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1.               Review Copy of Darrow's Autobiography
Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. The Story of My Life. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1932. viii, [1], 457 pp. Frontispiece. plates.
Original printed wrappers with designs used in the first edition's
multi-color Art Deco dust jacket. Binding somewhat soiled and worn,
some chipping to spine ends, colors toned. Paper label stating that
this book is a review copy affixed to front cover. $450.
* Advance editorial copy. Distributed to commentators "with the
understanding that reviews and newspaper articles concerning it [were]
for release in the morning papers of February 5, which is the date it
will be published." The page following the appendix states: "Index to
follow." Hunsberger, Clarence Darrow: A Bibliography 271.
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2.         Classic Early Study of the English Constitution
De Lolme, J[ohn] L[ouis] [1745-1807]. The Constitution of England; or,
an Account of the English Government; in Which It Is Compared Both
with the Republican Form of Government, and the Other Monarchies in
Europe. London: G. Wilkie & J. Robinson [et al.], 1807. 8vo.
Frontispiece. [4], xxvi, 535, [10] pp. Modern cloth, leather spine
label. A very bright copy. $250.
* "In this treatise the excellencies of the English system were found
at just the points indicated by Montesquieu and Blackstone - the
separation of powers, the check and balance among the various branches
of the legislature, the representative system, the jury and the writ
of habeas corpus." Marke 366. S&M I:100(27). HLC I:540-541 (not this
edition).
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3.                      An Important Treason Trial
[Fenwick, Sir John (1645-1697)]. The Proceedings Against Sir John
Fenwick, Bar. Upon a Bill of Attainder for High Treason Together with
a Copy of a Letter Sent by Sir John Fenwick to His Lady, upon His
Being Taken in Kent. As Also of the Paper Delivered by Him to the
Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, at the Place of His Execution.
[London]: [n.p.], 1702. [ii], 348, [9] pp. Octavo (4-1/2" x 7").
Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked. Attractive armorial bookplate. A
good copy. $250.
* Later edition (first published 1698). "Only the circumstance that
[Fenwick] had threatened to make revelations involving many prominent
people made him politically important. A new law had been passed
earlier in the same year which provided that two witnesses should be
available for conviction in an ordinary trial of treason. Since there
was only one witness against Fenwick, a bill of attainder was thought
to be the best method of eliminating him from the scene. In the heated
debates to which this case gave rise, emphasis was naturally placed
upon the supreme power of parliament, which reached beyond the usual
restrictions of the law. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at
New York University (1953) 1032. Wing, Short-Title Catalogue P3545
(citing first edition).
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4.             First and Only American Abridgement Before 1776
[Greenleaf, Joseph] and [Richard Burn (1709-1785)]. An Abridgment of
Burn's Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer. To Which is Added, An
Appendix, Containing Some General Rules and Directions Necessary to be
Known and Observed by All Justices of the Peace. Boston: Printed for,
and sold by, Joseph Greenleaf, 1773. [viii], 386, [2] pp. Includes
two-page publisher advertisement. Quarto (7" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary
calf, raised bands, attractive fillets to boards. Moderate rubbing
with wear to corners, joints and board edges, chipping to head of
backstrip, about 1" lacking from foot. Front free endpaper lacking,
hinges cracked but secure, partial split to center of text block,
final signature loose, corners lacking from final three leaves with no
loss to text. Faint dampstaining to preliminaries, occasional light
foxing. "The Gift of His Honor Judge Dawes to/ John Vinall Mar 12,
1796" in fine hand to dedication leaf, interior otherwise clean. A
good unsophisticated copy of an uncommon work. $2,000.
* First and only American edition and the first and only abridgement
of a legal treatise printed in America before the revolution. Richard
Burn was an attorney and antiquarian who edited the ninth, tenth, and
eleventh editions of Blackstone's Commentaries. His Justice of the
Peace, and Parish Officer (1755) was perhaps his most important work.
Holdsworth considered it to be one of the best treatments of the
subject, an opinion shared by Burn's contemporaries, both in England
and in the colonies. The "best proof that his book...was accepted as
the leading text-book on that topic is the number of editions through
which it passed.... It deserved its success. Burn carefully abridged
the statutes, and stated the manner in which their clauses had been
interpreted by the courts. His treatment of the criminal law was based
upon a thorough study of the works of Coke, Hale, and Hawkins."
     Greenleaf explains the nature of his abridgement in the preface:
"The London edition takes in the whole practice of England and
Scotland, this renders it both bulky and dear. The circle of a
justices business in those places is vastly extensive, and is founded
chiefly on acts of the British parliament, which can never have any
relation to this colony" [i]. Greenleaf also added an appendix of
forms and general rules and directions for American courts. Thomas
Dawes [1757-1825] was a member of the Massachusetts constitutional
convention and a distinguished judge who served on the state supreme
court from 1792 to 1803. Better known as a poet, he wrote the "Oration
on the Boston Massacre" and other works. He presented this book to
John Vinall, who taught mathematics in Boston and Newburyport.
Holdsworth, A History of English Law XII:332-333. Cohen, Bibliography
of Early American Law 8325.
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5.          With Valuable Information on Gavelkind
Lambarde, William [1536-1601]. A Perambulation of Kent. Conteining the
Description, Hystorie, and Customes of that Shyre. Chatham: W.
Burrill, 1826. 8vo. Frontispiece, map. [4], xvi, 538 pp. Half-calf
over marbled boards, gilt, raised bands. Rubbed, upper joint just
starting but secure. $350.
* The Perambulation of Kent is among the earliest and most famous of
English county histories. The section on the customs of Kent includes
much valuable information regarding gavelkind. Lambarde is also the
author of an important early work on Anglo-Saxon law and a manual for
justices of the peace. S&M I:426(86). HLC I:1113 (1st edition). Marvin
444 (1656 edition).
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6.     English Pamphlets on Napoleon, Legal Matters and Other Subjects
[Pamphlets]. Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Buonaparte. Fourth
Edition. London: B. Fellowes, 1831. iv, [5-55] pp.
[Bound with]
Advice to a Young Reviewer, with a Specimen of the Art. London: M.A.
Nattali, 1828. 24 pp.
[Bound with]
Benson, Christopher. The Israelites Asking a King. A Sermon Preached
in the Temple Church, on Sunday, November 18th, 1832. London: Baldwin
and Cradock, 1832. 32 pp.
[Bound with]
A Letter to the Inhabitants of Winchester, by Wm. Bingham Baring, Esq.
on the Subject of His Conduct as a Magistrate in the Arrest of Mr. and
Mrs. Deacle; with Copies of the Depositions and Affidavits Referred to
Therein. London: Whittaker and Co., 1831. 55 pp.
[Bound with]
Miller, John. On the Administration of Justice in the British Colonies
in the East-Indies. London: Parbury, Allen, and Co., 1828. 150 pp.
[Bound with]
Nassau, Wm., Senior. A Letter to Lord Howick, on a Legal Provision for
the Irish Poor; Commutation of Tithes, and a Provision for the Irish
Roman Catholic Clergy. Third Edition. London: John Murray, 1832. xvii,
[3]-104 pp.
[Bound with]
Charge Delivered to the Grand Jury of the County of the City of
Bristol by the Right Honorable Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal.... N.p.:
n.p., 1832. 14 pp.
[Bound with]
Trial of Maj.-G. Sir Robert-Thomas Wilson, Captain J.H. Hutchinson,
and M. Bruce, Esq.: Before the Court of Assizes, at Paris [April 22,
1816]. [Paris]: M. Nouzou, n.d. 112 pp.
Octavo (5" x 8"). contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, raised
bands. Rubbing with wear to corners, joints and board edges. Minor
chipping to spine ends. Early owner signatures to front pastedown a
first pages of a few pamphlets, brief annotations to On the
Administration of Justice. Occasional light foxing, interior otherwise
clean. A unique compilation. $650.
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7.                   Business Law Digest by Parsons
Parsons, Theophilus [1797-1882]. Laws of Business for All the States
of the Union, And the Dominion of Canada. With Forms and Directions
for All Transactions. Hartford: S.S. Scranton & Company, 1876. xxi,
[1], 693, [4] pp. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Original quarter law calf
over cloth, lettering piece. Binding slightly cocked, some shelfwear,
corners bumped, front joint just starting near top, rear joint just
starting at foot, rear hinge cracked but secure. Chip to head of
penultimate endleaf (which contains a table of interest rates) with
some loss to text, most of final endleaf (with another interest table)
lacking. Light foxing to a few leaves, interior otherwise fresh. $50.
* This popular guidebook was first published in 1857 with the title
The Laws of Business for Business Men. It is based on his Law of
Contracts (1853-1855) and Elements of Mercantile Law (1856). In
addition to the usual subjects Parsons includes sections on patents,
the law of married women, marine and fire insurance, the law of
shipping, military pensions and a theoretical chapter on the
principles of business law. Not in the Harvard Law Catalogue (1909).
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8.                 An Impressive Collection
[Pruyn, John V.L.]. Catalogue of Books Relating to the Literature of
the Law Collected by the Late John. V.L. Pruyn of Albany, N.Y. Albany,
N.Y.: Riggs Printing and Publishing Co., 1901. Frontispiece. 4to. [4],
300 pp. Cloth, paper spine label. Chipped at head of spine, slightly
soiled. Ex-library (only marking a bookplate on front free endpaper.
Leaves unopened. Hinges just starting but secure. A good copy. $300.
* Numbered 72 of 125 copies. Printed label on front pastedown states:
"Compliments of / Mrs. Pryun / 1901." This catalogue was compiled
under the direction of Mrs. Anna Parker Pryun and covers the extensive
personal library of Pruyn, who served as Chancellor of the University
of the State of New York. HLC II:402.
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9.                        Lore of Westminster Hall
Roscoe, Henry, and Thomas Roscoe, Compilers. Westminster Hall:
Professional Relics and Anecdotes of the Bar, Bench, and Woolsack.
London: John Knight & Henry Lacey, 1825. Three volumes. Folding
tables, engravings. [2], viii, 288; [2], iv, 288; [2], iv, 304 pp.
Contemporary tree calf, rebacked. Ex-library. Many leaves uncut, a few
detached. Extensive annotations. $750.
* HLC II:900. S&M II:306.
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10.                 Scottish Court-Martial, 1795
[Court Martial]. The Proceedings of a General Court Martial, Held at
the Castle of Edinburgh, on Tuesday the 6th and Continued by Several
Adjournments till Saturday the 24th of January 1795; upon the Trials
of Donald M'Callum, John Scrymgeour, John Maloch, Ludovick M'Naughton,
Duncan Stewart, John M'Martin, and Alexander Sutherland, All Private
Soldiers in the 1st Battalion of the 4th Fencible Regiment, for
Mutiny. Edinburgh: Peter Hill and John Stockdale, 1795. [ii], 104 pp.
Octavo (5" x 8"). Modern quarter-calf, gilt spine, over marbled
boards. A very good copy. $300.
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