Valparaiso: Imprenta Colon, 1875. 16 pp. Sm. 4to. Self wrappers. First edition. The trial of Luis Alfredo Lynch, captain of the Esmeralda, which he had to beach off Baron's Cove during a furious storm in Valparaiso on May 24, 1875. Lynch, was one of the most decorated and respected of..... More
[Santiago de Chile]: Imprenta Nacional, 1824. 20 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. A document on the regulation of cemeteries, which, in addition to requiring certain actions to protect the public health, disallowed significant differences between grave stones, forbid ostentatious displays, and argued for simplicity: "No se permitirá el aparato de..... More
Santiago de Chile: Imprenta y Libreria Artes y Letras, 1923. 109 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Thesis at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at the University of Chile. Law of Contracts. OCLC locates two copies: Harvard Law & Pontificia Univ. Chile; also at UDP Chile. A...... More
Buenos Aires: Imprenta de La Tribuna, 1875. 133 pp. Sm. 4to. Cloth. First edition. Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield (1800-1875) was the author of Argentina's Civil Code of 1869. He broke with Rosas in 1842 and allied himself with Bartolomé Mitre and became Finance minister in 1862. He died the year of..... More
Santiago de Chile: Imprenta, Litografía i Encuadernacion Barcelona, 1903. 75 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Publicado en los Anales de la Universidad, Tomo CXIII, Julio I Agosto de 1903. Biographies of the thirty-four judges of the Real Audiencia, Santiago de Chile, in the 17th century. OCLC locates three..... More
Caracas: [Banco Central de Venezuela], 1980. 50 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Illustrated French fold paper wrappers. OCLC locates three copies: Universities of Pittsburgh, Mass., and Texas at Austin. Offsetting to rear wrapper, minor edgewear, still near fine. More
Richmond: Wm. Ellis Jones, 1883. 131 pp., [2] adv. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Wrapper title: "Memoir of William Green, LL.D." Includes a section "The genesis of certain counties in Virginia, from cities or towns of the same name". Provenance: R. A. Brock (Gift slip). Robert Alonzo Brock (1839-1914)..... More
Buenos Aires: Academia Nacional de la Historia, 1986. xiv, 110 pp. 8vo. Stiff paper wrappers. First edition. Edición en homenaje al quinto centenario del descubrimiento de América. A near fine copy, minor shelfwear. More
Madrid: Antonio Balbas, 1756. [6], 299; [3], 298; [3], 302; [2], 364 leaves. Illus. with title page vignettes of the royal coat of arms of Charles II by Juan de la Peña. Folio. Full contemporary vellum with manuscript titles on spines, ties. Segunda edicion. "Initiated by order of the Council..... More
New York: Mason, Baker & Pratt, 1873. viii, 153 pp. 8vo. Cloth. Fourth edition. OCLC shows only 2 copies of this the fourth and last edition. Headband torn else a very good clean copy, owner's bookplate on front pastedown with signs of removal of an earlier one. Sabin 90876n. More
Hoshiarpur: Vishveshvaranand Vedic Research Institute, 1950. 9 pp. Sm. 4to. Stitched paper wrappers. Offprint. Inscribed by the author to W. Norman Brown on top corner of front wrapper. A very good copy. More
London: Printed by Thomas Baylis, for William Cobbett, 1801. 48, xxiii pp. Sm. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. Grenville was known to write under the pseudonym of Sulpicius for the Porcupine in which these letters first appeared. "Among the most remarkable works upon international jurisprudence which the crisis of the second..... More
Printed at Worcester [Mass.]: Isaiah Thomas, 1788. [8], 5-389 pp., [5]. 8vo (21 cm). Full calf. First edition. p. 231 mis-numbered 431. Lacking only the final rear blank. The first true compilation of the complete laws of Massachusetts published the same year as the ratification of the Constitution. Called the..... More
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[Dutchess County, NY]: [1795 & 1797]. [4 pp.] bifolium, mounted. Folio (17 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches). Land indenture and discharge. The original indenture, dated 28 August 1795 was for the sale of land in Poughkeepsie by William Ely, physician, and his wife Alice, to William Inman, Gentleman, of Philadelphia..... More
Boston: Printed by Request of the Family and Friends of the Deceased, 1864. 17 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. About very good, spine split with 3 pinholes, mail fold, faint marginal soiling. More
[Washington, D.C.]: n.p., 1856. 8 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. An important case about states' rights. Turney, who came in second in an election to Congress, argues that the states set the rules for who can run for office and that the state constitution of Illinois prohibited former judges from..... More
Washington [D.C.]: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1861. 2 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. 37th Congress, 2d Session. Mis. Doc. No. 9. While completely supporting Presidential power over the military, the House "deems it appropriate to express its earnest sense and conviction that in the prosecution of this war..... More
Santiago de Chile: Imprenta y Litografía La Ilustración, 1927. 327 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Thesis at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at the University of Chile. Examination of the new Code of Military Justice shortly after its adoption. The January Junta of 1925 by reformist..... More
[Philadelphia]: [Printed by William Ross], 1797. [109-112] pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. An interesting discussion which seeks to keep the House independent of other governmental branches, but also to avoid 'off the cuff' rules when when confronted with individual cases. Proposes a law and that Congress be able to compel..... More
Buenos Aires: Imprenta de la Universidad, 1958. 170 pp. Illus. with 1 map. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. A very good copy, chipped at heel of spine, some light sunning to wrappers. More
Montevideo: Imprenta de la República, 1862. 16; 156 of [160], [3]; 18 of [19] pp. 16mo. Later quarter morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. At head of title: "Administracion de Justicia." Includes separate title page dated 1861 for the main section, a printing of "Formulario para los procedimientos judiciales de..... More
Montevideo: Imprenta Nacional, 1918. 6, 123 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. José Batlle y Ordóñez, who was president from 1903 to 1907 and from 1911 to 1915, fearing that his reforms might be overturned by a future president, sought to replace the presidency with a plural executive, the..... More
Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Lagunas & Quevedo, 1930. 73 pp. Sm. 4to. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Thesis at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at the University of Chile. On the Civil Service and Public Law. Copies at Harvard Law & BN Chile. A very good copy, small..... More
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New York: 1799. 1 sheet. 10 x 16 inches. All manuscript [not partially printed] bond dated February 1, 1799, signed by August C. Van Horne and John Speyer, to which as been added the name of Susan Rivington, in the amount of $50,000. With seals after each of the names..... More
Santiago: Imprenta del Ferrocarril, 1868. 90 pp. dbl. col. Sm. 4to. Green printed paper wrappers. First edition (?). An important document concerning the independence of the judiciary in Chile and a reply to the accusations made by the Cámara de diputados against the Supreme Court, whose President was Manuel Montt..... More