Guide to Extradition by a Mexican American Author
Tratado de la extradición
Publication: Guatemala [City]: E. Goubaud & Cía, 1896. First Edition.
Notes: According to the introduction, this is the first treatise on the law of extradition to be written in Spanish. The author, the son of a Mexican newspaper owner and an American mother, obtained his law degree in San Francisco and practiced there (while becoming a naturalized American citizen) before he followed his father into the Mexican diplomatic service. He published this book while stationed in Guatemala.
xii, 252 pages. Uncommon.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). Bound in quarter leather and marbled paper by Aviles Siguere & Co. in Guatemala City. With a one-inch diameter surface scar on the front board. Inscribed by Godoy: "Al Excmo. Sr. Dr. D. Roberto Lowenthal, etc. etc. etc. Con afectuosos recuerdos de su hospitalidad y simpático país. José F. Godoy."
Item No: #308012
Price: $150