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- Author:
- Story, Joseph
- Title:
- A Selection of Pleadings in Civil Actions, Subsequent to the Declaration. With Occasional Annotations on the Law of Pleading. Cohen 9274
- Publisher:
- Published by Barnard B. Macanulty, Salem, 1805.
- Description:
- First edition of the first law treatise which we may definitely attribute solely to Story, and marking the first correspondence between Story and Jefferson, to whom Story sent a copy; arranged by subject, with Story's notes following the pleas
- Condition:
- Modern mottled goatskin morocco, gilt, the original label preserved, a pretty copy
- Book No.:
- W-74932
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- pleading, Supreme Court
- Author:
- Frankfurter, Felix
- Title:
- Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court
- Publisher:
- Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1938.
- Description:
- Then Professor Frankfurter's 1938 lectures delivered at Harvard, said to have been the fulfillment of Holmes' commission that a biography might be written, "a superbly clear exposition of his own as well as Holmes' approach to the Court"
- Condition:
- A very good copy in a slightly chipped dustjacket, presentation copy--"For / Ralph Baker [fellow Harvard Law professor] / with my warm / regards / FF"
- Book No.:
- W-78141
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- Supreme Court
- Author:
- Wiener, Frederick Bernays
- Title:
- Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) [published in printed form in the 1965 Year Book of the American Philosophical Society]
- Publisher:
- N.p., n.p., 1965.
- Description:
- Colonel Wiener's memorial to the Justice (delivered before the American Philosophical Society) whom he had first met as a student at Harvard Law School in 1928 and who "had a tremendous effect on me", one that lasted throughout his life
- Condition:
- Typescript, double-spaced, stapled at the upper left hand corner, the last page now detached, housed in a modern protective cloth sleeve; 17 pages
- Book No.:
- W-76744
- Price:
- $ 250.00
- Category:
- biography, Supreme Court
- Author:
- Dunne, Gerald T.
- Title:
- Joseph Story, The Great Term--1837
- Publisher:
- Saint Louis University Law Journal, St. Louis, 1969.
- Description:
- The rare, separate printing of the eleventh in a series of essays written by Mr. Dunne, subsequently to appear, as revised, in his biography of Justice Story ("Justice Joseph Story and the Rise of the Supreme Court"), published the following year
- Condition:
- Original printed stapled wraps, unevenly faded, now preserved in a cloth folding case, 23 pages, from the Fall issue, Volume 14, No. 1; no copy in OCLC
- Book No.:
- W-78434
- Price:
- $ 75.00
- Category:
- biography, Supreme Court, 19TH CENTURY
- Author:
- Title:
- Debates in the Congress of the United States on the Bill for Repealing the Law "For the More Convenient Organization of the Courts of the United States;" During the First Session of the Seventh Congress [etc.]. Cohen 1203
- Publisher:
- Printed by Whiting, Leavenworth and Whiting, Albany, 1802.
- Description:
- The record of "[t]he profound constitutional questions embedded" in the debates resulting in the repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801, restoring that of 1789, ultimately leading to Marbury v Madison and the role of judicial review in this country
- Condition:
- Contemporary sheep, quite worn, rebacked, considerable foxing and browning, yet a usable copy
- Book No.:
- W-77407
- Price:
- $ 950.00
- Category:
- constitutional law, Supreme Court
- Author:
- Frankfurter, Felix
- Title:
- Some Observations on the Nature of the Judicial Process of Supreme Court Litigation
- Publisher:
- Privately printed?, Philadelphia?], 1954?].
- Description:
- Presentation copy of Justice Frankfurter's lecture read before the American Philosophical Society, with much on due process, on judicial restraint, and some penetrating comments on Justice Cardozo; inscribed "For Fritz Wiener / from his friend / FF"
- Condition:
- Original printed and sewn stapled wraps, a very good copy, now preserved in a modern 3/4 calf folding case, gilt lettered, 16 pages; four copies in OCLC
- Book No.:
- W-78375
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- Supreme Court
- Author:
- Title:
- Photograph of the Court, the frame measuring some 14 x 18 inches, the image 9 x 13 inches, a formal pose, all of the justices in their judicial robes, five standing with four behind, with the embossed stamp of Harris & Ewing in the lower left-hand corner
- Publisher:
- Harris & Ewing, Washington, 1916-21].
- Description:
- An early 20th century formal photograph of the Court taken during Brandeis's first years as a Justice, clearly revealing his youthful appearance, with Justice Holmes to the left of Chief Justice White, with his glorious mustache in full bloom
- Condition:
- Matted and framed, the frame somewhat scuffed and the photograph somewhat faded, but the features of all of the Justices still clear and distinct
- Book No.:
- W-74250
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- Supreme Court, law and photography, Inscribed or Presentation Copy
- Author:
- Douglas, William O.
- Title:
- Civil Liberties: "The Direct and Daring Course". Excerpts from an Address on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Governor Altgeld of Illinois . . . at Chicago, Illinois, December 30, 1947
- Publisher:
- Community Relations Service, New York, 1947.
- Description:
- Justice Douglas's rare tribute on the centenary of the birth of John Peter Altgeld, the reformer and governor of Illinois who, in his last years (and before his premature death), practised law with Clarence Darrow; three copies in OCLC, 3-12 pages
- Condition:
- Original printed wraps, some foxing to the lower portion of the title, else well preserved, with photos of both Justice Douglas and Governor Altgeld
- Book No.:
- W-80369
- Price:
- $ 125.00
- Category:
- Supreme Court, civil liberties, biography
- Author:
- Brandeis, Louis D.
- Title:
- Jewish Unity and the Congress [that is, the American Jewish Congress, to be formed in March, 1916, some six months after Brandeis delivered this address]. Mersky, Louis Dembitz Brandeis 1856-1941 A Bibliography p.25
- Publisher:
- Jewish Congress Organization Committee, New York, 1915.
- Description:
- The rare, only contemporaneous printing of Brandeis's address delivered shortly after his commitment to the Zionest cause, of which he was to remain for many years this country's effective leader; three copies in OCLC in North America
- Condition:
- Four unnumbered pages, neatly repaired, small ink notation at the top of the first page, else a very good copy
- Book No.:
- W-13321
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- philosophy of law, natural law, contracts, jewish law, Supreme Court
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