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The Decision of the Court of Session upon the Question of Literary Property; in the Cause John Hinton of London, Bookseller, Pursuer; against Alexander Donaldson and John Wood, Booksellers in Edinburgh and James Meurose Bookseller in Kilmarnock, Defenders
by Boswell, James
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: James Boswell; Printed by James Donaldson, for Alexander Donaldson, 1774. First edition (second state, Pottle 50) of this important legal decision, affecting copyright law in the United Kingdom and later the United States; breaking publishers' and large bookshops' perpetual copyright monopoly. Has "shops" on the title page, various alterations in the text. Laid in is a bound photocopy of the relevant pages from Pottle, describing the editions and states, comments on the case and its publication. Issued unbound, ours has been recently bound in black leather over grey cloth boards with red leather spine labels - not decorative, but neat & servicable. The edges of the title page and last leaf have been reinforced; there is light chipping and a tear or two to other page edges, and minor pencil marginal brackets. [1], blank, iv, 37, blank pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 7¾" by 9¾".
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- r0943
- Title
- The Decision of the Court of Session upon the Question of Literary Property; in the Cause John Hinton of London, Bookseller, Pursuer; against Alexander Donaldson and John Wood, Booksellers in Edinburgh and James Meurose Bookseller in Kilmarnock, Defenders
- Author
- Boswell, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James Boswell; Printed by James Donaldson, for Alexander Donaldson
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1774
- Size
- 7¾" by 9¾&quo
- Keywords
- Law, Legal History, Copyright
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books, Prints, Drawings & Paper;
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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