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                    Concerns the Alabama Claims
              First Law Book Printed in Newark, NJ
1.  Griffith, William [1766-1826]. A Treatise on the Jurisdiction and
Proceedings of Justices of the Peace, in Civil Suits; With an
Appendix, Containing Advice to Executors, Administrators and
Guardians-Also, an Epitome of the Law of Landlord and Tenant; the
Whole Interspersed with Proper Forms, and Calculated for General
Instruction. With Improvements, and a New Chapter on Conveyancing.
Newark: Printed by John Woods, For the Author, 1797. xii, 320, [21]
pp. 12mo. (4" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining
original lettering piece. Wear and scuffing to boards. Browning to
margins of endleaves, early owner signature to recto of rear endleaf,
interior otherwise clean. $100.
* Second edition, and the first law book printed in Newark, New
Jersey. (The first edition was printed at Burlington, N.J. in 1796.) A
work which proved valuable to the legal profession by an attorney and
author best known for his knowledge of land titles. Hill and Collins,
Books, Pamphlets and Newspapers Printed at Newark, New Jersey
1776-1900 18-19. James, Treatises Printed in the British Colonies and
the United States Before 1801 121. Cohen, Bibliography of Early
American Law 8400.
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                   1614 Edition of A Profitable Booke
2.  Perkins, John [d. 1545]. A Profitable Booke of Mr. John Perkins,
Fellow of the Inner Temple. Treating of the Lawes of England. London:
Printed for the Company of Stationers [A. Islip], 1614. Unpaged.
Signature M misbound following H. 12mo. (2-1/2" x 4-1/2").
Contemporary calf, double gilt rules to covers, raised bands, author's
name in ink to fore-edge.  Some rubbing to extremities, front joint
starting at head and foot. Printed in black letter in law French.
Attractive woodcut printer device to title-page.  Slight cropping to a
few preliminaries at top edges, a few annotations in early hand
throughout, interior otherwise fresh. An attractive little volume.
$600.
* Later edition. With side-notes. "The English translations are, more
or less, inaccurate, and have accumulated errors...the French
editions, therefore, are generally to be preferred.": Marvin, Legal
Bibliography (1847) 563. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the
British Commonwealth of Nations I:485(56). Pollard and Redgrave,
Short-Title Catalogue 19643. Holdsworth, History of English Law V:388.
Winfield, Chief Sources of British Law 330.
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          1894 Grolier Club Facsimile Edition of 
              Bradford's 1694 New York Laws
3.  [Grolier Club]. Facsimile of the Laws and Acts of the General
Assembly for their Majesties Province of New York, etc., etc. At New
York. Printed and Sold by William Bradford...1694. Together with an
Historical Introduction, Notes on the Laws, and Appendices by Robert
Ludlow Fowler. New York: [Printed by the De Vinne Press for] The
Grolier Club, 1894. Engraving of the tomb of William Bradford,
head-piece. clxii, [4], 84, 3, 4, [6], 11 pp. Original limp vellum,
spine gilt, covers blind stamped with the royal insignia, deckle
edges. Spine slightly soiled, but still a very nice copy.  $175.
* Limited edition. One of 312 copies on hand-made paper. An extensive
introduction contributes to the importance of this finely printed
edition of the laws and acts of colonial New York. Marke, A Catalogue
of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 80. Catalogue of
the Library of the Law School of Harvard University (1909) I:720.
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               Extensive Scottish JP Treatise
4.  Hutcheson, Gilbert. Treatise on the Offices of Justice of Peace;
Constable; Commissioner Under Comprehending Acts, in Scotland; with
Occasional Observations Upon Other Municipal Jurisdictions. To Which
Are Added Appendixes, Containing Some of the Statutes, Forms of
Proceedings, and Writs Referred to in the Work. Edinburgh: Printed for
Peter Hill, 1815. Four volumes. Octavo (5-1/2" x 9"). Four-page
publisher catalogue before title page of each volume. Octavo (5" x
8-1/2"). Contemporary calf, raised bands, lettering pieces. Moderate
shelfwear, front board of Volume I detached, other joints cracked but
secure, internally fresh. Ex-library. Small institution stamp to head
to each spine. $100.
* Third edition. The first book outlines the history, constitution and
nature of the several offices, the second and third deal with the
public peace and police, the fourth deals with rural polity (with an
emphasis on landed property) and the fifth addresses public polity.
Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 407.
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5.  Hicks, Frederick. Men and Books Famous in the Law. With an
introduction by Harlan F. Stone. Rochester, New York: Lawyers
Co-operative Publishing, 1921. 259 pp. Reprinted 1992 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 92-070809. ISBN 0-9630106-2-X. Cloth. $50.
* A classic account of law books and their authors. Within the pages
of this volume will be found the stories of great legal writers, and
more-- especially the story of their legal writings, the inception,
production, and vicissitudes of works which have become classics of
legal literature. Covers the lives and publications of Littleton,
Coke, Blackstone, Cowell, Kent, Wheaton and Livingston.
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                  Executors and Administrators
6.  Toller, Sir Samuel [d.1821]. The Law of Executors and Administrators.
New York: Printed and Published by I. Riley, 1815. Star-paged. xv, 522
[i.e. 334], [72] pp. Octavo (5" x 8"). Contemporary calf, lettering
piece. Moderate wear to boards and edges, chipping to head of spine,
hinges starting, joints cracked but secure. early owner signatures to
title page and endleaves, interiors otherwise clean. $150.
* Third American edition. Reprint of Third London Edition, 1813. With
an appendix of stamp duties. Sir Samuel Toller's work on the law of
executors and administrators was originally published in 1800. Its
final (seventh) edition was published in 1838. A popular treatise, it
was esteemed for its brevity, clarity and clear organization. And it
remained the standard text until the publication of Williams's
treatise on executors in 1832. Holdsworth, A History of English Law
XII:620. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909)
II:754. Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 692. Cohen, Bibliography of
Early American Law 4662
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7.  Taylor, Alfred S[waine] [1806-1880]. Medical Jurisprudence. Edited
with Notes and Additions by R. Eglesfeld Griffith. Philadelphia: Lea &
Blanchard, 1850. xvi, [33]-670 pp. 32 pp. catalogue of medical and
scientific books published by Lea & Blanchard bound in at rear.
Contemporary sheep, spine label. Ex-library. Some rubbing, foxing, but
all the same a nice copy. $50.
* Second American edition. "One of the best known English texts on the
subject." Frey & Kronick 406. S&M II:352. G&M 1738.
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8.  Sheil, Richard Lalor [1791-1851]. Sketches, Legal and Political....
Edited, with Notes by M.W. Savage. London: Published for Henry
Colburn, 1855. Two volumes. viii, 411; iv, 374 pp. 16 and 24 page
catalogues bound in at rear of volumes one and two respectively.
Cloth. Spine faded. $65.
* First edition. These volumes contain Shiel's principal contributions
to the New Monthly Magazine, published at a time when that periodical
"was particularly distinguished by the interest and brilliancy of its
articles. The Sketches of the Celebrities of the Irish Bar attracted
much attention at the time, and were admired...for their fidelity as
portraitures." Preface. Shiel was also a dramatist of some note, for
which see DNB XVIII:17-21. HLC II:575.
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                     Roberts on Conveyances
9.  Roberts, William [1767-1849]. A Treatise on the Construction of the
Statutes, 13 Eliz. c.5. and 27 Eliz. c.4. Relating to Voluntary and
Fraudulent Conveyances, and On the Nature and Force of Different
Considerations to Support Deeds and Other Legal Instruments, in the
Courts of Law and Equity. With References to the American and Later
English Decisions by a Member of the Bar. Hartford: Published by
Oliver D. Cooks, 1825. Star-paged. xv, [2]-667, [11] pp. Octavo (5" x
8-1/2"). Contemporary calf, lettering piece, blind-stamped fillets to
boards. Moderate wear to edges, rubbing and scuffs to boards, some
chipping to head of spine, hinges starting. Occasional foxing,
interior otherwise clean and bright. Ex-library. Bookplate to front
pastedown, location number to foot of spine. A sound copy. $100.
* Second American edition, from the London edition of 1800, to which
it is starred. Kent said this treatise was "a useful digest of the law
on that subject" in his Commentaries (cited in Marvin, Legal
Bibliography (1847) 612. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law
School (1909) II:477. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 9524.
Shaw and Shoemaker, American Bibliography 22110.
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