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1.                Angell on Limitations
Angell, J[oseph] K[ennicut]. A Treatise on the Limitations of
Actions at Law and Suits in Equity and Admiralty; with an Appendix containing the
American and English Statutes of Limitations. Fifth Edition: Revised
and Greatly Enlarged. By John Wilder May. Boston: Little, Brown and
Company, 1869. xlvii, 691 pp. Contemporary sheep, red and black
leather spine labels, gilt lettering pieces, raised bands. Spine a bit
rubbed, else well preserved. $250.
* Fifth edition. "[M]ore full and complete than any other on this
treatise extant": Marvin 62 (citing earlier editions). Catalogue of
the library of the Harvard Law School (1909) I:52
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2.                First Systematic Work on Law in Scotland
[Craig, Sir Thomas] [1538-1608]. Jus Feudale Tribus Libris
Comprehensum. Quod, Praeter Jus Commune Longobardicum, Feudales
Angliae Scotiaeque Consuetudines Complectitur; Opus in Germania Dudm
Desideratum. Accessit Huic Editioni Summaria Terminorum Peregrinorum
Explicato Alphabetico Ordine Digesta, Cum Prefatione Luederi
Menckennii, Icti. Lipsiae: Apud Joh. Frid. Gleditsch & Filium, 1716.
[40], 704, [15], 24 pp. Quarto (6-3/4" x 8-5/8"). Contemporary calf,
raised bands and gilt ornaments to spine. Moderate rubbing with wear
to spine ends, joints, board edges and corners. Occasional light
foxing, interior otherwise fresh. $1,000.
* Later edition of a work first published in 1655. Jus Feudale, in
marked contrast with the compilations which preceded it, is an
original work. "Indeed Craig was the first systematic writer on law in
Scotland. The Jus Feudale is not a mere textbook of the law of land
rights, but is a learned disquisition upon a great social system. The
opening chapters are devoted to an examination of the sources of law
in general, and trace the history and development of the Civil, Canon
and Feudal laws. If Craig had accomplished no more than that he would
have been entitled to a foremost place amongst our jurists, for
unquestionably the form of his book not only exemplified the
philosophical outlook of the learned Scots lawyer, but provided a
model of construction and treatment for his successors....": Marke, A
Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 41.
Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of
Nations V:26.
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3.                   Signed "Felix Frankfurter"
Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme
Court. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1939. 139 pp. Cloth very
good in worn dust jacket. "Felix Frankfurter" in bold hand to front
free endpaper, internally pristine. $750.
* Fourth printing. "These lectures are essential reading for anyone,
lawyer or layman, who hopes intelligently to consider the problems of
judicial supremacy.": Mark Howe, Jr., Books, 13 November 1938 cited in
Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953)
1093.
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4.           Early Printing of Glanville's Tractatus de Legibus
Glanvill[e], Ranulph de [d. 1190]. Tractatus de Legibus &
Consuetudinbus Regni Anglaie, Tempore Regis Henrici Secundi
Composirus,...Et Illas Solum Leges Continet & Consuetines Secundum
Quas Placitatur in Curia Regis ad Scaccarium & Coram Justiciariis
Ubicunque Suerint. Cum Diversis Manuscriptis Nuper Examinatis. London:
J. Streater, H. Twyford, and E. Fletcher, 1673. [18] pp., 117 fols.,
32 pp. 24mo. (3-1/2" x 5"). Later three-quarter calf over marbled
boards, lettering piece, blind-stamped ornaments and gilt fillets to
spine. Moderate rubbing with wear to spine ends, joints and corners,
front hinge cracked but secure. Attractive woodcut head-pieces and
decorated initials. Later signature to front free endpaper,
inscription in fine hand to verso, interior otherwise fresh. $1,250.
* Third edition. With table and index. The anonymous Latin text long
attributed to Glanvill[e], which was completed around 1189, is the
earliest known treatise on the common law. It attempts to describe the
procedure of the King's Court. There is much information pertaining to
litigation and includes the texts of approximately eighty writs. A
venerable text among English lawyers, Glanvill's text was a major
contribution to the development of the common law tradition. It
continued to be a primary reference for several generations. Coke, for
example, praised it wholeheartedly and used it liberally in his
Reports. Though overshadowed by Bracton's greater and fuller work,
Glanvill[e] still cited today. It also remains useful for its
unparalleled insights into the nature of land law and procedure in
medieval England. Wing, Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in
England, Scotland, and Ireland G-839. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal
Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations I:54. Catalogue of
the Library of the Law School of Harvard University (1909) I:762.
Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 336-338.
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5.     Attractive Copy of De Mare Libero with Three Other Works
Grotius, Hugo [1583-1645]. De Mari Libero.
[With]
Merula (Merel) Paulus van [1558-1607]. De Maribus.
[With]
Boxhorn, Marcus Zuerius [1612-1663]. Apologia Pro Navigationibus
Hollandorum, Adversus Pontum Heuterum.
[With]
Tractatus Pacis, Mutui Commercii, Sive Intercursus Navigationum,
Confirmatus Londino Anno [1295], Inter Henricum Septimum Angliae
Regem, & Philippum Archiducem Austriae, Burgundiae, &c.
Leiden: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1633. 308 pp. The first two works
preceded by (and listed on) copperplate pictorial general title page,
third and fourth works preceded by divisional title pages. Octavo (2-
1/4" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary paper-covered boards, gilt-edged maroon
calf lettering piece. Rubbing with light wear to board edges, spine
ends and corners. Faint dampstaining to text, interior otherwise
clean. A very appealing copy. $1,800.
* This classic of international maritime law was originally published
in 1609 as a chapter in On the Law of the Prize (De Jure Praedae).
Using a sophisticated argument based on natural law, Grotius argued
for the free navigation of the seas. More specifically, Grotius
defended the actions of Dutch fishermen, who were attempting to
operate near the English coast, and the Dutch East India Company,
which was engaged in a territorial dispute in the Caribbean with
Portuguese traders. Grotius's essay is complemented by those of Merel
and Boxhorn. A treaty between Henry VII of England and Philip,
Archduke of Austria is appended to the latter essay. Ter Meulen and
Diermanse, Bibliographie de Grotius 545. Dekkers, Bibliotheca Belgica
Juridica 25 (1), 69 (3), 115 (4).
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6.                        "THE Book on the Subject"
Lauterpacht, Hersh [1897-1960]. Recognition in International Law.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1948. xix, 442 pp. Cloth very
good in lightly worn dust jacket. Owner signature to front free
endpaper, interior otherwise clean. $150.
* First edition, second printing. "It has long been felt that a
thorough scholarly treatment of this subject was a desideratum....
Professor Lauterpacht has come to the rescue of both practitioners and
theoreticians. But he has done much more than that. He has written the
book about the topic--a book of admirable learning. There can be few,
if any, aspects of the problem that he has touched upon without
advancing his subject.": E.J. Cohn, Law Quarterly Review 64:404 cited
in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University
(1953) 629.
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7.               The Law in Nineteenth Century Rural America
Multer, Jacob J. The Farmers' Law Book and Town Officers' Guide:
Containing the Election, Qualifications and Duties of the Supervisor,
Justice of the Peace, Constable, Collector, Town Clerk, Assessors,
Overseers of the Poor, Commissioners and Overseers of Highways, Pound
Master, Town Sealer, Common School Officers, and Executors and
Administrators, and the Laws Concerning Apprenticeship... Etc.: With
Legal Forms, Under Each General Division of Process: Pleading and
Proceedings in Justices' Courts: and Also of Bonds, Bills, Notes,
Deeds, Mortgages, Real and Personal, Articles of Copartnership,
Assignments, Leases, Releases, Submissions, Awards, Orders, Notices,
&c., &c.: With a Copious Index. Albany: Munsell and Rowland, 1859. vi,
[7]-400 pp. Octavo (4-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules
to boards and spine, lettering piece. Some rubbing with light wear to
spine ends and corners, a few light vertical creases to spine. Early
owner signature to front endleaf, occasional light foxing, interior
otherwise fresh. A well-preserved copy. $250.
* Sixth edition. Topics include deeds, fences, husband and wife,
landlord and tenant, malicious and other animals, strays, trespass,
usury, water courses and wills. This handbook, which includes the full
text of the 1846 New York State Constitution, offers a fascinating
glimpse of law and government in antebellum rural America. OCLC
locates 31 copies, 8 of this edition. Cohen, Bibliography of Early
American Law 7987.
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8.             The First English Law Dictionary
[Rastell, John]. Les Termes de la Ley; Or, Certain Difficult and
Obscure Words and Terms of the Common Laws and Statutes of This Realm
Now in Use, Expounded and Explained. Now Corrected and Enlarged, With
Very Great Additions Throughout the Whole Book, Never Printed in Any
Other Impression. London: Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft and M.
Flesher, 1685. [iv], 672 pp. Text printed in double columns. Octavo
(4-1/2" x 6-3/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, raised
bands. Rebacked period style, some rubbing with light wear to corners,
hinges repaired. Early owner signature to front free endpaper,
interior otherwise fresh. An appealing copy. $850.
* Twenty-fourth edition. English and Law French in parallel columns.
First published in 1527, this was both the first English dictionary
and first English law dictionary. It was originally written in Law
French with the Latin title Expositiones Terminorum Legum Anglorumae.
Quite popular with students and lawyers due to its clarity and
concision, it went through at least twenty-five editions by 1721. A
final reissue appeared in 1819. As Marvin observes, it is a useful
dictionary because it "reflects the common law at the close of the
year-book period with much fidelity.": Legal Bibliography (1847) 599.
Wing, Short-Title Catalogue of Books Written in England, Scotland,
Ireland, Wales and British America R292.
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9.               Story on the Conflict of Laws
Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Redfield, Isaac F., Editor. Commentaries on
the Conflict of Laws, Foreign and Domestic, in Regard to Contracts,
Rights, and Remedies, and Especially in Regard to Marriages, Divorces,
Wills, Successions, and Judgments. Carefully Revised and Considerably
Enlarged. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1865. 8, xxxvi, 868 pp.
Includes eight-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (6" x 9").
Contemporary law calf, blind frames to boards, raised bands, red and
black lettering pieces. Rubbing with some wear to spine ends, joints
and corners, a few tiny scuffs, small owner name blind-stamped to
front board, small bookplate to front pastedown. Offsetting to margins
of endleaves, light toning to text, interior otherwise fresh. A nice
copy. $450.
* Fifth edition. Marvin considers Story's Conflict of Laws to be the
first systematic work on the subject. Referring to the second edition,
he notes: "[n]o work on international jurisprudence merited, nor
received, greater praise from the jurists of Europe." (Marvin).
According to Parrish, "[i]t is not too much to say that its
publication constituted an epoch in the law; for it became at once the
standard and almost the sole authority. (...) [It] received the honor
of being practically the first American law book to be cited as
authority in English courts.": Parrish, "Law Books and Legal
Publishing in America, 1760-1840," in Law Library Journal 72:355-452,
434. Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 670-671. Catalogue of the
Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II:669.
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10.                Story on Bills of Exchange
Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on the Law of Bills of
Exchange, Foreign and Inland, as Administered in England and America;
with Occasional Illustrations from the Commercial Law of the Nations
of Continental Europe. Revised, Corrected, and Enlarged. Boston:
Little, Brown and Company 1860. 8, xxx, [1], 676 pp. Includes eight-
page publisher catalogue. Octavo (6" x 9"). Contemporary law calf,
blind frames to boards, raised bands, lettering piece. Rubbing with
some wear to spine ends, joints and corners, a few tiny scuffs, small
owner name blind-stamped to front board, hinges cracked but secure.
Offsetting to margins of endleaves, interior otherwise fresh. A nice
copy. $350.
* Fourth edition. Apart from James Kent, no man has had greater
influence on American law than Joseph Story. He was Dane Professor of
Law at Harvard and an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. His
many books have been cited extensively in America and in Britain, and
he remains an authority today. In The Formative Era of American Law,
Pound refers to the Commentaries on the Laws of Bills of Exchange as
one of the standard texts of the nineteenth century. As Marvin pointed
out in 1847, it was certainly the most complete and wide ranging text
of its day. In addition to American and English sources Story draws on
the work of Heineccius and other civil-law jurists. Marvin, Legal
Bibliography (1847) 673. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law
2558.
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