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            Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson
1.  [United States Senate. Impeachment Trial]. Trial of Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, Before the Senate of the United
States, On Impeachment by the House of Representatives for High Crimes
and Misdemeanors. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. Three
volumes. Original cloth. Some shelfwear, some chipping, rear joint
cracked but secure. Internally sound set. $100.
* First edition. This is a report of the trial made by the regular
stenographers of the Senate for the use of that body. The first volume
contains the opening argument of the managers and the evidence, the
second the argument in general of the managers and of the counsel for
the President and the third the opinions filed by the individual
Senators and, in an appendix, the debate on the right of Senator Wade
to sit as a member of the court. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law
Collection at New York University (1953) 1015. Catalogue of the
Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II:1114.
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2.  Blackstone, Sir William. Commentaries on the Laws of England. Edited
by William Carey Jones. Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishing, [1976].
Reprint edition. Four volumes in two. Complete set. Star-paged. cxxi,
1486; lxxix, 1487-2770 pp. Cloth. New. $100.
* Blackstone's text is divided into sections, with bold topical
headings. Vol. 2 includes a supplementary chapter "Conflict of Laws"
by Orrin Kip McMurray. Jones' edition includes the text as prepared by
William G. Hammond in 1890, with Jones' and Hammond's notes, and
Hammond's citations updated to 1915. Jones' introductory essay
"Concerning the Commentaries" includes a biography of Blackstone.
Eller 136.
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            Bentham Criticizes the Corps of Special Crown
3.  Jurors[c][C][c]Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832]. The Elements of the Art of
Packing, As Applied to Special Juries, Particularly in Cases of Libel
Law. London: Published by Effingham Wilson, 1821. [2], vii, [3], 269
pp. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over
cloth, endpapers renewed. Several unopened signatures. Light toning to
text, interior otherwise fresh. A nice copy. $750.
* First edition. In his Elements of the Art of Packing Bentham
attacked the system of keeping a corps of special jurors who were
employed by the  Crown, and were therefore susceptible to Crown
influence. It was in this work that Bentham laid down the principle
that the libel law was incompatible with English liberties. S&M II:27.
HLC I:157. McCoy B200.
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                          Bold Kent Autograph
4.  Kent, James [1763-1847]. Signed Autograph Document Dated 31 July 1797,
Signed. Single 8" x 13" leaf with archival cloth backing housed in
clear acrylic sleeve. Some browning at folds, several chips at
margins. $150.
* Regarding a certification of a mortgage of Enos Tompkins. With a
large bold signature, James Kent.
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5.  Jackson, E. Hilton. Latin for Lawyers. Containing I: A Course in
Latin, with Legal Maxims and Phrases As a Basis of Instruction. II. A
Collection of Over One Thousand Latin Maxims, with English
Translations, Explanatory Notes, and Cross-References. III. A
Vocabulary of Latin Words. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1915. viii, 300
pp. Reprinted 1992 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 92-074408.
ISBN-13: 978-0-9630106-4-3. ISBN-10: 0-9630106-4-6. Cloth. $60.
* The perfect book for that considerable number of law students and
lawyers with little or no knowledge of Latin. For those already
proficient in Latin, the interest in this volume will lie in the large
collection of legal maxims and phrases. The annotations are
commendable for their brevity and unpretentious simplicity.
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6.  [Blackstone, William]. Eller, Catherine Spicer. The William Blackstone
Collection in the Yale Law Library. A Bibliographical Catalogue. New
Haven: Yale University Press, 1938. xvii, 113 pp. Reprinted 1993 by
The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-38826. ISBN 0-9630106-5-4. Cloth.
New. $50.
* The definitive Blackstone bibliography. Reprint of the first and
only edition (1938). This catalogue contains all the printed material
which was collated by the compiler and was primarily a description of
books owned by the Yale Law Library and Yale University Library, but
also includes information concerning other editions known to exist.
Includes English, American, Irish and foreign editions of the
Commentaries as well as his other works, works founded on the
Commentaries and biography and criticism.
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                     Guidance For the Novice Clerk
7.  Brown, William [fl c.1680]. The Entring [Entering] Clerk's Vade Mecum:
Being an Exact Collection of Precedents for Declarations and Pleadings
in Most Actions: Especially Such as Are Brought For, Or Against Heirs,
Executors, or Administrators: Executrices, Administratrices, and Their
Husbands in Personal Actions. With Variety of Actions Upon Bills of
Exchange, Pollicies of Assurance, &c. And Such Process and Parts of
Pleading as Relate Thereunto. Being Very Practicable and Useful to All
Entring Clerks and Attornies in His Majesties Courts of Kings-Bench
and Common-Pleas. As Also to the Attornies and Practicers of Every
Inferiour Court and County-Juridicature. A Work More Useful Than Any
Hitherto Extant. London: Printed by G. Sawbridge [et al.] for W. Jacob
and C. Smith, 1678. [vii], [lxvi], 575 pp. Table bound before text
instead of after, as is the case in most copies. Octavo (4-1/2" x 7").
Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style with raised bands,
endpapers renewed. Some rubbing to boards with wear to corners.
"Brown's Precedents" lettered in early hand to fore-edge. Light
browning to edges of text block, minor chips and tiny tears to a few
leaves. Early owner signature to front endleaf, interior otherwise
clean. $750.
* First edition. Brown was Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and the
author of several pleading manuals. Wing, Short-Title Catalogue B5985.
Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth
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8.  [Girard, Stephen]. Binney, Horace. Arguments of the Defendants'
Counsel and Judgment of the Supreme Court, U.S. in the Case of Vidal
and Another...versus the Mayor, &c. of Philadelphia... January Term,
1844. To Which is Added the Will of Stephen Girard. Philadelphia: J.
Crissy, Printer, 1844. [3], 307 pp. Cloth. Head and tail of spine
chipped, otherwise good. $50.
* First edition. Stephen Girard, the richest self-made man of his day
in America, died without issue in 1831, leaving the bulk of his
property to the city of Philadelphia in trust to establish and
maintain a college for poor white male orphans. His relatives,
dissatisfied with their moderate legacies, filed a bill alleging that
the city could not be a trustee, and also that the objects of the
charity were too vague and indefinite to sustain a trust. The bill was
dismissed, but the U.S. Supreme Court failed to decide the appeal in
1843, and ordered a reargument. When the complainants retained Daniel
Webster for the reargument, the city, for its part, retained Horace
Binney. Marke 955-966. HLC II:1084.
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9.  [Trial]. Pickering, Octavius and William Howard Gardiner. Report of
the Trial by Impeachment of James Prescott, Esquire, Judge of the
Probate of Will, &c...Before the Senate of Massachusetts. Boston:
Published at the Office of the Daily Advertiser, 1821. 225, [1] pp.
Original boards, uncut. Binding worn, covers detached, volume is split
at signature 12. Internally very good.  $100.
* First edition. HLC II:1169.
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