[First Edition] The Oregon Question Examined in Respect to Facts and the Law of Nations * INSCRIBED* Travers Twiss [Used - Near fine] [Hardcover]

[First Edition] The Oregon Question Examined in Respect to Facts and the Law of Nations * INSCRIBED* Travers Twiss [Used - Near fine] [Hardcover]
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Sir Travers Twiss, (1809-1897), masterful argument in support of British claims to Oregon, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR VERSO OF FIRST FREE PAGE. British Lawyer and Oxford Professor reviews the history of the Oregon Country from the days of the expeditions of Drake to 1845. This Frist Edition UK printing has the 2 maps not present in the First US edition. 1846, First Edition, Octavo, 391 pages plus 32 page publisher's advertisement dated 1845. Text and Two Folding Maps are Fine. Original cloth with covers stamped in blind, spine with bright gilt title and pressed bands. some light water spotting on front cover, one signature sprung, else Fine. Very scarce inscribed presentation copy. Cowan p. 234, Howes T442, Wheat Trans Miss. West 530 & 531. Publisher's blind stamped cloth

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