Vice-Admiralty Courts and the American Revolution by UBBELOHDE, Carl - 1960

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press for Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1960. First Edition. 8vo. xii,242pp, Index, Bibliography. Blue cloth, near fine condition (slight wear to spine, no dj (if issued). Study attempts to "rescue the story of the last years of the vice-admiralty courts from confusion. Latter-day historians have misunderstood both the changes in the organization of the courts after 1763 and the role that those courts played in the pre-Revolutionary crises" (Preface). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages .

Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. (Vice-Admiralty Courts, Revolution 1775-1783)

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1960. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 242 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. No dust jacket. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

Williamsburg and Chapel Hill: Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1960. First Edition. Near fine in dark blue, smooth cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with only a touch of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a prior owner's, signed book plate on the front free end page. Without a dust jacket. 242 pages including an index and a bibliography. The history of Admiralty Courts goes back as far as the 1400's. It was a separate branch of the courts system in many European countries. They were used to adjudicate disputes over shipping, ships and collisions and their most illustrious work were the settlement of claims against ships and cargos taken during a time of war.

University of North Carolina Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. 242 pp. Index. Good condition overall, no dustjacket. Blue cloth hardcovers are gently rubbed at spine ends, else very good. Ink notes on front endpaper, occasional ink margin notes & underlining, else fine inside, crisp and tight.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall Professional bookseller for twenty years. Orders shipped daily in cardboard bookfolds.

The University of North Carolina Press, 2012. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 254 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

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