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Author:      Price, George
Title:       New Practice of the Courts of Law at Westminster in Personal
             Actions Commenced by Writ, on the Principle of Uniformity, As
             Reformed by the Statutes, Regulated by the Rules, and Expounded by
             the Decisions of the Present Reign [etc.]
Publisher:   S. Sweet, 3, Chancery Lane [etc.], London, 1833.
Description: The rare treatise by a Middle Temple barrister prompted by the
             revolutionary Uniformity of Process Act of 1832 (going far to
             abolish the forms of action) with much on bail and the sheriff, a
             second volume appearing in 1835; four copies in OCLC
Condition:   Original gray boards rebacked in blue cloth, the printed paper
             label preserved; a very good untrimmed copy
Book No.:    W-75045                Price: $     350.00
Category:    Procedure, sheriffs

Author:      Dugdale, William
Title:       Origines Juridiciales, or Historical Memorials of the English
             Laws, Courts of Justice, Forms of Tryal, Punishment in Cases
             Criminal, Law-Writers, Law-Books . . . Innes of Court and Chancery
             [etc.].  Second edition
Publisher:   Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Rober, John Martin [etc.],
             London, 1671.
Description: The foremost early treatise devoted to the history of the legal
             profession (particularly to the Inns of Court) still of value,
             termed "a pioneering work . . . and influential" by Dr. Baker and
             "the chief authority" by Holdsworth; with the six plates
Condition:   Contemporary calf, worn, joints cracked, else a sound copy
Book No.:    W-63682                Price: $    1500.00
Category:    Inns of Court, criminal law, biography

Author:      Strange, John
Title:       Reports of Adjudged Cases In the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench,
             Common Pleas and Exchequer, From Trinity Term in the Second Year
             of King George I. to Trinity Term in the Twenty-first Year of King
             George II [etc.]. Third Edition. Two Volumes
Publisher:   Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall [etc.], London, 1795.
Description: An imperfect, working set at best, textually complete only, one or
             more index leaves lacking, one title page defective, the sewing
             gone in volume one, and some pages loose
Condition:   Contemporary calf, heavily reinforced with tape, two boards
             detached but present; a clean working set
Book No.:    W-91405                Price: $      75.00
Category:    reports of cases

Author:      Raymond, Robert, Lord
Title:       Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Courts of King's
             Benchand Common Pleas, in the Reigns of The late King William,
             Queen Anne, King George the First, and King George the Second
             [etc.]. Fourth Edition . . . by John Bayley. Two Volumes [of
             Three]
Publisher:   Printed for E. Lynch [and ten others], Dublin, 1796.
Description:
Condition:   Modern tan buckram, rubbed, one spine detaching, a working set
             only; complete from  6 Will & Mary (1694) through 4 Geo II (1731)
Book No.:    W-91406                Price: $      65.00
Category:    reports of cases

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:      Dallas, A.J. (rptr.)
Title:       Reports of Cases Ruled and Adjudged in the Courts of Pennsylvania,
             Before and Since the Revolution [etc.]
Publisher:   Printed, for the Reporter, by T. Bradford, Philadelphia, 1790.
Description: First edition of the first volume of Dallas, among our earliest
             reports and one which (though it only contains the decisions of
             the Pennsylvania courts) "began the tradition of reporting
             decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States"
Condition:   Modern morocco, some browning and a bit of foxing, title neatly
             repaired, else a good copy
Book No.:    W-71889                Price: $     750.00
Category:    Pennsylvania, reports of cases, Supreme Court

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:
Title:       Proceedings and Report of the Board of Army Officers, Convened by
             Special Orders No. 78 . . . in the Case of Fitz-John Porter.
             Together with Proceedings in the Original Trial and Papers Related
             Thereto [etc.]. Three Volumes [without the atlas map volume]
Publisher:   Government Printing Office, Washington, 1879.
Description: The official report of the board convened some sixteen years after
             Porter's court martial in the matter called the "American Dreyfus
             case", at which he was represented by Joseph Choate, resulting in
             his vindication and his character's rehabilitation
Condition:   3/4 morocco, unevenly faded, else a good, attractive set
Book No.:    W-57464                Price: $     350.00
Category:    courts martial

Author:
Title:       Standards for Specialized Courts Dealing with Children
Publisher:   United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1954.
Description:
Condition:   Stapled wraps, ex-library and dampstained; usable
Book No.:    W-30603                Price: $      35.00
Category:    infants, Juvenile Law

Author:      Stryker, Lloyd Paul
Title:       Courts and Doctors
Publisher:   The Macmillan Company, New York, 1932.
Description: A serious work, Stryker having been General Counsel of the Medical
             Society of the State of New York, with a separate part devoted to
             malpractice, and chapters to abortion and contraception
Condition:   Original maroon cloth, gilt, the spine rubbed; sound
Book No.:    W-60706                Price: $      35.00
Category:    

Author:
Title:       Seminars for Newly Appointed United States District Judges,
             Conducted by the Federal Judicial Center
Publisher:   West Publishing Company, St. Paul, 1973.
Description:
Condition:   Sewn and stapled wraps; 230 pages
Book No.:    W-30626                Price: $      25.00
Category:    courts

Author:      Richards, Harry Sanger
Title:       Cases on the Law of Private Corporations Selected from Decisions
             of English and American Courts. Revised Third Edition by
             Sveinbjorn Johnson
Publisher:   West Publishing Co., St. Paul, 1940.
Description:
Condition:   Green buckram, gilt, showing wear, definite underlining; usable
Book No.:    W-52551                Price: $      25.00
Category:    Casebooks, corporations

Author:      Fenner, Ball
Title:       Raising the Veil; or, Scenes in the Courts . . . Embellished with
             Portraits of Police, Court Officers [etc.]. Cohen 1006
Publisher:   James French & Company, Boston, 1856.
Description: An insider's account, truly "raising the veil" on courts and
             lawyers, in this case those of New York, Philadelphia and, in
             particular, Boston, with a side excursion to California and with
             separate chapters on divorce and bankruptcy
Condition:   Original embossed cloth, quite worn and frayed, yet a usable copy
Book No.:    W-68204                Price: $     250.00
Category:    Bench and Bar, human rights, Massachusetts

Author:      Cashman, Victoria S. and Theodore J. Fetter
Title:       State Courts: Options for the Future
Publisher:   National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, 1980.
Description:
Condition:   Stapled wraps, rubbed but quite sound; 58 pages
Book No.:    W-30635                Price: $      25.00
Category:    courts

Author:      Budd, Henry et al (eds.)
Title:       American and English Decisions in Equity. Being Select Cases
             Decided in the American and English Courts with Notes. Ten Volumes
             [complete]
Publisher:   M. Murphy, Law Book Publisher and Importer [etc.], Philadelphia,
             1895-1905.
Description:
Condition:   Original sheep, rubbed, many spines quite darkened, some joints
             cracked; a working set
Book No.:    W-91471                Price: $     350.00
Category:    equity, reports of cases

Author:      Murphy, Timothy R. (dir.)
Title:       A Manual for Managing Notorious Cases
Publisher:   National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, 1992.
Description:
Condition:   Printed wraps; 196 pages
Book No.:    W-30650                Price: $      20.00
Category:    

Author:      Wasby, Stephen L., Thomas B. Marvell et al
Title:       Volume and Delay in State Appellate Courts: Problems and Responses
Publisher:   National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, 1979.
Description:
Condition:   Original printed wraps, well-preserved; 119 pages
Book No.:    W-91484                Price: $      35.00
Category:    courts, legal reform

Author:      Chapper, Joy A. and Roger A. Hanson (Dirs.)
Title:       Intermediate Appellate Courts: Improving Case Processing. Final
             Report Submitted to the State Justice Institute
Publisher:   National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, 1990.
Description:
Condition:   Original printed wraps, a very good copy; 107 pages
Book No.:    W-30665                Price: $      17.50
Category:    appeals

Author:      Jacob, Ephraim A. (comp.)
Title:       An Analytical Digest of the Law and Practice of the Courts of
             Common Law, Divorce, Probate, Admiralty and Bankruptcy, and of the
             High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal of England,
             Comprising the Reported Cases from 1756 to 1878 [etc.]. Ten
             Volumes
Publisher:   John C. Remick, Publisher, New-York, 1883-84.
Description: Based on the earlier digests of R.T. Harrison and R.F. Fisher,
             both of which are termed by Holdsworth the "standard" digests of
             the common law reports earlier in the 19th century, continuing
             them and re-arranging the subject matter for this country
Condition:   Original sheep, quite worn and scuffed, some spines defective, a
             working set only
Book No.:    W-52913                Price: $     150.00
Category:    Abridgements, legal dictionaries

Author:      Neely, Richard
Title:       How Courts Govern America
Publisher:   Yale University Press, New Haven, 1981.
Description:
Condition:   Presentation copy
Book No.:    W-14678                Price: $      25.00
Category:    courts, legal reform

Author:      Salkeld, William
Title:       Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: with Some
             Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and
             Exchequer. The Fourth Edition . . . by Knightley d'Anvers . . .
             And the Pleadings now first done into English. Two Volumes in One
Publisher:   Printed by Henry Lintot . . . for T. Osborne in Gray's Inn,
             [London], 1742.
Description: Salkeld's respected reports, published under the supervision of
             Lord Hardwicke, praised by Holdworth, and often found in early
             American libraries (Jefferson and John Adams, inter alia); a third
             volume "not designed for publication" appeared later
Condition:   Modern 1/4 calf, some dustiness, small loss to the last index
             leaf, else a good clean copy, with a number of careful,
             substantive annotations
Book No.:    W-70565                Price: $     450.00
Category:    17TH CENTURY, reports of cases

Author:      Hughes, William
Title:       Hughes's Queries. Or, Choice Cases for Moots, Containing Several
             Points of Law, not Resolved in the Books. Being very Useful for
             the Students of the Common Lawes [etc.]. Wing H3329. 12mo
Publisher:   Printed for George Dawes, and are to be sold at his Shop [etc.],
             London, 1675.
Description: The only early modern collection of mooted cases, continuing a
             tradition existing before the Inns of Courts were established,
             setting forth the facts, the issues, and (sometimes tentatively)
             the conclusions, often reminiscent of 20th century pedagogy
Condition:   Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, browning, margins cut close
             not affecting the text, a sound copy; without the imprimatur leaf
Book No.:    W-11347                Price: $    1250.00
Category:    education

Author:
Title:       Rules of the Superior Court, County of Solano, State of
             California, Adopted July 1, A.D. 1913
Publisher:
Description:
Condition:   Original gray stapled wraps, worn but sound; 14 pages
Book No.:    W-51993                Price: $      35.00
Category:    California, courts

Author:
Title:       Rules of The Superior Court of the State of California In and For
             the County of Alameda
Publisher:
Description:
Condition:   Light printed stapled green wraps, somewhat faded, else a very
             good copy; 10 pages
Book No.:    W-51996                Price: $      35.00
Category:    California, courts

Author:
Title:       Rules of The Superior Court of the State of California In and For
             the County of Alameda and Order Modifying
Publisher:
Description:
Condition:   Original blue stapled wraps, some staining inside; 12 pages
Book No.:    W-51997                Price: $      35.00
Category:    California, courts

Author:      Story, Joseph
Title:       Commentaries on Equity Pleadings, and the Incidents Thereof,
             According to the Practice of the Courts of Equity of England and
             America. Second Edition, Revised, Corrected and Enlarged. Cohen
             5022
Publisher:   Charles C. Little and James Brown, Boston, 1840.
Description: Second edition of the work Story termed the "appropriate sequel"
             to his 'Equity Jurisprudence', the two works together "ha[ving] a
             lasting impact on American legal development [which] permitted
             [equity's] readier incorporation into American law"
Condition:   Modern speckled calf, the original label preserved, some foxing
             and, in the first pages, light and mainly marginal staining, else
             quite a good copy
Book No.:    W-74868                Price: $     450.00
Category:    equity, pleading

Author:
Title:       Decisions of Courts Affecting Labor . . . Bureau of Labor
             Statistics Bulletin Number 224
Publisher:   Government Printing Office, Washington, 1917.
Description:
Condition:   Original printed wraps, quite worn, ex-library, a usable copy only
Book No.:    W-19928                Price: $      20.00
Category:    labor law

Author:      Clark, Lindley D. and Augustus P. Norton
Title:       Decisions of Courts Affecting Labor: 1917
Publisher:   Government Printing Office, Washington, 1918.
Description: Useful; with a lengthy introduction, followed by extensive case
             summaries, both arranged by subject, and with detailed subject and
             case indexes; Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor
             Statistics No. 246
Condition:   Original printed wraps, quite worn, ex-library,  usable; 298 pages
Book No.:    W-19930                Price: $      20.00
Category:    labor law

Author:
Title:       Domesday Book, seu liber censualis Willelmi I regis Angliae, inter
             archivos in Domo Capitulari Westmonasterii asservatus [with] Libri
             censualis vocati Domes-Day Book indices. Accessit dissertatio
             generalis de ratione huiusce libri [etc.]. Four Volumes
Publisher:   London], 1783 & 1816.
Description: First printed edition of William the Conquerer's unprecedented
             survey, providing an unparalleled view of medieval England,
             including its courts and nascent legal system; with Henry Ellis'
             valuable introduction (not always found) in the third volume
Condition:   Modern 1/2 morocco, discreetly ex-library, a fresh untrimmed set
Book No.:    W-69264                Price: $    4500.00
Category:    Domesday Book

Author:
Title:       The Law-French Dictionary Alphabetically Digested . . . To which
             is added the Law-Latin Dictionary: Being An Alphabetical
             Collection of Such Law-Latin Words as are found in several
             Authentic Manuscripts and Printed Books [etc.]. Second Edition
Publisher:   Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling . . . for D. Brown [etc.],
             London, 1718.
Description: Second editions of both the first Law-Latin and Law-French
             dictionaries to be published in England, translating English into
             Latin and French into English, appearing some thirty years prior
             to their Parliamentary proscription in the courts
Condition:   Contemporary unlettered blind-decorated calf, rubbed, joints
             cracking but firm, some browning; a usable copy
Book No.:    W-74884                Price: $     450.00
Category:    legal dictionaries

Author:      Neely, Richard
Title:       How Courts Govern America
Publisher:   Yale University Press, New Haven, 1981.
Description:
Condition:   A very good copy, in a slightly worn dustjacket
Book No.:    W-64329                Price: $      25.00
Category:    courts, legal reform

Author:      Maitland, F.W. (ed.)
Title:       Select Pleas of the Crown
Publisher:   Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly [for the Selden Society], London,
             1888.
Description: Original edition of the Selden Society's first annual volume, with
             Maitland's substantial introduction, "set[ting] a high standard
             for future editors", in John Baker's words, and permitting
             valuable generalizations on the records of the Royal courts
Condition:   Original buckram, gilt, showing definite wear, unevenly faded,
             private ownership signature, else a good copy
Book No.:    W-71548                Price: $     350.00
Category:    courts, criminal law, MEDIEVAL

Author:      Osborn, Albert S.
Title:       The Problem of Proof, Especially as Exemplified in Disputed
             Document Trials, A Discussion of the Proof of the Facts in Courts
             of Law, with some General Comments on the Conduct of Trials.
             Second Edition
Publisher:   Essex Press, Newark, 1926.
Description:
Condition:
Book No.:    W-63383                Price: $     125.00
Category:    

Author:      Karlen, Delmar
Title:       Appellate Courts in the United States and England
Publisher:   New York University Press, New York, 1963.
Description: With forewords by William J. Brennan, Jr. and Lord Evershed
Condition:
Book No.:    W-17290                Price: $      35.00
Category:    Comparative Law, courts

Author:      Cox, Archibald, Mark DeWolfe Howe, et al
Title:       Civil Rights, the Constitution, and the Courts
Publisher:   Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1967.
Description: Three essays delivered before the Massachusetts Historical Society
             in 1965 and 1966
Condition:
Book No.:    W-17299                Price: $      25.00
Category:    civil rights, constitutional law, criminal law, reports of cases, trials

Author:      Carter, Charlotte A.
Title:       Media in the Courts
Publisher:   National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, 1981.
Description:
Condition:   Printed wraps; 132 pages
Book No.:    W-90177                Price: $      35.00
Category:    Media 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:   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:      Eastman, Frank M.
Title:       Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania, A History, 1623-1923
Publisher:   American Historical Society, New York, 1922.
Description: One of two works singled out by Dean Wigmore as "of a larger scope
             . . . tak[ing] us, in the early chapters, through the periods of
             Dutch, Swedish, and English colonization, and exhibit[ing] the
             transmutations of several political systems"
Condition:   Original 3/4 green buckram over linen boards, a bit rubbed and
             spotted, but a very good set
Book No.:    W-73196                Price: $     350.00
Category:    Pennsylvania

Author:      Halsted, William
Title:       A Digested Index to the Decisions of the Superior Courts of the
             State of New-Jersey. Felcone 751
Publisher:   Printed by Joseph Justice, Trenton, 1830.
Description: First edition of the second index of New Jersey case law,
             including as well recent United States Circuit Court decisions and
             some cases still in manuscript, undertaken by Halsted during his
             tenure as reporter to the New Jersey Supreme Court
Condition:   Modern 1/4 morocco, some dustiness, but generally clean
Book No.:    W-55558                Price: $     150.00
Category:    New Jersey, Abridgements, reports of cases

Author:      Osthus, Marlin O.
Title:       State Intermediate Appellate Courts
Publisher:   American Judicature Society, Chicago, 1980.
Description:
Condition:   Printed wraps, a good copy; 50 pages
Book No.:    W-30306                Price: $      20.00
Category:    courts, appeals

Author:      Bing, Stephen R. and S. Stephen Rosenfeld
Title:       The Quality of Justice in the Lower Criminal Courts of
             Metropolitan Boston
Publisher:   Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Boston, 1970.
Description: A thorough, empirical examination of Massachusetts' entry level
             criminal courts, with five appendices, two maps, 32 tables, a
             computer printout, and like analyses
Condition:   Wraps, faded and a bit worn, but sound; 149 pages
Book No.:    W-90190                Price: $      35.00
Category:    criminal law, Massachusetts

Author:      Agard, Arthur and Thomas Powell]
Title:       The Repertorie of Records . . . with A brief introductive Index of
             the Records of the Chancery and Tower [bound with] Thomas Powell,
             The Attornies Almanacke. S.T.C. 194.1 and 20165
Publisher:   [1]: Printed by B. Alsop [etc.]; [2]: Printed by B. A[lsop],
             London, 1631 & 1627.
Description: The first printed effort, to the best of my knowledge, to record
             and calendar the public records, undertaken by Agard and after his
             death continued by Powell; bound with Powell's useful work on
             appeals to Westminster from inferior courts
Condition:   Quite a pretty copy, quite crisp, bound in a modern tan calf
Book No.:    W-17615                Price: $     650.00
Category:    courts, MEDIEVAL, Procedure, Every Man Law Books

Author:      Maitland, F.W. (ed.)
Title:       Bracton's Note Book, A Collection of Cases Decided in the King's
             Courts During the Reign of Henry the Third, Annotated by a Lawyer
             of That Time, Seemingly by Henry of Bratton. Three Volumes
Publisher:   William S. Hein & Co., Inc., Buffalo, 1999.
Description: One of Maitland's earliest works and one which Vinogradoff called
             "a model of its kind", privately printed at Maitland's expense,
             and providing us with the raw data upon which Bracton worked in
             constructing his famed treatise
Condition:   Original brown cloth, gilt, as new; the facsimile reissue of the
             privately printed 1887 edition
Book No.:    W-74161                Price: $     220.00
Category:    MEDIEVAL

Author:      Kurland, Philip B. (ed.)
Title:       The Supreme Court Review 1968
Publisher:   University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1968.
Description: Mainly constitutional, beginning with the Draft-card cases (and
             symbolic conduct), obscenity and the Ginsberg case, and Arthur
             Miller's essay on constitutional duty
Condition:
Book No.:    W-48365                Price: $      35.00
Category:    Supreme Court, courts

Author:      Helmholz (ed.), R H.
Title:       Select Cases on Defamation to 1600
Publisher:   Selden Society, London, 1985.
Description: Professor Helmholz's pioneering effort, exploring the development
             of private remedies for defamation in England from the mid 1200's,
             principally through examining the records of its ecclesiastical,
             local and royal courts during those centuries
Condition:   Original blue cloth, gilt, a very good copy; the Society's annual
             volume CI for the year 1985
Book No.:    W-75112                Price: $      65.00
Category:    canon law, defamation

Author:
Title:       Task Force Report: The Courts
Publisher:   Government Printing Office, Washington, 1967.
Description: Supporting materials of the President's Commission on Law
             Enforcement and Administration of Justice
Condition:   Stapled wraps, wrinkled and discolored, but sound; 178 pages
Book No.:    W-90518                Price: $      25.00
Category:    courts

Author:      Maitland, F.W. (ed.)
Title:       Select Pleas in Manorial and Other Seignorial Courts. Volume I
             [all published]. Reigns of Henry III and Edward I
Publisher:   Bernard Quaritch [for the Selden Society], London, 1889.
Description: The original edition of the Selden Society's second annual volume,
             chiefly inspired by Vinogradoff's work on the manor and printing
             materials of which Maitland observed to Ames "I know no rolls more
             interesting than the earliest manorial rolls"
Condition:   ?Later blue cloth, gilt, a bit worn and a few notes, ex-library,
             yet a usable copy
Book No.:    W-71935                Price: $     150.00
Category:    MEDIEVAL

Author:      Finch, et al (comps.), James A.
Title:       Federal Anti-trust Decisions, Cases Decided in United States
             Courts Arising Under, Involving, or Growing out of the Enforcement
             of the [Sherman Act], Including a Few Somewhat Similar Decisions
             Not Based upon That Act, 1890-1912. Four Volumes
Publisher:   Government Printing Office, Washington, 1912.
Description: The principal source for decisions reported under the act in the
             first two decades and a bit more of its existence; arranged
             chronologically, with a most useful index of cases cited (as well
             as that of cases reported)
Condition:   Original buckram, worn, ex-library, but a clean, usable set
Book No.:    W-59110                Price: $     250.00
Category:    Anti-trust

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:      Archbold, John Frederick
Title:       A Collection of the Forms and Entries, Which Occur in Practice, in
             the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas in Personal Actions
             and Ejectment
Publisher:   Edward B. Gould, New York, 1828.
Description:
Condition:   Contemporary sheep, joints cracked; usable only
Book No.:    W-44416                Price: $      85.00
Category:    pleading

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