to attack an assembly of political demonstrators who were arguing for
universal political suffrage. Published in 1819, it was an immediate
success; more than 100,000 copies were sold within months. He pursued
political reform with his other works; four of the most successful are
collected in this book. The Queen's Ladder is an illustrated 2-1/2" x
12" pasteboard strip that was originally issued as a companion to
another pamphlet entitled The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder. It was cut
in half and pasted to a tipped-in folding leaf when reissued in this
and other collections. Hone's tracts, which are enlivened by
Cruikshank's illustrations, offer an important political perspective
on the reign of George IV and the age of Austen, Dickens and Trollope.
British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 12:557 (citing each
pamphlet).
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4.        1888 Martindale Legal Directory for the U.S. and Canada
[Martindale]. Forty-First Semi-Annual. Martindale's Legal Guide.
Spring, 1888. Giving Reliable Attorneys and Banks-Population of
Places-Railroads and Navigable Waters-Money Order Offices-Express and
Telegraph Offices, Etc., Etc., Etc. Also a Thorough and Reliable
Synopsis of the Collection Laws of Each State, Territory and Province
of the United States and the British Provinces. Useful to All Whose
Business, Legal or Commercial, Extends Beyond Their Own County. Every
Holder of This Guide is Entitled to All the Privileges of a Member of
the Martindale Law Association. Chicago: The Martindale Law
Association, 1888. 239, [113], vi pp. Includes six pages of
advertisements. Octavo (6" x 9"). Original cloth with decorative
blind-stamping, gilt title to front board. Moderate rubbing with some
wear to corners and spine ends, front hinge with bound-in booklet of
tear sheets cracked but secure. Clean tear to title page, corner torn
from advertising leaf with some loss to text, internally clean. $125.
* Published long before the merger with Hubbell, this guide documents
the law's leading role in the creation of the national economy after
the Civil War. This guide came with a bound-in collection of tear
sheets containing information blanks. These enabled members to conduct
business with one another. "Since our organization, in 1868, some
fifty agencies have come up like mushrooms, and vanished like the
morning mist. You should do business with one that is permanent and
well-established. DON'T FORGET that the Guide is published every six
months, and from 500 to 1,000 changes are made in each issue. Use only
the latest.": [iii].
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5.                1853 Edition of the Louisiana Civil Code
[Louisiana]. Morgan, Thomas Gibbes, Compiler and Editor. Civil Code of
the State of Louisiana: With the Statutory Amendments from 1825 to
1853, Inclusive; And references to the Decisions of the Supreme Court
of Louisiana to the Sixth Volume of Annual Reports. New Orleans: J.B.
Steel, 1853. xv, 533, 16 pp. Includes sixteen-page publisher
catalogue. Octavo (6" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to
boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Rebacked retaining
original spine, moderate rubbing with some wear to board edges, spine
ends and corners, front and rear endleaves lacking, hinges reinforced.
Light foxing, occasional faint dampstaining, some discoloration from
mold to final few index leaves and publisher catalogue. Chip to head
of title page and clean tear to margin of a leaf with no loss to text.
Owner name to backstrip, his signature and annotations to front
pastedown and a few leaves, interior otherwise clean. $500.
* "This edition...is a reprint of the edition of 1825, published by
authority of the state. The Editor has not felt at liberty to make any
alterations in the text, except to correct manifest errors. Numerous
discrepancies between the French and English texts have been noted....
The Statutes passed during the session of 1853 not having been
published in pamphlet form at the time the work was prepared for the
press, they are referred to by number and date. It was the intention
of the editor to have noted the decisions of the Supreme Court up to
the close of the year 1852, but at this date none have been published
later than the Sixth Annual.": Advertisement [iv]. Babbitt, Hand-List
of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 149.
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6.      First Edition of a Standard Treatise on Real Property
Rawle, William Henry [1823-1889]. A Practical Treatise on the Law of
Covenants for Title. Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, 1852. xxiv,
[17]-597 pp. Octavo (6" x 9"). Contemporary sheep, blind double rules
to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Some rubbing
and a few tiny inkstains, small owner name blind-stamped to center of
front board, corners bumped with minor wear, joints and hinges cracked
but secure. Bookplate to front pastedown, small inkstamp to bottom
edge. Offsetting to margins of endleaves, faint dampstaining to
margins, interior otherwise clean and bright. $450.
* First edition. Pound says this was a standard treatise "much relied
upon by the legal profession" during the nineteenth century. Rawle
belonged to a family of distinguished Philadelphia jurists. After
serving in the Union army during the Civil War, he became vice-provost
of the Philadelphia Law Academy. Pound, The Formative Era of American
Law 140-141. Cohen, Bibliography of American Law 9643.
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7.        1798 Compilation of Vermont Acts, Most Written by Chipman
[Vermont]. Laws of the State of Vermont; Revised and Passed by the
Legislature, In the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Ninety Seven. Together With the Declaration of Independence, The
Constitution of the United States, With its Amendments, and the
Constitution of the State of Vermont: With an Appendix: Containing the
Several Laws, Which Have Heretofore Been Passed by the Legislature,
Regulating Proprietors' Meetings, Granting General Land Taxes,
Exclusive Privileges to Companies for Locks, Toll Bridges, Turnpike
Roads, &c. And the Titles of All the Acts Which Have Not Been
Repealed, Or Become Obsolete. Published by Authority. Rutland: Printed
by Josiah Fay, 1798. 621, 205, [2] pp. Octavo (5" x 8"). Contemporary
sheep, fragment of calf lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine.
Light rubbing, some wear to board edges and corners, joints just
starting at ends. Clean tears and chips to a few leaves with no loss
to text. Offsetting to margins of endleaves, browning to a few leaves,
occasional light foxing. Appealing $750.
* Revised edition. With index. According to Marvin, most of the acts
in this revision were written by Nathanial Chipman, the most important
member of the Vermont bar during this period. The acts relating to
"exclusive privileges for companies" are among the earliest examples
of American corporation law. It is also notable as an early Rutland
imprint, the press in that city having been founded in 1792. Marvin,
Legal Bibliography (1847) 708. Babbitt, Hand-List of Legislative
Sessions and Session Laws 573.
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8.                 Precursor to Blackstone's Commentaries
Wood, Thomas [1661-1722]. An Institute of the Laws of England; Or, The
Laws of England in Their Natural Order, According to Common Use.
Published for the Direction of Young Beginners, or Students in the
Law; And of Others That Desire To Have a General Knowledge in Our
Common and Statute Laws. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R.
Gosling, 1722. [iii], xi, [i], 663, [33] pp. Handsome copperplate
portrait frontispiece. Folio (7-3/4" x 13-1/2"). Contemporary reversed
calf, raised bands, lettering piece. Light rubbing, corners bumped and
worn, rear joint starting, pastedowns partially detached, split
between front free endpaper and following leaf. Negligible wormhole
through center of gutter near center of text block, chips and clean
tears to fore edges of a few leaves, occasional light foxing, some
dampspotting to index. Extensive eighteenth and nineteenth-century
annotations to preliminaries, a few brief annotations to text,
interior otherwise clean. $750.
* Second edition. First published in 1720, Wood's Institute was the
only treatise until Blackstone's Commentaries to furnish a
comprehensive view of the common law. According to Holdsworth, it was
"the most important and the most popular of his books. It was written,
he tells us, to supply the want of a methodical book on English law,
which could be put into the hands of students in the Inns of Court and
the Universities." Blackstone held it in high regard, stating  "his
work is undoubtedly a valuable performance; and great are the
obligations of the student to him, and his predecessor Finch, for
their happy progress in reducing the elements of law from their former
chaos to a regular methodical science.'": A History of English Law
XII:419. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British
Commonwealth of Nations I:38.
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9.                     Acts of the First Congress
[United States]. Acts Passed at the First Session of the Congress of
the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New-York,
On Wednesday the Fourth of March, in the Year M,DCC, LXXXIX. And of
the Independence of the United States, the Thirteenth.
[And]
Acts of Congress. Second Session. Begun and Held at the City of New-
York, On Monday the Fourth of January, in the Year M,DCC, XC.
[And]
Acts of Congress. Third Session. Begun and Held at the City of
Philadelphia, On Monday the Sixth of December, in the Year M,DCC, XC.
Philadelphia: Printed by E. Oswald, 1793. 375, [1], 45 pp. Octavo (5"
x 8"). Contemporary sheep, lettering piece, blind fillets and '1' to
spine, blind frames to boards. Faint owner name to spine, moderate
rubbing and a few scuffs, some wear to corners, joints and spine ends.
Offsetting to margins of endleaves, corners lacking from two leaves
with no loss to text, light browning and foxing to a few leaves. Early
owner signatures to front pastedown and title page, interior otherwise
clean. A nice copy. $500.
* Volume I of a two-volume set. (Volume II contains acts of the Second
Congress.) With index and the text of the U.S. Constitution. The First
Congress passed the acts that established the War, Postal and Treasury
departments, the judicial circuits, the Bank of the United States and
the military academy at West Point, authorized the census, passed the
Copyright Law, created the states of Kentucky and Vermont. Other
interesting legislation includes the acts concerning the Whiskey
Rebellion and federal and local legal jurisdictions. Indian affairs
are treated at length. Legislation includes several Indian treaties
and acts relating to trade. Not in Babbitt, Evans or the Harvard Law
Catalogue.
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