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Last Updated January 13, 2012
1. Allen, John B.-reporter. WASHINGTON
TERRITORY REPORTS. Volume 1 (New Series). CASES DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT
OF TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON 1854-1879.. Seattle
& San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1906. 616 pages. Shelf wear to
binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners and some pages badly bumped at
the edge. Some soiling to the binding. This is a 1906 reprint of the original
edition. $45.00
2. Blake, Henry N. REPORTS
OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MONTANA TERRITORY FROM
DECEMBER TERM, 1868, TWO JANUARY 20, 1873, INCLUSIVE. Volume I (1).. San
Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1873. 750 pages. Shelf wear to binding and
rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped. Slight soiling to the binding.
$80.00
3. Blake, Henry N. & Cornelius Hedges.
REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF MONTANA TERRITORY FROM THE AUGUST TERM, 1873, TO THE JANUARY
TERM, 1877, INCLUSIVE. Volume II (2).. San
Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1877. 687 pages. Shelf wear to binding and
rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped. Some soiling to the binding. Pages
are clean and tightly bound. An excellent collection of early Montana legal
cases. $75.00
4. Blake, Henry N. & Cornelius Hedges.
REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF MONTANA TERRITORY FROM THE AUGUST TERM, 1877, TO THE AUGUST
TERM, 1880, INCLUSIVE. Volume III (3).. San
Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1880. 560 pages. Shelf wear to binding and
rubbing to spine and corners. One frayed spot to the edge of the front cover.
Slight soiling to the covers. A clean and tight copy. $75.00
5. Cassell, R.J. THE
ART OF COLLECTING: A STATEMENT OF THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF
COLLECTING, WITH SUGGESTIONS, FORMS OF REPORTS, LETTERS, ETC.. New
York: Ronald Press Company, 1916. 261 pages. Slight shelf wear and rubbing to
spine and corners. A legal book on collecting delinquent and overdue payments
and accounts. $2.75
6. Chipman, Daniel. AN
ESSAY ON THE LAW OF CONTRACTS, FOR THE PAYMENT OF SPECIFICK ARTICLES.. Middlebury,
Vermont: Published By the Author, 1822. 1st Edition. 224 pages. Rare 1822 first
edition in original leather binding. Tan calfskin leather binding with red
leather label on the spine. There is quite a bit of rubbing and wear to the
leather, but no chips or pieces missing from the spine or covers. The edges of
the boards are rubbed and the corners are slightly bumped. The spine title is
faded and barely legible. There is a contemporary former owners signature on the
front cover near the top. The hinges are tight and the text block is sound.
There is some foxing to the pages and several of the pages have creases from
being folded at the top. A very nice copy of the rare first edition of this
early classic in the field of law. $650.00
7. Compton, William Randall. CASES
ON DOMESTIC RELATIONS.. St. Paul, Minnesota: West
Publishing Company, 1951. 638 pages. Slight shelf wear. A few pages have ink
underlining. $6.95
8. Kyd, Stewart. A
TREATISE ON THE LAW OF AWARDS.. Philadelphia:
Published by William P. Farrand and Co, 1808. 583 pages. Original full brown
leather binding. There are some chips to the leather at the top and the bottom
of the spine. There is also a darkened spot to the leather on the top panel of
the spine. Red leather label has some chipping and scuffing. The corners are
worn and there are some scripts to the binding, but the text block is sound and
the pages are tightly bound.Scattered foxing to the text. $175.00
9. Stryk, Samuel. STRYKII
SAMUELIS IC ET ANTECESSORIS... PRAELECTIONES VIADRINAE DE CAUTELIS CONTRACTUM
DECLARATAE ET VARIIS FACULTATIS IURIDACAE RESPONSIS ILLUSTRATAE.. Berlin,
Germany: Christopher Gottlieb Nicolai, 1736. 584 pages. Bound in original full
brown leather, with raised leather bands, red leather label, and gold
decorations on the spine. There is wear to the spine and board edges and the
corners. A few scuffed and rubbed spots on the leather covers. The binding is
tight and the boards are firmly attached. Marbled endsheets. There is heavy
foxing to the pages. A very nice copy of an early printed book. The title in
English is "Lectures Given at the Viadrine University on the Necessary
Cautions of Contracts, With Examples and Other Opinons". An early legal
treatise . $550.00
10. Travis, Thomas. THE
YOUNG MALEFACTOR: A STUDY IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, IT'S CAUSES AND TREATMENT.. New
York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1908. Shelf wear to binding. Text block edges have some
soiling. In edge-worn dust jacket with soiling and a few chips to the edges. D.j.
also has some soiling. $10.00