GRAY, Morris

A TREATISE ON COMMUNICATION BY TELEGRAPH

Boston, [MA]: Little, Brown, and Company, 1885. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 278 pp. An early work tackling the legal implications of the mid-19th century communication innovation. Laid in at the rear of this copy is a certificate affirming M[orris] Gray's membership in the Harvard Athletic Association, signed by the H.A.A. Secretary, and dated Cambridge, Nov. 10, 1874, with the Association's red wax seal affixed. Scarce book tackling the legal implications of a then new technology. Contemporary law sheep (rubbed, corners bumped), gilt stamped red morocco spine label. Item #66731

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