Original publisher's light brown full leather binding. Red and black leather spine labels with gilt lettering. 6 1/4" x 9." 1076 pages, complete. Index in back. An original leaf of text published by the West Publishing Co. (1889) is tipped in on the front free endpaper and comprises the State Report Citation of the Cases in Northwestern Report, Vol. 1. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning throughout and darker age toning on the edges of some pages. Covers are clean and intact overall. Binding is tight. There is wear along the edges, corners, and front and back o... View More...
'Huntington Library Publications'. ix, 59 pages; facsimile; brown cloth binding with dust jacket, some tears along the edges. Max Farrand has added an introduction to the facsimile reprint of the 1648 edition. Very good clean copy. View More...
Signature on beige card by David Dudley Field II in black ink. July 13, 1875. 4 1/4" x 2 3/8." Card reads: "Autograph of David Dudley Field, July 13, 1875." Very slight tear on lower-right corner of card. Card and signature are very clean and intact overall. David Dudley Field II (1804-1895) was an American lawyer and politician. He is best-known for his codification project in which he wanted to reform and codify U.S. common law, particularly in the state of New York. Although Field's codification was only adopted in a small part of the state, other states and US territories such as C... View More...
Signature on gray card in brown ink by David Dudley Field II. No date, circa 1870s. Card measures 4 1/4" x 3." Card and signature are very clean and intact. David Dudley Field II (1804-1895) was an American lawyer and politician. He is best-known for his codification project in which he wanted to reform and codify U.S. common law, particularly in the state of New York. Although Field's codification was only adopted in a small part of the state, other states and US territories such as California, Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakota, and Guam were more ready to accept his civil codes. ... View More...
Original publisher's full black leather binding. 4 3/8" x 6 3/4." 257 pages, index, and two pages of advertisements, complete. Black and white portrait illustrations, complete. Inscribed and signed by Fitzgerald & Gosson on front flyleaf in gray ink: "To Hon. J. J. Gardner, President of the New Jersey Senate, 1883. Compliments of Fitzgerald & Gosson." Raised bands and gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Gilt decorative border on front and back covers. Pages are very clean except for very minimal foxing on a few pages (mostly on the portrait pages). Binding is tight. A very c... View More...
Complete set in six volumes. Publisher's red cloth. Consists of: Volume 1: "Statutes & Proclamations Relating to Brickmaking in England, 1477 to 1728: Together with Excerpts from the Journals of the House of Commons and the House of Lords Relating to Brickmaking in England." 1962. Limited to 220 copies. 62 pages. Volume 2: "Statutes Relating to Brickmaking in England, 1729 to 1777: Together with Excerpts from the Journals of the House of Commons and the House of Lords Relating to Brickmaking in England." 1963. Limited to 220 copies. 73 pages. Volume 3: "Accounts of Brickmaking in England Publi... View More...
Original letter handwritten in black ink on beige paper. Signed, "James D. Frank," at the bottom. Datelined December 20 (or 26), 1814 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 7 3/4" x 9 1/4." One page. Letter is clean and itnact overall but has offsetting along the edges, slight chipping at the edges not affecting text, tiny pin-sized holes, and a few small stains. A Very Good copy. James D. Frank writes to an unnamed man about recovering land in Wayne and Pike Counties, Pennsylvania that has been confiscated due to non-payment of taxes. View More...
"Third Edition, Revised and Greatly Enlarged." The author's own copy, with his name, faintly, on a label at the foot of the spine, his signature in pencil on the title page, and his check marks and minor notes on the "Table of Cases" (pages xiii through liv). The much admired "Law of Judgments" is considered to be the first nationally important law book written and printed in California. Full tan calf with red and black spine labels. A handsome book. 727 pages, including index. View More...
Original black-and-white portrait photograph (with sepia tones) of Abraham Clark Freeman. The photo looks into the corner of an office, where Freeman is seated in front of his desk with bookcases nearby. Papers cover the desk, and Freeman holds an open book. No date, circa 1890s. Matboard: 10" x 8." Photograph: 8" x 5 1/2." Photograph is very clean and intact except for some age toning, fading, and a few light stains. Matboard is intact but has significant foxing and a few dampstains along the edges. A Very Good copy. Abraham Clark Freeman (1843-1911) was a California lawyer, author, ... View More...
Original letter typed in purple ink on light beige paper. Signed in black ink by Abraham Clark Freeman as "A. C. Freeman." Datelined November 20, 1900 in San Francisco, California. 8" x 13." Two pages. Letter has a few horizontal and vertical fold lines, perhaps original. Letter is very clean and intact except for a few wrinkles and slight offsetting. A Very Good copy. Abraham Clark Freeman writes to his daughter, Mabel. Freeman begins with acknowledgment of Mabel's past correspondence. He then discusses his trip to attend a funeral in Elk Grove, California. He describes other peopl... View More...
Collection of five original documents from the City of Stockton, California. Some documents are entirely handwritten in ink while others have a combination of printed text and handwriting. All documents are on beige paper. 1891-1908. Documents range between about 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" and 8" x 13." Each document is one page. All documents are clean and intact overall except for age toning, some wrinkling, and the occasional mark (some ink stains on 1907 document). The 1903 document has been extensively repaired; it has wrinkling affecting some of text on left edge and has been glued on a leaf... View More...
Original document handwritten in black ink on beige paper. Datelined in York, Pennsylvania on August 26, 1807. 6 1/2" x 8." Two pages (one leaf folded in half and written on two sides). Document is clean and intact overall but is fragile and has two horizontal fold lines (perhaps original), splitting along the folds, and a few small spots of discoloration. There is tape repair on an interior blank page and on the verso of the first page, affecting some of the handwriting. A Good copy. In this legal document, Eunice Gerrish grants Power of Attorney to William B. Sewall to sell off the es... View More...
Original publisher's beige wrapper. 3" x 5 1/2." Twenty-seven pages, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Only a few small, light marks on covers. A brief handbook for first-time members of the California State Legislature. Information and discussion on the State Library and its importance as a resource to state legislators. View More...
Collection of three legal briefs pertaining to a court case involving the General Creditors of the Golden Fleece Sheep Company and the Fidelity Trust Company. The legal briefs are carbon typescripts in black ink on white paper and affixed to light blue paper backings with metal fasteners at top. One of the briefs is divided into two gatherings. 9" x 14." Twenty-five pages between the three documents. Each legal brief is clean and intact overall except for a few fold lines and wrinkles, occasional small stains (including rust marks), light age toning, and some chipping and closed tears on ... View More...
Printed by brothers Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Front colophon on copyright page: "Designed and Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy." Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Deckled fore-edge. Illustration of a hanged, hooded man on front cover. 7 1/4" x 10 1/2." 132 pages, complete. Black-and-white plates, complete. Foreword and Introduction in front. Notes and Index in back. A few leaves are unopened. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact except for a few minuscule spots of rubbing on back cover. Binding is tight. An As New copy. A capt... View More...
Letter handwritten in black ink on beige paper. Datelined February 24, 1834 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 7 3/4" x 9 3/4." One page. Letter reads: "Cambridge, Feb. 24, 1834, My dear Sir, "Supposing you may feel anxious to know that your letter of the 22nd has been read, I hasten to say that the subject will be particularly attended to on Friday, as you request. In haste, your friend obediently, S. Greenleaf." Letter is clean and intact overall. Simon Greenleaf (1783-1853) was an American lawyer, jurist, and professor. Greenleaf wrote several books on law. His best-known work is the Tre... View More...
One page. In black ink. On his stationery:"34 Westbourne Terrace, London, W." Frederic Harirson (1831-1923) was an English lawyer and author who also was a leader of the Positivism Philosophy Movement in England. (Positivist Philosophy holds that all we can know comes from our physical senses experiencing phenomena around us). In this letter Harrison thanks a correspondent for sending him some leaflets. He also writes that he and his wife and daughter are about to go on a trip to Western England. He closes mentioning a speech to be published in his "American Addresses." View More...
Original business card for Hart & Hart, Shorthand Reporters in San Francisco, California. Features three calendars for the months of January, February, and March of 1933. 3 3/4" x 8." Card is very clean and intact. Slight wrinkling in the upper-right corner and a very faint spot on the left side. A Near Fine copy. Card reads as follows: "Hart & Hart, Official Shorthand Reporters, Depositions and General Reporting; 'The Record Never Forgets'; Douglas 0118 [phone number], Deposition Rooms; Suite 715, Chancery Bldg., 564 Market Street, San Francisco." Shorthand reporters are also known as ... View More...
Original land deed with printed and handwritten text in black ink on beige paper. Dated 1822 or 1823 in the document. The back reads the deed was received 1829. 7 3/4" x 12 3/4" folded. 15 1/2" x 12 3/4" opened. Two pages. Deed is very clean and intact overall but has age toning and some splitting along the vertical fold line at center. The largest split measures 4" from bottom edge. A Very Good copy. An original land deed in which James Haywood sells Nathan Haywood a plantation on 140 acres of land. Both James Haywood and Nathan Haywood live in Stafford, Monmouth County, New Jersey.... View More...
Original document printed and handwritten in black ink on beige paper. Datelined Middlesex, January 15, 1838. 8 1/4" x 6 3/4." One page. Document is very clean and intact except for light age toning, a few wrinkles, tiny chips along edges, a few light marks, and a horizontal crease at center. Also included is a detached partial document with handwritten text pertaining to the subject of the main document. The main document has a deckled bottom edge and may be where the smaller partial document was formerly attached. A Very Good copy. Henry Brewer and Susan Brewer sign a quit claim docu... View More...
