Spencer, Herbert R., Esq. Of The Duluth Bar. Listings

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1 Spencer, Herbert R., Esq. of the Duluth Bar.;  A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF MARINE COLLISIONS. ["Spencer on Marine Collisions"] Chicago: Callaghan and Company (1895).  Brown buckram hardcover, red leather spine label with short title in gilt. Herbert Ranson Spencer, an experienced Duluth admiralty attorney, also served in the Minnesota legislature. Thirteen years after the publication of "Spencer on Marine Collisions", he sat for the defense in the defining liability case for 'harm caused by necessity' (Vincent v. Lake Erie Transportation Co,, 1908). This treatise is listed in the "AALS Law Books Recommended for Libraries" (Association of American Law Schools) and is included in the digital collection of primary documents "The Making of Modern Law" (Gale). 481p; 24cm. Rules of Practice in Admiralty, Pilot Rules for the Great Lakes, Index. 1302g. Good (light wear and soiling to cloth, a bit of loss to spine leather label, gilt bright, solid binding, penciled notes free-front endpaper, occassional penciled marks in margins, paper tanned, edges darkened). The front paste-down endpaper contains the 7×11cm bookplate of Victor Gartz and a bookseller's sticker: "All Law Books New and Old - 'The Co-ops' - The Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Co., Rochester, N.Y., New York, Chicago."  Price: 175.00 CAD Add to Shopping Cart