[NEW JERSEY LAW] LEAMING, Aaron and SPICER, Jacob

The Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey. The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments, and Other Material Transactions Before the Surrender Thereof to Queen Anne. The Instrument of Surrender, and Her Formal Acceptance Thereof. Lord Cornbury's Commission and Instructions Consequent Thereon...

Philadelphia, W[illiam] Bradford , [1758]. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (7-1/4" x 11-1/2") bound in contemporary calf leather with a decorative blindstamped border, recently rebacked with a new gilt-lettered and decorated spine, preserving original paste-downs and free endpapers; (4), 763 pages. Title within rule border, decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces. An important compilation of the fundamental New Jersey charters and session laws of the proprietary period (1664 to 1702), up to Lord Cornbury's commission and instructions as Royal Governor, when New Jersey became a crown colony under Queen Anne. Publication was ordered by the New Jersey Assembly in 1752, but two years were required to collect the documents to be included, while the typesetting and printing took Bradford an additional three. By the date of publication, some 170 copies had been subscribed. This title was the largest volume issued from Bradford's press and one of the largest from any eighteenth-century American press. Evans 8205; Sabin 39527. Early owner name on the title page and early twentieth century names on the front pastedown. Title page with a few repaired tears hinged with following Preface page; two adjoining leaves (pages 441-444) of text lacking and supplied with facsimiles. Contents Very Good, binding about Fine .

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Book number: 016251

Catalogue: Law

Keywords: New Jersey Imprint, Slavery, Legal, Law, Americana, American Imprints, 18th Century Americana Americana 18th Century Americana American Imprints New Jersey

[NEW JERSEY LAW] ALLINSON, Samuel (compiler)

Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, from the Surrender of the Government to Queen Anne...

Burlington, NJ, Isaac Collins, 1776. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (8-3/4" x 13-1/8") bound by Brentano's in twentieth century 3/4 polished calf leather with a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; viii, 493, [1], 6, 4, 4, 3, [1], 15, [1] pages (appears to lack a 6-page appendix). Covers the period from 1702 to 14 January 1776 with an appendix, three alphabetical tables, and an index. With numerous acts described including those on regulating slaves, taverns, fire arms, the militia, gambling and horse races, as well as acts dividing and forming counties. A wonderful compendium of colonial laws right up to the colonies' declaration of independence from England. Early calligraphic owner name of Joseph Stokes on the front endpaper and the bottom of the last page of the preface. Light to moderate foxing, typical for American paper of this period. Near Fine in an attractive binding .

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Book number: 015742

Catalogue: Law

Keywords: New Jersey Imprint, Slavery, Legal Americana 18th Century Americana American Imprints New Jersey

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, Jr

Speeches

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-lettered white cloth. We have handled several copies of this title over the years and all have been bound in printed boards. This is the first time we have seen this binding which is fancier and likely produced in a much smaller quantity. A scarce collection of eleven speeches prefaced by the comment: "These chance utterances of faith and doubt are printed for a few friends who will care to keep them." Holmes served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court from 1899 until 1902 when he was appointed to the United States Supreme Court by President Theodore Roosevelt, a position he held until his retirement in 1932. Holmes became famous for his liberal interpretations of the United States Constitution and was known as the "Great Dissenter" because of his disagreement with the views of his colleagues on the Court. His lectures on common law at the Lowell Institute in Boston, collected as THE COMMON LAW (1881), are considered a classic of legal writing. Speeches in this book include "Harvard College in the War" and "The Use of Law Schools. Near Fine example of a scarce title .

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Book number: 018494

Catalogue: Law

Keywords: Law, Jurisprudence, Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., Legal Classics Law Supreme Court Legal Americana