COMMENTARIES ON THE LAW OF SURETYSHIP, and the Rights and Obligations of the Parties Thereto, and Herein of Obligations in Solido, under the laws of England, Scotland, and Other States of Europe, the British Colonies, and the United States of America, and on the Conflict of Those Laws. By William Burge, of the Inner Temple, Esq....First American, From the London, Edition
by Burge, William
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Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1847.. 1847.. Good. - Octavo, tan contemporary calf with a gilt-lettered leather label on the spine. The leather is rubbed & scuffed. The edges of the covers are darkened. The spine is darkened with the head chipped & with a small piece out, & with the remnants of a paper label on the tail. lii & 560 pages plus 24-page publisher's catalog. There is staining to the edges of the pastedowns & endpapers with scattered foxing & staining throughout. Good. <p>First American edition. The author gives a list of "continental authors cited", pp. [xi]-xvi, and of "American authorities", pp. [xvii]- xviii.<p>From the library of a mid-19th century lawyer who has penned his name at the top of the front endpaper & flyleaf & has made annotations in ink on the rear endpaper & blank. Additional pages of notes penned in his hand are tipped-in at the rear and he has made a very few marginal annotations in the text. The signature of a later owner is also penned on the front endpaper.<p>Scarce in commerce.
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- COMMENTARIES ON THE LAW OF SURETYSHIP, and the Rights and Obligations of the Parties Thereto, and Herein of Obligations in Solido, under the laws of England, Scotland, and Other States of Europe, the British Colonies, and the United States of America, and on the Conflict of Those Laws. By William Burge, of the Inner Temple, Esq....First American, From the London, Edition
- Author
- Burge, William
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- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1847.
- Date Published
- 1847.
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- LAW; WILLIAM BURGE; COMMENTARIES ON THE LAW OF SURETYSHIP; GUARANTY; CONTRACTS; LIABILITY; OBLIGATIONS; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.
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