Category: Law

Acts of Parliament Extending the Jurisdiction of Great Britain over Certain Parts of North America. In the Senate of the United States, January 13, 1845.

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate : 1845

Seller ID: 019421

Condition: Very Good

Beige-colored Senate pamphlet. 28th Congress, 2nd Session. January 13, 1845. 5 1/2" x 9." Eight pages, complete. A very clean copy. This document addresses the printing of British Parliament acts for the use of the U.S. Senate. The acts include Cap. CXXXVIII, which extended the jurisdiction of British courts in Lower and Upper Canada, and Cap. LXVI, which regulates the fur trade.
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Four Pieces, Containing A Full Vindication of His Prussian Majesty's Conduct in The Present Juncture.

Price: $375.00

Publisher: London, England, Printed by Edward Owen, in Warwick-Lane : 1756

Seller ID: 024482

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Bilingual text in English and French. Disbound. Text printed in black ink on beige paper. 7 1/2" x 9 3/4." Eighty-seven pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light foxing throughout. A Very Good copy. A treatise containing four documents that purportedly vindicate King Frederick II (1712-1786) of Prussia for actions taken, as of 1756, during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). Specifically, this treatise supports Frederick II's infamous 1756 invasion of Saxony, which started the Seven Years' War, and claims the Courts of Saxony and Vienna are unduly conspiring again...
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Inventory of Federal Archives in ther States: Series IX The Department of Agriculture, N0. 5, California

Price: $100.00

Publisher: San Francisco, The Survey of Federal Archives : 1940

Seller ID: 019014

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Original cloth backed wrappers. Two volumes, comjplete "Prepared by the Survey of Federal Archives Division of Professional and Service Projects Works Progress Administration, the National Archives Cooperating Sponsor." Mimeographed. Published in a small edition for distribution to CaLifornia county libraries. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. 529 pages total in two volumes. Complete.
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Inventory of Federal Archives in ther States: Series V The Department of Justice, N0. 5, California

Price: $100.00

Publisher: San Francisco, The Survey of Federal Archives : 1940

Seller ID: 019013

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original cloth backed wrappers. Small (half-dime) stain on front bottom corner, otherwise fine. "Prepared by the Survey of Federal Archives Division of Professional and Service Projects Works Progress Administration, the National Archives Cooperating Sponsor." Mimeographed. Published in a small edition for distribution to CaLifornia county libraries. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. 109 pages, complete.
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Original Poster - "Put a Tennessee Boy in the White House! William Gibbs McAdoo"

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: 024339

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original broadside printed in black ink on thick gray paper. Black-and-white bust portrait photograph of William Gibbs McAdoo featured at center. No date, circa 1924. 9" x 12." Small imprint of "Allied Printing, Chattanooga; Trades Council; Union Label" in lower-left corner. Broadside is very clean and intact overall but has some darkening throughout, slight foxing or discoloration at top, and a few bumps at the edges and corners (largest being a crease in the lower-left corner). A Very Good copy. A promotional broadside supporting the bid of William Gibb McAdoo for U.S. President in hi...
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Original Signed Photograph of All Nine Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Price: $175.00

Publisher: : 1954

Seller ID: 025358

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original black-and-white portrait photograph mounted on matboard in a glass-fronted picture frame with thin gilt border. Metal wire also on the back. The photo shows all nine judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit facing viewers in a room lined with bookshelves. The judges pose for the photo from behind a desk; five are seated in chairs and four stand in the background. All nine judges have signed below the photo on the matboard in black ink. May 13, 1954. 16 1/2" x 13 3/4." Photo is very clean and intact except for minuscule edge wear. Matboard is very cle...
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Printed Legal Brief. "The State of California vs. Fred Bose." (Lewd and Lascivious Conduct with a Child Under the Age of Fourteen.) Petition for a Hearing of the Case in the Supreme Court. Sacramento, 1915.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Sacramento, CA, : 1915

Seller ID: 019427

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's gray wrapper. December 1915. 7" x 10." Thirty-four pages, complete. A clean copy. The petition, jointly submitted by the state and the attorney for Fred Bose, describes Bose's conviction of child molestation in a Sacramento County court, his sentence to ten years in a Folsom prison, and his request for a new trial denied by the Third District Court of Appeals. The petition asks for a new trial before the Supreme Court. The alleged incident for which Bose ("an older man") was convicted took place on a park bench outside of an amusement park in Oak Park, Sacramento in...
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Printed Legal Brief. "The State of California vs. Thomas L. Knight." (Lewd and Lascicious Acts Committed upon a Child Under the Age of Fourteen Years.) Respondent's Brief. San Francisco, 1923.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Sacramento, CA, : 1923

Seller ID: 019428

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's gray wrapper. March 1923. 7" x 10." Sixteen pages, complete. A clean copy. This brief filed by the State Attorney General in the District Court of Appeal describes Thomas L. Knight's conviction for child molestation in San Francisco Superior Court and argues against his appeal. Knight, age 57, had been convicted of molesting a nine-year-old neighborhood girl in his basement on 20th Street in San Francisco. This molestation is briefly described. Knight's appeal is that during his first trial, the testimony of two other girls, who also claimed to have been molested, ...
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Program for the Dedication of Kendrick Hall on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the University of San Francisco School of Law, 1912-1962; Friday, September 28, 1962; Saturday, September 29, 1962

Price: $25.00

Publisher: San Francisco, CA, University of San Francisco? : 1962

Seller ID: 021867

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Original publisher's beige wrappers. Front cover has deckle edge. 8 1/2" x 11." Two unnumbered pages, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. There are a few small wrinkles in the upper-right and lower-left corners. Each of the four corners has a small pinhole. Printed on high-quality paper with stylized font in red, blue, and black ink. The program includes the itinerary for the program on Friday and Saturday, September 28 and September 29, 1962. Friday's schedule lists a Convocation, Commemoration, Presentation of Golden Anniversary Law Citations, Address, Discussion, ...
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The Charter Granted by their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the Inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, by Order of His Excellency the Governour, Council and House of Representatives : 1742

Seller ID: 025349

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Brown full leather binding. No lettering on front cover or spine. Five raised bands. 8" x 12." Pages [2] 2-14, [1] 2-28, [2] 1-333, 335-337, 339-340, 341-344, 345-348. On several of the blank flyleaves in front and back and in margins of title page are former owners' markings such as names, dates, and artistic pencil scrawls. Most, if not all, of these markings appear to be relatively contemporary and date to the 1740s. Among the people who signed are Abraham Chandler, Lemuel Harlow, Josiah Dean, Abel Haywood, William Washburn, Nehemiah Washburn, Nathan Perkins, and Ebenezer Perkins. P...
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The Definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship, Between His Britannick Majestry, the Most Christian King, and the States General of the United Provinces. Concluded at Aix la Chapelle the 18th Day of October N. S. 1748 To which The Empress Queen of Hungary, the Kings of Spain and Sardinia, the Duke of Modena, and the Republick of Genoa, have acceded.

Price: $375.00

Publisher: London, England, Printed by Edward Owen, in Warwick-Lane : 1749

Seller ID: 024480

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Bilingual text in English and French. Pages 60-61 include bilingual text in English and Italian. Disbound. Text printed in black ink on beige paper. 7 1/2" x 9 3/4." Sixty-five pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall but are a bit fragile with slight chipping at the edges and have darkening and light dampstaining throughout. Text is still clear and readable. A Very Good copy. The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748). This is the final version of the treaty. A draft treaty had been agreed upon April 30, 1748. The treaty was finalized October 18, 1748. This is the treaty tha...
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Treaty Between His Britannick Majesty and Her Imperial Majesty of All the Russias. Together with The Four Separate Articles belonging thereto. Signed At Moscow, December 11, 1742.

Price: $375.00

Publisher: : 1742

Seller ID: 024479

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Bilingual text in English and French. Disbound. Text printed in black ink on beige paper. 7 1/2" x 9 3/4." Twenty-seven pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact overall but have a few light dampstains and slight foxing. Text is still clear and readable. A Very Good copy. A treaty between Great Britain and Russia. Signed under King George II (1683-1760) and Empress Elizabeth I (1709-1762). This treaty affirmed that Great Britain and Russia would defend one another should either come under attack by land or sea. The treaty describes the terms of the alliance, and some articles...
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Treaty Between His Britannick Majesty, and Her Imperial Majesty Of All the Russias. Signed at St. Petersburg, September 19/30, 1755. Together with The Two Separate and Secret Articles belonging thereto.

Price: $375.00

Publisher: : 1755

Seller ID: 024478

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Bilingual text in English and French. Disbound. Text printed in black ink on beige paper. 7 1/2" x 9 3/4." Eighteen pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact overall but have dampstaining throughout (mostly limited to the top margin and margin of fore-edge) and slight foxing. Text is still clear and readable. A Very Good copy. A treaty between Great Britain and Russia. Signed under King George II (1683-1760) and Empress Elizabeth I (1709-1762). This treaty affirmed that Great Britain and Russia would defend one another should either come under attack. One of the two "separate...
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Treaty Between His Britannick Majesty, and the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassell. Signed at Hanover, June 18, 1755.

Price: $375.00

Publisher: : 1755

Seller ID: 024477

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Bilingual text in English and French. Disbound. Text printed in black ink on beige paper. 7 1/2" x 9 3/4." Sixteen pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact overall but have light dampstaining, not affecting text, and some foxing. A Very Good copy. The Treaty of Defensive Alliance (1755) between Great Britain and the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel. Signed under King George II of Great Britain (1683-1760) and Wilhelm VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682-1760) on June 18, 1755. This treaty affirmed that Hessian forces would protect Britain for monetary compensation should Britain ...
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The Story of a Dark Plot; or, Tyranny on the Frontier

By: A. L. O. C. (pseudonym of W. W. Smith)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, The Warren Press : 1903

Seller ID: 023375

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's maroon-brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 198 pages, complete. A few black-and-white plates, including a printed frontispiece portrait of the author, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Pages slightly age-toned. Slight rubbing and fading to spine. A few faint marks on front and back. A Very Good, almost Near Fine copy. Personal account of William W. Smith with a pro-temperance message. Smith writes his account under the pseudonym, "A. L. O. C." This is a retelling of an apparent attempt on Smith's...
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Autograph Letter Signed - Nathan Abbott

By: Abbott, Nathan

Price: $37.50

Publisher: : 1883

Seller ID: 10236

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Autograph letter signed (5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inch) 3 pages, on Thomas and Abbott stationary, and dated September 7, 1883, Boston, Mass. 1/3 of the last page below Abbott's signature is torn off. The letter is to a Mrs. Greenhalge about settling her father's estate, including finding a buyer for the patents to her father's inventions. Nathan Abbott (1854-1941) received his law degree from Boston University in 1881. He later taught at Michigan (1891-92) and Northwestern (1892-94). He went on to become the founding dean of the Stanford University Law School.
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California Farm Tenancy and Methods of Leasing.

By: Adams, R.L.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, California, University of California, College of Agriculture : 1923

Seller ID: 9684

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Agricultureal Experiment Station, Circular No. 272. 48 pages, map, paper wrapper. Covers status of farm tenancy in California; leasing practices for farming, dairies, livestock ranges, poultry plants, various crops; legal requirements and framework; provisions for various types of leases. Discusses leasing methods of Sacramento and San Joaquin Deltas.
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Collection of Three General Store Orders to Andrus & Harter, Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York, 1822-1823

By: Andrus & Harter

Price: $37.50

Seller ID: 024909

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Collection of three general store orders to Andrus & Harter of Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York. 1822-1823. The documents measure 4 3/4" x 8," 5 1/2" x 8," and 6 1/4" x 8." Each order form is very clean and intact overall but has age toning, some wrinkling, and a few light stains. Each order form is Very Good. These orders are from different customers for various goods. They were placed with the concern of Andrus & Harter of Ellisburg, New York. The three orders are signed by the following three individuals: C. Andrus, L. F. Andrus, and Green Kellogg.
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Autograph Document Signed. "New York Supreme Court. Jubal Terbell vs. Unknown Owners."

By: Anonymous

Price: $25.00

Publisher: : 1819

Seller ID: 12577

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Autograph Document Signed in sullivan County, New York, dated 29 October 1819. 8 pages (7 3/4 x 12 1/2 inch) written in ink. The document consists of two affidavits, one signed by Livingston Billings, attorney for Jubal Terbell, and one signed by Jubal Terbell. The affidavits are in regard to a title dispute Terbell is having over property (Lot 14 in the '1st Division' of Sullivan County) with Wm. W. Sackett and Sackett's attorney, Patrick G. Hildreth. Also signed twice by Jacob Weekes, Commissioner, as witness. Noted as filed. Fine clean copy.
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Constitution and By-Laws of Roseville Lodge, No. 203, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of California

By: Anonymous

Price: $25.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Printed for Order of the Grand Lodge, I.O.O.F. Of California : 1912

Seller ID: 8565

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Publisher's stapled gray wrappers. Rusting, with some loss of paper at staples. 53 pages, plus index.
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Category: Law