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Author:      Reeve, Tapping
Title:       The Law of Baron and Femme; of Parent and Child; of Guardian and
             Ward; of Master and Servant; and of the Powers of Courts of
             Chancery.  With an Essay on the terms, Heir, Heirs, and Heirs of
             the Body
Publisher:   Printed by Oliver Steele, New-Haven, 1816.
Description: First edition of the first American work devoted to the law of
             women, written by Tapping Reeve, founder of the first American law
             school, at Litchfield
Condition:   Contemporary calf, very worn, some browning; a just usable copy
Book No.:    W-73489                Price: $     750.00
Category:    women's law, marriage, infants, master, Connecticut, equity, Probating

Author:      Stiles, Henry Reed
Title:       Bundling, Its Origin, Progress and Decline in America
Publisher:   Privately Issued for Subscribers Only, n.p., n.d..
Description: A lighthearted yet serious look at bundling, the practice of
             sharing beds while clothed, as a matter of necessity and of
             courtship, with the principal emphasis on colonial America
Condition:   Original blue cloth, gilt, joints fraying; a usable copy only
Book No.:    W-67213                Price: $      65.00
Category:    marriage, women's law

Author:      Hamilton, Augusta
Title:       Marriage Rites, Customs, and Ceremonies of the Nations of the
             Universe
Publisher:   Printed for Chapple and Son, Pall-Mall [etc.], London, 1822.
Description: Lady Hamilton's historical and geographical whirlwind tour of
             humanity's marriage rites, with the emphasis on the exotic and
             'primitive', this copy with the racy frontispiece depicting a near
             naked Turkish Bride as she is introduced to the Bath
Condition:   ?Original paper-backed boards, black-morocco label, gilt-lettered,
             chipped, somewhat worn, else a good unsophisticated untrimmed copy
Book No.:    W-75092                Price: $     250.00
Category:    marriage, women's law

Author:      Whitcomb, Debra, et al.
Title:       An Exemplary Project, Stop Rape Crisis Center, Baton Rouge,
             Louisiana
Publisher:   Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Washington, 1979.
Description:
Condition:   Oversized wraps, a bit sunned; 96 pages
Book No.:    W-90498                Price: $      35.00
Category:    Rape, women's law, Louisiana

Author:
Title:       The Trial of William Corder. . .for the Murder of Maria Marten
Publisher:   Printed for Knight & Lacey, 55, Paternoster-Row [etc.], London,
             1828.
Description:
Condition:   Modern green morocco over marbled boards, embrowned but attractive
Book No.:    W-55113                Price: $     350.00
Category:    criminal law, women's law, trials

Author:      Mainwaring, Thomas
Title:       A Reply to an Answer to the Defence of Amicia, Daughter of Hugh
             Cyveliok Earl of Chester, Wherein it is Proved, That the Reasons
             Alleadged . . . concerning the Illegitimacy of the said Amicia,
             are invalid, and of no weight at all. Wing M303
Publisher:   Printed for S. Lowndes over against Exeter-House in the Strand,
             London, 1673.
Description: Sir Richard Grosvenor's copy of a portion of the 17th literature
             debating the legitimacy of Mainwaring's 11th century forbearer,
             invoking authorities from Glanvill to Coke and attracting
             Dugdale's support, bruiting much on medieval law and history
Condition:   Contemporary blind-ruled sheep, well worn, some repairs; sound
Book No.:    W-11336                Price: $     450.00
Category:    MEDIEVAL, women's law

Author:      Linderholm, Ulf
Title:       Valdtakter Som Kommit Till Polisens Kannedom i Stockholm 1970,
             Trebetygsuppsats i Kriminologi
Publisher:   Stockholms Universitet, Stockholm, 1973.
Description:
Condition:   Stapled wraps, worn but sound; 56 pages
Book No.:    W-90129                Price: $      45.00
Category:    Rape, women's law

Author:
Title:       Rape
Publisher:   Office of Urban Service, Washington, 1974.
Description: A report prepared jointly by the National League of Cities and the
             United States Confernce of Mayors
Condition:   Stapled wraps; 34 pages
Book No.:    W-90131                Price: $      25.00
Category:    Rape, women's law

Author:      Anttila, Inkeri, et al.
Title:       Selvitys Vakisinmakaamisrikollisuuden Lisaantymisesta
Publisher:   Kriminologinen Tutkimuslaitos, Helsinki, 1968.
Description: Forcible Rape: An Evaluation of the Crime Trend. Summary in
             English
Condition:   Stapled, cloth-backed wraps, worn but still sound; 31 pages
Book No.:    W-90132                Price: $      45.00
Category:    Rape, women's law, FINLAND

Author:
Title:       Special Report, Rape and Other Sexual Offenses
Publisher:   Criminal Law and Penal Methods Reform Committee, Adelaide, 1976.
Description: Includes statutes and statistical tables for the state of South
             Australia
Condition:   Wraps, with very slight underlining in ink; 69 pages
Book No.:    W-90133                Price: $      45.00
Category:    Rape, AUSTRALIA, women's law

Author:
Title:       Forcible Rape, Police Volume I. A National Survey of the Response
             by Police
Publisher:   United States Department of Justice, Washington, 1977.
Description:
Condition:   Printed wraps; 103 pages
Book No.:    W-90135                Price: $      20.00
Category:    Rape, women's law

Author:
Title:       Forcible Rape, Police Volume II. A Manual for Patrol Officers
Publisher:   United States Department of Justice, Washington, 1978.
Description:
Condition:   Stapled wraps, well-preserved; 42 pages
Book No.:    W-90136                Price: $      20.00
Category:    Rape, women's law

Author:
Title:       Forcible Rape, Police Volume IV. Police Administrative and Policy
             Issues
Publisher:   United States Department of Justice, Washington, 1978.
Description:
Condition:   Stapled wraps, a bit discolored, but sound; 35 pages
Book No.:    W-90137                Price: $      20.00
Category:    Rape, women's law

Author:
Title:       Forcible Rape, Medical and Legal Information
Publisher:   U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, 1977.
Description:
Condition:   Stapled wraps, sound; 18 pages
Book No.:    W-90138                Price: $      25.00
Category:    Rape, women's law

Author:      Chappell, Duncan and Faith Fogarty
Title:       Forcible Rape, A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography
Publisher:   United States Department of Justice, Washington, 1978.
Description:
Condition:   Stapled wraps; 84 pages
Book No.:    W-90139                Price: $      45.00
Category:    Rape, women's law, Bibliography

Author:      Wiener, Frederick Bernays
Title:       Another "Solemn Public Lie"
Publisher:   University of Richmond Law Review, Richmond, 1993.
Description: The separate reprinting of Colonel Wiener's essay (see above), its
             title taken from Roger William's characterization of James I's
             "solemn public lie" in the Massachusetts land grant that he, not
             the Indians, were the discoverers of the land
Condition:   Reprinted from the Spring issue; 15 pages
Book No.:    W-62738                Price: $      15.00
Category:    military law, women's law, Discrimination

Author:
Title:       Forcible Rape, Final Project Report
Publisher:   United States Department of Justice, Washington, 1978.
Description:
Condition:   Stapled wraps; 80 pages
Book No.:    W-90140                Price: $      45.00
Category:    Rape, women's law

Author:
Title:       Rape: Myth and Reality
Publisher:   American Association of University Women, Huntington Beach, 1974.
Description:
Condition:   Wraps, spiral-bound; 53 pages
Book No.:    W-90141                Price: $      35.00
Category:    Rape, women's law

Author:
Title:       Care for Victims of Sexual Offences, Report by the Inter-
             Departmental Task Force
Publisher:   N.p., 1978.
Description: Prepared for the department of the Premier of New South Wales
Condition:   Cloth-backed wraps; 30 pages, plus appendices and folding charts
Book No.:    W-90142                Price: $      45.00
Category:    Rape, women's law

Author:
Title:       A Rape Bibliography, With Special Emphasis on Rape Research in
             Canada
Publisher:   Solicitor General of Canada, Ottawa, 1979.
Description: Bilingual edition, in English and French
Condition:   Printed wraps, the spine nicked, but still sound; 130 pages
Book No.:    W-90143                Price: $      45.00
Category:    Rape, women's law, Bibliography, CANADA

Author:      Walker, Marcia J. (ed.)
Title:       Toward the Prevention of Rape, A Bibliography
Publisher:   Center for Correctional Psychology, U. of Alabama, 1975.
Description:
Condition:   Stapled, cloth-backed wraps; 101 pages
Book No.:    W-90144                Price: $      45.00
Category:    Rape, women's law, Bibliography

Author:
Title:       The Rape Bibliography: A Collection of Abstracts
Publisher:   St. Louis Feminist Research Project, St. Louis, 1976.
Description:
Condition:   Printed, stapled wraps, a very good copy; 93 pages
Book No.:    W-90145                Price: $      45.00
Category:    Rape, women's law, Bibliography

Author:      Evans, Hannah I. and Nicole Sperekas (comps.)
Title:       The Sexual Assault Bibliography: 1920-1975 [with] Sexual Assault
             Bibliography: Update and Expansion
Publisher:   Journal Supplement Abstract Service, Washington, 1976-77.
Description: Reprinted from the Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology
Condition:   Photocopied sheets in stapled wraps; 59 and 12 pages
Book No.:    W-90146                Price: $      65.00
Category:    Rape, women's law, Bibliography

Author:      Brownmiller, Susan
Title:       Valdtakt
Publisher:   Bokforlaget Pan, Stockholm, 1977.
Description: Swedish translation of "Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape"
Condition:   Printed wraps; 389 pages
Book No.:    W-90147                Price: $      20.00
Category:    Rape, women's law

Author:
Title:       The Trial of Ford Lord Grey of Werk [and others] . . . for
             Unlawful Tempting and Inticing, the Lady Henrietta Berkeley . . .
             to Unlawful Love . . . with an intent to cause her to live in a
             Scandalous manner [etc.] [without the half-title]
Publisher:   Printed, and Sold by J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall, London,
             1716.
Description: A sensational case in which Lord Grey was charged with seducing
             the under-eighteen sister of his wife, both the prosecution and
             defense ably handled (the former by George Jeffreys), the verbatim
             transcript vividly disclosing the case's high emotions
Condition:   ?Later 3/4 calf over marbled boards, quite rubbed, the joints
             cracked and spine chipped, title and last leaf quite dusty,
             margins cut close; usable only
Book No.:    W-72533                Price: $     850.00
Category:    women's law, trials

Author:      Reeve, Tapping
Title:       The Law of Baron and Femme; of Parent and Child; of Guardian and
             Ward; of Master and Servant; and of the Powers of Courts of
             Chancery.  With an Essay on the terms, Heir, Heirs, and Heirs of
             the Body
Publisher:   Printed by Oliver Steele, New-Haven, 1816.
Description: First edition of the first American work devoted to the law of
             women, written by Tapping Reeve, founder of the first American law
             school, at Litchfield
Condition:   Modern 1/4 calf, some embrowning and inking to borders; sound
Book No.:    W-65319                Price: $    1250.00
Category:    women's law, marriage, infants, master, Connecticut, equity, Probating

Author:      Curtis, George William
Title:       Equal Rights for All. George William Curtis in the New York State
             Constitutional Convention 1867
Publisher:   Issued by New York State Constitutional Convention Campaign,
             Rochester.
Description:
Condition:
Book No.:    W-50673                Price: $     250.00
Category:    women's law, New York, constitutional law

Author:      Reeve, Tapping
Title:       The Law of Baron and Femme; of Parent and Child; of Guardian and
             Ward; of Master and Servant; and of the Powers of Courts of
             Chancery.  With an Essay on the terms, Heir, Heirs, and Heirs of
             the Body
Publisher:   Printed by Oliver Steele, New-Haven, 1816.
Description: First edition of the first American work devoted to the law of
             women, written by Tapping Reeve, founder of the first American law
             school, at Litchfield
Condition:
Book No.:    W-58175                Price: $    1250.00
Category:    women's law, marriage, infants, master, Connecticut, equity, Probating

Author:
Title:       The Trial of the Rev. L.D. Huston, For the Alleged Seduction of
             Mary Driscoll, Virginia Hopkins, &c. . . . The Only Authentic
             Edition, Containing All the Suppressed Testimony
Publisher:   Fisher & Denison, Baltimore, 1872.
Description: The trial in which Dr. Huston was alleged to have seduced a
             fourteen year old by explaining to her that God, through the
             Biblical stories of David and Solomon, forgave plural "marriages",
             Huston relocating to Florida, becoming Daytona's first mayor
Condition:   Original ?self-wraps, disbound, some browning, a usable copy only;
             64 pages
Book No.:    W-75542                Price: $     250.00
Category:    adultery, women's law, trials, Religion

Author:      Tebbs, H.V.
Title:       Essay on the "Scripture Doctrines of Adultery and Divorce, and on
             the Criminal Character and Punishment of Adultery, by the Ancient
             Laws of England and other Countries"
Publisher:   Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington [etc.], London, 1822.
Description:
Condition:   Later 3/4 morocco, joints cracking, discreetly ex-library, else a
             good copy
Book No.:    W-48031                Price: $     225.00
Category:    adultery, women's law

Author:      Clark, Jr., Homer H.
Title:       Cases and Problems on Domestic Relations
Publisher:   West Publishing Co., St. Paul, 1965.
Description:
Condition:   Original tan buckram, showing wear but sound
Book No.:    W-16361                Price: $      35.00
Category:    Casebooks, marriage, domestic relations, women's law

Author:      Braithwaite, Joan A. (comp. and ed.)
Title:       Women and the Law, A Bibliographical Survey of Legal and Quasi-
             Legal Materials, With Special Reference to Commonwealth Caribbean
             Jurisdictions, and Including Relevant Commonwealth Caribbean
             Legislation and Case Material
Publisher:   The University of the West Indies Press, Barbados, 1999.
Description: Over 3,200 items, arranged by type of publication, with the most
             substantial section devoted to articles, books, cases, documents
             and newspaper items, followed by sections on theses and
             bibliographies; with an appendix on women's "firsts in the law"
Condition:   Original printed wraps, as new; 347 pages
Book No.:    W-67797                Price: $      35.00
Category:    women's law, Bibliography, CARIBBEAN

Author:      Reeve, Tapping
Title:       The Law of Baron and Femme, of Parent and Child, Guardian and Ward
             . . . and of the Powers of the Courts of Chancery; With an Essay
             on the terms Heir, Heirs, and Heirs of the Body. Second Edition,
             with Notes . . . by Lucius E. Chittenden. Cohen 4746
Publisher:   Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington, 1846.
Description: Second edition of the first American work devoted to the law of
             women, written by the founder of the first American law school, at
             Litchfield
Condition:   Contemporary sheep, neatly rebacked, some staining; sound
Book No.:    W-45107                Price: $     450.00
Category:    women's law, infants, domestic relations

Author:      Darrow, Clarence
Title:       Woman Suffrage [with] Shall the World's Fair Be Open on Sunday?
             [with] The Eight Hour Day. Hunsberger 4, 4a and 5
Publisher:   The Sunset Club, Chicago, 1893].
Description: Three of Darrow's very earliest recorded public appearances,
             including his advocacy of woman suffrage, all debated at the
             Sunset Club, the organization which "turned out to be Darrow's
             university [and] constituted the greatest education of his life"
Condition:   Original dark maroon cloth, gilt, showing wear and somewhat faded
             and strained, the back cover spotted, but a usable copy
Book No.:    W-73693                Price: $     850.00
Category:    women's law, labor law

Author:
Title:       Trial of Lucretia Chapman, Otherwise Called Lucretia Espos y Mina,
             Who Was Jointly Indicted with Lino Amalia Espos y Mina, for the
             Murder of William Chapman [etc.]. McDade 169; Cohen 12416
Publisher:   Published by G. W. Mentz & Son, 53 N. Third Street [etc.],
             Philadelphia, 1832.
Description: The principal contemporary account of the trial (with the more
             extensive supplement), an adulterous affair gone wrong, the
             husband poisoned with arsenic, the wife--represented by David Paul
             Brown--acquitted, and her lover found guilty and hanged
Condition:   Modern cloth, some foxing, else a good copy; with the 11 page
             supplement reporting the trial of Lino Amalio Espos y Mina
Book No.:    W-75624                Price: $     250.00
Category:    constitutional law, criminal law, Supreme Court, trials, women's law

Author:      Tiffany, Walter C.
Title:       Handbook on the Law of Persons and Domestic Relations
Publisher:   West Publishing Company, St. Paul, 1921.
Description:
Condition:   Original tan buckram, a very little pencilling, one page torn
             (legibility preserved), else a very good copy
Book No.:    W-91689                Price: $      27.50
Category:    women's law, domestic relations

Author:      Bingham, Peregrine
Title:       The Law of Infancy and Coverture. Second American Edition from the
             Last London Edition. With Notes and References to English and
             American Cases
Publisher:   Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington, 1849.
Description: The first work published in this country devoted to the law of
             infants, coupled with the first work exclusively treating of
             coverture, both with substantial American notes, praised by
             Holdsworth for their superior analysis of a difficult area
Condition:   Modern calf, original label preserved, a good clean copy
Book No.:    W-65884                Price: $     450.00
Category:    infants, marriage, Pennsylvania, women's law

Author:      Reeve, Tapping
Title:       The Law of Baron and Femme; of Parent and Child; of Guardian and
             Ward; of Master and Servant; and of the Powers of Courts of
             Chancery.  With an Essay on the terms, Heir, Heirs, and Heirs of
             the Body
Publisher:   Printed by Oliver Steele, New-Haven, 1816.
Description: First edition of the first American work devoted to the law of
             women, written by Tapping Reeve, founder of the first American law
             school, at Litchfield
Condition:
Book No.:    W-55365                Price: $     850.00
Category:    women's law, marriage, infants, master, Connecticut, equity, Probating

Author:      Trumbull, Benjamin
Title:       An Appeal to the Public, Especially to the Learned, with Respect
             to the Unlawfulness of Divorces, in All Cases, Excepting Those of
             Incontinency [etc.]
Publisher:   J. Meigs, New-Haven, 1788.
Description:
Condition:   Modern wraps, definite embrowning, but a good copy
Book No.:    W-63567                Price: $     750.00
Category:    divorce, women's law

Author:
Title:       An Authentic Account of the Proceedings. . .in Which the Right
             Hon. the Earl of Elgin was Plaintiff, and William Ferguson, Esq.,
             Defendant, for Criminal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife
             [etc.]
Publisher:   J. Hatchard, London, 1808.
Description:
Condition:   Modern red buckram, a bit worn and blistered, but usable
Book No.:    W-63578                Price: $     450.00
Category:    trials, criminal conversatn, women's law

Author:      Scott, William
Title:       Judgment Pronounced in the Consistory Court of London, In the Case
             of Dalrymple v. Dalrymple
Publisher:   Thomas Clark, Edinburgh, 1836.
Description:
Condition:   Modern brown buckram, a good clean copy
Book No.:    W-63579                Price: $     150.00
Category:    trials, women's law

Author:
Title:       Fairburn's Edition of the Trial Between Maria Foote, the
             Celebrated Actress, Plaintiff, and Joseph Hayne, Esq., Defendant,
             for a Breach of Promise of Marriage; Including the Evidence at
             Full Length. . . and the Whole of the Love Letters [etc.]
Publisher:   Published by John Fairburn [etc.], London], 1824].
Description:
Condition:   Modern red pebbled cloth, stained but sound
Book No.:    W-63581                Price: $     250.00
Category:    women's law, marriage, women's law

Author:      Epstein, Laurily Keir (ed.)
Title:       Women and the News
Publisher:   Hastings House, New York, 1978.
Description:
Condition:   A good copy in a slightly worn dustjacket
Book No.:    W-90369                Price: $      45.00
Category:    women's law, Media Law

Author:      Bingham, Peregrine
Title:       The Law of Infancy and Coverture. Second American Edition from the
             Last London Edition. With Notes and References to English and
             American Cases. By E.H. Bennett. Cohen 4739
Publisher:   Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington, 1849.
Description: The first work published in this country devoted to the law of
             infants, coupled with the first work exclusively treating of
             coverture, both with substantial American notes, praised by
             Holdsworth for their superior analysis of a difficult area
Condition:   Original sheep, worn, covers loose, spine defective; a clean copy
             only
Book No.:    W-69844                Price: $     250.00
Category:    infants, marriage, Pennsylvania, women's law

Author:      Reeve, Tapping
Title:       The Law of Baron and Femme, of Parent and Child, of Guardian and
             Ward, of Master and Servant, and of the Powers of Courts of
             Chancery. . .Second Edition. . .by Lucius E. Chittenden
Publisher:   Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington, 1846.
Description: Second edition of the first American work devoted to the law of
             women
Condition:   1/4 modern goatskin morocco over boards, some embrowning & foxing
Book No.:    W-16118                Price: $     450.00
Category:    women's law, infants, domestic relations

Author:      Reeve, Tapping
Title:       The Law of Baron and Femme; of Parent and Child; of Guardian and
             Ward; of Master and Servant; and of the Powers of Courts of
             Chancery.  With an Essay on the terms, Heir, Heirs, and Heirs of
             the Body
Publisher:   Printed by Oliver Steele, New-Haven, 1816.
Description: First edition of the first American work devoted to the law of
             women, written by Tapping Reeve, founder of the first American law
             school, at Litchfield
Condition:   Contemporary calf, worn, some staining, well rebacked; sound
Book No.:    W-49579                Price: $    1250.00
Category:    women's law, marriage, infants, master, Connecticut, equity, Probating

Author:      Mainwaring, Thomas
Title:       A Reply to an Answer to the Defence of Amicia, Daughter of Hugh
             Cyveliok Earl of Chester
Publisher:   Printed for S. Lowndes [etc.], London, 1673.
Description:
Condition:   Modern blind-ruled calf, quite attractive
Book No.:    W-49583                Price: $     450.00
Category:    MEDIEVAL, women's law

Author:      Wolf, Bernard
Title:       Anti-Contraception Laws in Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa: Sources
             and Ramifications
Publisher:   Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, 1973.
Description:
Condition:   Stapled wraps, a good clean copy; 40 pages
Book No.:    W-30944                Price: $      45.00
Category:    AFRICA, women's law

Author:      Qureshi, Donna Iven
Title:       Rape: Social Facts from England and America
Publisher:   Stipes Publishing Company, Champaign, 1979.
Description:
Condition:   Wraps; 293 pages
Book No.:    W-90064                Price: $      45.00
Category:    criminal law, women's law, Rape

Author:      Csida, June Bundy and Joseph
Title:       Rape, How to Avoid It, and What to Do About It if You Can't
Publisher:   Books for Better Living, Chatsworth, 1974.
Description:
Condition:   Wraps, presentation copy,
Book No.:    W-90078                Price: $      15.00
Category:    Rape, women's law, criminal law

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