Description
The first edition of Ship Rachel, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, No. 99, December of 1865.
Octavo, 27pp. [1]. Printed wraps, bound at the spine with string. A few archival paper repairs to lower corner. Ownership inscription in blue pen on endpapers, internally clean. Housed in quarter blue leather clamshell, marbled boards, title stamped in gilt on spine. From the estate of Charles Fleischmann III of Cincinnati, with his bookplate on the title page. Supreme court decision in McAndrews v. Thatcher, citation: 3 Wall. 347,18 L.Ed. 155,70 U.S. 347.
The case of McAndrews vs. Thatcher, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1865, involved the expenses incurred in refloating a stranded ship, the price paid for it’s cargo and the duty to recover lost expenses for salvaging the ship.
