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2003603722003. ISBN-13: 9781584773221; ISBN-10: 1584773227. Hurd Rollin C. A Treatise on the Right of Personal Liberty and of the Writ of Habeas Corpus and the Practice Connected with It: With a View of the Law of Extradition of Fugitives. Albany: W.C. Little & Co. 1858. xxvii 677 pp. Reprinted 2003 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773221; ISBN-10: 1584773227. Hardcover. Page edges soiled. Else fine. $40. Reprint of the first edition. Published a year before John Brown's raid and three years before the outbreak of the Civil War this was the first book-length work to treat the status of slaves at length. As such it is a landmark work in the bibliography of American civil liberties. Hurd 1815-1874 reviews the statutes concerning fugitive slaves and their extradition analyzes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and discusses the application of habeas corpus to slave issues. The list of cases cited by Hurd includes such landmarks as Jack v. Martin and Prigg v. Pennsylvania. See Finkelman Slavery in the Courtroom 296. unknown books
2016154602Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 2016. Reprint. Softcover. VG. Beige & burgundy & illus. wraps xxviii 718 pp.; 44 pages of bw illustrations. "The more than eight hundred letters included in this volume record the evolving relationship between two singular personalities: a flamboyant socialite known for lively eccentricities and her engagement with the arts; and the brilliant Harvard graduate whose unerring eye quickly established him as a renowned connoisseur and America's leading expert on Italian Renaissance painters. . This reprint of the indispensable 1987 edition includes a new preface co-authored by Dr. Machtelt Bruggen Israels . and Dr. Carl Brandon Strehlke." The illustrations include artwork as well as photos of relevant people and events. Scarce. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum paperback books
