Introduction to the Study of International Law. 6th edition
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Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB
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Copy of a Classic Treatise on International Law from the Library of a Prominent Idaho Attorney Woolsey, Theodore Dwight [1801-1889]. Introduction to the Study of International Law. Designed as an Aid in Teaching, And in Historical Studies. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. xvii, [1], 526 pp. Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands, blind fillets and red and black lettering pieces to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and some shallow scuffs and scratches to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, chipping to head of spine, joints just starting at foot, corners bumped and lightly worn, hinges cracked, ink library stamps (of the Hawley Law Library, Boise, Idaho, one a discard stamp) to front endleaves and rear pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing and soiling to margins, fold lines to corners of last two leaves. Worn lawyer's name label ("Puckett") to head of spine, early owner signature ("W.H. Puckett/ Denver/ Colo.") to front free endpaper, occasional brief annotations and underlining in the same hand in ink and pencil. A good copy. $250. * Later issue of the sixth and final edition, revised and enlarged. Woolsey, a professor at Yale (and later its president), was one of the founders of modern American political science. First published in 1860, this popular and well-regarded introduction to the principles of international law was revised several times to improve the text and address questions about neutral and belligerent rights raised by the American Civil War. "Although trained in the law," Woolsey "approached [this book] from the standpoint of the historian and the moralist. Written clearly, and with great fairmindedness, and penetrated with deep religious spirit, his book.has had a wide popularity and influence. It was several times reprinted in England. It was even translated into Chinese. Being the latest authority during the Civil War, it and its author had great authority in the burning questions of that troubled time" (Marke). Woolsey's Introduction continued to be printed into the 20th century, though it was no longer revised after the first issue of the sixth edition (1878). This copy once belonged to William H. Puckett [1869-1962]. Born in Kentucky, Puckett moved to Denver in 1885 and then to Idaho in 1891 after graduating law school. He began hi.…
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- Introduction to the Study of International Law. 6th edition
- Author
- Woolsey, Theodore Dwight
- Publication year
- 1890
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Antiquarian & Scholarly, International Law and Diplomacy
The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB
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