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1947247225Washington D.C. 1947. One page on letterhead of the Supreme Court of the United States. 4to. Docketed in pencil. Fine in navy custom cloth folder. One page on letterhead of the Supreme Court of the United States. 4to. ". I am glad to know that Mr. Justice William O. Douglas of this Court will speak at the public dinner to be held in observance of the 100th Anniversary of the birth of John Peter Altgeld the late Governor of Illinois and a leadiing apostle of the Bill of Rights. He not only wished to be free himself but wished that others share his freedom. Evidently he subscribed to Lincoln's definition of democracy - 'As I would not be a slave so I would not be a master underscored .". unknown
003456Near Fine. N.d. circa 1900. The pen and ink drawing is 11 by 18 cm oblong. Depicted are a few skaters in the foreground one woman brought to her knees and a sketchy crowd in the background. Not to be mistaken for the automaker industrialist who lived during the same time the English artist Ford is best remembered for illustrations in the popular Andrew Lang colored fairy book series. Besides doing illustrations for books by Scott and Kipling among many others Ford did free-standing painting some of which today hangs in museum collections. Matted. Light soiling by the edges. unknown
197166539Iowa City: Seamark Press 1971. First Edition. Cloth-backed hand-made paper-covered boards printed spine label; 12mo. 317 copies printed on Shinsetsu paper; printed rectos only. This is not the regular issue in full cloth one of an unknown number in woven bright green cloth in Asian style. Signed by Donald Justice at the colophon. A lovely production as new from Kay Amert's press; she was a professor at Iowa and was associated with K. K. Merker's Stonewall Press. A Rare book in this issue. Seamark Press unknown
1972311333Iowa City: The Seamark Press 1972. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. 16mo. Prospectus laid in. Slight foxing to the foredge still fine in cloth boards with paper spine label. One of 317 copies. Inscribed by Justice to poet Michael Waters. The first book of this press. The Seamark Press hardcover
007228Title page with watercolored portrait of Gaynor followed by 59 typed pages 58 paginated mostly a novelized rendering of the movie star's life. unknown
17930010123Good with no dust jacket. 1793. Ephemera. On offer is a superb document issued two days following the creation of the notorious Committee of Public Safety which deliberately created the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. The Decree was published on April 8th 1793 two days following the creation of the infamous Committee of Public Safety. It deals with the seizure of property specifically mills and factories that were owned by emigres those French aristocrats who had fled France following the Revolution. This emigration created several problems for the Revolutionary government. There now existed outside of France and within the borders of her enemies a very motivated group who were dedicated to the overthrow of the Revolution. Also among other assets the mills and factories that they owned were now idle contributing to lost food production and jobs. The National Convention ordered that all emigres return to France. Failure to do so would result in being permanently barred from ever re-entering the country and all of their assets would be forfeited to the government. This Decree addresses this. An excerpt from the decree follows: Relatif à la vente des Moulins et Usines appartement a la Nation ou provenus des Emigres Translation: Relative to the sale of the Mills and Factories owned by the Nation or originating from the Emigrants The Decree follows a report from the Committees of Agriculture and Food. Further excerpts from the document follow: Les moulins et usines appartement a la nation ou provenus des emigres qui sont places sur des rivieres ou cours d'eau ne pourront etre vendus qu'apres qu'il aura ete verifie que leur conservation ne cause aucun dommage aux proprietes environnantes et que leur destruction ne deviendra pas necessaire aux dessechement des marais. Translation: The mills and factories belonging to the nation or originating from the emigrants which are located on rivers or watercourses can only be sold after it has been verified that their preservation does not cause any damage to the surrounding properties and that their destruction will not become necessary for the draining of the marshes. . Apres ce rapport le directoire du department sur l'avis de celui du district ordonnera la vente desdits objets ou il y fera surseoir si le cas l'exige. Translation: . After this report the director of the department on the advice of that of the district will order the sale of the aforementioned objects or will have it postponed if the case requires it. The manuscript is signed by Louis-Jérôme Gohier the President of the Executive Council and Minister of Justice. When Napoleon became dictator Gohiet served in his government as Consul-General in Amsterdam. He was offered a similar position in the United States but was too ill to take up the position. For a historian or a collector of material from the earliest days of the French Revolution this is a superb item documenting the earliest efforts of the French people to establish a republican government separate from the monarchy and the feudal system that had ruled France for a millennium. For a person involved in the financial or economic world it is a wonderful piece of evidence of what can happen to a society where economic realities are cast aside. This double-sided single sheet document measures 8.75 inches by 7.0 inches. It has been separated from a larger bound volume and the thread holes are visible. There is some staining from dampness and from age. Otherwise it is in very good condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pages .
195236810New York: National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case 1952. Eight volumes bound in original printed tan title wrappers. 1715 3 Index pp. Each page printed in two columns each column numbered as a page. Oblong 8vo 7-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stapled as issued. Some toning of wrappers else Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Nearly seventy years after they were executed for espionage even after the opening of the USSR's secret Venona files the guilt or innocence of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg remains a subject of controversy. A National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case the successor to the National Committee to Secure Justice to the Rosenbergs is active to this day. The trial like that of their contemporary Alger Hiss was enveloped by the early years of the Cold War. Added to the mix was the fact that the Rosenbergs were Jewish as were their prosecutors Irving Saypol and Roy Cohn and the trial judge Irving Kaufman. There is little doubt that significant prejudicial conduct occurred at trial including ex parte meetings with the trial judge and the introduction of inflammatory evidence which had little probative value. <br /> The National Committee published this Record "confident that the dispassionate reader will perceive the gross miscarriage of justice that cries out for redress." The Committee claims that David and Ruth Greenglass the government's "main witnesses" were themselves spies whose testimony was tainted by their desire to avoid the death penalty. There was no documentary evidence of the Rosenbergs' guilt. Indeed the prosecution whipped the jury into an anti-Communist frenzy; and the sentence of death was "barbaric. National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case unknown
195245742Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1952. Second Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo; 688 ; 691 pages; Former owner's name on ffep of Volume 1 -- "ABE FORTAS" along with Fortas' blindstamp at bottom left corner otherwise contents unmarked and secure in original blue polished buckram with gilt lettering at spines. Foredges have speckles of foxing. xxxviii 2 688; xv 1 691 pp. From the collection of Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas. First published in 1895 Sir Frederick Pollock and Frederic William Maitland’s legal classic The History of English Law before the Time of Edward I expanded the work of Sir Edward Coke and William Blackstone by exploring the origins of key aspects of English common law and society and with them the development of individual rights as these were gradually carved out from the authority of the Crown and the Church. PROVENANCE: From the estate of Abraham Fortas 1910 – 1982 American lawyer and jurist who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1969. Fortas graduated from Rhodes College and Yale Law School and became a law professor at Yale and then an advisor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Fortas worked at the Department of the Interior under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was appointed by President Harry S. Truman to delegations that helped set up the United Nations in 1945. In 1948 Fortas represented Lyndon B. Johnson in the dispute over the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination and he formed close ties with Johnson. Nominated by Johnson to the Supreme Court in 1965 Fortas was confirmed by the Senate and maintained a close working relationship with the president. As a justice Fortas wrote several landmark opinions in cases such as "In re Gault" and "Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District." In 1968 Johnson tried to elevate Fortas to the position of Chief Justice of the United States but that nomination faced a filibuster and was withdrawn. Fortas later resigned from the Court after a controversy involving his acceptance of $20000 from financier Louis Wolfson while Wolfson was being investigated for insider trading. The Justice Department investigated Fortas at the behest of President Richard Nixon whose Attorney General John N. Mitchell pressured Fortas into resigning. Following his resignation Fortas returned to private practice occasionally appearing before the justices with whom he had served.Although it has been more than a century since its initial publication Pollock and Maitland’s work is still considered a foundational reference for scholars of medieval English law. Volume one begins with an examination of Anglo-Saxon law goes on to consider the changes in law introduced by the Normans then moves to the twelfth-century “Age of Glanvill” with the first great compilation of English laws and customs followed by the thirteenth-century “Age of Bracton” author of another major treatise on the same subject. . Cambridge University Press hardcover
19453829Paris: Journaux Officiels 1945. as is. Quarto 386 text in French pages have darkened & small tears in some margins text mostly separated from bds & lrg tear at spine. Rare transcript of the Petain treason trial issued in 20 daily parts. Complete. Paper has been pasted over front board and spine and title has been hand lettered on that paper. Journaux Officiels unknown
1914100469<p>New Haven Connecticut December 13 1914. 1914. Very good. - Over 70 words typed on his personal 9-1/8 inch high by 7 inch wide embossed stationery. Only a year out of office the former president writes in support of the prominent Georgia attorney George T. Northen's effort to organize a Peace Society in the early days of WWI "I have your letter . and note that your are organizing the Atlanta Peace Society. I sincerely hope that you may make this an effective organization." Taft who would go on to set up The League to Enforce Peace expounds on his ideas "I believe that at the close of the present war a movement for the establishment of an arbitral court will have more support than ever before and such Associations as yours can promote an organized movement for this purpose." Signed "Wm. H. Taft". Folded for mailing with minor creasing to the edges else near fine.</p><p>Secretary of War under Theodore Roosevelt and subsequently elected the 27th President of the United States William H. Taft 1857-1930 contemplated returning to practice law after leaving office. However he foresaw a conflict of interest as he'd appointed so many federal judges including many Supreme Court justices. He jumped at the offer from Yale Law School which would appoint him as Kent Professor of Law and Legal History. While there he prepared lectures on "Questions of Modern Government" and wrote several articles and treatises including "Our Chief Magistrate and His Powers". Following the outbreak of the First World War Taft hoped to prevent war through an international association of nations and assumed the presidency of The League to Enforce Peace in 1915 advocating for the creation of a League of Nations and world court. He would subsequently serve as the tenth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.</p> New Haven, Connecticut, December 13, 1914.
1997609653Dresden Maine: The Mathom Bookshop & Bindery 1997. Softcover. Fine. Limited edition. Slim small quarto. 9pp. Comb-bound card covers with printed cover label by Lewis Turco's Mathom Bookshop and Bindery with their stamp on the final page. Fine. Inscribed by Turco to contributor Donald Justice on the front blank: "for Don Justice with pleasure thanks - Lew #3 / 25." <br /> <br /> The Rubliw "ruh-bloo" was reportedly invented by Richard Wilbur which we don't doubt given the form's name and named and codified by Turco. It is addressed to a person and consists of nine rhyming lines set by the name of the recipient and each line increases its poetic feet to line 5 and then decreases by one foot in each subsequent line. This little self-published volume prints Rubliws to Turco by Richard Wilbur David Mason R. S. Gwynn X. J. Kennedy Annie Finch John Grau Stephen Murabito Dave Baker and David A. Casagrand. It also prints Rubliws by Turco to the poets Richard Wilbur Donald Justice David Mason R. S. Gwynn X. J. Kennedy Timothy Steele Miller Williams Sharon van Sluijs Maxine Kumine Annie Finch William Baer and H. R. Coursen Jr. A printed note states that the Rubliws sent between Wilbur and Turco were first published as "The Birth of a Verse Form" in The Formalist Vol. VII No. 1 1997. An amusing little volume printed in a very small edition of only 25 copies almost certainly for contributors and close friends. OCLC locates a single copy Amherst College. The Mathom Bookshop & Bindery) unknown
178539166London: J. Debrett 1785. Title continues."So Far as They Appear Connected with the East India Business and the Dismission of the Portland Administration With Other Select and Interesting Occurences at the Westminster Meetings Previous to the Dissolution on the 25th Day of March 1784. To which is Now Added a Complete History of the Scrutiny and the Proceedings of the House of Commons Thereon. The 2nd Edition by Lovers of Truth and Justice. Audi Alteram Partem." Original tree calf newly rebacked to period style with leather spine labels titled in gilt. Original marbled pastedowns with the addition of new free endpapers. xii 575 pages with a woodcut frontispiece 2 single page plates and 9 fold-out plates. Missing pages 251-254 otherwise very good. . Full-Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. J. Debrett Hardcover
SKU0593843Pearson 2016-01-15. paperback. Good. 8x0x10. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking Pearson paperback
Z1-C-082-00411Oxford University Press. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Oxford University Press unknown
2019__0414072650Sweet & Maxwell 2019. Hardcover. New. 9th edition. 802 pages. Sweet & Maxwell hardcover
1764019061Edinburgh: A. Kincaid & J. Bell; R. Fleming 1764. Octavo pp iv 443 7 some age-toning throughout a little soiling here and there pages 331-362 stained in the lower margin otherwise firm and tight internally with no tears contemporary calf rubbed and a little worn and creased neatly rebacked with a new spine raised bands and green title label new endpapers. Blanche Henrey 883 mentioning that not all copies of this edition have the two plates and ours does not. In effect the third edition though the preceeding two have the title "The Scots Gardiners Director". Sir James Justice 1698 - 1763 was a Scottish horticulturalist/gardener. His works on gardening were distributed in much of Britain and Ireland. He reportedly had a passion for botanical experiments which he pursued at the expense of his finances and family. Indeed the later miniaturist John Kay wrote that tulipomania was the cause of him parting with his estate at Crichton and the purchase of a smaller one. His divorce and expulsion from the Fellowship in the Royal Society has been blamed on the expenses he put into greenhouses and soil mixtures. He is nevertheless a noted figure in Scottish gardening with a claim to be the father of it. The genus Justicia is named for him. Full-Leather. Good. A. Kincaid & J. Bell; R. Fleming Hardcover
2019__0414073126Sweet & Maxwell 2019. Hardcover. New. 5th edition edition. 952 pages. 9.49x6.46x2.17 inches. Sweet & Maxwell hardcover
1964Sign0191np: The Associated Press 1964. 1st edition / 1st printing. Nice copy. large octavo. original boards xiii 366pp. b/w plates Signed by Gerald Ford on the title-page. Ford as a congressman was one of the seven members who served on the Commission. Nice tight square copy in blue boards with some rubbing at extremities. PHOTO available The Associated Press hardcover
2019DBS-9781788821650ED - TECH PRESS 2019. 1st. Hardcover. New. ED - TECH PRESS hardcover
2019DBS-9781788821650ED - TECH PRESS 2019. 1st. Hardcover. New. ED - TECH PRESS hardcover
274724N/A Farid Book Depot n/d. modern. 8x VOLUME SET HEAVY! Super octavo brown illus. laminated boards most are VG most volumes have some light soiling here and there within most vol.'s have some light scuffing to boards with the occasional crack - overall a tidy set and once more for emphasis: heavy! N/A [Farid Book Depot, n/d. (modern)] hardcover
19443153Newell Ca: November 1944. Very good. 13pp. mimeographed forms printed on rectos only. Minor wear small paper clip rust stains to top edges. A cover letter datelined "November blank 1944 Newell California" intended to accompany the attached blank version of the actual application intended for use by Tule Lake internees wishing to renounce their United States citizenship. The cover letter is pre-addressed to the Attorney General and Edward J. Ennis the director of the Justice Department's Alien Enemy Control Unit in Washington D.C. The form letter begins "I wish to renounce my United States nationality in accordance with the recent government promulgation so I am enclosing a typewritten copy of this application form executed by me." A blank copy of the application is included here numbering three pages. The application includes a renunciation statement intended to be signed by applicants followed by ten questions pertaining to the applicant's history of birth residence last point of entry into the U.S. close relations education military service Selective Service classification and a declaration that the applicant has given "true and correct" answers intended to be dated and signed at the end.<br /> <br /> Tule Lake became the holding center for Japanese American internees viewed as disloyal after the issuance of the infamous loyalty questionnaire in the summer of 1943. These "disloyal segregees" were sent to Tule Lake where they suffered ostracization from fellow internees poorer living conditions inferior food and harsher treatment from American military guards among other indignities. There were even disagreements among the segregated internees as some of them truly wished for repatriation to Japan and identified as Japanese while others viewed this group as disloyal and undeserving of assistance or relief. In other words not only were these internees seen as disloyal by their own government but also by some of their fellow internees. Their feeling of dislocation ran deep. Eventually many of these segregees sought to renounce their American citizenship and repatriate to Japan. The present forms were many internees' first step in this process. November unknown
1973010629Iowa: Penumbra Press 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. No. 121/175 copies signed by author. Penumbra Press hardcover
197013059Iowa City: Stone Wall Press 1970. Limited Edition. Softcover. Fine. Quarto unpaginated. A fine copy in the publisher's prown printed wraps very slightly offset on the rear wrap. A pleasing association copy SIGNED and warmly INSCRIBED by Justice on the first leaf to fellow poet Mark Strand and his wife Antonia: "To Mark & Antonia Strand as the dedication was supposed to have read Don Justice May 1970." There is no printed dedication. While there is a lenghty Acknowledgments section Justice simply thanks a number of publications for allowing his poems to be reprinted here. As such given the content of the inscription this may be the closest thing to a "dedication copy" imaginable. Merker the printer writes: "One of the things that was hard for me was that Don didn't really appreciate what I was trying to do. It was hard to get very enthused about doing a book for someone who would not appreciate what you had done no matter how well you did it." Berger 40. Justice's passive-aggressive inscription seems to corroborate Merker's account of the tension between author and publisher. Stone Wall Press unknown
1987354930New York: Atheneum 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. From the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor and his wife the National Book Award-nominated poet Eleanor Ross Taylor. Inscribed by the author: "For Eleanor & Peter with love – Don. May 1987." Justice was the brother-in-law of Eleanor Ross Taylor. Atheneum hardcover
