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A System of the Law of Marine Insurances
by Park, James Allan
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Lynchburg, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Whieldon, 1787. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. First Edition. 550 pp. Index. Octavo. Original binding in poor condition. Most leather is gone, leaving only the boards. Some spine leather remains, including the title label. Front cover nearly loose. Opens to title page. Top of title and dedication page torn off with some loss of text. Rest of interior in nice condition, text block secure, pages clean with very minor foxing. The first law treatise on insurance written by an English lawyer, this title went through six printings during the author's life.Your purchase benefits literacy and summer reading programs in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. We ship every business day. All books ship in cardboard bookfolds with delivery confirmation.
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- Bookseller
- Queen City Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013091
- Title
- A System of the Law of Marine Insurances
- Author
- Park, James Allan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. Whieldon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1787
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