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Baton Rogue: Louisiana State University Press, 1985. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Baton Rogue: Louisiana State University Press, 1985, first printing. 8vo., xi+258pp. Bookplate on pastedown, name emboss on title page, else fine, clean, bright, in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
Judges and Law Reform by Warner, Sam Bass and Cabot, Henry B - 1936
by Warner, Sam Bass and Cabot, Henry B
Judges and Law Reform
by Warner, Sam Bass and Cabot, Henry B
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Cambridge: Harvard Univ Pr, 1936. SIGNED First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cambridge: Harvard Univ Pr., 1936, first printing. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." viii,+246 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decorative rules, top edge gilt. Signed by author Warner on fly leaf with his printed name and address. Minor spotting to front cover, else very good plus, in very good dust jacket frayed along the top. chip off back panel, 2 tiny holes at spine. . Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo..
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Human Rights: Fact or Fancy
by Veatch, Henry Babcock
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A Digest of the Laws of Pennsylvania: from the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred, to the Seventh Day of April, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty by John W. Purdon
by Purdon, John W.
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Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, 1831. Hardcover. Very Good +. 976 p.; 25 cm. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Purdon's Digest 1830. Formerly there was a second label in the fourth compartment. Blind-rolled chain border on each board. Former owner's name on title page and endpapers: J. Miles. Contains the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and the laws of Pennsylvania arranged by topic. In Very Good+ Condition: lacking one original spine label; leather is rubbed, with several small scrapes; leather over spine is starting to crack; light foxing; pages are somewhat browned, but clean and tight. A solid copy.
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Statement of Facts, in regard to the Taking of the Loan of Four Million Dollars by the Bank of Pennsylvania, in March, 1830, Connected with the Re-Charter of said Bank by Garrick Mallery, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means at that time
by Mallery, Garrick
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Harrisburg: Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1849. Paperback. Very Good. 15, [1] p.; 22 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "5" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. Light marginal pencil marks throughout. No date of publication. Information in the publication goes up to 1848; the State Library of Pennsylvania gives 1849 as the year of publication. Lawyer and judge Garrick Mallery (1784-1866) served in the Pennsylvania legislature from 1827 to 1830. He was the father of Garrick Mallery (1831-1894), an ethnologist who specialized in Native American sign language. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: disbound; first leaf and last leaf detached but present; light marginal pencil marks; otherwise, clean and tight.
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Philadelphia and the Lakes: Address to the Citizens of Pennsylvania, in Favor of a Railroad to connect Philadelphia with the Lakes
by Meredith, William Morris
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Philadelphia: the committee, 1851. Paperback. Very Good. 8 p.; 22 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "4" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. Caption title. The address was put together by a committee chaired by William M. Meredith. The address is followed by a statement by Daniel L. Miller, Jr., president of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company, about the railroad proposed to connect Sunbury to Erie. The Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company had been chartered in 1837, but did not begin construction until 1852, when the state passed enabling legislation. No date of publication; based on information in the address, 1851 is the most likely date. William Morris Meredith (1799-1873) was a lawyer in Philadelphia; he served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Zachary Taylor in 1849 and 1850. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: disbound; minor foxing along gutter; otherwise, clean and tight.
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Index to the North Carolina Supreme Court Reports, Vols. 200 through 245. (FOUR VOLUME SET). Vol. I: Titles, Abandonment of Property throiugh Criminal Law; Vol. II: Titles Curtsy through Judges; Vol. III: Titles Judgments through Quieting Title; Vol. IV: Titles, Railroads through Words and Phrases
by Strong, John M.
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Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards & Broughton Co., 1957. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Octavos. Variously paginated. FOUR VOLUME SET dated from 1957 to 1961. Hardcovers bound in tan buckram with spine titles on black fields. Moderate wear to the bindings, which have some smudge marks on the spines and covers. A sound set. Each volume comes with a thick paperback Supplement inserted at the rear (bound with this in mind; the binding allows for the inserts which are about 200 pages a piece). Volume I bears the imprint date of 1957. Volume II is 1959. Volume III is 1960. And Volume IV is 1961. The Index is for Volumes 200 to 254. The Index is only 4 volumes itself. Scarce.
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The Fatal Effects of Gambling Exemplified in the Murder of Wm. Weare, and the Trial and Fate of John Thurtell, the Murderer, and His Accomplices with Biographical Sketches of the Parties Concerned, and; A Comment on the Extraordinary Circumstances Developed in the Narrative, in Which Gambling is Proved to Be the Source of Forgery, Robbery, Murder, and General Demoralization. To Which is Added, the Gambler's Scourge; A Complete Expose of the Whole System of Gambling in the Metropolis; With Memoirs and Anecdotes of Notorious Blacklegs.
by Author not named] (Trial of John Thurtell; Murder of William Weare.)
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London: Thomas Kelly 1824. (Hardcover) 512pp. Poor, no dust jacket. Leather binding. Frontispiece with tissue guard, engraved title with vignette, illustrations, notes, appendix. The spine is cracked and chipped, and the boards are detached and heavily worn at the corners. Illustrated by portraits drawn from life, and other copperplate engravings of peculiar interest. Trial of John Thurtell. Murder of William Weare. (Law, Gambling, Law, Trials--England).
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Barred From Prison
by Culhane, Claire
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Vancouver BC, Pulp Press, 1981, trade paperback, 234 pp, third printing, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Good condition in black card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner, edge, and spine-end wear, light scuff across front cover, rubs. The story of real life behind bars in Canada from one of the leading Canadian activists and prisoner's rights advocates of the mid-twentieth century. Illustrated with 6 pages of black-&-white photographs. ISBN 9780889780781
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Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property
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Callaghan & Company. HARDCOVER. 1/1/1954. B001NJ3AFY :1954- includes the 1956 Cumulative Supplement, green hardcover with minor dings on corners, pages have soiling of edges, otherwise clean and tight! . Used - Good.
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Human Rights: Fact or Fancy
by Veatch, Henry Babcock
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Baton Rogue: Louisiana State University Press, 1985. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Baton Rogue: Louisiana State University Press, 1985, first printing. 8vo., xi+258pp. Bookplate on pastedown, name emboss on title page, else fine, clean, bright, in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
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State Traffic Law Enforcement
by George E. Miller & David M. Baldwin
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1947 National Safety Council, Chicago trade hardcover format with dustjacket. Dustjacket in overall Very Good minus condition, two enclosed rips along the seam of the front panel, spine end extremities chipped, top spine is chipped, light overall aging; looks very good in brodart protective sleeve. The dustjacket is printing on low quality paper, it's nice to find one in any condition. "Ellington Air Force Base; Ground Safety Deps; Dec. 1953" is penned in lead based ink on the ffep and grounds the history on this piece. One lead based ink dot that bleeds through page 47 to 48, top edge lightly toned, else pages are clean & unmarked. Included to the photographic illustrations in the book are pictures of men in uniform representing all 50 states, photographs of police vehicles of that day, a early Texas Ranger on horseback & more. Red cloth covered boards are clean, faint wear on the corners, spine end extremities, gold lettering on spine is fine. Binding tight & straight. In overall Very Good / Very…
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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker
by Sinclair, Upton
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Shoot to Kill?
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
by Christie, Agatha
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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)
by Christie, Agatha
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."
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Rumpole and the Angel of Death
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Viking, 1995. Hardcover. Condition:As New Very . Dust Jacket Condition: As New and unclipped. First American Edition, All pages clean and unmarked
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The Man In The Brown Suit
by Christie, Agatha
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703 ChristieBrownSuit The Man In The Brown Suit. By Agatha Christie. Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1958, Stated Fourth Impression Thus,1970. ISBN 0370006720. Please see our stock photos. EXLIB. Good Condition/Good Original Shakel & Ryder Dust Jacket with Yellow spine, black titling, woman and ship cover art. Protected in mylar wrap. "States new and redesigned Edition, Fourth Impression, 80p. Blue boards with black titling. Our book spine has skinned spot at the word "brown" from removal of scotch tape. Plot Summary: Who is he, the man in the brown suit? He says he is a doctor; but Anne Beddingfield, who witnesses the fatal accident at a London tube station, is quick to notice some curious features about him when he comes to the scene. Her investigation of the accident leads her into the thick of mystery. This novel is more than an ingenious puzzle: It is a gripping suspense story."
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Dead-Eye Dick
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Vonnegut, Kurt. Dead-Eye Dick. 1982, DELACORTE PRESS/SEYMOUR LAWRENCE . FIRST EDITION. Used. VG/G+ Condition. Back DJ photo of author taken by Jill Krementz. Plot Summary: "Deadeye Dick is a tragic tale of "gun nuts and nukes," Vonnegut tells Miller Rudy Waltz, the protagonist, while playing around as a child in his father's upstairs gun room, fires off a round from a high-powered rifle and accidentally kills a pregnant woman as she vacuums her apartment several blocks away."
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Jailbird
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Vonnegut, Kurt. Jailbird. 1979. Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence. First Edition. Used. Good+ Unclipped DJ. Back cover author photo. 245 pages, Indexed. Plot summary: "This thematically and narratively complex book tells the life story of Walter Starbuck, ex-socialist, ex-capitalist, and ex-con. Moving fluidly back and forth between past and present, incident and insight, irony and irony, the novel explores themes relating to the tension between capitalism and communism, layers of meaning inherent in layers of identity, fact, and fiction, and the inter-connectedness of all things."
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Histoire du Procès de la France par Auguste Johanet
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Paris: Aux Bureaux du Journal La France, 1841. Very Good -. 48 p.; 20 cm. Disbound. Auguste Johanet (1806-1860) was a French lawyer and historian. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: half title detached but present; clean and solid.
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