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                          Merivale's Reports
1.  Merivale, J.H. [1779-1844]. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in
the High Court of Chancery: Commencing in Michaelmas Term, 1815 [To
the End of the Sittings After Michaelmas Term, 1817]. New York:
Published by George Lamson, 1825. Three volumes. Octavo (5-1/4" x
8-1/2"). Contemporary calf, lettering pieces, blind-stamped fillets to
boards. Moderate scuffing and rubbing, tips worn, some chipping to
spine ends. Early owner signatures to title pages and preliminaries,
foxing, text otherwise clean. A solid set from the law library of
Thomas Settle. $150.
* First American edition. A reprint of the first London edition,
1817-1819. "These volumes contain the judgments of Sir William Grant,
of whom Lord Eldon remarked: 'I doubt whether the Court, in which he
so long administered justice, will ever see a judge of greater ability
and integrity.' ...As models of judicial eloquence, and perfect
specimens of reasoning, they will always be valuable.... If he had any
judicial failing, it was to the strict interpretation and undeviating
rules of the Common Law Courts": Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847)
510. Wallace, The Reporters 526. Catalogue of the Library of the
Harvard Law School (1909) II:105 (citing 1st London ed.). Not in
Cohen.
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                    From the Reign of Charles I
2.  Latch, Jean [d. 1655]. Plusieurs Tres-Bons Cases, Come Ils Estoyent
Adjudgees es Trois Premiers Ans du Raign du Feu Roy Charles le Premier
en La Court de Banl le Roy.... London: Printed by T.R. for H. Twyford,
T. Dring, and J. Place, 1661 [1662]. [xii], 275, [19] pp. Quarto.
Contemporary calf, rebacked. Leaf margins browned. $250.
* First edition. "In some copies [as here] the final I in the date of
publication is almost invisible. Hence the record of an edition of
1661 in some catalogues." Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the
British Commonwealth of Nations I:303(76). The reports are edited by
Edward Walpole and cover the period 1625-1628. Marvin, Legal
Bibliography (1847) 446-447. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection
at New York University (1953) 25. Wallace, The Reporters 262-265.
Wing, Short-Title Catalogue L538. Holdsworth, History of English Law
V:362. Wing L537 records the phantom edition of 1661 (supra).
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                   Seventeenth Century Reports
3.  Hardres, Thomas [1610-1681]. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of
Exchequer In the years 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, and 1660. And
from thence continued to the 21st Year of the Reign of his late
Majesty King Charles II. Dublin: Printed by Henry Watts, 1792.
Star-paged. [xi], 512 [i.e. 444], [25] pp. Octavo (5" x 8").
Contemporary calf, rebacked with tape. Ex-library. Foxed, lacks 2pp.
advertisement. $100.
* Second edition, first octavo edition. "This volume contains some of
the most learnedly argued of the old Reports..." Wallace 291-292. As
in the first edition there is a chasm between pages 233-301.
"Notwithstanding which, that the [volume is] regarded as perfect."
Wallace 294. For an explanation of this rather common phenomena in
17th century printing see the long footnote (1) appended to in
Wallace, The Reporters 294. Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 367.
Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of
Nations I:322(6). Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School
(1909) I:868.
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4.  McNamara, M. Frances. Ragbag of Legal Quotations. Albany: Matthew
Bender & Company, 1960. xi, 334 pp. Reprinted 1992 by The Lawbook
Exchange, Ltd. Cloth.  As new, excellent condition. $40.
* One of the best collections of legal quotations ever. McNamara's
attractive and well-indexed volume provides over 2,000 quotations
arranged under nearly 300 subject headings, which are further indexed
by author and by words and phrases. Explanatory notes clarify the
meaning of some well-known, but misunderstood quotations.
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                          Courtroom Speeches
5.  Graham, John Andrew [1764-1841]. Speeches Delivered at the City-Hall
of the City of New-York, in the Courts of Oyer & Terminer, Common
Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace. New York: Published for
M'Gillda and Co. 1812. viii, 80 pp. Octavo (5" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary
three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Some rubbing to boards and
joints, chipping to spine ends. Stains to preliminary and final
leaves, interior otherwise clean. A good copy. $300.
* First edition. Provides sixteen speeches concerning such crimes as
assault and battery, bigamy, passing counterfeit money, murder,
manslaughter, seduction and rape. Graham practiced mainly in the New
York City criminal courts. He advocated the amendment of the city code
to prohibit the use of evidence obtained by private examination of
accused persons without aid of counsel. Sabin, A Dictionary of Books
Relating to America 28231. Shaw and Shoemaker, American Bibliography
25550. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 8554.
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                         A Schism Among Quakers
6.  [Trial]. [Quakers]. Wood, George and Isaac H. Williamson, Reporters.
The Arguments of the Counsel of Joseph Hendrickson, in a Cause Decided
in the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey, Between Thomas L.
Shotwell, Complainant, and Joseph Hendrickson and Stacy Decow,
Defendants. To Which is Appended, the Decision of the Court. Also, the
opinion of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, in a Cause in
Which James Field was Plaintiff, and Charles Field Defendant.
Philadelphia: For Sale by Uriah Hunt, 1833. vii, 165, 100 pp. Octavo
(4-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Original quarter cloth over paper boards, printed
paper spine label. Wear to edges and tips, chipping to spine ends,
front board detached from text block. Foxing to text, interior
otherwise clean. $100.
* Second edition. The civil case of Shotwell v. Hendrickson & Decow
concerns the dispute which arose over the school fund of the Society
of Friends, which was claimed by both Orthodox and Hicksite factions.
Sabin, A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 105025. A Catalogue
of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II:1188.
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                    1735 Treatise on Political Parties
7.  [Bollingbroke, Henry St. John, Lord Viscount]. A Dissertation Upon
Parties; In Several Letters to Caleb D'Anvers, Esq. [Second edition].
London: Printed by H. Haines, at R. Francklin's, 1735. xxxi, 246, [2]
pp. Octavo (4-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary speckled calf, spine
extra-gilt, raised bands, front cover rehinged. Lacks front flyleaf,
head and tail of spine chipped. Internally fine. An attractive copy.
$150.
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8.  Dow, P. & C. Clark. Reports of Cases...in the House of Lords
[1827-32]. London: J.& W.T. Clarke, 1830-32. Two volumes. Contemporary
law calf, rebacked. Ex-library. Some wear. Internally sound. $100.
* Wallace 525.
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                      1812 Massachusetts Probate Guide
9.  Freeman, Samuel [1743-1831]. The Probate Directory; or An Assistant to
Probate Courts, Executors, Administrators, and Guardians, Being the
Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Respecting the estates of
Testators, Intestates, and Wards. To Which are Added a Variety of
Forms, for the use of Probate Courts, and Such Persons as May Have
Business to Transact Therein. Together With a Comprehensive
Alphabetical Index to the Laws and the Forms. Boston: Printed by J.T.
Buckingham from Thomas and Andrews, 1812. 264 pp. Octavo (4" x
6-1/2"). Contemporary calf. Rubbed, tips bumped, lettering piece
lacking. Early signatures and annotations to preliminaries and title
page, occasional foxing. A well-preserved copy. $50.
* Third edition. Freeman represented the Province of Maine in the
Massachusetts legislature and served as a Probate Judge. Catalogue of
the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) I:727. Marvin, Legal
Bibliography (1847) (both citing 2nd. ed.). Shaw and Shoemaker,
American Bibliography 25447. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law
4685.
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