A Treatise of the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen, 7th Ed.
Classic Maritime Treatise with Notes by Joseph Story Abbott, Charles, Lord Tenterden [1762-1832]. Shee, William [1804-1868], Editor. Perkins, J[onathan] C[ogswell] [1809-1877], Editor. Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. A Treatise of the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen. In Five Parts. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1854. lxii, [2], 1036 pp. Text preceded by 8-pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"; 24 x 14.5 cm). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, red and black lettering pieces to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Light rubbing to boards, early owner signature, "Jas. R. Tyler," to front board, spine significantly darkened and gatored, moderate rubbing and light wear to board edges, faint offsetting and light foxing to endleaves, rear joint cracked. Very light toning to interior, occasional light foxing, small creases to page edges in a few places. A good copy. $450. * Seventh American edition, from the eighth London edition, to which it is star-paged. First published in 1802, this was the first English treatise devoted exclusively to the law of shipping. In 1847 Marvin said it was "a legal classic of high character" that was "frequently cited upon questions of commercial law not altered by statute." Story's valuable notes, many of them short essays, were originally published in the fourth edition. Our copy may have been owned by James Ray Tyler [1834-1891], an Ohio attorney who served as law agent for the town of Perrysburg. Marvin, Legal Bibliography 47. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 1566.
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