[Rarebooks] fs-A Selection from Stock, with Images

[Joe Luttrell]

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1.  [JAMES KENT AND THE STEAMBOAT MONOPOLY].  Opinions of the
Judges of the Supreme Court, Delivered in the Court of Errors, in
the Cause of Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton vs James van
Ingen and Twenty Others.  Printed by S. Southwick, Albany, 1812. Original 
stabbed printed self-wraps, browned, else an appealing,
uncut and untrimmed copy; 12+12+23 pages, three copies in OCLC.
[71647] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71647
                                                          $ 750.00

The rare separately issued opinions by James Kent and two fellow
judges in "[t]he most celebrated case exhibiting Kent in the role
of champion of proprietary privilege", upholding the steamboat
monopoly, ultimately to be reversed in Gibbons v Ogden.

2.  JEAFFRESON, John Cordy.  Pleasantries of English Courts and
Lawyers.  James Cockcroft & Company, New York, 1876.  Original
brown embossed cloth, gilt, some wear, the top of the spine a bit
chipped, definite browning; a sound copy. [71696] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71696     $ 125.00

First American edition of Jeaffreson's smorgasboard of legal
anecdote and biography, written with a none-too-respectful yet
congenial style on such subjects as lawyers and ladies, legal
costume, circuit riding and dining, and the Lord Chancellors.

3.  MONTESQUIEU, M. de Secondat, Baron de.  The Spirit of Laws.
Translated from the French . . . By Thomas Nugent. The Fourth
Edition, Carefully revised and improved with considerable Additions
by the Author. Two Volumes.  Printed for J. Nourse, and P.
Vaillant, in the Strand, London, 1766.  Modern 1/4 calf over
marbled boards, the spine extra gilt; quite a pretty set. [71643]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71643
                                                          $ 650.00

The first English translation in a later edition of the work which
Holmes opined "probably has done as much to remodel the world as
any product of the eighteenth century [the reading of which] is one
of the last achievements of a studious life".

4.  [NEW DEAL AND THE SUPREME COURT].  Arguments in the Cases
Arising under the Railway Labor Act and the National Labor
Relations Act before the Supreme Court of the United States
[including] National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin
Steel Corp [and five other cases].  Government Printing Office,
Washington, 1937.  Original tan printed sewn wraps, well-preserved;
174 pages. [71713] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71713     $ 150.00

The oral arguments in the cases which "proved to be a crucial
turning point in the New Deal constitutional crisis", taking place
less than a week following President Roosevelt's court-packing plan
and going far to uphold the New Deal reforms.

6.  SMITH, Wallace.  Prodigal Sons, The Adventures of Christopher
Evans and John Sontag.  The Christopher Publishing House, Boston,
1951.  Original red cloth, gilt, a very good copy, in a lightly
chipped dustjacket; inscribed by Wallace Smith on the front free
endpaper. [91247] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=91247     $ 150.00

7.  STEELE, W.H.  Handbook on the Management of Landed Estates and
the Law Relating Thereto [etc.].  T. & T. Clark, Law Publishers,
Edinburgh, 1889.  Original maroon cloth, quite rubbed and marked
and some staining, one hinge cracking, else a good clean copy; four
copies in OCLC, one in this country. [71648] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71648     $ 125.00

An uncommon work thoroughly treating of many natural
resources-related subjects, including mines and minerals, hunting
and shooting (and game), protection of wild birds, and salmon and
trout fishing, with chapters on sheep worrying and crofters.

8.  STOLZ, John.  Murder, Capital Punishment, and the Law. In
Three Parts. Published by Subscription Only.  Union Publishing
Company, Chicago, 1873.  Original black embossed cloth, gilt,
rubbed, the spine ends a bit chipped, some browning, lacking the
front endpaper, yet a sound copy. [71675] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71675     $ 150.00

Original edition of an uncommon work, quite wide-ranging, largely
illustrated by the case studies of Stolz, a practising physician,
with a chapter on insanity; with two plates depicting eight heads
of criminals and non-criminals.

9.  [SUPREMACY OF THE SUPREME COURT].  A Report of the Whole Trial
of Gen. Michael Bright, and Others; Before Washington & Peters . .
. on an Indictment for Obstructing, Resisting, and Opposing the
Execution of the Writ of Arrest . . . in the Case of Gideon
Olmstead and Others. Cohen 13714.  Printed for P. Byrne,
Philadelphia, 1809.  Modern 1/2 brown morocco, gilt, a bit of
staining and browned throughout, else a good copy. [71697] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71697     $ 650.00

The sole report of Bright's trial, charged with treason in
"potentially the most violent conflict between the States and the
Supreme Court" in blocking by force the service of federal process,
convicted but ultimately pardoned by President Madison.

10.  Z[OUCHE], R[ichard].  Iuris et Iudicii Fecialis, Sive Iuris
inter Gentes, et Quaestionum de eodem Explicatio. Qua Quae ad Pacem
& Bellum inter diversos Principes, aut Populos spectant, ex
praecipuis Historico-jure-peritis, exhibentur. Wing Z20. Quarto. Excudebat H. 
Hall, Impensis Tho: Robinson, Oxoniae, 1650. Contemporary sheep, rebacked, some 
browning and light foxing,
ex-Royal Society (and one other library) with its ownership stamp
and sold marks. [71723 BLS541] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=71723   $ 1,500.00

First edition of the work which (in Holdsworth's words) "has given
[Zouche] enduring fame", the first to adopt systematically the
phrase "law of nations", and providing the first textbook on the
whole of that subject; not in the British Library.

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