ABOLITIONISTS IN NORTHERN COURTS
New York: Garland Publishing, 1988. Octavo; 524 pages; VG-; Bound in gray cloth with brown lettering; Slight edgewear; Textblock has foxing along head edge; RWO. More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1988. Octavo; 524 pages; VG-; Bound in gray cloth with brown lettering; Slight edgewear; Textblock has foxing along head edge; RWO. More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1988. Octavo; 684 pages; VG-; Bound in gray cloth with brown text; Minor edgewear and shelfwear, slight rubbing to corners; Textblock has slight foxing along head edge; RWO. More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1988. Octavo; 684 pages; VG-; Bound in gray cloth with brown text; Minor edgewear and shelfwear, slight rubbing to corners; Textblock has slight foxing along head edge; RWO. More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1988. Octavo; 684 pages; VG-; Bound in gray cloth with brown text; Minor edgewear and shelfwear, slight rubbing to corners; Textblock has slight foxing along head edge; RWO. More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1988. Octavo; 464 pages; VG-; Bound in gray cloth with brown lettering on spine; Slight bumping to top corner of both covers; Textblock has slight foxing along head edge; RWO. More
New York; London: The Free Press; Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1978. First Printing. Octavo; VG-/VG-; blue spine with white and black text; first printing; dust jacket exterior shows mild exterior wear; minor dings to edges; cloth has slight wear; lightly sunned edges; straight boards; textblock exterior edges have mild tone; tight binding; interior clean; illustrated; pp 318. More
Cambridge: The University Press, 1910. Octavo, 179 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is black with gold print. Boards in black cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, cocked spine, mild shelf wear. Text block has spotting to endpapers and to frontispiece tissue guard, notes in pencil on title page and rear flyleaf, cracked hinges, spine break at page 64, light amount of marginal notation. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece (portrait). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1928. First Edition. Octavo, Two Volumes. In Good plus condition. Spine is blue with gilt lettering. Boards show minor rubbing to front and back boards, sunning to the spine of Vol I, and minor rubbing to fore edge corners. Boards show minor bumping to tail edge corners, bumping to headcap and tail of Vol I, bumping to tail of Vol II. Previous bookseller label on inside of front boards towards spine and ink stamps on title and copy right pages.Textblocks show minor foxing, minor scratching to fore edges, minor water mark on head edge of both volumes towards headcaps. CONTENTS: Vol I. "Historical", (vi, 326 pages) -- Vol II. "Jurisprudence", (viii, 509 pages). RWO Consignment. More
London: E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, 1732. Quarto, [4], 321 pages, [15]; G-; Fully bound in calf leather with banded spine; Boards have moderate cracking along hinges (both covers detached), light+ edgewear and bumping to corners, moderate rubbing to covers (portions of leather worn off), and moderate cracking and wear to spine with chipping to head/tail; Textblock shows light age toning to edges and interior, light to moderate toning with occasional light foxing after p.261, and 19th-century ownership markings penned to ffep (loose) and title page with consistent marginalia throughout interior. RWO. More
New York & London: New York University Press, 2011. Octavo, 298 pages. In Very good condition. Turquoise spine with black lettering. Full binding in turquoise paper with black and white details. Boards show mild shelf wear and minor creasing to headband. Text block clean. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column F, ND-F. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985. Second Edition. Octavo, v-viii, 236 pp. VG; bound in dark blue cloth with gold titling to spine, very clean boards with some very minor shelf wear and slight creasing to spine edges; binding tight; text block clean; pages clean; RWO consignment. More
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007. First Edition. Octavo, 667 pages. In Very good condition. Brown spine with black and purple lettering. Full binding in brown paper. Boards show mild shelf wear and slight bumping to top corners. Text block clean. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column F, ND-F. More
London: Stevens & Haynes, 1869. First Edition. Large octavo, xxxviii, 572 pages, 48 pages; VG-; Rebound in full twentieth century brown buckram cloth with gilt lettering on spine; Bending to corners; Moderate age toning to edges of text block, light to moderate uneven age toning throughout interior of text block (most significant in first and last several leaves), slight foxing impacting the first and last several leaves, early nineteenth century ownership inscription in ink on half title page; Ex-library, with standard notation and marks; 48 pages of publishers ads at back; Original brown publishers wraps bound in. RWO. More
London: Abel Roper, 1660. Second Selden Edition. Small Octavo, [xiv], 2, 4-132, [6], 51, [13], 120, 117-140 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in 19th century three-quarters calf with marbled boards. Raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Minor chipping and light rubbing to edges and corners of boards. Age-toning to textblock with scattered faint water-staining and minor edge wear. Scattered early annotations. Names of two previous owners on endpapers. RW consignment. Shelved in Case 7. More
n.p. The Legal Classics Library, 1984. Reprinted. Octavo; pp 302; VG; navy spine with gilt text; no jacket; originally published 1874; full leather binding; raised bands to spine; gilt decorations to spine and front; exterior clean; mild wear to corners, mostly to spine; strong boards; text block has all edges gilt; previous owner's bookplate to ffep; marbled endpapers; tight binding; ribbon marker; interior clean. More
Savoy: E. and R. Nutt, 1737. Quarto; lxiv introduction, 130 pages, 36 pages, 42 pages; G+; Bound in brown leather with gilt lettering on red spine label, ridged spine; Bumping and rubbing to corners, wear along joints, staining to covers, chipping along edges; Textblock has slight age toning, front endpaper partially separated from binding, foxing to pages, waviness to pages, slight foxing to some pages, closed tear to front endpaper, bookplate on front endpaper; Bookplate is from W. F. Lowdnes Stone; RWO. More
Milan: Dott. A. Giuffre Editore, 1965. 2 Volumes; Octavos; 554/590 pages; G+; Bound in light blue cloth with gilt text on navy spine labels; Covers have mild edgewear and shelfwear, slight bowing to front covers toward corners, bumping to corners, Volume 2 has foxing to spine; Textblocks have spotting along edges, Volume 1 has bending and creasing to page corners; Text in Italian; RWO. More
Dublin: Printed for Sarah Cotter, 1763. First Irish Edition. Octavo, xi, 412, [8] pages; VG-; 3/4 bound in green leather with green cloth boards with gilt lettering and designs on spine; Severe sunning to spine, slight bumping to head/tail of spine, slight discoloration to leather at top of front/back boards; Moderate age toning to text block, slight age toning to pages throughout, previous owners inscription in ink on title page. RWO. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1944. Octavo; G+/Poor; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with black print on white banner; DJ has signifiant tears to all edges, toning to spine; Boards in blue cloth, clean and strong; Text block has light tanning to endpapers, else clean and tight; xi, 267 pages. More
London: E. and R. Brooke, 1792. London: E. and R. Brooke, 1792. xii, 620 pp., [8] index. First Edition. Octavo, bound in full 19th century tree calf with gilt ornamentation. The volume has been rebacked with a new spine of brown calf with black label and gilt lettering and ornamentation. Marbled endpapers; the bookplate of Phythian-Adams on front pastedown. Condition: Good to Very Good. Significant repairs to spine. Butterfly damp stain in upper spine area of first several pages. Dimensions 5.75 x 8.75 x 1.875 inches. More
n.p. Academy of International Law, n.d. Octavo; VG-; red spine with gilt text; offprint from the Recueil des cours, vol. 240 (1993-III), for private circulation; no jacket; cloth exterior has only mild wear, due to handling; small wrinkle to spine toward head edge; strong, straight boards; textblock exterior edges have minimal wear; inscribed by author to fep; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; pp 498. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 303 pages; VG/VG; red spine with white and black lettering; dust jacket protected in a mylar covering; minor shelfwear; pages clean; shelved below front counter. More
New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1931. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, xix, 368 pages. In Good condition, lacing the issued dust jacket. Spine is blue with gilt lettering. Boards show rubbing to front and back boards, rubbing to fore edge corners, hinges, headcap, tail, and spine. Boards show bumping to headcap, tail, and fore edge corners. Textblock shows fading to dye on head edge, age toning on fore and tail edges, minor scratches on tail and fore edges. RWO Consignment. More
New York: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1975. Octavo; 43 pages; VG-; Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover; Covers have minor edgewear and shelfwear; Textblock clean; Inscribed "For Anne and Morris - with Love - Marvin" on front endpaper; Presentation Copy; RWO. More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. First Edition. Octavo; 114 pages; VG-/G-; Blue and Brown spine with Blue and Tan text; Dustjacket has chipping to corners and along edges, sunning to spine, tearing along head edge of spine; Boards have minor wear to edges; Textblock has age toning; RWO. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xliii, 398 pages. In Good plus condition with Good dust jacket. Price uncut, "£8.75 net". T Dust jacket shows minor rubbing and small scratches on front and back boards, sunning on spine and head edge of front board, and minor outward bending in head edge and tail edge of front board. Textblock shows moderate foxing spots on head edge. RWO Consignment. More
Boston: Isiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1802. Second Edition. Octavo, iv, [5]-336 pages; G; Fully bound light brown leather and banded spine with brown label and gilt lettering; Boards have light+ shelf wear overall with bumping to corners, edgewear, and light rubbing to spine; Textblock shows light age toning to page edges, uneven light foxing to pages interiorly, occasional light offsetting (not affecting readability), and two sets ownership marks penned to front paste down and fly leaf; Decorative tooling to fore-edges. RWO. More
Boston: Thomas & Andrews, 1810. Third Edition. Octavo, 296 pages; G; Fully bound in calf with light brown label and gilt lettering to spine; Boards have decorative blindtooling along edges, light+ shelfwear overall with rubbing along all edges and hinges, bumping to corners, and abrasions to spine head/tail; Textblock shows light+ age toning and light to moderate foxing to edges and interior, bookplate to front paste down. RWO. More
Boston: Thomas & Andrews, 1805. 12mo, vi, pp.7-348; G-; Fully bound in leather with red label and gilt lettering to ruled spine; Boards have light shelfwear overall, light+ edgewear along top, and light+ wear/cracking to spine with moderate chipping to head (some loss of material); Textblock shows light age toning to edges and interior, occasional faint offsetting, and notes penned to rear paste down in 19th century hand. RWO. More
Boston: Thomas Andrews, 1805. Sixth Edition. 12mo, 294 pages, [3]; G-: Fully bound in leather with red label and gilt lettering to ruled spine; Boards have light shelfwear overall, light+ wear/cracking along hinges with partial split along rear hinge (near spine tail), and moderate wear to spine with rubbing, cracking, and chipping to head and tail; Textblock shows light age toning to edges and interior, occasional light to moderate foxing, light+ damp-staining to last 7 leaves (and rear paste down), 19th century ink stain to pp.279-282, partial tear of final fep, and ownership markings penned to front paste down. RWO. More
London: Stevens & Sons, Ltd., 1947. Second Edition. First published 1944. Octavo; green spine with black lettering; Good/Fair Hardcover w/Dustjacket; fading, discoloration and tears to DJ; some shelf wear to boards but otherwise clean; binding tight, text block clean; previous owner name in ink on ffep; 448 pp. More
Providence: Brown University Press, 1957. Octavo; 131 pages; VG/G+; Tan spine with Dark brown text; Dustjacket has chipping to corners, wear along joints and spine edges, partially erased writing in pencil on front cover near head edge, sunning to spine; Minor wear along spine edges; Textblock has minor age toning to some pages; RWO. More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1932. Quarto, cxxxix, 435 pages. In Good condition. Spine is red with gilt lettering. Boards show minor rubbing and scratching to front and back boards, minor water marks on head edge of front board. Boards show minor rubbing to fore edge corners and tail edges. Boards show sunning and minor rubbing to spine, minor smudging, minor rubbing and bumping to headcap and tail, with minor tearing on headcap. Ownership inscription on front free end paper towards head edge.Textblock shows age toning and minor scratching, with minor smudging on tail edge near fore edge. RWO Consignment. More
New York: Random House, 1981. First Edition. Octavo; VG-/G; creamy ivory spine with red and black text; stated first edition; dust jacket exterior shows slight sunning, mostly to spine; small chips to fore corners; otherwise exterior shows mild shelf wear; cloth exterior has very slight wear; light sunning to spine; good, solid binding; textblock exterior edges have light wear; interior very good; illustrated; pp 243; inscribed by author. More
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1967. First Edition. Octavo, viii, 324 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine gray with black lettering. Exterior has some white scuffs/light soiling, lightly sunned spine and closed tear to front tail edge. Boards have very slight wear. Text block has mild age toning to the edges. Lightly stamped "C51" to the front pastedown. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. More
Austin, Texas: The University of Texas as Austin. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 41 pages. In Very Good condition with Good minus dust jacket.. Textblock is in very good condition. RWO Consignment. More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1962. First Edition. Octavo, x, 180 pages. In Good plus condition with Good plus dust jacket, price unclipped: "$4.25". Dust jacket shows minor rubbing at head edge of front and back board, minor tearing at tail edge of back board, minor rubbing at fore edge corners of both boards, minor tear on tail edge corner of back board. Textblock shows minor scratch on fore edge. RWO Consignment. More
New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1973. Octavo; VG/G; black spine with orange text; dust jacket exterior shows slight wear; few, minor chips to edges; cloth exterior shows minimal wear; strong boards; textblock clean; illustrated; pp 199. More
New York: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1964. Slim Octavo; 56 pages; VG; Bound in red cloth with gilt text on front cover, no text on spine; Boards have slight edgewear and shelfwear; Textblock clean; RWO. More
London: Kluwer Law International, 1999. Octavo, 186 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Yellow spine with blue text. Boards have bumping to corners and mild shelf wear. Textblock has slight bending to top corner of forward pages. Shelved ND-HV. More
Archon Books, 1970. Octavo; 278 pages; VG-/G; Tan spine with red text; Dustjacket has sunning to spine, small open tear to spine, wrinkling to covers; Bending along spine edges; Textblock has spotting along head edge; RWO. More
Oxford UK and Portland OR: Hart Publishing, 2004. Octavo, viii, x, 181 pages. In Very Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine maroon/black with white lettering. Covers show mild wear with minor wear to the edges. Previous bookshop's small sticker to the rear. Text block has faint age toning and light wear to the edges. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F, ND-F. More
Cologne: Ioannem Gymnicum, 1586. Second Edition. Octavo, 468, [60], 123, [1], [52]. In Good plus condition. Contemporary goat vellum, with elaborately tooled panels on front and back covers, spine banded with faded handwritten lettering. Boards show moderate wear to bottom edges and corners, light plus wear to spine and overall, and light plus soiling and toning overall. Text-block has light shelf-wear to bottom edge, some mild soiling to fore-edge. Light age-toning to page interiors, an instance of worming to margins in top-left quadrant of pages from front free end page to page 7, and an ink inscription to title-page (“Biblioteca Viennensis / 1906”); a.e.d.. RW Consignment. Shelved in Case 7. More
Alphen: Wolters Kluwer, 2014. Octavo, 182 pages. In Very good minus condition. Blue spine with white lettering. Full binding in blue paper. Boards show light shelf wear and library stickers on front and back covers. Text block has the seal of the " library of congress" and blue sharpie marks on title page. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column F, ND-F. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, vi, viii, xi, 443 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards show minimal wear with tiny chip to fore edge to back. Ex-library sticker to the spine and rear. Text block has faint finger marks to the edges. Ex-library stamp to the head edge and the title page. Sticker to the rear pastedown. First edition, first impression. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. More
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845. Octavos, Two Volumes; G+; Fully bound in leather with red labels and gilt lettering to a ruled spine; Boards have decorative blindtooling along edges, light+ shelfwear overall with edgewear, bumping to corners, rubbing/peeling to covers, and wear to spine with rubbing and chipping to heads; Textblock shows light age toning to edges and interior, bookplates to paste downs; Volume I has notes penciled to paste downs; CONTENTS: Vol. I. (xxiv, 642 pages, [24]) -- Vol. II. (xvi, 569 pages, [24]). RWO. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More
Panama: Imprenta Nacional, 1926. First Edition. Octavo, 476 pages. In Good condition with Good paper dust jacket. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing and scratching to front and back boards, rubbing and bumping to fore edge corners. Dust jacket shows minor tearing to head and fore edges. Dust jacket shows sunning to spine, rubbing and bumping to headcap and tail, minor creasing to spine. Dust jacket shows minor tearing near head and tail edges of front and back board hinges. Author signature on title page, author ink stamp on front free end paper and head edge of most pages. Some ownership pencil emendations throughout text. Text in Spanish. Textblock shows age toning, minor deckled edges, minor scratching. RWO Consignment. More
Boston: [N.P], 1864. Gardiner, W. H.; Boston : [N.p], 1864; Small Quarto, 19 pages. In Good plus condition. Booklet in original brown wrappers, housed in chemise case with quarter-leather and marbled boards. Case shows light wear to head/tail of spine and light wear to corners. Covers of booklet have moderate chipping to corners and tail of spine, light chipping to fore-edges, a one-inch closed tear to bottom edge of front cover, a three-inch tear to wrappers along spine, and light plus soiling overall. A light plus vertical crease is visible on covers and on all pages at midsection. Textblock has light plus age-toning overall, with some light plus soiling to page one. President Millard Fillmore's signature appears in ink on the front cover: "Millard Fillmore / March 17, 1864". Dimensions: 8.5" x 9.75." RW Consignment. Shelved in Case 7. More
Troy, NY: The Press of N. Tuttle, 1844. 12mo; Good; pp 315; dark brown spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth has some rubbing wear to exterior; minor chips and wear to corners; raised bands to spine; blind-embossed borders and decorations to panels; strong boards; text block exterior edges have slight age toning; slight inked text to front pastedown; interior has light offset tone to most pages; minor foxing toward fore edge to few pages; good binding. More
London & New York: Routledge, 2021. First Publishing. Octavo, 329 pages. In Very good condition. Light blue spine with white lettering. Full binding in blue paper. Boards show mild shelf wear and minor scuffing. Text block clean. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column F, ND-F. More