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A Text Book of Commercial Law as Existing in California
by Vassault, F.I
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Clark, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
1888. Owned by a Female Business Student in 1891 Vassault, F.I. A Text Book of Commercial Law as Existing in California, Designed for Use in Commercial Schools and by Business Men. San Francisco: Published by Heald's Business College, 1888. 166 pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Original publisher's cloth, gilt title to front board and publisher's name to rear board, patterned endpapers. Light rubbing and soiling to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners bumped and lightly worn. Moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing, brief underlining and marks to margins of a few pages, (illegible) erased annotation to p. 35, ownership signatures of Maggie Lyons dated 1891 to endleaves. $65. * Published for students at California's Heald Business College, this introductory textbook of commercial and business law was written for the "business man" but owned by prospective business woman Maggie Lyons, apparently a student at the college in 1891. Early editions of this title are scarce; OCLC locates 3 of this edition (Loma Linda University, Southern Methodist University, Waseda University Japan) and none of any prior editions.
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- Bookseller
- The Lawbook Exchange Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74054
- Title
- A Text Book of Commercial Law as Existing in California
- Author
- Vassault, F.I
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- CALIFORNIA, COMMERCIAL LAW, SCHOL4422, 74054.JPG
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian & Scholarly;
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Publisher's cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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