SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE AIR. [First Edn.]

by Richards, Sir H. Erle

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Oxford:: Clarendon,, 1912. Wrappers; Hamilton College bookplate (`Presented by Elihu Root'); thread-sewed; 5.5 x 9 inches; in Gaylord taped-in style pamphlet binder; card pocket removed; old ink hand-lettering (shelf no., title, author) on spine; fore- & bottom edges untrimmed; internal condition good.. Prof of International Law says: `means by which we best utilize [air travel] commercially are not yet perfected...[though] air vessels are effective in [warfare] operations'; says each nation should have sovereignty over its air space just as riparian nations have sovereignty from their shoreline. ||| When WW-1 began, good intentions & agreements were disregarded as nations vied to be Conquerors of the Conquered. ||| Elihu Root (1845-1937) was U.S. Sec. of War 1899-1904, Sec. of State 1905-09, awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1912.