Commentaries upon Martial Law with Special Reference to its Regulation and Restraint; with An Introduction containing Comments upon the Charge of the Lord Chief Justice in the Jamaica Case.

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London: Stevens and Sons 1867. 8vo. Clay-coloured cloth board with original cover tipped on. Rebacked with renewed endpapers. (vi 288pp.). Previous owners signature in blue ink on front endpaper. Inscribed by the author on title page "the United University Club from the author." Slight toning throughout. Good condition. First edition. NOTE: Scarcely ever seen at auction this historically significant record which is written by legal writer and journalist William Francis Finlason (1818-1895) explores a tumultuous time in the history of Jamaica's struggle for independence and emancipation of slaves detailing the 1865 Morant Bay rebellion and the Governor Eyre (Australian explorer) controversy.