1068 pp. including Index. Frontis. portrait of John W. Davis. Covers mildly soiled/spotted. Spine faded. Overall covers are Good. Previous owner's name stamped on blank page: Rollin L. NcNitt. Attorney at Law, 1101-9 Black Building, Los Angeles, Cal. Phone 820-866. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. View More...
And Adapted to the New Practice in the States of Missouri, California, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and Alabama; The Territories of Oregon and Minnesota, and the Island of Newfoundland, with Copious Notes and Authorities to Which are Added Forms in Submissions of Controversy Without Action; In Proceedings Against Joint Debtors, Etc.; And of Judgments by Confession. 541 pages with index. Full leather covers with red and black title bars and gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, plenty of rubbing and scuffing to cover faces, some areas with tears to l... View More...
...Has Been Established at the Hague. April 30 and May 1, 1924. Permanent Court of International Justice. Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations. 188 pp. Paper covers with heavy staple-binding. Covers are browning along edges, water stain on lower right corner that runs throughout most of the document (text inside is unaffected), markings near staples, dirt smudges. Interior pages are browning, text easily legible, some corners are creased. Document in Good-Good+ condition. View More...
24th Congress, 2d Session. February 20, 1837. A petition of "public writers and friends of literature...have long viewed with regret the existing law of copy-right in the United States, as inconsistent with the spirit of the age, the diffusion of sound knowledge, the interest of American writers, and the rights generally of literary property....Your petitioners therefore pray that your honorable body will pass an act providing for an international law of copy-right with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any other way, which to your honorable body may seem meet, securi... View More...
24th Congress, 2d Session. February 2, 1837. "Address of certain Authors of Great Britain to the Senate of the United States in Congress assembled, Respectfully showing: That authors of Great Britain have long been exposed to injury in their reputation and property from the want of a law by which the exclusive right to their respective writings may be secured to them in the United States of America:...and on the interests of literature and science, which ought to constitute a bond of union and friendship between the United States and Great Britain:...the undersigned earnestly request the S... View More...
1132 pp. with index. Gilt lettering on spine. Covers and spine in Very Good condition. Previous owner's name inscribed on front freepaper. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. View More...
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Containing the Rules and Orders of the Two Branches, Together with The Constitution of the Commonwealth, and that of the United States and A List of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Departments of the State Government, State Institutions and Their Officers, County Officers and Other Statistical Information. 2 double spread foldouts: Diagram of the Senate Chamber with sitting and names; and Diagram of the House of Representatives with sitting and names. 267 pp. Brown cloth. Spine cloth missing. Covers still attached. Front cover with gilt lettering and Sea... View More...
Fourth Edition Revised and Enlarged, by John Townshend. "It is based upon the collection of overruled cases published by Professor Greenleaf, and comprises all the cases to be found in his work and upwards of fifteen hundred cases added by the present compiler. The last edition of Professor Greenleaf's work, was published so far back as 1840, and has long since been out of print." 548 pp. Leather covers with red and black title bars on spine. Covers in Fair condition as they are very dirty with rubbing and tears to faces, corners are bent, corners and edges are rubbed (some places to ... View More...
Part of author's Doctoral Thesis. Cover reads:Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Political Science Columbia University. Under his name: "Sometime George William Curtis Fellow in Columbia University Professor of History and Political Science, Ursinus College." 180 pp. plus VITA. Most pages uncut. ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. mildly soiled and fading around edges. Back cover's bottom corner creased/folded over. Overall exterior is Good to Good +. Front free endpaper, ex-mus. stamp. Due to interior pag... View More...
Fourth Edition, Enlarged and Improved. With Additional Notes and References to American Decisions, by J. I. Clark Hare and J. W. Wallace. 778 pp. Leather covers with red and black title bars on spine. Covers in Fair condition as they are very dirty with rubbing and tears to faces, corners are bent, corners and edges are rubbed (some places to boards), spine ends are bent. Front hinge broken. Previous owner's name written on front inside cover, with ink stains on front free endpaper. Interior pages are browning along edges with light foxing throughout. Tight spine. Book in Good+ to VG- conditio... View More...
Cases argued and determined in the Court of Chancery, for the state of Michigan. Elon Farnsworth, Chancellor. "The volume which is now presented to the public contains all the decisions made by the Hon. Elon Farnsworth while acting as Chancellor, which have been preserved." 479 pages with index. Leather covers with title bars and gilt lettering on spine. Covers very worn with bumped and rubbed corners, wear and stains to leather, edges rubbed, tears to cover faces, spine ends are bent and fraying, joints are very rubbed. Pen marking to top of front cover. Front hinge broken. Mi... View More...
"...a brilliant and awesome examination of the policies and practices of the Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon during the 1968 campaign for the Presidency." 268 pages with index. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. DJ in Good condition with creases, chipping and small tears to corners and edges and spine tips, browning to interior. Cover corners and edges are rubbed, spine tips are bent. Uncut page edges. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG+ condition. View More...
35th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Report No. 548. Ordered to be printed, and its further consideration postponed to Wednesday next - June 7, 1858. Views of a Minority of the Committee. "The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the petitions of Eliphas Spencer and Jacob Mussina, for the impeachment of John C. Watrous, United States district judge for the district of Texas, have had the same under consideration, and the undersigned have resolved to report favorably to the prayer of the petitioners." 30 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from ... View More...
36th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Rep. C.C. No. 235. February 11, 1860. Reported from the Court of Claims; committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. References within document to John Hancock and George Washington. 69 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains on spine. Ink from stamp on top page edge. Light browning/foxing to pages, but text is unaffected. Document in VG condition. View More...
36th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives.Rep. C.C. No. 231. Court of Claims presenting documents of the case of MARY WILLIAMS, WIDOW OF JAMES WILLIAMS vs. THE UNITED STATES. In 1830 her husband "invested a large sum of money for her in the valuable sugar estate...Harford Plantation, at the head of the Mantanzas river, in St. John's county, Florida and about twenty-five miles from St. Augustine". Speaks of the operation of the plantation, "undisturbed by the Indians". Then U.S. Government "determined" to displace the Indians to west of the Mississippi rive... View More...
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a record of proceedings of the naval court marshall, &C., in Captain William C. Bolton's case. 27th Congress, 2d Session, Ho. of Reps. Navy Dept., Doc. No. 111. February 26, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. 69 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains on spine edge. Some creasing to corners and light chipping to page edges. Foxing to pages, but text is not affected. Document in VG- condition. View More...
In this book we see beyond the public Jaworski to a very private citizen with loving and capacious family ties-one who has experienced more than his share of both tragedy and triumph. We see a man whose minister-father inspired in him the deep personal faith in God that has given him the courage and direction he needed. His career spans five decades, and has involved such history-making court cases as the odious Nazi war crimes trials after World War II and the infamous Watergate trial in 1973-74. 216 pp. Book is Near Fine. Dust Jacket's top edges chipped otherwise Good +. View More...
Albert M. D. C. Lusk. 40th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex Doc. No. 47. December 16, 1867 -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. 22 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book and creasing along spine edge. Back pages are starting to detach from rest of document. Light browning along edges, some minor foxing spots. Document in VG- condition. View More...
39th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 31. March 27, 1866.--Read and ordered to be printed. 12 pp. Disbound government document. Residue and strings from book binding remains along spine edge, spine is also creased and chipped. Document is wavy to the touch, foxing spots throughout, ink spots on first page, last two pages are starting to separate from rest of document. Document in Good+ to VG- condition. View More...
